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For the second time in its history the Linnean Society of NSW has given its highest honor to a woman. Dr. Lilian Fraser, plant pathologist of the NSW Department of Agriculture, has recently been elected president of the Society. Only other woman ever to hold the position is Dr. Ida Brown, lecturer in geology at Sydney University.The Linnean Society is an old, wealthy and learnedscientific body, primarily interested in geology,botany, entomology and other biological scicnceswith erudite members who regularly deliver paperson such subjects as: “The Utilization of Fumerateand Malate by Escherichia cofc in the presence ofMolecular Hydrogen.”TO become president of the Linnean Society one must b*: a scientist of pretty high calibre.Dr. Fraser, a tall, quietly spoken woman wiih blue eyes, dark hair, a keen sense of humor and a scientificDuring her ten years in the Department of Agriculture, Dr. Fraser has carried out work of major importance in establishing the cause ol citrus root rot and in finding, tor“Just .sinj; out whenBotanic Gardens, to look tor new plant specimens in remote areas A good bushman, Dr. Fraser was highly indignant when, some years ago, while she and Miss Vickery were botanising in a wild part of ihc Barrington Tops, they were described as “lost.” Search parties were sent out to find them and their “discovery made headlinesTo anyone as scientifically accurate ami precise as Dr. Fraser the idea of being lost is too ridiculous. I agree. I can t imagine someone who can find her way around the intricate paths of science the way Dr. Fraser can, getting lost on a mere mountain.☆ ☆ ☆A CITY of cold, huneerdetachment from clothes, gossip and other interests of lesser femininity, is a scientist of very high calibre.A doctor of science of Sydney University, she has done considerable C%^SU research work overseas and is the Australian authority on sooty mould fungi.propagation purposes, citrus stock which is resistant to root rot. one ol the worst diseases with which Austral i a n citrus growers have to contend.Dr. Fraser's hobbies arc closely allied with her work. At home she »s a keen *jar-derter and when on holidays she takes off for the bush with a botanist friend, Miss Joyce Vickery, of the
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Sydney Smiths Weekly
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Sat, Apr 17, 1948
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