Person

Cameron, Donald William (1935 - )

Born: 11 September 1935
Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Organic chemist

Summary

Don Cameron was Professor of organic chemistry at the University of Melbourne for over 30 years.

Details

Chronology

1958: Award - University Medal, University of Queensland
1958: Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Queensland
1958 - 1960: Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship [Organic Chemistry. - The biosynthesis of naturally-occurring organic substances. University of Manchester]
1960 -: Career position - Salters' Fellow of the Salters' Company, University of Cambridge
1960: Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Manchester, UK
1961: Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Cambridge, UK
1961 - 1966: Career position - Demonstrator, University of Cambridge, UK
1962 - 1968: Award - Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK
1966 - 1968: Career position - Lecturer, University of Cambridge, UK
1968: Career event - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)
1968 - 2000: Career position - Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Melbourne
1969: Education - Doctor of Science (ScD), University of Cambridge, UK
1970: Award - Corday-Morgan Medal, Chemical Society, London
1979 - 1980: Career position - Chairman, Division of Organic Chemistry at the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1998: Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

Related Corporate Bodies

The University of Melbourne (1853 - )
Professor of Organic Chemistry, 1968 - 2000

Related Themes

1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )
1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship: 1958 - 1960 [Recommended by University of Queensland]

Published resources

Books

Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Record of the science research scholars of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, 1891 - 1960 (London: The Commissioners, 1961), 107 pp. Overseas Scholarship - Entry No.271. Details

Resources

'Cameron, Donald William (1935-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473950. Details

Resource Sections

Rasmussen, Carolyn and Tropea, Rachel, 'Cameron, Donald, Biographical Entry', in Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/umfs/biogs/UMFS257b.htm. Details

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