Person

Shean, Ruth (1953 - )

AO

Born
21 February 1953
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Health administrator and University Administrator

Details

Chronology

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 - Chief Executive Officer of the Cerebral Palsy Association, Western Australia (formerly the Spastic Welfare Association)
1990 - 1999
Career position - Trustee of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation
1992 - 1993
Career position - Vice-President of the Australian Public Health Association, Western Australia branch
1992 - 1993
Career position - Member of the State Government Advisory Committee on Disability in Western Australia
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
2022
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to public administration, and to not-for-profit and community health organisations

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 regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Resources

See also

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

Ailie Smith

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