Epsom college 1900-1939: consultants, senior medical officers of health, and military doctors

GEORGE DONALD WILLIAM McKENDRICK (born 1919). M.A., B.M., B.Ch. (Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

George Donald William McKendrick (born 1919) [Epsom College 1933-1936] was the son of Dr William McKendrick, of Ruislip, Middlesex. He received his medical education at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, where he passed the B.A. Examination with Honours, before completing his clinical training at St Mary’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Physician for Infectious Diseases at St Anne’s Hospital, Tottenham, Rush Green Hospital, London, and the Thurrock Hospital Group, Grays, Essex. Apart from these appointments he was a Lecturer in Infectious Diseases at the Middlesex Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. He was also a medical columnist for Saga Magazine.

JOHN FAIRBORNE HORLEY (1919-2009). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.Path.

John Fairborne Horley (1919-2009) [Epsom College 1934-1938. prefect] was the son of W. F. Horley, auctioneer, of Epsom, Surrey. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, where he was an Entrance Scholar, and after surgical posts at Winchester and Plymouth was appointed Consultant Haematologist at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton (from 1955). A great traveller; he reached the North Pole when over 70 years of age. He had a deep love of classical music and used to cycle from Guy’s Hospital to the National Gallery to hear Dame Myra Hess’s wartime recitals.

GEORGE GRANBY GARLICK (1919-1999). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.M.R.E. (Cantab.).

George Granby Garlick (1919-1999) [Epsom College 1934-1938] was the son of Dr George Herbert Garlick [Epsom College 1898-1905]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Director of the Anti-Tuberculosis Association Clinic, Singapore. He was previously Principal Medical Officer at Johore, Peninsular Malaysia. During the Second World War he served as a Captain (Specialist Radiologist) in the R.A.M.C. (1945).

WILLIAM MACKENZIE (1919-1996). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.).

William Mackenzie (1919-1996) [Epsom College 1934-1939] was the son of Dr William Mackenzie, of Folkestone, Suffolk, and brother of James Frazer Mackenzie [Epsom College 1931-1935]. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Geriatrician at Newcastle. He was later appointed Consultant Geriatrician to the Western Isles and was based at Stornoway (1976-1988). During his retirement he compiled a comprehensive Gaelic dictionary of medical terms. In the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1943-1945).

MICHAEL HENRY WEST (born 1919). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Michael Henry West (born 1919) [Epsom College 1933-1937] was the son of Dr H. O. West, of Carshalton, Surrey, and brother of Dr George Philip West [Epsom College 1935-1939], and Christopher West [Epsom College 1937-1940]. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital. He emigrated to Thessalon, Ontario, Canada, in 1950 and became a Specialist in Internal Medicine at Sault-Ste-Marie, Ontario. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1943-1945), and was mentioned in dispatches.

RONALD IAN MEANOCK (1919-2009). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Ronald Ian Meanock (1919-2009) [Epsom College 1933-1938] was the son of Herbert Meanock, of Penylan, Cardiff. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Physician with a special interest in Rheumatology at the Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals, Reading (1954-1984). He was previously Senior Registrar at the Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital. At Reading, he took a leading role in the establishment of the rheumatology department. At first, Ian Meanock covered the whole of West Berkshire single-handedly, providing rehabilitation services for patients with rheumatic disease, poliomyelitis and neurological disorders. “Ian was an outstanding clinician. As well as his dynamic role in the development of rheumatology and rehabilitation services in Reading, he was a key figure in postgraduate medical training. In 1962 he became the first area postgraduate clinical tutor and during the next seven years he was largely responsible for raising funds for the postgraduate medical centre at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. He was one of the most dynamic consultant physicians of his time at Reading. His legacy lives on in the Rheumatology Department which he originally founded in 1954.” During the Second World War he served as a Squadron Leader at R.A.F. Hospitals in Ely and Wroughton.

THOMAS CRISP (born 1919). M.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.M.R.D. (Eng.).

