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Life Summary

Name	Lewis Norman Mander
Born	8 September, 1939 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	8 February, 2020 (aged 80) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cultural Heritage	New Zealander Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation *	academic (1966-1975) South Australia, Australia chemist (1966-1975) South Australia, Australia organic chemist (1966-1975) South Australia, Australia academic (1975-2002) Australian Capital Territory, Australia chemist (1975-2002) Australian Capital Territory, Australia organic chemist (1975-2002) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	A. J. Birch Medal (Royal Australian Chemical Institute) (recipient) H. G. Smith Memorial Medal (Royal Australian Chemical Institute) (recipient, 1981) Flintoff medal (Royal Society of Chemistry) (recipient, 1990) Archibald Olle Prize (Royal Society of New South Wales) (recipient, 1995) David Craig Medal (Australian Academy of Science) (recipient, 2002) Robert Robinson Award (Royal Society of Chemistry) (recipient, 2011) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2018) Matthew Flinders Medal (Australian Academy of Science) (recipient, 2019)
Key Organisations *	Australian Academy of Science (fellow, 1983-2020) Royal Society of London (UK) (fellow, 1990-2020) Royal Society of New Zealand (honorary fellow, 1991-2020) Royal Society of Chemistry (member, 1996-2020)
Workplaces *	University of Adelaide (chemistry) (academic, 1966-1975) Australian National University (chemistry) (academic, 1975-2002) Australian National University (organic chemistry) (academic, 1975-2002) Australian National University (organic chemistry) (visiting fellow, 2002-2014)

* Dates are approximate