Born Wellington 26 Oct 1930 Died Tauranga 14 Dec 2001 
Educated at Scots College, Wellington, Otago University Batchelor Memorial Medal in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 5th year studies HS / HP, Wellington Hospital 1954 - 1955 Awarded the NZ Travelling Scholarship in O&G, travelling to Melbourne RMO, The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne 1956 Registrar, The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne 1957 Then travelled to London. Awarded the Hallet prize for top marks in the Primary FRCS examinations RSO (general surgery), Mile End Hospital, London 1958 RMO (O&G), West Middlesex Hospital, London 1959 Established O&G practice in Wellington in 1960 Tutor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Wellington Hospital 1961 Visiting Obstetrician, St Helens Hospital, Wellington 1962 - 1980 (he was Superintendent at the time of the closure of St Helens in 1980) Visiting Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Wellington Hospital 1964 - 1995 One of the first in NZ to promote colposcopy, and he was the 'founding father' of the NZ Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. photograph courtesy Brian Corkill | 