MUNCEY, Robert William Roy (1918-2014)
MUNCEY, Dr Robert William Roy (1918-2014)
'Roy' Muncey was an engineer and research scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific Research Organization (CSIRO) and was heavily involved in building research becoming Chief Officer of its Forest Products Division and subsequently, Chief of Building Research.
He initially worked with the Victorian Public Works Department and Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) and began studying civil engineering at RMIT part-time before transferring to electrical engineering at Melbourne University where he completed his Master’s Degree in 1943. That same year he also became a preacher in the Methodist Church. In 1944, he commenced with CSIRO, testing the speed of gun projectiles. At war’s end he took up a position with Building Research, eventually becoming Head of Forest Products before becoming Head of Building Research in 1971. He was notable for his membership of the committee of the Victorian Institute of Colleges (VIC) and presidency of the committee which was responsible for the transition of technical colleges such as RMIT and Swinburne to the status of Colleges of Advanced Education (CAE) and eventually University status.
His parents were Ernest Robert Muncey and Bessie Mary nee Loats and he attended Geelong High School before his education at Geelong College from 1934 to 1935, where he was dux in 1935. Roy Muncey died at Hamilton, age 96, on 31 May 2014.
'Roy' Muncey was an engineer and research scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific Research Organization (CSIRO) and was heavily involved in building research becoming Chief Officer of its Forest Products Division and subsequently, Chief of Building Research.
He initially worked with the Victorian Public Works Department and Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) and began studying civil engineering at RMIT part-time before transferring to electrical engineering at Melbourne University where he completed his Master’s Degree in 1943. That same year he also became a preacher in the Methodist Church. In 1944, he commenced with CSIRO, testing the speed of gun projectiles. At war’s end he took up a position with Building Research, eventually becoming Head of Forest Products before becoming Head of Building Research in 1971. He was notable for his membership of the committee of the Victorian Institute of Colleges (VIC) and presidency of the committee which was responsible for the transition of technical colleges such as RMIT and Swinburne to the status of Colleges of Advanced Education (CAE) and eventually University status.
His parents were Ernest Robert Muncey and Bessie Mary nee Loats and he attended Geelong High School before his education at Geelong College from 1934 to 1935, where he was dux in 1935. Roy Muncey died at Hamilton, age 96, on 31 May 2014.
Source
(atse.org.au); Ad Astra April 1966 p5; Ad Astra March, 1974 Herald Sun (Melb) 4 June 2014.