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EWSLETTER MELBOURNE
DR SHARWOOD HONOURED By a decision of the College Council, the Music Room and adjacent Courtyard have been named The Sharwood Room and Sharwood Court in honour of the Fourth Warden. At a dinner for members of the College Council and some special guests (Dr Robin Sharwood, members of his family, and the Senior Students from 1965 to 1973) on 15 March 1993, Bishop James Grant recalled the many aspects of Robin Sharwood's contribution to Trinity in a time of decaying buildings and great social change. Before being invited to unveil a plaque commemorating the occasion, Dr Sharwood thanked the Council for the honour that had been paid to him and his family and then continued:
The Sharwood Room and Court
On balance, of course, being Warden here was for me a tremendous privilege, a deeply fulfilling experience, and, for all its comparative brevity (at least as measured in Trinity terms) the central episode of my working life.
"serendipity" over its long history, at least so far as its buildings and grounds are concerned. When you come to think about it, the College's really grand designs have never quite come off
It is rather late in the evening, and I do not want to detain you at length, as I am sure you would much prefer to talk amongst yourselves. But I should like to offer you a few reflections on the buildings and grounds of this College, to which I have now become, in a new and rather special way "attached" - in much the same kind of way (well, not quite the same kind of way) that Eeyore was "attached" to his tail in the Winnie-the-Pooh story. "He was fond of it", said Pooh to Owl, who had appropriated EeyorĂŠ s tail for a bellrope. "Fond of it?" said Owl. "Attached to it", said Pooh solemnly.
The architect Leonard Terry gave the first Trustees a splendid master plan for an entire College; but only one of its proposed assemblage of buildings was ever constructed, namely, the Warden's Lodge (now Leeper) and even that is incomplete (the drawings show a covered cloister along its western front). That was in 1870.
In the mid 18th century, Horace Walpole coined the wonderful word "serendipity" to describe "the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident" (to quote the definition in the Oxford English Dictionary
In 1878, when more money became available, Bishops' was erected. It is more or less where Terry had planned to put a building, and indeed looks rather like his drawing; but, as we all know, for reasons of economy it was built in variegated brick, in the Victorian "Venetian Gothic" manner, rather than in Tasmanian stone; and under an architect named Wyatt - not Terry for some reason, although he was still around. Wyatt, too, produced a master plan.
I am rather inclined to think that this College has exhibited
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FROM THE EDITOR TRINITY COLLEGE NEWSLETTER NUMBER 46 - MARCH 1993 Dear Reader Trinity College Royal Parade Parkville 3052
What a whirlwind Trinity life has been so far this year! The men's rowing victory and the naming of the Sharwood Room and Court, described elsewhere in this edition, have been highlights in a life of great activity.
Editors
Editorial Administrator and Page Layout
It is good to report that not only is the College full, but that we have a lengthy waiting list which includes some first-rate students. With the recession and a falling number of applications in the previous two years, we wondered whether there would be problems in filling the College this year. We need not have worried. Two staff houses have also been converted (temporarily!) for student use, bringing the number of resident undergraduates to 282 - a record.
Evan Burge Prue Conaghan
Prue Conaghan
The balance of men and women is almost exactly even, and the proportion of students from RMIT, La Trobe (Carlton campus) and other non-University of Melbourne institutions has been brought back to the statutory maximum of 15%. With so much emphasis on Trinity's success in sport (the Cowan Cup last year), its pre-eminence in drama and musical theatre, and its fine choir, a question arises about academic achievement. This is being taken very seriously indeed - by the College officers, the tutors, and not least by the great majority of the students. There was a bountiful crop last year of first-class honour and A results. The Rhodes Scholar ideal - academic excellence, participation in sport, and a spirit of service to others - remains a goal for Trinity. It is achieved by a gratifying number of College members.
CONTENTS Dr Sharwood Honoured Naming of Sharwood Room and Court From the Editor Rowing Report Fleur-de-Lys Dinners in 1993 New College Smoking Policy Member Profile The Viravaidya Brothers Donations to Leeper Library Forthcoming Drama Production Scholarships & Awards Member Profiles Dr Ross Bastiaan Roger Riordan Marriages in Chapel Honours & Distinctions Deaths of College Members Foundation Report News from Trinity Members
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I am confident that a wonderful year lies ahead in the remainder of 1993.
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Evan L Burge
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RELENTLESS DETERMINATION KEEPS ROWING TROPHY IN TRINITY In the intercollegiate men's rowing on 17 March, the Trinity first crew retained the Mervyn Bourne Higgins Shield by never giving up. In the heat, Trinity was paired against Ormond, a strong and experienced crew. By 500 metres, Ormond were a length and a half ahead and rowing strongly. Trinity responded by lifting the rating and by the Swan Street Bridge the two crews were almost equal. The additional pace was maintained to the end and a well-nigh exhausted crew brought Trinity over the line half-a-length ahead in a heart-stopping finish.
The members of the Trinity first crew were Bow: 2 3 4 5
In the second heat, Newman coasted to a relaxed victory over Queen's. It was disconcerting to learn that Newman's time was only one second outside Trinity's. Could Trinity recover in time and mount a real challenge to Newman, now looking supremely confident - and on St Patrick's Day, too?
S Nicholls M Campbell-Smith C Fary J Pitt R Calnon
6. 7. Stroke Cox Coach
J Hunt J Cumming T Gason R Heath A Tulloch
Fleur-de-Lys Dinners in 1993
What Coach, Andrew Tulloch, and Cox, Rob Heath, did to help build up the confidence of the eight weary oarsmen we do not know. Perhaps the elation of beating Ormond, and the determination not to throw away all that had been gained from weeks of rising each morning at 5am, were enough. Suffice to say that all trace of fatigue had gone by the starting line of the final. Trinity led Newman, now rowing furiously, the length of the course and came in with a length to spare.