Thomas Crisp (born 1919) [Epsom College 1932-1936] was the son of Dr Thomas Crisp, of Chorley, Lancashire, and brother of William John Cowie Crisp, F.R.C.S. [Epsom College 1928-1930]. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Radiologist at King’s College Hospital, St Giles Hospital, the Dreadnought Seaman’s Hospital and the Albert Dock Hospital, London. Before this he was Consultant Radiologist to the St Helier and Epsom Hospital Groups. He was a member of the Faculty of Radiologists. During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant in the K.R.R.C. and Scots Guards, and was awarded the Military Cross.

PATRICK BUTLER ADAMSON (1919-1993). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.T.M. & H. (Eng.), D.Path., D.P.H. (Cape Town).

Patrick Butler Adamson (1919-1993) [Epsom College 1932-1937. Newsom Music Prize] was the son of Dr W. W. Adamson, of Leeds, and brother of Dr Donald Clifford Adamson [Epsom College 1936-1940], and Dr Robert John Wallace Adamson [Epsom College 1940-1944]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Pathologist to the Colonial Medical Service in British Somaliland. He also served as Consultant Pathologist at the Addington Hospital, Durban, South Africa, and Senior Pathologist to the Natal Province Laboratory Service. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1939-1945).

JOHN DEVEREUX GREATREX (born 1919). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.).

John Devereux Greatrex (born 1919) [Epsom College 1933-1938] was the son of A. D. Greatrex, of Dorking, Surrey. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed as a Specialist Anaesthetist at Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand, and Specialist Anaesthetist to the North Canterbury Hospital Board, New Zealand. He was previously an Assistant Anaesthetist at St Lawrence Hospital, Chepstow, Gwent.

HARRY GORDON MIDDLETON (1919-2000). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.A. (Eng.), F.F.A.R.C.S.

Harry Gordon Middleton (1919-2000) [Epsom College 1932-1937] was the son of Dr Harry Middleton, M.C., of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, and brother of Dr George Watson Middleton [Epsom College 1935-1939]. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist to the Hastings Hospital Group, Sussex. He was previously Consultant Anaesthetist at the Plastic Surgery, Burns and Jaw Injury Centre, St Lawrence Hospital, Chepstow, and Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Western Reserve University Medical School, Cleveland, USA. He was a member of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1944-1945).

SURGEON LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER BASIL CATHCART GEOHEGAN (1919-1954). R.N., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).

Basil Cathcart Geohegan (1919-1954) [Epsom College 1933-1937. Mrs Major Geography Prize] was the son of Joseph Geohegan, F.R.C.S., of Wimpole Street, London. He received his medical education at Middlesex Hospital. Basil Geoghegan joined the Royal Navy shortly after qualifying and served on HMS Swift for two years. In 1948 he was seconded for duty to the Medical Research Council Unit for climate and working efficiency in the Department of Anatomy at Oxford. He went on two Arctic cruises in order to carry out investigations on the effect of exposure to cold on naval personnel, and collected a great quantity of valuable data. He established a most interesting relationship between the cholinesterase and vitamin-C content of blood plasma and the environmental temperature, which he communicated in 1952 to the International Congress of Biochemistry in Paris. In a Medical Research Council Report he presented an ingenious mathematical analysis of the cyclical diurnal variations of temperature conditions on board ship. In addition to these important observations he made a special study of the determination of body measurements using a photographic technique. There can be little doubt that this method has many advantages over the traditional methods of anthropometry. In 1953 he was promoted to the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant- Commander.

PAUL BUCKLE NEWCOMB (1919-1992). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Paul Buckle Newcomb (1919-1992) [Epsom College 1933-1938. prae.schol. Rugby XV. Brande Prize] was the son of G. B. Newcomb, of Rochester, Kent, and brother of Charles Buckle Newcomb [Epsom College 1940-1943]. He received his medical education at the London Hospital, where he was an Entrance Scholar, and was appointed Consultant Physician at Hackney Hospital, London (1948-1985). Paul Newcomb was appointed Consultant Physician at Hackney Hospital shortly after the inception of the NHS and found that the hospital buildings and facilities left much to be desired and, as ever, money was short. His battle for better conditions and the highest standards of medical practice for his patients was long, unremitting, but ultimately successful. In 1975 he played a major part in arranging, with Professor Dickinson, the close involvement of St Bartholomew’s Hospital medical unit at Hackney Hospital. He was instrumental in founding a postgraduate medical centre at the hospital and his name is commemorated in the Paul Newcomb Library in the new Homerton Hospital, which has replaced Hackney Hospital.

