William Tyree
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TYREE, Sir William (Bill)died 25th of October 2013 Born in Auckland, NZ 4 November 1921 Sir William Tyree transformed the Australian Engineering, manufacturing and the power industry. By the early 1960s he was the largest manufacturer of transformers in the Southern Hemisphere. Sir William Tyree was described as an engineering dynamo. In six-decade career, he led the way in Australian electrical transformer manufacture and created the modern energy landscape. William Tyree obtained a Diploma of Electrical Engineering at Sydney Technical College. He established Tyree Holdings a manufacturer of electrical transformers. In 1969, he sold the business to Westinghouse Electric Company. William Tyree left manufacturing and pursued philanthropic and humanitarian interests. William Tyree returned to manufacturing, founding the Tyree Group of Companies. William Tyree was an advocate for nuclear energy working on it with Westinghouse.
References
- Transforming electricity By Ajai Raj Cosmos Online 14 June 2012
- The Sydney Morning Herald on Oct. 29, 2013
- http://www.tyree.com.au/aboutus/history/