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  ABC Radio National: Big Ideas - 1 September  2002  - The Wisdom Interviews: Frank Fenner
Frank Fenner is the winner of the 2002 Prime Minister's Prize for Science for his work in the field of virology.
Frank Fenner was director of the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the ANU in Canberra.
Frank Fenner: Oh, I suppose the single one that stands out was the day I stood at the World Health Assembly on the 8th of May 1980 and gave the short address declaring that smallpox had been eradicated globally; meaning that transmission from human to human had been stopped.
www.abc.net.au /rn/bigidea/stories/s638248.htm   (6219 words)

  
 ANU - The John Curtin School of Medical Research - JCSMR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Professor Frank Fenner was born in 1914 in Ballarat, Victoria.
At the end of the fellowship, Fenner was at a loss as to future directions when he received a letter from Howard Florey, inviting him to become the first Professor of Bacteriology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research in Canberra, the chair he finally accepted was actually in microbiology at Fenner's suggestion.
In 1997, Fenner became the Chairman of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, for the World Health Organisation and eventually stood in front of the UN General Assembly to make the announcement of the eradication of that disease (to date the only disease ever to be completely eradicated).
jcsmr.anu.edu.au /fenner/simon_ross.htm   (494 words)

  
 EDWARD SCHWARTZ 1870 DIARY, cont.
Frank hauled 2 loads wood and then went up to grain house to help clean some wheat, which is designed to go to Nashville, Ills.
Frank hauled 1 load wood in forenoon and in afternoon he chopped wood and done some other little work about the place.
Frank and I hauled in hay in forenoon and in afternoon Frank and Jack hauled in bal of stack.
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 SCIENCE PRIZES RECOGNISE OUSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Professor Frank Fenner, a Visiting Fellow at the John Curtin School of Medical Research in Canberra and a pioneer in his field of virology, is the winner of Australia’s most prestigious science award, the $300,000 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.
Professor Fenner has been Australia’s leading scientific ambassador in the international virology community, and his outstanding career has contributed greatly to the reduction of human suffering.
Along with Professor Fenner these awards honour two of Australia’s most promising young researchers, and, for the first time, the vital role that science teachers play in nurturing a new generation of enquiring minds.
www.pm.gov.au /News/media_releases/2002/media_release1807.htm   (397 words)

  
 Frank Fenner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At the young age of 34, Fenner was invited to be the Foundation Professor of Microbiology at the newly established John Curtin School of Medical Research.
Fenner’s own research continued to be marked by consistent high quality, always with a view to practical application.
Fenner has had a longstanding concern about environmental issues, having served as Chairman of the Flora and Fauna Committee (Australian Academy of Science) 1967-74, and of the Standing Committee on National Parks and Conservation 1970-72, as well as of the National Committee on Problems of the Environment 1971-78.
cluniesross.org.au /cr2002/frank_fenner.htm   (871 words)

  
 population.org.au :: SPA :: Media Release :: 20 Million: More than enough   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Another Patron, Professor Frank Fenner, winner of last year's Prime Minister's Science Prize says we must proclaim to all that exponential growth, of either population or resource use, is unsustainable.
Frank Fenner: One of my mentors, Rene Dubos, invented the phrase "Think globally, act locally." 2003 is a landmark year, for Australia has now reached a population, 20 million, which may be sustainable.
Whether it will be depends on what happens here and in the rest of the world, for if the growth fetish, as Clive Hamilton calls it, persists in the wealthy countries like Australia and the United States, we are likely to be overwhelmed by environmental refugees from south and south east Asia.
www.population.org.au /pressrm/mediarels/mr20031204.htm   (756 words)

  
 Top science prize for smallpox hero - theage.com.au
Frank Fenner, 87, the eminent virologist who helped eradicate smallpox from the globe, has received the country's top scientific award, the $300,000 Prime Minister's Prize for Science.
Professor Fenner, a visiting fellow at the John Curtin School of Medical Research in Canberra, has described it as a "great experiment of nature".
Professor Fenner's expertise in pox viruses and his demonstration that no animal reservoir of smallpox was left in the world was instrumental in the achievement.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/08/20/1029114110343.html   (319 words)

  
 UOW News -Scientist who helped eradicate smallpox presents s…
Professor Fenner graduated in medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1938, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1942, for papers on the physical anthropology of Australian aborigines.
Professor Fenner served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps from 1940 to 1946, and in 1945 was awarded an MBE for his work in malaria control in New Guinea.
Emeritus Professor Frank Fenner is pictured before his talk with UOW scientist Dr Suresh Mahalingam who recently received the NSW Tall Poppy Award for Excellence in Life Sciences.
media.uow.edu.au /news/2004/0812b   (657 words)

