Background

O'Donnell, Stella Rayner was born on July 6, 1938 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. Daughter of James Booth and Irene (Rayner) Gregory.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Leeds U., England, 1959; Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology, Leeds U., England, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Leeds U., England, 1963; Doctor of Science, Leeds U., England, 1985.

Career

Assistant lecturer in pharmacology, Leeds U., 1962; senior demonstrator in pharmacology, U. Queensland, Australia, 1964; lecturer, U. Queensland, Australia, 1965-1968; senior lecturer, U. Queensland, Australia, 1969-1973; reader, U. Queensland, Australia, 1974-1989; professor, U. Queensland, Australia, since 1990.

Achievements

• Stella Rayner O"Donnell has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Pharmaceutical Society Great Britain. Member British Pharmacological Society, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Australian Society Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists, Pharmaceutical Society Australia (president Queensland branch 1995-1996).

Interests

• Avocations: piano, bushwalking, embroidery, gardening, traveling.

Connections

Married James Hamilton O'Donnell, December 14, 1963 (deceased April 1995). Children: Anne Rayner, Susan Margaret Anderson.

Father:

James Booth Gregory

Mother:

Irene (Rayner) Gregory

Spouse:

James Hamilton O'Donnell

child:

Anne Rayner O'Donnell

child:

Susan Margaret Anderson O'Donnell