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TRINITY'S FUTURE? STRATEGY PLAN TO CHART THE WAY The College Council has established a Strategy Committee under the leadership of Mr Robert Clemente, a former Trinity resident, with a wide brief to consider the future of the College and make recommendations to the Council. The Committe has now been hard at work for six months and has completed the first two phases of its operation. The aim is to lay out a blueprint for the Trinity of the future, a blueprint that will guide it into the next century. The starting point has been a detailed examination of the College as it now is and, equally significantly, of the current perceptions held by its members and those with a vital interest in the way it functions. The first two phases have been concerned with gathering and analysing the appropriate information from Students Parents Schools The University
Tutors Employers The Foundation Graduate Members
The strong themes which emerge from these phases are :
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the academic life of the College; the sporting, cultural and social life of the College; the management of the College.
Other task forces are involved with admissions policy, buildings and facilities, the Foundation, the Trinity Education Centre, religious aspects of the College and the role of its Theological School, and "benchmarking" comparing Trinity to other Colleges both in Melbourne and interstate. The Committee has been working on a comprehensive Statement of Aims of the College so that everyone associated with Trinity will know that we have a clear sense of direction and a clearly formed strategy for achieving our goals.
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the College needs to define its academic role more clearly and upgrade and update the academic side of the services it provides;
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the College needs substantially to improve its accommodation for tutors;
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the College needs to communicate more effectively both with the schools from which it wishes to draw its students and with the employers who will provide them with positions when they graduate;
Members and friends of the College should be aware not only of the existence of the Strategy Committee but of the immense amount of work being done by Mr Clemente and virtually every one of the twenty or so Committee members. Some of these are not only in very demanding full-time positions but, prior to this, had had no other connections with the College. Everyone who cares for the welfare of Trinity has much to be thankful for.
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the current balance between the academic and social elements of College life needs adjustment.
FLEUR-DE-LYS DINNER 1994
The current third phase, the most crucial part of the work, as it leads directly to the formulation of the Strategy Plan, has three major themes. These are:
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An invitation is enclosed for the Annual Dinner, Friday 27 May 1994. Enquiries: Susan Moro 349 0106, Monday to Thursday.
FROM THE EDITOR TRINITY COLLEGE NEWSLETTER Dear Reader
NUMBER 48 - APRIL 1994
Trinity looks idyllic in the warm Autumn afternoons of late March. Looking across the Bulpadock one can see students in various groups - some active with various kinds of sports, some talking with their friends, standing, sitting or lying on the grass, or on the brick edge of the new grassy platform in front of Leeper on which our new bronze "Bulpadock Bull" stands. At the southern end, a group of overseas students from the Trinity Education Centre are sitting in a circle exchanging views animatedly with their Literature teacher. The whole scene breathes liveliness and peace. A Warden can reflect that a new academic year has begun well.
Trinity College Royal Parade Parkville 3052
Editors
Evan Burge Prue Conaghan
Editorial Administrator and Page Layout
The evenings this year are quieter than in they were. Students are more conscious than ever of the importance of good academic results and they have settled down to work earlier than in the past. Last year, 95 students gained at least one first-class Honours result and of these, 20 gained three or more first-class Honours. Absolute numbers may be misleading, but one cannot help but be impressed with those who achieved four or more firstclass Honours - Keir Bristow (4), Vernon Cook (5), Jenny Dick (5), Rob Heath (4), Tom King (4), Andrew Oppenheim (7), Peter Ross (6), Susan Sandaver (7), Peter Saw (7), Emmy Riggall (4), Nishi Munbodh (5), and Tim Renwick (4).
Prue Conaghan
CONTENTS Strategy Committee From the Editor Mechai Viravaidya opens renovated squash courts Women's Tennis Victory Bulpadock Bull Choir Of New College Oxford Sings At Trinity Juttoddie 1994 Bulpadok - Literary Magazine College Musical & Play New Director of Music Michael Fulcher Friends of Trinity Dinner Parent/Fresher Dinner Annual Giving Benefactions Obituaries Honours & Distinctions Deaths of College Members Honours & Distinctions Foundation Report News of Trinity Members
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In the light of such excellent results, it is gratifying to know that with Lisa Gorton's Rhodes Scholarship, Trinity, with a total of 33 Rhodes scholars in all, now leads all the Melbourne colleges. Of the Fulbright awards for post-graduate study in the United States no fewer than 3 - Angus Trumble, Peter Dodds, and Miranda Sissons - were Trinity members. We cannot, however, be complacent. Our active Strategy Committee will ensure that we are not, as it charts Trinity's course into the next century. In a survey of the residents at the end of 1993, 99% of the respondents said that they had benefited from their time in Trinity. A gratifying 86% rated last year as excellent or very good. The main areas of concern were food, cleaning, aspects of the tutorial system, and the smallness of the rooms commonly known as "dog boxes" - originally meant as bedrooms but now serving as bed studies because of the increasing size of the College.
Where are they? We would be glad to hear of, or from, the following: Jennifer Ping Chin HEE ('83) Sarah Louise JONES 9'86) Yi Mien KOH (83) Alfred Dow LONG ('83) Roscoe Warwick TAYLOR ('84) Jane Louise TAYLOR ('80) Catherine Jane BROOKS nee LUDBROOK ('83) Tracy Lee CRACKNELL ('80) Paul Andrew IRVING ('84) Philip Allan Jackson ('58) Dr Elizabeth Ann FELLOW-SMITH ('76) Prof John Leask DUNCAN ('52) Peter Jeffrey WATTS ('75) Janice Christine WEATHERLEY nee Baker ('81) Brett A SULLIVAN ('77) Jane Ferguson SIMPSON ('79) Genevieve AVERY ('87) Catherine Jennifer SIMON ('78) Brian Eric QUIRK ('72)
My time as Warden has only three-and-a-half years to run. My main aim, with the help of the Strategy Committee, the Trinity College Foundation, and the Trinity Education Centre, is to ensure that my successor inherits a College with the resources, facilities, ideals, and sense of purpose which will make it ready for an exhilarating and useful future.
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DISTINGUISHED MELBOURNE GRADUATE FROM THAILAND OPENS RENOVATED TRINITY SQUASH COURT
Khun Mechai Viravaidya (far right) officially opens the renovated squash court by 'cutting the ribbon' with the assistance of students from the Trinity Education Centre During his visit Khun Mechai met with the staff of the TEC, and addressed the student body. He noted that one particular value of the Foundation Studies Program is that it allows Asians from different countries to meet each other.
Khun Mechai Viravaidya of Thailand recently performed the Official Opening of the renovated Trinity College Squash Court. The renovations were carried out by the Trinity Education Centre (TEC), based on an arrangement with the TCAC which will see the squash court used as an activities room for the next two years, after which it will revert to use as a squash court. A new floor has already been installed in accordance with specifications provided by the Victorian Squash Association.
He also suggested that it would be of enormous value to the Foundation Students if arrangements could be made for Trinity residents and other Trinity families to invite Foundation Studies students to visit their homes so that they could come to know more Australians on a personal basis and in a family setting.
In the foyer a gymnasium will be installed, funded by the TEC and a gift from the Friends of Trinity. In the main court area, which has rugs on the floor, we have a table tennis table, a piano, a karaoke and video unit, and other common room facilities. The room will be of particular benefit to overseas students in the Foundation Program by providing an essential indoor recreation area. It is also proving useful in the evenings for sporting and cultural meetings organised by the resident students.
Any suggestions to follow up this suggestion would be appreciated - please contact Dr Denis M White, Executive Director of the TEC, on (03) 349 0130.
Women's Tennis Victory March 21st, 1994 marked a great day for women's sport in Trinity. Even those who had previously commented that watching women's sport was like watching the grass grow were fired up to see the Trinity tennis team wipe St Hilda's off the court - five matches to love.
