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ANU Emeritus Faculty Notice of the 13th Annual General Meeting
The 13th Annual General Meeting of the ANU Emeritus Faculty will be held on Wednesday 12 December 2012 at 5.00 pm in the Molony Room, 24 Balmain Crescent ANU
People who cannot attend can vote by proxy. The proxy voting paper is attached. Page 5
The meeting will be followed by the ANUEF Christmas Party.
1. Welcome and Apologies Apologies have received from Roland Jahnke
2. Minutes of the 12th Annual General Meeting The Minutes are attached. Pages 2-4
MOTION: that the minutes be confirmed.
3. Annual Report The Annual Report is attached. Pages 6-15
MOTION: That the Report be received.
4. Treasurer’s Report The Treasurer’s Report and the audited financial statements for the year 1 December 2011 to 30 November 2012 will be tabled at the meeting and placed on the web site after the meeting.
MOTION: that the report be received, the accounts be accepted and the membership fee for 2012 be set at $25.
5. Report of the Returning Officer Giles Pickford was appointed as Returning Officer for 2012. A call for nominations was sent to members on 10 November 2012. The Deadline for nominations is 1 December 2012 at 5.00 pm. The Returning Officer will report.
MOTION: that the Returning Officer’s Report be received.
6. Appointment of Auditor MOTION: that Pauline Hore be re-appointed and thanked for her pro-bono services.
7. Other Business
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ANU Emeritus Faculty Minutes of the 12th Annual General Meeting
ANU Emeritus Faculty
Minutes of the 12th Annual General Meeting of the ANU Emeritus Faculty held on Wednesday 14 December 2011 at 5.00 pm in the Molony Room, Fellows Lane Cottage, ANU The meeting was followed by the ANUEF Christmas Party.
PRESENT: John Molony (Chair), Don Anderson (Deputy Chair), Allan Barton (Auditor), Mary McCullagh, (Returning Officer), Peter Scardoni (Treasurer), Paul Coker, Nik Fominas, Gillian Evans, Diana Riddell, Maev O’Collins, Verna Rosling, Stjepan Marcelja, Fyfe Bygrave, Angela Giblin, Peter Stewart, Ian Mathews, Brian Lees, Chris Mackay, Ante Dabro, Jim Windeyer, John Armstrong, Alex Ritchie, Mike Rickard, Stewart Turner, Gerard Ward, Malcolm Whyte, James Grieve, Judy Lee, John Grant, Ian Rae, Di Langmore, Terry Birtles, Helmut Loofs-Wissowa, Sigrid Loofs, Adrian Gibbs, Pat Gibbs, Bob Clements, Ann Kumar, Ian Buckley, Tim Curtin, John Copland, James Fox, Karis Muller, Colleen Grafton-Green, Michael Grafton-Green, Giles Pickford (Secretary)
1. Welcome and Apologies The Chair welcomed the members present and the Secretary the announced the following apologies. Ken Taylor, Deryck Scarr, Peter Firth, Elizabeth Murphy, Neville Fletcher, Margaret Travers, John Sandeman, Mark Cranfield, Robert Briggs, Erich Weigold, Bryan Furnass, Judith Caton, Ann Moyal, Dick Johnson, Derek Wrigley, Catherine Gross, Peter McCullagh, Ros Hurst, Patrick Troy, Nicholas Tapp, Jack and Clare Golson, Janet and Russell Doust, Geoffrey Smith, Michael McKernan, Jan Anderson, Jenny Goldie, Stephen Boyden, Bob Douglas, Roland Jahnke, Chris Bryant, Peter Jones, Keith Crook, Anne Felton, Ian Anderson, Barry Ninham (Deputy Chair), Trish Bygrave, Shirley Pipitone, and Geoffrey Bartlett
The Secretary then tabled proxy votes in favour of the Chair received from Deryck Scarr, Peter Jones and Dorothy Sales.
