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legend of our club, an absolute legend.’ In
2011 Peter was honoured with the naming
of the P B Lawrence Stakes, run annually
at Caulfield in August.
Peter regarded his years at Scotch
as determinative. The School was his
pathway to Commerce at the University of
Melbourne, which was the foundation of
his career. There were also lifelong Scotch
friendships.
Peter died on 5 February 2020 at Mercy
Place, East Melbourne. He is survived by his
partner, Mary Rowe, and his daughter, Clare
Lawrence.
MACKENZIE, Gary
Raymond ('59)
Gary’s classmates,
Jim Poulter, David
Ford, Chris Nixon, Ross
Sellenger and Geoff
Stephens wrote:
Gary Raymond
Mackenzie was born on 1 October 1941
at St George’s Hospital, Kew. He attended
Scotch from 1954 to 1959. His younger
brother, Neil Kenneth Mackenzie (born 21
March 1947, SC 1959-64, died 15 May
2000), also attended Scotch.
Gary’s father, John, being an engineer,
Gary was drawn to and excelled in maths
and sciences. Despite being small, with
modest physical gifts, Gary excelled in
cricket and football through tactical prowess
and charismatic leadership. In 1959 Gary
captained Scotch’s all-conquering 4th XVIII.
Gary’s leadership ability became
legendary at Scotch through pranks he
organised, including an unofficial world
record 22 small boys crammed into the
phone box outside the Masters' Common
Room.
In 1960 Gary commenced Chemical
Engineering at Melbourne University.
When the department was threatened with
closure in 1963, Gary’s leadership and
organisational ability shone through. He
coordinated letters to the editor, questions
in Parliament and protests by influential
people, and the threat was defeated. His
central role is appropriately recognised
in the history of the Melbourne University
Chemical Engineering Department.
Gary’s impish gift for populist leadership
stood out at Melbourne University. He ran
for election to the Student Representative
Council against endorsed Liberal, Labor and
Socialist candidates, achieving a landslide
victory.
Graduating as a chemical engineer
in 1965, Gary showed leadership in
establishing Mackenzie Hydrocarbons
(Australia) Pty Ltd, undertaking projects
in more than 20 countries. Gary became
a world leader in gas treating and
conditioning, electrostatic dehydration/
desalting, crude/water emulsion treaters,
and heater treater, adsorption plants, and
fuel gas treating facilities, among others.
In Singapore Gary met Melinnda Goh,
and they married on 2 October 1997 at the
Athenaeum Club, Melbourne. Melinnda
soon shared Gary’s passion for Test cricket
and the Carlton Football Club.
He was social glue. He retained school
and university friendships by organising
events, including an annual gathering at
the MCG for the Boxing Day Test. Bay 13
became an enduring Melbourne social
institution. It is a continuing testament to
the life and memory of the one and only
Gary Mack.
Gary died on 12 December 2019 at the
MannaCare Nursing Home, Doncaster, after
a protracted illness.
MATHEW, John Bruce
(Bruce) ('44)
Bruce’s cousin, John
Mathew ('52), wrote:
John Bruce Mathew
was born at Parkville on
29 July 1927, the son of
Dr Alexander Craigievar
Mathew (born 4 January 1895, SC 1909-13,
died 28 September 1975). Bruce won a
scholarship to Scotch in 1941. His brother,
cousins and uncles attended Scotch.
Bruce commenced in Remove A, and
left after repeating IX Maths in 1945. He was
a Morrison House committee member and
curator of the museum. Bruce stroked the
1945 2nd VIII which came third. He played
in the 1945 1st XV and was also active in
swimming, football, boxing and skiing.
Bruce won a Senior Government
Scholarship, and a major resident
scholarship to Ormond College. He
graduated in Mechanical Engineering at
Melbourne University and played in the
rugby team, representing it in Adelaide.
He worked at General Motors-Holden
at Fisherman's Bend for six months then
began a two-year student apprenticeship at
C A Parsons, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
Bruce played rugby for the Northern Football
Club’s Gypsies. While at Northampton,
Bruce met Jean Elizabeth Clarke on a blind
date, marrying her on 10 July 1953 at the
Congregational Church, Northampton.
Bruce worked at Box Hill and was later
transferred by APM to its Maryvale Mill in
Gippsland, where the family enjoyed eight
happy years. Bruce also enjoyed farming on
weekends.
The family moved to Balwyn, and
Bruce’s daughters attended Fintona. They
holidayed at Portsea, where Bruce loved
surfing. Bruce permanently retired from
work to care for Jean, who died of cancer
on 25 April 1992.
Bruce busied himself with golf and
Scottish country dancing. He met and
married Mon Phan Sahaschote in 2004 in
ceremonies in Thailand and Melbourne.
In late 2018, Bruce broke a hip in a fall.
He survived surgery, but heart failure put
him in the Box Hill Hospital for weeks. Mon
attended him there daily, until Bruce caught
his last wave on 30 June 2019.
He will be greatly missed by his family,
including wife Mon, daughters Anne and
Helen, and grandchildren Stephanie, Tim,
Julian and Gabriel.
SMITH, John Phillips
('53)
John’s son, Mike, wrote:
John Phillips Smith
was born on 6 March
1936 at Ballarat. When
he was two, his family
moved to Brisbane
for the duration of the war. John attended
Tooronga Road State School and Malvern
Central School before attending Scotch
from 1950 to 1954. He was a member of the
premiership 1953 Athletics team and was its
1954 Vice Captain.
John was a member of the premiership
1952 1st XI, was its 1953 Vice Captain, and
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