Khun Mechai Viravaidya visited Trinity in order to have a look at the Foundation Studies Program. Khun Mechai, Chairman of the Population and Community Development Association in Thailand, and a former Cabinet Minister and Minister assisting the Prime Minister in Thailand, is a former non-resident member of the College. Last year, The University of Melbourne conferred on Khun Mechai an Honorary Doctorate of Laws. Khun Mechai has provided great encouragement and assistance to the Trinity College Foundation Studies Program and to the International Office of the University of Melbourne. We are grateful for Khun Mechai's generosity in providing office facilities for the Trinity Education Centre, along with the University of Melbourne, in central Bangkok.
It had not always been so easy. The semi final against Queen's came down to the last match, which a calm and collected Lisa Rymill took out with relative ease. Similarly the rest of the team - George Candy, Laura Blythe, Ro Fary, George Landy, Caroline King, Trudi Spinks and Fiona Richardson were consistenly successful. All in all it was a great season and totally enjoyable. We hope it is the first of many victories for women's sport at Trinity.
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A BULL FOR THE BULPADOCK Trinity has been unusual for having a Vatican without a Pope, a Deanery where the Dean does not reside and a Bulpadock with no Bull. This last deficiency has now been handsomely remedied. On Sunday 20 March 1994 a large gathering of students and parents, with a number of invited guests who had contributed to the artistic life of Trinity, gathered before the Friends of Trinity Juttoddie luncheon as Mrs Georgina Barraclough unveiled "Bulpadock Bull", a bronze sculpture by Pamela Irving. Mrs Barraclough is the daughter of Elizabeth and her late husband H A L (Tim) Moran. In 1948 Mr and Mrs Moran presented the College with a painting by John Brack, Breakfast Table. This hung in the Junior Common Room for many years but was finally sold for a large sum, $170,000 at auction. The proceeds have established the Trinity Art Fund, administered by an Art Committee appointed by the College Council. One-third of the annual income is made available to the student-run E R White Club for the purchase, at its discretion, of works of art for the College.
Andrea Carr, Georgina Barraclough, Peggy and Professor "Agl" Shaw at the unveiling of "Bulpadock Bull" by Pamela Irving. Professor Shaw chairs the Trinity Art Committee. best known for Larry La Trobe, the dog in Swanston Walk. The students took a keen interest in every detail of the production from the initial concept and moulding to the final bronze casting and installation.
The Club is named for the late Dr Edward Rowden White, the father of Mrs Moran, in whose memory the original painting was given. In 1993 the E R White Committee led by Andrea Carr determined to break new ground and commissioned this statue from Pamela Irving, perhaps
Already sporting teams and other groups are arranging to meet at "The Bull". Warden Cowan would be delighted that his nickname is being perpetuated in such a delightful way.
CHOIR OF NEW COLLEGE OXFORD SINGS AT TRINITY The Choir of New College, Oxford is known in Britain, Europe and the United States through its recordings and concert appearances particularly with regard to music of the Renaissance and French Baroque. For the first time, a choir of the English Collegiate and Cathedral tradition has performed in Australia in its normal liturgical context.
of New College. Dr. Higginbottom responded, acknowledging the generous hospitality shown to the Choir since their arrival in Australia, and in particular Melbourne, and paying tribute to the relationship between New College and Trinity and their respective choirs. He emphasised their glorious past and our glorious future and gave us much encouragement in the challenge of maintaining the wonderful traditions handed us by Cambridge and Oxford. Interestingly, Dr. Higginbottom dispelled the notion that the prominent choirs of the colleges of the two great universities compete in anything other than record sales. He told of the relationship of the directors of the Oxford choirs being one of colleagues rather than competitors.
It was our good fortune to host the Choir of New College on this historic occasion in the Trinity College Chapel for Evensong on 25 March at 4 pm. Their long-time Director, Dr. Edward Higginbottom conducted with his usual dignity and sensitivity, whilst the Organ Scholar, Paul Plummer, accompanied the choir on our chamber organ, playing the hymn and final voluntary on the Dodd organ on the bridge. Despite the weariness of travel, the choristers and choral scholars of New College, in their characteristic purple-red robes, displayed their expected professional demeanor and standard of singing, providing an ideal example for own choir in leading worship. The most telling aspects of the whole worship experience were the vibrance of the corporate vocal sound and the completely unobtrusive manner in which they carried themselves in procession and deportment. All in all we were witness to a beautiful example of divine service in the best of the Oxford tradition. The Chapel was filled to near capacity, our own choristers filling the bridge upstairs.
By 6.30 pm the choir of New College was on the bus on their way to St. Paul's Cathedral for the second of their sellout performances of the St. John Passion of J.S.Bach, leaving us with a fleeting but superb memory of a beautiful service in our own Chapel, a rare privilege indeed. Michael Fulcher
All are invited to hear the Trinity Chapel Choir on Sundays at 5pm during semester.
Following the service, the Chairman of the Music Foundation, Mr Donald Malcolmson, welcomed the Choir
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College grounds, to be contested by all able-bodied members, weighed down by bricks and obstructed by fences, Juttoddie has remained a wonderful and invaluable experience for all those who participate. We, here at Trinity, are proud of the fact that our College has no initiations. Not for us the brutal and capricious ceremonies for which other colleges are criticised. Instead, within the family setting and fun atmosphere of the Friends of Trinity Picnic, all new members of the College along with those returning members who, for whatever reasons, were unable to compete in the past, may choose to run: senior alongside fresher, pitted against the cunning and intrigues of their colleagues and, by now, friends.
JUTTODDIE 1994 Passion Sunday, Morning Prayer, and the choir sang, Psalm 22, Deus, Deus meus: Save me from the lion's mouth : thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns and the Collects were read - for Peace: defend us, thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries
Juttoddie has changed much since those early days and, though on occasion it may have got a bit out of hand, has now developed into nothing more than 'good clean fun' nothing used has been recycled: it is all fresh produce (though no one has yet owned up for the Yarra River mud which always seems to make an appearance). Whereas in the past we had contented ourselves with gowns and bricks and fences, we have now been compelled to exchange those gowns for sackcloth as a barrier to the vegemite and jelly and golden syrup and rice bubbles (it is amazing how resilient those puffs of rice are; that they should still "snap, crackle and pop" under such conditions): the bricks and the fences remain.
and for Grace: and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger The end of the service, and the recessional voluntary. The congregation crouched silently for a few moments in their places, and then made for the West Door, and out, into the brilliant noon sun which had appropriately and auspiciously turned out for this, the 1994 running of the annual JUTTODDIE STEEPLECHASE.
Mystery shrouds the Juttoddie Steeplechase. Much more bizarre than the relationship between the order in which the contestants cross the line and the amount of money bet on them at the tote (which is really quite straight forward) is that some actually attempt to win. I have never understood why anyone in full possession of sanity should wish to win the race at all, as victory in the Heats admits one to the Final, and victory in that qualifies one to race again the following year.
One must wonder how it can be that, having just invoked the memory of the Ten Commandments, we would then unveil the statue of a bronze bull. But there you have it: Trinity is a place of paradoxes, and those well acquainted with the place can only marvel that institutions such as Juttoddie, the Bulpadock, the Warden can continue to exist when others, such as Harroway Tennis, have so recently gone the way of Elliott Fours. There stood our Warden, shimmering in the indulgent sun, as an Old Testament patriarch, resplendent in his cloak of many colours (OK, just two colours; but you must admit the combination of orange and black to be rather remarkable) and in fine form at the microphone. Before the day was out, I would be reminded several times of those prophetic words he uttered, that at Trinity, "a little bull goes a long way!"