Two Dinners are currently planned for this year - one in the College Hall on Friday 28 May and the other in Canberra on Thursday 7 October. An invitation for the Melbourne Dinner is enclosed with this Newsletter. After the success of last year's Gala Dinner on the Bulpadock we are expecting a full Hall on 28 May. The Warden's Secretary, Susan Moro, will again be assisting Tony Buzzard, the Honorary Secretary of the Union of the Fleur-de-Lys, with arrangements for the Dinner. She can be contacted from Monday to Thursday on (03) 349 0106. Now is the time to start gathering your table or group of friends to ensure a good night. Richard Woolcott, the current President of the Union of the Fleur-de-Lys, will say a few words and the Warden promises to keep his reply brief!
The second crew also did well in their heat to beat Queen's and University College, but lost in the final to the Ormond second crew, which included several rowers of national standing. Dinner in Hall that night was noisy and memorable. Watching Rob Heath balance like a surfer on the shield hoisted aloft by the crew and borne the length of the Hall for the second year in succession is a sight we shall not forget. Give us a T ... Tiger Woo!
NEW WOMEN'S TROPHY FOR ROWING Thanks to an initiative taken by Dr Alan Gregory as Master of Ormond, Women's Intercollegiate Rowing will now have a shield comparable to the men's. Known as the Margot Foster and H Richardson Shield, it perpetuates the name of the first College (and Trinity's) woman rower to achieve Olympic status and also the generosity of those who contributed to the cost of creating the trophy. The shield has been made by noted Melbourne sculptor, Barbara McLean. It is an outstanding contemporary expression of a traditional genre. The Intercollegiate Women's Rowing will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday 7 April on the Yarra. Both the men's and women's shields, and medallions for the winning crews, will be presented at an Intercollegiate Rowing Dinner to be held in Queen's College on Friday 30 April next. All supporters of College Rowing are invited to be present. Enquiries to the Dean of Trinity, Ms Mary Chapman (347 1044).
Margot Foster with the Margot Foster and H Richardson Shield
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room we are dining in. This room, like the Court, did not feature on anyone's master plan. It was just planted here, in 1885, not by Blackett so far as I know, as a free-standing "Chemistry and Biology Laboratory", the gift of Sir William Clarke.
Two years later, in 1880, the space in between the two buildings was filled with a "temporary" wooden Dining Hall. Again, this audience does not need reminding that that "temporary" Dining Hall is still with us, albeit altered, extended and encased in stone in the mid 1920's with further extensions (under Syd Wynne's inimitable direction) in the 1950's.
By the time I arrived in 1965, the old "Chem-Lab" was in a deplorable condition. Although it had been "de-commissioned" as a laboratory in the late 1950's and was officially already a "Music Room", it was best known as the venue for rowing and football parties and the like. Damp, dirty, dilapidated, smelling of cat, it was "not a pretty sight"; the grand piano it housed had suffered too many boozy parties to be taken seriously.
The Hall is certainly where Terry had planned to put one; but it in no way resembles his drawing for it, and the architect of the wooden original was one Pritchard - again, not Terry, not even Wyatt. So the Leonard Terry master plan was not seriously carried forward. And that was, more or less, the fate of master plan after master-plan right down the years, each succeeding another, and none of them completed: Leonard Terry's original; Wyatt's plan of the late 1870's (which gave us Bishops'); the first Blackett plan of the 1880's (which gave us Clarke's, and the Kitchen and Domestic wing); the second highly ambitious Blackett plan of the 1920's (which gave us Behan, the Deanery, Dorothy and the Squash Courts - but not the monumental re-development which Warden Behan had set his heart upon); and the McGlashan and Everist plan of the 1950's (which produced Jeopardy, the Lodge, and, I think, the siting of Cowan, although the architects for Cowan were Mockeridge, Stahle and Mitchell).
Despite Syd Wynne's gloomy pessimism, I thought the room still had potential; and the opportunity to do something about it came at the time of the College Appeal of 1967. We were required under our contract with the fundraisers to provide an office and a meeting room for the Appeal organiser; and to that end we did a thorough renovation of this little building, with a view to restoring it as a decent "Music Room" when the Appeal was over. And that is what we duly did. It still remained, however, an isolated building, in a wind-swept, non-descript area which , was muddy in Winter, dusty in Summer, and held few attractions. But then came another fortunate and quite unlooked-for development.
As far as I am aware, we rather gave up on grandiose master plans after that.
By some miracle, the renovation of Clarke's was running under budget. There could, of course, be no question of foregoing any of the lovely Government money which formed part of that budget, and for which we had fought so hard.
Yet was not the outcome of all this, nevertheless, an example of "serendipity" - the faculty of achieving happy results by accident?
Mr George Mitchell, our architect, pointed out to me that our approved plans included provision for so-called site works, including "Landscaping". Although we had never expected that we would be able to afford any such "site works", suddenly we could - and speed was of the essence! So we did two things. We put the electricity connections to Clarke's underground, which was an enormous improvement to the appearance of the area, and then, to designs which I myself drew up in rough form, we built the brick walls which now enclose Sharwood Court at this northern end; we paved the area in front of this room; and we redesigned and replanted the garden to the south.
We might not have the imposing, integrated, rather overbuilt College that the various master plans envisaged (at all events the earlier ones); but we find ourselves, do we not? and happily, I think, with a charming and eclectic set of buildings, of various periods and styles, each with its own character and its own history, all on a pleasing domestic scale; and for the most part set around a marvellous well-planted park, with the atmosphere of a courtyard at its northern end and a playing field at its southern. Historically speaking, all accidental, and not the result of deliberate planning at all - but what a happy accident!
