Penington, David G.

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Agent TypePersonPlace of BirthMelbourneActivities & OccupationsVice-chancellorsHistoryA medical graduate of the Universities of Melbourne and Oxford, D.G. Penington was Professor of Medicine at this University 1970-1987, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine 1978-1985, and Vice-Chancellor from 1988 until 1995. Among his extra-mural activities were the Chairmanship of the Committee of Inquiry into the Rights of Private Practice in Public Hospitals, 1984, and of the AIDS Task Force 1984-1987. He played a leading part in the controversy surrounding the Victorian Certification of Education and in the defence of the autonomy of universities. In 1999 he was appointed chair of the Victorian State Government Drugs Taskforce. He was made Companion of the Order of Australia in 1988 and Victorian of the Year 2014.

Accession

[1999.0085] RECORDS OF VICE-CHANCELLOR, DAVID GEOFFREY PENINGTON

[1996.0007] Papers of David Geoffrey Penington

[1995.0117] Consolidated Papers of David Geoffrey Penington as University of Melbourne Vice-chancellor

Series

[UMA-SRE-20220007] OUTWARD LETTERS BY DAVID PENINGTON WHILE VICE-CHANCELLOR

[UMA-SRE-20140007] TRANSCRIPTS OF SPEECHES AND ARTICLES BY DAVID PENINGTON WHILE VICE-CHANCELLOR

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A.I.D.S.- Fears, Facts & Forecasts

HTLV III: Public Hearing- 2/22/85- Tape 1

Dates

Date4 February 1930-6 January 2023

Names

TitleProfessorGiven NameDavidMiddle NameGeoffreyFamily NamePenington

Professional Relationships

PositionsVice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne

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Penington, David G.