Person
Gent, Betty Lovell (1921 - 2003)
- Born
- 16 April 1921
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 16 February 2003
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Applied mathematician and University Administrator
- Alternative Names
- Cumming, Betty Lovel (married name)
Summary
Betty Gent graduated with BA (hons) in mathematics from the University of Melbourne having gained first class honours and exhibitions in both pure and applied mathematics in all years of the course. She later completed an MA with first class honours in methematics. She worked athe Aeronautical Research Laboritories prior to tutoring and lecturing at the University of Melbourne, Trinity College and the Women's College. In 1962 she joined the Department of Mathematics at Monash University as a lecturer becoming a senior lecturer in 1966. She was Warden of Howitt Hall at Moansh (1966-1975) being the first woman to be appointed to a University Hall taking both men and women. In 1976 She became Sub-Dean of Science Faculty and retired in 1985.
Details
Chronology
- 1942
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA(hons)), University of Melbourne
- 1943
- Education - Master of Arts (MA(hons)), University of Melbourne
- 1944 - 1945
- Career position - Research officer, Aeronautical Research Laboratory. Location: Melbourne
- 1945 - 1961
- Career position - Part-time tutor and lecturer in mathematics, University of Melbourne
- 4 January 1945
- Life event - Married Ron Cumming. They had four children.
- 1962 - 1966
- Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics, Monash University
- 1966 - 1975
- Career position - Warden, Howitt Hall, Monash University
- 1966 - 1983
- Career position - Senior Lecurer in Mathematics, Monash University
- 1976 - 1985
- Career position - Sub-Dean, Science Faculty, Monash University
- 1985
- Career event - Retired from Monash University
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 regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Resources
- 'Gent, Betty Lovell (1921-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473243. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Gent, Betty Lovell', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P002228p.htm. Details
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Created: 29 June 1995, Last modified: 1 December 2024