This biography has been shared from The Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, published by the Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology, under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Born: 1 April 1899, Australia
Died: 13 October 1968
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: Annie Jean Connor
Dame Jean Macnamara (later Connor) was a physician at the Children’s Hospital Melbourne from 1923, a consultant and medical officer to the Poliomyelitis Committee of Victoria 1925-1931, and the Medical Officer, Yooralla Hospital School for Crippled Children 1928-1951.
Chronology
1922
Education – Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1922 – 1923
Career position – Resident Medical Officer at the Melbourne Hospital
1923 – 1928
Career position – Resident Medical Officer at the Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
1925
Career position – Entered private practice
1925
Career position – Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Melbourne
1925 – 1931
Career position – Consultant in Infantile paralysis to the Poliomyelitis Committee of Victoria
1928 – ?
Career position – Honorary Medical Officer in the Physiotherapy Department at the Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
1928 – 1951
Career position – Honorary Medical Officer at the Yooralla Hospital for Crippled Children
1930 – 1931
Career position – Honorary Advisor on polio to official authorities in New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania
1931 – 1933
Career position – Travelled to England and North America on a Rockefeller Fellowship
1933 – 1937
Career position – Worked at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (part-time)
1935
Award – Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
1937 – 1942
Career position – Member of the Consultative Council for Polio
1946 – 1947
Career position – Member of the Consultative Council for Polio
1966
Career position – Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD (Hon)) received from the University of Melbourne