No Ordinary Man
Subtitle: The Remarkable Life of Arthur Porritt
Publisher: Trio Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Wellington, New Zealand
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 324
Table of contents: title: see: arthurporritt.com; title: A Rhodes Scholar in 1923.; title: An Olympic sprint medallist, in 1924, in the 100m final made famous by the film Chariots of Fire. He remains New Zealand’s only Olympic sprint medallist.; title: A widely-respected and much-honoured surgeon, who became president of the Royal College of Surgeons and the British Medical Association, two of  the two major medical organisations in Britain.; title: A member of the International Olympic Committee for more than half a century, and chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation for 18 years.; title: A decorated war hero, who was present during the D-Day landings.; title: Surgeon to the Royal Family from 1936-67.; title: The Governor-General of New Zealand from 1967-72. He was the first New Zealand-born Governor General.; title: Knighted and later elevated to the peerage. He was an active member of the British House of Lords for nearly 20 years.