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Anex recently welcomed two truly outstanding Australians, Professor Emeritus Sir Gustav Nossal and Professor David Penington AC, to the Anex Board of Patrons.
Sir Gustav, Anex Chief Patron, is one of Australia’s most prominent scientists and Australian of the Year 2000. Professor Penington, Anex Patron, is a leader of Australia’s successful approach to HIV prevention and champion of rational and humane approaches to drug use.
Chief Patron
Professor Emeritus Sir Gustav Nossal AC, CBE, FAA, FRS
Gustav Nossal was born in Austria in 1931 and came to Australia in 1939. In 1965 he was appointed Director of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, a position he held from 1965 to 1996.
Sir Gustav is currently a consultant for the World Health organisation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is also Chairman of the Global Foundation Advisory Committee. He was Deputy Chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation from 1998 to 2000. He was knighted in 1977, made a Companion in the Order of Australia in 1989 and appointed Australian of the Year 2000.
Patron
Professor David Penington AC, DM, MA(Oxon), FRCP, FRACP, FRCPA
Professor David Penington was an undergraduate of the University of Melbourne and of Oxford University, graduating there in Medicine in 1955. He was a medical specialist, teacher and researcher in London and returned to Melbourne in 1968. He was Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne from 1970 to 1987, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for eight years from 1978 and Vice-Chancellor (President) of the University for eight years from 1988.
Professor Penington was Chairman of the National AIDS Task Force from 1983 to 1987, leading public health strategies for AIDS. From 1994 to 2001 he was President of Museum Victoria. He chaired the Victorian Premier’s Drug Advisory Council in 1995-96, chaired a Committee on Drugs for Capital City Lord Mayors from 1997 to1999 and the Drug Policy Expert Committee of the Victorian Government in 1999-2000.
Professor Penington was Chairman of the Board of Cochlear Ltd from 1995 to 2002, the international leader in cochlear implants. He chaired Neurosciences Victoria Ltd from 2002 - 2005. He has been Chairman of Bio21 Australia Ltd since 2002 and of the Board of the Bio21 Institute at the University of Melbourne since January 2005.
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