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The Elizabeth Johnson Memorial Lecture

The second Elizabeth Johnson memorial lecture will take place on Thursday 6 September 2007 at the Institute of Physics. The lecture will be given by Claire Curtis-Thomas MP: ‘Gordon Brown Administers: Translating science into government policy’.

Betty Johnson (1936-2003) was a highly respected physicist who worked tirelessly to encourage women into science. She was instrumental in establishing the Daphne Jackson Trust in 1992. The trust, based in Surrey, implements a fellowship scheme to enable a return to careers in science or engineering through updated knowledge and renewed professional skills. Betty Johnson was awarded an MBE in 2002 in recognition of her services to people returning to careers in science, engineering and technology.

The first Elizabeth Johnson Memorial Lecture was given by Professor Jean-Patrick Connerade (President of Euroscience), the Lockyer Professor of Physics at Imperial College London: 'Can Science bring Europeans Together?’.

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