OSCA What they ' re doing now – compiled by David Ashton(' 65)
OSCA What they ' re doing now – compiled by David Ashton(' 65)
Former Arthur Robinson and McMeckan House boarder GEOFF HENDERSON(‘ 45) retired from farming fat lambs and potatoes at St Leonards 12 years ago, having sold off the farm in parcels of various sizes. He and his wife Helen moved to Point Lonsdale in 2005. They had two sons, Timothy( born in 1955), and Andrew( born in 1957, sadly now deceased). With the encouragement of GEOFF BOWDEN(‘ 45) and BRUCE SYMON(’ 45), and with considerable help from former OSCA Executive Director, LEIGH MCGREGOR(’ 56), Geoff and Helen launched the OSCA Bellarine branch in about 1990, and he and Helen regularly attend Bellarine branch functions at Queenscliff, and thoroughly enjoy them. One of the Old Boys he sees from time to time is RICK AITCHISON(‘ 58). Geoff still plays golf, but says his form has‘ gone downhill’ over the years.
GEORGE DEVRIES KLEIN(’ 46), former Professor Emeritus of Geology at the University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign, retired to the western Pacific island of Guam nearly three years ago and celebrated his 84th birthday in January.
‘ Expecting to sit on the beach or snorkel in several lagoons while watching the sea turtles, parrot fish and conches whiz by,’ George wrote,‘ I was persuaded by a local geologist to continue to pursue more research’. During the past 15 months George has published two peer-reviewed papers, one on the anthropocene( the epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on the Earth’ s geology and ecosystems) and one on tropical climate change( see http:// episodes. org / index. php / epi / article / view / 79720 / 61837 and http:// www. searchanddiscovery. com / pdfz / documents / 2016 / 70217klein / ndx _ klein. pdf. html).‘ Once a geologist, always a geologist,’ George commented.
LEIGH HARTKOPF(’ 53) lives in the ginger capital of Buderim in Queensland. Leigh was an excellent sportsman at Scotch – a member of the 1st XI and the premiership-winning 1st XVIII in 1953. That was the year when Scotch found themselves six goals down against Melbourne Grammar at half-time, but kicked eight goals to nil in the second half for a come-from-behind 12-point victory, Leigh Hartkopf’ s fine ruck work contributing in no small measure to the final result. BEN COBHAM(’ 53), who was Captain of Football in 1953, now lives on the Bellarine peninsula, as does GRAHAM WILLEY(’ 52).
ANDY INGRAM(‘ 56) is enjoying his work as financial adviser to the Director-General of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology( ICGEB) – established by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization( UNIDO). Andy works for four to five months a year for ICGEB, and is responsible for conducting the centre’ s internal financial integrity and audit program. He works from Vienna and makes overseas site visits several times a year.
Previously Andy had worked in Melbourne for 18 years with APM Ltd( later renamed Amcor), then joining UNIDO in Vienna with a senior financial appointment and subsequently as Director of Finance. After retiring from UNIDO, he has worked in a range of management consultancy positions for the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and for ICGEB.‘ I’ m still loving this work,’ Andy says,‘ and considering if I should retire at 80! Vienna is a marvellous city in which to live, for many reasons, and ranks jointly with Melbourne as the“ world’ s most liveable city”, so how fortunate am I?’
PHIL ROBERTS OAM(‘ 62) is GRAHAM COX( Captain of a former history teacher and school Music, 1971) has been working in principal: he retired in December Germany since 1986, where his 2002. Phil is President of the Ballarat positions have included repetiteur at Mechanics Institute and a former the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Head Secretary of the District Scouting of Music at the Nuremberg State Association, and is a member of Theatre. In 2011 he returned to Berlin the Ballarat Sportsmen’ s Club, the as a freelance musician, working as Australian College of Educators and pianist and harpsichordist for the the Rotary Club of Ballarat West. He Bamberger Symphoniker and Berliner enjoys Royal Tennis, golf and cycling Symphoniker, and as a private vocal and has taken part in the last six Great coach. In this time he has also had Victorian Bike Rides. numerous contracts as assistant Phil has written 16 books, conductor and German language including the histories of Ballarat coach for Opera Vlaanderen( Antwerp High School, Ballarat Clarendon and Ghent). College, the North Ballarat Roosters, In 2014 Graham took a 12-month, the Ballarat Golf Club and other 80 per cent position as Kantor( organist community organisations. Currently he and choirmaster) at two Lutheran is studying at Federation University for churches in former East Berlin, a doctorate about Ballarat’ s Avenue of deputising for the young organist on Honour. Phil received a Medal of the parental leave. With the birth of the Order of Australia( OAM) award in the organist’ s second child in 2016 he 2017 Queen’ s Birthday honours for has returned this time for a two-year service to the community of Ballarat. contract. More information about( See page 65 of this edition.) Graham Cox’ s activities can be found
LINDSAY TRAPNELL(‘ 64) is at www. grahamcox. de. lecturing in farm management at the Lindsay Trapnell’ s brother, University of Pretoria in South Africa, DOUGLAS TRAPNELL QC(‘ 74) and is about to take up a similar was appointed a County Court Judge position at the University of Africa in on 14 June. He has practised as Lusaka, Zambia. a barrister for more than 26 years,
Another indefatigable author is including almost 14 years as Crown ROLAND PERRY OAM(‘ 65), who Prosecutor, more than eight of those launched his most recent book, The years as a Senior and Queen’ s Assassin on the Bangkok Express, in Counsel, and nearly seven of them St Kilda on 7 June. It’ s a fast-paced as a Senior Crown Prosecutor. international thriller, the sequel to The Doug has also served as Director of Honourable Assassin( 2015), and is Research and Executive Officer of the described as‘ incorporating actual Victorian Parliament’ s Law Reform events, criminal organisations and Committee. In an address welcoming key figures in the underworld of Asia him to the County Court on 27 June, as they play out globally, involving CHRISTOPHER WINNEKE QC(‘ 85) international law enforcement and said Doug would bring to the Court intelligence operations’. The Assassin‘ a powerful combination of practice, on the Bangkok Express is Roland’ s at the independent Bar, as a Crown fifth work of fiction among the more Prosecutor, and in public service within than 30 books the prolific writer the Victorian Parliament’. has completed, and even features His career and family take up an Australian‘ James Bond’, Victor most of his time, but Doug enjoys Cavalier. More information: www. horseriding at Seville in the Yarra Valley rolandperry. com. au. and walking his two Cavalier King
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