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The
Museum is administered by the Abbey Museum Association
through a Board of Management, Director and CEO
appointed by the Board.
Association of the Abbey Museum
The
Association consists of elected persons who provide
over-arching guidance and ultimate custodianship of the
Museum. The Association meets annually for election of
new members and the Board.
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Gordon Bold (President) -
Peter Bowler (Vice President) -
Michael Strong (Director) -
Edith Cuffe (Hon. Secretary and Chief Executive Officer) -
Trevor Robertson (Hon. Treasurer) -
Edward Strong (Board Member) -
Rev. Mother (Board Member and representative of the Abbey Community)
Patron of the Abbey Museum
Professor John Pearn (A.M., R.F.D.) is a long time
supporter of the Abbey Museum and one of Australia’s
most distinguished citizens. He is Consultant
Paediatrician and sometime Professor of Paediatrics and
Child Health at the University of Queensland based at
the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane. John is a
well known and popular lecturer and speaker, author of
some 400 papers in the international literature relating
to clinical medicine and author of some 60 books and
articles relating to medical history. He has a
distinguished military career in the Army Reserve and is
a former Surgeon General to the Australian Defence
Force, with active service in Vietnam and Rwanda.
Professor Pearn is former President of the Human
Genetics Society of Australasia and of the Australian
and New Zealand Society for the History of Medicine.
For his contributions to scholarship he was created an
Honorary Visiting Fellow of the Green College, Oxford.
For his contributions to the history of medicine he was
awarded the Hebert Moran Medal of the Royal Australasian
College of Surgeons and the Gold Medal of the American
Biographical Institute.
The
festival is administered by the Abbey Museum, through a
Festival Steering Committee, Festival Co-ordinator and
assistant coordinators.
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