Ding Dyason

At the [[University of Melbourne]] Dyason majored in physiology and bacteriology, gaining a B.Sc (Hons) in 1943 and M.Sc. in 1945 with first class honours and an exhibition.{{Cite periodical |last=Flesch|first=Juliet|year=2012|title=The ones that got away: Four women from the Department of Physiology and what they did next|url=http://museumsandcollections.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1379030/11_Flesch-GotAway11.pdf|periodical=University of Melbourne Collections|issue=11|pages=44–50}} She was a resident of University Women's College from the beginning of her studies in 1938, and later became a committed member of the council (1945-1952) and eventually was appointed the governor (1961).{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Eloge: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919-1989|last=Home|first=R W|date=1990|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science|access-date=29 March 2017}} She was first employed in 1943 as a demonstrator in the Physiology Department of the University of Melbourne while she carried out her M.Sc research. Her research on malaria led her to work with Professor (Sir) Douglas Wright, firstly as a research assistant and then in 1947 as a senior demonstrator in the Department of General Science.{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Eloge: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919-1989|last=Home|first=R W|date=1990|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science|access-date=29 March 2017}} In 1949 she was employed as lecturer in the new Department of History and Methods of Science that was created under Wright's leadership. Dyason was assigned to teach first year medical students in a compulsory but non-examinable course, a difficult task that she nevertheless turned into a memorable experience for them.{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Elogee: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919-1989|last=Home|first=R W|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science|date=13 May 2012 |access-date=29 March 2017}}

At the [[University of Melbourne]] Dyason majored in physiology and bacteriology, gaining a B.Sc (Hons) in 1943 and M.Sc. in 1945 with first class honours and an exhibition.{{Cite periodical |last=Flesch|first=Juliet|year=2012|title=The ones that got away: Four women from the Department of Physiology and what they did next|url=http://museumsandcollections.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1379030/11_Flesch-GotAway11.pdf|periodical=University of Melbourne Collections|issue=11|pages=44–50}} She was a resident of University Women's College from the beginning of her studies in 1938, and later became a committed member of the council (1945-1952) and eventually was appointed the governor (1961).{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Eloge: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919-1989|last=Home|first=R W|date=1990|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science|access-date=29 March 2017}} She was first employed in 1943 as a demonstrator in the Physiology Department of the University of Melbourne while she carried out her M.Sc research. Her research on malaria led her to work with Professor (Sir) Douglas Wright, firstly as a research assistant and then in 1947 as a senior demonstrator in the Department of General Science.{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Eloge: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919-1989|last=Home|first=R W|date=1990|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science|access-date=29 March 2017}} In 1949 she was employed as lecturer in the new Department of History and Methods of Science that was created under Wright's leadership. Dyason was assigned to teach first year medical students in a compulsory but non-examinable course, a difficult task that she nevertheless turned into a memorable experience for them.{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Elogee: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919-1989|last=Home|first=R W|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science|date=13 May 2012 |access-date=29 March 2017}}

Her enthusiasm for the new academic field of History and Philosophy of Science led her in 1952-1953 to travel overseas where she attended lectures and seminars in the United States and Britain, including some given by [[James Bryant Conant]] at [[Harvard University]] and [[Karl Popper|Sir Karl Popper]] at University College and the LSE in London.{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Eloge: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919–1989|last=Home|first=R W|date=1990|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science|access-date=29 March 2017}} In 1957, when Dyason was now a senior lecturer, the department had another name change to [[History and Philosophy of Science]].{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=dyason-diana-joan-ding-12448|title=Dyason, Diana Joan (Ding) (1919–1989)|last=MacCallum|first=Monica|access-date=29 March 2017}} Dyason was put in charge in 1958 and was appointed Reader and Head of Department from 1965 to 1974.{{Cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1462376?c=people|title=Dyason, Diana Joan (1919-)|website=Trove|access-date=29 March 2017}} In 1961 she attended the famous Oxford presentation by [[Thomas Kuhn|T S Kuhn]] where he first presented his controversial ideas about historical changes in scientific theories and the importance of social factors. Her own research became increasingly interested in the social history of medicine, and in the 1970s she was a key figure in the introduction of courses in Science, Technology and Society at Melbourne University.{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Eloge: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919–1989|last=Home|first=R W|date=1990|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science|access-date=29 March 2017}} Under her leadership the department grew and consolidated its position, and she continued to inspire with her wit and innovative, dedicated teaching An outstanding example was in the 1970s, when Dyason collaborated with the folk musician [[Danny Spooner]] to develop a highly popular course, titled "Glorious Smellbourne", on the topic of public health and the sewerage systems in Melbourne that included two volumes of resource materials she had compiled.

