Background
Mackay, Ian Reay was born on March 22, 1922 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of Eric R. and Ethel M. (Carney) Mackay.
Mackay, Ian Reay was born on March 22, 1922 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of Eric R. and Ethel M. (Carney) Mackay.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, University Melbourne, 1945. Doctor of Medicine, University Melbourne, 1952.
Commonwealth medical officer Australian Military Mission, Berlin, London, The Hague, 1948-1950. Research associate Postgraduate Medical School, London, 1951. Research fellow department medicine University Washington, Seattle, 1952-1954.
Research fellow Sloan Kettering Institute & Memorial Center, New York City, 1955. Staff Walter & Eliza Hall Institute Medical Research, Melbourne, 1956-1987. Principal scientist Center for Molecular Biology and Medicine Monash University, 1987-1996, honorary professorial fellow department biochemistry, molecular biology, since 1996.
Head clinical research unit Walter & Eliza Hall Institute Medical Research, 1963-1987. Staff Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1963-1987, chairman board medical research, 1973-1981, chairman medical staff, 1977-1978.
Council member Melbourne Grammar School, 1974-1990. Chairman Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome committee Health Commission Melbourne, Victoria, 1983-1987. Fellow Royal College Physicians (London), Royal Australiasian College Physicians (Susman prize 1966), Royal College Pathologists Australiasia, Australian Academy of Sciences.
Member American Gastroenterological Association.
Married Patricia Wilson, July 29, 1958. Children: Colyn, Charles, Eric, Indi, Ian.