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Wallaceville Research Centre staff; mid-1930s chiefs Lou Fitch, C.S.M Hopkirk, Ira Cunningham. [P2-2-2]

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DescriptionLou Fitch, C.S.M Hopkirk, Ira Cunningham
Framing information: On reverse: 'Mid-1930s; Chiefs at Wallaceville Laboratory.
Lou Fitch (Left) Chief Diagnostic Officer. C.S.M Hopkirk, Officer in charge. Ira Cunningham, Chief Biochemist, later Officer in charge.'

Lou Fitch founded Trentham Veterinary Laboratory - later known as Tasman Vaccine Laboratories - in Whakatiki Street, Upper Hutt.

Lewis William Fitch, an Australian and a graduate of Sydney University, arrived in New Zealand in March 1936 and joined the Wallaceville Animal Research Station to do pathological research work. Dr C.S.M. (Cyril) Hopkirk was appointed Officer-in-charge (later retitled Superintendent) in December 1925, succeeding H.A. Reid. Dr Ira James Cunningham joined the Wallaceville Animal Research Station in 1931 and became Chief Biochemist in 1939. In August 1945 he succeeded the aforementioned Dr C.S.M. Hopkirk as Superintendent of the Research Station.
This photograph appears on Page 126 of the book 'UPPER HUTT - The History'.
(Additional information - last two paragraphs - supplied by Brian Pearce).Date TakenMid-1930sGeotagnot specified

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PersonFitch, Lou (fl 1930s) Chief Diagnostic Officer, Wallaceville Research CentreHopkirk, C. S. M. (fl 1930s) Officer in charge, Wallaceville Research CentreCunningham, Ira (fl 1930s) Biochemist, Wallaceville Research InstituteOrganisationMSD Animal Health / Schering-Plough Animal Health / Tasman Vaccine Laboratories (TVL). Last edited by: Don McLeod

Wallaceville Research InstitutePlaceWallaceville SubjectPortraits - formal Last edited by: Brian J. Pearce

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Wallaceville Research Centre staff; mid-1930s chiefs Lou Fitch, C.S.M Hopkirk, Ira Cunningham. [P2-2-2]