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25th Anniversary of the Sir Charles Todd Building (SCT)
Charles Todd was Postmaster General, Superintendent of Telegraphs and
Government Astronomer of South Australia, a fine applied scientist and
technologist, the leading electrical engineer in Australia. His most
memorable achievement was the leadership of the overland single-wire
telegraph line which linked Australia to the rest of the world in 1872.
His achievements and attitude have been an inspiration for staff and
students in the Schools.
On Monday, 6 November 2000, the School celebrated the 25th Anniversary
of the Sir Charles Todd Building opened on 24 October 1975 by His
Excellency, The Governor of South Australia, Sir Mark Oliphant.
Thirteen special anniversary guests participated in the ceremony: Bill
Bilske, Alan Bolton, Chris Brander, Nick Begakis, Mary Driver, John
Duval, Wilson Forte, Tony Gelonese, Malcolm Haskard, Mike Miller, Ian
Milroy, Elaine Milson and Bob Smyth.
These people had helped with the relocation of the two Schools of
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 25 years ago from City East
campus to the Levels campus and installed the schools in the SCT
Building.
Present was also the architect who designed the Building - Peter
Scrymgour. Several speakers reflected on the past, present and future of
the School.
The SCT building historically hosted two schools: Electrical and
Electronic Engineering. In March 2000 we witnessed the final unification
in the form of School of Electrical and Information Engineering, which
now incorporates the disciplines of: Applied Physics, Civil Aviation,
Computer Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic
Engineering, Systems Engineering and Telecommunications.
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Group attendance
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Mr Peter Scrymgour
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Professor Malcolm Haskard
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Mr Wilson Forte
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Professor Andrew Nafalski
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