Scotch College

Queen’s Birthday Honours 2007

The Scotch Family congratulates Old Scotch Collegians and members of the Scotch Family who received Queen’s Birthday honours in 2007.

Words: David Ashton

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

Justice Alex Chernov QC AO (past parent)

For service to the law through a range of judicial and administrative roles with Victorian, national and Asia-Pacific bodies, and to education through the University of Melbourne.

Emeritus Professor Peter LePoer Darvall AO (’58)

For service to education, as Vice-Chancellor of Monash University and as an engineering academic and researcher.

Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

Ruth Elizabeth Bunyan AM (past parent)

For service to education through the Invergowrie Foundation, the Council of International Schools, and as Principal of Strathcona Baptist Girls’ Grammar School.

Anthony William LePoer Darvall AM (’58)

For service to the legal profession, to sustainable urban and transport infrastructure development in Victoria, and to the community.

Richard John Grellman AM (’67)

For service to the community, particularly through leadership roles with Mission Australia and fundraising with Variety and The Children’s Charity, and to the finance and insurance sectors.

Ian Melville McMaster AM (’65)

For service to the sugar and steel industries through a range of executive roles, to the development of capital investment initiatives, research and industry reform, and to the advancement of community, government and industry partnerships.

David Arthur Miles AM (past parent)

For service to the community through support for Australian innovation and research, to public-policy development in the areas of trade, taxation and international relations, and to the legal profession.

Medal of the Order of Australia

John Lachlan McInnes OAM (past parent)

For service to the community through educational, social welfare and sporting organisations and through roles in business and commerce.

Dr Alan George Parker OAM (’31)

For service to dentistry, particularly in the field of orthodontics and oral and maxillofacial trauma management.

Dr Colin McIntosh Rose OAM (’62)

For service to the community of Taree as a medical practitioner and through a number of charitable organisations.

Conspicuous Service Cross – Australian Army

Lt Col Ian William Upjohn (’84)

For outstanding achievement as Commanding Officer of 4th/19th Prince of Wales’ Light Horse within the 4th Brigade.

Public Service Medal

John Leatherland (’62)

For outstanding public service, particularly to vulnerable families and children, and to people with disabilities.