Her enthusiasm for the new academic field of History and Philosophy of Science led her in 1952-1953 to travel overseas where she attended lectures and seminars in the United States and Britain, including some given by [[James Bryant Conant]] at [[Harvard University]] and [[Karl Popper|Sir Karl Popper]] at University College and the LSE in London.{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Eloge: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919–1989|last=Home|first=R W|date=1990|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science|access-date=29 March 2017}} In 1957, when Dyason was now a senior lecturer, the department had another name change to [[History and Philosophy of Science]].{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=dyason-diana-joan-ding-12448|title=Dyason, Diana Joan (Ding) (1919–1989)|last=MacCallum|first=Monica|access-date=29 March 2017}} Dyason was put in charge in 1958 and was appointed Reader and Head of Department from 1965 to 1974.{{Cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1462376?c=people|title=Dyason, Diana Joan (1919-)|website=Trove|access-date=29 March 2017}} In 1961 she attended the famous Oxford presentation by [[Thomas Kuhn|T S Kuhn]] where he first presented his controversial ideas about historical changes in scientific theories and the importance of social factors. Her own research became increasingly interested in the social history of medicine, and in the 1970s she was a key figure in the introduction of courses in Science, [[Technology and society|Technology and Society]] at Melbourne University.{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Eloge: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919–1989|last=Home|first=R W|date=1990|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science|access-date=29 March 2017}} Under her leadership the department grew and consolidated its position, and she continued to inspire with her wit and innovative, dedicated teaching An outstanding example was in the 1970s, when Dyason collaborated with the folk musician [[Danny Spooner]] to develop a highly popular course, titled "Glorious Smellbourne", on the topic of public health and the sewerage systems in Melbourne that included two volumes of resource materials she had compiled.

As the new academic field of History and Philosophy of Science began to establish itself, Dyason played a leadership role in Australia and, later, internationally. In 1967 she became the founding president of the Australasian Association of the History and Philosophy of Science (later to become known as the [https://aahpsss.net.au/ Australasian Association of the History and Philosophy of Science] (AAHPSSS)). She was instrumental in making her new discipline more relevant professionally to scientists when she became a founding member of the [https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/national-committees-science/national-committee-history-and-philosophy-science National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science] in the Australian Academy of Science. Internationally, she became active as a delegate to general assemblies of the [[International Union of History and Philosophy of Science|International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science]] in [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2696822 Tokyo (1974)] and [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4141970 Edinburgh (1977]). According to her successor, Professor R. W. Home, she helped bridge the gap in knowledge of those who wrote about the history of science or medicine, whether scientists, without an understanding of historical methods, or historians, without an understanding of the science they were describing. The AAHPSSS has established the Dyason Lectures at each year's conference in honour of her memory.{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Eloge: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919-1989|last=Home|first=R W|date=1990|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science|access-date=29 March 2017}}

As the new academic field of History and Philosophy of Science began to establish itself, Dyason played a leadership role in Australia and, later, internationally. In 1967 she became the founding president of the Australasian Association of the History and Philosophy of Science (later to become known as the [https://aahpsss.net.au/ Australasian Association of the History and Philosophy of Science] (AAHPSSS)). She was instrumental in making her new discipline more relevant professionally to scientists when she became a founding member of the [https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/national-committees-science/national-committee-history-and-philosophy-science National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science] in the [[Australian Academy of Science]]. Internationally, she became active as a delegate to general assemblies of the [[International Union of History and Philosophy of Science|International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science]] in [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2696822 Tokyo (1974)] and [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4141970 Edinburgh (1977]). According to her successor, Professor R. W. Home, she helped bridge the gap in knowledge of those who wrote about the history of science or medicine, whether scientists, without an understanding of historical methods, or historians, without an understanding of the science they were describing. The AAHPSSS has established the Dyason Lectures at each year's conference in honour of her memory.{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Eloge: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919-1989|last=Home|first=R W|date=1990|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science|access-date=29 March 2017}}

