Biographical entry Hayes, William (1913 - 1994)

Summary

William Hayes established the research field of bacterial genetics, when he discovered the processes of genetic transfer during cell reproduction. Much of his early work was carried out in Great Britain, but from 1974 he migrated to Australia to continue his research. Hayes was appointed Professor (1974), then Emeritus Professor (1979) of the Genetics Department at the Australian National University in Canberra. He retired from all teaching and research duties in 1985 at the age of seventy-two.

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1947 - 1950

Career position - Lecturer in Bacteriology at Dublin University, Ireland

1950 - 1952

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Bacteriology at the University of London, UK

1953 - 1954

Career position - Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology, USA

1957 - 1968

Career position - Director of the Microbial Genetics Unit of the Medical Research Council

1964

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), London

1968 - 1973

Career position - Honorary Director of the Microbial Genetics Unit at the Medical Research Council

1968 - 1973

Career position - Professor of Molecular Genetics at Edinburgh University, UK

1971 - 1973

Career position - President of the Genetical Society of Great Britain

1974 - 1978

Career position - Professor and Head of Genetics at the Australian National University, Canberra

1976

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1979 - 1980

Career position - Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar at California Institute of Technology, USA

1979 - 1994

Career position - Emeritus Professor of Genetics at the Australian National University

1980 - 1986

Career position - Visiting Fellow in the Departmentof Botany at the Australian National University, Canberra

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Holloway, Bruce and Broda, Paul, 'William Hayes 1913-1994', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 11, no. 2, 1996, pp. 213-228. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9961120213.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Hayes, W', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-854716. Details