OBITUARIES
and her brother is Boyce ( SC 1954-66 ). James joined the family tanning and leather goods business , Pizzey Ltd , and computerised its operations . He spent a year in London at the Leather Sellers ’ College , followed by stints in Germany and Cape Town . James later undertook wider management consulting , with many projects in Australia and overseas .
In the early 1990s James and Margaret moved to Wallington , establishing an olive plantation which produces award-winning olive oil as Barwon River Olives .
As a chronic lung condition slowed him down , James undertook meticulous genealogical research and wrote a memoir of 1940s Melbourne . His lifelong love of word and number games included doing The Times cryptic crossword daily until Christmas Eve . He revelled in his extended family and friends and regularly pronounced himself the luckiest of people .
James died at Geelong on 27 December 2022 .
PENINGTON AC FRCP FRACP FRCPA , Professor David Geoffrey (’ 46 )
David was born at Avonhurst private hospital , Albert Park on 4 February 1930 . He attended Carey Baptist Grammar School from 1937 to 1939 and then Scotch from 1940 to 1947 as a member of Gardiner House . He was a 1947 Scotch Collegian Editorial Committee member and a 1947 Probationer . David was Curator of the Museum and the inaugural Captain of Music in 1947 .
Also at Scotch were his brothers Dr John Stewart Penington ( born 18.4.1928 , SC 1939-45 , died 16.12.2017 ) and Dr Graeme Ronald Penington ( born 23.12.1932 , SC 1940-51 , died 12.6.2012 ), uncle Alan Harry Penington ( born 9.3.1910 , SC 1924-27 , died 17.3.1986 ) and grandson Geoff Penington ( SC 2000-01 ).
While studying Medicine at Melbourne University , David won a scholarship to
Oxford University and graduated with a Doctorate of Medicine and a Bachelor of Chemistry . From 1963 to 1967 David was a consultant physician at London Hospital before returning to Melbourne .
As a Professor of Medicine at Melbourne University ( 1970-87 ) he sought to develop specialities , support young academics , and encourage the return of those who had trained overseas . David became Dean of the Faculty ( 1978-85 ). He chaired Melbourne University ’ s Board of Social Studies ( 1973-75 ), was a member of the Council ( 1978-85 ) and became Vice Chancellor ( 1988-95 ).
Active on many medical committees , David chaired the Australian Red Cross ’ National Blood Transfusion Committee ( 1976-83 ), and was on the board of management of the Cancer Institute ( 1978- 86 ) and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research ’ s Melbourne committee ( 1981-84 ).
During a period when little was known about AIDS , David was a member ( 1982-87 ) and Chairman ( 1983-87 ) of the National Health and Medical Research Council ’ s AIDS working party . He chaired the National AIDS taskforce ( 1984-87 ). His work made Australia a world leader in fighting the scourge of AIDS . Evolving from the Needle Exchange Workers ’ Network in the 1980s , the Penington Institute was named in his honour . It advocates an evidence-based approach to the drug problem .
David chaired a 1984 inquiry into the rights of private practice in public hospitals and was chief adviser on policy and program to the Victorian Department of Health ( 1986-87 ). As Chairman of the Victorian Premier ’ s Drug Advisory Council ( 1995-96 ) he controversially advocated decriminalising marijuana to avoid addiction to harder drugs . David was a member of the Drug Police Expert Committee ( 1999-2000 ) that recommended safe injecting rooms . His 2010 autobiography was fittingly titled Making Waves : Medicine , Public Health , Universities and Beyond .
Other medical involvements included being a member of the Murdoch Children ’ s Research Institute ( 1996-2001 ), Chairman of Cochlear Ltd ( 1995-2002 ), Chairman of
Bionic Vision Australia ( 2009-13 ) and Bio21 Australia ( 2002-09 ).
Indicative of his diverse interests were David ’ s chairmanship of the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association ( 1989-91 ), directorship of Pacific Dunlop ( 1991-2000 ), membership of the Bond University Council ( 1995-97 ) and being President of the Museum Board of Victoria ( 1994-2001 ). He was a member of the Scotch College Council from 1995 to 1999 .
On Australia Day 1988 David was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia ( AC ) ‘ for service to medicine and to the community , particularly in the field of medical education and health care ’. He received Scotch ’ s 2000 Perelberg Award and in 2003 was awarded the Centenary Medal . David was named one of OSCA ’ s 100 ‘ Men of Influence , Men of Weight ’ in 2013 . In 2014 David was named Victorian of the Year .
David died on 6 January 2023 .
THOMPSON , Roger Campbell (’ 57 ). Roger ’ s son , Richard (’ 85 ), wrote :
Roger was born at Kew on 16 November 1940 and attended Carey Baptist Grammar School ( 1946-51 ) then Scotch from 1952 to 1957 , where he was known as ‘ Todge ’. A Queen ’ s Scout , he also played in the 1957 1st XVIII . Also at Scotch were his brother Owen Orr Thompson ( born 8.8.1942 , SC 1952-59 , died 8.12.2010 ), son Richard ( SC 1980-85 ), nephew Iain Christie ( SC 1996-97 ) and grandsons Riley Thompson ( Year 12 ) and Ben Wise ( SC 2012-13 ).
Todge started his career as a ‘ chalky ’ ( a clerk and trainee accountant ) at the Melbourne Stock Exchange , before taking an 18-month working holiday that included work with a London stockbroker . For 35 years from about 1968 he worked at T & G ( later called National Mutual , then AXA ) as an insurance broker .
On 10 July 1965 Todge married Suzanne Mary Robertson at Scotch .
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