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Harvey McKay Carey (1917 - 1989) was Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of NSW. He was a leader in many areas of obstetrics and gynaecology but was most well known for his development of the "tailor-made" contraceptive pill. He was Professor and Medical Director of National Women's Hospital Auckland New Zealand 1954-1962 and Foundation President of the Marriage Guidance Council of New Zealand. For nine years from 1953 he was Professor at the University of Auckland and encouraged innovative research by his department leading to the first intrauterine transfusion by Sir William Liley, live-saving steroid treatment for the lungs of premature babies by Sir Graham "Mont" Liggins, and innovations such as "rooming-in." He was Foundation Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of New South Wales 1963-1982. A scholarship is still awarded by the University in his name. After retiring in Australia he was Visiting Professor in Penang, Malaysia 1982-1983 and Visiting Professor to the University of Papua New Guinea 1984.

Harvey's cousin was the Australian geologist Samuel Warren Carey, who was famous for his work on plate tectonics.