The following obituaries have been written by family or friends .
BRAID , Dr Ian Charles (’ 60 ) Ian ’ s brother , Andrew (’ 62 ), wrote :
Ian was born at Melbourne on 18 December 1942 , the son of Ian Leslie Braid ( born 3.2.1915 , SC 1929-30 , died 9.5.2007 ) and the grandson of Charles William Albert Augustus Candy ( born 31.3.1894 , SC 1908-11 , died 30.12.1981 ), among other Scotch relations .
Home schooled at ‘ Woodview ’, Parkes , New South Wales , Ian boarded at Scotch from 1954 to 1960 in McMeckan and School Houses as a member of Littlejohn House . Ian was joint Dux of the Junior School in 1955 and a 1957 boarding house Prefect . He won a Commonwealth Scholarship in 1960 .
Ian sang in the Chapel Choir under organist and choirmaster Norman Kaye , and – taught by Issy Spivakovsky – became a talented cellist in the school orchestra . His contribution to Scotch Music continues through the donation in his father ’ s name of the Ian L Braid Prize for Music Composition .
While living at Ormond College , Ian studied mechanical engineering at Melbourne University , graduating in 1964 . He joined the English Electric Company Limited as a graduate apprentice and moved to the United Kingdom .
The use of computers in engineering was emerging , so Ian obtained Cambridge University ’ s Diploma in Computer Science ( 1968-69 ). In 1973 he completed his PhD , titled Designing with Volumes , describing pioneering software for combining solid shapes to build 3D models , starting his 30 years of contributing to solid modelling , and building Ian ’ s international reputation in computer aided design . Invited to join the university ’ s Computer Aided Design Group , Ian led research into software systems for mechanical engineering ( 1975-80 ).
In 1974 , Ian and three research colleagues set up Shape Data Ltd , which , in 1980 , released the world ’ s first solid modeller software program , ‘ Romulus ’. In 1985 the group formed Three-Space Ltd , to
develop a new generation modeller called ACIS 3D which is still commercially available , and is used as a research and teaching tool at many universities .
Ian married Judith Alison Slater at Cambridge on 23 November 1973 . Their son , Alex , and daughter , Jo , were followed by five grandchildren .
Ian died at the Arthur Rank Hospice , Cambridge , on 21 June 2020 .
BREARLEY , Dr Kenneth Stewart (’ 45 ) Ken ’ s daughter , Amanda Woodard , wrote : Kenneth Stewart Brearley was born on 3 December 1928 at Nedsma private hospital , Sandringham . He attended Hampton Primary and High Schools before attending Scotch from 1942 to 1946 as a member of Monash House . Also at Scotch were his brother Geoffrey ( SC 1946-48 ), son James ( SC 1972-80 ), nephews Richard ( SC 1971-77 ) and Peter ( SC 1973-78 ), and grandsons Luke ( SC 1998-2006 ) and Sebastian Woodard ( SC 2001-09 ). Ken played 1st Tennis ( 1944-46 ) and was in the Air Force Reserve , almost achieving his wings when World War II ended .
As a first-year Melbourne University medical student , Ken was sent to the temporary post-war campus at Mildura : hangars and hot tin sheds . The exams were competitive , and a greatly reduced number of students returned to the Melbourne campus for second year . Ken graduated in 1952 with Honours and the Proxime Accessit Jamieson Prize in Clinical Medicine . His residency years were spent at the Royal Melbourne Hospital . There he met trainee nurse , Mary Henderson , of Portarlington , and they married at Scotch on 17 February 1954 .
In 1955 Ken and Mary sailed to England , where Ken continued his surgical training and completed the fellowship exams in Edinburgh .
Ken ’ s full and busy career as a surgeon began with positions at Melbourne ’ s major hospitals , and rooms in Collins Street .
In 1960 Ken was appointed Honorary Consultant Surgeon at the new Preston and Northcote Community Hospital ( PANCH ), and was Head of Surgery from 1960 until his retirement in 1994 . He wrote a richlyillustrated book , The History of PANCH – The Life of a Hospital , which was published in time for its closure in 1998 .
Retiring from the operating theatre , Ken pursued a 20-year career in medico-legal work , relishing the challenge of standing up for his patients . He reluctantly retired just before his 91st birthday .
Ken was a devoted father to Mandy , Fiona , Sue and James , who captained Scotch ’ s Tennis team . Ken ’ s grandsons also played tennis for Scotch . Ken thoroughly enjoyed supporting their Scotch sporting endeavours , never missing an opportunity to cheer them on at an APS meet , or at a football match on the Main Oval .
Having had a dedicated surgical career and living life to the full , Ken died peacefully at the Alfred Hospital , Prahran , on 16 July 2020 . He was adored by , and is greatly missed by , his children , seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren .
COOK AM , Dr Robert Malcolm (’ 46 ) Bob ’ s son , Hamish (’ 79 ), wrote :
Robert Malcolm Cook was born at Bluff , on the southern coast of New Zealand , on 12 November 1928 , the son of Edward ( Ted ) and Jessie Logan ( nee Walker ) Cook . The family moved to the eastern suburbs of Melbourne in 1936 , where he attended Mont Albert Central School and then Scotch from 1943 to 1947 . An energetic and active student , Bob participated in a range of sports including cricket , football , athletics and he particularly liked team activities , where , as an only child , he thrived in the camaraderie . Bob was 1947 Vice Captain of Lawson-MacFarland House , and a 1947 Prefect .
Bob studied Dentistry at Melbourne University from 1948 , attending its Mildura
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