OPPOSITE PAGE , LEFT : DOUG LORDING AM (’ 64 ) RECEIVES HIS OSCA HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARD FROM OSCA PRESIDENT STEPHEN WEBSTER (’ 73 ). RIGHT : DOUG WITH LORDING FAMILY MEMBERS . THIS PAGE , LEFT : CAROL DAVIS RECEIVES HER MERIT AWARD FROM OSCA PRESIDENT STEPHEN WEBSTER (’ 73 ). RIGHT : KATHERINE MCDONALD WITH OSMAD MEMBERS AND OSCA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR , SCOTT MONTGOMERY (’ 85 ).
( Year 5 , 2024 ). Their cousin Hugo McCaskill is booked to attend Scotch .
In 1971 Doug graduated MB BS and BMedSc from Monash University , and subsequently pursued a long and distinguished medical career . He specialised in endocrinology and andrology , and also contributed significantly to men ’ s health through voluntary community organisations including founding Men of Malvern Inc . In 2020 Doug received a Member of the Order of Australia ( AM ) award ‘ for significant service to medicine , to endocrinology and andrology , and to the community ’.
OSCA MERIT AWARDS
Carol Davis Victorian Scottish Heritage Cultural Foundation
CAROL DAVIS has been a volunteer with the VSHCF since 2012 and CEO since 2017 , assisting the organisation in realising its role of promoting , preserving and celebrating Scottish culture in Victoria and nationally .
Carol has been the driver of the Melbourne Tartan Festival – a joint initiative of VSHCF and Scots of Victoria Coordinating Group . The Tartan Festival commenced in 2018 and Carol was the driver of turning the initiative into an actual event .
The festival has grown to include Victoria-wide events across at least 10 different activities . The Gala Dinner , held annually , now hosts over 300 guests and is the centrepiece of the festival . Carol is the leader of the organising committee but in practice undertakes a significant volume of the tasks required . It should be noted that Carol acts in a voluntary capacity .
The standing of the Tartan Festival has grown significantly since its commencement , and in 2023 the festival activities reached a new level of success , enjoyed by many members of the Scotch Family .
Katherine McDonald Old Scotch Music and Drama Club
KATHERINE ( KAT ) MCDONALD embodies the Scotch Spirit by contributing in so many ways to the enrichment of the Scotch community , through her service to OSMaD . Kat has a long connection with the school , with her brother Andrew (’ 97 ), father Donald (’ 62 ) and uncle Ian McDonald (’ 61 ), as well as another uncle , Glenn Read (’ 75 ), all being Old Scotch Collegians .
Kat has been around community theatre from a very young age . She and her mother , Cheryl , were called in at short notice to assist with fitting mics for OSMaD ’ s very first production of Les Misérables in 2008 , though they didn ’ t even make it into the program for that production !
Kat finally brought her considerable expertise and contacts to OSMaD in 2011 , in charge of props for Sweeney Todd – the Demon Barber of Fleet Street , and has assisted as Deputy Stage Manager , Stage Manager and as part of the marketing team for various OSMaD productions .
After several years on the committee Kat was elected President of OSMaD in 2019 , being brave enough to fill the very big shoes of OSMaD ’ s founding President , the late Richard Beveridge (’ 61 ). She remained on the committee in 2021 after taking a year off from that demanding role , but was re-elected as President in 2022 .
Through the difficult COVID-19 times , Kath guided OSMaD ’ s successful staging of The Scarlet Pimpernel in 2022 and produced the Victorian premiere of Disney ’ s The Hunchback of Notre Dame in December 2023 . Kat was elected as a Life Member of OSMaD at the AGM in January 2021 .
Kat ’ s association with and contribution to the Scotch community goes back to her early childhood , assisting her father , Don McDonald (’ 62 ), when he was the building manager of Koomerang Ski Club , as well as attending many of the Easter
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