Millis, Nancy Fannie - Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne Biographical entry

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Millis, Nancy Fannie (1922 - )

Prof., FTSE

Microbiologist

Born: 10 April 1922 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Millis was Professor of Microbiology at the University of Melbourne 1982-1991. She was originally appointed as a lecturer in the department in 1956 following the award of a Fulbright travel grant in 1954. She is one of the pioneers of the study of fermentation technology in Australia.

Career Highlights

Events
10 April 1922
Nancy Fannie Millis is born
1946
MAgSc, University of Melbourne
1949 - 1952
Boots Scholar, Bristol University
1951
PhD, Bristol University
1953 - 1982
Lecturer, Microbiology department, University of Melbourne
1954
Fulbright Travel Grant
1977
MBE
1978 - 1980
President, Australian Society for Microbiology 1978-80
1981 -
Commonwealth Government Recombinant DNA Monitoring Committee
1982
Rubbo Orator, Australian Society for Microbiology
1982 - 1991
Professor of Microbiology
1990
AC
1993
DSc (Hon), University of Melbourne

Online Resources

'Millis, Nancy Fannie (1922 - ), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, 2001 edn, 2001, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P001521b.htm.

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: Carolyn Rasmussen & Rachel Tropea
Created: 4 September 2001
Modified: 20 March 2002

Published by Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, October 2001
Comments, questions, corrections and additions: http://www.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/about/inquiries.html#comment
Prepared by: Acknowledgements
Updated: 16 November 2009
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/umfs/biogs/UMFS134b.htm

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