Education
Born in 1927, Logan was educated at New Plymouth Boys" High School, where he was head boy and captained the 1st XV rugby team He then studied at the University of Otago, graduating with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1951.
Born in 1927, Logan was educated at New Plymouth Boys" High School, where he was head boy and captained the 1st XV rugby team He then studied at the University of Otago, graduating with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1951.
Joining the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1952 with the rank of surgeon lieutenant, Logan initially served as the dentist in HMNZS Tamaki, the naval training base on Motuihe Island. He then saw service in the Korean War, on HMNZS Kaniere and HMNZS Hawea, as well as on the front line while on secondment to the New Zealand Army. Subsequently he served ashore as well as on HMNZS Black Prince and HMNZS Royalist.
In 1960 he was promoted to surgeon lieutenant-commander, and the following year he was sent to the United Kingdom to study oral surgery, gaining a Higher Dental Diploma from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Following his return to New Zealand, Logan served the remainder of his naval career ashore in HMNZS Philomel, apart from a short posting as part of the mobile dental unit on the Antarctic support ship HMNZS Endeavour. He became director of defence dental services in 1969, and in 1976 he was appointed honorary dental surgeon to Queen Elizabeth World War II Logan retired as a surgeon captain in 1977, the first dentist to reach that rank in the Royal New Zealand Navy.
Water polo
Surf lifesaving
Swimming
In 1949, Logan was captain of the New Zealand universities swim team that toured to Australia in 1949. Logan died at Tauranga on 24 December 2011.
In the 1965 New Year Honours Logan was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, and the following year he was promoted to the rank of surgeon commander. He was also active in the administration of masters swimming and was a member of the FINA masters committee from 1987 for 10 years.