Editors • Denis McMullen & Ina Thiessen • Volume • Issue 3
30
Years
NEWS
C R O M W E L L
C O L L E G E
Within the University of Queensland
NOVEMBER 2006
Å Coca News 1976
From left: Old Collegians Robert Rankin (1972-1973) with partner Sue Waldron, Alan Whiting (1971-1974), first COCA President, Coral and Phillip Sweeney (1973-1974) Ç
Å From left: Mrs J. Mathewson, Ken Bishop and Dr Richard Chapman (Chairman and Secretary of the Board f Governors in 1976)
Å Dr David and Mary Hill at the Inaugural Meeting of COCA on the 29th October 1976
CROMWELL OLD COLLEGIANS’ ASSOCIATION TURNS 30! The Cromwell Old Collegians’ Association was offi cially formed at the inaugural meeting followed by a dinner on the 29th October 1976. Rev Dr Lockley remembers (as printed in the COCA News Vol. 1 November 1976): “I understand that the numbers attending the dinner were round the two hundred mark, including the wives and other partners of old residents...One of the gratifying things about the gathering was that it was representative of people who were resident in most of the twenty-three years in which residence has been available. Participants ranged from several men who had braved life in the incomplete buildings in 1954 down to men and women who will graduate within the next few months... My personal hope is that membership of the new body will include the great majority of those who have lived within the college.” Some snippets from the early stages of COCA: “The success of this Association will depend greatly on the support it receives from you... Through your support we can establish a truly worthwhile organization.” (Alan Whiting, Cromwell resident from 1971-1974 and first COCA president in the first COCA edition)
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A Magazine for Old Collegians, Friends of Cromwell, Current Residents and their Families
What’s INSIDE
Upcoming Events
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From the Principal
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Academic Dinner
Guest Speakers at Formal Dinners
World Scholar Athlete Games Scholarship
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Refurbishment of the Chapel
Reunion 19 -196
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COCA Dinners
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Roundup
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Cromwell College Volunteer Refugee Tutoring
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ICC Reports
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