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Hush, Noel Sydney (1924 - )

AO, FRS, FRACI, FAA

Chemist

Born: 15 December 1924 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Noel Sydney Hush is Emeritus Professor of the School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences at the University of Sydney. He has been at the University for over thirty years and was its founder of the Theoretical Chemistry discipline. Before arriving at the University of Sydney, Hush worked in England at the universities of Manchester and Bristol. He has also held numerous prestigious visiting scientist posts at universities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Noel Hush is author of well over two hundred publications and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the Royal Society (UK). He was appointed a Commander Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for his services in 1993.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1946 - 1949 Research Fellow in Chemistry at the University of Sydney
1950 - 1954 Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at the University of Manchester, UK
1955 - 1971 Lecturer and Reader in Chemistry at the University of Bristol, UK
1956 Consultant to the UK Ministry of Supply
1965 Visiting Professor at Florida State University, USA
1971 - 1989 Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney
1972 - 1974 Head of the Chemical School at the University of Sydney
1975 - Research Collaborator at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in the USA
1977 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1981 Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge, UK
1984 - 1989 Member of the National Committee for Chemistry
1984 - 1989 Member of the Australian Research Grants Committee
1989 - Foundation Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Sydney
1990 Centenary Medal received from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
1993 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
1994 Flinders Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science

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Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 15 November 2005
Modified: 19 December 2005

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