Person

Ransom, Dorothy Ellen (1917 - )

OAM

Born
21 January 1917
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Summary

Dorothy Ransom was awarded the Medal of the order of Australia, 8 June 1998, for service to the community, particularly through the Australian Federation of University Women and the Senate of the University of Western Australia.

Details

Chronology

1978 - 1996
Career position - Member of the Senate, University of Western Australia
1980 -
Career position - Member of the Buildings Committee, University of Western Australia
1986 - 1996
Career position - Chairman, Buildings Committee, University of Western Australia
1986 - 1996
Career position - Member of the Executive Committee, University of Western Australia
1992 - 1996
Career position - Member of the Senate Representative Council at St George's College, University of Western Australia
1998
Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to the community in particular, through the Australian Federation of University Women and the senate of the University of Western Australia

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

See also

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

Ailie Smith

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