Person

McKenzie, Hugh Albert (1923 - 2008)

FRACI

Born
5 March 1923
New South Wales, Australia
Died
2008
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation
Biochemist

Summary

Hugh McKenzie was a Professorial Fellow and later Faculty Chairman at the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR)from 1963 to 1988. Prior to this he worked at a number of Australia's leading research organisations and held many short-term visiting scientist posts overseas. Having retired from JCSMR McKenzie spent the next 15 years teaching at the School of Chemistry of the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. His research, which included a number of international collaborations, focused on protein chemistry, particularly the interaction of water with proteins. McKenzie's publications several much-cited review papers and he was one of six Editors of the Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology (1997).

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Chronology

1944
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
1945 - 1948
Career position - Research Officer at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)/CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Food Preservation and Transport
1945 - 1948
Career position - Researcher (part-time) in the Chemistry Department at Sydney Technical College
1946
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
1948 - 1949
Career position - Visiting Fellow at the Frick Chemical Laboratory at Princeton University, USA
1950 - 1959
Career position - Head of the Physical Chemical Unit within the Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney
1957
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney
1959 - 1963
Career position - Senior Fellow in Physical Biochemistry at the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR), Australian National University
1963 -
Career position - Professorial Fellow and Leader of the Protein Chemistry Group, John Curtin School of Medical Research
1976
Career position - Faculty Chairman, John Curtin School of Medical Research

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Jeffrey, Peter, 'Hugh A. McKenzie FRACI CChem FRCS (1923 - 2008)', Chemistry in Australia, 2019 (March) (2009), 26-7. Details
  • McKenzie, H. A., 'Obituary: Francis Patrick John Dwyer', Australian Journal of Science, 25 (11) (1962), 215-216. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn

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