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- early 1970s - 2014 (Creation)
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140 type 1 archive boxes
28m
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Emeritus Professor John White, AO CMG FRS FAA FAIP FRACI, studied chemistry at the University of Sydney before earning a doctorate at the University of Oxford. He returned to Australia in 1985 to take up the position of Professor of Physical & Theoretical Chemistry at the Australian National University.
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Papers collected by John White in his various professional capacities, relating to: the Research School of Chemistry at the ANU, 1990-2008; the human cloning debate and legislation in the 1990s and again in the early 2000s; collaboration between Australian and overseas research facilities; a proposed Australian nuclear reactor, 1987-2000s; Australian and New Zealand antarctic research in the early 2000s; the Royal Australian Chemistry Institute, 1990s-2000s; the University Industry Chemistry program (UnIChe), 1997-2010; alphabetized correspondence with students and colleagues; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) 1990s-2000s; higher education policy in Australia 1980s-2010s; papers and correspondence collected at Oxford 1970s-1980s
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Boxes 111-129 are not processed to item level. They are currently listed by broad subject matter only.