Paul MacKenzie

Dr Paul MacKenzie TD (1919-2014) was a Scottish physician, soldier and sportsman. He was a pioneer of modern sports medicine. He was the founder of the Glenshee Ski Rescue Service and joint founder of the British Association of Sports Medicine.

Life

He was born on 31 July 1919 the son of Major Lionel Do Amaral MacKenzie MC DSO. His father was the son of a Brazilian countess and was born in Rio de Janeiro. He died aged only 36 from an accidental insulin overdose in the treatment of his diabetes in 1927 when Paul was only seven years old.

Paul was educated at Edinburgh Academy and then joined the British Army in 1938. He saw active service in the Second World War as an officer in the Border Regiment serving under Lord Mountbatten in Burma at the rank of Captain.[1]After the war he studied Medicine at Edinburgh University qualifying at the relatively advanced age of 33 before going on to be a GP in rural Scotland at Bridge of Earn in Perthshire. He lived at Forgandenny.

A keen skier from the age of ten he skied regularly at Lech am Arlberg in Austria staying with his friend, the Olympic skier Othmar Schneider. As an archer he won 27 trophies. He was also a keen golfer.[1]

He died on 16 September 2014 aged 95 and was buried with his parents in the western extension to Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh.

Family

He married Barbara Ashmead-Barlett at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh in 1956. They had a daughter Fiona and son Ruari.

Positions of Note

References

  1. 1 2 Shaw, Alison (3 October 2014). "Obituary: Dr Paul Mackenzie TD CStJ, soldier, GP and sports medicine pioneer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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