Robert Stevenson Aitken

Background

AITKEN, Robert was born on April 16, 1901 in Wyndham, New Zealand.

Education

New Zealand schools, University of Otago and Oxford.

Career

Professor, of Medicine University of Aberdeen 1939-1948. Vice-Chancellor, University of Otago, New Zealand 1948-1953. Vice-Chancellor University of Birmingham 1953-1968.

Deputy Chairman University Grants Committee 1968-1973.

Chairman Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1961-1974. Honorary Doctor of Laws (Dalhousie, Melbourne, Panjab, McGill, Pennsylvania, Aberdeen, Newfoundland, Leicester, Birmingham, Otago), Honorary Doctorate.C.L. (Oxfordshire.), Honorary Doctorate.Se.

(Sydney, Liverpool).

Connections

Married Margaret G. Kane in 1929.

Spouse:

Margaret G. Kane