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unusual facts about Museum of Science & Industry



Alexander McLachlan

He was Vice-President of the Executive Council from 1932 to 1934 in the Lyons government and Minister in charge of Development and Scientific and Industrial Research (responsible for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) from 1932 to 1937.

Asim Inam Osmani

He is the son of the famous Pakistani engineer Inam Ahmed Osmani who founded Osmani & Company (Pvt.) Ltd. in 1960 and has previously held the portfolios of the president of Institution of Engineers Pakistan (IEP), Secretary General of the Federation of Engineering Institutions of South & Central Asia (FEISCA), Executive Committee member of the PEC and a member of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Dedham Public Schools

The Foundation has funded field trips such as Museum of Science, Plimoth Plantation, and The Blue Hills Trailside Museum.

Graeme Turner

In his speech to the National Press Club (Australia) on 3 September 2008, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Australia), Senator the Hon Kim Carr announced that Professor Turner, had been appointed to the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC).

Henry Gullett

However, when Robert Menzies formed a coalition with the Country Party in March 1940, he was moved to Vice-President of the Executive Council, and Minister in charge of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Kim Carr

After the Labor's victory in the 2007 federal election, the new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd appointed Carr as Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, and he was sworn into office by Governor-General Michael Jeffery on 3 December.

Laurence Higgins

Higgins is also chaplain for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and serves on planning and executive boards for the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) and the Bay Area Legal Services.

Peter McGauran

McGauran was appointed Minister for Science and Technology in the Howard government in 1996, however, on 26 September 1997, he was forced to resign his position due to Ministerial impropriety in relation to the "Travel Rorts" affair.

Scinema

It is supported by the Australian government's Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research as part of National Science Week.

Sleepers, Wake!

Barry Jones was Australia's Minister for Science in the Hawke government from 1983 to 1990.

Stephen Crabb

In 1996 he became a parliamentary affairs officer for the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, before working at the London Chamber of Commerce in 1998: he left them in 2002 as the policy and campaigns manager.


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