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STEWART WALLACE (’71); TOM SCOTT (’81) AND HAMISH SCOTT (’75); PROF MURRAY SCOTT (’74)
Engineering (Chemical) at Monash University,
a decision that affected his life direction,
both personally and in career terms. After 43
years in operations supervision/management
and safety/risk consulting, where he worked
in all Australian states and territories and in
15 countries across all continents, Michael
retired to volunteer his risk management/
facilitation skills for Christian and community
organisations.
Michael continued to play basketball after
school, including with Melbourne Tigers,
and only stopped due to injury in 2014. He is
planning a comeback when he turns 70! He
says: ‘Thanks to Monash I met Penny, and
41 fantastic years later we have two children
and three grandchildren (with another on the
way), who take up much of our time, both in
Melbourne and Darwin’.
Michael’s interests include keeping fit,
building model railway dioramas, gardening,
attending church, supporting the Demons and
enjoying red wine. Michael says: ’Thank you,
Ken Evans!’.
1970s
STEWART WALLACE (‘71) had the
honour of performing in the Royal Edinburgh
Military Tattoo in August 2018. A member of
the Scotch College Pipes and Drums in his
schooldays, Stewart now plays competitively
with both the Old Scotch Pipes and Drums
and the 5/6 Royal Victoria Regiment Pipes
and Drums.
Stewart and PETER FALCONER (‘61) were
invited to accompany the regiment and play in
its second appearance at the world-famous
military tattoo, playing alongside the Royal
Regiment of Scotland in the massed pipes
and drums throughout August 2018.
Later, the regiment played with the
Gordon Highlanders in Aberdeen, then at
Fort George near Inverness (home of the
Black Watch), and at a centennial evening
commemorative service under the Menin Gate
in Ypres (Belgium). Finally, the regiment played
alongside the Lorne Scots (Canada) at the
Tower of London, and for the Royal Fusiliers in
London. Stewart says he thoroughly enjoyed
the tour of around seven weeks of playing
bagpipes every day.
In ‘What they’re doing now’ in the April
issue of Great Scot, we included an item
about PROFESSOR MURRAY SCOTT
(‘74), who is the 2019 winner of the Royal
Aeronautical Society, Australian Division’s,
biennial Lawrence Hargrave Award, for
making a ‘significant contribution to
Australian aviation’.
An incorrect photo was included with
this item. Apologies to Murray — his photo
is included above — and congratulations
once more to him for receiving this award, in
recognition of his outstanding contribution to
the design and manufacturing of advanced
fibre-composite aerospace structures.
TOM SCOTT (’81) and HAMISH SCOTT
(’75) attended the Henley Royal Regatta in
early July, and watched Scotch compete
strongly in the Princess Elizabeth Challenge
Cup for schoolboy eights, finishing a gallant
second to Eton College in the final. Tom’s son
and James’ nephew JAMES (Year 12) rowed
for Scotch. Hamish has lived in the United
Kingdom since leaving Scotch.
After graduating from university with a
major in Chemistry (he thanks inspirational
Scotch teacher Dr Roger Slade for starting
him on that path), JOHN MCKINNON (‘79)
ended up in the IT industry for what he
thought would be a limited time. ‘More than
35 years later, I‘m still there,’ he says, ‘working
with and supporting some of the largest
mainframe-based database transactional
systems in the country. At the same time I’ve
had the same gorgeous wife for more than
31 years and two smart adult daughters.
I still play competitive tennis, though my
powers of recovery aren’t quite what they
were 40 years ago.’
1980s
JAMES SUTHERLAND (‘80) moved to
Western Australia in 1989, was married in
1993, and started an IT consultancy called
Office Solutions IT in 1996, with brother
ANDREW (‘85) . Today the consultancy has
55 staff. James completed his MBA in 1999.
His hobbies include community service and
bikes. He helped to start a charity bike ride
called Ride for Youth, to help prevent teenage
suicide, self harm and depression. Beginning
with 24 riders in 2003, today it has 180 riders
who pedal from Albany to Perth (700km), and
to date it has raised more than $20 million for
the charity Youth Focus. James is the only
participant to have ridden every year, and he
is planning to achieve his 20th ride in 2022.
ANDREW SHEARER (’83) has been
appointed Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s
Cabinet Secretary. Andrew was formerly
Deputy Director of the Office of National
Intelligence, and earlier he was a national
security adviser to former Prime Ministers
John Howard and Tony Abbott. Andrew has
also worked as a senior adviser in the Centre
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