Peter Michael Leary

Background

Leary, Peter Michael was born on January 28, 1935 in Grahamstown, South Africa. Son of Arthur Currie and Angela Margery (Farrer) Leary.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University Cape Town, 1958. Doctor of Medicine, University Cape Town, 1967.

Career

House officer, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, 1959; senior house officer, Salisbury Hospital, Wiltshire, England, 1960-1961; senior house officer, Southampton (England) Children's Hospital, 1961-1962; medical officer, Jane Furse Mission Hospital, Sekhukhuniland, South Africa, 1963-1965; registrar, Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town, 1966-1968; consultant pediatrician, Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town, since 1968; head neurology service, Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town, since 1974; associate professor, U. Cape Town, since 1983.

Achievements

• Peter Michael Leary has been listed as a noteworthy pediatrician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lay minister St. Stephen's Anglican Church. Medical officer Mountain Club South Africa, Search & Rescue Organization, since 1959. Fellow Royal Society Medicine, College Medicine South Africa.

Member International Child Neurology Association (international board member since 1994), Owl Club (president 1994-1995).

Interests

• Avocations: woodwork, hiking, gardening, running.

Connections

Married Edith Mary Collard, November 24, 1962. Children: Timothy, James, Frances, Robert.

Father:

Arthur Currie Leary

Mother:

Angela Margery (Farrer) Leary

Spouse:

Edith Mary Collard

child:

Timothy Leary

child:

James Leary

child:

Robert Leary

child:

Frances Leary