Fellows of Senate
Cecil Purser
An early graduate of the University of Sydney (BA 1885, MB ChM 1890), Cecil Purser was a Fellow of Senate from 1909 to 1939, including election as Vice-Chancellor 1917 - 1918 and 1923, and Deputy Chancellor 1924 - 1925.
Gallery
His student days at the University of Sydney
2nd year Medical students in 1886, with Cecil Purser far right, middle row, photo G3_224_0007, University of Sydney Archives.
His career as a physician
Cecil Purser, image from 'The Centenary Book of the Faculty of Medicine.
Cecil Purser in 1917, photo, 'The Sydney Morning Herald', 9 April 1917.
Cecil Purser in 1927, photo from the Sydney Medical School Senior Yearbook 1927-28, Faculty of Medicine Online Museum.
His membership of Senate
Vice-Chancellor Cecil Purser in 1917, photo from 'Hermes", May 1917.
The portrait of Cecil Purser by artist Jerrold Nathan, oil on canvas, was presented to the University in 1941 by chairman of the board of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University Art Collection, reproduced with the kind permission of Ms Felicity Brierley and the University of Sydney. The cost of the portrait was subscribed by friends and colleagues of Dr Purser.