William Morrow (Australian physician) 5217591 221657034 2008-06-25T14:15:11Z RussBot 279219 Robot-assisted fix [[WP:DPL|links to disambiguation page]] German {{Infobox Person |name= Bill Morrow ||image_size= |caption= |birth_date= {{Birth date |1903|7|12}} |birth_place= [[East Maitland, New South Wales]] |death_date= {{Death date |1977|8|22}} |death_place= [[Darlinghurst, New South Wales]] |education= [[Newington College]]<br>[[University of Sydney]]<br>[[Royal College of Physicians]]<br>[[Royal Australasian College of Physicians]] |occupation= [[physician]] |title= Sir William Morrow DSO ED |spouse= 1937, Jean Buchanan, née Brown (d.1971)<br>1974, Margaret Mary Chauvel, née Fairfax |parents= Arthur John Morrow and Helonar, née Harkin |children= Three daughters |nationality= [[Australian]] |website= }} [[Sir]] '''[Arthur] William (Bill) Morrow''' [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]], [[ED]], [[Royal College of Physicians|FRCP]], [[Royal Australasian College of Physicians|PRACP]], ([[12 July]] [[1903]] - [[22 August]] [[1977]]) was an [[Australia]]n [[physician]] and specialist in [[gastroenterology]]. He served terms as president of the [[Royal Australasian College of Physicians]] and of the [[Australian Club]]. <ref name=adb>{{cite web | first=Neil | last=Gallagher | title =Morrow, Sir Arthur William (1903 - 1977) | publisher =[[Australian National University]] | work =[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150490b.htm | accessdate = 2008-06-25 }}</ref> ==Early life== Bill Morrow was born at [[East Maitland, New South Wales]], the only child of Arthur John Morrow and Helonar, née Harkin. He attended [[Newington College]] (1919-1921) <ref>Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999)</ref> and was cox of the school's First VIII that won the [[Head of the River (Australia)|Head of the River]] regatta in 1921. Morrow was awarded an exhibition in the [[Leaving Certificate]] and went up to the [[University of Sydney]] in 1922 from whence he graduated as a [[Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery]] with first-class honours in 1927. <ref name=us>{{cite web | title =Alumni Sydneienses | publisher =[[University of Sydney]] | url =http://www.bull.usyd.edu.au/as/ | accessdate = 2008-06-25 }}</ref> ==Early medical career== Following his graduation, Morrow was appointed as a junior resident medical officer at [[Royal Prince Alfred Hospital]] and from 1932 was the deputy clinical superintendent. In 1933 he gained membership of the [[Royal College of Physicians]]. ==War service== Morrow was commissioned as a [[captain]] with the [[Australian Army Medical Corps]] in 1929. Early in [[World War II]] he joined the [[Australian Imperial Force]] and as a [[lieutenant colonel]] he was placed in command of a medical division in the [[Middle East]]. After the [[Germany|German]] [[invasion]] of [[Greece]] in 1941 he served in [[Crete]] and [[Egypt]]. From 1942, until the end of the war, Morrow served in [[Katherine, Northern Territory]], and [[Melbourne]] and he visited operational areas in [[New Guinea]], [[New Britain]], [[Bougainville]] and [[Borneo]]. He was promoted to temporary [[colonel]] and awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] and [[mentioned in dispatches]]. ==Later medical career== Morrow rejoined Royal Prince Alfred Hospital as an honorary assistant-physician and was appointed an honorary physician in 1952. He became a consultant physician there in 1963 and also at the [[Concord Repatriation General Hospital]], [[Canterbury Hospital]] and the now closed Marrickville and Western Suburbs hospitals. He lectured in therapeutics and chaired the Postgraduate Committee of Medicine at the University of Sydney. Morrow was the foundation president of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia in 1958. ==College of Physicians== In 1938, Morrow was appointed a foundation member of the [[Royal Australasian College of Physicians]] and served as a member of the board of censors for 16 years and as its censor-in-chief from 1962 until 1966. He was elected president of the college in 1966 and served in that position until 1968. ==Marriage and children== In 1937, Morrow married Jean Buchanan Brown at St Stephen's [[Presbyterian Church of Australia|Presbyterian]] Church, [[Sydney]]. The couple lived in [[Bellevue Hill, New South Wales|Bellevue Hill]] and had three daughters. Lady Morrow died in 1971 and in 1974 Sir William married the widowed Margaret Mary Chauvel, née Fairfax, at St Mark's [[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]] Church, [[Darling Point, New South Wales|Darling Point]]. ==Clubs== Morrow was a member of the [[Australian Club]] and president from 1973 until 1975, during which time the club's site was redeveloped. [[William Slim|Viscount Slim]], whilst [[Governor-General of Australia]] is said to have occasionally asked his thoughts on matters of importance by enquiring what 'the Australian Club think of that?' He was also a member of [[Royal Sydney Golf Club]] and the [[Australian Jockey Club]]. ==Honours and memorials== * [[Knight Bachelor]] - 1959, [[New Years Honours List]]<ref name=ag>{{cite web | title =It's an Honour | publisher =[[Australian Government]] | url =http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/ | accessdate = 2008-06-25 }}</ref> * A. W. Morrow Department of Gastroenterology - 1961, [[Royal Prince Alfred Hospital]] * A. W. Morrow Chair in Medicine - 1994, [[University of Sydney]] ==Portraits== * Howard Barron - Held by the [[Royal Australasian College of Physicians]] * Graeme Inson - Held by [[Royal Prince Alfred Hospital]] ==Bibliography== * A. S. Walker, Middle East and Far East (Canb, 1953) * A. S. Walker, The Island Campaigns (Canb, 1957) * Lives of the Fellows of the [[Royal College of Physicians of London]], vol 7 (Lond, 1984) * J. R. Angel, The [[Australian Club]] 1838-1988 (Syd, 1988) * G. L. McDonald (ed), Roll of the [[Royal Australasian College of Physicians]], vol 2 (Syd, 1994) * [[University of Sydney]] Medical Society, Senior Year Book (Syd, 1926) * [[Medical Journal of Australia]], 13 Jan 1979 * [[Sydney Morning Herald]], 23 Aug 1977 ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Morrow, William}} [[Category:1903 births]] [[Category:1977 deaths]] [[Category:People from New South Wales]] [[Category:Australian doctors]] [[Category:Old Newingtonians]] [[Category:University of Sydney alumni]] [[Category:Knights Bachelor]]