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Stan Schaetzel Stan Schaetzel completed his studies in aeronautics at London University and obtained a post graduate degree from Imperial College - then worked for two years for the Bristol Aeroplane Company. He migrated to Australia at the end of 1950 and worked at the Government Aircraft Factories in Melbourne, where he played a leading role in the design and development of guided missiles Malkara, Ikara and Turana. In 1970 he was recruited by Hawker de Havilland in Sydney as their Technical Director. Later he became Chairman and Managing Director of Australia's first Space company, Auspace, which was jointly owned by HdH and the French Company, Matra Espace. In 1972 he was elected fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in London and, in 1977, was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences. In 1985 he was nominated by the Australian Government to represent industry on the Council of the Australian National University. He took part in several government overseas missions, including those to the USSR, Japan and China. During his professional life, Stanley issued over 200 papers in Australian, British and American journals. He retired from Hawker de Havilland in July, 1989 and began his second career as a writer. In addition to several monographs printed by the ANU, his published books involve 'Post War Aeronautical Development in Australia', 'Homo not yet Sapiens', 'Through the Macroscope', 'Satan-CEO', (this book was also translated into French and published in Paris in 2001) and 'The Coming of Age'. 'Through the Macroscope' and 'Satan-CEO' are available through Richmond Books. In 2003 Stan was awarded the Centenary Medal 'for services to defence science'. |