JOHN ARTHUR LLOYD DAVIES (1919-1979). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. (Eng.).

John Arthur Lloyd Davies (1919-1979) [Epsom College 1934-1937] was the son of Dr Arthur Lloyd Davies [Epsom College 1904-1911], and brother of David Paul Lloyd Davies [Epsom College 1943-1947]. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he was an Entrance Scholar, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at Salisbury General Hospital (1958-1978). He was previously Senior Registrar and tutor in clinical surgery at the West London Hospital, and Senior Registrar at Guy’s Hospital, where he won the Dan Mason Research Scholarship (1954). In 1972 he was elected to the Fellowship of the Association of Surgeons. During the Second World War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. (1942-1946), with field hospitals in the Far East. John Lloyd Davies took a special interest in urology and thyroid surgery, and undertook major vascular surgery. He died as the result of a car accident at the age of 59.

RAYMOND FOULKES GRIFFITH-EVANS (1920-1993). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Raymond Foulkes Griffith-Evans (1920-1993) [Epsom College 1930-1938. prefect. Rugby XV. Sterry Prize] was the son of Dr S. G. Evans, of Birkenhead, Merseyside. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Geriatrician for the Mid Glamorgan Area Hospital Authority (from 1961). He was previously Consultant Geriatrician to the University Hospital of Wales Group, Cardiff; Assistant Chest Physician at Glan Ely Hospital, Cardiff, and Senior Registrar (Medicine) at Paddington Hospital. He was a member of the British Geriatric Society, and the Cardiff Medical Society. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1944-1947).

JAMES CLAVERHOUSE GRAHAM (born 1920). O.B.E., O.St.J., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.F.C.M., D.I.H.

James Claverhouse Graham (born 1920) [Epsom College 1933-1938. prefect] was the son of Dr Joseph Graham, M.C., of Kirk Sandal, Yorkshire, and brother of Kenneth Balfour Maclean Graham [Epsom College 1936-1940]. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Chief Medical Officer to the H. J. Heinz Company. He was also Surgeon in Chief of the St John Ambulance Brigade. “Jimmy Graham became an international authority on the health aspects of canned foods and was an expert in food hygiene and nutrition, on which subjects he spoke and lectured widely.”

ARTHUR OCTAVIUS SANKEY (born 1920). M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.O.G., D.Obst.

Arthur Octavius Sankey (born 1920) [Epsom College 1933-1938] was the son of Surgeon Rear Admiral Charles Fox Octavius Sankey, C.B.E. [Epsom College 1896-1903]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Forest Gate Hospital, Consultant Obstetrician at Newham Maternity Hospital, and Consultant Gynaecologist at Newham General Hospital. At the end of the Second World War he served in the R.N.V.R. (1945).

ROY McLELLAN ARCHIBALD (1920-2010). M.B., Ch.B. (Glas.), D.I.H. (Glas.), F.F.O.M.

Roy McLellan Archibald (1920-2010) [Epsom College 1932-1938. Ann du Bois Prize] was the son of Dr R. R. Archibald, of Huddersfield. He received his medical education at Glasgow University, and was appointed Director of Medical Services for the National Coal Board, Chief Medical Officer of the National Coal Board, and Consultant Physician for the National Coal Board (1985-2000). He was an Honorary Fellow of the Ergonomics Society, and an Honorary Major, R.A.M.C. (T.A.). While at Glasgow University he was elected President of the Scottish National Union of Students.

THOMAS ARTHUR GRIMSON (1920-2008). M.D., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.)

