OBITUARIES
Following retirement , he served on the board of VACRO ( formerly Prisoner Aid ) 1989-2004 , and was also a director of several Lend Lease Group companies . He served as Chairman ( 1990-2000 ) and Vice Chairman ( 2000-03 ) of Overseas Council Australia . For two years he was Chairman of the OC Council International Board ( Indianapolis ).
Rob attended the Mount Waverley Methodist ( now Uniting ) Church and later attended Syndal Baptist Church . In 2005 Rob received an OAM for service to ( Christian ) education and supporting leadership training in developing countries .
Forever grateful for his Scotch education , Rob was a member of the Foundation and Alexander Morrison Circle .
Following a stroke , Rob died on 22 December 2021 at the Epworth Hospital , Richmond .
LECKIE , Andrew Hector (' 66 )
Andrew ’ s son , Ash (’ 90 ), wrote :
Andrew was born at Margaret Coles Hospital , Prahran , on 22 March 1949 . He grew up near Scotch , in Callantina Road and then Hawthorn Glen , and attended Scotch from 1958 to 1964 . Andrew had fond memories of Cadets , especially cold and wet camps with little food at Lerderderg Gorge , but he loved it . Also at Scotch were Andrew ’ s brothers Malcolm Alistair Leckie ( born 7.9.1944 , SC 1954-62 , died 29.7.2017 ) and Duncan ( SC 1962-73 ), and his son Ash ( SC 1985-90 ).
From 1967 to 1968 Andrew studied Fine Arts at Swinburne . He initially worked in marketing roles for P & O and then at Esanda Finance from 1967 to 1970 , where he met Marina Alexandra Djurkovich . They married at the Scotch Chapel on 15 October 1971 .
After working at IBM from 1970 to 1979 as a Senior Computer Operator running large mainframe systems , Andrew worked in landscape gardening , carpentry and interior decorating for a couple of years before working in management roles at
Budget , Fleet Express and AGC from 1980 to 1985 . He was National Credit Manager at Ampol Petroleum from 1985 to 1995 , before leaving the corporate life in 2007 for a private distribution company of Ampol / Caltex . Following early retirement , Andrew turned his interests to investment property , share trading and antiques , where furniture restoration became a hobby and passion . Leaving their home of 40 years in Balwyn , Andrew and Marina moved in 2016 to a beautiful four-acre property at Mount Evelyn , complete with stables , fruit and vegetable plantations and a large workshop , where he restored and fixed anything and everything . His biggest passion was family time , especially with his six adoring grandchildren , who miss him dearly .
Diagnosed with cancer in 2020 , Andrew died at home at Mount Evelyn on the stormy night of 9 June 2021 . He is survived by his loving wife Marina , son Ash and partner Clara , daughter Georgia , and grandchildren Declan , Ciara , Luke , Brooke , James and Ryan .
MACINTYRE AO FASSA FAAH , Professor Stuart Forbes (’ 64 )
Stuart ’ s family wrote :
Stuart was born at Kew on 21 April 1947 , the son of Forbes ( born 2.10.1923 , SC 1930-39 , died 8.8.2004 ) and Alison May ( nee Stevens ) Macintyre .
Attending Auburn South State School and then Scotch from 1959 to 1964 , Stuart participated in debating , drama , and sports including athletics , cricket , and basketball ( for which he played several 1964 1st games ). He served on Scotch ’ s Council ( 1999-2004 ). Stuart ’ s brothers , Andrew ( SC 1962-67 ) and James ( SC 1967-72 ) also attended Scotch .
Stuart ’ s love of history was inspired by Scotch history teacher David William Keith Webster ( born 26.4.1925 , staff 1963-70 , died 6.7.2020 ), to whom he dedicated A Colonial Liberalism . They maintained contact , and Stuart ’ s admiration for David ’ s pedagogy and ability to impart knowledge sparked his interest in history teaching in Australian schools .
Winning an Ormond College scholarship , Stuart began Arts / Law at Melbourne University , later abandoning Law to pursue history . He remained interested in interactions between law , labour and arbitration of justice for working people , as reflected by collaborations with legal historians . Stuart graduated with a Bachelor of Arts ( Honours , 1968 ). Active in university politics , Stuart became Labor Club President , later joining the Communist Party of Australia .
Moving to Monash University , in 1971 Stuart completed his Master of Arts on British politician John Strachey . Stuart studied British Marxism at St John ’ s College , Cambridge University , supervised by Labour historian Henry Pelling , obtaining his PhD in 1975 . He taught at Western Australia ’ s Murdoch University and was a Research Fellow at St John ’ s ( 1977-78 ).
Stuart ’ s career was teaching history , mostly at Melbourne University , where he was Ernest Scott Professor of Australian History from 1990 . He held visiting research positions at Canterbury University ( New Zealand ), the Australian National University , and was Harvard ’ s Professor in Australian Studies ( 2007-08 ). In 2002 Stuart became Laureate Professor at Melbourne University , and was Dean of the Faculty of Arts ( 1999-2006 ), retiring as Emeritus Laureate Professor in 2015 . In retirement he continued teaching and supervising research .
One of Australia ’ s foremost historians and intellectuals , Stuart ’ s public positions included the councils of the National Library of Australia and the State Library of Victoria . In 1994 he became Chair of the Prime Minister ' s Civics Expert Group , and later Chair of the History Studies panel for the national education curriculum : both helped reform national education . Stuart chaired the Australian Research Council ’ s Humanities and Creative Arts panel ( 2002-04 ).
Staunchly on the political left , Stuart was widely respected by many with different views for his civility , integrity and vast scholarship . He received the Centenary
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