Garrick, Emeritus Professor John Andrew Frank Biography 1991

GARRICK, Emeritus Prof John Andrew Frank (Jack)
Retired Zoologist, now Farmer
Born Hastings, 24 March 1928, son of Arthur Thomas Garrick and Christina Nicolson (née Williamson); married Diana Valerie May Mosse, daughter of Cecil Edward le Clerc Mosse, 1953; four sons.
Education: Mahora Primary School, Hastings; Hastings High School; Victoria University, Bachelor of Science 1950, Master of Science 1953, PhD 1960.
Victoria University: Demonstrator in Zoology 1951-1952, Junior Lecturer 1953-1956, Lecturer 1956-1060; Res Association, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, 1960-1963; Victoria University: Senior Lecturer in Zoology 1964-1965, Associate Professor 1966-1971, Professor (Personal Chair) 1971-1987 (retired); several times Chairman of Zoology during 1970s, 1980s, also Member, Chairman of Leave Committee, PhD Committee; Emeritus Prof 1987.  Committee member, Biology sect, RSNZ, Wellington Branch, 1954-1960, 1966-1967, Chairman 1958; Secretary Wellington Branch, NZ Association of Scientists, 1953-1955, Secretary parent body, 1959-1960; contributor, Save the Children Fund activities.
Publications: Editor, Tuatara 1950s-1960s; editor Victoria University zoology publications, 1960s-1987; scientific articles.
Recreations: outdoors generally, particularly hunting, tree-planting, conservation, fishing.
Address: North Street, Kihikihi, Waikato.