Thomas Arthur Grimson (1920-2008) [Epsom College 1932-1938] was the son of Dr Thomas Grimson, of Finchley, Middlesex. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he won the Treasurers Scholarship in Anatomy (1939). He was appointed Consultant Physician to the Durham Area Hospital Authority, and before that appointment he was Chief Assistant on the Professorial Medical Unit at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, and First Assistant in the Department of Medicine at the University of Durham. He was a Member of the Northern Counties Medical Society. During the Second World War he served as a Squadron Leader (Medical Specialist) in the R.A.F. (1943-1945), and conducted research into gas gangrene and its treatment with penicillin in soldiers injured during the D-Day invasions. [Sufficient quantities of penicillin for clinical trials only became available in 1941, and these trials of penicillin as a treatment for gangrene were the first ever undertaken].

DAVID RONALD PETERSGARTH URQUHART (1920-2008). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).

David Ronald Petersgarth Urquhart (1920-2008) [Epsom College 1932-1938] was the son of Dr A. L. Urquhart, O.B.E., of Egypt. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Head of the Orthopaedic Department at St Thomas’s Hospital (1957-1981). He was previously Senior Registrar in the Orthopaedics Department, at Thomas’s Hospital (1955-1957). David Urquhart was a Governor of St Thomas’s Hospital, and Chairman of the Consultant Medical and Surgical Officers Committee. He was particularly interested in patients suffering from the orthopaedic consequencies of haemophilia, and became an innovative and acknowledged leader in this field. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1943-1946). He was posted to Headquarters 5^th Parachute Brigade, 6^th Airborne Division, and, in 1944, the brigade was parachuted into Normandy to reinforce those who were holding the famous Pegasus (Bénonville) bridge against the Germans. He strayed into no-man’s land against orders to attend the wounded and sustained serious wounds from small-arms fire, but six months later after repatriation and recovery, he returned to take part in the 1945 crossing of the Rhine. In 1946 he was posted to the 7^th Battalion, the unit being scheduled to displace the Japanese from Singapore. David Urquhart was, however, saved from this at the last moment by the events at Hiroshima. After the war he renewed his association with the Parachute Regiment, joining the 44th Field Ambulance T.A. In 1955 he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel and Commanding Officer. He lived in an apartment at Lambeth Palace with a second home in France, in the hills of Cevennes.

BASIL RANSON POLLARD (1920-1968). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).

Basil Ranson Pollard (1920-1968) [Epsom College 1934-1939. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr P. L. Pollard, of Halifax, Yorkshire. He received his medical education at Queen’s College, Cambridge and the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Bacteriologist to the Cossham and Frenchay Group of Hospitals, Bristol (1955-1968). During the Second World War he served in the R.A.M.C. in Italy with the 1^st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Brigade. Following demobilization he held appointments in the department of pathology at Edgware General Hospital and in the Wright-Fleming Institute at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. When he was appointed to the Cossham and Frenchay Group Hospitals at Bristol he undertook the complete reorganization and development of the Department of Bacteriology.

JOHN PATRICK McRAE BENSTED (1920-2000). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.R.C.Path.

John Patrick MacRae Bensted (1920-2000) [Epsom College 1933-1939. prefect. Cricket XI] was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel H. J. Bensted, M.C., R.A.M.C. He received his medical education at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Guy’s Hospital, where he was awarded a Pathology Fellowship in the United States. On his return to Britain he was appointed Lecturer and Research Pathologist at Guy’s Hospital, and in 1957 he became a research pathologist at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton, Surrey, where his most important work was done. At that time there was considerable interest in the fall-out from nuclear testing and he made some of the earliest studies of the pathology of tumours in animals exposed to bone-seeking radionuclides. He was later appointed Consultant Pathologist at St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey (from 1970). During the Second World War he served in the R.A.M.C.

THOMAS JAMES WILMOT (1920-2010). M.B., M.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Ire.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), D.L.O. (Eng.).

Thomas James Wilmot (1920-2010) [Epsom College 1934-1938] was the son of Dr T. J. T. Wilmot, of Louth, Lincolnshire. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon for Omagh County, Tyrone County and Fermanagh County, Northern Ireland, and Consultant Neuro-Otologist, at Claremont Street Hospital, Belfast and Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry. He was President of the Section of Otology at the Royal Society of Medicine. During the Second World War he served as a Squadron Leader in the R.A.F.V.R. (1944-1945).

