Leech, Thomas David James

Born: 1902, Sydney

Died: 1973

Education:

1907 to 1914, Parramatta Superior Public School

1915 to 1919, Parramatta High School

1923, Bachelor of Science, University of Sydney

1925, Bachelor of Engineering, University of Sydney

Career:

Sydney Harbour Bridge, Department of Public Works, NSW Government

1926, Lecturer and Demonstrator, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney

1934, foundation Geoffrey Sulman Memorial Lecturer in Aerodynamics, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney

1940, Professor of Engineering, Auckland University College

1947, CBE

1950, Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Authority

1961 to 1967, head of research program on technology (diffusion blasting in Australia: a program for developing peaceful uses of nuclear explosives)

1966, invited by the NSW Government to present a submission to the Select Committee on Inquiry into Drought Relief

1969, Institution of Engineers Australia Warren War Memorial Prize for his paper on diffusion blasting