Ian Campbell Murfet

Background

Murfet, Ian Campbell was born on April 2, 1934 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Son of Campbell Vernon and Pretoria Clara (Rutherford) Murfet.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Tasmania, Hobart, 1957; Bachelor of Science with first class honors, U. Tasmania, Hobart, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Tasmania, Hobart, 1971.

Career

Temporary lecturer botany, U. Tasmania, Hobart, 1961; lecturer botany, U. Tasmania, Hobart, 1962-1970; senior lecturer botany, U. Tasmania, Hobart, 1971-1976; reader in botany, U. Tasmania, Hobart, 1977-1991; associate professor plant science, U. Tasmania, Hobart, 1992-1993; professor plant science, U. Tasmania, Hobart, since 1994; sub dean faculty science, U. Tasmania, Hobart, 1976-1979; head department plant science, U. Tasmania, Hobart, 1989. Visiting fellow Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1974-1975, 78.

Achievements

• Ian Campbell Murfet has been listed as a noteworthy Botany educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Australian Society Plant Physiologists, Scandinavian Society Plant Physiology, International Working Group on Flowering, Crop Science Society American, Pisum Genetics Association (member coordinating committee since 1975, chairman since 1989).

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, swimming, choral singing, bush walking.

Connections

Married Barbara Janet Forward, February 1, 1958. Children: Gregory, Andrew, Robyn.

Father:

Campbell Vernon Murfet

Mother:

Pretoria Clara (Rutherford) Murfet

Spouse:

Barbara Janet Forward

child:

Gregory Murfet

child:

Robyn Murfet

child:

Andrew Murfet