Background
Kemeny, Leslie George was born on October 18, 1931 in Budapest, Hungary. Arrived in Australia, 1940. Son of Laszlo and Margaret Kemeny.
Kemeny, Leslie George was born on October 18, 1931 in Budapest, Hungary. Arrived in Australia, 1940. Son of Laszlo and Margaret Kemeny.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University Sydney, 1954. Diploma in Nuclear Engineering, University Manchester, 1956. Diploma in Business Administration, University Manchester, 1956.
Doctor of Science in Nuclear Engineering, University London, 1960.
Senior design engineer State Electricity Commission, Sydney, Australia, 1954—1955. Senior research fellow United Kingdom Atomic Energy Commission, Harwell, England, 1955—1956. Associate professor University London, 1957—1965.
Senior consultant The Nuclear Power Group, Manchester, England, 1957—1965, Mitchell-Fairfield, London, 1960—1965. Senior lecturer University New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1966—1990. Managing director L & M Kemeny Consultant Nuclear Engineers and Physicists, Lithgow, Australia, since 1990.
Executive committee Faculty Engineering University New South Wales, Australia, 1966—1980. Assessor Chernobyl Incident, Ukraine, 1987. Lecturer in field; consultant in field.
Keynote speaker Australian Leadership Retreat, Hayman Island, 2005. Expert witness, advisor Commonwealth Government Inquiry Into the Uranium Fuel Cycle and Nuclear Energy for Australia, The Prosser and Switkowsky Reports, 2006.
Fellow: Australian Institute Energy, Institution Engineers Australia. Member: International Nuclear Energy Academy, Australian Nuclear Association.
Married Anna Ruth Figgett, September 3, 1960. Children: Andrew James, David Michael, John Gordon.