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Principals of Singapore Division
(University of Malaya):  A Biographical Sketch

 

A. A. Sandosham (Arthur Anantharaj Sandosham)
1959-1960

 

 


Education
Penang Free School where he won an Entrance Scholarship to the King Edward VII College of Medicine
Ph.D. (London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)

 

Career

 
1951

1958

1959-60
Chairman, Department of Parasitology

First Master of the King Edward VII Hall of Residence

Principal, University of Malaya in Singapore
On occasion acted for the Vice-Chancellor
 
1960-61 Director, World Health Organisation in Manila
 
1961-70 Senior Malaria and Filariasis Research Officer, Institute for Medical Research

Director, Institute for Medical Research

Dean of Faculty, Institute for Medical Research, in charge of the post graduate Diploma in Applied Parasitology and Entomology (DAP and E) course

 

 
 

 

Offices held

Honorary Director, Spastic Children's Association
Honorary Director, Malayan Medical Association
Honorary Director, Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur
Editor-in-chief, South-East Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
Editor of the Medical Journal of Malaya
President of the Commonwealth Medical Association
Council Member of the Confederation of Medical Associations of Asia and Oceania
Chairman of the Back-pay Council
Editor, Secretary, and President of the Alumni Association

 

 

Honours

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Medicine
Lim Boon Keng Medal
Queen's Fellowship
Commonwealth Travelling Fellow of the CMA

 

 

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