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Gavin Glasgow (back row 4th from left) at the first meeting of the Neurological Association of New Zealand (NANZ). This historic meeting was held in Dunedin Hospital on Friday 1 February 1957. Headlines 7 In 1956 he returned to New Zealand and was instrumental in establishing the first neurology department at Auckland Hospital with colleague Keith Eyre. Formally inaugurated in 1959, it quickly developed into one of the largest neurology departments in Australasia. His dedication to the department was unwavering and he remained on the consultant staff until he retired in 1989. Glasgow was a masterful teacher and many of his trainees went on to careers in neurology and other fields of medicine. He played a leading role in the establishment of neurology at the Auckland School of Medicine and helped to plan the undergraduate curriculum, plus served from 1979 to 1989 as the Clinical Sub-Dean. As a founding member of the Neurological Association of New Zealand in 1957, he also helped form the professional standards for clinical neurology, neurosurgery and related disciplines. With a busy clinical and teaching schedule, Glasgow had little time for research but did publish 20 research articles over his career including significant papers in The Lancet and the British Medical Journal. His research contributed to our understanding of several neurological conditions including a rare form of brain inflammation associated with the measles virus (subacute sclerosing panencephalitis); a type of arthritis that causes pain and stiffness in your spine (ankylosing spondylitis); and the association of a type of heart defect with strokes (patent foramen ovale). Glasgow and his wife had three children together: Simon, Nicholas and Rachel. His son Nicholas went on to become a Professor in palliative medicine and Dean of the Australian National University (ANU) Medical School. According to an obituary by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Glasgow was a superb clinical neurologist and teacher; knowledgeable, astute, intuitive, careful, but quick to make a diagnosis; was respected as a master physician, both in Auckland and in New Zealand; was a clear thinker and had a special ability to communicate his train of thought to colleagues, junior doctors and students. He had a keen sense of humour and an eloquent turn of phrase that could sum up a problem succinctly in a few words. Glasgow will always be remembered as one of the four trailblazers whose foresight to establish the Neurological Foundation has led to numerous ground-breaking discoveries and better understanding of neurological conditions. 1 https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring- physicians/gavin-lawrence-glasgow 2 https://nanz.co.nz/index.php/history-2/