The University of Sydney, Australia

Department of Pharmacology

 

Diana Marmion Temple AM

1925-2006

  • Joined the Department of Pharmacology as a Research Fellow and Part-Time Lecturer in 1961
  • Senior Lecturer, 1967
  • Associate Professor, 1976
  • Head of Department, 1976-1979
  • Retired 1990
  • Honorary Associate, Department of Pharmacology 1990-2006
  • Life Member of the Faculty of Medicine, 1995
  • Member of the Order of Australia, 1999, for service to medical and scientific research, particularly in the field of respiratory pharmacology, as an advocate for the role of women in science and in promoting an understanding of science by the general public. (citation)
  • Cutting the cake celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Pharmacology in 1999 (photo)
  • Honorary Fellow of The University of Sydney, 2000
  • Died of chronic lung disease, 29 August 2006, aged 81

  • Diana Temple Memorial Lecture:
  • Notice of inaugural lecture by Professor Judith Black AO
  • Introduction to inaugural lecture by Professor Carol Armour, PVC (Research)
  • Video & audio files of the inaugural lecture

ASCEPT Honour Role

Bright Sparcs biographical entry

Eulogy -A tribute to her scientific career

Obituary - ANZAAS Mercury

Obituary - The Sydney Morning Herald

Obituary - The Lancet

Sydney University Bushwalking Club - A Bushwalking Memoir from the 1940's

WISENET article on her AM

WISENET Journal containing tributes to Diana Temple

WISENET photo

WISENET Profile

 

 

 

 

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