May was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney Boys High School.[1] He then attended the University of Sydney, where he studied chemical engineering and theoretical physics (BSc 1956) and received a PhD in theoretical physics in 1959.[11] He was a patron of the Sydney High School Old Boys Union.[12]<br> | May was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney Boys High School.[1] He then attended the University of Sydney, where he studied chemical engineering and theoretical physics (BSc 1956) and received a PhD in theoretical physics in 1959.[11] He was a patron of the Sydney High School Old Boys Union.[12]<br> |