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
- Notice of 2009 lecture by Professor Mary O'Kane AM, NSW Chief Scientist
- Slides from 2009 lecture
- Video from 2009 lecture
- Notice of 2010 lecture by Professor Susan Pond AM
Further links
- 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