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Gordon, Hugh McLeod (1909 - 2002)

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Veterinary scientist

Born: 28 March 1909 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 23 April 2002 Manly, New South Wales, Australia.

Hugh McLeod Gordon, who worked at the CSIRO's McMaster Laboratories, reported in 1939 that phenothiazine, a heterocyclic compound was 'a safe and effective anthelmintic' (worm-killing drug). Gordon suggested that the compound could be made locally. For some decades his discovery and locally developed industrial syntheses saved the Australian farmer millions of dollars.

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Chronology
1930 Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1931 - 1933 Worked in the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) McMaster Laboratory under the direction of Ian Clunies-Ross
1934 - 1974 Worked at CSIR/CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1937 - 1970 Lecturer in veterinary parasitology at the University of Sydney (part-time)
1968 Doctor of Veterinary Science (DVSc) received from the University of Sydney
1974 Retired
1976 Foundation Fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists
1986 Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003572. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 25 May 2006

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