DR JOHN SAMUEL YU AC, MB BS (Syd), Hon MD (Syd), Hon DLitt (UWS)
DCH (RCP&S), FRACP, FRACMA
University of Sydney Alumnus

Dr Yu was Chief Executive of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Sydney from 1978 to 1997 and before that time Head of Medicine at the hospital.

In 1999 he was elected Chancellor of the University of New South Wales with effect from 1 January 2000, and was a Deputy Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney from 1997 to 1999.

He is the inaugural Chair of the Specialist Advisory Committee of the NSW Commission for Children and Young People. He joined the Australia-China Council of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1996 and was appointed Chair of the Council in 2000.

Dr Yu is a graduate in Medicine of the University of Sydney and holds honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Sydney and the University of Western Sydney.

He has served on the Council of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, was a member of the Executive of the Paediatric Research Society and was Honorary Treasurer of the Australian Paediatric Association. He served on the National Council of the Australian Healthcare Association and received the Association's Sidney Sax Medal in 1996. He is Patron of: the Australian Association of Paediatric Teaching Centres, the Australian Association for the Welfare of Child Health, Childsafe, and the Seasons of Growth Program of the Sisters of St Joseph. He was formerly a member of the Regional Board of St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Walter and Eliza Hall Trust and the Myer Grace Bros Community Fund.

He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and is an Honorary Associate of the Powerhouse Museum and from 1992 to 1996 served on the Museum's Board of Trustees. He is Chairman of VisAsia, an organisation promoting interaction and exchange in the visual arts of Asia. He has served on the National Boards of Musica Viva and the Starlight Foundation and on the Committee of the Penrith Regional Gallery.

He was appointed to the National Australia Day Council in 1996.

He has published extensively on Paediatrics, Management Issues and the Decorative Arts.

Dr Yu was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1989 and was named Australian of the Year in 1996. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2001.

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