Charles Norman Machell Watson-Munro

New Zealand born scientist who built the first nuclear reactors in Australia, Canada and Britain.

Educated HVHS.

MSc in Physics (Victoria) 1937.

Awarded OBE 1946 for work in nuclear physics.

Professor of physics (Victoria) 1951-54.

Study and research in Russia and Canada during this period.

Met his wife-to-be, Yvette Diamond, at a ski lodge in the Laurentian Mountains.

Chief Scientist with the Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC) 1955-.

In charge of completion of Lucas Heights nuclear reactor, Sydney.

Professor of physics (Sydney) 1960-71.

DSc (Victoria) 1968.

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