Person

Dick, Margaret Isabella Brownlee (1918 - 2008)

FTSE

Born
14 September 1918
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
25 September 2008
Occupation
Microbiologist

Summary

Margaret Dick worked for Kraft 1942-1983, retiring as Chief Microbiologist. She developed a methodology for the production of food which was safe, of good quality and which had a good shelf life. She was an authority on methods of solving the problem of bacteriophages which were active against the cheese starter organisms necessary to produce the acid for making cheese. She was also responsible for the safety and microbial quality of all Kraft products.

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Chronology

1941
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1942 - 1983
Career position - Kraft Foods Research and Development Laboratories, Melbourne (Senior Microbiologist from 1949, later Chief Microbiologist)
1955
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1970
Award - Award of Merit, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (first woman)
1970
Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (FAIFST) - first woman
1977 - 1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1977]
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in food science and technology

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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

  • Allen, Nessy, 'A Microbiologst in the Industry: the Career of an Australian Woman Scientist [Margaret Isabella Brownlee Dick]', Prometheus, 14 (3) (1996), 233-247. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • Schmeja, Ann, 'Pioneering woman scientist set standards in Australian food hygiene', The Age (2008), 12. Details

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See also

  • 'Dr Keith Thomas Henry Farrer OBE MA DSc FTSE - Biographical Note', Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=648. Details
  • Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Handbook 2001 (Victoria: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 2001), 271 pp. Details
  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_d.html. Details

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