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Young, John Atherton (1936 - 2004)

AO, FAA
 
Physiologist and Medical scientist
Born: 18 April 1936  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.  Died: 10 February 2004.
John Atherton Young became Pro Vice Chancellor (Health Sciences) at the University of Sydney in 1994, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in 1989 and Professor of Physiology in 1976.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1958Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Queensland
1960 - 1961Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Queensland
1961Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Brisbane Hospital
1962 - 1964National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Research Officer in the Kanematsu Institute at the Sydney Hospital
1965Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Queensland
1965 - 1966C.J. Martin Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council at Free University of Berlin
1967 - 1971Senior Lecturer in Physiology at the University of Sydney
1972 - 1975Associate Professor of Physiology at the University of Sydney
1975Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Queensland
1976 - 1989Professor of Physiology and Head of Department at the University of Sydney
1983 - 1988Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society
1986 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1989 - 1997Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney 1989-1997
1992 - 1993Interim Director of the Kolling Institute for Medical Research
1993Head of Academic Group C (Health Sciences) at the University of Sydney
1994Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
1994 - 2003Pro Vice-Chancellor (Health Sciences) at the University of Sydney
1995 - 1999President of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society

 

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Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 16 September 2004

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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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