It was, again a happy and unexpected outcome: Trinity's "serendipity" manifesting itself once more!
And Sharwood Court and the Sharwood Room (I might as well begin to use the names) are themselves examples of Trinity's "serendipity" in microcosm.
So now we have Sharwood Court and the Sharwood Room - quite appropriately named, in all the circumstances; and very very gratifying, especially to us Sharwood's! I am deeply grateful to the Warden and the College Council for so gracious a gesture.
No court was provided for on this site by any of the master-planners, so far as I am aware. It just "happened". Let me remind you of its heterogeneous elements: on the south, the Dining Hall, or rather, its 1950's extension (with the ghosts of Terry, Pritchard and Syd Wynne); on the west, Wyatt's Bishops'; on the east, the Blackett kitchen and Domestic wing; and here at the northern end a smidgen of Clarke's (Blackett again), and of course the
But the life of the College goes on, as it always has done. While this is a splendid and happy evening, it is merely a (continued on page 5)
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Dr Sharwood Honoured (continued from page 4) sentence is a chapter in the College's long history - not the end of the story by any means; and I hope I may be able to continue to play a modest but useful part in that story for a long time to come.Life, as I say, goes on. Tomorrow will be another day.
Can you help? The College needs:
The more elderly amongst us will remembered that great war-time "weepie' "Mrs Miniver", with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon ( and maybe even some of the young will have caught up with it on late-night television). There is an exchange in "Mrs Miniver" which I have always remembers and treasured. One afternoon, at the village parish fete, as I recall, Mrs Miniver learns from a local rose-grower that he has given her name to a new rose. That evening, as she prepares for bed, she says dreamily and romantically to her husband: "I had a rose named after me today". And he says: "Did you remember to put the milk bottles out?"
One large dining or board room table (preferably with chairs). this is for a newly renovated meeting and tutorial room to be named the GW Rusden Room. A donation, or several donations to renovate the squash courts at a cost of about $15,000. The roof now leaks, the walls need plaster and paint, and the floor is dangerous. Any donors? Donations are tax-deductible if made through the Trinity College Foundation or directly to the College.
IN A CHANGING WORLD NEW COLLEGE SMOKING POLICY and later, after a half-hour debate, at a general meeting of the TCAC.
The College Council has approved a new policy which states: No smoking is permitted in indoor public areas of the College, including the Hall, Common Rooms, TV Room, corridors, bathrooms and staircases.
Times and community expectations have certainly changed. Those Trinity men who offered for service in World War I were given by the College a silver cigarette case with an engraved College crest. When the present Warden took office, most students smoked even in the Dining Hall. The present policy would have been unthinkable until a year or two ago. It is, however, less stringent than that now applying in the University, where all smoking is forbidden inside, including staff offices.
Smoking is permitted in students' and tutors' rooms and in the cloisters and grounds and on the Behan balcony, but not in the College offices, library, kitchen area or tutorial rooms. The new policy was introduced after a survey last year indicated that it would receive assent from the student body. This was confirmed this year by an informal vote in Hall one night
MEMBER PROFILES Viravaidya brothers make impressive contributions to their native Thailand Sunya Viravaidya ('65) continues to make an impressive contribution to medicine in Thailand through the Pattaya International Hospital which he founded. This hospital meets the highest international standards, combining personalised care and peaceful surroundings with the most advanced medical technology. In Trinity and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Melbourne, from which he graduated in 1970, he was one of very few Asian students to be admitted at that time - one of the pathfinders for the recent growth in international programs which are now such a valuable feature of Trinity and the University. Dr Sunya's elder brother, Mechai, is justly famous for his promotion of the use of the condom in Thailand - important not only for birth control but also for preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. His labours for his country have been extensive, including a controversial period as the Prime Minister's Office Minister when he took responsibility for the significant Tourism Authority of Thailand. Recently he featured in an article in the University of Melbourne Gazette, a clear sign of the University's growing awareness of our Asian friends and neighbours.
Sunya Viravaidya 5
DONATIONS TO THE LEEPER LIBRARY
Scholarships and Awards
We have been delighted and grateful to receive books given by these Trinity authors:
The Following scholarships and awards were approved by the College Council on 15 March, 1993.
Christopher Wood and Marc Askew, St Michael's Church Melbourne, Formerly the Collins Street Independent Church, Hyland House, Melbourne 1992.
A. Scholarships provided through the Trinity College Foundation Charles Abbott Scholarship ($2,200)
This book is for all who are interested in architecture, Congregationalism, and the political, intellectual and social life of Victoria. St Michael's marks the oldest place of worship in Melbourne dating back to 1839. The present church, of striking design, especially in its interior, is of great architectural merit. In words and photographs this book captures the deliberations and achievements of its pastors and congregations over a colourful century and a half.
Jonathan Pitt Bruce Munro Scholarship (Two scholarships, each of $2,200) James Murray
David Clark
Schutt Trust Scholarship ($2,800, shared) Andrea Carr Saxon Nicholls
Timothy S Falkiner, Scientific Legislation, published by the author and distributed by the Leo Cussen Institute (Order Reference B92/25), Melbourne, 1992.
William Harper
Robert B Lewis Scholarship ($500)
This book represents an impressive intellectual achievement in using cybernetics and software engineering knowledge to explain what legislation is, how it behaves and how it should be designed, maintained and replaced. It is written with admirable clarity, and uses helpful examples drawn from everyday life. Although it is intended primarily for legislators and lawyers, it has much to offer anyone trying to make sense of a world which is changing at an ever-increasing rate and becoming more and more complex.
