Joseph Louis Grech
Forensic Pathologist and Lecturer in Forensic Medicine
Portrait details: Painted by Raymond Pitre`;
commission by subscription of colleagues and
friends.
Born: Floriana, 17/02/1927; died: 1999. Education: Lyceum
[1938-43]; University of Malta [1945-52]; subsequently
specialised in clinical pathology at the Postgraduate Medical
School in London; British Council Scholar [1959-60].
Qualifications: Ph.C. [Malta, 1948]; M.D. [Malta, 1952]; D.C.P.
[London, 1960]; D.M.J. [U.K., 1963]; F.C. Path. [U.K., 1973];
F.C.Path.Aust. [Aust., 1984].
Career: Government Health
Service – Assistant Resident Medical Officer [1952-55];
Temporary Junior Pathologist [1956-61]; Pathologist [1961-1977].
Acted as medico-legal expert in law courts. University of Malta –
Demonstrator in Pathology & Bacteriology [1954-59]; Lecture in
Forensic Medicine [1959-1977]. Dismissed from both clinical and
academic posts in 1977 and emigrated to Australia; returned to
Malta in 1987 and re-appointed Lecturer in Forensic Medicine and
eventually Assistant director of the Institute of Forensic Studies.
Achievements: Active in Medical Trade-union matters acting as
Hon. Secretary Medical Officers Union [1961-64], member of
MOU council after 1964, and president of the Malta Federation of
Professional Bodies; also served on Council of the British Medical
Association [Malta Branch] [1962-64] and on the Malta Medical
Council. Member of several professional associations including
the British Medical Association, the British Academy of Forensic
Studies, the Association of Clinical Pathologists, the International
Academy of Legal Medicine and the Societe de Medecine legale
et de Criminologie.
Founder member of the College of
Pathologists of London. Appointed chairman of the National
Bioethics Consultative Committee [1992].
References: Grech, Joseph Louis. Malta Who’s Who 1965. A
Biographical dictionary. Progress Press, Malta, 1965, p.139; C. SavonaVentura: Grech, Joe Louis. Maltese biographies of the twentieth century
[eds. M.J. Schiavone; L.J. Scerri]. PIN, Malta, 1997, p.326-327.
http://www.um.edu.mt/umms/museum/portrait
Wednesday, 03 December 2014