Person

Whitten, Maxwell John (1940 - )

AM FAA FTSE

Born: 29 March 1940
Moree, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Geneticist

Summary

Maxwell Whitten was Chief, CSIRO Division of Entomology 1981-1995. His interests include sustainable agriculture, small scale farming and biodiversity/conservation.

Details

Born Moree, New South Wales, 29 March 1940. AM 1994. Educated University of Sydney (BSc (hons) 1962), University of Tasmania (PhD 1965) and Australian National University (BA 1974). Wheat Research Fellow, University of Tasmania 1963-65; Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Entomology 1966-76; Professor of Genetics and Chairman, Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne 1976-81; Chief, CSIRO Division of Entomology 1981-95.

Chronology

1983 - 1987: Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1987: Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1983]
1993: Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1994: Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - For service to entomology

Related Corporate Bodies

Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )
Elected Fellow 1993
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)
Elected Fellow 1983
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )
Fellow 1987 [Elected Fellow AATS 1983]
CSIRO Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - )
Research Scientist at the Division of Entomology, CSIRO (1966 - 1976); Chief of the Division of Entomology, CSIRO (1981 - 1995)
Department of Genetics, The University of Melbourne (1950s - )

Published resources

Journal Articles

Day, Maxwell F. C.; Whitten, Maxwell J.; and Sands, Don P. A., 'Douglas Frew Waterhouse, C.M.G. 3 June 1916 - 1 December 2000', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 48 (2002), 459-81. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2002.0027. Details
Day, Maxwell F.C.; Whitten, Maxwell J.; Sands, Don, 'Douglas Frew Waterhouse 1916-2000', Historical Records of Australian Science, 13 (4) (2001), 495-519. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR0011340495. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q68181808. Details
'Whitten, Maxwell John (1940-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474997. Details

Resource Sections

Ward, C., 'Whitten, Maxwell John', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Whitten-Maxwell-John. Details

Rosanne Walker

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