First dean of medicine honoured by Dalhousie
Dr. Ian Rusted, dean emeritus, has been named the Dalhousie Medical Alumnus of the year. Born in upper Island Cove, Newfoundland, he gained a pre-medical diploma from Memorial College and a bachelor of arts degree from Trinity College, University of Toronto, before entering medical school at Dalhousie. He graduated in 1948 and spent a year at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal and McGill University, earning a master of science. He then spent three years as a fellow in medicine and staff assistant at the Mayor Clinic in Rochester before returning to Newfoundland. A member of the Department of Health, he also worked as a consultant, became director of medical education and director of the Memorial University Research Unit. In 1968 he was appointed Memorial's first dean of medicine and then served as vice-president of health sciences from 1974 until his retirement in 1989.
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