The day was planned with the competence, care and attention to detail we have come to expect (some would say, require) from our T.C.A.C. committee. This year we were original: we did not have a three-legged race - we had a three-armed one instead. The committee also decided it was appropriate for it to make a grand entrance in a large horse-drawn carriage. Otherwise all was the same, except that the 'clergy' had not done Juttoddie before (though, to their credit, they did compete in the final race), and that the Senior Student did not wear red socks (but as he also chose not to wear the traditional Senior Student's Uniform, it didn't really matter). It was quite evident that the participants enjoyed themselves thoroughly and appreciated the pains to which the seniors had gone for their sakes: I myself was almost asphyxiated by the embraces of several cheerful contestants who had just finished their race.
Dating back to the 1930's when Messrs Juttner and Oddie conceived of the handicapped steeplechase around the
A wonderful day was had by all, and thanks and plaudits must go to a number of people: to Mr Ian Boyd (who looked proudly on as his son, Stewart, was 'kidnapped' and deposited in the middle of the city with an equally large object to bring back to College) and the Friends of Trinity for organising the Picnic, and to Tom Paul and Georgina Landy, whose win in the Final ensured that I made enough on the tote to pay my dry-cleaning bill. Nik Sakellaropoulos 5
BULPADOK - THE TRINITY LITERARY MAGAZINE Last October, amid great excitement and much media publicity, Bulpadok (vol. vi, 1993) was launched in the presence of many notable dignitaries and popular celebrities.
dialectic at College and revive an interest in areas of study other than one's own. "I want us to be able to question without subversion; to adapt without revolution. At University, a genuine interest in learning has become an extra-ordinary thing: I want the extra-ordinary to become ordinary once more. For this reason it is our intention to publish two editions in 1994".
Much speculation had existed as to whether the editors, David Tan, Nick Sakellaropoulos and Majorie Lefroy, would be able to break the curse of recent years and actually produce an edition (let alone on budget and on time), and that this edition should be both acceptable and accessible.
And what did the College Council say when vol. vi was presented them? "Thankyou", which is quite the appropriate thing to say. (The Council members are still wondering why the Editors forgot to number the pages! ELB)
Proudly standing in the midst of a room full of perusing College members, the three were quietly confident that they had fulfilled their requirements.
If you would like a copy of the 1993 edition of Bulpadok, please contact the Warden's secretary, as there is still a limited number available at a cost of about $5. If you would like to subscribe to this year's editions, please also contact the Warden's secretary - the probable cost will be $10, plus postage.
Asked whether there had been any confusion between the publication and a certain college grassy institution, one of the editors replied, "Yes, there is often a mix-up, but quite understandably so: 'The Bulpadock' is the collection of turf and mud which the football team tramples upon and occasionally tears up; whereas Bulpadok is the collection of literary and academic articles, which, admittedly, the football team often tramples upon and occasionally also tears up". The editor continued by assuring us that this philistine practice was to be curtailed by the inclusion of two articles on war ("The Art of War: Amphibious Operations" by James Yeager, and "Australians at War: Australian War Crimes" by Jono Gourlay) and one on footrot (by Paul Willows), not to mention a photograph of several 'interesting' (sic) people.
Nik Sakellaropoulos
THE BARD STILL POPULAR IN TRINITY The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare is a humorous and boisterous comedy to be presented by the Trinity College Drama Club in 1994. The season runs from Thursday 12 May through to Saturday 21 May with nine shows including a wine and cheese extravaganza. As in previous years, this production promises to be very exciting, involving a large portion of the College population, and exceptionally high quality actors from within College and University alike. Tickets will be available from the Drama Club at Trinity College, at lunchtimes in the Student Union from early May, and at the Union booking office. For further inquiries please phone Claire Alexander on 349 0347.
Asked if there were any big names involved, he enquired whether 'Sakellaropoulos' was big enough. We reworded our question and he replied that the antithetical essays of Prof. Kevin Westfold (sometime Professor of Mathematical Astronomy) and Curtis Saxton (research student at the Anglo-Australian Observatory) on the reconciliation of the existence of God to the 'new' science were of particular interest. So too was the essay on Australian Universities and Colleges by Prof. Allan Patience, and its antithesis. "We have also included medical essays on Schizophrenia and Anorexia Nervosa", commented the editor, "Then there are some wonderful essays on feminist interpretations of Shakespeare, monolithic monuments to morbid monarchists, disintegrating developments in western democracies, and much, much more".
TRINITY MUSICAL 1994 - "CHESS"
After allowing him to calm down and pacify himself with a nice cup of tea, we asked whether there were any nonacademic, purely literary articles included. He first launched into a wholly superfluous and rather pretentious diatribe on the inability to separate the two before he settled down to explain that about half the articles were of the type which we sought: poetry, prose, plays and pictures - all with a particularly piquant flavour.
In August 1994, Trinity College will present the first large scale Melbourne production of 'Chess' the contemporary musical by Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus (the BB in ABBA) with lyrics by Tim Rice. It is a story of love, intrigue and espionage that unfolds on stage in a powerful display of song and dance. A cast of forty under the direction of Suze Pratt (BA Dance, Choreography) and music direction of Peter Tregear (M Mus) will take to the Union Theatre stage for ten nights. Tickets will be on sale in July from the Melbourne University Box Office. For further information please contact Nikki Bryan, Producer, on 349 0355.
We finished our interview by asking what he saw the role of Bulpadok as being. He replied that the very existence of the journal reinforced the thesis that Trinity is primarily an academic institution, and that he hoped its presence, being cross-disciplinary, would rekindle the flame of the 6
TRINITY'S NEW DIRECTOR OF MUSIC - MICHAEL FULCHER Billy Budd (Britten) conducting the final performance. Other engagements included conducting the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra in the finals and Prizewinner's Concert of the Australian Woodwind Competition.
Michael Fulcher took up his current position as Director of Music in Trinity College in February 1994. He and his wife, Rebecca, have already become valued members of the College's residential community, and the Chapel Choir continues to go from strength to strength.
Career appointments include Sub-organist of St. John's Cathedral, Brisbane (1984-86 and 1988-93), Musical Director of the Queensland University Music Society (1987-1993),Conductor of the University Choir and Orchestra (Univ. of Qld 1990), Conductor of Vox Nova (1991-1993), Lecturer in Musicianship at Queensland University of Technology (1991-93), and Tutorships at the Universities of Queensland and Melbourne (1990 and 1994).
Michael Fulcher began his musical career as a treble in the choir of St. John's Cathedral, Brisbane, under the direction of Robert Boughen but did not begin formal organ tuition until the age of eighteen. During his time as a medical student, he was Organist of St. Augustine's Anglican Church, Hamilton, shortly afterwards becoming the SubOrganist at St. John's Cathedral. During this time Mr. Fulcher completed his B. Mus. at the University of Queensland with High Distinction in Organ Performance, a Master's qualifying thesis entitled "Aspects of the Conducting Practice of Richard Strauss," and a Performing Edition of the Salzburg Festival Mass by Heinrich Biber.
As Director of Music at Trinity College, Michael Fulcher brings extensive experience in choral music. As both conductor and accompanist, he has worked with primary and secondary school choirs, University choirs auditioned and unauditioned, parish and Cathedral church choirs, massed festival choirs, show choirs, and both Chamber and Philharmonic choirs. At St. John's Cathedral his responsibility included weekly training of the trebles and occasional conducting of the choir for both Evensong and the Eucharist. Repertoire conducted in concert as well as the liturgy includes standard chamber choir repertoire of Byrd, Tallis, Palestrina, Victoria, Schutz, J.S. Bach, Brahms, Bruckner, Durufle, and Howells, and Orchestral - Choral repertoire including the Requiems of Verdi, Mozart and Rutter, Handel's Messiah, Coronation Anthems and Passion (1704), Vaughan William's Hodie and A Sea Symphony, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, Fanshawe's African Sanctus, and various Masses of Haydn and Mozart.
