Office of the President

Past Presidents

Past Presidents and Vice Chancellors


Other Past Presidents & Vice Chancellors:

D. W. G. Faris


Desmond William George Faris

1947-1949



Education

  • LRCP; DPH; MBBS (London)
  • Certificate, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine


Career

  • 1926 Medical Officer, Federated Malay States
  • 1926-31 Held post of Medical Officer in various states in the Federated Malay States
  • 1935 Health Officer, Rural, Singapore
  • 1937 Chief Health Officer, Singapore
  • 1947-49 Principal, King Edward VII College of Medicine
  • 1949-56 First Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Malaya

Office held

  • Reader in Malay, University of London
  • President, Association of British Malaya
  • Director, Royal Asiatic Society
  • Member of Board, School of Oriental & African Studies

Honours

  • Commander, Order of the British Empire
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