Celebratory Dinner
In September 1930, CSIR’s first statistician, Betty Allan
was appointed to the Division of Plant Industry.
A Celebratory dinner was held on Tuesday 27 September 2005
at University House Australian National University, Canberra with speakers
John Field (BiometricsSA):
A brief biography of Betty Allan
Terry Speed (WEHI, UC Berkeley):
Mathematics, Statistics, Biology: Past, Present and Future
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Allan Adolphson and Bronwyn Harch of CSIRO with
Mervyn Thomas.
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Guests gathered before the talks.
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Dinner speakers Terry Speed (left) and John Field (right), with Murray Cameron (centre),
Chief of CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences.
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Betty Allan's son, Allan Calvert (right), and his
son Michael Calvert (left).
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Dinner in the Great Hall, University House,
Australian National University.
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Andrea Mettenmeyer and Carrie Bengston of CSIRO
dressed in 1930s costume.
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Allan Calvert (Betty Allan's son) with John Field.
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Michael Calvert (Betty Allan's grandson) with Terry Speed. |
Damian Powell, Principal of Janet Clarke Hall (where Betty Allan lived
in the mid 1920s while studying at the University of Melbourne) with
Alastair Robertson (centre) of CSIRO and Jeremy Burdon (right), Chief
of CSIRO Plant Industry. |
Prof Richard Huggins (centre) of the University of Melbourne's maths
dept with Murray Cameron (right), Chief
of CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences. |
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