In addition to organ studies with Robert Boughen, Mr Fulcher studied Conducting, Piano Accompaniment, Singing, German and Italian. During the degree studies, achievements included participation in the Queensland Performing Arts Trust Geoffrey Parsons Masterclasses, a section of the Brisbane Pipe Organ Prize, the Margaret Nickson Prize for piano accompaniment, and the Hugh Brandon Prize for Organ Performance. The latter enabled study in London with the eminent international concert organist David Sanger. Since then, Michael Fulcher has been a successful freelance organist, conductor, vocal coach, and lecturer. Regular engagements for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation have included two appearances as organ soloist in Symphony No. 3 (The Organ Symphony) of Saint-Saens with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
With all this experience behind him, Michael Fulcher will be working to give the Trinity Chapel Choir a higher profile within Trinity itself, as well as in the University and the wider community.
In 1993, Mr. Fulcher worked as Assistant Conductor and Repetiteur for the Brisbane Biennial Festival Production of
FRIENDS OF TRINITY DINNER 1993 The Annual Friends of Trinity dinner held in September was highly enjoyable and very musical. 185 parents, students, tutors and friends (the largest attendance yet) entered the Hall to the brassy strains of the College Big Band, led by Amelia Jones.
nostalgia for piano and two voices (a la Flanders and Swann of old) from Peter Field ('61) and Nicholas Alexander ('61), both parents of current residents. Having previously entertained Sixties Decade dinners in 1986 and 1991, the duo's inimitable performance was enthusiastically acclaimed yet again by a most appreciative audience. As a mark of that appreciation the Senior Student, Robert Heath, presented gifts to the entertainers.
The President, Ian Boyd ('55), noted the objects of the Friends of Trinity - to bring together people with an interest in the College and the welfare of its students, and especially parents, families, friends and tutors of present and former residents. Over the years since its founding in 1981, the Friends' picnic lunch on Juttoddie day and the annual dinner have raised more than $2,000 each year to enable improvements to student facilities which cannot be readily funded out of general College revenue.
A rousing rendition of the College songs and war-cry ended the dinner. Music and coffee followed in the Junior Common Room where fathers and daughters, mothers and sons dance together, possibly for the first time since teenage dance lessons.
In place of the customary address by a worthy guest speaker, the main event of the evening was a reprise of
In all, a most memorable evening in the informal family tradition of the Friends of Trinity. 7
FOUNDATION REPORT PARENT/FRESHER DINNER RAISES PLEDGES OF $50,000 TO THE FIRE FUND
ANNUAL GIVING August - December 1993 (These names are in addition to those already published)
Fresher students and their parents shared together their first meal in Trinity at a Dinner in February held under the auspices of the Trinity College Foundation. The guests were welcomed to the College by the Warden, Dr Burge, who later led the singing of the College's traditional songs, and members of the Executive Committee of the Foundation hosted a table. Each student was photographed with the Warden while signing the College roll, thereby becoming a member of Trinity. Later in the evening the Chairman of the Foundation, Mr David Brownbill, and the Executive Director, Ms Angela Mackie, explained the urgency of the works to be carried out in order for Trinity to comply with the fire-protection requirements of the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade and the Melbourne City Council.
The Founders' Club
The Oak Tree Club
Bruce Edwards David Fisher Richard Gilmour-Smith James Grimwade Kay McKenzie Hugh Morgan
Peter Barbour Robert Beard Hal Colebatch Jamie Gorton Christopher Hamer Roger Harley Miranda Jelbart Stanley Kurrle Mandy Milne David Muschamp Peter Scott Clare Wells Anonymous (1)
The 1872 Club Roger Ackland Timothy Hancock Kate Hayward Anonymous (1)
The Director finished her remarks by stating that surely one of the reasons that parents had decided to send their children to Trinity was for the acquisition of wisdom. She concluded with a quotation from the notebooks of Samuel Butler:
The Acorn Club David Grutzner Anonymous (2)
"Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can it be gotten without it. Gold, or the values of what is equivalent to gold, lies at the root of wisdom."
1993 ANNUAL GIVING TOTALS Amount raised
The parents responded to this call and this year over $50,000 has been pledged to the Fire Fund. The Foundation warmly thanks those who have given so generously to the Trinity College Foundation.
$67,255
Number Number Average Response of donors of members Gift Rate 458
Angela Mackie Executive Director
Dr Burge instructs the guests at the Parent/Fresher Dinner on the singing of the College's songs.
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4201
$148.84
10.9%
BENEFACTIONS JOHN FREDERICK THORNTON GRIMWADE, AM
Cathedral where he served from 1904-30 and then as Honorary Secretary from 1930-39. In the Cathedral a plaque marking his achievement is located. Mr Tony Keep, a great nephew, who supplied this information has thereby drawn attention to Trinity's deep historical roots and indirectly reminded us of an excellent way to honour the memory of a loved one.
The Trinity College Foundation has just received the legacy of $10,000 mentioned in the last Newsletter, from John F T Grimwade who died in Melbourne last year. John Grimwade was resident in Trinity from 1925 to 1927. He was a loyal supporter of the Trinity College Foundation and joined the Leeper Society in 1990. Those who inform us that they have included the Foundation in their will become members of the Leeper Society and receive the Leeper lapel pin.
JOHN RICHARD LAW-SMITH who died on 2 September 1993 came up in 1929 to read Arts/Law. He spent four fruitful and enjoyable years in College and always felt grateful for the experience. Articled to Rylah and Anderson, which firm was later known as Rylah and Rylah, he became a dedicated lawyer and ultimately senior partner. During World War II he served in the Army in New Guinea and was in charge of divisional headquarters orderly room. His work earned him an M I D.
We celebrate the receipt of John Grimwade's final gift to Trinity and extend our thanks to the trustees of his estate and to his family.
JESSIE ROSS KEEP died at an advanced age on 17 June September. She came to bequeath a legacy to Trinity College through her deceased husband, Lawrence. It was his idea to honour his late father, Albert Edward Keep in this way. One hundred years ago Albert was an active Churchman and lay Leader in the Springvale/Dingley area. Later he was elected a lay Canon of St Paul's
Sport was his recreation, which he pursued both actively and passively. The legacy to Trinity from his estate is evidence of the high esteem in which he held the College and it is fitting that his great nephews are carrying on the tradition - James Hutchins ('89) and Nicholas ('93).
OBITUARIES JOHN DUDLEY LOBB 11 November, 1906 - 19 March, 1994
wonderful officer, who treated his men like a family and cemented exceptional ties of comradeship and loyalty.
John Lobb's funeral, conducted by a long-standing of friend of John and Peg, the Reverend David Warner, fittingly took place in the Trinity College Chapel on 23 March 1994. Except for public figures, not many who die at the age of 87 attract such a numerous and diverse group to honour their memories. John had been greatly affected by the death of his life companion and wife Margaret ("Peg") and was himself ready to be re-united with her.
The same qualities came to the fore in later years - qualities of service to others based on genuine respect for them. These qualities particularly marked his relationship with the employees when he and Peg took over the management of an ancestral firm, Laxettes Pty Ltd and built it into an enterprise producing a broad range of chemical products. John's family life was marked by a love of animals, including horses and dogs (not least a large poodle named Fred), by a keen interest in art (of which he was an avid and discerning collector) and a genial civility which regularly found time for conversation and a drink before dinner with his wife, where both could discuss the affairs of the day. He had a keen sense of humour, enjoyed word plays, and did not allow his strong perfectionist streak to damage the warmth of his personal relationships. Among the attributes for which his family and friends will remember him were his pride in being able to divine for water with bent fencing wire, his fondness for yachting, and his ability as a designer of homes as well as major buildings. Others will remember the pleasure of Friday lunches at the Australian Club with old friends.
