Armed with a Diploma of Applied Chemistry and a PhD degree, Professor Ian Rae FRACI CChem went forth into the wide world of chemistry in 1964. At first his career followed a traditional path - overseas postdoctoral experience followed by 27 years at Monash University broken by periods of sabbatical leave in Britain, America and Argentina. As he moved into university administration and eventually to a sort-of- retirement, his laboratory bench was replaced by an armchair from which he remains involved in chemistry as an adviser, writer and historian.
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