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Foundation
Foundation President – Assoc. Prof. Doug Lording ('64)
ASSOC. PROF. DOUG
LORDING ('64) PRESIDENT
OF THE SCOTCH COLLEGE
FOUNDATION
A SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP
While up north in April, I had the privilege of visiting
Tiwi College. Our partnership with Tiwi is one of the
three platforms of Scotch’s Indigenous Program, and the
Foundation plays an important role in raising funds to
support the annual visit by the Tiwi students, and helping
them in their fundraising for their own boys’ academy. Under
the leadership of the Principal, Stuart Ward, the college
provides a secure and nurturing environment for the 100
or so weekday boarders. My visit strongly reinforced the
importance of our partnership.
While at Tiwi we were delighted to encounter Fraser
Sutherland (‘17), a School Prefect, House Captain and
winner of last year’s Perelberg Award for ‘exemplary Scotch
spirit’. Fraser is a volunteer at Tiwi College, working closely
with the students and staff.
As part of our fundraising for the Tiwi visits we held an
Australian Art Show, which opened on 31 May. Thanks to
Kirsten McLeod and the art show committee, our sponsors,
and the talented artists who contributed their works, more
than $100,000 was raised to support the student visits, with
some funds being allocated to our Indigenous Scholarship
Fund. Our aim is to endow 10 scholarships in perpetuity,
and we are well on the way to achieving that goal with over
half of the $6 million target already met.
The Foundation held its annual general meeting in April.
Our annual report shows that the Foundation is in a strong
position, with more than $61 million in hand. The Foundation
contributed $1,719,354 to the School in 2017, part of
which was devoted to funding the School’s scholarships
and prizes, and part for the School’s use at its discretion.
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Great Scot Number 154 – September 2018
ABOVE FROM LEFT: FRASER SUTHERLAND
(‘17) , LEON MINNIECON, CLAUDE BUSH, DOUG
LORDING (‘64), BRAYDEN RIOLI, RONALD
KERINAUIA, MATTHEW GODENZI (SENIOR
YOUNG MEN’S TEACHER, TIWI COLLEGE), LINUS
LORENZO, JOHN RIOLI AND ARRON SEMMENS
The stewardship of these accumulated funds is a major
responsibility of the Foundation, particularly to ensure that
sufficient income is generated to support the scholarship
program.
At the AGM we farewelled Louise Murdoch and John
Simpson (‘75) from the board and welcomed Derek
Humphery-Smith and John Camuglia. We thank Louise and
John for their contributions.
Plans are underway to redevelop No 2 and 3 Morrison
Street. This project is driven by a long overdue need to
provide a means of securely storing our School’s history.
A purpose-built fire and water safe facility will enable us to
achieve this, and allow space within the houses to develop
meeting rooms and move OSCA across from the Randall
Building. Importantly, the area between the two houses will
be enclosed to provide a multipurpose display area. This will
include a permanent reminder of our Scottish heritage, and
histories of the School and of OSCA.
The School has committed $1 million to this project, and
has approved a fundraising process which will seek to raise
an additional $1 million to deliver it. I encourage you to join
me in supporting this important initiative.
I spoke about this project at the Foundation President’s
dinner in July. Although it is relatively minor compared with
other building projects of recent times, there is an urgent
need to preserve and display our history appropriately.
From the Foundation’s viewpoint, it will also free up some
much needed office space in the Randall Building. We hope
this redevelopment will be well underway in the latter part
of 2018.