Korner, Paul Ivan (1925 - 2012)

Summary

Paul Korner was Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute and Clinical Research Unit, and Professor of Medicine, Monash University from 1975-1990. Earlier he was Foundation Professor and Head of the School of Physiology & Pharmacology at the University of New South Wales 1960-1968 and Foundation Scandrett Professor of Cardiology at the University of Sydney 1968-1975.

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Chronology

1946

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney

1947

Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney

1951

Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney

1951

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Sydney

1952 - 1953

Career position - Junior NHMRC Research Fellow, Kanematsu Memorial Institute of Pathology, Sydney Hospital

1954 - 1956

Career position - Overseas Research Fellow with the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund of Australia and New Zealand

1956

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Sydney

1956 - 1959

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Sydney

1958

Award - Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales

1959 - 1960

Career position - Associate Professor of Cardiopulmonary Physiology, University of Sydney

1960 - 1968

Career position - Foundation Professor and Head of the School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales

1968 - 1974

Career position - Foundation Scandrett Professor of Cardiology, University of Sydney and Head of the Hallstrom Institute of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

1970

Award - R.T. Hall Prize, Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand

1974 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1975 - 1990

Career position - Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute and Director of the Clinical Research Unit, Alfred Hospital (Prahran. Vic) and Professor of Medicine, Monash University (Clayton, Vic)

1986 - 1987

Career position - President, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society

1987 - 1989

Career position - Chairman, High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia

1987 - 1990

Career position - President and Chairman of Board of Management of Amalgamated Alfred, Caulfield and Royal Southern Memorial Hospitals

1988

Career position - Chairman, Review Committee of John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University

1989

Award - Doctor of Medicine (MD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne

1989

Award - Advance Australia Award for Services to Medical Research

1990 -

Career position - Visiting Professor in the School of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of New South Wales

1990 -

Career position - Emeritus Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute and Emeritus Professor, Monash University

1990

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for service to medicine, particularly in the field of research

2001

Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society and science in medical research

Related entries

Archival resources

University of New South Wales Archives

• Paul Ivan Korner - Records, 1960 - 1984, CN 647 and others; University of New South Wales Archives. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Chalmers, John et al., 'Paul Ivan Korner 1925-2012', Historical Records of Australian Science, 24 (2) (2013), 251-82, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR13008. Details
• Korner, P. I., 'Frederick Colin Courtice 1911-1992', Historical Records of Australian Science, 10 (1) (1994), 35-49. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9941010035. Details
• Korner, Paul I., 'The Baker Medical Research Institute', Medical Journal of Australia, 143 (1985), 294-299. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16019438. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91795687. Details
• 'Korner, Paul I (1925-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-486572. Details
• 'Awarded honorary MD, 1989', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details

Resource Sections

• Chalmers, John, 'Interview with Professor Paul Korner', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2008, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/k/pk.html. Details

See also

• Andrew, Rod and Barnett, Alf eds, In their day: the Baker Medical Research Institute memoirs of alumni (South Yarra (Vic.): Hyland House, 1992), 188 pp. Details
• Redgrave, T. G., 'Wilfred John Simmonds 1918-1990', Historical Records of Australian Science, 8 (4) (1991), 265-275. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9910840265. Details