2. Minutes of the 11th Annual General Meeting The Minutes were considered.
MOTION: that the minutes be confirmed: moved Nik Fominas/Mike Rickard CARRIED
3. Annual Report The Chair’s tabled his Annual Report on the year 2011. A copy is attached to these Minutes. He gave thanks to the following members for the work they had done on Faculty Projects: Giles Pickford (Secretary), Peter Scardoni (Treasurer), Allan Barton (Auditor), Ian Mathews (Editor of Emeritus), James Grieve (Obituaries), Peter Stewart (Oral History Project), Adrian Gibbs (e-Texts Project), Di Riddell (Membership), Verna Rosling (East Coast Project) Nik Fominas (Web Site Officer), Barry Ninham and Don Anderson (Deputy Chairs)
MOTION: That the Annual Report be received: moved Allan Barton/James Fox CARRIED
4. Proposal to take the next step forward. Giles Pickford discussed an idea that the Committee has been looking at for a few meetings. The proposal is that we start to explain the ANUEF and its potential in a much better way to the ANU, 3
and also to the Tertiary Sector in Australia, New Zealand and beyond. He requested members to assist in making their lives and work more visible on the web site, by adding their CVs to the list of members, by publishing their papers in e-Texts and by writing stories for Emeritus.
When this has been achieved Don Anderson and Giles Pickford will be able to present the ANUEF to the world at the 2012 Tertiary Education Management Conference in Adelaide, which is normally attended by 700 people from Australia and New Zealand. The Paper will also be presented to the ANU’s senior officers with a request that the ANU do a much better job of telling staff who are about to retire about the potential offered by the ANUEF. Most such staff never get to hear about the ANUEF because the Privacy Laws prevent the dissemination of information. These ideas were noted.
5. Treasurer’s Report The Treasurer’s Report and the audited financial statements for the year 1 December 2010 to 30 November 2011 were tabled at the meeting.
MOTION: that the report be received, the accounts be accepted and the membership fee for 2012 be set at $25: moved Ann Kumar/Maev O’Collins CARRIED
The Income and Expenditure statement and the Balance Sheet are attached to these Minutes.
6. Report of the Returning Officer The meeting noted that Mary McCullagh had been appointed as Returning Officer for 2011 after ten years of service from Dick Johnson for which we thanked him warmly. The Returning Officer tabled the following report.
The following members had submitted valid nominations before the deadline: Angela Giblin Brian Lees Di Riddell Giles Pickford Ian Buckley James Fox John Molony Judith Caton Nik Fominas Peter Scardoni Shirley Pipitone Verna Rosling As there were 12 nominations for 12 vacancies all candidates were declared elected unopposed.
MOTION: that the Returning Officer’s Report be received: moved Giles Pickford/Tim Curtin CARRIED
7. Appointment of Auditor Professor Alan Barton announced that he wished to retire as Auditor. The Chair thanked him profusely for his pro-bono services. Professor Barton has recommended Pauline Hore CPA, JP as his replacement.
MOTION: That Pauline Hore CPA, JP be appointed Auditor: moved Peter Scardoni/James Fox CARRIED 4
8. Other Business
8.1 Amendment to the Constitution The members noted that the Committee had recommended that the paragraph 4 (a) (iii) in Article 4 of the Constitution be amended to read (iii) former ANU professional staff who have given substantial service to the ANU.
The effect of the change is to be less prescriptive about the level of staff eligible to join the Faculty.
MOTION: That the constitutional change be approved: moved Michael Rickard/James Fox CARRIED.
8.2 UniSuper There was some discussion about the problems affecting UniSuper at the moment. The Chair invited interested members to contact the Secretary so that those interested could all become more informed about the situation.
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ANU Emeritus Faculty
Proxy Voting Paper for the 2012 Annual General Meeting
I (please print) ...... being a financial member of the ANU Emeritus Faculty hereby give my vote to the Chair to exercise as he sees fit.
OR
I (please print) ...... being a financial member of the ANU Emeritus Faculty hereby give my vote to the following financial member of the Faculty to exercise as she or he sees fit.
Name of Proxy Holder (please print) ......
Signed
...... Date......
Please return your vote to the Returning Officer at one of the addresses below before 1 December 2012. [email protected] or post to Returning Officer, Molony Room, ANU Emeritus Faculty, Fellows Lane Cottage, Fellows Lane, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200. 6
ANU Emeritus Faculty
Chair's Report to the 2012 Annual General Meeting
First I wish to thank the members of the Committee who worked hard through the year on our many projects. They have given much to the Faculty and through that, to the ANU. Our deepest thanks go to John Molony, the first Chair of the Faculty who guided us through our first eleven years. His contribution has been invaluable to the Faculty and the ANU. John retired in May 2012 and the Committee thanked him for his immense contribution to our formation. His retirement was accepted and the position of Chair was given to Mike Rickard after a ballot.
The Faculty also farewelled DVC Mandy Thomas who had been our advocate for many years. She was farewelled handsomely at the Collegiality Luncheon on 5 September 2012.
New Premises
In September this year the Faculty moved into new premises. We began in the ATEM Office in the basement of University House in 1999. The rent was paid by ATEM, which was a good start. We then moved to a large room in the Chifley Library, then to Fellows Lane Cottage, coming to rest finally in August at 24 Balmain Crescent, a refurbished cottage opposite University House.
The building was redesigned and well fitted out for our purposes. While not as large as the previous space, it should be more than adequate for our office and meeting space. At present there are problems of security and arrangements for individual member use which are being considered.
The ANU has been very generous in looking after our accommodation and the cost of moving. We thank the ANU for that and expect to provide value in return over the years.
Innovation Award
In September this year the Association for Tertiary Education Management bestowed its Innovation Award on the ANUEF. The Award was contested by 18 candidates in Australia and New Zealand, but in the end the ANU Emeritus Faculty was judged to be the best example of innovation this year.
The Faculty is still unique in Australia and New Zealand, but we hope that by winning this award we may help similar organisations spring up around us. A paper about the Faculty written by Don Anderson and Giles Pickford was presented to the Tertiary Education Management Conference. It will be found here in the near future: http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/10533
The Oral History Project - http://www.anu.edu.au/emeritus/oral_history.html
The ANU Emeritus Faculty Oral History Project was initiated in 2008 by a group of members (Nik Fominas, John Molony, and Peter Stewart) interested in exploring the origins and development of the university through oral narratives of academic and general staff of long standing. We are deeply indebted to Peter Stewart for his unwearied and painstaking development of the Project. By the end of 2012, the following interviews had been recorded:
Don Anderson David Craig Adrian Gibbs Eric Bachelard Bob Douglas James Grieve Dick Barwick Noel Dunbar Jack Golson Ian Buckley Margaret Evans Tony Johns Fyfe Bygrave Frank Fenner Dick Johnson Ken Campbell Bryan Furnass Ian Mathews 7
John Molony Beryl Rawson Peter Scardoni John Mulvaney Mike Rickard Peter Stewart Barry Ninham Diana Riddell Derek Wrigley Giles Pickford John Sandeman
The Emeritus Faculty intends to continue conducting interviews on a regular basis during coming years, adding these to the catalogue as they are completed. Written abstracts and audio DVD recordings are available for these interviews. Transcripts will be generated at a later date.
The ANUEF E-Texts Project - http://www.anu.edu.au/emeritus/e-texts.html
This facility is maintained by Adrian Gibbs and Nik Fominas. It lists the titles and authors of documents such as lectures, papers, reviews and other items of interest produced by ANUEF Members. Once listed, you may click on the title to view the document. You may also view more formal texts held within the ANU Institutional Repository by visiting http://scholarskeep.anu.edu.au
The East Coast Project
The cross-disciplinary team working on the Project meets each month to discuss progress and to plan future developments. It has two main aims: to investigate the varied claims to pre-Cook charting of the East Coast of Australia and to study the voyage of Cook on the Endeavour in 1770 when he charted the coast. We concentrate on charts because they are the principal evidence for claims that others touched on the coast in the pre-Cook period. The only charts of genuine consequence are the so-called Dieppe maps of the early 16th century. We are strongly inclined to accept them as being of Portuguese origin and we are now working on the vexed question as to whether they depict the East Coast. Much work has also been done on Cook’s voyage and in particular on his relations with the Aborigines at Botany Bay and, later, at Cooktown.
We have developed close relations with a group at Cooktown, including the Mayor, who wish to stress its pre-eminence as the place of reconciliation between Australia’s first people and Cook. Further collaboration will ensue, including the possibility of investigating alleged physical evidence of a Portuguese presence in the area pre-Cook. The Faculty has generously aided the Project by funding the purchase of several books basic to its research, but other aspects of our research such as the above demand financial support beyond our means.
Obituaries
The Emeritus Faculty assists the ANU with the writing of Obituaries. This work of piety is managed by James Grieve. Here are the names of the dear dead of 2012.
