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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002208b.htm person Willis Jack Lehane AACR2 16 March 1918 12 November 2004 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Chemist Museum director Jack Willis initially worked as an organic chemist in private industry. He was then appointed Botanical Research Officer at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (later the Powerhouse Museum) in 1948. Later he became Deputy Director 1956-1959 and Director 1960-1979.

Born Sydney, 16 March 1918. Educated University of Sydney (BA, MSc). Botanical Research Officer, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences 1948, Deputy Director 1956-59, Director 1960-79. President, Museums Association of Australia 1961-67.

 Willis, Jack Lehane (1918-2004)

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 'Willis, Jack Lehane', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Willis, Jack Lehane Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The eucalypts : botany, cultivation, chemistry, and utilization Penfold, Arthur de Ramon, and Willis, Jack Lehane The eucalypts : botany, cultivation, chemistry, and utilization London Leonard Hill 1961 Journal Article: The Essential Oil Industry of Australia Penfold, A.R.; and Willis, J. L. The Essential Oil Industry of Australia 1954 Economic Botany 8 4 316-336 Book Section: Baker, Richard Thomas (1854-1941), botanist and museum curator Willis, J. L. Baker, Richard Thomas (1854-1941), botanist and museum curator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 154-155 Jack Lehane Willis - Records Powerhouse Museum Jack Lehane Willis - Records MA 153, MRS 225 1921 - 1978 Research files and notebooks regarding essential oils, particularly in relation to J.L. Willis and A.R. Penfold's "The Eucalypts: botany, cultivation, chemistry and utilization" (London, 1961); overall dates 1921-78 [MA 153]. Reprints of articles 1950-66 [MRS 225].