A friend and fellow Legatee, Ron Foskett, spoke eloquently of John's varied life of service - as an architect, engineer, soldier, dairy farmer, employer, yachtsman, benefactor, Legatee, as a deeply loving father of his two daughters, Gillian and Elizabeth, a devoted husband to Peg since 1935, and a noble friend. John came into Trinity in 1927 and remained until 1934 after completing degrees in both Architecture and Engineering. He was the first person to graduate in both. As a student he was captain of athletics and an excellent hurdler. Later in life and through his Will he was to be a distinguished Benefactor of the College. The first major construction with which he was involved was the Royal Melbourne Hospital but he was to leave this in November 1941 to see active service in New Guinea as a commanding officer with the rank of Major. He was remembered as an exceptionally good soldier and a
John and Peg loved travelling and they looked back with pleasure on their experiences in Africa, the Caribbean, in Indonesia and in Europe. He was made a "Master of the Inland Waterways of France". 9
health deteriorated gradually but he remained active nearly to the end. He spent his last week in hospital and, having received the sacraments, died very peacefully there in the early hours of the feast of All Monks 13 November 1993.
Although a spirit of service permeated all John Lobb did, it was probably through his involvement in Melbourne Legacy that this achieved fullest expression. As an architect, he contributed through designs for the remodelling of Legacy House and the construction of units for widows at Windsor. He served on many committees for Legacy and is remembered for his organisation of several races and "Operation Float" to give Legacy children a memorable outing on Port Philip.
JOHN TURNER HUESTON Fellow of Trinity College
John and Peg were regular worshippers at All Saints' Kooyong, where they met the Reverend David Warner. One of John's last design projects was a memorial garden in this church. There his ashes will rest with those of Peg, a testimony to a wonderful and varied life well lived.
At a memorial service in the College Chapel, Bill Wilson, John Hueston's friend and colleague, paid the following tribute. On New Year's Day I flew to Provence and witnessed Connie, Penny, Jill and Rosemary lay to rest John Hueston in a simple and moving ceremony. Each of them spoke of him lovingly in French and English then laid his trademark of a rosebud on his casket before it was lowered into the final resting place he had already chosen for this purpose.
LLOYD FRANCIS WHITFIELD 24 July 1913 —13 November 1993 Lloyd Francis Whitfield was born in Hobart Tasmania on 24 July 1913. His parents left Tasmania when he was six and he went to school in Essendon High School in Victoria. His University education was at Trinity College Melbourne where he took his BA in History and Latin in 1934 followed much later by MA (by thesis in History) in 1951. After his first degree he completed a course of Theology for Ordination and was ordained in Melbourne for the Anglican Church in 1937.
Such was John Hueston, organised to the end. It was such meticulous organisation of his thoughts and technical skills which made him the brilliant surgeon, scholar, student, and above all teacher that he was. As a Tutor in this College which he loved, as a Lecturer in this University, as the Senior Consultant Plastic Surgeon to the Royal Melbourne Hospital and even at his practice at 89 Royal Parade, he taught practical surgical techniques, encouraging research and thinking, to many hundreds of Victorian, Interstate and International Surgeons who flocked to him.
After ordination he served two curacies in Melbourne and was then put in charge of an extensive outback parish in Victoria. In 1942 he joined the Australian forces as chaplain and served until 1945 in new Guinea. At this stage he was already thinking seriously about the Roman Catholic Church. From 1946 to 1950 he turned to teaching and served on the staff of Melbourne Church of England Grammar School. He then moved to England and from 1951 to 1962 he was Assistant Chaplain and Junior Housemaster at Christ's Hospital School in Sussex.
In the 1970's when air transport was relatively more difficult and certainly more expensive than it is now, it still didn't deter Americans such as Don Murray, Bill Riley, Jim May and many others from coming to benefit from his teaching.
In spite of the difficulties he must have felt in moving from Australia, he fitted in well at Christ's Hospital and was remembered with appreciation and affection. However, he now wanted to be received into full communion in the Roman Catholic Church and in 1962 came to Ampleforth, where he at first taught in the School as prepared for reception.
John was a general as well as a Plastic Surgeon but of course everyone thinks of him principally as a Hand Surgeon and especially as the man who contributed more than any one to the research and treatment of Dupuytren's Contracture.
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His own training, first as a General Surgeon with Julian Orm Smith and later as a Plastic Surgeon with Sir Archibald Mclndoe and Sir Benjamin Rank led to his remarkable ability to work closely with Surgeons in other Specialities and make his own valuable contribution to their areas of expertise.
In September 1963 he was accepted as a Postulant and in January 1964 he received the Benedictine habit from Abbot Basil Hume and began his novitiate. He made his Simple Vows in 1965 and his Solemn Vows in 1968. He was ordained priest on July 5th 1970. From then on, Fr Gilbert led a quiet and exemplary monastic life in the Monastery. He taught in the School with great kindness and understanding for those who were struggling; in the Monastery also he taught Latin to any novices who needed it. He was responsible for the Catholic chapel at Helmsley from 1972 to 1982.
For example, once when asked by the colo-rectal Surgeon Sir Edward Hughes to remove an abdominal wall tumour from a patient on whom he was operating, John did so, though it was unusual and recorded it in a Surgical Journal. This led to the first recorded case of Gardiner's Syndrome.
For 25 years he was in charge of the monastic clothes store and no trouble was too much for him in response to any request. To the end he was an example to all in his fidelity to monastic life and prayer, his readiness to help, his availability to the brethren. During the last two years his
His cardio-thoracic surgical colleague the late Ian McConchie once sought John's assistance to close a massive hole in the chest wall. Hueston pondered over the problem and solved it by performing the first Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap. 10
But of course it was in Hand Surgery that his reputation was made above all. His love and expertise in the hand stemmed from a remarkable knowledge of its functional anatomy, the necessity to deal with the hundreds of industrial accidents which flooded into the Royal Melbourne and Footscray Hospitals and the need to treat the many cases of Dupuytren's Contracture who consulted him.
Honours and Distinctions Rhodes Scholarship Lisa Mary GORTON ('90) Australia Day Honours
In 1973 a group of New South Wales Hand Surgeons, who for year before had made an annual pilgrimage to Melbourne to observed J T H, suggested that an Australian Society for Hand Surgery be established and that John be the Foundation President. He declined this because he loved being an active member of Societies but eschewed Committees.
His Excellency the Honourable Austin ASCHE AC ('46) was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for service to the law, to tertiary education and to the community. Professor Graeme Bruce RYAN AC ('56) NR was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for service to science and to higher eduction, particularly in the fields of medical research and medical education.
It was a great privilege for me to have worked with and been taught by John Hueston from my undergraduate days onwards.
Dr David Scott Barrington BROWNBILL AM ('59) was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to medicine in the area of stroke research.
It wasn't always serious in operating sessions. His succinct turn of phrase, often aided by his friend and anaesthetist the late Jim Bell, led to many Huestonisms such as:
Robert Kellor TODD ('51) LLB BCL (Oxf) was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to administrative law.
When in doubt cut it out. Don't operate on Dupuytren's Contracture unless the patient can't put his hand flat on the table.
Richard Allen GUY OAM ('64) was awarded the medal of the Order of Australia for service to the cold storage industry.
With your work, if you are not a perfectionist you will soon find out your patient is.
Fulbright Postgraduate Student Awards
Finally he always told me his epitaph should read "I've arrived". Why? Because he regarded colleagues who felt they had arrived as dead.
Angus Alexander TRUMBLE ('83) Miranda Elizabeth SISSONS ('89)
So John, sadly, you've arrived. Enfin, vous ĂŞtes arrivĂŠ.
