Background
GIRDWOOD, Ronald was born on March 19, 1917 in Arbroath. Son of late Thomas Girdwood and Elizabeth (Haxton) Girdwood.
Professor of Medicine medical doctor
GIRDWOOD, Ronald was born on March 19, 1917 in Arbroath. Son of late Thomas Girdwood and Elizabeth (Haxton) Girdwood.
Daniel Stewart’s College Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh.
Lecturer in Medicine, University of Edinburgh 1946-1951, Senior Lecturer, then Reader in Medicine 1951-1962, Professor, of Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology 1962-1982, Dean, Faculty of Medicine 1975-1979. Rockefeller Research Fellow, University of Michigan 1948-1949. President British Society for Haematology 1963-1964.
President Royal College, of Physicians of Edinburgh 1982-1985.
Chairman Scottish National Blood Transfusion Association since 1980, Medico-Pharmaceutical Forum 1985-1987. Vice-President University of Edinburgh Graduates
Association 1989-1991, President since 1991. Honorary F.R.C.A.P., Honorary F.A.C.P.
Numerous charitable committees.
Married Mary East. Williams in 1945.