Gordon Ada Allan Barton Bruce Chappell Jane Flecknoe Kailash Kumar Chris McElhinny Hank Nelson Jörg Schmeisser Ralph Slatyer Jack Smart Alan Thorne Alan Weatherley 8
Emeritus e-Magazine http://www.anu.edu.au/emeritus/news.html
Ian Mathews, previously Editor of the Canberra Times, publishes Emeritus monthly. It knits the Faculty together by informing the members of the work of other members and of the various events and benefits of membership. It also contains much ANU news and current affairs.
A major effort was made to transform Emeritus in 2011. It is now being produced with pictures in full colour as a monthly e-publication and is circulated by e-mail as well as by post to those who request hard copy.
In 2012 we had help from the President of the Canberra Society of Editors, Connie Stamos, who redesigned the format.
The ANUEF Public Lecture Series
The Faculty is indebted to Ian Buckley for his leadership in, and management of, the ANUEF Lecture Series.
The 2012 Lecture Series is listed below.
15 February: Alex Ritchie "Fishing With a Hammer" 28 February: Professor Gilles Eric Séralini "Everything you need to know about GM foods”
21 March: Bryan Furnass "From Anthropocene to Sustainocene - Challenges and Opportunities" 18 April: Roxanne Missingham "Scholars and knowledge in the twenty-first century: new information needs" 16 May: Bob Douglas "Rethinking illicit drug policy and other recalcitrant policy matters in Australia" 20 June: Charles Fletcher "Postural and Ergonomic Risks – Managing Repetitive Work on PCs, Laptops and Hand-held Devices” 18 July: John Molony "Australian East Coast contact before 1770" 15 August: Introduced by Ian Buckley - UNESCO film entitled "Slave Routes: A Global Vision" 19 September: Geoff Davies "The Rise and Failure of the Radical Right” 21 November: Thomas Faunce "Nanotechnology for a Sustainable World”
In many cases audio records and occasionally transcripts of these Lectures going back to 2000 may be found here: http://www.anu.edu.au/emeritus/events/Past_Events.html
The Annual Kioloa Excursion
The excursion was deferred to 2013 with a recommendation that it be held biennially.
Collegiality Lunches
The Collegiality Lunches are held each month in the Molony Room prior to the Faculty Committee meeting and are enjoyed by those who attend when discussion is either unstructured or has a chosen theme.
Membership
Our current membership, which now stands at 217, is below. Members can display their CVs on this page which assists in disseminating information about the life and work of members. We thank Di Riddell for her work as Membership Officer. 9
Ambrose Wallace Archaeology
Anderson Derek Biological Sciences
Web Page Anderson Don Higher Education Policy
Anderson Ian UNESCO, environment
Web Page Anderson Jan Photosynthesis, Plant Biology
Web Page Armstrong John Computing, Woodcarving
Barnes Robert Biblical studies, classical studies, history of books and libraries
Bartlett Geoffrey Britain/Germany 1850/1950 Practice and Culture of war
Barwick Dick Earth and Marine Sciences
Web Page Bellett Alan Viruses, Cell Biology, Bioethics, Religion & Science
Bennet Darryl History and Biography
Birtles Terry Geography Maps
Boot Mac Economic History, Demography
Web Page Borny Geoff Theatre
Boyden Stephen Human Bio-history
Bradbury Howard Plant Chemistry
Briggs Robert Refugee Advocacy, Law
Brinkman Cobie Neuroscience, non-human primates, Lab animal science
Web Page Bryant Chris Zoology, Science Communications
Web Page Buckley Ian Aust. History, Current Affairs, Origins of War
Burne Robert Victor Geology, Environment science
Web Page Bygrave Fyfe Establishing Rainforests
Web Page Bygrave Patricia Lee Education, Music, Research
Campbell Ken Geology, palaeontology
Campbell Robert Public Policy, Economics
Canny Martin Whole Plant Physiology
Caton Albert Fisheries
Caton Judith Kioloa, Biology
Chubb AC Ian Science Policy, Higher Education
Clanchy John English & European Literature
