of Anaesthetists. He holds three honorary professorships, and is an honorary member of the medical academies of both Singapore and Malaysia. He has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by the University of Queensland, and is an Officer of the Order of Australia. He is currently appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Metro South Health Service District. Apart from his clinical practice, Theile also began to take an active part in professional affairs. From 1981, he held a variety of positions with the Royal Australian College of Surgeons, culminating in the presidency between 1993 and 1995. He served on the Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee. He chaired the Pacific Islands Project for AusAid. He became Chairman of the Division of Surgery at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in 2000, and in 2006 became its Clinical Chief Executive Officer. In 2001, Theile was awarded the highest honour from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, the Sir Hugh Devine Medal. In late 2008 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Metro South District of Queensland Health. Theile has two sons. As an Olympic swimmer, Theile's name was pronounced in the original Germanic form, sounding like Tyler. Theile later adopted an Anglicised pronunciation, rhyming with meal. Honours Theile was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968 and the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1997 for his services to surgery and received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000. The University of Queensland pool was renamed in his honour. See also List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) World record progression 100 metres backstroke References Further reading Princess Alexandra Hospital University of Queensland Alumni External links 1938 births Living people Australian male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Australia Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons Officers of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees People from Maryborough, Queensland World record setters in swimming Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming University of Queensland Mayne Medical School alumni 20th-century Australian people