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Hill, Dorothy (1907 - 1997)

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Geologist and Palaeontologist
Born: 10 September 1907  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.  Died: 23 April 1997  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Dorothy Hill was Research Professor of Geology, University of Queensland 1959-72 and served for six months as President of the Australian Academy of Science, Canberra in 1970. She was the first female elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and has published widely on palaeontology, stratigraphy and geology. She is commemorated by Dorothy Hill Chair in Palaeontology & Stratigraphy at the University of Queensland, established 1972 and the Dorothy Hill Library, University of Queensland.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1928Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Queensland
1930 - 1932University of Queensland Foundation Travelling Scholarship received and went to Cambridge
1932Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Cambridge, UK
1932 - 1935Queensland Students' Research Fellowship resceived
1936 - 1937Senior Studentship Exhibition of 1851
1937 - 1942Research Fellow at the University of Queensland
1942Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Queensland
1942 - 1945Second Officer in the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS)
1946 - 1952Lecturer in Geology at the University of Queensland
1949 - 1950President of the Royal Society of Queensland
1955 - 1956Chairman of the Geological Society of Australia, Queensland division
1955 - 1959Reader in Geology at the University of Queensland
1956 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1959 - 1972Research Professor in Geology at the University of Queensland
1962Foundation member of the Queensland Palaeontographical Society
1964Lyell Medal received from the Geological Society of London
1965Elected to the Royal Society - first Australian woman to achieve this
1966Clarke Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
1967ANZAAS Mueller Medal received (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)
1967Bancroft Oration and Medal received from the Australian Medical Association, Queensland branch
1970President of the Australian Academy of Science - first female
1971Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1971 - 1972First woman in an Australian university to be president of her university's Professorial board
1973 - 1975President of the Geological Society of Australia
1973 - 1997Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Queensland
1981W.R. Browne Medal received from the Geological Society of Australia
1983ANZAAS Medalist (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)
1993Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)

 
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