Born Timaru 18 Jan 1927 Died Port Chalmers 14 Feb 2022 ![W C M Durning](durningwcm.png)
Educated at St Patricks High School, Timaru Zoller Fellow and Graduate Student, prosthetic and general dentistry, University of Chicago Clinics and Billings Hospital 1952 - 1957 Prosthetic Dentistry, Zoller Clinic 1954 - 1957 Served with the RNZDC 1950 - 1960 Lecturer in Basic Sciences, University of Otago Dental School, 1957 - 1960 Acting Head, Department of Basic Sciences, University of Otago Dental School 1960 Anatomy Department, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine 1960 - 1961 Director of Research and Associate Professor, School of Dentistry, University of Detroit 1961 - 1964 Professor of Dentistry, University of Otago Dental School 1964 - 1971 Assistant Director, Marysville Rehab. Centre, Invercargill 1971 Chemist, Glendermid Tannery 1972 - 1973 Director, Dental Services, Porirua Hospital 1973 - 1986. Locum Senior Dental Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1973 Part-time university studies 1986 - 1993 Ordained as a catholic priest on 30/11/1996 Assistant, Holy Family Parish, Porirua 1997 Parish Priest, Elsdon Parish 1998 Parish Priest, Te Ngakau Parish, Porirua 1999 - 2003 photograph courtesy Brian Durning |