Benjamin H Sheares

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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