Web Page Clements Robert Agricultural Science, Ag Research for 10
Development
Web Page Coker Paul Business & Industry Links with ANU
Collins Paul Michael History
Web Page Connah Graham African & Australian Archaeology
Copland John Agriculture, United Nations
Cranfield Mark History
Crompton Bob Physics
Crook Keith Geology, Marine Science
Web Page Curtin Tim Higher Ed Funding & PNG
Curtis Marjorie Geology, climate, History
Dabro Ante Sculpture
de Crespigny Rafe Classical Chinese
de Rachewiltz Igor History
Douglas Bob Sustainability and the Future
Web Page Doust Janet History and Biography
Web Page Doust Russell Libraries
Dwyer Don History, Journalism, Public Relations
Eddy John History, Politics
Eggleton Tony Geology/Climate
Elliott Ralph English
Evans Gillian Politics/Current Affairs
Evans Margaret Psychotherapy
Felton Anne Geologist
Fildes Joyce Science, Higher Education
Firth Peter Management
Web Page Fletcher Neville Physics, Music
Flood Josephine Archaeology, Rock Art, Aboriginal Studies
Web Page Fominas Nik Business Coaching & Special Projects Facilitation
Fox James J Anthropology, resource Management
Web Page Furnass Bryan Climate Change, Environmental Health
Gamaly Eugene Laser Physics
Gammage Bill Australian History
Web Page Gibbs Adrian Viruses, GM, Bio-informatics
Web Page Giblin Angela Vocal Performance, Pedagogy, Opera, Lieder 11
Gibson Robin Margaret
Goldie Jenny Population, Development, Environment
Golson Jack and Clare Archaeology and many more
Gore Mike Science Communication
Grafton-Green Colleen Music, Drama
Grafton-Green Michael Music, Drama
Web Page Grant John Tertiary Education, UNESCO
Gregory Christopher Alan Anthropology, India, Pacific
Web Page Grieve James French language & translation
Griffin Helga Pacific & SE Asian History
Griffin Pauline Higher Education
Gross Catherine Justice & fairness, climate change adaption
Web Page Gunning Brian Biology
Hall Bari Human Resource Management
Hanratty James History
Hardman Don Facilities Management
Hawke Bob Politics
Helyar Keith Ronald Soil fertility & plant nutrition, biological & cultural evolution
Heubeck Bernd Clinical psychology, child, family, school
Web Page Horridge Adrian Vision
Howlett Diana Geography
Hughes Abbie Optical and Neural Science
Hughes J. Clare Science, Art
Web Page Hunter Thelma Political Science
Hurst Ros Music Education
Ifeka Caroline Development, Africa/S.Pacific, environment, water,
Ingle Smith David Environmental Science
Ireland Rosh Russian Drama (Soviet Period), Translation
Jackson Bob Economic History
Jahnke Roland Environment
Jenkins Robin
Johns Tony Asian Studies
Web Page Johnson Richard Higher Education, Classics 12
Johnston OAM Arnold Philosophy, History
Jones Peter. J Palaeontology
Jubb Peter Business Ethics, Financial Reporting
Kevin Tony International politics
Web Page King Max Conservation, Poetry, Biology, Genetics, Reptiles,
Web Page Kinnell Peter Rainfall Erosion
Web Page Kirby Michael Law and social justice
Klootwijk Christiaan Geology, Geophysics, Paleomagnetism, Plate Tectonics
Web Page Kuhn Hans Language Literature Music
Kumar Ann Asian History and politics
Lane Peter Geology, Geography
Langman Fred English Literature, Moral Philosophy
Langmore Di History, Biography
Lazenby Alec International Students, Agricultural R&D
Lees Brian GIS, Coastal Geomorphology
Levick William Neurophysiology of Vision
Loofs Sigrid natural healing & gardening
Web Page Loofs-Wissowa Helmut Archaeology & Cryptozoology
Low Anthony History
Lynch Justin P Economics, Environment, International Affairs
Lyon Margot Medical Anthropology, Anthrop of Pharmaceuticals of SE Asia
Mackay Christopher Economic Development in the South Pacific
MacLachlan Alastair Donald History
Marcelja Stjepan Science, higher education in less developed countries
Marchant Harvey. J. Antarctica, marine microbiology, climate change
Marr David. G Vietnam History
Martin Errol Logic, Computer Science, Information systems
Mathews Ian United Nations, International Law & Affairs
