John Grant

John MacDonald Falconar Grant, AO, OBE (14 August 1922 – 10 November 2013) was an Australian neurosurgeon and disability sport administrator. He was president of the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games Organising Committee. He played a leading role in the development of disability sport in Australia.

Personal

Grant was born on 14 August 1922 in Sydney. In 1945, he married Enid Llewlyn at St John's, Ashfield. Further education included a Master of Surgery of the University of Sydney, Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons, and a Fellowship of the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine in the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. It held annual Sports Days. The Australian Team to the 1960 Rome Paralympics included eight competitors who had been patients at Mt Wilga Rehabilitation Centre and trained by Kevin Betts and Eileen Perrottet. The successful bid led to Grant becoming President of the Sydney Paralympic Games Organising Committee 1994–2000. 1992 – Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to sport for disabled people 2002 – Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to sport, particularly through the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee, and to people with disabilities as a contributor to improving the range and quality of medical, social and sporting rehabilitation services

Medicine 2001 – Best Individual Contribution to Healthcare Award 2001 by the Australian Medical Association 2002 – FESPIC Order 2002 – Gold Paralympic Order by the International Paralympic Committee