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Dick, Margaret Isabella Brownlee (1918 - )

FTSE

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Microbiologist

Born: 14 September 1918 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Margaret Isabella B. Dick worked for Kraft 1942-83, retiring as Chief Microbiologist. She developed a methodology for the production of food which was safe, of good quality and which had a good shelf life. She was an authority on methods of solving the problem of bacteriophages which were active against the cheese starter organisms necessary to produce the acid for making cheese. She was also responsible for the safety and microbial quality of all Kraft products.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1941 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1942 - 1983 Kraft Foods Research and Development Laboratories, Melbourne (Senior Microbiologist from 1949, later Chief Microbiologist)
1955 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1970 Award of Merit received from Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (first woman)
1970 Fellow of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (FAIFST) - first woman
1977 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

Online Sources

Published Sources

Moyal, Ann, Interview with Miss Margaret Dick, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 27 June 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/md.htm. [ Details ]

See Also

'Dr Keith Thomas Henry Farrer OBE MA DSc FTSE - Biographical Note', Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=648. [ Details ]
Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003488. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 24 May 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
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