of the Council of the renamed Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from 1946 to 1949. In 1935 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1941 and was a Foundation fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1954. He served as president of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science from 1937 to 1939. He died at Sydney in 1961. The Australian Capital Territory suburb of Rivett is named after him. Family In 1911 he married Stella Deakin, second daughter of former Prime Minister of Australia Alfred Deakin. Sir David and Lady Rivett had two children: journalist Rohan Deakin Rivett (1917–1977) and academic economist Dr Kenneth Deakin Rivett (1923–2004). References Further reading David Rivett: Fighter for Australian Science, Rohan Rivett, Melbourne, 1972. Biographical entry, Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Australian Dictionary of Biography Biographical memoirs, Australian Academy of Science CSIROpedia 1885 births 1961 deaths University of Melbourne alumni Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Australian chemists Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Fellows of the Royal Society Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George People educated at Wesley College (Victoria) CSIRO people University of Melbourne faculty