Background
Venning, Geoffrey Richard was born on December 19, 1921 in Fyzabad, India. Son of Arthur Noel and Lila Gladys (Ricketts) Venning.
Venning, Geoffrey Richard was born on December 19, 1921 in Fyzabad, India. Son of Arthur Noel and Lila Gladys (Ricketts) Venning.
Scholar, Winchester College (England), 1934-1939. Bachelor of Arts with honors, New College Oxford, (England), 1942. B.M., Bachelor of Surgery, Oxford University Medicine, 1944.
Chief assistant University Department Medicine, Manchester, England, 1953-1958. Medical director G.D. Searle & Company Limited., High Wycombe, England, 1958-1973. Vice president science affairs Searle International, High Wycombe, 1973-1978.
Senior medical officer Department Health, London, 1979-1982.
Vice president, director research and development Janssen Pharmaceutical Limited., Wantage, Oxford, England, 1982-1985: director Pharmaceutical Research Services Limited., since 1987.
Served to lieutenant colonel Royal Army Medical Corps, 1944-1947, 49-58. Fellow Royal College Physicians London, Royal Society Medicine. Member Airborne Medical Society.
Children: Molly Anne, Michael Charles, Helen Elizabeth.