Riceman, David Stirling (1910 - 2001)

Summary

David Riceman identified copper, zinc, and colbalt soil deficiencies resulting in the creation of productive agricultural land in the previously infertile South-East of South Australia.

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Chronology

1926

Education - Awarded scholarship to Roseworthy Agricultural College

1935

Education - Agricultural Science Degree

1936 - 1949

Career position - Animal Nutrition Laboratory, Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition, CSIR

1949 - 1968

Career position - Research scientist, Division of Nutritional Biochemistry, CSIRO

1959

Education - Doctorate of Science

1962

Award - Roseworthy Old Collegians Association (ROCA) Award of Merit

1971

Career Position - Head of the Adelaide Legacy Club

1978 - 1996

Award - Fellow, the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science

1997 - 2001

Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology

1999

Award - Australian Medal of Agricultural Science, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology

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Published resources

Newspaper Articles

• 'Roseworthy Scholarships Awarded', Observer (Adelaide, SA) (1929), 6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164873203. Details
• 'The Work Of Legacy', Victor Harbour Times (1971), 6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187370074. Details
• Austin, Nigel, 'Scientist cracked desert's secrets', The Advertiser (2001). Details

Resources

• Dr David Riceman, Black and White Photograph, CSIRO, http://www.scienceimage.csiro.au/library/people/i/4111/dr-david-riceman/. Details
• National award winners, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, c.2017, https://www.aginstitute.com.au/index.cfm//news-awards/awards/national-award-winners/. Details

Resource Sections

• 'ROCA Award of Merit 1962 - Dr David Riceman', in Fact Sheet Roseworthy Old Collegians Association Inc., Roseworthy Old Collegians Association Inc., November 2006, https://www.adelaide.edu.au/roca/news/merit/doc/1962davidriceman-factsheet.pdf. Details