LEFT TO RIGHT : SIMON SWANEY (’ 70 ); RICHARD FULLER OAM (’ 78 ); ADAM HOWARD (’ 80 ); SAMUEL TAIT (’ 94 ); KEN MAHLAB (’ 81 )
club and still attend on Boxing Day . I have always played tennis and I am a long-time member of East Camberwell Tennis Club . Finally , I am a voracious reader and find I have an embarrassing number of books . I recently commissioned a new bookcase !’
1970s
After years varying from construction to cattle , SIMON SWANEY (’ 70 ) became an architect at the age of 30 . Simon ’ s practice , Swaney Draper , grew in Melbourne for 17 years . Then in 2004 he joined the venerable Melbourne practice of Bates Smart , to grow its nascent Sydney studio . Simon and his wife Carolyn moved to Sydney with their three very young children where they built a life together . Meanwhile , the practice grew .
Simon told Great Scot : ‘ After eight years as Managing Director of Bates Smart , I have just stood down from that role , and am now working as a consultant . Our three children , despite having grown up in Sydney , are all attending the University of Melbourne .
‘ I maintain contact with a number of my Scotch mates , recently completing the centenary Alpine Rally through Victoria with EUAN LITTLEJOHN (’ 69 ) in a 1925 car and visiting IAN STAPLETON (’ 67 ) at Harrietville on the route to Mittagundi Outdoor Education Centre , which he founded .
‘ Life is good and I think as former students of Scotch we have much for which to be grateful , not least for the teachers who I think imparted strong values of obligation and humility .’
RICHARD FULLER OAM (’ 78 ) is well known for his work in global pollution remediation . He is the founder and CEO of the non-profit Pure Earth , which partners with governments , communities and industry leaders to identify and implement solutions that stop toxic exposures , protect health and restore environments . He is also Co-Chair of the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health , Chair of the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution , and founder of sustainable waste management consultancy Great Forest Inc .
In the 2018 Queen ’ s Birthday honours , Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia award ( OAM ) ‘ for service to conservation and the environment ’. In October 2019 , Richard received an Advance Award for Social Impact from the federal government , for his 20 years of pioneering and leadership work with Pure Earth . Richard is the author of The Brown Agenda : My Mission to Clean up the World ' s Most Life-Threatening Pollution .
1980s
ADAM HOWARD (’ 80 ) is a senior visual effects supervisor for feature film , television and theme parks worldwide . Among the first to spot Adam ’ s potential as an artist was Scotch art teacher , Rick Rowton , who encouraged Adam to become a professional artist . Graduating in graphic design and illustration , Adam first worked for ABC TV , then Armstrong Audio Visual before moving to Los Angeles in 1990 , where soon after arriving he became lead animator / compositor at Digital Magic on Star Trek : the Next Generation , and he received two Primetime Emmy awards for his work . He continued to work on Star Trek projects , winning four more Emmy awards .
He next worked at Pacific Ocean Post , then as a freelance visual effects ( VFX ) supervisor and artist , before joining George Lucas ’ seminal visual effects company , Industrial Light and Magic ( ILM ), leading to work on 17 movies .
Since leaving ILM in 2006 , Adam has had a successful career as VFX supervisor on films , TV and theme park projects , including all 10 episodes of Indian filmmaker M . Night Shyamalan ’ s Servant series as well as season four of Evil on CBS TV .
Adam ’ s father , RALPH HOWARD (’ 49 ) was Vice Captain of the School in 1949 , and Adam ’ s brother SIMON HOWARD (’ 83 ) was Captain of Music in 1983 .
KEN MAHLAB (’ 81 ) and his wife Jacky Magid bought Uncle Charlie ’ s Cookies after the company went into administration in 2004 , transforming it from a local cookie shop into a boutique food brand . Now known as Charlie ’ s Fine Food Co , the family-owned business makes a wide range of products , from melting moments to plant-powered vegan peanut butter choc chip cookie dough .
The company has won many medals , including gold at the Australian Fine Food Awards and at the Sydney and Melbourne Royal Shows , as Charlie ’ s has matured from a small local bakery into a global business . Highlights have included signing contracts to supply Qantas with the company ’ s products and launching its ‘ mini melting moments ’ range into Woolworth ’ s Metro stores nationally this year .
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