Professor Robert Ford Whelan, 1971

Born Belfast, Northern Ireland, 22 December 1922. Died Liverpool, 21 November 1984. Educated Queen's University, Belfast (MB, BCh, BAO 1946, MD 1951; PhD 1955; DSc 1960). MD, University of Adelaide 1958.

Head of the Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Adelaide 1958-1971. 

Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide 1964-65.

Taken from Encyclopedia of Australian Science - https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000886b.htm - Accessed 5 January 2021