Titchen, Donald Alexander (1924 - 2001)

Summary

Donald Titchen was reader in veterinary physiology at the Universities of Melbourne and Sydney. He was appointed Emeritus Professor by the University of Sydney in 1990.

Details

Once Donald Alexander Titchen completed his Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) from the University of Sydney he was employed as a house surgeon and research officer with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). A few years later in 1948, he set off to London to continue his training. As a recipient of a scholarship from the Veterinary Education Trust of Britain, he was able to enroll in a Master of Arts in physiology and pharmacology at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He stayed on to complete his PhD and was appointed lecturer in veterinary physiology at the College in 1957. After becoming a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Titchen was granted a permanent lectureship at the University of Cambridge in 1960.

Three years later Donald Titchen moved to New Zealand to become foundation Professor of Veterinary Biology, then Anatomy and Physiology at Massey University. In 1968 he was appointed reader in veterinary physiology at the University of Melbourne and remained there for 10 years. During this time he completed his Masters of Veterinary Science. Titchen's final move was back to the University of Sydney, where he was appointed reader and then Professor and Emeritus Professor. In 1982 the University of Cambridge awarded him a Doctorate of Science. Donald Titchen retired in 1989, ending a prestigious career in veterinary science.

Chronology

1946

Education - Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc), University of Sydney

1946 - 1947

Career position - House Surgeon, University of Sydney's Veterinary Clinic

1947 - 1948

Career position - Research Officer at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) McMaster Laboratory

1948

Award - Scholarship, Veterinary Education Trust of Britain

c. 1950

Education - Master of Arts (MA) in Physiology and pharmacology, Emmanuel College, Cambridge

1952 - 1963

Career position - Research Assistant, Demonstrator and Lecturer in Veterinary Physiology, University of Cambridge

1954

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Emmanuel College, Cambridge

1954 - 1963

Career position - Research Fellow and Official Fellow of Emanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK

1963 - 1967

Career position - Professor of Veterinary Biology and later Physiology and Anatomy at Massey University, New Zealand

1968 - 1979

Career position - Reader in Veterinary Physiology, University of Melbourne

c. 1970

Education - Master of Veterinary Science (MVSc), University of Melbourne

1979 - 1989

Career position - Professor of Veterinary Physiology, University of Sydney

1982

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

1984 - 1985

Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney

1990 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney

Published resources

Newspaper Articles

• McLean, Jock and Patterson, John, 'Obituary: Donald Alexander Titchen', The Age (2001). Details

Resources

• 'Titchen, Donald Alexander (1924-2001)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475673. Details