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Scotch helps Paul help East Timor

In May this year, Paul Daniels ('00) approached Scotch with the request for donated goods to take to a school and orphanage in East Timor.

Paul Daniels with the mountain of donated goods for East Timor

Paul spoke to the boys at a school assembly, he outlined the work he and his girlfriend were involved in and he then asked Scotch boys to rummage around at home to see what items they no longer needed to donate to some of the poorest people on earth.

Scotch students were given ten days to see what they could come up with. What started as a single bag of donated goods quickly became a mountain of clothing, books, paper, and pens, sporting equipment, textbooks and a classroom full of computers! Paul arranged to have the goods transported in a Rotary Australia container and, as this goes to print, he is in East Timor awaiting the arrival of the container to unload and distribute. He will be returning to Scotch in the near future to share with the boys his experiences in East Timor.

We look forward to his return and thank him for his efforts to help our nearest neighbours in need.

Well done, Scotch!

Queen's Birthday Honours

Justice Kenneth Maidson Hayne A.C.('62), Kingston, ACT, was awarded Queens Birthday Honours (Monday 10 June 2000), for service to the Judiciary, to the law as an outstanding scholar, barrister and jurist, and to the community in the advancement of both legal and general education. Congratulations from all in the Scotch family.

Scouts Honour

Robert Evans ('77) was one of three Boroondara Scout Leaders to be honoured at the annual Good Service Awards Day, at Gembrook, on March 17.

Robert received the Silver Koala for more than twenty years of outstanding and committed service to young people.

The good Services awards recognized the challenge faced by volunteer leaders, to balance delivering quality scouting or venturing with other family and work commitments.

Rod MacNeil ('87)

Rod attended Scotch until the year 1987 and finished his Ph.D ('Blacked out: The representation of Aboriginal people in Australian painting 1850-1900') in Fine Arts at Melbourne University in 1996.

Rod headed to Los Angeles for a six month internship with The J.Paul Getty Museum. He stayed working with the museum's Public Information department after the internship ended, then in September 1997; he started as a Publicist for the Art Museum at the University of California, Berkeley.

In January 2001, Rod was promoted to Deputy Director of the department. He has also tried to keep up the academic work - with two chapters published in obscure books on post-colonial studies last year. He presented a paper at a conference at the Tate Gallery in Britain,' Art and the British Empire'. 'I have vague aspirations to publish my thesis but in reality I'm not sure how easy that will be while I'm still living in San Francisco' Rob said.

Rod has been living in the U.S. for almost six years now, (five in San Francisco), feeling very much like this is home - for now at least. For recreation, he swims competitively and last year competed in the U.S. Masters National Championships in Santa Clara, CA.

Matt Roberts ('94)

Scotch matured both his humanitarian/creative activities and sciences; as a result he is now in his second year as a doctor, applying to the Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry to become a registrar in psychiatry in 2003.

His music, fostered as it was by John Ferguson and Peter Rickard at Scotch, is now threatening to become more than a hobby.

He has signed with a Melbourne record label The Sound Vault and is hoping to record and receive some local attention.

His nationwide release of his debut studio-recorded acoustic pop/rock album The Ruby Record is scheduled for release on the 9 September 2002, with instore (Gaslight, Borders) and on air performances (ABC Radio) as well as a launch at the Corner Hotel planned.

Matt made his first 'pop' recording in the old Music Centre at Scotch on a double tape player with a computer microphone, playing the lovely Steinway in the main hall upstairs whilst David Sheludko, (Captain of Music '96) accompanied on the drums.

Ebeling Award Winner

Congratulations to Doug Patrick ('68) who recently won the Melbourne Cricket Club's Ebeling Award for outstanding service. Doug played cricket with the MCC for seventeen years and 155 games. In 1982 he became the club's youngest ever committeeman at the age of 31 and today he is the second longest serving committee member behind President Bruce Church. Doug was quoted in the MCC news recently; 'I have genuine pride in representing the MCC, especially given the club's wonderful sporting history'.

Rob Hanna ('71)

The Progress Press recently featured Rob Hanna ('71), where we learnt that Rob was barely out of university when he was offered the job of physiotherapist at the Australian Open by then tournament director, Colin Stubs.

