Brian Shorland
Francis Brian Shorland OBE (14 July 1909 – 8 June 1999) was a New Zealand organic chemist.After a BSc and a MSc in organic chemistry he worked for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, before earning a scholarship to go to the University of Liverpool for a PhD under Thomas Percy Hilditch, studying fish liver oils and fats from farm animals.[1] After his retirement in 1969, he held several honorary posts at Victoria University of Wellington.[1] In the 1959 New Year Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his role as director of the Fats Research Institute,[3] and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.In 1969 he was awarded an honorary fellowship of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology.