Summary

Medal awarded to Dr. Trevor Pearcey as a Fellow of Chisholm Institute of Technology, for meritorious service.

Dr Pearcey was a pioneer in the field of electronic computing in Australia. He designed the computer CSIR Mark 1, later known as CSIRAC, while working for the Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Sydney in the 1940s. He also held a variety of academic positions in computing.

In 1972, Trevor Pearcey joined Caulfield Institute of Technology as Head of the Electronic Data Processing Department and retired as Dean of Technology in 1985. He was Foundation Dean of Technology at Chisholm Institute of Technology.

CSIRAC was built by the CSIR in Sydney in 1949 and was the fourth computer in the world. It was later transferred to the University of Melbourne. Designed by Trevor Pearcey and engineered by Maston Beard, CSIRAC completed more than 1000 projects by the time it was turned off in 1964. It is currently housed at Museum Victoria.

Physical Description

Silver medal on blue neck ribbon. Chisholm Insititute logo on obverse, engraving on reverse. Presentation case in black leatherette with gold trim and square logo on the front.

Obverse Description

Chisholm Institute logo.

Reverse Description

FOR / MERITORIOUS / SERVICE TO / CHISHOLM INSTITUTE / OF TECHNOLOGY / DR. T. PEARCEY

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