Benjamin H Sheares

1971 - 1981

Education

• Methodist Girls' School later transferred to St. Andrew’s School
• Raffles Institution
• LMS (King Edward VII College of Medicine)
• Doctor of Medicine
• Master of Surgery (Univ of Malaya)
• F.R.C.O.G.
• F.A.C.S.

Career

• 1929 Served as Assistant Medical Officer at Sepoy Lines (now Singapore General Hospital. Became the first Singaporean to specialize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• 1933-49 Senior Assistant to the Professor of Midwifery, King Edward VII College of Medicine
• 1946-47 Acting Professor of Midwifery
• 1948 Chair of Midwifery. The first Singaporean to qualify as Member, Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (UK)
• 1950-60 Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Malaya
• 1971-81 President, Republic of Singapore
• 1971-80 Chancellor, University of Singapore
• 1980-81 Chancellor, National University of Singapore

Offices held

• Hon. Consultant, British Military Hospital
• Hon. Consultant at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital
• Head, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kandang Kerbau Hospital
• Medical Superintendent, Kandang Kerbau Hospital
• Member, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK)

Honours

• 1940 Awarded the Queen's Fellowship
• 1970 Hon. Doctor of Letter, (University of Singapore)
• 1970 Committee on Medical Specialisation
• 1972 Knight Grand Cross of the Bath GDB (United Kingdom)
• 1974 Star of the Republic of Indonesia Adipurna (Indonesia)
• 1975 Hon. Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine
• 1976 Ancient Order of Sikatuna (Raja) (Republic of the Philippines)
• 1976 Hon. Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Hon. Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan
• Kedah Order of Chivalry (2nd Class)
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons