Lawrence Ralph Smith

Background

Smith, Lawrence Ralph was born on January 6, 1928 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Son of Lawrence Alfred John and Yvonne Grace (Neave) Smith.

Education

Degree applied chemistry, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1949.

Career

Assistant chemist, D.W. Bingham & Company Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1949-1951; chief chemist, Ormiston Rubber Company Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1951-1954; technical manager, Ormiston Rubber Company Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1958-1965; general manager, Ormiston Rubber Company Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1965-1975; development chemist, Materials Research laboratories, Melbourne, 1954-1956; senior development chemist, Olympic Tyre Company, Melbourne, 1956-1958; manager marketing, technical, Continental Carbon Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW., 1975-1987; managing director, Continental Carbon Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW., since 1987.

Achievements

• Lawrence Ralph Smith has been listed as a noteworthy Petrochemical company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Plastics & Rubber Institute London (George Milne medal 1975), Society Senior Executives. Member Australian Indonesian Business Council, Committee Economic Development Australia (trustee since 1987), Rotary (president 1982, Paul Harris fellow 1990).

Interests

• Avocations: boating, yachting, walking, photography, golf.

Connections

Married Betty Catherine Feehan, November 25, 1950. 1 child, Martin Lawrence.

Father:

Lawrence Alfred John Smith

Mother:

Yvonne Grace (Neave) Smith

Spouse:

Betty Catherine Feehan

child:

Martin Lawrence Smith