Adrienne Clarke
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Adrienne Elizabeth Clarke AC FAA FTSE (née Petty; born 6 January 1938) is professor emeritus of Botany at the University of Melbourne, where she ran the Plant Cell Biology Research Centre from 1982 to 1999. She is a former chairman of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, 1991–1996), former Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (1997–2000) and former Chancellor of La Trobe University (2011–2017).
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Adrienne Clarke | |
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Chancellor of La Trobe University | |
In office 26 February 2011 – 26 February 2017 | |
Preceded by | Sylvia Walton |
Succeeded by | Richard Larkins |
Lieutenant Governor of Victoria | |
In office 1997–2000 | |
Preceded by | Sir James Gobbo |
Succeeded by | Lady Southey |
Chair of the CSIRO | |
In office 5 December 1991 – 4 December 1996 | |
Preceded by | Neville Wran |
Succeeded by | Charles Allen |
Personal details | |
Born | Adrienne Elizabeth Petty (1938-01-06) 6 January 1938 (age 86) Melbourne, Victoria |
Education | University of Melbourne; Baylor University; University of Michigan |
Spouse | Charles Clarke |
Awards | Officer of the Order of Australia (1991) Companion of the Order of Australia (2004) Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science; Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, plant genetics |
Institutions | University of Auckland; University of Melbourne; CSIRO Australia |
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