Gordon Thallon Stewart

Background

Stewart, Gordon Thallon was born on February 5, 1919 in Paisley, Scotland. Son of John and Mary Lang (Thallon) Stewart.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Glasgow, Scotland, 1939. Bachelor of Medicine, ChB, University Glasgow, Scotland, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, University Glasgow, Scotland, 1949.

Diploma in Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University Liverpool, England, 1947.

Career

Senior resident City Hospital Aberdeen, Scotland, 1946. Research fellow University Liverpool, 1946-1948. Senior registrar, tutor St. Mary's Hospital, London, 1949-1952.

Visiting professor World Health Organization, Geneva, 1953-1954. Consultant microbiology Southwest Metropolitan Hospital Board, London, 1954-1963. Professor epidemiology University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1963-1968, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1968-1971.

Professor public health University Glasgow, 1972-1983, professor emeritus, since 1983. Visiting professor Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, 1953, Cornell University, New York City, 1971—1972. Consultant World Health Organization, 1952—1986, Research Triangle, North Carolina, 1964—1970, New York City Health Department, 1970—1971.

Member president's advisory panel Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, South Africa, since 1999.

Achievements

• Gordon Thallon Stewart has been listed as a noteworthy public health educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Penicillin allergy;: Clinical and immunological aspects, (American lecture series, publication no. 779. A monograph in the Bannerstone division of American lectures in allergy)
  • Trends in epidemiology: application to health service research and training (American lecture series, publication no. 836)
  • The Penicillin Group of Drugs
  • Penicillin Allergy; Clinical and Immunological Aspects

Membership

Director Drug Abuse Research Team, New Orleans, 1968-1972, inter-university Health Research Training, New York City, 1971. Commentator radio and television, Europe and United States of America, since 1964. Lieutenant Royal Navy, 1943-1946.

Fellow Medical Society London, Royal Society Medicine, Infectious Disease Society of America.

Connections

Married Joan Kego, March 27, 1946 (divorced March 1975). Children: Linda, Ian, Jane, Jonathan. Married Georgina Houston Walker, March 21, 1975.

Father:

John Stewart

Mother:

Mary Lang (Thallon) Stewart

Spouse:

Joan Kego

Spouse:

Georgina Houston Walker

child:

Jane Stewart

child:

Ian Stewart

child:

Linda Stewart

child:

Jonathan Stewart