Ian Reay Mackay

Ian Mackay AM FAA (22 March 1922 – 24 March 2020) was an Australian immunologist. He is noted for his work on autoimmune diseases and is considered to have made major contributions to this field. Mackay was a professor at Monash University and wrote a new edition of his textbook on autoimmune disease. His book Intolerant Bodies: A Short History of Autoimmunity (written with Warwick Anderson) won the General History Prize, New South Wales Premier's History Awards 2015.^[3]

Ian Reay Mackay
Born	(1922-03-22)22 March 1922[1]
Died	24 March 2020(2020-03-24) (aged 98)[2]
Nationality	Australian
Known for	autoimmune diseases
Scientific career
Fields	immunology

Mackay was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1981 Australia Day Honours for service to medical research.^[4] He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1991.^[5]

References

• "Mechanisms of autoimmunity: a tribute to Professor Ian Mackay. Proceedings of the 11th Australasian Autoimmunity Workshop. July 6–8, 2007. Melbourne, Australia". J. Autoimmun. 31 (3). England: 197–310. November 2008. doi:10.1016/j.jaut.2008.04.004. ISSN 0896-8411. PMID 19198029.
• Whittingham, Senga; Rowley Merrill J; Gershwin M Eric (November 2008). "A tribute to an outstanding immunologist - Ian Reay Mackay". J. Autoimmun. 31 (3). England: 197–200. doi:10.1016/j.jaut.2008.04.004. ISSN 0896-8411. PMID 18502096.

1. "Mackay, Ian Reay (1922 - )". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
2. "Vale Professor Ian Reay Mackay AM (1922–2020)". Walter and Eliza Hall Medical Institute of Research. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. "New South Wales Premier's Awards" (PDF). SL Magazine. 8 (4): 36. Summer 2015.
4. "Dr Ian Reay Mackay". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
5. "Ian Mackay". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

External links

• Quotations related to Ian Mackay at Wikiquote