Bruce Atlee Hunt Memorial Oration [F20076]

Dr Bruce Atlee Hunt was a foundation member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a foundation member of the then Faculty of Medicine in The University of Western Australia. During World War II he endured with great courage the privations of imprisonment and displayed extraordinary concern for his fellow prisoners-of-war. After a vigorous life Dr Hunt died on 29 October 1964.

The sum of $2727 having been raised by an appeal organised by the Council of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the then Faculty of Medicine of The University of Western Australia to provide a memorial to the late Dr Bruce Atlee Hunt and having been presented to the University in 1966 to establish (together with any further sums that may be raised for this purpose) the Bruce Atlee Hunt Memorial Oration Trust Fund, the fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income from the fund is used to finance the Bruce Atlee Hunt Memorial Oration.

2. From time to time as sufficient income becomes available but not more frequently than biennially, an individual distinguished in the field of medicine or an allied science is selected by a committee comprising:

(a) the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry;

(b) the Professor of Medicine; and

(c) a member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians nominated by its Council and invited by the Vice-Chancellor to deliver the Bruce Atlee Hunt Memorial Oration on a topic related to the orator's own speciality or interest.

3. The oration will be open to undergraduates and graduates in medicine and other interested scientists.

4. The terms and conditions, as to emoluments, expenses and other matters, under which the oration is delivered is determined by the Vice-Chancellor on the recommendation of the selection committee.

5. These regulations may, from time to time, be altered by the University with the consent of the Council of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.