PETER DAVID BRYAN DAVIES (1920-1999). M.A., M.D., B.Ch. (Cantab.), L.R.C.P., F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Peter David Bryan Davies (1920-1999) [Epsom College 1934-1939. Rugby XV. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr T. M. Davies, of Acton, Middlesex. He received his medical education at St Catherine’s College, Cambridge, and the Middlesex Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Chest Physician at University College and the Whittington Hospitals, London (from 1957), and was Director of Postgraduate Education and clinical tutor at the Whittington Hospital. Previously he was Chief Medical Assistant at the Brompton Hospital, London. During the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. (1944-1946).

DAVID HENRY KENNETH SOLTAU (1920-2002). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.O.G.

David Henry Kenneth Soltau (1920-2002) [Epsom College 1934-1938] was the son of Dr H. K. V. Soltau, of Bristol. He received his medical education at Queen’s College, Cambridge, and Bristol Royal Infirmary (Bristol University). He was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist for the Cheltenham Health District, Gloucestershire. Previous appointments included Senior Registrar (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) at St George’s Hospital, and Obstetric Registrar at the Middlesex Hospital and the Hospital for Women, Soho. He was an Examiner for the Central Midwives Board, a Fellow of the Birmingham and Midland Obstetric and Gynaecological Society, and a member of the South West Obstetric and Gynaecological Society. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1944-1945), and was mentioned in dispatches “for gallant and distinguished services in the Far East in connection with the freeing of prisoners of war, and the setting up of hospitals for their evacuation in Java.”

ROLAND MONCRIEFF CHAMBERS (born 1920). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.O.M.S. (Eng.).

Roland Moncrieff Chambers (born 1920) [Epsom College 1934-1934] was the son of Dr G. O. Chambers, M.C., of Bolton Gardens, London. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Senior Hospital Medical Officer at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He was previously Clinical Assistant in Ophthalmology at Greenwich Hospital, London, and Ophthalmologist in charge of the Kent County Council Ophthalmic Clinic at Welling. He was a member of the Mid-Kent Medico-Chirurgical Society. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1943-1945).

JOHN DERYK ATKINSON WHITELAW (born 1920). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.).

John Deryk Atkinson Whitelaw (born 1920) [Epsom College 1934-1938] was the son of Dr F. J. Whitelaw, of Littleton Road, North London. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and was appointed Senior Medical Officer at the Home Office, London. During the Second World war he served as a Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C.

RICHARD HARTLEY MARTIN (1920-2009). M.B., Ch.B. (Liverpool), L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.O.G.

Richard Hartley Martin (1920-2009) [Epsom College 1933-1936] was the son of Dr T. H. Martin, of West Kirby, Merseyside. He received his medical education at Liverpool University, and was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Withington (from 1959) and Wythenshawe Hospitals, Manchester. He was instrumental in planning the new maternity unit at Wythenshawe Hospital and was its first consultant in 1964. Under his leadership the unit became a renowned training centre. He co-authored a textbook on preparing for the M.R.C.O.G. Examination. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1943-1947), in North Africa and Palestine. He was a member of the Liverpool University Rugby XV.

JEFFERY CARVETH SPRY LEVERTON (1920-1988). V.R.D., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.D. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.R.C.O.G.

Jeffery Carveth Spry Leverton (1920-1988) [Epsom College 1934-1937] was the son of H. S. Leverton, O.B.E., company director, of Woodmansterne, Surrey. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Senior Obstetrician and Gynaecologist for the Peterborough Health District. He was previously Senior Registrar for the United Manchester Hospitals, Registrar at Bristol Royal Infirmary, and was awarded a Travelling Scholarship to North America. During the Second World War he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and after the War was appointed Consultant (O & G) to the Royal Navy. He was the author of a well known book on Aviation History, and in retirement he returned to his native Cornwall, was elected a County Councillor, and was appointed to the Council of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, becoming the Director of the Institution’s Museum and Art Gallery.