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Life Summary

Name	Lawrence Walter Nichol
Born	7 April, 1935 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	29 June, 2015 (aged 80) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Education *	Norwood High School (Adelaide) (student, 1947-1952) Adelaide Teachers College (student, 1953-1955) University of Adelaide (student, 1958-1960)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1957-1957) South Australia, Australia academic (1958-1961) South Australia, Australia biochemist (1958-1961) South Australia, Australia academic (1963-1965) Australian Capital Territory, Australia biochemist (1963-1965) Australian Capital Territory, Australia biochemist (1963-1965) South Australia, Australia academic (1966-1970) Victoria, Australia biochemist (1966-1970) Victoria, Australia academic (1971-1985) Australian Capital Territory, Australia biochemist (1971-1985) Australian Capital Territory, Australia university vice-chancellor (1985-1988) New South Wales, Australia university vice-chancellor (1988-1993) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Fulbright fellow (recipient, 1962-1963) David Syme Research Prize (University of Melbourne) (recipient, 1966) Lemberg Medal (Australian Biochemical Society) (recipient, 1977) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001)
Key Organisations *	Royal Australian Chemical Institute (national) (fellow, 1971-2015) Australian Academy of Science (fellow, 1981-2015)
Workplaces *	Woodville High School (Adelaide) (schoolteacher, 1957-1957) Australian National University (biochemistry and molecular biology) (academic, 1963-1965) University of Melbourne (biochemistry) (academic, 1966-1970) Australian National University (biochemistry and molecular biology) (academic, 1971-1985) Australian National University (JCSMR) (academic, 1971-1985) University of New England (NSW) (administration) (vice-chancellor, 1985-1988) Australian National University (administration) (vice-chancellor, 1988-1993)

* Dates are approximate