Garry Maddox Until just over three years ago, Professor Richard Scolyer would have been no chance of ever having a state funeral. He was at the peak of an exceptional career as a world-leading pathologist, medical co-director of Melanoma Institute Australia, joint author of more than 900 research papers, speaker at 400-plus conferences and seminars, conjoint professor at the University of Sydney and senior staff specialist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.