125 Accomplished Old Guildfordians
Robert Lefroy � St George ’ s House 1919-1929
OBE ( C ). Received The Order of the British Empire - Officer ( Civil ) for his work in the agricultural community .
John Loutit � Stirling House 1921-1927
Rhodes Scholar 1930 . Atomic Scientist . John studied Medicine in Melbourne until 1929 and hoped to proceed to Oxford in 1930 . In 1934 , he won an Open Scholarship at the London Hospital . By 1935 , he had passed his final examination in Medicine and had accepted a position as Assistant at the Bernhard Baron Institute of Pathology at London Hospital . In 1939 , he was appointed Registrar and in 1942 made Director of the Medical Research Council of London . John contributed to the development of improving techniques for the storage and transfusion of blood during World War 2 . Between 1947 and 1969 , John established and ran the Medical Research Council ' s Radiobiology Unit at Harwell . In 1954 , he was made an Officer of the Order of Orange , Nassau . In 1956 , he was awarded the Robert Roesler de Villiers Award by the Leukaemia Society for his discovery of a new therapy for the treatment of the disease . In 1963 , he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society .
Kenneth ' Seaforth ' Mackenzie � St George ’ s House 1927-1929
Author , poet and journalist . At age 17 , he began his prize-winning novel ' The Young Desire It ', which is loosely based on his time boarding at Guildford Grammar School . ' The Young Desire It ' was published in 1937 and won the Australian Literary Society ' s prize in 1939 . Republished 2013 . ' The Young Desire It ' was called a near perfect novel . His second novel was ' Chosen People ', published in 1938 . A third novel published in 1951 , ' Dead Men Rising ' was based on a prisoner war camp he was posted at in Cowra where he witnessed the Japanese break-out . Awarded Commonwealth Literary Fund fellowships . Drowned in 1955 aged 41 .
John ' Jock ' Mackie � Henn ’ s House 1940-1945
A prolific local sportsman in Hong Kong , having represented the country in six different sports - including golf , rugby , cricket , swimming , tennis and hockey . As a golfer he was an integral part of the Hong Kong team throughout the 1950s and 1960s , spearheading the side that claimed the inaugural Putra Cup in 1961 .
David Malcolm � School House 1950-1955
Rhodes Scholar 1960 , former Chief Justice , Companion of the Order of Australia , Centenary Medal . After graduating from Oxford in 1962 with First Class Honours in Civil Law , David returned to Australia and was admitted to practice in 1964 and was a partner with the firm Freehill , Hollingdale and Page from 1964-1979 . He was appointed Chief Justice of Western Australia in 1988 . In 1990 , he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia and in 1992 , was made a Companion of the Order of Australia . In 1999 , he was elected as an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln ' s Inn , London . In 2000 , he was awarded the honour of Citizen of the Year in Western Australia . David retired as Chief Justice in 2006 and took up an appointment as Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia . Former Old Guildfordian of the Year . Honorary Life Member of The Old Guildfordians Association , the Association ' s highest honour conferred in recognition of long and outstanding service to the Association .
Peter Maslen � School House 1963-1969
Former President of Starbucks Coffee International where he led growth from the start-up phase to a highly successful and well-established business in over 30 countries . Later he was the CEO of Knowledge Universe Education , one of the world ’ s largest for-profit education companies . Prior to joining Starbucks , he served as president of Tricon Global Restaurants ( now YUM ! Brands ) in Europe , with responsibility for the development and growth of the Pizza Hut , Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell brands throughout Western and Central Europe and former Soviet block countries .
John McGuire
Freeth House 1970-1972
Captain of the 1st Aboriginal Team to tour UK . Member of 1978 Western Australian Football League Grand Final winning East Perth Football Club in 1978 and played more than 100 games for the club . Western Australian District Cricket U15 Shield Trophy named after him . Compiled 10,004 first grade runs at 36.24 across his career to make him the second highest all-time leading run scorer , tallying 15 first grade centuries , 55 half-tons and a highest score of 199 not out . Former Old Guildfordian of the Year
Braydon McIntosh
Henn ’ s House 1998-2002
Braydon was a member of the 2001 National Swimming Squad , the 2002 Australian Open Swimming Squad and the 2003 Australian Youth Olympic Swimming Team , Sydney . At the Australian Age Championships in the 100m freestyle , Braydon was the fastest Australian for a 17-year-old . In 2004 he was a WA representative at the National Short Course Swimming Championships , Brisbane . Braydon was a training partner for Ian Thorpe when Ian started training for the short distance events .
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