GIFT TO UNIVERSITY.
OTAGO CHAIR OF SURGERY.
AN ENDOWMENT OF £8000.'
DOCTOR'S MEMORIAL TO SON.
DENT.] DUNEDIN. Thusday.
[BY TELEGKAPH.-—OWH
Tho Otago Diversity hß,s received a munificent gift. The sum of £8000 has been contributed ly an individual donor toward the permanent endowment of the chair of surgery. The announcement has been reported in a terse, matter-of-fact way, in deference to a personal desire that special publicity should not be given to the incident. The chair of surgery will henceforth be known as the Ralph Barnctt Chair, and the name will signalise a tribute cf paternal aiiection. Ralph Barnett, in the prime of youthful manhood, gave his life for his country. His father, who himse'f served in the great war, has for moj-1 than 30 years been one of the most distinguished surgeons in New Zealand, and has devoted a great deal of time to the honorary performance of hospital duties.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18890, 12 December 1924, Page 12
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