Ralph Ashton Amy Smith Scholarship ($900) Miranda Barber Arthur Hills Scholarship ($700) Paul Willows Foundation Entrance Scholarship ($900)
Robert Dean, The Law of Trade Secrets, The Law Book Company, 1990.
David Alexander James Gledden (shared equally)
This impressive and exhaustive study bears witness to what Sir Reginald Smithers in his Foreword calls "the learning and prodigious industry" of the author, who was for six years a Law tutor in Trinity. This work combines comprehensiveness and meticulous detail - a formidable achievement, which has resulted in what will surely become a standard work of reference. As Sir Reginald aptly notes, "protection by the Law of each man's secret from the prying eyes of his neighbour is a condition of civilised life."
Andrew Sprague Scholarship ($400) David Tan
Jonathan Pitt (shared equally)
B. Scholarships provided from Council and Trust Funds Senior Academic Scholarships Major ($900)
DRAMA - ANOTHER FIRST FOR TRINITY The Trinity College Drama Club has secured the rights to produce Prelude to a Kiss by Craig Lucas. This will be the Australian premiere of the play which has recently been made into a film starring Meg Ryan and Alec Baldwin.
Jackie Campbell-Smith
Sophie Haslem
Paul Einoder
Curtis Saxton
Tim Gason
David Tan
Minor ($500)
Prelude to a Kiss is a contemporary fairy story with romance and humour, and questions the nature of gender and desire.
Miranda Barber
Jonathan Gourlay
Kate Gilbert
Jonathan Pitt
Entrance Academic Scholarships
The Trinity College Drama Club has gone from strength to strength. Three of our actors have been admitted in recent years to the prestigious Guildhall School of Dramatic Art in London - Federay Holmes, Kate Oliver, and Michael Pickering.
Major ($900) David Alexander
Katherine Larkins
Minor ($500)
Prelude to a Kiss will be showing at the Guild Theatre in the Melbourne University Union Building from 19 to 26 May at 8pm. For ticket bookings phone 349 0376 after 26 April. (Last year's production of Don Juan was sold out for 8 out 10 performances - don't be disappointed this year, book early.)
Tse Ern Ang
Peter Ross
Hilary Badger
Wesley Thevathasan
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MEMBER PROFILES Dr Ross Bastiaan Dr Ross Bastiaan is a periodontist in specialist private practice in Melbourne. He has been involved over the past five years in the construction of bronze information plaques around different parts of the world designed to inform current and future generations of significant military events involving Australia and its Allies during both the First and Second World Wars. The original concept was developed in 1987 after he visited Gallipoli (Turkey) to do research for a book he wrote jointly with Peter Pedersen called Images of Gallipoli. When walking the old battlefield of Anzac he noted a singular lack of information for English speaking people which could lead to future generations not understanding the significance of the area.
Dr Ross Bastiaan with his plaque at the Kokoda Trail of Commons, London; the Imperial War Museum, England; the New Zealand National War Memorial, Wellington; the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne; and the Anzac Museum, Turkey.
After three years of negotiations directly with the Turkish Government, he positioned ten 52 kg bronze plaques (840 by 770mm) at significant sites around the Gallipoli battlefield. The text was written in conjunction with the Turkish Military and related directly to the historical importance of the immediate area around each plaque. On each plaque there were 100 words of text in English, Turkish, German and French. The project was unveiled by the Prime Minister of Australia Mr R J Hawke at Lone Pine, Anzac, Turkey, on 25 April 1990.
Dr Bastiaan has undertaken these projects on a purely private basis, remaining completely independent of any Governments or national organisations. His work has been at all times voluntary. In order to maintain his impartiality and independence he has raised sponsorship from many large companies, in Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Thailand and Papua New Guinea. The nations of Greece and Singapore have provided invaluable help in constructing two tonne concrete plinths to support the plaques. The fabrication of all the plaques for these many projects was done at cost by Arrow Engraving and Foundry, Melbourne.
Since then, Dr Bastiaan has been invited to create plaques for many other areas including Northern Greece and Crete (the Battles of Northern Greece and Crete), Kranji (The Battle of Singapore, WWII), Thailand (River Kwai, WWII), Papua New Guinea (Kokoda Trail and Gona-Buna Battles, WWII) and others.
The plaques, in many distant lands, stand as a permanent reminder to the generations that follow of a period in Australia's history of great sacrifice, courage and endeavour. If future Australians read them with pride then all his work has been worthwhile.
So that the stories of these many campaigns and events in Australia's history will be remembered, copies of most plaques are on display at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Individual plaques are also located in the House
by many large companies, government departments, schools, hospitals and universities. The Trinity Computer Room was an early (and gratifying) subscriber, but Melbourne University did not take out a license until after Manchester University installed VET on all its PCs in 1991. CYBEC now employs ten people, and has a distributor in Malaysia.
Roger Riordan After a mediocre performance in the 1951 Juttoddie, Roger Riordan ('51) has proved to have surprising staying power. After struggling for almost 40 years to keep up with the most rapidly changing of all the professions, he has at last received recognition as a computer virologist; a profession which would have been inconceivable when he was a student, and which even ten years ago would have sounded like something from a Monty Python sketch. After two years in the UK, he joined CSIRO, and in 1968 he invented the first high performance gyrator. This is still referred to as the Riordan gyrator in many text books. He set up CYBEC Electronics in 1973 to build special purpose industrial and scientific equipment, and in 1983 he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at Chisholm Institute of Technology (now Monash Caulfield Campus) as a lecturer.
