Department Of Otolaryngology (The University of Melbourne)

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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsUniversity DepartmentHistoryIn the 1950s the Faculty of Medicine lobbied for the creation of a Chair of Otolaryngology. In 1959 a Board of Trustees headed by distinguished specialist Mr George Swinburne was set up to raise funds for the Chair The Appeal (also known as the Ear Nose and Throat - or ENT - Appeal) was formally launched at the University 21 February 1964. The appeal was managed by an Executive Committee (chaired by Swinburne) of the Board of Trustees, with the assistance of the Appeals Committee of Council. In 1968 sufficient money was in hand to consider an appointment, and the Australian Universities Commission was successfully approached for funds to assist in providing an additional University floor in the new Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital building for the new Department. Graeme Clark became William Gibson Professor of Otolaryngology in 1970.

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Department Of Otolaryngology (The University of Melbourne)