Awards
Ralph Sarich has been the recipient of many prestigious engineering, commercial and civil awards including:
1972 Australian Broadcasting Commission ‘Inventor of the Year
1972 Citizen of the Year
1972 Sir Lawrence Hartnett ‘Inventors Award – Science
1972 West Australian ‘Citizen of the Year’
1973 Jaycees ‘Outstanding Young Australian
1986 The ‘Hartnett Medal’ of the Royal Society of Arts UK (contribution to manufacture and commerce)
1987 Honorary Degree of Doctorate of Science, Murdoch University
1988 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
1988 The ‘Churchill Medal’ awarded by the British Society of Engineers (first time outside of the United Kingdom)
1988 Fellow of the British Society of Engineers
1991 Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award
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