Background
Aickin, Donald Russell was born on October 31, 1934 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Son of Ronald Patton and Ethel Marion (Moffat) Aickin.
Aickin, Donald Russell was born on October 31, 1934 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Son of Ronald Patton and Ethel Marion (Moffat) Aickin.
Bachelor of Medicine, Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1958. Doctor of Medicine, University Melbourne, Australia, 1974.
Resident Otago Hospital Board, Dunedin, 1959-1962. Traveling scholar Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, 1963-1965. Commonwealth scholar Queen Mother Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, 1967-1968.
Assistant department obstetrics University Melbourne, 1968-1972. Professor, head obstetrics-gynecology department Christchurch (New Zealand) School Medicine, since 1972.
Fellow Royal College Ob-Gyn. London, Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh, Royal Australian College Surgeons, Royal New Zealand College Ob-Gyn. Member Medical Research Council, Foundation for Newborn (chairman research committee since 1977), Reproductive Medicine Foundation (chairman since 1989), Maternal Deaths Assessment Committee (chairman since 1989).
Married Jeanette Groom. Children: Jill, Richard, Michael, Trudi.