Peter Sheridan DODDS ('90)
Deaths of Trinity Members
Other Awards Professor Emeritus William S C HARE ('42) has been awarded an honorary life membership of the International Society of Radiology (ISR). Meeting in Singapore, the ISR made the award in appreciation of his significant contribution to diagnostic radiology, teaching and organised radiology. Only five life memberships have been awarded worldwide by the society.
We record with regret the following deaths since the last Newsletter.
Richard MONSELL-BUTLER ('47) N/R Prof Sir Sydney SUNDERLAND ('32) N/R Dr Noel Henry Maxwell COLYER ('37) N%R Prof Alfred Edward Ringwood ('48) Dr John Turner HUESTON 9'47) N/R and Tutor John Herbert REEVES ('41) N/R Emeritus Professor Richard Roderick ANDREW ('30) Justin St John JUDD ('69) Dr Christopher Darby DUNSTAN ('74) Ian Otto MAROSKE OAM ('47) Dr David Samuel ROSENGARTEN ('56) John Richard LAW SMITH ('26) The Revd Gilbert Clark LAMBLE 9'38) N/R Dr John Noel NISH ('30) John Dudley LOBB ('27) Dr Keith Edward EDWARDS ('36) N/R Standish Astur Ingham BROOKE ('54) N/R Andrew McKenzie BUGG ('75) N/R Grant John ROWLEY ('71) Dr Walter Harold TAYLOR ('29)
Andrew William CURNOW ('68) has been appointed as Bishop of the Northern Region of the Diocese of Melbourne. John BATT QC ('54) was appointed a Supreme Court Judge.
Trinity congratulates these members on their contribution to our community and on the recognition this has gained.
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FOUNDATION REPORT THE FOUNDATION AND THE COLLEGE RECORD WITH GRATITUDE THESE DONATIONS TO THE FOUNDATION (NOT INCLUDING ANNUAL GIVING) AUGUST - DECEMBER 1993
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Robert Donnelly (D) Bill Edwards (D) J Edwards (D) Reginald Edwards (D) Ian Ellis (D) Gordon Fawns (D) Ross Fishburn (D) R J Fleming (D) Robert Fordham (D) Neil Forsyth (P) Phyllis Fry (D) Christopher Game (M) David Garnsey (D) Geelong Grammar School (M) Cathy Georgiev (D) Jean Gibson (D) Timothy Gibson (M) A R Gilchrist (D) Claire Gomm (D) John Gourlay (B) N M Grant (D) Norman Gray (D) James Grimwade (S) L C Gruen (D) James Guest (S) Alan Gunther (S) Alan Hajek (D) Alan Hamer (S) Leith Hancock (M) Patricia Hancock (D) Davina Hanson (G) Bill Hare (M) Norman Hart (D) Edgar Harvey (D) Peter and Jo Hawthorne (D) David Head (D) Nicholas Heath (D) Peter Hebbard (D) Alan Higgs (D) SC and P J Hill (D) Douglas Hocking (D) Peter and Ann Hollingworth (D) Patricia Hollonds (D) Holy Trinity, Kew, Vestry (S) Ken Horn (D) Donald Hossack (D) Samuel and Margaret Howes (D) Jean Hunt (D) Ivanhoe Grammar School (D) David Jackson (S) Stephen Johnson (D) Stewart Johnston (D) William Jolly (D) Michael Keary (D) Joan Keeley (D) Roland Knights (M) Bruce Knox (D) Stephen Laurie (D) Flora and Frank Leith Charitable
Trust (S) Bob Long (D) Brian Loton (P) Brian Macdonald (D) Angela Mackie (M) John MacMillan (D) May Maddison (D) Jim and Kathy Maffett (M) John Maidment (D) Allan Main (D) Donald Malcolmson (D) Denis Manton (D) Davis McCaughey (D) Kay McLennan (P) Melbourne Girls' Grammar School (M) Melbourne Grammar School (M) Jim Merralls (M) George Mitchell (D) Albert Monichino (D) Alex Morokoff (S) John Moroney (D) Lyndsay Morris (D) Harold Monter (D) Bruce Munro (G) Baillieu Myer (D) The Sidney Myer Fund (G) National Australia Bank (S) Muriel Newton (D) Paul Nisselle (S) John Oswald (D) Peter Parsons (D) Alan Patterson (D) James Rimer (D) Tony Poole (D) Bill Potter (D) John Poynter (D) Bill Pugh (D) Keith Rayner (D) Tom Reed (D) Lawrie Reeve (D) Michael Robinson (D) Stanley Rosier (D) St Aidan's, Box Hill South (D) St Alban's, West Coburg (D) St Andrew's, Brighton (D) St Andrew's Opportunity Shop, Brighton (D) St Cuthbert's, Yarrawonga (D) St Faith's, Burwood (D) St Faith's, Montmorency (D) St George's, Malvern (D) St James' Opportunity Shop (D) St Laurence Chapel (D) St Mark's Opportunity Shop Trust (D) St Mark's, Sunshine (D) St Matthew's, Cheltenham (D) St Michael's, Kalorama (D) 12
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NEWS OF TRINITY MEMBERS
Robert Butterss ('49) has retired as Regional Bishop of the Northern Region of the Diocese of Melbourne, where he will be succeeded by another Trinity bishop, Andrew Curnow ('68). Bob and Margaret have moved to Stroud, NSW, close to the enclosed Franciscan Sisters. They go with the warm good wishes of all in Trinity and in the Diocese of Melbourne.
Lauchlan Chipman (Senior Tutor) ('72) has been appointed a Pro Vice-Chancellor of Monash University, Director of the Monash Gippsland Campus, Director of Monash Distance Education, and a Professor of Monash University. The Council of the University of Wollongong (NSW) has conferred on him the title Emeritus Professor, in recognition of his distinguished service there as Foundation Professor of Philosophy (since '75) and Foundation Pro Vice-Chancellor (since '89). He has also been Visiting Professor in Jurisprudence at Sydney University ('81-84) and Liberal Arts Fellow in Law and Philosophy at Harvard Law School ('85-86). In addition to over 100 academic and literary publications Lauchlan Chipman has been a prolific newspaper columnist, his columns being syndicated throughout all Australian States and Territories, including The Herald-Sun in Melbourne.
Neville Holmes ('52) was "surprised" by a 60th Birthday party on 19 August last year. Neville, now domiciled in Tasmania, had among his unexpected guests Jack Warin ('51) who travelled from Crafers, S A. Their friendship began at Caulfield Grammar in the early forties and has continued down the years. Melbourne was chosen for the celebration - a place of many memories for them both.
Nicholas Gellie ('73) has been involved in Forestry and Nature Conservation in Tasmania and NSW for the past sixteen years. He is living and working in the Blue Mountains as a Fire Management Officer. He has appeared on several documentaries on topics such as fire, recreation and conservation. He is married and has 2 boys.
Andrew Hooper ('60) married Pippa Parkinson (JCH '70) in July last year. Andrew is a Computer Systems Manager for Babinda and Mourilyan Sugar Mills and Pippa is manager of Louis Vuitton in Cairns and Port Douglas.
Gary Rawnsley ('73) gained a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. After 12 months as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wyoming he is now working as a research officer for the Social Service Department of California. Gary is married to an American citizen, Stacey and has a daughter, Nicole, 3 years old.
Were you in Trinity in 1955? Plans are afoot for a 40th anniversary gathering of the mid-50s Trinity group in 1995. John Ross-Perrier and James Grimwade are taking the initiative in organising this celebration!
