JVO, as people usually called him, was the founding Professor of Medicine of our university. He took up the post in early 1980s after retired from UK. I met him once or twice as a pre-clinical medical student, and, when preparing for my membership examination, had the honor of attending one of his bedside tutorials.
I shall not elaborate on his achievements here. But a small piece of his information I learnt from the man who used to have a moustache is remarkable:
As our department chairman for over 5 years, JVO never held a single department meeting. No, there was no division head meeting, department board, teaching subcommittee, or whatever. It was long before the days of email. Every problem could be solved by talking face-to-face within his office or along the corridor. Things would happen as said, and there was no need of documentation - people simply took the words of the others.
He is, alas, the all time idol for people with a distaste for hypergammaglobulinemia and granuloma.
PS. For those who are not familiar with administrative immunology, please refer to http://ccszeto.blogspot.com/2008/01/lymphocytes.html and http://ccszeto.blogspot.com/2008/01/granuloma.html
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