Advancement
Lighting the way Stuart Galbraith Head of Advancement
A pioneer heart surgeon, a legendary and humanitarian Carey teacher and a multi-generational Carey family with a love of music all have something special in common: they are all Torchbearers.
Neville and Jeanne York In 1938, Neville York was awarded the first scholarship from the OCGA. He later became a World War II pilot and resident medical officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. In 1955, Neville married Jeanne and together they forged a life of exemplary service to Australian medicine. Jeanne was a pioneer of heart bypass anaesthesia, developing the first Australian heart-lung machine. At only 27, she led a team of seven male doctors through the first successful open-heart surgery in the southern hemisphere. Post-surgery, in the days before intensive care units in hospitals, Jeanne sat with her patients for up to 36 hours to make sure they were on the way to recovery. On Neville’s passing in 2007, former Principal Phil de Young commented that ‘we have lost one of Carey’s very “true heirs”; a wonderful man who certainly “played the game” to the fullest.’ Neville and Jean left a bequest to Carey to pay it forward for the next generation of Carey students. In recognition of this generosity and the life achievements of both, the School
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Above: William and Doris Doig, for whom a new music studio in the Centre for Creativity and Collaboration will be named. had pride in instituting the Neville and Jeanne York scholarship, which continues to be awarded today.
John Sykes John Sykes was a longstanding and much-loved teacher at Carey. He joined the staff at Carey in 1952, assuming responsibility for senior history and English classes. He was also coach of the First XI Football Team. Between 1966 and 1971 he was Headmaster of Scotch College in Tasmania, but returned to Carey as Head of Newnham House in 1972. John Sykes retired in 1983, and the
