Person
Wilmot, Alice Elizabeth (Betty) (1912 - c. 1998)
OBE
- Born
- 15 February 1912
- Died
- c. 1998
- Occupation
- Medical administrator and Dietician
Summary
Betty Wilmot began her working life as a dietician at Victorian Railways. After gaining a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB BS) from the University of Melbourne she was a resident medical officer at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, and the Children's Hospital, Perth. Wilmot was later assistant director, then director, of Maternal, Infant and Pre-School Welfare at the Department of Health, Victoria. She was appointed as Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of her work in maternal and child health, on 3 June 1978.
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Chronology
- 1934 - 1938
- Career position - Dietician at Victorian Railways
- 1939
- Career position - Dietician at the Commonwealth Department of Health
- 1941
- Career position - Joined research staff in the Physiology Department, University of Melbourne
- 1945
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne
- 1945 - 1946
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1946 - 1947
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Children's Hospital, Perth
- 1947 - 1948
- Career position - Scholar Medical Officer in Tasmania
- 1948 - 1949
- Education - British Council Scholar, visited England to Study Child Health in Great Britain
- 1950 - 1960
- Career position - Assistant Director of Maternal, Infant and Pre-School Welfare at the Department of Health in Victoria
- 1960 - 1970s
- Career position - Director of Maternal, Infant and Pre-School Welfare with the Victorian Department of Health
- 1966
- Career position - Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council
- 1978
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
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
- 'Wilmot, A Elizabeth (19120215-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-636624. Details
See also
- Alexander, John A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1944 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1944), 906 pp. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 12 March 2003, Last modified: 18 November 2011