| Authorised form of name | Slatyer; Ralph Owen (1929 - 2012) |
| Dates | 1929 - 2012 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia |
| Date of birth | 16/04/1929 |
| Date of death | 26/07/2012 |
| Occupation | Scientific administrator |
| Research field | Biology |
| Activity | Education:
Perth Modern School; Wesley College, Perth; University of Western Australia
Career:
1951 : BSc(Agric) University of Western Australia; 1955 : MSc(Agric) University of Western Australia; 1960 : DSc(Agric) University of Western Australia
Doctoral Thesis Title: Some Aspects of Plant-Soil-Water Relationships Professor of Biology, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University (1967-1994); Australian Ambassador to UNESCO (1978-1981); Chairman, Australian Science and Technology Council (ASTEC) (1982-1987); President, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS); Director, Research School of Biological Sciences (1984-1989); Chief Scientist to the Department of Prime Minister and Science (1989-1992); Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University ;
Honours:
Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal (1877); Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (1982); Companion of the Order of Australia, AC (1993);
Scientific honours:
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1967; Foreign Associate Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences 1976; Foreign MEmber of teh American Academy fo Arts and Sciences 1981; Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 1992; Honorary Foreign Member of the Korean academy of Science and Technology 1996;
Other Awards:
1950 David Evans Memorial Prize, University of Western Australia; 1960 Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of NSW; 1968 Medal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science; 1991 Medal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science; 1993 Awarded Gold Medal of th Ecological Society of Australia; 1993 Appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the Queen's Birthday Honours, for Contributions to science and technology and their applications in industry and the environment; 1998 Medal of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO; 2001 Clunies Ross Award for Lifetime Contribution to Science and Technology; |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/03/1975 |
| Age at election | 45 |
| Relationships | Married June (Helen) Wade 16 May 1953 in Perth. Three children - Anthony James (1954), Bethanne (1957) and Judith Jeane (1960).
Strongly influenced by Eric Underwood, FRS, who was Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture while SAtyer was an undergraduate. |
| PublishedWorks | ' Practical Micro-climatology' 1961, UNESCO, Paris, R O Slatyer and I C McIlroy; 'Plant-Water Relationships' 1967, Academic Press, London; 'Arid Lands of Australia' 1969, ANU Press, Canberra, editor with R A Perry; Man and the New Biology; 1970, ANU Press, Canberra; 'Photsynthesis and photorespiration; 1971, Wiley Interscience, New York, joint editor with M D Hatch and C B Osmond; 'Plant Responses to Climactic FActors' 1974, UNESCO, Paris, R O Slatyer editor; |
| Source | Sources:
AE |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/237634331 |
| Code | NA4797 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/004218 | Slatyer, Ralph Owen | February 1984 |
| IM/GA/GRS/7591 | Slatyer, Ralph Owen | nd |
| EC/1975/25 | Slatyer, Ralph Owen: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |