HerStory
Jean St George KERR
Born: 31/12/1922
Died: 13/3/2013
Special Achievements:1946 - Australia's second full-time university accounting academic and the first such female appointee, University of Melbourne.
1956 - Her ''Three Concepts of Business Income,'' published in Australian Accountant, provided a masterly analysis of the income-capital nexus under three different measurement systems - historical cost, current purchasing power, and current operating capacity. It would become one of the most widely cited and reproduced articles of its time, generating a major international reputation for Ms. Kerr.
1957 - Promoted to senior lecturer.
When she retired from the University of Melbourne, Ms. Kerr was then the most senior female academic accountant in Australia.
Her middle name, St George, was inherited from her maternal grandmother.
Bachelor of Commerce degree, University of Melbourne.
Master of Science degree, Columbia University (New York, USA).
Resources
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Image - Jean Kerr
Goldberg, Professor Emeritus Louis, signing a copy of ‘Essays in Honour of Louis Goldberg’ launched at University House, c.1989, University of Melbourne Archives, University of Melbourne Media and Publications Unit, 2003.0003, BWP/21,621
University of Melbourne Archives