Roger discovered and named the Michelangelo virus, a full year before an American expert came out to save us from it, has written many articles, and has given papers at several international conferences. He was recently invited to join CARO, a European association of the world's leading computer virologists. He and his wife Sally live in Brighton, Victoria and have three children. He is a lapsed bushwalker and rock climber, and takes a wide interest in public affairs.
When, in 1989, the PC labs were invaded by the Stoned virus he wrote the program VET to counter it. He gave it to the students as shareware and it rapidly spread around Australia. In a few months money started to appear, and at the end of the year he resigned to work on VET full time. VET is now used 7
Marriages in Chapel
Honours and Distinctions
Congratulations and best wishes to these Trinity members who were married in the Chapel during 1992 and early 1993.
Congratulations to the following Trinity members
31 January
Richard Hamer ('77) and Amanda Slade
1 February
John Williams ('77) and Elizabeth Mullins
14 March
David Sewell and Michelle Wylie ('88)
21 March
Andrew Jowett ('82) and Robyn Langhorn
4 April
John Anderson and Susan King ('83)
25 April
Quentin Law ('88) and Kathryn Johnston
1 May
J Craig Brown ('82) and Suzanne Jessup
2 May
Ian Stewart and Penelope Pengilley ('77)
9 May
Stephen Vineburg and Alison Payne ('80)
27 June
Peter Holloway ('81) and Sarah Clark ('84)
10 October
Patrik Valsinger ('85) and Catherine Green
24 October
Glenn Robertson ('73) and Prudence Williams
31 October
Albert Monichino ('90) and Samantha Burchell('82)
7 November
Bradford Georges and Arabella Scott ('80)
14 November
Wayne Corker ('88) and Fiona Henderson ('91)
28 November
Peter Vernon ('80) and Kathryn Harker
6 December
David Ross ('79) and Therese Sansom
12 December
Nigel Warwick ('85) and Caroline Downer
5 January
Julian von Bibra ('85) and Annabel Robinson ('85)
23 January
William Edwards ('79) and Camille Davis
27 February
John Daly ('83) and Sarah Forsyth ('84)
Dr Donald Pruen Cordner ('40, NR) named Victorian of the Year. The Right Reverend Phillip Keith Newell, AO ('58) awarded the Order of Australia for service to religion as Anglican Bishop of Tasmania, to education and to the community. Thomas Norman Swindon OAM ('45) awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for public service, particularly through developing national radiation protection standards and practices.
Deaths of College Members We record with regret the following deaths since the last Newsletter.
Don Carlos Cowan ('65) Malcolm Geoffrey Gale ('61) Dr Anthony James Gyngell ('80) N/R Dr David Bertram Nathan ('40) N/R Dr John Craig Zwar ('37) N/R Dr Douglas Andrew Buchanan Farquahar ('41) Dr Edward Lewis Denny ('52) N/R John Lindsay Garrott ('55) Robert James Beveridge ('48) N/R Revd Dr Geoffrey Henry Stephens ('58) Ian Baillieu Ramsay ('38)
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FOUNDATION SUPPORT INCREASES BY 28% A total of $1,087,216 was required to raise $4.8 million over the nine-and-a-half year period. This figure includes all salaries, superannuation, stationery, printing of brochures, travel, cost of dinners and functions, cost of CD recordings and other related expenses. This means that 23% of the total funds raised was spent in acquiring those funds. This compares more than favourably with the normal experience in America and Australia of 33%.
Preliminary figures for 1992 show that donations to the Foundation increased by 28% over those of the previous year. A total of $470,269 was raised in 1992 ($366,631 in 1991). Donations to the Annual Giving Program increased by 20% with a total of $56,000 being raised for the Endowment Fund ($46,000 was raised in 1991). The Annual Giving Program is at this stage only directed to members of the College. In 1992 parents were asked for their support to improve the security provisions at the College in addition to fire protection. Donations to this area increased by 20.5%. A large increase in donations occurred in the Theological School which received a generous bequest of $76,000 from the Estate of Lillyan May Bakes.
The Foundation Executive Committee is very grateful for the support it has received to date and warmly thanks all who have given so generously.
A full report on the Foundation's activities in 1992 will be presented in the next edition of the Newsletter.
ANNUAL GIVING (from 1st November 1992)
During its nine-and-a-half years of operation, that is, since its inception on 25th May, 1983, to 31st December, 1992, the Foundation has raised a total of $4,805,015. made up as follows: $4,274,294 Donations 496,087 Interest on Investments 34,634 Miscellaneous Income
Donations received earlier in the year are recorded in the previous Newsletter
Angela J B Mackie Executive Director
The Founders' Club Gordon Adler The Acorn Club Anonymous (1)
Total
$4,805,015
Major Gifts
This represents more than $500,000 raised per annum.
