Obituaries Australia

4 February, 1930
South Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

6 January, 2023 (aged 92)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Carey Baptist Grammar School (Melbourne) (student, 1935-1939)
• Scotch College (Melbourne) (student, 1940-1947)
• Queen's College (University of Melbourne) (student, 1948-1952)
• University of Melbourne (student, 1948-1952)
• Oxford University (student, 1953-1956)

• physician (1957-1967) Overseas
• academic (1968-1995) Victoria, Australia
• haematologist (1968-1995) Victoria, Australia
• university vice-chancellor (1988-1995) Victoria, Australia
• autobiographer/memoirist (2008-2010) Victoria, Australia

• Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1988)
• Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001)
• Victorian of the Year (recipient, 2014)

• David Penington Building (University of Melbourne) (eponym)
• Penington Institute (Melbourne) (eponym)

• National Health and Medical Research Council (member, 1982-1987)
• National Taskforce on AIDS Prevention (chair, 1983-1987)

• University of Melbourne (medicine) (academic, 1968-1987)
• University of Melbourne (medicine) (dean, 1978-1988)
• University of Melbourne (admin) (vice-chancellor, 1988-1995)