Person

Eden, Eva Gizella (1924 - 2014)

AM

Born
5 December 1924
Hungary
Died
7 July 2014
Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Educator

Summary

Eva Eden was a gifted scientist and educational administrator who devoted much of her life to public service. In 1964 she was appointed Principal of Janet Clarke Hall in the University of Melbourne, and guided the college through two decades of unparalleled change.

She was recognised for service to education by being appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1986, and awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, from the University of Melbourne in 1986.

Details

Chronology

1950
Career position - Science Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, UK
1951
Life event - Settled in Australia
1951 - 1960
Career position - Lecturer, Biochemistry, University of Sydney
1958 - 1961
Career position - Vice-principal of the Women's College, Sydney
1961 - 1964
Career position - Warden at St Catherine's College, Western Australia
1964 - 1984
Career position - Principal of Janet Clarke Hall, University of Melbourne
1965 - 1968
Career position - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Monash University
1969 - 1971
Career position - President, Women Graduate's Association
1976 - 1978
Career position - Chairman, Association of Independent Schools in Victoria
1981 - 1983
Career position - President, Australian College of Education
1985 - 1987
Career position - Senior Associate of the School of Education, University of Melbourne
1986
Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
1986
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - In recognition of service to education

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Biographical cuttings on Dr Eva Eden, educationalist, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

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

Newspaper Articles

Resources

See also

  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes

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