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

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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

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

  • Who's who in Australia 2012 (Melbourne: Crown Content Pty Ltd, 2012), 2430 pp. Details
  • Ryan, James, Sutton, Keith and Baigent, Malcolm eds, Australasian Radiology: a History (Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 1996), 542 pp. Details

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