Person
Hare, William Samuel Calhoun (Bill) (1930 - 2013)
AO
- Born
- 30 October 1930
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 31 May 2013
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Radiologist
Summary
Bill Hare was the first Professor of Radiology appointed to an Australian university and recognised internationally for his innovative work in radiology. Having contracted tuberculosis while a medical student, with a consequent 5-year recuperative period, he became a radiologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital after completing his studies. Radiology was seen as less stressful than other forms of medical practice. As Director of Radiology at the Hospital for 30 years, Hare was responsible for introducing a range of innovative diagnostic technologies, including ones that resulted in minimally invasive treatments. He introduced transfemoral cerebral angiography to Australia. His appointment to the Chair at the University of Melbourne was concurrent with his position at the Hospital. Hare was active in professional organisations, being President of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists from 1986 to 1987 and serving on Council and College committees over many years. He played a leading role in the foundation of the Asian and Oceanian Society of Radiology, now one of the world's largest such societies, and was its inaugural President. Among his numerous publications were the highly successful textbook Clinical radiology for medical students and health practitioners (1991, 2nd ed 1999) and the equally well-received Medicolegal radiology (2007).
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Chronology
- 1951
- Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
- 1952 - 1953
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1954
- Education - MD, University of Melbourne
- 1954 - 1955
- Career position - Radiology Registrar, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1955
- Education - Diploma of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Melbourne
- 1955 - 1958
- Career position - Assistant Radiologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1957
- Award - Thomas Baker (Kodak) Memorial Fellowship, College of Radiologists of Australasia
- 1958 - 1988
- Career position - Director of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1963
- Award - Rouse Travelling Fellowship, Fellow, College of Radiologists of Australasia
- 1965 - 1988
- Career position - Foundation Edgar Rouse Professor of Radiology, University of Melbourne
- 1966 - 1972
- Career position - Member of Council, College of Radiologists of Australasia
- 1971 - 1975
- Career position - President, Asian and Oceanian Society of Radiology
- 1972 - 1986
- Career position - Member of Council, Royal Australasian College of Radiologists
- 1977 - 1979
- Career position - Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne
- 1979 - 1983
- Career position - Chairman, Paramedical Course Advisory Committee, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- 1983 - 1991
- Career position - Secretary (later Treasurer and Editor), Asian and Oceanian Society of Radiology
- 1984 - 1992
- Career position - Chairman, Victorian Government Radiation Advisory Committee
- 1984 - 2013
- Award - Honorary Member, Radiology Society of North America
- 1986 - 1987
- Career position - President, Royal Australasian College of Radiologists
- 1987
- Award - Gold Medal, Royal Australasian College of Radiologists
- 1989 - ?
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne
- 1990
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to medicine, particularly in the field of radiology
- 1994 - 2013
- Award - Honorary Member, International Society of Radiology
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Hare, W. S. C., Medico-legal radiology (Marrackville, N.S.W.: Elsevier Australia, 2007), 201 pp. Details
- Hare, William S. C, Clinical radiology for medical students (Parkville, Vic.: University of Melbourne, 1991), 146 pp. Details
- Hare, William S. C., Radiology at the University of Melbourne: a History from Roentgen to the Year 2000 (Parkville: the author, 2004), 231 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Professor W. S. C. Hare', Chiron: journal of the University of Melbourne Medical Society, 2 (2) (1989), 44. Details
- Hare, W. S., 'Ernest Reginald Crisp (1903 - 1996)', Australasian radiology, 41 (3) (1997), 321-2. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1673.1997.tb00688.x. Details
- Hare, W. S. C., 'Barbara Grendon Wood', Australasian radiology, 25th anniversary issue (1982), 54-6. Details
- Hare, W. S. C., 'James Robert Syme (1928 - 2004)', Australasian radiology, 49 (3) (2005), 254-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01451.x. Details
- Hare, W. S. C., 'Colin Marshall Gurner, AO, CBE (1919 - 2006)', Australasian radiology 51(2):119-200, 51 (2) (2007), 199-200. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01708.x. Details
- Hare, W.S, 'A Century of Urinary Tract Radiology in Australia', Australasian Radiology, 39 (1995), 361-368. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Tress, Brian; and Hare, Lindy, 'William Hare, AO, radiology pioneer, 20-20-1923 - 31-5-2013', Sydney morning herald (2013). Details
See also
Helen Cohn
Created: 3 October 2023