Neville Thiele, a former Vice President International of the AES, has died in Sydney, Australia, at the age of 91.

A Queenslander by birth, Neville was a friend to all who knew him, within the AES and outside, a great scholar, a fine engineer, a bushwalker and a man of peace.

“Born within the smell of the Castlemaine Four-X Brewery” as Neville cheerfully told everyone, he spent his childhood in the city of Brisbane, and its suburbs. His father, a qualified pharmacist, taught Neville and his brother Leonard core elements of confidence through his own passion for singing and poetry recital.
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On Mon Oct 8th AES Member Dr Rodney Staples presented to a group of twenty-six members and visitors on the topic “An Introduction to Architectural Acoustics.”

This was a non-mathematical, undergraduate-level presentation – designed to provide the listener with a basic overview of the topic.
The Section has two follow-up meetings planned on acoustics topics – studio design with designer Peter Brown in November, and concert hall renovation (Hamer Hall) with Peter Exton of Marshall Day Acoustics early next year.
This session was designed as a basic primer to provide a better understanding of the topic and add to the appreciation of the future presentations.