  
 Teachers notes-Frank Fenner
Frank Fenner was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1914.
Fenner was Director of the John Curtin School from 1967 to 1973.
Fenner has been elected to the fellowship of numerous faculties and academies, including Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1954), Fellow of the Royal Society (1958), and Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences (1977).
www.science.org.au /scientists/notesff.htm   (2278 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/romanelli
Frank Romanelli discovered that he could make people happy with music when he was four years old, singing Italian songs and dancing for his grandfather (Old Man Joe).
Frank has played several well known Los Angeles venues, including The Joint in West LA and The Rainbow on Sunset in W. Hollywood.
On the east coast, Frank can most often be found around the Newport, RI beaches, playing original and standard favorites at The Landing, Schooner's and Pineapple's on the Bay on Goat Island.
myspace.com /romanelli   (418 words)

  
 SCOPE 44 - Introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms into the Environment, Chapter 10, Patterns of Establishment ...
I will then discuss live virus vaccines, for most of these are produced by the genetic manipulation of virulent viruses, and finally describe recombinant vaccinia virus vaccines, which are currently being considered for use in human and veterinary medicine, and thus for widespread and large-scale introduction into the environment.
Cowpox virus, which is thought to be the virus used by Jenner in 1796 to protect children against smallpox, was for a long time recognized only as a disease of cows and persons who milked cows.
It is quite clear that it does not survive in nature as a disease of any of these hosts; since recurrent infectivity does not occur, infection is followed by lifelong immunity, and all of these animals have slow population turnover times.
www.icsu-scope.org /downloadpubs/scope44/chapter10.html   (5725 words)

  
 Frank Fenner:
Professor Frank Fenner’s outstanding career as a scientist has been marked by two achievements of considerable magnitude, namely the eradication of smallpox, and the control of Australia’s rabbit plague.
Professor Fenner's a microbiologist acclaimed for his part in the eradication of smallpox globally back in 1979, arguably, one of the greatest achievements in the history of microbiology.
PROFESSOR FRANK FENNER: I wanted to get onto virus work and here was a disease that killed 99% of rabbits and had spread all over the Murray-Darling Basin in a matter of six weeks.
www.abc.net.au /dimensions/dimensions_in_time/Transcripts/s785936.htm   (744 words)

  
 AAS-Interview with Frank Fenner
Professor Frank Fenner, microbiologist and virologist, won the Japan Prize in 1988 for preventive medicine and was awarded the Royal Society's Copley Medal in 1996 for his research on human and animal poxviruses.
Frank, I think that in the mid-’70s you got involved in writing up the history of virology –; a novel experience.
Frank, it would be nice to talk a little bit about your Japan Prize for Preventive Medicine, a remarkable but very fitting tribute.
www.science.org.au /scientists/ff.htm   (11476 words)

  
 Print Article: Scientists block medal for Howard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Internationally acclaimed medical scientist, Frank Fenner, has joined other eminent scientists in voicing doubts about honouring Mr Howard with the prestigious Australian Academy of Science medal.
Professor Fenner, who won the Prime Minister's Prize for Science in 2002, led the global campaign to eradicate smallpox.
Other scientists, all of them recognised leaders in their field, refused to be named, fearing they would lose research grants.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2004/02/22/1077384638789.html   (301 words)

  
 This won't hurt you a bit - Health - Specials - smh.com.au
Frank Fenner once injected himself with enough myxoma virus to kill one thousand rabbits.
In the 1950s Sir Macfarlane Burnet, Professor Frank Fenner and Sir Ian Clunies-Ross inoculated themselves with myxoma virus (responsible for myxomatosis in rabbits).
The aim was to reassure the public that the myxoma virus was harmless to humans.
www.smh.com.au /news/Health/This-wont-hurt-you-a-bit/2005/05/05/1115092600612.html   (1023 words)

  
 ANU - MAC - MEDIA - MEDIA RELEASES - 2003 - 030527FENNERBUILDING
The Frank Fenner Building provides valuable new facilities for the ANU Faculty of Science and Medical School and recognises the enormous contribution of Professor Fenner to the ANU, the nation and the world.
“Frank Fenner is an icon in the global scientific community and in a small way, this building acknowledges his contribution to science, to students of science and to the ANU.
In recognition of Professor Fenner’s role in continuing to inspire and support science students, the naming ceremony also involved the presentation of awards to 48 distinguished science scholars.
info.anu.edu.au /mac/Media/Media_Releases/_2003/_030527FennerBuilding.asp   (442 words)

  
 Chapter 2: Suppression: it's everywhere
But towards the end of 1976, I was told by the head of CRES, Professor Frank Fenner, that he and Peter Young had decided that it would be better not to renew my contract.
Frank Fenner was not an enthusiast of radical environmentalism.
According to a friend at the local environment centre, he had been a supporter of the "old guard" at the Australian Conservation Foundation that was ousted by the "radicals" in the 1973 elections.
www.uow.edu.au /arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/documents/ss/ss2.html   (5434 words)

  
 CSIRO - Golden anniversary of rabbit control
According to Professor Fenner, the first and unsuccessful attempt at introducing myxoma virus to Australian rabbits was in 1918, the next in 1934.
Finally a determined trial was made in 1950 by CSIRO and Professor Fenner.
Professor Fenner is guest speaker at a special dinner to mark the 50th year of biological rabbit control in Australia, at the National Museum of Australia on Wednesday 24 October.
www.csiro.au /page.asp?type=mediaRelease&id=PrRabbit   (652 words)

