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Class of 1968 Golden Jubilee Welcome Message from the Order of Proceedings Vice-Chancellor and President Class of 1968 Golden Jubilee Welcome message from the Order of Proceedings Vice-Chancellor and President The ceremony The congregation is requested to stand as the procession enters the hall It gives me great pleasure to welcome the class of 1968 alumni back to the Opening University of Adelaide to celebrate your Golden Jubilee reunion on the Inga Davis 50th anniversary of the conferral of Chief Executive, External Relations your degree. Welcome address The University is both proud of and indebted to its alumni. You are our greatest ambassadors, representing and connecting us Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Peter Rathjen locally and globally through business, industry, government, or as volunteers, while bringing benefit to all. The University of Adelaide is not its campuses, or its staff and The Golden Jubilee address students, it is certainly not the Vice-Chancellor! The University of Adelaide is in fact the much wider community that stretches 1968 Golden Jubilee Graduate across the globe and which is largely made up of our alumni. It is vitally important to unite this community, to bring people together through a strengthening of the connections that exist, and a sense of common purpose and values. Vote of thanks One of the best things about my role, as an alumnus of the Inga Davis University and now the Vice-Chancellor and President, is hearing the wealth of stories about the achievements of our alumni. Each and every one of you has a story to tell about the unique contributions you have made to your professions and Presentation of Golden Jubilee graduates communities over the past 50 years and I look forward to reading them in this commemorative book. Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Peter Rathjen The Golden Jubilee Reunion is also an opportunity for you to return to present the Class of 1968 graduates to the Chancellor, to your alma mater to reminisce about the places, events, people Rear Admiral the Honourable Kevin Scarce AC CSC RAN (Rtd) and activities that made your time at the University unforgettable. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to contribute to this book by submitting your biographies, memories and photographs. Your valuable input helps to make this booklet a Closing treasured memento of your Golden Jubilee. Inga Davis will close the proceedings Just as your graduation day was a memorable experience 50 years ago, I hope the Golden Jubilee reunion is also significant Group photograph session for graduates for you. Return academic gowns At the conclusion of the ceremony, those attending the Golden Jubilee Reunion Luncheon are invited to proceed to the National Wine Centre of Australia Professor Peter Rathjen Vice-Chancellor and President 2 The University of Adelaide - Class of 1968 Golden Jubilee The University of Adelaide - Class of 1968 Golden Jubilee 3 Past Golden Jubilee Addresses The first Golden Jubilee Commemoration was held in 1986 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the opening of Bonython Hall. The graduates and diplomates of 1936 who returned to the University for that first Golden Jubilee Commemoration began a tradition that is being continued this year by the graduates and diplomates of 1968. The previous Golden Jubilee Addresses have been delivered by: 1986 C Warren Bonython AO 2002 Professor Fay Gale 1987 The Hon Dr John J Bray AC 2003 Dr Jeanette Linn OAM 1988 Helen Crisp AM 2004 The Honourable Justice Leslie T Olsson 1989 Dr Mervyn K Smith CBE 2005 Mathew Wilfred Anthonisz 1990 Dr Kathleen Woodroofe 2006 Elizabeth Silsbury OAM 1991 Dr Reg C Sprigg AO 2007 The Most Reverend Dr Ian George AO 1992 Sir Russel Tullie Madigan OBE 2008 John Halbert MBE 1993 Kenneth Berndt 2009 Professor Richard Deane Terrell AO 1994 Joan Brewer AM 2010 Robert Cowan (Bob) 1995 Milton Spurling 2011 Ken Allen AM 1996 Dr James A Bonnin 2012 Professor Richard Blandy (Dick) University of Adelaide 1997 Dr Alan Kerr Grant AO 2013 Dr Cheong Choong Kong 1998 The Hon Dr Samuel J Jacobs AO 2014 The Hon Margaret Nyland AM Graduates 1968 1999 Dr Harry Medlin 2015 Professor Rob Morrison OAM 2000 Emeritus Professor Tasman Brown 2016 Professor Jock Findlay AO 2001 Dr Rex Lipman AO 2017 Emeritus Professor John Taplin Graduates, Diplomates, Alumni The Enabling State Government Legislation in 1990 Accordingly, all diploma holders and some certificate for the mergers between the University of Adelaide, holders are known as graduates in the same way as Roseworthy Agricultural College and the City Campus those with degrees. of the South Australian College of Advanced Education conferred graduate status upon holders of University Awards regulated by the Statutes and Regulations.
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