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BPW AUSTRALIA PAST PRESIDENT 1964-1966
BPW INTERNATIONAL PAST PRESIDENT 1974 – 1977
83 YEARS
VALE – BERYL NASHAR O.B.E 9 July 1923 - 12 May 2012
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• BERYL NASHER GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY FIRST IN HER CLASS AS THE ONLY GIRL IN HER YEAR.
• THE B OYS OBJECTED TO HER BEING IN AN ALL-MALE CLASS AS SHE WOULD BE A DISTRACTION
Beryl Nashar
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Beryl Nashar Academic
1952 the first Australian awarded a PhD in Australia
Appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Newcastle in 1969.The first woman ever to hold a Dean's position in an Australian University.
1965 to 1980, Professor of Geology and Head of Department, University of Newcastle and in 1980 become Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle.
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Beryl Nashar - BPW
Beryl was on the International Federation Executive for 9 years
Responsible for initiating the upgrading of the Federation’s Non-Government status in the United National ECOSOC from Category 2 to Category 1.
An initiator of Project 5-0, which in under-developed countries joined five of the world’s leading women’s organisations together to fund projects for women
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Beryl Nashar
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