  
 Frank Frazetta Print Gallery
Frank Frazetta's 50-year career is celebrated not only in these museum-quality reproductions of his art but also in photos from his personal archives, including shots of George Lucas visiting the Frazetta estate and Bo Derek posing for one of his alluring femme fatales.
The incredible paintings of Frank Frazetta have brought him worldwide fame, legions of loyal fans, and scores of imitators.
Frank Frazetta's paintings and illustrations have set the standard for fantasy artists for the past 50 years.
60sfurther.com /Gallery-Franzetta.htm   (345 words)

  
 eMJA: Fenner, Nature, nurture and my experience with smallpox eradication   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Later that year three of the authors, Henderson, Arita and I, shared the Japan Prize, given that year for preventive medicine.
Fenner F, Henderson DA, Arita I, et al.
Correspondence: Professor F Fenner, John Curtin School of Medical Research, GPO Box 334, Canberra, ACT 2601.
www.mja.com.au /public/issues/171_11_061299/fenner/fenner.html   (2905 words)

  
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Distinguished Australian scientist and virologist Professor Frank Fenner FRS talks first of his boyhood in Australia, the development of interests in natural history and the influence of a remarkable father.
War years of increasing influence as a malariologist are then reviewed, including the way they led to a post-war appointment with Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet at the Hall Institute for Medical Research, Melbourne, and studies of mousepox, the first of a series of investigations of poxviruses.
Professor Fenner then describes a visiting fellowship at New York's Rockefeller Institute and the invitation to a professorship at the new Australian National University that followed in 1949, an appointment that was to find its main research direction in the 1950s myxomatosis epidemic that overwhelmed Australia's rabbit population.
www.brookes.ac.uk /schools/bms/medical/synopses/fenner.html!   (317 words)

  
 Marketing & Communications Division - Media Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Prominent ANU scientists, Professor Frank Fenner and Dr Ted Maddess, are to be recognised at the 2002 Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Awards in Melbourne tonight for their outstanding achievements in major Australian scientific developments.
Professor Fenner is Australia's most decorated and respected microbiologist and research administrator and recognised worldwide for his work on eradicating small pox.
At the young age of 34, he was invited to be the Foundation Professor of Microbiology at the newly established John Curtin School of Medical Research, the Australian National University, and in 1967 was appointed Director of the School.
info.anu.edu.au /mac/Media/Media_Releases/_2002/clunies.html   (287 words)

  
 World expert speaks on bioterrorism and emerging infections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
World renowned and esteemed Australian virologist Professor Frank Fenner will present the inaugural Rod Andrew Oration this week at Monash University.
Professor Fenner's lecture will kick off an annual program of prestigious lectures that are aimed at inspiring alumni, staff, students and the public on important health-related issues.
Professor Byrne said the university was particularly honoured that Frank Fenner had agreed to give the inaugural Rod Andrew Oration as it was he whom Rod Andrew invited to speak at the first medical graduation ceremony at Monash University 40 years ago.
www.news-medical.net /?id=652   (434 words)

  
 Cricinfo - EW Swanton: Fond memories of Fenner's come flooding back (10 Jun 1998)
High celebrations are afoot at Cambridge this weekend to mark the 150th anniversary of Fenner's.
The university will play one-day matches against an XI raised by Frank Fenner, great-great nephew of Francis Philip Fenner, on Saturday and against MCC, the first opponents in 1848, on Sunday.
F P Fenner, who had a tobacco and cigar business in Cambridge and was a playing contemporary of Fuller Pilch and Alfred Mynn, laid out and rented his matchless sward at the request of the university cricketers, who wanted to get away from the hoi-polloi of Parker's Piece.
content.cricinfo.com /ci/content/story/75929.html   (786 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Icon: A Retrospective by the Grand Master of Fantastic Art: Books: Frank Frazetta,Arnie Fenner,Cathy Fenner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
There are also plenty of insightful quotes from Frank in all three books, which explain his outlook concerning his artwork and doing business with his artwork over 5 decades.
Frank is at or near retirement and his work will be greatly missed but books like this will keep his art alive with younger generations.
He is the greatest figure artist, of rich, dark powerful actionand color in my lifetime and certainly measures up to the greatest painters of the past several hundred years, no one is better at the figure or composition.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1887424717?v=glance   (1905 words)

  
 RDU magazine online
Virology pioneer Professor Frank Fenner, left, and Doctor George McLean, incoming president of the Rotary Club of Canberra City, A.C.T., try out immunisation droppers at the National Museum of Australia, where the Rotary Australia Centenary Exhibition (RACE) will be held.
Professor Fenner is the Australian who was most responsible for eradicating smallpox from the world.
Professor Fenner was the recipient of the Albert Einstein World Award for Science 2000.
www.rotarnet.com.au /Magazine/articles/APRIL04/15.html   (381 words)

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