Shean, Ruth (1953 - )

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Chronology

c. 1974 - c. 1984

Career position - Various positions at the Western Australian Education Department

1984 -

Career position - Occasional lecturing, University of Western Australia

1984

Award - Francis George Bradshaw Prize, University of Western Australia

1984 - 1989

Career position - Occasional lecturing at Curtin University of Technology and Edith Cowan University, Western Australia

1984 - 1989

Career position - Executive Director of the Australian Council on Smoking and Health

1984 - 1989

Career position - Consultant at the Health Department, Western Australia

1990

Award - Public Health Association of Australia Award

1990 - 1999

Career position - Chief Executive Officer of the Cerebral Palsy Association, Western Australia (formerly the Spastic Welfare Association)

1990 - 1999

Career position - Trustee of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation

1992 - 1993

Career position - Vice-President of the Australian Public Health Association, Western Australia branch

1992 - 1993

Career position - Member of the State Government Advisory Committee on Disability in Western Australia

1992 - 1995

Career position - Member of the Reproductive Technology Council in Western Australia

1992 - 1995

Career position - National Vice-President of the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association

1994 -

Career position - Patron of the Australian Disability Achievement Foundation

1995 - 1999

Career position - National President of the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association

1996

Career position - Deputy Chair of the National Advisory Council to the Federal Minister for Disability

1997

Award - Distinguished Service Award, Australian Cerebral Palsy Association

1998

Award - Honorary Life Member of the Council on Smoking and Health

1998 - 2000

Career position - Pro Chancellor at Murdoch University, Western Australia

1999 -

Career position - Chief Executive Officer of the Disability Services Commission, Western Australia

1999

Award - Honorary Life Member of the Cerebral Palsy Association, Western Australia

2022

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to public administration, and to not-for-profit and community health organisations

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

Resources

• 'Shean, Ruth (1953-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475333. Details

See also

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