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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-09-18 human Annette Alafaci updated 2024-02-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004729b.htm person Smith Richard AO AACR2 20 April 1928 1 July 2015 Place of Birth Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Brighton, South Australia Biochemist 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. 1948 1993 Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Biochemistry and Nutrition 1985 1985 Career position - President, Nutrition Society of Australia 1993 1993 Life event - Retired as Chief Research Scientist, Division of Human Nutrition 1993 2015 Award - Fellow, Nutrition Society of Australia 2012 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 Nutrition Society of Australia

President 1985; Fellow 1993 - 2015

 CSIR/O Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1944 - 1965) 1948 1995

Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition, CSIRO Retired as Chief Research Scientist at the Division of Nutrition, CSIRO Remained as a Research Fellow at CSIRO until April 1995

 Smith, Richard (1930-)

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 'Smith, Richard (Dick)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Smith, Richard (Dick) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Richard Milne Smith AO Smith, Pamela A. Richard Milne Smith AO 2016 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 140 1 129-33