Adrienne Clarke

Adrienne Clarke
Chancellor of La Trobe University
In office
26 February 2011 – 26 February 2017
Preceded bySylvia Walton
Succeeded byRichard Larkins
Lieutenant Governor of Victoria
In office
1997–2000
Preceded bySir James Gobbo
Succeeded byLady Southey
Chair of the CSIRO
In office
5 December 1991 – 4 December 1996
Preceded byNeville Wran
Succeeded byCharles Allen
Personal details
Born
Adrienne Elizabeth Petty

(1938-01-06) 6 January 1938 (age 86)
Melbourne, Victoria
EducationUniversity of Melbourne;
Baylor University;
University of Michigan
SpouseCharles Clarke
AwardsOfficer of the Order of Australia (1991)
Companion of the Order of Australia (2004)
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science;
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, plant genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland;
University of Melbourne;
CSIRO Australia

Adrienne Elizabeth Clarke AC FAA FTSE (née Petty; born 6 January 1938) is professor emeritus of Botany at the University of Melbourne, where she ran the Plant Cell Biology Research Centre from 1982 to 1999. She is a former chairman of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, 1991–1996), former Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (1997–2000) and former Chancellor of La Trobe University (2011–2017).