Young, John Atherton (1936 - 2004)

Summary

John Young was a noted authority on endocrine and salivary secretion and internationally recognised for his research on endocrine physiology. His early research was on renal function, later shifting to salivary glands and the pancreas. In 1967 he joined the University of Sydney as Senior Lecturer in Physiology, ultimately becoming Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Health Sciences). Over the next 30 years his research partners included University colleagues David Cook and Ernest van Lennep. Young was active in medical research organisations and as a consultant to a number of Sydney hospitals. He was a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, in which he held several offices including that of Vice-President, and President of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society.

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Chronology

? - 2004

Award - Honorary Life member, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society

1958

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

1961

Education - MB BS), University of Queensland

1961

Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer, Royal Brisbane Hospital

1962 - ?

Career position - Member, Australian Society for Medical Research

1962 - 1964

Career position - National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Research Officer, Kanematsu Institute, Sydney Hospital

1965

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

1965 - 1966

Career position - C. J. Martin Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council, Physiologisches Institut der freien Universität Berlin

1967 - ?

Career position - Member, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society

1967 - 1971

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Sydney

1969 - 1973

Career position - Member of Council, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society

1969 - 1983

Career position - Consultant Renal Physiologist, Sydney Hospital

1972 - 1975

Career position - Associate Professor of Physiology, University of Sydney

1974 - 1980

Career position - Director, Australian Kidney Foundation

1975

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Queensland

1975 - 1996

Career position - Member, Academic Board, University of Sydney

1976 - 1980

Career position - Head, Department of Physiology, University of Sydney

1976 - 2001

Career position - Professor of Physiology and Head of Department, University of Sydney

1976 - 2024

Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians

1978 - 1981

Career position - Member of Senate, University of Sydney

1983 - 1988

Career position - Chief Executive Officer, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society

1984 - 1985

Career position - Member of Senate, University of Sydney

1984 - 1990

Career position - Member, National Committee for Physiology, Australian Academy of Science

1985 - ?

Career position - Consultant Physiologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

1985 - 1989

Career position - Head, Department of Physiology, University of Sydney

1986 - 2004

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1988 - 1989

Career position - Head, Department of Histology and Embryology, University of Sydney

1988 - 1993

Career position - Member of Senate, University of Sydney

1989 - ?

Career position - Consultant Physiologist, Royal North Shore Hospital

1989 - ?

Career position - Governor, The Medical Foundation, University of Sydney

1989 - 1992

Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science

1989 - 1992

Career position - Governor, Children's Medical Research Institute

1989 - 1993

Career position - Governor, Heart Research Institute

1989 - 1997

Career position - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney

1989 - 1998

Career position - Director, Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation

1990 -

Career position - Member, American Physiological Society

1990 -

Career position - Member, The Physiological Society, United Kingdom

1990 - ?

Career position - Consultant Endocrinologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

1990 - 1993

Career position - Member, Advisory Board, Concord Repatriation General Hospital

1990 - 1998

Career position - Director, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology

1991 -

Career position - Member, Deutsche Physiologische Gesellschaft (Korespondierendes Mitgleid)

1991

Career position - Member, National Health and Medical Research Council

1991 - 1997

Career position - Member, Australian Army Malaria Research Advisory Board

1991 - 1998

Career position - Member, National Committee for Medicine, Australian Academy of Science

1992 - 1993

Career position - Interim Director, Kolling Institute for Medical Research

1992 - 1997

Career position - Chairman of the Board, Menzies School of Health Research

1992 - 1997

Career position - Trustee, Sir Zelman Cowen Foundation

1992 - 1999

Career position - Director, Institute of Respiratory Medicine

1993

Career position - Head of Academic Group C (Health Sciences), University of Sydney

1993 - 2001

Career position - Member of Council, International Union of Physiological Sciences

1994

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to medical science, particularly in the field of physiology

1994 - 1996

Career position - Chair, Committee of Deans of Australian Medical Schools

1994 - 2003

Career position - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Health Sciences), University of Sydney

1995 - ?

Career position - Consultant Gastroenterologist, Concord Repatriation General Hospital

1995 - ?

Career position - Trustee, Arthur T. George Foundation, Sydney

1995 - ?

Career position - Chair, Anzac Health and Medical Research Foundation

1995

Career position - Member, Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Council

1995 - 2000

Career position - President, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society

1996 - 1997

Career position - Member, Australian Medical Council

1996 - 1997

Career position - Governor, Heart Research Institute

1996 - 1997

Career position - Director, Northern Medical Research Foundation

1998 - 2001

Career position - Vice-President and Secretary (Biological), Australian Academy of Science

1999 - 2004?

Career position - Member, New South Wales Medical Board

2000 - 2004?

Career position - Trustee, Sydney Foundation for Medical Research

2000 - 2004?

Career position - Member, National Health and Medical Research Council

1 Jan 2001

Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in epithelial transport and university administration

2001 - 2004

Career position - Director, CRC for Asthma

2003

Life event - Retired

Related entries

Published resources

Books

• Young, J. A. and van Lennep, E. W., The morphology of salivary gland (London: Academic Press, 1978), 273 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Cook, D. I., van Lennep, E. W., Roberts, M. L., and Young, J. A., 'Secretion by the major salivary glands' in Physiology of the gastrointestinal tract, L. R. Johnson, ed., vol. 2 (New York: Raven Press, 1994), pp. 1061-1117. Details

Edited Books

• Young, John Atherton, Sefton, Ann Jervie and Webb, Nina eds, Centenary Book of the University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine (Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1984), 568 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Cook, D. I., 'John Atherton Young AO, FAA FRACP (1936 - 2004)', Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society, 34 (2004), 151-5. Details
• Cook, D. I., 'John Atherton Young AO, FAA, BSc, MB BS, MD, DSc, FRACP', Medical journal of Australia, 181 (1) (2004), 449. Details
• Cook, D. I., 'In memoriam: John Atherton Young AO, FAA, FRACP (1936 - 2004)', European journal of morphology, 41 (2) (2004), 79-81, https://doi.org/10.1080/09243860412331282165. Details
• Rae, Ian D., 'John Atherton Young 1936 - 2004', Historical Records of Australian Science, 36 (2024), 1-8, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR24007. Details
• Young, J. A., 'Salivary secretion of inorganic electrolytes', International review of physiology, 19 (1979), 1-58. Details
• Young, J. A. and Edwards, K. D., 'Stop-flow analysis of renal tubular function in the rat undergoing osmotic diuresis due to creatinine loading', Australian journal of experimental biology and medical science, 42 (1964), 667-88, https://doi.org/10.1038/icb.1964.64. Details

Resources

• 'Young, John Atherton (1936 - 2004)', The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links], Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/john-young. Details
• 'Young, J A (1936-2004)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-581832. Details