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John Ernsting
Nickname(s)JE
Born(1928-04-21)21 April 1928
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

FRAeS (21 April 1928 – 2 June 2009) was a senior Royal Air Force
(RAF) commander and renowned medical researcher.

Early life

Ernsting was born in Woolwich, London on 21 April 1928, and educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School for Boys. From Guy's Hospital, he qualified in physiology in 1949 and in medicine in 1952.[1]

Military career

In 1954, Ernsting was commissioned into the

RAF Medical Branch, where he spent his entire military service.[1]

While working in the Altitude Division of the

life support system working parties for the Tornado and Typhoon.[1]

In 1971 he became the RAF Consultant Adviser in Aviation Medicine, a position he held until 1990. Between 1990 and 1993 he served as Dean of Air Force Medicine, then as Senior Consultant (RAF).[2]

Upon leaving the Altitude Division in 1977, he was first appointed Deputy Director of Research (1977–1985), then Director of Research (1985–1988), before becoming Commandant of the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine (1986–1992).

USAF School of Aerospace Medicine.[2]

He was

honorary surgeon from 1989 to 1993.[1]

He retired as commandant of the IAM in December 1992[3] and from the RAF on 21 April 1993.[4]

Later life and death

On retiring from the RAF, Ernsting became a visiting professor at

Imperial College, London.[1] In 1998, Ernsting was appointed Head of the Human Physiology and Aerospace Medicine Group of the Guy's, King's and St Thomas's School of Biomedical Sciences.[2]

He was the Honorary Civil Consultant in Aviation Medicine to the Royal Air Force. He was also an aeromedical adviser to

Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association.[5] Ernsting was an international ambassador for aviation medicine. He was President of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine from 1995 to 1997.[1]

Awards

On 1 January 1958,

Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his work in connection with the Lightning and Canberra aircraft.[1]

He was appointed

Companion of the Order of the Bath on 31 December 1991,[7] on completion of his tenure as Commandant of the RAF Institute of Aviation.[1]

Ernsting received the Louis H. Bauer Award from the Aerospace Medical Association in 2002.[1]

In May 2008 Ernsting was awarded the title of

PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil in recognition of his distinguished contribution to the field of Aerospace Physiology.[8] He was further honoured with the dedication of a research laboratory in his name, the John Ernsting Aerospace Physiology Laboratory,[9] at the Microgravity Centre, PUCRS, coordinated by Professor Thais Russomano
.

Personal life

He was married twice. He had two sons (one of whom predeceased him)[10] and a daughter through his first marriage. He was survived by his second wife Joyce, née Heppell, whom he married in 1970.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Air Vice-Marshal John Ernsting: Commandant of the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine". The Times. London. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "2002 Award Winners of the Aerospace Medical Association". sasma.szd.si. July 2002. Archived from the original on 18 May 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Air Vice-Marshal Professor John Ernsting". 30 June 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. ^ "No. 53317". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 May 1993. p. 9452.
  5. ^ "Professor John Ernsting CB, OBE, BSc, PhD, MBBS, FRCP, FFOM, FRAeS" (PDF). safeeurope.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2009. [dead link]
  6. ^ a b "No. 41268". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1957. p. 9.
  7. ^ "No. 52767". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1991. p. 3.
  8. ^ http://www3.pucrs.br/portal/page/portal/pucrs/Capa/Noticias?p_itemid=555429 Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 21 November 2009
  9. ^ "King's College London signs agreement to strengthen Brazilian research links". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Air Vice-Marshal Professor John Ernsting". The Daily Telegraph. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
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