(Edwin) Harry Medlin (2 January 1920 – 6 March 2013) was Deputy Chancellor of the University of Adelaide from 1978 to 1997.
He worked for the Adelaide Electric Supply Company and enlisted in the Australian Army prior to Australia joining the Second World War.
[8] Medlin studied under the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme[citation needed] at the University of Adelaide, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1949, Honours in 1951 and a Ph.D. on X-ray crystallography in 1956.
[citation needed] Medlin began lecturing at the university in 1951, rising to Associate Professor by 1974.
He retired in 1985, but remained in the University environment, including becoming inaugural chair of the Alumni Association.