Bruce Munro
THE FOUNDATION AND THE COLLEGE RECORD WITH GRATITUDE THESE DONATIONS TO THE FOUNDATION (NOT INCLUDING ANNUAL GIVING) 1st NOVEMBER - 31st DECEMBER 1992 Clarke Ballard (D) Hampton Beale (D) Chris Beeny ( D) Andrew Beischer (D) David Beischer (D) John Beynon (M) Genevieve Binns (D) Colonel Eric Black (D) Valma Boness (D) Joseph Brown (D) Margaret Brown (D) Peter Cantillon (D) David Caro (D) Alan Chong (D) Christ Church, Essendon Op Shop (D) Russell Clark (M) Jim Court (D) Josephine Cowan (M) Richard Divall (D) Bruce Edwards (D) Gordon Fawns (D) Rod Fawns (D) Neil Forsyth (P) Robert Frood (D) Phyllis Fry (D) George Garratt (M) Jean Gibson (D) Bill Gillies (D)
Donald Malcolmson (D) Murray Maxwell (D) Kay McLennan (P) James Merralls (M) George Mitchell (D) John Mockridge (D) Alex Morokoff (S) Bruce Munro (G) Sydney Myer (D) John Oswald (D) George Pappas (D) Peter Parsons (D) Finlay Patrick (D) Geoffrey Pitcher (D) Sandra Potter (D) John Poynter (D) Bill Pugh (D) Robert Sanderson (P) AGL Shaw (G) Richard Smallwood (M) Clem Smitheringale (D) Harry Smythe (D) Henry Speagle (M) Denzil Sprague (D) Hugo Standish (D) Sir Ninian Stephen (D) Reginald Stock (D) Nettie Stringer (D) Dick Sutcliffe (M)
Claire Gomm (D) James Grimwade (S) Geoffrey Gronow (M) James Guest (S) Glinys Gunner (D) Alan Gunther (S) John Guthrie (M) Leith Hancock (D) Patricia Hancock (D) Davina Hanson (G) Bill Hare (M) Alan Higgs (D) Douglas Hocking (D) Geoff Hone (S) Ken Horn (D) Geoffrey Hosking (D) Donald Hossack (D) Stewart Johnston (D) Colin Juttner (G) Russell Knight (M) Roland Knights (M) John Lester (D) John Liversidge (M) Greta Lo (D) Brian Loton (P) The Scobie and Claire MacKinnon Trust (P) May Maddison (D) John Maidment (D) 9
Ian Swain (M) St Aidan's, Box Hill South (D) St Andrew's Op-shop, Brighton (D) St James', Dandenong (D) St JamĂŠ s, Sydney (M) St Paul's, East Kew (D) St Philip's, Avondale Heights (D) David Thawley (D) John Wellington (D) Julia Wells (D) Kevin Westfold (D) David Whitelaw (M) The WilliamAngliss Vic Fund (S) Jacobina Wood (D) Peter Wynter (D)
D - Donor M - Member S - Sponsor P - Patron G - Governor B-Benefactor
NEWS FROM TRINITY MEMBERS Barrie Purvis ('52) is in Perth as General Manager of Western Mining. He and wife Margaret very much enjoy living in that beautiful city. They were recently visited by daughter Catherine (Kate) Fleming (nee Purvis, '79) and her son William. Kate is a social worker in Mildura, working for Community Services of Victoria, and is expecting a second baby in June. Kim Jelbart ('56) was presented with the Robert D Williamson Award for "outstanding contributions to the development of information science in Australia' last November. Kim played a pioneering role in the budding library automation industry by developing one of Australia's first computer-produced library catalogues as early as the 1960's. Many research and development ventures have followed. Congratulations!
John Hadley ('27) living at Leura, NSW, still actively supports a variety of good causes, including the local hospital, parish church and Legacy. Dr Hadley displays his garden, renowned for its beauty, to raise funds to support those same interests. Amongst recent visitors was a face he instantly recognised, that of Dr Vin Youngman ('31) of Mt Tamborine, Queensland, who was a College contemporary in the early thirties.
Tony Colebatch ('58) married Wen Foong Oon in 1990 after meeting her on a Malaysian bushwalking holiday. They have just spent twelve months working in the Kimberley Region of WA - very interesting, if at times rather stressful. Tony has now bought a solo general medical practice in the Jabini town lease within Kakadu National Park. This involves caring for Ranger Uranium and National Parks staff, and lots of Victorian tourists.
Mrs Margaret Lobb, wife of John, ('27) reports that whilst his Parkinson's condition is not improving, he still bears himself with great dignity and courage. When Margaret reads him bits from the Trinity Newsletter, John shows keen interest such is the vigour of the memory cells of those early years. Letters would reach him at 3/645 Burke Road, Hawthorn East, Vic. 3123.
Rear Admiral Tony Hunt ('58), is now based in Sydney since his appointment in February as Flag Officer Naval Support Command. His new position carries national responsibilities.
Noel Carroll ('34) writes: I was interested to see in the December issue a letter from Rod Andrew on page 3 and a reference by David Jackson on page 4 to the Parsons' Metallurgique (a Belgian car) whose owner was Peter Parson's father and whose widow used to drive it to sports meetings at Corio in 1928 (my first year). It was a roadster with collapsible iron seats at the back, accommodating the whole family. In 1934 Peter brought it to College and it was subsequently acquired by S J Leach (killed in WWII) who drove it to Queensland, as I recall. I was interested to see the reference to John Gibson ('33) with whom I "wived" in 1935 and who is an old and dear friend with a most distinguished career behind him.
John Rolph ('58) is now in Saudi Arabia, from where he sends his best wishes to the College. John Callinan ('68) has resumed full-time Veterinary practice in Hamilton Victoria, after three years pursuing other activities including a Diploma of Education, and investigating export opportunities in Japan for his family business. Glenn Olsen ('69) operates Hawthorn Cellars in Burwood Road, Hawthorn, where, by a judicious and scientific blending of wines, very good quality is achieved at a moderate price.
Peter Jones ('40) is to be congratulated on coming through three years of protracted, though not serious, troubles and illness. He has now returned to full-time post-retirement activities. We rejoice with him.
Andrew Gordon (70) has moved from Shenton Park in WA to Canberra where he plans to read for and complete his training in Microbiology whilst working for the Department of Microbiology at the Woden Valley Hospital.
David O'Sullivan OAM ('43) retired from practice April Fools' day 1992, to the Grampians, to produce superfine wool, to garden and to take in the scenery. May it be a long, active and fulfiling retirement for you!
