Ralph Owen Slatyer
- Born: 16 Apr 1929, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Marriage (1): June Helen Wade on 16 Apr 1953 in Perth, Western Australia
General Notes:
54 Musgrave St Yarralumla 2600 (02) 6285 1728
30 Beach Pde Guerilla Bay 2536 (02) 4471 7883
D Sc (UWA)
Professor of Biology, ANU 1967-1992
Visiting Professor, UC Santa Barbara, 1973-74
Australian Chief Scientist, 1989-1992
Chairman, Australian Science & Technology Council,
1982-87
Australian Ambassador to UNESCO, 1978-81
Awarded AO 1982, AC 1993
Slatyer was Chief Scientist, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from 1989-92, Professor of Biology, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University 1967-92 and Ambassador of Australia to UNESCO 1978-81.
Born Melbourne, 16 April 1929. AO 1982, AC 1993. Educated University of Western Australia (BSc (Agric) 1951, MSc (Agric) 1955, DSc (Agric) 1960). Research Scientist-Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Land Research 1951-66, Associate
Chief, Division of Land Research 1966-67, Professor of Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University 1967-92, Australian Ambassador to UNESCO, Paris 1978-81, Chairman, Australian Science and Technology Council
(part-time) 1982-87, Director, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University 1984-89, Deputy Chairman, National Greenhouse Advisory Committee, Department of the Arts, Sport, Environment and Territories 1989-93,
Chairman, Cooperative Research Centre Program, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet 1989-92, Chief Scientist, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 1989-92, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Research School of Biological Sciences,
Australian National University 1993-. Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1960, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science 1967, Australian Medal of Agricultural Science 1968, Fellow of the Royal Society 1975, Foreign
Associate, US National Academy of Sciences 1976, Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal 1977, ANZAAS Medal 1991, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 1992. President, Ecological Society of Australia 1969, Chairman,
UNESCO World Heritage Committee 1981-83, President, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) 1982-85, President, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1983.
See http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000784b.htm
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Biologist.
• Education: Perth Modern School, UWA.
Ralph married June Helen Wade on 16 Apr 1953 in Perth, Western Australia. (June Helen Wade was born on 21 Jun 1931 in Melbourne, Victoria Australia.)
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