Leech, Thomas David James

Born: 1902, Sydney

Died: 1973

Family: Father,; Mother,

Married:

Education:
1907 to 1914 Parramatta Superior Public School
1915 to 1919 Parramatta High School
University of Sydney
1923 BSc
1925 BE

Career:
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Department of Public Works, NSW Government
1926 Lecturer and demonstrator, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney
1934 Geoffrey Sulman Memorial Lecturer, 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 Warren War Memorial Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia for his paper on diffusion blasting

Publications:
Principles of flight or an introduction to the study, 1931 (for details see Fisher Library card catalogue, University of Sydney)
"Diffusion Blasting and its Potential for the Development of Australias Inland Water Resources", Journal of the Institution of Engineers Australia, October to November 1969