Frank William Ernest Gibson
Frank William Ernest Gibson AM FAA FRS (22 July 1923 – 11 July 2008) was an Australian biochemist and molecular biologist, Howard Florey Professor of Medical Research in the John Curtin School of Medical Research, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of London He undertook his most notable work at the University of Melbourne.
Several people from Collingwood Tech went to work in the Bacteriology Department at the University of Melbourne and Gibson secured a job there himself.
He was placed in the research group in the Bacteriology Department and worked for Sid Rubbo who collaborated with Adrien Albert in Sydney.
He was encouraged to start a Diploma of Chemistry in the Working Men's College now Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
His wife, Margaret was also a Science graduate from University of Queensland, and was undertaking a DPhil with Cyril Norman Hinshelwood's physical chemistry group.
He was offered a senior lecturer's position back at the University of Melbourne in 1953 , where he continued his scientific research and was awarded a DSc in 1964.
[4] His work on adenosine triphosphate (ATP) led to a close collaboration with Graeme Cox (subsequently a professor in the John Curtin School) for a period of many years.
Sydney Rubbo Memorial Oration Australian Society for Microbiology 1975 Frederick Gowland Hopkins Medal The Biochemical Society (UK) 1981 Leeuwenhoek Medal and Lecture - Royal Society of London (London, Manchester and Durham) 1981 Newton-Abraham Visiting Professor (Oxford) 1982-1983 and Fellow, Lincoln College Vice-President Australian Academy of Science 1989-1990 Biochemistry Alumni Lecturer, University of Queensland 1990 Frank Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture - Australian Academy of Science 1991[5] Emeritus Professor, ANU 1989 University Fellow , ANU 1989-1991 Visiting Fellow, Membrane Biochemistry Group, John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU Awarded Centenary Medal (Commonwealth of Australia) 2001 Appointed Member of the Order of Australia 2004 In 1949, he married Margaret Isabel Nancy Burvill - two daughters, Frances Joan Gibson born 1957, Ruth Enid Gibson 1960-2004.
In 1980, he married lawyer, Robin Margaret Barker (née Rollason) - one son, Mark William Gibson born 1982.
