78 Wesley College Chronicle The Old Brigade

J. W. Whitehead (1941) is to succeed the late Peter Gay (1955-60) recently completed his post­ Frank Hambly (O.W.) as Master of Lincoln College graduate studies at Guys Hospital. London, and be­ University of Adelaide. For some years now John came a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, has been a Chaplain at Monash and a member of the He is currently at the SheflReld Royal Infirmary and Wesley College Council. He was guest preacher at will be returning to early in 1973, the Old Boys'" Service in 1971. Ivan I. Baumgartner (1951). marketing manager. Barry J. Kay (1942) is back in after Peters Ice Cream Division of Petersville Ltd., has many years abroad during which he has attained a completed a five week, round world study tour, high reputation as a scenic artist and designer for studying the ice-cream industry in the U,S,A, and theatre and ballet. He has become one of the in­ Europe. ternational set who commutes between theatre net­ T. K. R. Allen (1912-15), has retired after 40 years works in England, Europe and U.S.A. His present with the Repatriation Department, having served as visit to his home town is to prepare the decor for Medical Officer at Caulfield, Brisbane, Adelaide and Rudolf Nureyev's film "Don Quixote" which will be Hobart. His first appointment in 1925, after a year's produced with the Australian Ballet Company at G.P. experience, was at a salary of £300 per annum. Essendon airport. He writes of a 1918 Founders' Day Dinner he E. Alex Cato (1900) appeared in the Queen's Birth­ attended in London with about 50 Old Boys in a day Honours List, as a recipient of the O.B.E. In memorable reunion. He holds a Menu Card with all addition to beng former Managing Director of th: their signatures (some indecipherable). He remembers well-known grocery chain. Alec has been a generous sitting between Bill Adams and "Buck" Buchanan. donor to Wesley. Queen's College and Melbourne Dr. Allen is residing at 89 Seaview Road, Tennyson, University (to establish a chair of psychiatry). H; South Australia. served for many years on the Wesley College Council. John Lesser (1959), Captain of Hockey 1969, has Peter H. Bailey (1938) also received the O.B.E. continued to find success in his chosen game. He has for public service, being Deputy Secretary to the represented Monash University in Inter-Varsity con­ Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, in Can­ tests in each year since 1970 and this year was chosen berra. as a member of the Australian Universities team Ralph C. Davis (1927), who recently retired as which played New Zealand Universities in August. Managing Director of Mayne Nickless Ltd., was He has now been awarded a Half-Blue for Hockey. another recipient of a Queen's Birthday Award. Other things being equal, he should complete an Arts degree this year before proceeding to complete Rex Mathias (1921) who was Chap'ain of the a Law Course. School from 1940-44, was elected President-General of the Methodist Church of Australasia for a three- Robert Rush (1950) is at present doing post­ year period from May 1972. Wilh the proposed graduate research in Molecular Biology at the union of Methodist. Presbyterian and Concregational Roche Institute in Newark, New Jersey. On his Churches and the formation of the new Uniting way to this two year Scholarship appointment, he Church in Australia. Rex may be the last in the read a paper at a Science Conference in San Francisco, line of Methodist Presidents-General, as a result of which he has been invited to give Ian R. Sare (1960) having graduated in metallurgy napers at Washington, St. Louis and Glasgow, Ian at the University of N,S,W,, with first-class honours Howie (1957) has graduated Master of Economics and Un versify Medal, was awarded a C.S.I.R.O. (Government) from Sydney University, Andrew Ton­ post-graduate studentship to Cambridge University to kin (1952) is on the staff of the Royal Prince Alfred study for his Ph.D. Any Old Boy visiting the U.K. Hospital, Sydney, Cardiology Department, AIa,stair will find a welcome contact in Ian at Christ's College, Cole (1937) has moved from Warrnambool to Towns- Cambridge. ville. where he is in charge of Surgery and Assistant Medical Superintendent at the Hospital, He sees Eddie Street (1953) is studying Oral Surgery at the much of Lcn Weber (1932) who is in General Practice RoN'al College of Surgeons, London, and has met up i'.t , with David Silbert (1950) who is teaching at Chelms­ ford in Kent. In the business world, R. M. (Bob) Roberts (1945), Assistant Company Secretary, Ansett Transport In- I. E. Pynor (19(^0) has been transferred to Ontario, ('ustries, was recently appointed Executive Director, Canada, as a Geolechnical Engineer for H. Q. Golder Television, and is responsible for the operation of & Associates. He expects to visit the United States. Channel O, Brisbane, and Channel O, Melbourne, U.K. and the Continent during the next two or three years. In June this year Keith Halkerston (1948) left his partnership with Ian Potter & Co. to become executive Graham Stevens (1955) is in the R.A A F. (Flight director of Development Finance Ltd., a Sydney-based Lieut.) currently in Penang, Malaysia. He would be investment banking group. H. R. Nott (1938) has glad to hear from any O.W.'s in the area or who may moved from Gardenvale manager to North Brighton be visiting Singapore or Malaysia. He may be con­ manager of the Commonwealth Bank. News of Ross tacted at the Air Base, Butterworth, rerrill (1950) was reported in these columns, December