PATTISON, Dr Iain Henry ‘Scottie’ (1914-1991)
PATTISON, Dr Iain Henry ‘Scottie’ (1914-1991)
Dr 'Scottie' Pattison, Veterinary Pathologist at the Compton Research Station, Cambridge was a leading researcher.
He was particularly involved in Prion research though his interests were many. He was the author of a book entitled, John McFadzean: Founder of Modern Veterinary Research, published in 1982. Born in Scotland, the son of H J Pattison he was educated at the College as a boarder from 1931 to 1933 after receiving a scholarship to attend. In 1932, he rowed in the 2nd Rowing VIII, played in the 1st Football XVIII, was a School Librarian and a member of the Pegasus Committee and a Pegasus editor. He also earned House Colours in Shooting that year. He had also attended Aberdeen Grammar School and his enrolment address was listed as 39 King’s Crescent.
Ad Astra in 1967 reported: ' Iain (Scottie) Pattison ('28) has carried out some startingly successful work in the Institute for Research on Animal Diseases at Compton, Berkshire, where he is a head of the Pathology Department. A series of experiments seems to indicate that certain sheep diseases are due to an agent far smaller, more primitive and more resistant than the viruses, previously regarded as the most rudimentary form of life that could exist. This discovery opens a whole new field of medicine and may even be a clue to the mystery of life' .
Ad Astra reported his death in 1991 in Berkshire, England as follows: 'The death of Iain Pattison occurred in England in September. Iain was the last to hold one of the George Ernest Morrison Scholarships which were established in 1926 as a result of the generosity of Dr G E M Scott, to pay for a Scottish boy to come and attend The Geelong College for two years. He was a Prefect in third term 1932 and was appointed Senior Prefect in 1933 (for Term 1). Owing to the ill-health of his father he returned to Scotland in May of that year. He became a veterinary surgeon and worked for three years in the Government Veterinary Laboratory, Tel-Aviv. In 1946, he joined the Agricultural Research Council's Institute for Research on Animal Diseases at Compton in Berkshire as a research pathologist. He later became Deputy Director of the Institute. His researches, published in scientific journals, were concerned with diseases of horses, cattle, pigs and sheep. He was also the author of several books in that field. In 1965 he was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for ‘meritorious contributions to learning.’
Dr 'Scottie' Pattison, Veterinary Pathologist at the Compton Research Station, Cambridge was a leading researcher.
He was particularly involved in Prion research though his interests were many. He was the author of a book entitled, John McFadzean: Founder of Modern Veterinary Research, published in 1982. Born in Scotland, the son of H J Pattison he was educated at the College as a boarder from 1931 to 1933 after receiving a scholarship to attend. In 1932, he rowed in the 2nd Rowing VIII, played in the 1st Football XVIII, was a School Librarian and a member of the Pegasus Committee and a Pegasus editor. He also earned House Colours in Shooting that year. He had also attended Aberdeen Grammar School and his enrolment address was listed as 39 King’s Crescent.
Ad Astra in 1967 reported: ' Iain (Scottie) Pattison ('28) has carried out some startingly successful work in the Institute for Research on Animal Diseases at Compton, Berkshire, where he is a head of the Pathology Department. A series of experiments seems to indicate that certain sheep diseases are due to an agent far smaller, more primitive and more resistant than the viruses, previously regarded as the most rudimentary form of life that could exist. This discovery opens a whole new field of medicine and may even be a clue to the mystery of life' .
Ad Astra reported his death in 1991 in Berkshire, England as follows: 'The death of Iain Pattison occurred in England in September. Iain was the last to hold one of the George Ernest Morrison Scholarships which were established in 1926 as a result of the generosity of Dr G E M Scott, to pay for a Scottish boy to come and attend The Geelong College for two years. He was a Prefect in third term 1932 and was appointed Senior Prefect in 1933 (for Term 1). Owing to the ill-health of his father he returned to Scotland in May of that year. He became a veterinary surgeon and worked for three years in the Government Veterinary Laboratory, Tel-Aviv. In 1946, he joined the Agricultural Research Council's Institute for Research on Animal Diseases at Compton in Berkshire as a research pathologist. He later became Deputy Director of the Institute. His researches, published in scientific journals, were concerned with diseases of horses, cattle, pigs and sheep. He was also the author of several books in that field. In 1965 he was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for ‘meritorious contributions to learning.’
Source
Ad Astra 1959; Ad Astra April 1967 p4; Ad Astra June 1982; Ad Astra June 1990 p9; Ad Astra Dec 1991 p11.