Mauldon Roger
Mautner Thomas Philosophy
Mayer Wolf Geology, History of Geology
McBryde Isabel Archaeology, Ethnohistory 13
McCall Michael Epidemiology, Rehab of Land & Streams
McCormack Gavan Pacific and Asian Studies
McCullagh Peter & Mary Medicine
McCully Margaret Plant structure/function
McGowan Barry John Colonial history/Chinese/Australian history
McKernan Michael Australian History
McLeod Ross Indonesia-Economics, Governance
McMahon Ian Research Policy, Research Funding
Meadham Christopher William Visual Arts, photography, design
Web Page Millar J. Bruce Spoken Language Science & Technology
Mims Cedric Medical Research
Web Page Molony John History
Moyal Ann History of Australian Science, biography
Web Page Muller Karis European Languages
Mulvaney John History, Archaeology, Aboriginal History
Web Page Murphy Elizabeth Linguistics, Effective Workplace Writing
Murthy Krishna Computer Science
Newton John Oswald Physics; problems facing planet
Web Page Ninham Barry Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
Ninham Veronica Psychology, Education, History
Web Page O'Collins Maev Social Development
Web Page O'Connor Mark Literature, Environment
Owen Bill Modern History, International Law
Papp Eva Evolution, Geophysics
Web Page Pickford Giles Higher Education, Poetry, Art
Web Page Pipitone Shirley Ecopsychology, Landscape Architecture and Environment
Quinn George Javanese language, literature & religion
Web Page Rae Ian Writing fiction; 16th/17th Century Jesuit history
Rawling Steve Graduate employment, university/industry relations, student careers
Rensch Karl Linguistics, Pacific History
Web Page Rickard Mike Geology
Riddell Diana Theatre/Geography 14
Rimmer Peter Economic & Human Geography
Ritchie Alexander Vertebrate Palaeontology (esp. early vertebrates)
Ritchie Joan English
Robbins Jan Teaching, Learning, Equity
Roberts Alan Australian History
Robson Brian Physics
Rosling Verna Higher Education
Sales Dorothy Community Welfare
Web Page Sandeman John Science, Physics teaching in all aspects
Web Page Scardoni Peter University Finance
Web Page Scarr Deryck Pacific & Indian Ocean History and Politics
Web Page Shaw David Evolution & Genetics
Slee Judith Cognition, Science Communication
Spear Ray Nuclear Physics
Stamos Connie Editing and Publishing
Web Page Steele Colin Scholarly Communication, Book Collecting
Web Page Stewart Andrew Physics/Materials Science
Web Page Stewart Peter Biology and its applications
Web Page Stork Peter Philosophy, Sociology, Theology
Stowe Sally Vision, structural colour in biological systems
Strusz Desmond Palaeontology, Geology, Archaeology
Sutherland William Pacific Islands Development
Tapp Nicholas Anthropology, China, South East Asia
Taylor Geoffrey H Earth Sciences, Materials
Web Page Taylor Ken Cultural Landscapes, Cultural Heritage, Planning
Terrell Deane Mathematics, Statistics, Viticulture
Thomson Fergus Law, Management, Public Administration, Linguistics
Travers Margaret Russian Language, Early Russian Aviation
Treacy Peter Physics
Troy Patrick Urban Planning
Truswell Elizabeth History of Antarctic exploration: Art/Science relation
Tryon Darrell Language & Society in Asia-Pacific 15
Web Page Turner J. Stewart Geophysical fluid dynamics
Web Page Walker David Information systems; Human-computer interaction
Walsh David Program Admin & Outreach
Walsh Gerald Biography, Aust. Rural History, History
Web Page Ward Gerard Geography
Waterhouse Jill History, Museums
Weigold Erich Physical Science - Research
Wells Ron Medicine, Science Genealogy
White Pat Higher Education
Whitlam Gough Politics
Web Page Whyte Malcolm Medicine, Alcohol and Drugs
Web Page Williams Warwick Higher Education Management
Wilton Robert History, Philosophy, Media
Web Page Windeyer James Australian Family Biography, History in Schools
Woodroofe Gwen Microbiology
Web Page Wrigley Derek Self-reliant Housing
Young Michael Anthropology of Melanesia
Yvanovich Bruno Alumni Affairs, Fundraising
Mike Rickard Chair