People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

17 October, 1911
Horsham, Victoria, Australia

Death

29 November, 2004 (aged 93)

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Catholic

Education

• Sacred Heart Primary School (Tatura, Vic)
• St Patrick's Primary School (Camperdown, Vic)
• St Francis Xavier College (St Arnaud, Vic)
• Sacred Heart College (Ballarat, Vic)
• Janet Clarke Hall (University of Melbourne)
• University of Melbourne

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• agricultural scientist

Awards

• A. R. Grice Scholarship (University of Melbourne)
• H. G. Turner Scholarship (University of Melbourne)
• Wrixon Exhibition in Agriculture (University of Melbourne)
• Member of the Order of Australia

Legacies

• Lynly and Yvonne Aitken Trust
• Yvonne Aitken Bursary (Australian Federation of University Women)
• Yvonne Aitken Scholarship (Graduate Women Victoria)
• Yvonne Aitken Scholarship (University of Melbourne)

Key Organisations

• Graduate Women Victoria
• Janet Clarke Hall (University of Melbourne)
• Institute of Land and Food Resources
• Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
• Royal Society of Victoria

Workplaces

• Burnley Gardens (Melbourne)
• University of Melbourne (agriculture)