David Woodruff ('62) recently celebrated his 50th birthday in California with three former students/tutors Dr Richard Oppenheim ('62), Dr Andrew Prentice ('62) and his brother, Dr Roger Woodruff ('64). David is now Professor of Biology, University of California, San Diego, and Faculty Director of the Education Abroad Program which places students in 94 universities in 38 countries including 8 in Australia. When not teaching evolutionary biology at what is now the 5th ranked university in the US, he conducts field research in Thailand on genetic aspects of wildlife conservation. Dr Richard Oppenheim, now Director of Research and Development, R P Scherer, Australia, flew in from Buenos Aires where his company is building new pharmaceutical plants. Dr Andrew Prentice, Reader in Mathematics, Monash University, was working on Voyager planetary probe data at CalTech. Dr Roger Woodruff, Senior Medical Oncologist, Ludwig Institute, Austin Hospital, was in the USA to launch his new book, Palliative Medicine, on the care of patients with cancer and AIDS.
Paul Stokes ('74) graduated in Veterinary Science but is presently working in the ICI's Computer Section in Melbourne. Bruce Thomas ('74) has been employed for the past seventeen years by Australian Reinsurance Company Limited and is currently Assistant General Manager in charge of the Sydney office. He married Mary Grant on 1 August 1992 at Toorak College Chapel, Mount Eliza and at the time of writing to us, Bruce advised that he and Mary were expecting their first child in October last year. Lindsay Urwin ('74) was consecrated on 30 November 1993 in Westminster Abbey as Bishop of Horsham in England, and Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Chichester. Among those in the congregation were his sister, the Reverend Kate Prowd ('83) and the Reverend Ron Noone ('74), now Vicar of All Saints' Geelong.
Kingsley Gee ('71 Tutor) was appointed a World Health Organisation Representative in the People's Republic of China in 1993. He lives in Beijing and enjoys his busy life.
Sally (nee Newsome) ('75) and Colin Campbell ('75) are proud parents of three children. Colin is working at NAB and Sally is a solicitor at Garland Hawthorn Brake in Melbourne.
David Jaffe ('71), formerly curator of European Art at the Australian National Gallery, has been appointed Chief Buyer for the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the world's wealthiest art gallery. His duties in this eminent position include responsibility for the Museum's research and authenticating department. He will also be building up a new emphasis on exhibitions - a task for which his Australian experience has well fitted him.
John Lees ('75) was visited by Margot Foster ('76) whilst she was in New York for the World University Games in July. Margot tells us that John is living on the Upper West Side and works for the Boston Consulting Group as a Management Consultant.
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NEWS OF TRINITY MEMBERS Sharon Ross ('75) married Philip Brown in July last year. Sharon teaches music and drama at Parkdale High School and Philip teaches English as a Second Language at Taylor's College.
James Royston ('78) is working at La Trobe University as an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Electronic Engineering. He and Gabrielle Balsamo plan to marry on 30 April, with John Jeffries as best man.
Campbell Horsfall ('76) runs his own legal practice in offices above the Block Arcade where he shares premises with other independent practitioners including Richard Leckey ('78).
Wendy Van Veenendaal nee Hallowes ('78) has moved to Milawa with husband, Paul, and their two children. At the time of writing Wendy and Paul were expecting their third child. Paul is working for Bruck Textiles in Wangaratta.
Peter Israel ('76) and Gina (nee Shackell) ('78) advise us that they reached twelve years of wedded bliss in November and in that time have produced 3 children, James (7), Richard (5) and Juliet (2) who keep them both busy and 'off the golf course'. Peter is now General Manager of IPEC Road Distribution, responsible for the Road Express Freight business of Mayne Nickless Limited.
Darren Coulson ('79) is in Bangkok as Account Director with an international advertising agency. We wonder (need we?) if he ever plays practical jokes these days. Vivienne Corcoran ('79) is a Public Relations consultant with a firm which has a large Australian-wide and growing international clientele.
Vincent Vinci ('76) is married with two children and is a partner with Law firm, Clarke & Barwood in Colac where he and his family live.
Martin Hosking ('79) has returned to Melbourne with his wife Loreto after 7 years with the Department of Foreign Affairs, five of which were in the Middle East. Martin is now working for the international consulting firm, McKinsey & Co, and Loreto is a veterinarian at Essendon.
Helen De Pury ('77) was married in France in 1989 to Jean Bouchereau. They moved to Brittany to work in the cider industry after living in the Loire Valley for some years where Jean worked as a wine maker. They have three children, Pierre, Isabelle, and Claire.
Alan Hajek ('79) is a Professor of Philosophy at Caltech in Pasadena, California.
Tom Gutteridge ('77), seen in a controversial production of Titus Andronicus during the 1993 Melbourne International Festival, was awarded a Goethe Institute scholarship to study in Germany from early 1994. While there, he will be a public relations representative for Fosters' - dressed, in keeping with Fosters' changing image, as a new-age Australian.
Hugh Hunt ('79) is a Fellow in Mechanical Engineering at Trinity College Cambridge and married his French fiancĂŠe in Melbourne before Easter. Xenia Williamson nee Boynton ('79) and her husband David (Ormond) have taken up a two year appointment in London where David is managing his legal firm's London Office.
Helen Larsson nee Moss ('77) is now working as a Contractor in Executive Search and Selection, after some years with Morgan and Banks. She is involved in executive recruitment for a range of international companies.
Alex Baker ('80) and Anne Richardson ('83) will be living in London until May this year. Alex is currently a Senior Anaesthetic Registrar at the Royal London Hospital and is in his final year of training. Anne is working as a solicitor at the British Securities Investment Board dealing mainly with investment fraud.
Penelope Pengilley ('77) and her husband Ian Stewart rejoiced in the birth of their first child, a daughter in September, 1993. Two doors along in the Freemasons Hospital was Helen Bailey, wife of Max Cameron ('78) who was there for a similar happy reason.
David Beischer (`80) married Caroline Acutt of Hervey Bay, Queensland in April 1993. Rachel Cooke (nee Denham) ('80) tells us she "is now an optometrist and political activist particularly as far as Medicare levies are concerned".
Anthony Rouse ('77) began in September as the General Manager (Business) of the Victorian Arts Centre, where the Warden is a regular client. At first sight, it seems a change from Anthony's earlier work with explosives, but it certainly combines his talents in business and music.
Melissa Jones nee Heath ('80) graduated as a nursing sister from Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1984. In the same year she married Timothy Jones and in 1985 transferred to Geelong Hospital to complete her Intensive Care and Coronary Care Certificates in which she graduated as Senior Student. Melissa is currently juggling mothering Jessica (b 1988) and Edward (b 1990) with part-time study for a Commerce Degree at Deakin University.
Wayne Wilson ('77) is currently living in Sydney where he has taken a position with Lend Lease as a Market Development Manager in their Adviser Services. Kay McKenzie ('78) moved in January from her position in Melbourne with the Australian National Line to work in Washington with the World Bank.
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NEWS OF TRINITY MEMBERS Katriona Brodie ('83) is living in Hong Kong with husband Philip Rofe, where she continues to paint cufflinks. Katriona is in partnership with her twin sister Alexandra Darling who now lives in Sydney.
Andrew Keck ('80) lives in North Kensington, London with his wife Elaine Taylor whom he married on September 18, 1993 at All Hallows' Church in Liverpool. Andrew is a British Civil Servant, attached to the Royal Chelsea and Kensington Borough Council, as a Rent Officer and in his spare time plays clarinet with the West London Sinfonia and the Kensington Philharmonic Orchestra.
James Maund ('83) has been appointed Director of a company which develops warehouse properties for inner urban living in Melbourne.
Richard Billson ('81) married Susan Dyer ('84) on Dunk Island on October 1 1993. Susan works in textiles and Richard is running his own industrial design business which, so far, is most successful. He is at present making foam dinosaurs by the thousand to keep up with current crazes.
