tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post3258431752543159400..comments2024-03-29T07:54:12.874+00:00Comments on MEI's Barry Wills: A final call for abstracts for Sustainable Minerals '21MEIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-32159969439113530032021-03-08T19:56:07.030+00:002021-03-08T19:56:07.030+00:00March 8th is INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
I wish to ...March 8th is INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY<br /><br />I wish to honour my late cousin Kathleen Gillian Duncan (née White), niece of Frank TM White, formerly Professor and Chair of Mining Engineering and Applied Geophysics at McGill (1965-71), and founder of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Queensland (UQ 1950-65/66). In 1957, “Jill” became UQ’s first woman graduate in metallurgical engineering. <br /><br />Her first post was with CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) at the University of Melbourne. In 1959, she relocated to become a research metallurgist with Rhoanglo Mine Services in Kitwe, Zambia. She married in Kitwe in December that year. Moving to Johannesburg in 1965 with her family, she worked at different periods for the Chamber of Mines and the Anglo-American Corporation. She retired in South Africa, and continued to live there until she passed away in August 2017. <br /><br />Reference: White F. Miner with a Heart of Gold: biography of a mineral science and engineering educator, p184 and footnote 217. Friesen Press. 2020. https://www.franklinwhiteauthor.com/ <br />Franklin Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375454929593667037noreply@blogger.com