Person
Asche, Leila Valerie (1927 - 2019)
AM DStJ
- Born
- 6 February 1927
Rupanyup, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 27 August 2019
- Occupation
- Microbiologist
Summary
Leila Asche worked in the field of microbiology for over forty years. Her work was recognised by the Australian Society for Microbiology in 1991 with a Distinguished Service Award. In 2001 she was appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to science, particularly in the field of microbiology, and for service to the community of the Northern Territory.
Details
Chronology
- 1953 - 1974
- Career position - Tutor in microbiology at various colleges of the University of Melbourne
- 1955 - 1975
- Career position - Demonstrator and Principal Tutor at the University of Melbourne
- 1962 - 1970
- Career position - Industry Consultant at Westminster Carpets, Melbourne
- 1975 - 1986
- Career position - Senior Microbiologist at the Queen Victoria Medical Centre, Victoria
- 1978 - 1985
- Career position - Treasurer of the Australian Society for Microbiology
- 1980
- Career position - Honorary Senior Lecturer at Monash University
- 1985
- Career position - Fellow of Janet Clarke Hall at the University of Melbourne
- 1986 - 1994
- Career position - Senior Research Officer at the Menzies School of Health Research, Northern Territory
- 1986 - 1994
- Career position - Sessional Microbiologist at Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory
- 1987 - 2000
- Career position - Chairman, Australian Society for Microbiology Foundation
- 1988 - 1990
- Career position - President, Australian Federation of University Women
- 1991
- Award - Distinguished Service Award received from the Australian Society of Microbiology
- 1993
- Award - Dame of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (DStJ)
- 1994
- Life event - Retired
- 1995 - ?
- Career position - Member of the Board, Northern Territory Research and Development Advisory Council
- 1995 - 2005
- Career position - Member, Governing Board, Menzies School of Health Research, Northern Territory
- 2001
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for ervice to sience, particularly in the field of microbiology, and to the community of the Northern Territory
- 2002 - 2004
- Career position - Chairman, Taskforce Inquiring into Illegal Drugs, Northern Territory
- 2007
- Award - Honorary Doctorate, Charles Darwin University
- 2010 - 2019
- Career position - Member, Society of Biology, United Kingdom
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Obituary: Dr Leila Valerie Asche, PhD, AM, PhD (hons) CDU', Microbiology Australia, 41 (1) (2020), 51-2. https://doi.og/10.1071/MA20014. Details
Resources
- 'Asche, Valerie (19270206-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-561798. Details
See also
Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn
Created: 10 February 2003, Last modified: 16 September 2022