Notes about Former Pupils

postponed from 2020. Previous winners of this prestigious international award include the Hoover Building, the Forth Rail Bridge, the Supreme Court of New Zealand and the Cutty Sark.

Charles Mulvey (1945-58) writes of his thirteen years in the School from just after the end of World War 2. I started in the nursery - wearing a smock to school. I eventually left after a very happy school experience in 1958 to go to Aberdeen University, where I graduated with honours in economic science in 1962. I then held positions as a Lecturer in Economics at Trinity College, Dublin, Assistant Professor at New York University, Reader at Glasgow University, Associate Professor at Princeton University and then, finally, for twenty years, as Professor of Economics and, latterly, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce at the University of Western Australia. I resigned in 2001 to set up my own consulting business in economics. I have now worked in this role for twenty years and am now aged 80. I have no plans to retire. I have met up with various of my former schoolmates here in Australia - including the late Eddie Slater (in France), John Sinclair and Forbes Smith and we enjoyed reminiscing about the good old days at the Grammar. I still have fond memories of my schooldays and look forward to visiting the school again when I am next in Aberdeen. My brother Peter (1952-62) lives in Braemar in retirement after a distinguished career as an architect in Aberdeen.

Nigel George Morley Watt (1963-69) WS, former Parent Club President and now Acting Secretary of the Edinburgh Centre left the Law twelve years ago, after over thirty years practising in Edinburgh and has ever since been a professional golf referee. He has served on the Rules Committee, the Championship Committee and the Rules of Amateur Status Committee of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews for four years respectively. During that period he refereed at eight Open Championships, numerous R&A Championships and also as a guest referee at many European Tour tournaments. Turning professional in 2008 he worked with the Ladies’ European Tour for a season and for the last twelve years he has been working with the PGA, mainly on the Europro Tour and annually for the European Tour at its Qualifying School. He is currently Joint Chief Referee for The Arnold Palmer Cup, an annual match involving the top male and female amateur golfers in the world. He has refereed in forty-seven countries on six continents. Sadly, having reached his allotted three score years and ten, he has had to retire from the R&A Rules Panel but continues to officiate for Scottish Golf which has no ageist policy!

Obituaries

Eric Archie Alexander (1935-43) BSc (Eng) died at his home in Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire on 17 February 2021 after a short illness. He was aged 94. From School he went up to Aberdeen to study engineering graduating in 1945. He was for a time a technician with the engine division of the Bristol Aeroplane Co. before spending the rest of his working life as a combustion engineer with Rolls Royce, first in Bristol and then in Derby. He retired in 1989 after working for thirty-nine years on aero-engine research.

He loved his work as an engineer but also thrived in retirement, becoming involved in all aspects of village life in Aston on Trent. He was predeceased by his wife after fifty-six