In 1987, he was also invited to oversee Colin's new Kooyong-based tennis tournament, a position he continues to hold.

The best tennis players in the world put their trust in Rob and he often has to assist players make decisions regarding their capacity to play. These decisions often have profound impacts on the tournament, as fans love to see big stars in action.

Weighing up whether an injured player can continue a match is a fine line Rob is often forced to tread and he is aware his decision has the potential to cause millions of dollars in lost revenue for both players and the tournament organizers, as well as the jeers of disappointed fans.

Peter Chandler ('40 )

We recently received a note from Peter Chandler telling us what he had been doing with his life since he was married in the Chapel over fifty years ago.

A lifetime immersed in community organisations in the Sherbrooke area: sporting, health, RSL and service, Scouts and Cubs, Liberal Party, Fire Brigades and progress associations left us gasping.

Peter rounded it all up with thirty-two years service as a JP. He contents himself with Probus Club activities now.

Andrew Robertson ('68)

Andrew is based in New York with the Pastoral Services division of United Nations, though his consultations take him throughout Africa, but in particular to Kenya and Ethiopia in these troublous climatic times.

It will not surprise his peers to learn of his title 'Knowledge Manager'.

Dorian Trail ('87)

Dorian left Scotch to pursue a career in ballet. He attended the Australian ballet school during 1988 and 1990 and then joined the Victorian Company of Dance and Theatre in 1991. In 1993 he headed north to the Queensland ballet company. In 1993 Dorian decided that he needed a break from ballet and pursued another passion - Fly Fishing. He wrote about it, he taught it and he did it in Queensland.

In 1998 he had another career change and moved into Real Estate and housing finance. In 2001 he created his own mortgage broking business "Ground Capital Finance" that operates predominantly in Brisbane.

Ben Jesse ('94)

After spending two years in Hong Kong Ben Jesse ('94) moved on to Europe and worked with a sports marketing agency. For the last eight months he has been working for the Accountants Institute in London as their Sponsorship consultant. He is a member of the local water polo team and is competing in a short course meet in November up North.

90th Birthday Celebrations

Those fortunate students who studied under Dr H B (Bernard) Mendal (staff, 1941-1977) will join his friends, past colleagues and the extended Scotch family in congratulations upon his 90th Birthday, September 29, 2002.

Sport and travel have always been his passion. In the 1930's he travelled, rowed and skied through Europe especially Scandinavia. Then he set sail for Australia, bringing with him a razor sharp brain and a Doctorate of Laws from the University of Berne.

After teaching at Geelong Grammar and Launceston Grammar, a Diploma of Education followed. He married Trude in Launceston.

Contemporary Scotchies will recall his arrival in second term of 1941. 36 years of expert and meticulous instruction brought his Scotch pupils unparallelled success. He and the late Walter Butler (staff), were a formidable team.

I recall those times with nostalgia, affection and awe.

Hoch soll er leben! Dreimal Hoch!

D McA Baillieu (staff)

Charles Ferguson

Upon leaving Scotch Charles Ferguson ('64) was fortunate enough to join E.N.Morey & Son, Chartered Accountants (John N.Morey '45), after 13 years in the profession, he changed to the Real Estate Industry culminating in the incorporation of Neil Ferguson Real Estate Pty.Ltd in 1987.

Charles' business was sold in 2001 to a consortium of three individual Real Estate companies. He is now a Real Estate trainer with RMIT University, School of Marketing responsible for the induction of the University traineeships, Enrolments and the relevant Government Employment Incentive Schemes to employers.

Ian Robinson

Ian Robinson ('57) has recently represented Australia at the World Golf Titles in Gleneagles Scotland. The competition is otherwise known as the Jaguar Classic, and comprised practice rounds as well as competition days.

Ian's group finished 11th out of 19 groups from around the world. At various stages they played in 120 kph winds. Whilst he might not have ended up on the Winners dais for his golfing exploits, Ian and his partner did win the prize for best dressed! Ian's wife Jill fared better and won the nearest to the pin competition during the practice round.