Frederick Colin Courtice FAA (26 March 1911, Bundaberg - 29 February 1992, Sydney), was an Australian medical scientist who became an expert in lymphatic physiology.
His father, Frederick Courtice, was a Queensland politician.
Courtice served as a council member (1964–1966) and vice-president (1965–1966) of the Australian Academy of Science. He was also chairman of the National Radiation Committee (1965–1973), an Australian delegate to UNESCO (1962, 1964), and a member of the committee responsible for establishing the National Heart Foundation.
Qualifications and recognition 1932 BSc (Hons I), Syd 1932 Rhodes Scholarship (Honours School of Physiology, Oxford) 1934 MA Oxon 1935 DPhil Oxon 1937 LRCP 1937 MRCS 1946 MA Oxon 1946 DSc Syd 1946 Honorary FRACS 1948 Director of the Kanematsu Memorial Institute of Pathology at Sydney Hospital 1954 Elected FAA 1958-1974 Foundation Professor in the John Curtin School for Medical Research (ANU) 1960 FRACP 1976 Emeritus Professor Source
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