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Life Summary

Name	Dorothy Hill
Born	10 September, 1907 Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	23 April, 1997 (aged 89) Corinda, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Methodist 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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Campbell, Kenton S. (pupil)
Education *	Coorparoo State School (Qld) (student, 1912-1919) Brisbane Girls Grammar School (student, 1920-1924) University of Queensland (student, 1925-1928) Cambridge University (UK) (student, 1930-1932)
Occupation *	geologist (1928-1990) Queensland, Australia palaeontologist (1930-1990) Queensland, Australia academic (1937-1972) Queensland, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (navy officer, 1943-1945) Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (officer, 1943-1945)
Awards	Lyell Medal (Geological Society of London) (recipient, 1964) Clarke Medal (Royal Society of New South Wales) (recipient, 1966) Bancroft Medal (AMA, Qld) (recipient, 1967) Mueller Medal (ANZAAS) (recipient, 1967) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1971) Queenslander of the Year (recipient, 1972) W. R. Browne Medal (Geological Society of Australia) (recipient, 1981) ANZAAS medal (recipient, 1983) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1993)
Legacies *	Dorothy Hill Award (Australian Academy of Science) (eponym) Dorothy Hill campus, Coorparoo State School (Qld) (eponym) Dorothy Hill chair of palaeontology and stratigraphy (University of Queensland) (eponym) Dorothy Hill Medal (Geological Society of Australia, Qld) (eponym) Dorothy Hill Observatory (Brisbane Girls' Grammar School) (eponym) Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library (University of Queensland) (eponym) Hill state electorate (Qld) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Royal Society of Queensland (secretary, 1938-1942) Great Barrier Reef Committee (secretary, 1946-1955) Royal Society of Queensland (president, 1949-1950) Geological Society of Australia (Qld) (president, 1955-1956) Australian Academy of Science (fellow, 1956-1997) Queensland Palaeontographical Society (member, 1962-1974) Geological Society of Australia (national) (honorary life member, 1965-1997) Royal Society of London (UK) (fellow, 1965-1997) Geological Society of London (Commonwealth fellow, 1967-1997) Australian Academy of Science (councillor, 1968-1971) Australian Academy of Science (vice-president, 1969-1970) Australian Academy of Science (president, 1971) Geological Society of America (honorary fellow, 1971-1997) International Association for the Study of Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera (president, 1971) Geological Society of Australia (national) (president, 1973-1975) Australasian Palaeontologists (patron, 1975-1997) Australasian Palaeontologists (life member, 1975-1997)
Workplaces *	Cambridge University (UK) (academic, 1932-1937) University of Queensland (geology) (academic, 1937-1972)

* Dates are approximate