He was a very keen and competitive golfer at Avondale ( Sydney ) and Kingston Heath Golf Clubs , lowering his handicap to 13 .
Andrew had grown up in North Balwyn , and it was there he also died , at the Eva Tilley Nursing Home , on 3 April 2020 from the effects of Parkinson ’ s disease and a stroke .
MARTIN AO , Emeritus Professor Raymond Leslie (’ 41 )
Ray ’ s children wrote :
Raymond Leslie Martin was born at Melbourne on 3 February 1926 , the son of ( eminent physicist , later Sir ) Leslie and Gladys ( nee Bull ) Martin . He grew up at ‘ Astolat ’, a large property at 630 Riversdale Road , Camberwell , and attended Scotch from 1932 to 1941 . Ray played football , cricket and tennis , was a cadet and achieved high grades .
His parents moved to Sydney , before his final year and so Ray finished school at North Sydney Boys ’ High School . He studied Science-Engineering at Melbourne University , graduating in 1946 with a double major in Chemistry . Ray continued as an MSc student , and was a Fellow of Queen ’ s College . He emulated his father by receiving an 1851 Exhibition Scholarship to do a doctorate at the University of Cambridge . In 1952 Ray was awarded a PhD in Chemistry .
In 1954 Ray became Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology , Sydney ( now the University of New South Wales ). He returned to Melbourne in 1959 , where he managed a Central Research Laboratories team at Imperial Chemical Industries ( ICI ). Ray became Professor and Head of Inorganic Chemistry at Melbourne University in 1962 , pioneering studies on magnetochemistry of metal complexes .
Ten years later , Ray moved to Canberra to become Australian National University ’ s ( ANU ) foundation Professor of Inorganic Chemistry , and Dean of the Research School of Chemistry .
For a decade from 1977 , Ray was Vice Chancellor of Monash University . He
remained Professor of Chemistry at Monash until retiring in 1991 . During these last few years at Monash , Ray was Chair of the Australian Science and Technology Council ( ASTEC ) ( 1988-92 ) and a member of the Hawke government ’ s Science Council .
In 1968 he was awarded a Doctor of Science ( ScD ) by Cambridge University for his contribution to the theory and practice of coordination chemistry . In 1978 Ray received a DSc from the ANU , as well as receiving honorary degrees from Melbourne and Monash Universities .
His many academic awards included the Leighton Medal ( 1989 ), the Inorganic Chemistry Medal ( 1978 ), the Archibald Ollé Prize ( 1975 ) and the H G Smith Medal ( 1968 ). In 1987 Ray was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia ( AO ) for services to science and higher education .
Ray continued a passion for sports cultured at Scotch . While studying , he played tennis for Cambridge , for which he was awarded a Blue , and also for Cambridgeshire . He played social cricket , golf and was a keen skier until well into his 70s .
Ray met his future wife , Rena Lillian Laman , in the UK . They married at St Edward ’ s Church , Cambridge on 20 February 1954 . They retired to Mount Eliza in 1992 , with their happy marriage lasting until her death on 20 April 2016 . Their sons Leon ( SC 1964-72 ), Antony ( SC 1977-79 ) and Michael ( SC 1977-83 ) attended Scotch , while their daughter , Lisa , was christened at Scotch , and became a Monash University Professor .
Ray died at Benetas Corowa Court , Mornington , near his home on the Mornington Peninsula , on 25 February 2020 .
PARNHAM , Edward John ( Ned ) (’ 15 )
An article about Ned appears in the Old Scotch Collegians ' Association pages of this edition .
PEEL , Richard James ( Dick ) (’ 51 )
Dick ’ s daughter-in-law , Raelene Peel , wrote :
Richard James Peel was born on 4 November 1932 at Swan Hill , the son of Thomas Richard Alfred ( Dick ) Peel ( born 2 January 1905 , SC 1919-21 , died 18 August 1984 ).
Known as Dick , he attended Tresco State School and then Scotch ( 1946-49 ), as a day boy for two years in Gardiner House , before boarding in McMeckan and School Houses as a member of Littlejohn House . Admitting to being ‘ not much of a scholar ’, Dick participated in rowing , Cadets , the Pipes and Drums , and invaluable ballroom dancing lessons that made him a soughtafter partner . One was Thelma Olive Wall , whom he married at Scotch on 19 October 1957 . Settling at Lake Boga , they raised David , Glenda and Andrew ( SC 1988-89 ) while Dick operated a small trucking business and fuel agency for more than 50 years .
Dick ’ s 41 years ’ membership of the Lake Boga Lions Club included serving in every capacity . Dick received Lions International ’ s highest award , a Melvin Jones Fellowship , along with Life Membership of the Lake Boga Lions Club .
Lake Boga was a secret RAAF repair depot base in World War II . Dick ’ s childhood fascination and love for Catalina flying boats inspired ambitious visions of rebuilding one for display . Discounted by many as pure folly , Dick and the Lions Club collected parts nationwide . People seeing piles of plane sections said they should be sold for scrap . Dick responded : ‘ There ’ s a Catalina in there .’
Despite setbacks and challenges , Dick ’ s sheer determination , ability to convince others to help , and his successful fundraising events were instrumental to the project ’ s success . The next project was a museum and hangar . The Lake Boga Flying Boat Museum initially opened in an old underground communication bunker before the current hangar and museum
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