Mervyn Cross OAM

Marcellin College Randwick 1951-1958.

Played first Grade Rugby League for South Sydney 1960-61, Eastern Suburbs in 1962 and North Sydney in 1963.

Awarded Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 1970.

Established Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Research in 1985, which has trained Australian and Overseas young surgeons.

Appointed National Chairman of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 1989.

Appointed Governor of Museum of Contemporary Art in 1990.

Awarded a Doctorate of Medicine MD from University of NSW in 1991 for Research on the Knee.

Awarded an Order of Australia OAM in 1995 for Knee Surgery and Sports Medicine.

Accepted into the “Hall of Fame” of American Orthopaedic Society Sports Medicine in 1999.

Appointed Director of Orthopaedics for the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.

Appointed to the Board of the NRL 2000-2005.

Awarded the L.O. Betts Medal from the Australian Orthopaedic Association in 2011.

2021 Godfather Lecturer to the Herodicus Society.