Ian Wark

{{Short description|Australian chemist and scientific administrator}}

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Sir Ian William Wark {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|CMG|CBE|FAA}} (8 May 1899 – 20 April 1985) was an Australian chemist and scientific administrator. He was the recipient of the ANZAAS Medal in 1973. After his death, the Ian Wark Research Institute was established in 1994. This endeavored to support new innovative research methods with other organisations including the CSIRO. The first Director of the Institute was John Ralston {{small|AO}}, from 1994 to 2015.{{cite book |title= Wark, Sir Ian William (1899–1985) |chapter-url= http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wark-sir-ian-william-15853 |author= J. B. Willis |chapter= Sir Ian William Wark (1899–1985) |publisher= National Centre of Biography, Australian National University }} First published in hardcopy in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18, (MUP), 2012[http://science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/wark.html AAS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606140201/http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/wark.html |date=2013-06-06 }}[http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/aasmemoirs/wark.htm UMelb][http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/wark/WARK.htm ASTHC][http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/461025?c=people Trove][https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083066 Knight Bachelor], 14 June 1969, It's an Honour[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1066077 Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George] (CMG), 1 January 1967, It's an Honour[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1065439 Commander of the Order of the British Empire] (CBE), 8 June 1963, It's an Honour