History of the MCA
The MCA was officially formed in 1969 by:
- Clement Price Thomas Surgeon
- Francis Edward Camps Pathologist
- Max Meier Glatt Psychiatrist
- Noel H. Moynihan GP
- A. Lawrance Abel Surgeon
- Harold Charles Stewart Pharmacologist
- Herbert Davis Chalke Medical Practitioner
The idea behind founding the MCA came into being on 20th April 1967 when 50 founder members met at the BMA to elect officers and discuss future policy. Sir Clement Price Thomas was the first chair of the organisation. in his opening speech he felt "there had been amble evidence of an urgent need for a representative medical body to concern itself with the problems of alcoholism".
The first executive members of the board were:
|
Sir Clement Price Thomas |
John Philip Wyndham Hughes |
Max Meier Glatt |
|
Francis Edward Camps |
John Ian George Pickering |
Noel Henry Moynihan |
|
Alexander David Cameron |
William Ivor Neil Kessel |
Harold Charles Stewart |
|
John Francis Desmond Murphy |
Astor Balfour Sclare |
Spencer Madden |
|
Thomas Henry Bewley |
Myrddin Evans |
David Lewis Davies |
|
Sean Desmond McGrath |
Edward Lincoln Williams |
Herbert David Chalke |
The MCA's Memorandum of Association can be viewed here.