Philip Ponder ('71) is still trying to do his bit to educate the youth of this country by teaching Chemistry and Maths at McNab House, the senior section of Penleigh & Essendon Grammar School. It seems to be the only job that allows him to indulge his other interests of bushwalking, ski touring, sailboarding, mountaineering and travelling. He likes to take a year off every now and then to travel the globe - last one was in 1990. Besides, he actually finds the job rewarding and fulfilling!
Robert Mellor ('46) has retired (voluntarily) to a quiet area among ginger and pineapples near Buderim, Queensland. Robert Henry Robertson ('47) writes: Having more or less completed our move into the house and my duties as "accompanying spouse" not consuming all my time and energies, I'm beginning to look around for employment, part-time and preferably gainful. It is perhaps not surprising that in these days of recession the demand for the services of retired diplomats is not high.
Andrew Lang ('72) after three years working in Academic Policy and Planning at the University of Tasmania, has resumed theological studies at St John's College, Morpeth, as an ordination candidate for the Diocese of Tasmania.
Bill Royston ('50) accepted the invitation of the President of the Institute of Engineers, Australia, in 1992 to become a Fellow of the Institute. He now practises as a Consulting Engineer with an office in Moonee Ponds.
Larry Gilmour ('74) for the last six years has been a partner in the Chartered Accounting firm Walker Wayland. He specialises in Computer Systems (implementation and integration), Accountancy, andTaxation. He is married with two children - David 3 years and Karma 6 months.
David Goss ('52) has been transferred from Nairobi to be Deputy High Commissioner in London. "Arriving in winter is not the best time," he writes, "but we have quickly dug in and are enjoying it."
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NEWS FROM TRINITY MEMBERS (continued from page 10)
Annie Rowland-Campbell ('79) and her husband Duncan, after two years on the land in NSW, are moving back to Sydney. Duncan is keen to pursue a career in politics and Annie is now Executive Director of the Royal Institute of Public Administration (NSW).
Sigrid Kraemers ('74) was appointed Director of the Rural Water Corporation of Victoria in September 1992. She lives in Mortlake and needs a new Trinity Rugby jumper to replace the original one from 1974. She suggests a reunion of the first women students from that year and an article about them. Great idea!
Simon Cook ('80) moved to Warsaw in 1992 to head Arthur Anderson & C贸 s Strategy and Operations consulting practice. He expects to stay in Poland until 1997.
Campbell Horsfall ('75) and his wife Rona, have returned from a stint in Bairnsdale to live in South Yarra with young daughter Harriet. Campbell has commenced his own legal practice.
Dan Hayward ('80) moved to Singapore in August 1992 on a one year contract as a broker of oil products, swaps and options, for a Norwegian company Fearnoil Asia.
John Lees ('75) completed his MBA at Wharton in Pennsylvania and has been working for the Boston Consulting Group in New York for 2 years.
Steve Mercer ('80) is working as a Senior Officer with the Commonwealth Environment Protection Agency (in the field of environment impact assessment). He is married with two young children.
Sally Campbell (nee Newsome '76) and husband Colin had their third child, Erin, in October. Sally is a consultant to legal firm, Garland, Hawthorne & Brake and Colin works for the National Australia Bank.
Catherine Pugsley ('80) is working in an industrial relations role with Kodak in Melbourne and has also begun studies in Law.
Anthony Cohen ('77) and his wife Deborah (nee Hutchinson, '77) are now in Naracoorte SA and plan to stay for a while. Tony is a partner in Naracoorte Medical Centre and enjoys working in a busy rural practice, particularly obstetrics and anaesthetics. Deborah is settling into a new community, school council and developing fibre crafts - quilts, embroidery, tapestry. Their children, Samuel (8 yrs), Philip (4 yrs) and Hannah (2 yrs) are making friends and enjoying school and kindy.
Fiona Reynolds ('80) since graduating B Com in 1983, has worked in the finance industry, starting with the ANZ Bank (briefly) and then spending 5 years at Elders Finance in its heyday! She was involved in property investment and subsequently worked for Linfox Properties for the last 15 months. She has worked for Byvan Management, and is involved in Shopping Centre Management. Will Baylis ('81) was married on 29 February 1992 to Louise McKechnie (sister of Angus, '81). They were expecting their first child in January. Will continues to work with ANZ McCaughan Securities as an Associate Director.
Michael Scales ('77) married Sue Nurse in 1990, and is working for Chemplex Australia Limited and has a daughter, Charlotte. John Williams ('77) married Liz Mullins in the College Chapel on 1 February last year with the Warden as celebrant. Both are doctors, working in Geelong. The best-man was David Archibald ('77), back in Melbourne on a short visit from Tokyo, where he works for BP.
Michael Black (former Non-Res Tutor) is to be heartily congratulated on his appointment as Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia. His father Eric Black ('79) completed a theological degree in Trinity a few years ago, and his son Rufus is completing his time in Oxford after being Student President in Ormond and Victorian Rhodes Scholar.
Philip Wise ('77) is living in Sydney and is English Co-ordinator at Christian Community High School, Regents Park. He is married with one son and has spent the last year building a first floor addition to the family home.
Paul Bower ('81) was commissioned by Archbishop Rayner in November 1992 as the first Chaplain to Anglican Homes for Elderly People in the Diocese of Melbourne.
Nigel Henham ('78) after spending some years in Political Science and the political sphere has also completed a Law degree and is working at Sly and Weigall. He and Deb Sahhar, a psychiatrist, plan to marry in early July.
Rebecca Jeavons (nee Fletcher, '81) has returned to Sydney where her husband, Mark, is General Manager of Ekwip Paper Filters. She had been working as Administrator for the Skin and Cancer Foundation of Victoria and leaves that position with sadness. Rebecca hopes to continue in Health Administration in Sydney.
Desmond McDonnell ('78) has been a member of the NSW Parole Board since November 1992.
