Biographical entry Shean, Ruth (1953 - )

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c. 1974 - c. 1984

Career position - Various positions at the Western Australian Education Department

1984 -

Career position - Occasional lecturing at the University of Western Australia

1984

Award - Francis George Bradshaw Prize received from the University of Western Australia

1984 - 1989

Career position - Occasional lecturing at Curtin University of Technology and Edith Cowan University, Western Australia

1984 - 1989

Career position - Executive Director of the Australian Council on Smoking and Health

1984 - 1989

Career position - Consultant at the Health Department, Western Australia

1990

Award - Public Health Association of Australia Award received

1990 - 1999

Career position - Trustee of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation

1990 - 1999

Career position - Chief Executive Officer of the Cerebral Palsy Association, Western Australia (formerly the Spastic Welfare Association)

1992 - 1993

Career position - Member of the State Government Advisory Committee on Disability in Western Australia

1992 - 1993

Career position - Vice-President of the Australian Public Health Association, Western Australia branch

1992 - 1995

Career position - Member of the Reproductive Technology Council in Western Australia

1992 - 1995

Career position - National Vice-President of the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association

1994 -

Career position - Patron of the Australian Disability Achievement Foundation

1995 - 1999

Career position - National President of the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association

1996

Career position - Deputy Chair of the National Advisory Council to the Federal Minister for Disability

1997

Award - Distinguished Service Award received from the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association

1998

Award - Honorary Life Member of the Council on Smoking and Health

1998 - 2000

Career position - Pro Chancellor at Murdoch University, Western Australia

1999 -

Career position - Chief Executive Officer of the Disability Services Commission, Western Australia

1999

Award - Honorary Life Member of the Cerebral Palsy Association, Western Australia

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Resources

• 'Shean, Ruth (1953-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475333. Details

See also

• Herd, Margaret ed., Who's Who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details