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Sutton, Harvey Vincent (1882 - 1963)

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Medical scientist
Born: 18 February 1882  Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.  Died: 21 June 1963  Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
Harvey Vincent Sutton was the first Director of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 1930-47. He inaugurated Health Week in 1921, helped to organise the Father and Son Welfare Movement of Australia (established in Sydney in 1926) and was for many years president of the Sydney Health Week Council. He is commemorated by a portrait by Joshua Smith which is held by the University of Sydney.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1902Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Melbourne
1902Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Melbourne
1904Resident then Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Children's Hospital
1905Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Melbourne
1905 - 1908Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, UK
1908Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Oxford
1908Competed for Australia in the 800 metres at the Olympic Games in London
1908 - 1909Resident Medical Officer at the Charing Cross Hospital and the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
1909 - 1916Medical Officer at the Victorian Department of Public Instruction
1916 - 1919War service with the Australian Army Medical Corps
1919Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1919Diploma in Public Health completed in Melbourne
1920 - 1930Principal Medical Officer with the New South Wales Department of Public Instruction
1920 - 1930Lecturer (part-time ) in Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of Sydney
1930 - 1947Professor of Preventive Medicine and first Director of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
c. 1939 - c. 1945Inspector of army camps in New South Wales during World War II

 

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