Background
Lugg, Richard Simon William was born on December 16, 1939 in Adelaide, Australia. Son of Joseph William Henry and Elsie Esther (Berry) Lugg.
environmental health consultant
Lugg, Richard Simon William was born on December 16, 1939 in Adelaide, Australia. Son of Joseph William Henry and Elsie Esther (Berry) Lugg.
Bachelor of Science, University Western Australia, Perth, 1961. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, University Western Australia, 1964. Master in Public Health, University Pittsburgh, 1966.
Medical officer Health Department of Western Australia, Perth, 1966—1982, director environmental health, 1982—1987, acting director public health, 1987—1989, principal medical officer public health, 1989—1993, executive director public health, 1993—1994, principal medical consultant environmental health, 1994—1995, environmental health consultant, since 1995. Secretary Western Australia branch Australian Medical Association, Perth, 1968—1973. Member food standards committee National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra, Australia, 1968—1972, member public health committee, 1987—1993, chairman water reuse guidelines steering committee, 1994—1996.
Member environmental water quality guidelines Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council, Canberra and Auckland, 1997—1999. Chairman Western Australia Amoebic Meningitis Policy Committee, Perth, since 1998. Chair State Advisory Committee for Purity of Water, Perth, since 2000.
Chairman State Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Advisory Board, Perth, 2001, Western Australia Mosquito Control Advisory Committee, Perth, since 2001. Member Healthy Recreational Water Use working party, 2001—2005. World Health Organization Expert consultant on Bathing Water Quality and Human Health, Surrey, England, 2001.
Co-founder Australia and New Zealand Society for Epidemiology and Community Health, Sydney, 1966—1968, Public Heatlh Association Australia, Canberra, 1968—1983. Member National Trust of Western Australia, Perth, since 1981, Australian American Association, Perth, 1966—1980. Past president Osborne Park (Australia) Master Swimming Club, 1993—2003.
Member Rotary International Humanitarian Grants Cadre of Technology Advisors, since 2005, technical coordinator water, sanitation, environment, since 2007. Member Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group, since 2007. Chairman Rotarians Against Malaria.
Member Rotary Australian World Community Service, since 2007. Trombonist Cambridge Musicians Concert Band, Perth, since 1985. Fellow: Royal Australian College Physicians, Australian Faculty Public Health Medicine.
Member: Australian-British Association, Australian Medical Association, Australian Water Association, International Society Environmental Epidemiology, Rotary (foundation graduate fellowship 1965-1966).
Married Marlene Martha Heinrich, June 11, 1966 (divorced December 1976). Children: Jennifer Elsie, William Thomas Armand.