1930s Scotch’ s oldest known living Old Boy, DON MCLEOD(‘ 32) is leading a very active life. He recently recorded an interview on his life and times with Scotch Archivist, Paul Mishura for retention in the Archives. Don had his eyes tested last year and was told his eyesight was good for a person of any age, let alone a centenarian. A World War II pilot in the RAAF, Don was still flying planes at the age of 90, and at 101 he still drives his car, enabling him to maintain his active lifestyle.
1940s Life has changed markedly in recent years for BOB SALTHOUSE(‘ 44). He formerly managed a multinational company, but has now become a country farmer.‘ At my age( 89), this is a decidedly advantageous thing to do, even though it involves a 90-hour week and no weekends off!’ he told Great Scot. Bob says he and his wife have not watched television since 1986, and‘ reading is reduced to just two magazines( one of which is Great Scot)’.
DAVID WEEKS(‘ 44) is now retired after working as a Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of Department in the School of Biology at St Andrews University in Scotland. Prior to that, David was a student and then a university demonstrator at Melbourne University, followed by a post, also as a university demonstrator, at Cambridge University.
1950s WALLY JOHNSON(‘ 53) commented on a Great Scot article about former Scotch piano music teacher, Mrs Eveline Palmer Limb( December 2016, page 83).‘ It was great to see the beautiful portrait of her and to know it is safely in the care of Scotch College Archives,’ Wally wrote.‘ I came to Scotch in 1947
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and was her piano pupil from that year to 1953 when I finished Form 9( Year 12). So the second paragraph, third sentence(“ By 1949, though, she was certainly at Scotch”), could be amended to“ By 1947 she was certainly at Scotch”!’
‘ She got me accomplished enough to play a solo at the Foundation Day Concert in the Town Hall. It was a great thrill. There was only one negative I remember from that night. I am sure my father had promised me a grand piano if I ever got to play a solo in the Melbourne Town Hall. But on the way home he insisted that he had promised the grand if I gave a solo concert there. Anyway, I inherited the family upright Steinway and have enjoyed playing it immensely over the years.’
Retired stockbroker JOHN FORSYTH(‘ 54) is a generous philanthropist who has financed the construction of a 25m community swimming pool at Laguna in the Hunter Valley region of NSW, and a cricket oval at the town’ s public school, which was completed in 2005. Both facilities have been named in John’ s honour.
1960s ROB LOGIE-SMITH(‘ 60) has had an extremely active few years including serving as President of the Australian Club for two years, retiring in April 2016, having followed in the footsteps of JOHN MARCARD(‘ 57) and IAN FERRES(‘ 55). Rob retired as Chair of the Melba Opera Trust last November, after building it into a world-leading organisation developing talented young Australian opera singers, who are now establishing successful international careers.
Rob and Sue are moving back to Melbourne at mid-year, having spent 13 years living at 13th Beach Golf Links, where for five years Rob was Chairman of the company‘ It’ s a city change, to return and enjoy all the arts and culture close by in Melbourne,’ Rob told Great Scot. Travel has been
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a feature with trips to southern Africa, Austria, the Rhine river, the Baltic and southern Europe in the past three years. Sydney is also a favoured destination, to visit son JAMES(‘ 91) and his family. Over the past year Rob has had successful surgery and chemotherapy to fix intestinal cancer.
Late last year, Associate Professor NEIL HEWSON(’ 67) was admitted to the degree of Doctor of Dental Science honoris causa, the highest honour that the University of Melbourne can bestow on an individual. The citation for the degree stated, in part:‘ … Associate Professor Neil David Hewson has worked to improve the dental health of the community, advance the dental profession and develop the quality of dental education through a lifetime’ s volunteer service and leadership of state, national and international professional organisations, foundations, government committees and education and industry bodies,’ and‘… has made outstanding contributions to the education and leadership of the dental professions, to the advancement of dental research, and to the oral health of the Australian community’.
Neil is a partner in general dental practice with his younger brother IAN(’ 69). His older brother DREW(’ 65) is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon and his father DON(‘ 38) is a retired general medical practitioner.
1970s PETER YULE(‘ 71) has a PhD from the University of Melbourne, where he is a research fellow in history. He has written widely on Australian military, economic and medical history, along with Western District local history. His books include histories of Carlton, the Collins Class submarine project, Australian National Airways, and the Royal Children’ s Hospital, as well as biographies of W L Baillieu and Sir Ian Potter. His most
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recent book is an economic history of Australia during World War I.
The Australian War Memorial recently commissioned Peter to lead a four-year research project on the medical legacies of the Vietnam War( and he would be interested in hearing the stories of any Old Boy Vietnam veterans). Peter’ s family connection to Scotch goes back to the 1880s with both his grandfathers, his father and 10 great-uncles being Old Boys. He and his wife Anne’ s twin sons, DAVID and ANDREW, are members of the Class of 2001. Describing himself as an‘ obsessive’ golfer, Peter says he always enjoys the annual Scotch- Wesley golf days.
As reported in the December 2016 issue of Great Scot, PHIL WEYMOUTH(’ 78) returned to Melbourne from his base in Bahrain last year to present a selection of his photographs to senior Media Studies boys and to speak about his work. Phil has his own photographic business in the Middle East, travelling the area and further abroad in search of images for clients.
Some of Phil’ s early years were spent living with his father, KEITH(‘ 44) and his mother Helen in Tehran in Iran, and he recalls that his love of photography stems from a car trip he made with his parents from Tehran to Kabul in Afghanistan, during which he was given an old camera to try. Phil’ s career has had many highlights, and includes excellent work for News Ltd, Bloomberg, Getty Images, Lonely Planet and Outward Bound.
1980s For 10 years, a group of Old Scotch Collegians and a few‘ imports’ have been running every Saturday morning from Kooyong into the city and around town, training for the annual Melbourne Marathon. Last year the group numbered 14, which included wives and even a couple from the next generation.
All the runners and families enjoyed a great post-run barbecue at
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