Susan Radford ('81) is working in General Practice and as project Officer for NHMRC in Canberra. Best wishes for your coming marriage on 17 April.
James Royston ('78) passed the degree of Master of Engineering at RMIT in 1992 after researching echoes in the telephone network. (We hope his work will help to eliminate them!) He has been appointed Associate Lecturer in the Electronics department at La Trobe University, and would be glad to hear from any Trinity colleagues.
Alison Scammell (nee Yung, '81) recently passed her qualifying exam in Psychiatry and is now living with her husband at Forest Hill, Victoria. Kate Smallwood ('81) is studying for an LL.M. in Environmental Law at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Her zest for outdoors activities, particularly cross-country skiing, remains unabated. (continued on page 12)
Douglas Stevens, as a former Vicar of Charlton (1972-1976), was thrilled to participate in the ordination to priesthood of the present Vicar of Charlton, the Rev'd Carlie Hannah ('79) in St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo, on Saturday 19 December 1992. 11
NEWS FROM TRINITY MEMBERS (continued from page 11) Tony Troiani ('81) and Fiona (nee Hibbard, '83) had a baby boy, Thomas Richard, on 1 February, 1993.
London at All Hallows' Church, Liverpool, on 18 September. Simon Mezger ('86) married Anna Berry in November 1992. The service was held at Melbourne Grammar with the reception at the Windsor Hotel. They honeymooned in the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Simon is currently Associate Director with Pamacorp - Investment Bankers. He is commencing the MBA programme at the University's Graduate School of Management. He was awarded the Graduate School of Management Foundation Scholarship. Simon and Anna now live in South Melbourne.
Andrew Kindred ('82) after some three years based in Folketone, Kent working on the "Chunnell", is now residing in London working for Halcrow on new stations for the London Underground. Samantha Kirwan-Hamilton ('82) and Simon Marks' wedding is scheduled for 3 April 1993 in the Newman Chapel. We wish them a long and happy life together. Amongst the guests will be John Sutherland ('81) and Tony Troiani ('81).
Lara Smith ('86) is now managing the Melbourne Fine Art Gallery in the city after spending eight months travelling overseas.
Jane Maughan ('82) and Jonathan Coultas ('82) are the second Trinity couple to marry on 3 April. Sue Peden ('82) is a bridesmaid.
Donald Speagle ('86) has been working with the ViceChancellor of the University of Melbourne and recently coauthored two articles with him, published in The Age, on educational policy. He married Angela Holt on 13 February at Christ Church, Brunswick.
Nicholas Brash ('83) is currently completing a PhD in Law. Salli and he have a son, Sebastian Oliver Charles Brash who was born on 13 May, 1992. Andrew Maffett ('83) writes "Thank you for your regular correspondence/newsletter. I really enjoy hearing all the news, in particular, members' news! " Andrew has been living in WA for 4 years and has recently moved from Margaret River to Perth where he is managing the first metropolitan Adventure Training centre to be established there. Having spent the last six years working with people in the outdoors, he is especially looking forward to running Corporate Team Building, Personal Development and Schools programs in this new setting.
John Goodwin ('87) was appointed Chaplain of Southwell School, Hamilton, New Zealand in January 1993. Kate Oliver ('87) won a Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship, thereby gaining a place at the Guildhall Theatre School, London, to study for three years. Her ability so impressed Sir Anthony Hopkins that he has guaranteed additional assistance for her living expenses. Gordon Spratt ('87) married Tricia Vaitkunas, a registered nurse, in Ferntree Gully on 20 November 1992. They have moved into their own home in Mitcham. In October 1992 Gordon began at Tower Life Australia as a Customer Service Officer.
Sally Webb ('83) has recently been seen working in the Print Room at the British Museum. Tim Kindred ('84) is working for Western Mining Corporation in Perth. He was married to Catherine Aspley in a private service in January 1992. Catherine gave birth to their first child, Elizabeth Hane, on 4 January 1993.
Winnie Lai ('88) after a period in Melbourne as a court interpreter, is now a China Projects executive at Swire in Hong Kong - a company with operational activities ranging from managing Cathay Pacific to bottling Coca-Cola. Winnie's work is in the new but rapidly growing area of China Trade. She would love to catch up with other Trinity members - telephone HK 840 8916, Fax (852) 810 1071.
Andrew Keck ('85) is living in London working for the English Civil Service, attached to the Royal Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council. He plans to marry Elaine Taylor of
RECENT TRINITY STUDENTS
WHO ARE THESE MEN?
PROMINENT IN UNIVERSITY LIFE Student life in the University has always drawn heavily upon the colleges, in spite of a tendency for College life to become all consuming. This year Miranda Sissons and Sally Gorton, both recently in Trinity, are the President of the Student Union and its Education Officer respectively. Both bring to their positions a distinctive perspective on educational issues and an awareness of the needs of their fellow students as human beings, many of whom carry on their studies in the face of great difficulties, including financial hardship. Entrenched male-dominant views, which effectively deny opportunities to women, are only one of the problems they are attempting to tackle.
In the last Newsletter we included a photograph which had been published in "The Age" on 25 July, 1992 showing Peter Pockley and a group of Trinity men who were studying engineering and science and were charged with managing the Olympic flame. We asked if anyone could identify the 'other young men'. Hugh Graham has kindly provided us with the information and the men are (1 to r) "Alby" Park, Tim Thorne, Barry Johnson and Peter Read.
Two stars of recent Trinity musicals, both of whom have also achieved high honours in their academic studies in Arts and Law, are Susan Brennan and Richard Bootle. Both have been selected for Melbourne University's team, which itself has defeated all comers to represent Australia in the World Mooting competition. We wish them every success. 12