Person
McCarthy, Neville John (1929 - 2021)
AO FTSE
- Born
- 17 February 1929
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 13 November 2021
Kew, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Medical administrator and Medical practitioner
Summary
Neville McCarthy was Managing Director of Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) 1974-1990. He had studied medicine at the University of Melbourne with the hope of specialising in surgery. The onset of progressive profound deafness in in his late teens led him to abandon that dream. He went into general practice in Yarrawonga, Victoria until the late 1960s when he moved back to Melbourne to work in administration in the pharmaceutical industry. His transformation of CSL from a bankrupt government agency to vaible commercial entity set the foundations for the remarkable success of the publically-owned company.
Details
Born Melbourne, 17 February 1929. AO 1984. Educated Universities of Melbourne (MBBS 1953, MA 1978) and Monash (MAdmin 1974). Registered Medical Officer 1954-57; Clinical Supervisor, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne 1958; general practice 1959-68; Medical Director, Australia and Pacific Region, E.R. Squibb and Sons 1969-74; Managing Director, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1974-90; Director, Australian Meat & Livestock Research and Development Corporation 1990-93; Board Member, Victorian Meat Authority 1993-96; Chairman, Chiron Technologies Pty Ltd from 1991; Chairman, Monash IVF Pty Ltd from 1994; Chairman, Mabtech Limited from 1996; Executive Director, Autogen Limited. Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 1988.
Chronology
- 1988
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
Related entries
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 18 September 1974 - 30 June 1990. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Dr Neville John McCarthy AO FTSE', Impact: magazine of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 213 (2022), 65, https://www.atse.org.au/what-we-do/strategic-advice/impact-213/. Details
Resources
- 'McCarthy, Neville John (1929-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473342. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_m.html. Details
- Egan, Bryan, Ways of a Hospital: St Vincent's Melbourne 1890s-1990s (St Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 1993). Page 294. Details
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