Person
Smith, Richard (Dick) (1928 - 2015)
AO
- Born
- 20 April 1928
Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 1 July 2015
Brighton, South Australia - Occupation
- Biochemist
Summary
Richard (Dick) Smith retired from the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) in 1995 after forty-seven years of service. He joined the Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition in 1948 shortly after graduating, retired as Chief Research Scientist at the Division of Nutrition but remained on as a CSIRO research Fellow until April 1995. His main area of research was B12 in ruminants and the role thyroid hormone plays in foetal brain development. In 1985 Smith was President of the Australian Nutrition Society.
Details
Chronology
- 1948 - 1993
- Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Biochemistry and Nutrition
- 1985
- Career position - President, Nutrition Society of Australia
- 1993
- Life event - Retired as Chief Research Scientist, Division of Human Nutrition
- 1993 - 2015
- Award - Fellow, Nutrition Society of Australia
- 2012
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to scientific research in the fields of human nutrition, cardiovascular disease and agriculture, to Indigenous communities in rural and remote areas, and to professional organisations
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Smith, Pamela A., 'Richard Milne Smith AO', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 140 (1) (2016), 129-33. Details
Resources
- 'Smith, Richard (1930-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477127. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 18 September 2006, Last modified: 3 December 2019