Donald Nicklin

Donald Nicklin AO (1934-2007) was an Australian chemical engineer and academic. His father, James Nicklin was a mechanical and electrical engineer who worked at a number of sugar mills. His grandfather, Reuben Nicklin was a merchant in the Coorparoo area. His cousin George Frances Reuben Nicklin was a Premier of Queensland. Donald Nicklin attended Buranda Boys State School and Brisbane Grammar School, where he was Dux in his final year. and graduated with his Bachelor of Applied Science degree with First Class Honours in Industrial Chemistry in 1957. Nicklin also won a University Gold Medal in the same year. He completed a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics) degree in 1959. Nicklin won a Shell Scholarship Nicklin commenced work with the DuPont company in Canada following graduation from Cambridge. Nicklin took his Bachelor of Economics degree from UQ in 1973. A building was named in his honour at UQ.