Adrienne Clarke
| Adrienne Clarke | |
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| Chancellor of La Trobe University | |
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In office 26 February 2011 – 26 February 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Sylvia Walton |
| Succeeded by | Richard Larkins |
| Lieutenant Governor of Victoria | |
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In office 1997–2000 |
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| Preceded by | Sir James Gobbo |
| Succeeded by | Lady Southey |
| Chair of CSIRO Australia | |
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In office 5 December 1991 – 4 December 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Neville Wran |
| Succeeded by | Charles Allen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Adrienne Elizabeth Petty 6 January 1938 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions |
University of Auckland; University of Melbourne; CSIRO Australia |
| Education |
University of Melbourne; Baylor University; University of Michigan |
| Notable awards |
Officer of the Order of Australia (1991); Companion of the Order of Australia (2004); Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science; Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |
Adrienne Elizabeth Clarke AC, née Petty (born on 6 January 1938) is Professor Emeritus of Botany at University of Melbourne, where she ran the Plant Cell Biology Research Centre from 1982-1999. She is a former chairman of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, 1991–1996), former Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (1997–2000) and former Chancellor of La Trobe University (2011-2017).
Born in Melbourne, Clarke reports she experienced some sexism as a bright student in the 1950s. She attended Ruyton Girls' School and entered the University of Melbourne in 1955 where she was a resident of Janet Clarke Hall (then still part of Trinity College) reading Science. She graduated with an Honours degree in Biological Sciences in 1959, and gained her PhD in 1963. She married Charles Peter Clarke on 14 August 1959.
In 1964 she became a research fellow at the United Dental Hospital of Sydney, then moved to Baylor University in Houston and the University of Michigan, later teaching at the University of Auckland. She worked at the University of Melbourne as Research Fellow (1969-1977), then lecturer, senior lecturer and reader before being appointed Professor of Botany in 1985 and Laureate Professor in 1999. She retired from the University in 2005.
Clarke is a former chairman of CSIRO (1991-1996) and a former Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (1997–2000). She is a Fellow of Janet Clarke Hall at the University of Melbourne. In 2010 she joined the La Trobe University Council, and succeeded Sylvia Walton as Chancellor of La Trobe University on 26 February 2011.
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