Donald Frederick Sandys Wunsch

Donald Frederick Sandys Wunsch OBE (16 January 1887 – 23 August 1973) was a notable New Zealand chemical engineer and factory manager. He was born in Manchester, England, in 1887.[1]

In the 1957 New Year Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his role as chairman of the Advisory Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.[2]

In 2010, IChemE in New Zealand instituted the annual Kennedy-Wunsch lecture, in recognition of the pioneering roles that both Wunsch and Miles Kennedy played in the development of chemical engineering in New Zealand.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Maslin, M. Joy. "Donald Frederick Sandys Wunsch". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 40962. p. 46. 1 January 1957. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Kennedy-Wunsch lecture". IChemE in New Zealand. Retrieved 28 August 2014.


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