Biographical entry Wright, Roy Douglas (1907 - 1990)

Professor, Professor Emeritus, Sir

Born: 7 August 1907
Central Castra, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 28 February 1990
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Academic, Doctor and Scientist
Summary: AK, DSc ANU and Melb, (Hons) LLD ANU and Melb, MB MS, FRACP.
University of Melbourne, Deputy Chancellor from 10 April 1972 to 3 March 1980.
University of Melbourne, Chancellor from 3 March 1980 to 31 December 1989.
University of Melbourne, Dean of Veterinary Science from 1945 to 1962.
University of Melbourne, Dean of Medicine from 1946 to 1947 and 1949 to 1952.
University of Melbourne, Dean of Science 1969.
University of Melbourne, Professor of Physiology from 1939 to c.1970.
Queens College, Scholarship and Resident from 1925 to c.1929.
Howard Florey Laboratories of Experimental Physiology, executive board member from 1971 to 1990, and research consultant 1976 to 1990.

McPhee, Peter, Wright, Sir Roy Douglas (Pansy) (1907-1990), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 2012, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wright-sir-roy-douglas-pansy-1068. Details

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