Collection 3390 - Alexander 'Sandy' Kennedy Sutherland, academic in veterinary science

An academic in veterinary science [not at Charles Sturt University or any precursor institutions].

Alexander Kennedy Sutherland was born in Sydney in July 1917. He graduated from the University of Sydney in 1937 with a Bachlor in Veterinary Science. He joined the Commonwealth Department of Health as Assistant Veterinary Officer in the Australian Capital Territory for a time before being appointed in 1941 to the Queensland Department of Primary Industry's Animal Research Station in Yeerongpilly, Brisbane. He later became their Chief Veterinary Pathologist, then Chief Research Officer.
He undertook a Master of Science at the University of Illinois and was awarded his degree in Veterinary Pathology and Hygiene in 1948. In 1955 he took up a position at the Nicholas Research Institute in Melbourne, working on the commercialisation of the cobalt bullet for sheep and cattle. He was instrumental in the eradication of brucellosis and tuberculosis in cattle. He was appointed as a consultant in the Division of Dairying in the Victorian Dept of Agriculture in 1977, overseeing the quality assurance of milk powder production.
Sandy was appointed National President of the Australian Veterinary Association in 1975 and President of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in 1980-1981. He was Honorary Editor of the Australian Veterinary Journal from 1966-1972 and remained on the Editorial Committee until 1999. He was awarded the Gilruth Prize in 1979 for meritorius service and the Order of Australia Medal in 1989.
Sandy Sutherland died in October 1999, aged 82.