Person
Roberts, Judith Mary (1936 - 2015)
AO
- Born
- 17 December 1936
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 15 February 2015
South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Nurse
- Website
- https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2015/02/20/vale-judith-roberts/
Summary
Judith Robers was instrumental in setting up SA Breast X-ray Service in 1989, later BreastScreen SA. She was chair of the Cancer Council SA from 1996-2003, President of Cancer Council Australia 2004-2007 and Vice President 2001-2004. She trained as a nurse after schooling at Seymour College, Adelaide. She was originally awarded an AM but this was upgraded to AO in June 2003.
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Chronology
- 1984
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to the community, particularly women's affairs
- 1986 - 1993
- Career position - Member Executive of the National Health and Medical Research Council
- 1987 - 1992
- Career position - Chairman, South Australian Council on Reproductive Technology
- 1990 - 1996
- Career position - Member of the Royal Adelaide Hospital Board of Directors
- 1992 - 1993
- Career position - Chair of the South Australian Disability Services Implementation Steering Committee
- 1992 - 1996
- Career position - Chair of the South Australian Council on Reproductive Technology
- 1992 - 2008
- Career position - Member of Council, Flinders University, South Australia
- 1994 - 2001
- Career position - Foundation Chairperson of the Helpmann Academy Board
- 1995
- Career position - Director of the Office for the Ageing at the South Australian Government
- 1995 - 1996
- Career position - Deputy Chairman of the Royal Adelaide Hospital Board of Directors
- 1996
- Career position - Chairman, Anti-Cancer Foundation Board
- 1997 - 1999
- Career position - Chairman, Family Services Council of Australia
- 2001 - 2005
- Career position - Pro Chancellor, Flinders University, South Australia
- June 2003
- Award - Order of Australia (AO), upgraded from AM
- 2005 - 2008
- Career position - Deputy Chancellor, Flinders University, South Australia
- December 2008
- Award - Honorary Doctorate, Flinders University South Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Resources
- 'Roberts, Judith Mary (1936-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473609. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2001 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 3 March 2003, Last modified: 4 May 2026