Roger James Summers

Background

Summers, Roger James was born on April 11, 1943 in Coventry, England. Son of Leslie and Lilian Wilkie (Hill) Summers. arrived in Australia, 1977.

Education

B Pharm with 1st class honors, U. London, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, National Institute Medical Research, London, 1968.

Career

Lecturer department pharmacology, U. Glasgow, Scotland, 1969-1977; senior research fellow department medicine, Austin Hospital, U. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1977-1983; senior lecturer, U. Melbourne, 1983-1987; reader, U. Melbourne, since 1987; deputy head department pharmacology, U. Melbourne, 1993-1995; foundation professor of molecular pharmacology, Monash U., Melbourne, since 1997. Consultant SmithKline Beecham Beecham, United Kingdom, 1991-1993, Ciba Geigy, Basel, Switzerland, 1991-1993, Servier laboratories, Paris, 1990-1993. Member National Health and Med.Rsch.

Council, RGIC, Canberra, Australia, since 1993.

Achievements

• Roger James Summers has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Australian Neurosci. Society, Physiological Society, British Pharmacol. Society, Australian Society for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologyand Toxicology (member county 1986-1993, treasurer 1989-1993).

Interests

• Avocations: trout fishing, sailing, cabinet making.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Ann Gadd, April 10, 1969 (divorced September 1986). Children: Sophie, Rebecca, Amy. Married Sybil Mary Walters, February 14, 1987.

Father:

Leslie Summers

Mother:

Lilian Wilkie (Hill) Summers

Spouse:

Sybil Mary Walters

Spouse:

Elizabeth Ann Gadd

child:

Amy Summers

child:

Sophie Summers

child:

Rebecca Summers