Biographical entry Fraser, Alex Stewart (1923 - )

Summary

Alex Stewart Fraser worked at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Animal Genetics Laboratory at the University of Sydney from around 1949. He began there as a Research Officer and rose to Senior Principal Officer. Fraser later moved to the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, USA and was once a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA).

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1945

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at Canterbury University College in New Zealand

1945 - 1946

Career position - Honorary member of the Wheat Research Institute in Lincoln, New Zealand

1947 - 1948

Career position - Research Assistant to Dr F.W. Dry at Massey Agricultural College in Palmerston North, New Zealand

1949 - 1951

Award - Senior Research Grant from Agricultural Research Council, UK

1951

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland

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Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Fraser, Alex Stewart', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475471. Details