ABOVE : SCOTCH FOUNDATION BROCHURES FROM OVER THE YEARS , AND PAGE 1 OF THE APRIL 1981 GREAT SCOT . BELOW : INVITATION TO FOUNDATION PRESIDENT ' S DINNER AND AGM
THURSDAY 11 MAY 2023
FOUNDATION PRESIDENT ’ S DINNER
Fifty years ago , the Principal of the day , Colin Healey OBE , with the encouragement of the School Council and a willing band of enthusiastic Old Boys , created the Scotch College Foundation . Inspired by the funding capabilities of many USA educational enterprises , and determined to find a better way than the spasmodic appeals the school had previously undertaken , the Scotch College Foundation was founded in 1973 .
I look at the Foundation as the school ’ s value add component . No doubt Scotch would be a solid school even if it had not received the philanthropic support that it has from its community to date , but unquestionably it would not be the school it is today , both physically and culturally .
While the buildings provided through the generosity of our community are there for all to see , less apparent are the scholarship opportunities provided to scores of fortunate but deserving boys . Simply put , the works of the Foundation allow Scotch to be all it can be for each boy fortunate enough to attend it .
From relatively humble beginnings , the Foundation has evolved into one of Australia ’ s leading educational fundraising entities . Early days were challenging , as the concept was new in Australian terms and Australian entities had previously relied on government funding , following the British model rather than the US , where
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