David de Kretser

David de Kretser

David Morritz de Kretser (born April 27, 1939 in Colombo , Sri Lanka ) is an Australian professor of medicine and former governor of the state of Victoria .

Life

De Kretser was born in Ceylon in 1939 . Since his father feared that the country would go downhill after Sri Lanka's independence, his family emigrated to Australia in 1949 and settled in Melbourne . After studying medicine at Melbourne University and Monash University , which he graduated with a doctorate in medicine in 1969, de Kretser embarked on a career in science. From 1969 to 1971 he was a Fellow of Endocrinology at the University of Washington in Seattle active. He specialized in research on infertility . From 1978 de Kretser was a professor at the medical faculty of Monash University, most recently as director of the Institute of Reproduction and Development . Today he is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science .

On April 7, 2006, de Kretser was appointed governor of Victoria and remained so until April 8, 2011.

De Kretser is married to his wife Jan and has four children.

Awards

• Companion of the Order of Australia (2006)
• Knight of the Order of St. John

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gustav Nossal: Professor David de Kretser. (Interview). Australian Academy of Science , 2008, archived from the original on November 29, 2011 ; accessed on December 8, 2011 . 
2. ^ Victoria's new governor named. In: The Age . January 19, 2006, accessed December 8, 2011 . 
3. ^ Michael Gordon: Governor with a conscience fires a parting shot. In: The Age . April 4, 2011, accessed December 8, 2011 . 

Web links

• Professor David de Kretser AC. Monash University, accessed December 8, 2011 .