FOUNDATION
TOP , LEFT : JERRY X ’ LINGSON (’ 20 ), TIM SHEARER (’ 85 ), EDDIE X ’ LINGSON . TOP , RIGHT : PETER BUCKLEY (’ 55 ), JONATHAN BUCKLEY (’ 83 ). CENTRE : JAMES ADAMS (’ 05 ), PHILIP WRIGHT (’ 69 ), JAMES DOUGLAS (’ 84 ), SCOTT MONTGOMERY (’ 85 ), STEPHEN WEBSTER (’ 73 ), PETER LAM (‘ 99 ). BOTTOM : THE LORDING CLAN - STANDING : BRENDAN HERRON (’ 96 ), PENNY LORDING , JAMES LORDING (’ 98 ), TIM LORDING (’ 95 ), LILYN CHENG . SITTING : PRUE HERRON , DOUG LORDING AM (’ 64 ), LIZ LORDING AM .
which our buildings , our scholarship program and other aspects of the school life can move ahead .’
Doug thanked Liz for her unwavering support , as she has enthusiastically embraced all his various roles .
He also acknowledged the presence of Past Foundation President Brian Randall OAM (’ 51 ) at the dinner , describing Brian as ‘ one of Scotch ’ s finest ’.
Doug harked back to the day in 1973 when then Principal Colin Healey , and prominent Old Boy , Laurie ( later Sir Laurence ) Muir (’ 41 ) met in Healey ’ s office and agreed that the school should establish a Foundation . The proposal had the support of OSCA , and other wellknown Old Boys , and the Foundation was conceived .
Doug said although the Foundation ’ s work had been magnificent over its first 50 years , nothing remains the same , and Scotch certainly doesn ’ t . ‘ With an energetic new Principal in place , there are bound to be significant challenges ahead , and the next years may surely see further iterations of how the Foundation works to support the school , and I hope the wider community . ‘ I will look forward , from a more distant vantage point , to see how that eventuates . One thing I am sure about is that Scotch can continue to count on strong support from our community .’
Introducing guests of honour – former Principal Dr Gordon Donaldson AM and former Director of Development , Peter Crook – Tim Shearer said at the time the Foundation was created many asked , ‘ who would give money to a Foundation led by an Irish atomic physicist and run by a Crook ?’
In the Q & A session which followed , Peter Crook spoke whimsically of his days as a chemistry teacher and recalled the ‘ former chemistry students who ended up doing law ’. He said prior to his role with the Foundation , his knowledge of fundraising was
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