Mercer, John O

John Oubridge MERCER  CBE  OStJ

MB ChB (NZ) 1929, MRCP (Lond) 1931, FRACP 1938, FRCP (Lond) 1958, MCPA 1965, FRCPA 1968

Born Halifax 1 Apr 1905                         Died Wellington 30 Dec 1971

J O Mercer

Assistant Pathologist, Wellington Hospital 1931 - 1935

Pathologist, Wellington Hospital 1935 - 1959

Director of Pathology, Wellington Hospital 1959 - 1970

External Examiner in Pathology, University of Otago 1941 - 1962

Editor NZMJ 1939 - 1967

Chairman, Council, NZ br BMA 1949 - 1950; President 1965 - 1966

Chairman, NZ Medical Council 1964 - 1969

Deputy Medical Superintendent, Wellington Hospital 1941 - 1945

Acting Medical Superintendent-in-Chief, Wellington Hospital Board 1945, 1950, 1955-56, and 1957

Sub-Dean, Wellington Branch Faculty 1944 - 1961

 

Obituary: NZMJ 1972  75:115       BMJ 1972 1:754

 

photograph courtesy Dominion Post collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

 

Last updated 30 October 2016.