Born Greymouth 8 Oct 1898 Died Wellington 5 Aug 1966 
Junior Demonstrator in Anatomy, Otago University 1919; Senior Demonstrator 1920 Rockefeller Foundation Fellow 1925-26, working with Professor C J Herrick in Chicago. Associate Professor of Anatomy, Otago University 1926 - July 1927 Medical Superintendent, Hawera Hospital 1927 - January 1936 Consulting surgical practice in Lower Hutt January - May 1936 Honorary Assistant Surgeon (Children), Wellington Hospital May - October 1936 Assistant Superintendent (Medical), Wellington Hospital October 1936 - December 1940. This post was soon renamed Director of Clinical Services. Medical Superintendent, Wellington Hospital December 1940 - May 1944 Superintendent-in-Chief, Wellington Hospital Board 1944 - 1949 Sub-Dean, Wellington Branch Faculty, University of Otago Medical School 1937 - 1944 Director General of Health 1949 - September 1959 photograph courtesy J O Mercer collectionObituary: NZMJ 1966 65:623 | 