Person
Lane, William Reade (1914 - 1974)
- Born
- 18 April 1914
New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 4 March 1974
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Medical scientist
Summary
William Lane was a medical scientist best known as Director of the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) from 1966 to 1974. After being medically discharged from the Australian Army Medical Corps in 1942 he was in private practice in rural Victoria for 18 years, doing all his own clinical laboratory work in the absence of reliable alternative services. In 1960 he returned to Melbourne to study microbiology. Lane was appointed to the staff of CSL in 1961, becoming Director five years later. As Director he balanced commercial interests against those of research and development, modernised the laboratories, and encouraged collaborations with other organisations.
Details
Chronology
- 1938
- Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
- 1939 - 1940
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Melbourne Hospital
- 1940 - 1942
- Military service - Served with Australian Army Medical Corps
- 1942 - 1960
- Career position - In general practice, Castlemaine, Victoria
- 1961 - 1962
- Career position - Researcher, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories
- 1962 - 1966
- Career position - Chief of Research, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories
- 1965
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- 1966 - 1974
- Career position - Director, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Commission
- 1972 - 1974
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- William Reade Lane - Records, 1903 - 1974, MS 5219; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Books
- Brogan, Alfred H., Committed to Saving Lives: a history of the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (South Yarra, Victoria: Hyland House, 1990), 301 pp. Chief executive 3 Feburary 1966 - 4 March 1974. Details
- McDonald, G. L., Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Sydney: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1988), 332 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Galbraith, Douglas, Sutherland, Struan and Nossal, G., 'William Reade Lane', Medical Journal of Australia, 1974 (2) (1974), 376-7. Details
Resources
- 'Lane, William Reade', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476322. Details
Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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