NEWS OF TRINITY MEMBERS Phillip Brown ('23) is making a good recovery after a long illness. He is now continuing his work on John Batman. John Gibson ('33) is "alive and well" living in Canberra enjoying an independent and active life after a very full life overseas which began with studies in Munich in 1937 just before the outbreak of war and then travels to Italy. He saw active service in World War II as a commando and later joined the diplomatic service. We wish him many more years of active retirement. Ron King ('46), after a working life of some forty-two years involved in educational activity of various kinds, has now retired (temporarily). He and his wife intend to return to Toowoomba where they have their home. Ron plans to resume acquaintance with the Darling Downs Institute (now the University of Sthn Qld) where he worked from 1973 to 1977. Richard Woolcott ('46), currently President of the Fleur-deLys, has not been idle since his retirement from Foreign Affairs earlier this year. He has a fellowship at the ANU to do "some serious writing" on South-East Asia, and has been made a consultant to Coca-Cola Amatil. Dick Potter ('47) retired in 1986 after thirty-five years at St Peter' s College, Adelaide, and has since been a tour leader for various travel companies in Sth Australia. In the last five years he has led trips to Egypt, Kenya, Jordan, India, Kashmir, Thailand, Nepal, Alaska, Nth America and the Caribbean. He has produced two photographic exhibitions of his own work. Robert Robertson ('47) has retired from diplomatic life and returned to Australia with his wife, Isabelle, who resumed her career, in February of this year, as the French Consul-General in Melbourne. With his retirement, Robert becomes Isabelle' s "accompanying spouse". John Lester ('53) was appointed Registrar of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne in March this year. Prior to this appointment he had been Managing Director of Stihl Pty Ltd, a German-based international supplier of power tools; he remains Chairman of the Board of Stihl. He is also Chairman of the Australian Dried Fruits Board, a statutory marketing authority concerned with the export of Australian dried fruits. John has been an active church musician for many years and is organist and choirmaster at St Oswald' s, Glen Iris, a post he has held for the past fifteen years. As a student he was a member of the Trinity Chapel Choir.
John Starey ('54) is another to retire from the Commonwealth Public Service after thirty-six years with the Department of Foreign Affairs. He served as Head of Mission in Iraq, Brunei and Solomon Islands. His current occupation is grazier just outside Avenel on the Hume Highway. He says that the change is total if not exactly a holiday! Ted Stohr ('55) is currently Professor and Chairman of the Information Systems Department at the Stern School of Business, New York University. Frank Cattell ('58) is now the Director of Environment Management in the Department of Environment and Planning in Tasmania. We congratulate him on his new appointment. Andrew Kirkham ('60) is the current Chairman of the Victorian Bar Council. Vic Ramsden ('60) is now Associate Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Technology, Sydney. He also works on contract for the CSIRO, Division of Applied Physics (National Measurement Laboratory), for two and a half days per week on rare-earth permanent magnet motors. He still lives on Scotland Island and rows to work! Harry Smythe ('60) continues at Pusey House, Oxford, as Director of Studies and has returned to teaching in the Faculty of Theology at the University. Commencing at Pentecost he delivered a series of twelve lectures entitled "Towards a Theology of the Holy Spirit". Last year Father Harry concluded his pilgrimage from the tomb of St Peter at Rome by laying his staff on the High Altar at Canterbury, a journey of 1,350 miles. He offered the pilgrimage to God for the reconciliation and unity of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches. Peter Seddon ('65) was awarded last year a PhD at the University of Melbourne. His thesis was on the subject of Formula Accounting. He continues as senior lecturer in the Faculty of Commerce at the same university. He and his wife, Jenny nee Peters (JCH) have two children. Ken Ogden ('66) was recently appointed Professorial Fellow in the Department of Civil Engineering at Monash University. He spent five months at the University of California, Ăn'90'91 as a Fulbright Senior Fellow. His book Urban Goods Movement: A Guide to Policy and Planning has been published by Gower-Ashgate. Ken is a Council member of Ballarat University College and Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Australian Road Research Board.
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