Susan Royle ('83) ran in the Macau Marathon recently. She finished (!) and in the process raised over $10,000 (AUD) for a project "Future Hope" which helps house and educate homeless street kids in Calcutta. Sue Zehrung nee Easton ('83) After 4 years in Utah, working as a Speech Pathologist, Sue and her husband, Eric, (originally from Oregon USA) married in Melbourne in 1990 and spent 18 months renovating a Victorian terrace house in Richmond. At the time of writing to us, Sue and Eric were expecting their first child. Sue had been working as a Speech Pathologist with the Department of Health and Community Services.
Charles Happell ('81) has been pursuing his journalistic career overseas, in Perth and now in Melbourne, where he is Assistant Sporting Editor for The Age. Ann Quail ('81) is married to Dr Richard Moore and they have one son named Clancy. Janie Fair (`82) married Canadian Geoffrey Bell in July '93 on Prince Edward Island Canada. Before meeting Geoff in London, Janie worked there for four years and completed her Master of Laws at the University of London. They now live in Toronto where Janie is a lawyer with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Geoff is a Strategic Management Consultant with Deloitte &Touche. They intend eventually to make Melbourne their home.
James Billson ('84) lives in London and is in his second year with British Rail. He is involved in the electrification of the lines and is on the contracts side. He spends his weekends cycling in the UK and in France. At the time of writing to the College James was planning to ride his bike as far as possible on his way home to Australia early this year. Jennie Bucknell ('84) recently returned from a two year trip to Japan and India. Since her return she has been heavily involved with her work at the City Mission. Through her work, Jennie organised the 1993 Sleepout program for Homeless children at the Town Hall.
Timothy Grimwade ('82) caught up with the Warden briefly last month during a visit to the College. Tim has spent the past two years overseas, mainly in Sweden where he is completing his Master's in International Law. Margaret Kirby ('82) lives with her young son Jack in Daylesford, where she teaches acrobatics and has been engaged in writing a play My body, my blood about the movement for the ordination of women. Previously, she completed a Diploma in Performing Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts and performed and taught with Circus Oz for two years. The Warden was delighted when she called in to the College with the script of her play and invited him to a reading of it.
Duncan Haig ('84) and Camilla Learmonth ('85) were married in February 1994. Rod Happell ('84) has been living in Brisbane for one year and has been accepted into a Psychology course at the University of Queensland. Andrew Mackay ('84) writes to tell us he is "enjoying life in Far North Queensland" where he is Assistant Manager at Castaways Resort. On 19 March he married "a wee Scottish girl called Karen".
Susan Murray ('82) has been living in Adelaide for the past 18 months with her husband Nick Clark ('81) and their two children, Ben (2yrs) and Emma (5mths) after spending 3 years in the America.
Patrick Nguyen ('84) has returned to Melbourne after obtaining his M B A from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School Business. He has taken a position with McKinsey as a management consultant.
Fiona Story ('82) is a Member of the Victorian Bar and is currently Guest Lecturing at Monash Medical Centre and the Epworth Hospital on relevant law for nurses.
Jane Richardson ('84) is working in a private Physiotherapy Clinic in Brisbane.
Sarah Turnbull ('82) has been on the staff of a YMCA National Centre, Lakeside, Cumbria (UK) for about three years and will probably be there for another year. The Centre runs courses for children, mainly in summer, and adults at other times. The courses are rather like Outward Bound but not quite as rigorous.
Hilary Royston ('84) recently returned from two years travelling and working in Europe, especially Germany. She is now studying for a Dip Ed in the areas of English as a Second Language and German.
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NEWS OF TRINITY MEMBERS Jacki Wheaton ('84) married Dr Michael Gordon in 1992. They live in Glenhuntly with their daughter, Hannah Georgiana (b 13.12.93). Jacki advises that Physiotherapy has,bgen put on hold for the moment!
Michelle Stender ('87) recently completed a BA in Architecture at Deakin University. She is spending some time this year travelling in Europe and will attend Copenhagen University, Denmark where she has been awarded a scholarship to study Scandinavian architecture.
Frederick Coates ('85) is currently in Queenstown, New Zealand with Landscape Architecture Firm, Boffa Miskell which is also involved in projects in China, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Helen Bucknell ('88) recently returned from 12 months in Europe and America where she worked in the Marketing Department of PIVOT.
Ben Keith ('85) has worked for the past three years in London in dentistry.
Carl McCamish ('88) is studying in Oxford and living at Lady Margaret Hall where he is also serving as Secretary to the Student Association.
Gillian Watkins ('85) was married Charlie Richardson at Easter last year. She has been teaching kindergarten at St Catherine's since her return from overseas in April 1992.
Philip Nunn ('88) is now Br Alban OSB based in the Ealing Priory in London, where he was professed in January. He continues to compose. Before Easter, the Ormond choir sang his new Transitus in St Mary's West Melbourne. The Warden greatly enjoyed staying as his guest in London last August and found him as interested as ever in all aspects of Trinity life, to which he contributed so much.
Stephen Walter ('85) completed his B.Sc. with Honours in 1990 at the University of NSW, and then worked with Bayer Australia in their Pharmaceutical Division. In 1993 he completed his MBA at the Australian Graduate School of Management (Uni NSW) and is now in Vietnam as Technical Director for Gateway Pharmaceuticals Australia.
Katie Beynon ('89) is a flight attendant with Qantas and is reportedly enjoying jetting around the world.
Peter Bucknell ('86) is studying Viola under world famous teacher Donald McInnes at the University of Southern California. Peter received a Queen Elizabeth Trust Grant and an American Scholarship to allow him this study which will be over a 2 year period.
Joanna Buck ('89) has just completed first semester at Harvard Law School. She graduated Magna cum laude from Duke University (NC) in May 1993. Her mother tells us "she loves living in Boston and is thoroughly enjoying the challenging and stimulating Harvard environment."
Alistair McKay ('86) has just spent 2 years overseas where he worked for a small shipping firm in London and then spent a season in France at Val D'lsere during the Winter Olympics. Now back in Melbourne, Alistair has been working for BHP Transport as a Chartering Officer and is training to become a good Triathlete.
Thornton McCamish ('89) completed an Honours Arts Degree in 1993 after which he was hoping to begin an MA. Vanessa Morgan ('89) married Marcus Bogdan ('87) in March 1993 at Melbourne Grammar Chapel with Penny Fox ('88) and Vanessa Kennedy ('89) assisting in the formal proceedings. Their marriage was followed by a honeymoon in Venice.
Emma McPherson (`86) tells us "After graduating, I joined National Australia Bank on their Graduate Program and 6 months into that moved to Sydney. After 3 months of living in Japan last year, I took up a position with Moody's Investors Service on their Rating Desk where I have been for 3 months. I have just returned from Moody's Head Office in New York, (where I survived the coldest day ever recorded in history) and will be sent back there in the future."
Katherine Rekaris ('89), who gave such delight with her singing in Trinity, especially as co-star in West Side Story , has now moved to London for further training. With her combination of talent and determination we are confident that things will go very well for her indeed. Annesley DeGaris ('90) has joined the Birmingham Alabama law firm of Johnson & Cory and practises in the area of Civil Litigation. He is also a Professor of Constitutional Law at the Birmingham School of Law. Recently he helped arrange a visit to Alabama by Mr Justice Peter Heerey (Federal Court of Australia) whom Annesley met whilst studying in Melbourne.
Melinda Shiel ('86) married lawyer Thomas Lidstrom in November 1991. They are now living in London where they plan to be based for the next two years. Mary Wooldridge ('86) is currently completing her final year of MBA at Harvard University. Caroline Bell ('87) is living in London where she is enjoying regular European jaunts in her position as a Nanny.
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Christian Bennett ('87) is now living in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he is working at the Australian High Commission for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 16