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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2024-05-17 human updated 2024-05-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007383b.htm corporateBody Advisory Council of St Vincent's School of Medical Research St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne AACR2 27 November 1952 22 March 1957 Start Place Fiztroy, Victoria, Australia Medical Research On 27 November 1952, under the heading of the "John Holt Fund for Research" at a meeting convened by the Mother Rectress of St Vincent's Hopsital Melbourne, the decision was taken to establish the "St Vincent's School of Medical Research". It was also decided that the name of the governing body would be the "Advisory Council of St Vincent's School of Medical Research". The next meeting of the Advisory Council was on 4 February 1954 but it then met more regulary as it searched for a director. With the impending arrival of Pehr Edman as the inugural director, the Advisory Council met on 22 March 1957 to establish a new governing body that would comprise a Council and Executive that would be responsible for the St Vincent's School of Medical Research which started operations in 1958.

From the Minutes of the 1952 meeting:

"Mother Rectress to be the head of the Governing Body, which should consist of not more than six members, to be appointed annually;- The following names were suggested for the nucleus -

Sir Hugh Devine
Dr. J. G. Hayden
Dr. A. Brenan
Mr. M. Chamberlin
Mr. Eugene Gorman, Q.C.
One Vacancy. (Invitations to fill this for say six or twelve months could be extended by the Governini Body to some
important person.)

Mr E.W. R. Grace, Secretary."

5 February 1957 5 February 1957 Operational event - Confirmation of the appointment of Dr Pehr Edman as the John Holt Director of Biochemical Research at the St Vincent's School of Medical Research Gottschalk, Alfred (1894 - 1973)

Consulted c. 1954

 Trikojus, Victor Martin (1902 - 1985)

Member c.1955 - 1957

 Devine, Hugh Berchmans (1878 - 1959)

Chairman 1952 - 1957

 Edman, Pehr Victor (1916 - 1977)

Appointed by the Advisory Council 1957

 St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research (1958 - ) St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (1893 - ) 'Advisory Council of St Vincent's School of Medical Research', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Advisory Council of St Vincent's School of Medical Research Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Ways of a Hospital: St Vincent's Melbourne 1890s-1990s Egan, Bryan Ways of a Hospital: St Vincent's Melbourne 1890s-1990s St Leonards Allen & Unwin 1993 St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Archives and Heritage Centre St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne 1893 - "The St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Archives and Heritage Centre collects items (records and artefacts) that tell the story of the hospital from its foundation in 1893 to the present day. Particular priorities include material relevant to the hospital's mission and culture, its growth and development, its areas of key responsibility and achievement, and the social context in which it has operated. The collection grows through both departmental transfers and donations of material." (Directory of Archives in Australia, 2019) The collection includes: records of the Advisory Council (1952-1957), Council (1958-1967) and Annual Reports (1958-1983) of the St Vincent's School of Medical Research; and Annual Reports (1984-?) of the St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research. The earlier records document the work of the inaugural Director, Pehr Edman. Paper files, photographs, medical instruments and other objects