John Stewart Munro, MB. ChB., D(Obst)RCOG (1931 - 2003)

John Munro graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1955. After National Service in the RAF, further junior hospital appointments and a spell in General Practice, John was appointed Medical Officer to Durham University in 1965. There his work was chiefly with the mental health of the students who consulted in the University Health Service, their physical ailments being cared for by nearby General Practitioners. In addition he became a Hospital Practitioner in Psychological Medicine and a member of the Institute of Psychosexual Medicine.

He soon became an active member of the British Student Health Association (as BAHSHE was then named) and was the first Chair of the Association when this post was created in 1973, remaining in post for 5 years. His modernising work with the Association was immense and he was later elected President in 1980. John died on 19 December 2003 at the age of 72 after a series of cerebral vascular accidents. He leaves his wife, Margaret, two daughters and a son.