Medical Foundation Executive Committee

History of the Foundation: Dr Vanessa Witton, A History of the Medical Foundation: 50 Years of Discovery. It was available online at http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/foundation/about/history.php and viewed on 22/1/2016."The story began in 1957 when Dr (Sir) Victor Coppleson and (Sir) Robert Crichton-Brown approached Sir Frank Packer, Sir Vincent Fairfax and Mr Bill Farnsworth with a proposal to seek funding from the private sector for postgraduate medical teaching and research at the University of Sydney. The idea of sourcing funding from the private sector had circulated within the Faculty since the formation of the University's Post-Graduate Committee in Medicine in 1936".Superseding Agency: Sydney Medical School Foundation 2009.Sydney Medical School Foundation is dedicated to improving the health of all Australians by investing in a program of world-class research and learning in the Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney.Governance and Rules of the Foundation here http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/foundation/about/rules.php viewed on 22/1/2016