Talk:John Douglas Story

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story and sommerset dam[edit]

John Douglas Story (1869-1966), Public Service Commissioner, Queensland

Story was on the Public Service Superannuation Board 1913-1942; chief crown advocate before the Industrial Commission on public service matters; and a member of the Bureau of Industry. He served on boards which constructed the new university at St Lucia, built Somerset Dam, and erected the bridge across the Brisbane River from Kangaroo Point to Fortitude Valley, named in his honour in 1940. Following his retirement in 1939 Story became honorary full-time vice-chancellor at the University of Queensland. Succeeded by Professor Fred Schonell as Queensland's first salaried vice-chancellor, Story retired in 1960, but remained on the senate of the university until 1963. He was honoured by the naming of the new J.D. Story Administration Building in 1965.

see document page no. 24 http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/Somerset_Dam_Nomination.pdf

Pga1965 (talk) 11:58, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. There's much material in that publication for Lake Somerset, but the paragraph above should be incorporated into this article. Unless you or somebody else does it first, I'll see what I can do in the next few days. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:02, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]