Born Dunedin 7/3/1911    Died Taupo 1990

Educated at Otago Boys' High School

MB ChB (NZ) 1934, MD (NZ) 1940, DPM (Lond) 1951, MRANZCP 1963, FRANZCP 1986

HS / HP, Dunedin Hospital 1935

Medical Officer, Mental Hospitals Division, Department of Health 1936 - 1941
Rockefeller grant in 1938 enabled overseas study of insulin hypoglcaemic shock therapy for schizophrenia.
Acting Superintendent, Chateau and Raventhorpe Psychiatric Hospital 1942 - 1946
Deputy Superintendent, Seacliff Hospital, Otago 1946 - 1950

Postgraduate study at the Maudsley Hospital, London and in Europe 1950 - 1952

Deputy Superintendent, Porirua Hospital 1953 - 1955
Private Consultant Psychiatrist, Wellington 1955 - 1967
Director of Psychiatric Services, Wellington Hospital Board 1967 - 1976
He oversaw the development of the new Psychiatric Block at Wellington Hospital which incorporated a Day Care Unit

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