What is Rachel Makinson?
[[File:Rachel Makinson portrait.jpg|thumb|Makinson in 1971]] '''Kathleen Rachel Makinson''' (née White) (15 February 1917- October 2014) was an [[Australian]] research scientist. She held a number of prominent positions within [[CSIRO]]. She began work in the Division of Textile Physics in 1953, and was a senior principal research scientist from 1971-1977. She was the first woman to become a chief research scientist at CSIRO (1977-1982). From 1979-1982 she was the assistant chief of the division, also the first woman to hold such a position.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kathleen Rachel Makinson|url=http://csiropedia.csiro.au/display/CSIROpedia/Makinson%2C+Kathleen+Rachel|work=CSIROpedia|accessdate=20 May 2014|archive-date=20 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520044934/http://csiropedia.csiro.au/display/CSIROpedia/Makinson,+Kathleen+Rachel|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1981, she was elected a Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering]]; in 1982 she was made a Member of the [[Order of Australia]] (AM). Makinson died in [[Sydney]], Australia from natural causes, aged 97.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Makinson|first1=Bob|title=Scientist Rachel Makinson broke new ground and CSIRO glass ceiling|url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/scientist-rachel-makinson-broke-new-ground-and-csiro-glass-ceiling-20141017-117gd3.html|accessdate=30 October 2014|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=18 October 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Makinson, Rachel}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Australian physicists]] [[Category:Australian businesspeople]]