Towards the end of her career she was still publishing in the area of history of medicine{{Cite journal|last=Dyason|first=Diana|year=1984|title=William Gillbee and erysipelas at the Melbourne Hospital: medical theory and social actions|journal=Journal of Australian Studies|volume=8 |issue=14|pages=3–28|doi=10.1080/14443058409386881}} as well as reflecting on her professional life and was a member of the Council of the Royal Children's Hospital School (1983 to 1988).{{Cite web|url=https://researchdata.ands.org.au/records-diana-joan-dyason/186098|title=Records of Diana Joan Dyason|last=University of Melbourne Archives Repository|access-date=4 April 2017}} When she retired, The [http://www.eoas.info/bib/HASB01260.htm Second National Congress on Australian Medical History] dedicated a whole day of presentations, as well as the published proceedings, to her.{{Cite book|title=The Half-Open Door: Sixteen Modern Australian Women Look at Professional Life and Achievement|last=Dyason|first=Diana|publisher=Hale & Iremonger|year=1982|isbn=0-86806-049-6|editor-last=Grimshaw|editor-first=Patricia|location=Sydney, New South Wales|pages=304–327|chapter=Preludes|editor-last2=Strahan|editor-first2=Lynne}} At the Congress she was elected to a committee to establish what became a national medical history society (now the [http://www.anzshm.org.au/ Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine]) and later became its foundation Vice-President.{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Eloge: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919–1989|last=Home|first=R W|date=1990|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association of the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science|access-date=2015-03-29}}

Towards the end of her career she was still publishing in the area of history of medicine{{Cite journal|last=Dyason|first=Diana|year=1984|title=William Gillbee and erysipelas at the Melbourne Hospital: medical theory and social actions|journal=Journal of Australian Studies|volume=8 |issue=14|pages=3–28|doi=10.1080/14443058409386881}} as well as reflecting on her professional life and was a member of the Council of the Royal Children's Hospital School (1983 to 1988).{{Cite web|url=https://researchdata.ands.org.au/records-diana-joan-dyason/186098|title=Records of Diana Joan Dyason|last=University of Melbourne Archives Repository|access-date=4 April 2017}} When she retired, The [http://www.eoas.info/bib/HASB01260.htm Second National Congress on Australian Medical History] dedicated a whole day of presentations, as well as the published proceedings, to her.{{Cite book|title=The Half-Open Door: Sixteen Modern Australian Women Look at Professional Life and Achievement|last=Dyason|first=Diana|publisher=Hale & Iremonger|year=1982|isbn=0-86806-049-6|editor-last=Grimshaw|editor-first=Patricia|location=Sydney, New South Wales|pages=304–327|chapter=Preludes|editor-last2=Strahan|editor-first2=Lynne}} At the Congress she was elected to a committee to establish what became a national medical history society (now the [http://www.anzshm.org.au/ Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine]) and later became its foundation Vice-President.{{Cite web|url=https://aahpsss.net.au/conferences/the-dyason-lectures/|title=Eloge: Diana Joan Dyason, 1919–1989|last=Home|first=R W|date=1990|website=AAHPSSS. The Australasian Association of the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science|access-date=2015-03-29}}

After retirement in 1985, she was appointed a research associate at the University of Melbourne,{{Cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1462376?c=people|title=Dyason, Diana Joan (1919-)|website=Trove|access-date=29 March 2017}} was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by Deakin University in 1985, and continued to enjoy her other interests in poetry, watercolour painting and bush-walking.

After retirement in 1985, she was appointed a research associate at the University of Melbourne,{{Cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1462376?c=people|title=Dyason, Diana Joan (1919-)|website=Trove|access-date=29 March 2017}} was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by [[Deakin University]] in 1985, and continued to enjoy her other interests in poetry, watercolour painting and bush-walking.

==Death and legacy==

==Death and legacy==