Dr Gay E McKinnon
Australian botanist, geneticist and illustrator
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Jessie Ferguson
Jessie Ferguson worked for Barrett Brothers and Burston, maltsters, 1937-1974, retiring as chief analytical chemist.
Daphne Elliott
Australian biochemist whose research included investigation of cyanide-resistant respiration in mitochondria of some plant species.
Elizabeth Anne George
Australian botanist who published in 2002 her definitive study of the genus, with 100 paintings by Margaret Pieroni. In addition a reference collection of more than 1,400 herbarium specimens, assembled with the assistance of approximately 250 volunteers, was lodged with the Western Australian Herbarium.
Martine Rothblatt
Her long list of accomplishments includes creating and commercializing satellite radio, founding a biotechnology company that seeks to provide an unlimited supply of transplantable organs, setting world records for electric flight and delving deep into the future of artificial intelligence with her work on digital immortality.
Ilma Brewer
Ilma Brewer was Lecturer in Botany/Biology, University of Sydney 1963-1970 and Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences 1970-1978.
Euphemia Ross
Physicist and pioneer of the kindergarten movement in Western Australia.
Colonel Kathy Ann C Baptiste-Jones
Col. Kathy Ann C. Baptiste-Jones helped start the 440th Civil Affairs Battalion at Fort Carson, Colorado.
Dr Ethel MacLennan
Ethel McLennan was Associate Professor of Botany at the University of Melbourne from 1931 to 1955, after having joined the staff in 1915. She specialized in mycology and plant pathology, being widely recognised and one of Australia’s leaders in these fields.
Dr Helen Hewson
Following PhD studies in the bryophyte family Aneuraceae and a number of years teaching at tertiary institutions, Helen Hewson played an integral role in the establishment and development of the Flora of Australia program of the Bureau of Flora and Fauna (later the Australian Biological Resources Study).