The Ross Taylor Endowment
Emeritus Professor Ross Taylor AC died on 23 May, 2021 at the age of 95. He was a pioneer of geochemistry and will be remembered for his outstanding contributions to lunar science. His work spans the moon, the Earth's continental crust, island arc rocks and beyond.
Professor Ross Taylor came to ANU in 1961 having accepted an invitation from John Jaeger and remained here until his retirement in 1990. He made one of the big discoveries about the nature of the moon. Ross was part of the NASA team which studied lunar dust brought back by Apollo 11 in 1969. Asteroid 5670 is named Rosstaylor.
The launch pad for Ross's success was the environment of excellence at ANU, which included an almost identical lab to NASA. Taylor's involvement with the moon was not his only contribution to science. Apart from many academic awards, he was elected as a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in 1994 and he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2008.
The Ross Taylor Endowment supports PhD students in the field of Geochemistry.
This fund is a tribute to the impact of Emeritus Professor Ross Taylor AC on students and colleagues as a researcher, educator, teacher and mentor in geochemistry and cosmochemistry.
The ANU Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES) would like to thank and remember Ross for his friendship, kindness, contributions to science and to RSES - including continuing support to students through the Ross Taylor PhD Supplementary Scholarship in Geochemistry.
With your support, the Ross Taylor Endowment can foster future generations of great scientists through Geochemistry PhD scholarships.
