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Life Summary

Name	Sir Edward Stuart Reginald Hughes
Born	4 July, 1919 Bruthen, Victoria, Australia
Died	16 October, 1998 (aged 79) Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	Parkinson's
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Newton, William Ellis (classmate) Dunlop, Ernest Edward (acquaintance)
Education *	St Paul's Preparatory School (Malvern, Vic) (student, 1924-1926) Melbourne Grammar School (student, 1927-1937) University of Melbourne (student, 1938-1946)
Occupation or Descriptor *	surgeon (1946-1949) Overseas surgeon (1950-1984) Victoria, Australia academic (1953-1984) Victoria, Australia university teacher (1953-1984) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (ambulance officer, 1939-1940) Korean War (surgeon, 1950-1951)
Awards	Henry Simpson Newland prize (Australian Medical Association) (recipient, 1962) Sir Arthur Sims Commonwealth Travelling Professorship (recipient, 1965) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1971-1971) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1977-1977) Sir Hugh Devine medal (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons) (recipient, 1977)
Legacies *	ESR Hughes award (RACS) (eponym, 1998) Sir Edward Hughes Memorial Clinical Research Prize (eponym, 1999)
Key Organisations *	QT Association of Victoria (founder, 1957) Road Trauma Committee (RACS Victoria) (chairman, 1970-1974) Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses (convenor, 1971) Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (federal) (vice-president, 1974-1974) Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (honorary fellow, 1974-1974) Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) (honorary fellow, 1974-1974) Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (federal) (president, 1975-1978) American College of Surgeons (honorary fellow, 1976-1976) Philippine College of Surgeons (honorary fellow, 1977) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (honorary fellow, 1977) Menzies Foundation (chairman, 1979-1988) Australian Medical Association (federal) (fellow, 1984-1984) Royal College of Surgeons (England) (honorary fellow, 1985-1985) Menzies Foundation (deputy chairman, 1988-1996)
Workplaces *	Royal Melbourne Hospital (resident, 1945-1946) St Mark's Hospital, London (employee, 1946-1949) Royal Children's Hospital (Melbourne) (employee, 1950-1950) Royal Melbourne Hospital (employee, 1950-1950) Royal Melbourne Hospital (employee, 1951-1973) University of Melbourne (lecturer, 1953) Sydney Hospital (employee, 1961-1961) Cabrini Hospital (Malvern, Melbourne) (employee, 1972-1984) Alfred Hospital (Melbourne) (employee, 1973-1984) Monash University (employee, 1973-1984)

* Dates are approximate