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Hayes, William (1913 - 1994)

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Born: 18 January 1913  Edmondstown Park, Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland.  Died: 7 January 1994  Australia.
William Hayes established the research field of bacterial genetics, when he discovered the processes of genetic transfer during cell reproduction. Much of his early work was carried out in Great Britain, but from 1974 he migrated to Australia to continue his research. Hayes was appointed Professor (1974), then Emeritus Professor (1979) of the Genetics Department at the Australian National University in Canberra. He retired from all teaching and research duties in 1985 at the age of seventy-two.
Career Highlights

Chronology
c. 1947 - c. 1950Lecturer in Bacteriology at Dublin Unviersity
c. 1950 - c. 1952Senior Lecturer in Bacteriology at the Unviersity of London
c. 1953 - c. 1954Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology
c. 1957 - c. 1968Director of the Microbial Genetics Unit of the Medical Research Council
c. 1964Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
c. 1968 - c. 1973Honrary Director of the Microbial Genetics Unit at the Medical Research Council
c. 1968 - c. 1973Professor of Molecular Genetics at Edinburgh University
c. 1971 - c. 1973President of the Genetical Society of Great Britain
c. 1974 - c. 1978Professor and Head of Genetics at the Australian National University, Canberra
c. 1976 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
c. 1979 - Emeritus Professor of Genetics at the Australian National University
1979 - 1980Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar at California Institute of Technology, USA
c. 1980Visiting Fellow on the Botany Department at the Australian National University

 
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