Born Dunedin 7 Mar 1911 Died Taupo 1990
Educated at Otago Boys' High School HS / HP, Dunedin Hospital 1935 Medical Officer, Mental Hospitals Division, Department of Health 1936 - 1941 Rockefeller grant in 1938 enabled overseas study of insulin hypoglcaemic shock therapy for schizophrenia. Acting Superintendent, Chateau and Raventhorpe Psychiatric Hospital 1942 - 1946 Deputy Superintendent, Seacliff Hospital, Otago 1946 - 1950 Postgraduate study at the Maudsley Hospital, London and in Europe 1950 - 1952 Deputy Superintendent, Porirua Hospital 1953 - 1955 Private Consultant Psychiatrist, Wellington 1955 - 1967 Director of Psychiatric Services, Wellington Hospital Board 1967 - 1976 He oversaw the development of the new Psychiatric Block at Wellington Hospital which incorporated a Day Care Unit photograph courtesy NZMJObituary: NZMJ 1991 104:297 |