Beryl Elaine Jacka AM MBE (9 June 1913 – 27 December 1989) was a private secretary for the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AUSIMM) (1948–1976), the inaugural secretary of the Australian Minerals Industry Research Association (AMIRA) (1959–1975)[1] and executive officer at Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (ATSE) (1976–1989).
[3] Beryl Jacka joined the AusIMM as a typist in 1936 and became acting secretary in 1945.
Jacka regularly visited Institute branches and attended overseas congresses.
On her retirement in 1976, AusIMM President C H Martin praised 'the concentration, the search for perfection, and the originality of ideas which characterise Miss Jacka's services' in awarding her honorary membership of the Institute – a remarkable tribute in a then male-dominated profession.
The Institute's 'Beryl Jacka Award' was established in 1993 to recognise members who, like Beryl, 'demonstrated extraordinary and sustained service to the AusIMM.