AQUATULLE Magazine Hot Off the Press Get Your Copy Now! Benjamin Sheares August 12, 1907 May 12, 1981 President of Singapore Dr. Benjamin Sheares, an obstetrician at Kandang Kerbau Hospital and professor at the University of Malaya, became Singapore's second president on January 2, 1981. He held the office until his death on May 12, 1981. Dr Benjamin Henry Sheares Icons Home| Talk about 80s ...