Born Wellington 23 Jul 1926 Died Wellington 25 Dec 2014 
Educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland HS / HP, Dunedin Hospital 1950 - 1951 Medical Registrar, Dunedin Hospital 1952 - 1953 Medical Research Officer, Department of Medicine, Otago Medical School 1954 - 1955 Nuffield Commonwealth Travelling Fellowship in Medicine, Postgraduate Medical School and Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London 1956 Cardiology Registrar, Hammersmith Hospital, London 1957 Senior Cardiology Registrar, Middlesex Hospital, London 1958 Visiting Fellow, Cardiovascular Research, University of California, San Fransisco, USA 1959 Lecturer / Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Otago Medical School 1960 - 1966 Associate Professor of Medicine, Otago Medical School 1966 - 1970 Personal Chair in Medicine, Otago Medical School 1970 - 1973 Foundation Chair of Medicine, Wellington Clinical School of Medicine, and Consultant Physician, Wellington Hospital Board 1973 - 1986 Dean, Wellington School of Medicine, and Consultant Physician, Wellington Hospital Board 1986 - 1992 photograph courtesy Tom O'Donnell | 