White, David Ogilvie (1931 - 2004)

David White had established a good international reputation and was offered fellowships from many international organizations such as the US National Academy of Science. He was also the recipient of many awards and honourable appointments including an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), Honorary Life Member of the Australian Society for Microbiology, Honorary Life Member of the Australian Society of Immunology, the Ivanowsky Medal from the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, The Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal and an honourary Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Melbourne.

Chronology

1954	Bachelor of Medecine (MB) & Bachelor of Science (BS) completed at the University of Sydney
1958	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the Australian National University, Canberra
1958 - 1967	Lecturer then Senior Lecturer then Reader at the University of Melbourne
1959 - 1960	Visiting Fellow at the National Institute of Health, USA
1965	Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1965 - 1966	Visiting Fellow of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, USA
1967 - 1994	Professor of Microbiology at the University of Melbourne
1971	Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Sydney
1971	Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK
1971 - 1982	Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Melbourne
1972 - 1973	Visiting Fellow at the University of London
1973 - 1990	Member of the numerous committes of the National Health and Medical Research Council
1974 - 1975	Dean of the Research and Graduate Studies at the University of Melbourne
1974 - 1979	Member of the Joint Committee of Council & Professorial Board at the University of Melbourne
1974 - 1979	Member of the Committee on Staff at the University of Melbourne
1975 - 1977	Member of the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria Research Committee
1975 - 1978	Councilor of the University of Melbourne
1975 - 1978	Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Melbourne
1977 - 1978	Chairman of the Professorial Board of the University of Melbourne
1978 - 1979	Chairman of the Acedemic Board of the University of Melbourne
1980 - 1981	Member of the Committee of Student Participation at the University of Melbourne
1982	Visiting Scientist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA
1984 - 1999	Member of the Advisory Council of the International Congress on Virology
1988 - 1990	President of the Australian Society for Microbiology
1988 - 1993	Chairman of the Management Committee of the National Centre for HIV Virology Research
1989	Fellow of the Australian Society of Microbiology (FASM)
1989	Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia (FRCPA)
1991	Visiting Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, USA
1992	Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
1994 -	Emeritus Professor at the University of Melbourne
1994	Doctor of Medicine (Hon) received from the University of Melbourne
1996	International Congress of Influenza Award for virology received