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WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW – compiled by David Ashton ('65)
LEFT TO RIGHT: JOHN MAYNARD (’56), DARBY MUNRO (’59), COLIN NORMAN (’65), PHILIP NORMAN (’66), GREGOR EVANS (’68)
1950s
JOHN MAYNARD (‘56) graduated
in medicine at Melbourne University and
then specialised in pathology, becoming a
Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists
of Australasia, serving in Vietnam in 1970
as a specialist pathologist in the Australian
Army, and afterwards as a pathologist at
Dandenong Hospital. He ultimately directed
seven laboratories servicing 13 hospitals,
and implemented quality assurance
programs in Australia and for the World
Health Organisation. He was appointed as
a part-time member of the Commonwealth
Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and retired
from pathology in 2015.
John is President of the Royal Humane
Society of Australasia, which he says is an
extremely satisfying voluntary activity. He
also enjoys painting, and he has had four
exhibitions. An active member of the Old
Scotch Collegians’ Lodge, John has been
recognised by Freemasons Victoria and made
Past Deputy Grand Master. John married
Andrea Wightman in the Littlejohn Memorial
Chapel in 1963 and they have two daughters
and five grandchildren. As he says, ‘Life is
good’.
Having lived with their family in Port
Macquarie, NSW, for more than 40 years,
DARBY MUNRO (‘59) and his wife, Robin,
relocated to Geelong three years ago,
after retiring from their family residential
and commercial development business in
northern NSW. Although their children and
grandchildren live in North Queensland, the
couple also has family and many friends in
Geelong from earlier years living there. Darby
told Great Scot he and Robin enjoy living in
the Geelong region. ‘We also take the time to
catch up with our children and grandchildren
in Queensland during the cooler Melbourne
months,’ he said.
Darby still enjoys rowing. He was the
President of the Port Macquarie Rowing Club
for nine years, and he now rows with Corio
Bay Rowing Club, another member of which
is FERGUS MCPHERSON (‘58), Stroke of
the Crew in 1958. Last year Darby rowed with
Corio in the Head of the Yarra, 60 years after
winning this event as a member of Scotch’s
1st VIII in 1959.
1960s
Professor COLIN NORMAN (‘65), of the
Space Telescope Science Institute and Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland,
USA, has been elected a Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement
of Science. The association cited Colin for
his Fellowship because of his distinguished
contributions to an array of subjects in
theoretical astrophysics, especially in the
areas of the interstellar medium, galaxy
dynamics, star formation, and galaxy clusters.
Colin was scheduled to receive an official
certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin
(representing science and engineering,
respectively) on 15 February, during the
American Association for the Advancement
of Science’s annual meeting in Seattle,
Washington.
Colin Norman’s brother, PHILIP NORMAN
(’66) chairs a company proposing intracity
high-speed rail, connecting metropolitan and
inner regional locations (such as Dandenong-
Melbourne-Werribee-Avalon-Geelong), rather
than restricting the technology’s potential to
intercity and interstate travel.
Philip told Great Scot that this is a leap
in thinking from his own ‘unpromising
beginnings’ in Scotch’s Railways Club in
1962. ‘It’s quite a different prospect to be
involved with a railway company proposing
travel from Geelong to Dandenong in 30
minutes at speeds up to 350km/h,’ Philip
said, ‘but I believe urban high-speed rail
should be considered a serious strategy to
help reduce Australia’s transport emissions
and congestion issues.’ Also involved in the
project are ROGER CLARKE (‘66) – Dux of
the School in 1966, GRAEME MUNRO (‘66)
– Dux of the School in 1966 and STEWART
JONES (‘02).
Philip’s younger brothers WARWICK (‘69)
and MURRAY (‘71) also attended Scotch, as
did their father HOWARD (‘29) and stepfather
RICHARD DOWNING (‘32). Colin Norman
and Richard Downing were named in OSCA’s
‘100 Men of Influence, Men of Weight’ in
OSCA’s centenary year (2013).
GREGOR EVANS (‘68) describes himself
as ‘pretty well retired now’ after working for
more than 30 years in engineering education,
and he is enjoying a more relaxed lifestyle.
Gregor’s wife Kathy still works four days
a week. Gregor and Kathy have four adult
children and one grandchild.
A member of the Athletics team while at
Scotch, Gregor is involved with Scotch sport
by coaching school athletes whose summer
sports choice is to compete with the Old
Scotch Athletics Club. Gregor has coached
junior and senior athletes at the Old Scotch
Athletics Club for more than 10 years.
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