Mercer, John O

Born Halifax 1 Apr 1905 Died Wellington 30 Dec 1971
J O Mercer
Assistant Pathologist, Wellington Hospital 1931 – 1935
Pathologist, Wellington Hospital 1935 – 1959
Director of Pathology, Wellington Hospital 1959 – 1970
External Examiner in Pathology, University of Otago 1941 – 1962
Editor NZMJ 1939 – 1967
Chairman, Council, NZ br BMA 1949 – 1950; President 1965 – 1966
Chairman, NZ Medical Council 1964 – 1969
Deputy Medical Superintendent, Wellington Hospital 1941 – 1945
Acting Medical Superintendent-in-Chief, Wellington Hospital Board 1945, 1950, 1955-56, and 1957
Sub-Dean, Wellington Branch Faculty 1944 – 1961

Obituary: NZMJ 1972 75:115 BMJ 1972 1:754
photograph courtesy Dominion Post collection, Alexander Turnbull Library