Liley, Professor Bruce Sween Biography 1991

LILEY, Professor Bruce Sween
Professor and Head of Department of Physics, University of Waikato
Born Havelock North, 7 September 1928, son of Ralph Warren Liley and Flora (née McPhee); married Margaret Alison Donner, daughter of Tibor Karl and Margaret Donner, 1960; two sons
Education: Havelock North Primary School; Hastings High School; Otago University, MSc (Maths) 1951; Auckland University, MSc (Physics) 1955; University of Reading, PhD 1963
Fellow, Institute of Physics (UK), CPhys, FNZIP, FRSA. Research Physicist, Associated Electrical Industries Research Labs, Aldermaston, UK, 1955-63: UK delegate, Sherwood (Fusion) Conference, Washington DC, 1958; Senior Research Fellow, Research School of Physical Sciences, ANU, 1963-69; Waikato University: Foundation Professor, Head of Department of Physics 1969-, Dean School of Science 1984-87; Vis Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra, 1973, 1988, 1989; Research Associate, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Labs Abingdon, 1973, 1978-79, 1982; Visiting Scientist, Centre for Fusion Research, University Texas, Austin, 1973-4; Member of Council, Waikato University, 1975-83; Member, Royal Commission on Nuclear Power in NZ, 1976-78; Convenor, RSNZ National Committee for Pure and Applied Physics, 1975-77, 1983-88; Member, IUPAP Plasma Physics Committee, 1978-84: IAEA consultant in “Fusion Research in Developing Countries” (UKAEA Representative), 1978; Member NZ Atomic Committee, 1985-86; Member, NZ Universities Research Grant Committee, 1986-88; NZ Delegate, XIX IUAP Assembly Washington DC, 1987;
Visiting Scientist: JET Joint Undertaking, Arbingdon, UK 1988-89, Institute for Fusion Studies, University Texas, Austin 1989; Member, Education Board, Australian Journal of Physics, 1989; basic interest has been research in high temp plasma physics with particular application to controlled thermonuclear (fusion) reactors; taken considerable interest in establishment of Technology type degrees, Waikato University, and establishment of a Science/Tech type park for Waikato Region
Patron, Hamilton Astronomical Society; Board Member, Hamilton Civic Trust, 1985-87 Publications: ”The Plasma State” (15^th ed Encyclopedia Britannica) 1974; “Nuclear Power Generation in New Zealand” (Report of Royal Commission of Inquiry) 1978
Recreations: reading, watching sports, gardening
Address: 26 Cranwell Place, Hamilton