Science and Technology Council. Before his death in 1995, the Research School of Chemistry building at ANU was named the "Birch Building" in his honour. References External links Birch Reduction 1915 births 1995 deaths Chemists at the University of Cambridge Australian chemists Companions of the Order of Australia Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Fellows of the Royal Society Foreign Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Organic chemists Alumni of the University of Oxford University of Sydney alumni University of Sydney faculty Presidents of the Australian Academy of Science