William Cunningham (1903-1998)

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William Cunningham (1903-1998)

MB, ChB (St And.) 1924; MRCGP (1953); MD (St And.) 1969

General Practitioner

Fourteenth President of the Society, 1981-84

After graduation at St Andrews in 1924, Dr Cunningham entered general practice in Bradford, where he was also Clinical Assistant in the ENT Department of the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital, Bradford.

After his retiral to St Andrews he became a Clinical Assistant in the ENT Department at Dundee Royal Infirmary, and took his MD with commendation forty-five years after first graduating.

He finally retired to live in Broughty Ferry.