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The Northern Line The Northern Line No 6 Oct. 2007 An on-line journal dedicated to the life and work of John Anderson Edited by Mark Weblin. This journal is funded entirely from donations. Please forward any donations to 226 Blaxland Rd, Wentworth Falls 2782 Email: [email protected] In this issue: The Andersonians Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 The Andersonians ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Anderson, A.J. (Alexander or ‘Sandy’) (1923-1995) .................................................................................................................................. 3 Anderson, J. (Jenny) (Janet Baillie) (1893 – 1988).................................................................................................................................... 3 Fowler, F.W. (Frank) (1910-1997)............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Horne, D. (Donald) (1921-2005)................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Hope, A. D. (Alec) (1907-2000).................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Kamenka, E. (Eugene) (1928–1995)........................................................................................................................................................... 5 Molnar, G. (George) (1934-1999).............................................................................................................................................................. 5 McCallum, D.C. (Doug) (1922 – 1998)...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Walker, A.R. (Ruth) (1917-1986)................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Walsh, C.A. (Cyril) (1909-1973) ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Andersonian Biographies in Development.................................................................................................................................................. 8 Other Andersonians.................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Anderson/Walker Correspondence April 1952 (cont.) ............................................................................................................................ 15 18/4/52 JA................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Alexander lecture; Rose and Stove.............................................................................................................................................. 15 The Orr appointment; Popper and Russell................................................................................................................................... 15 Milo Roxon’s appointment; Henry Mayer; ‘The Freudian Revolution’; Evelyn......................................................................... 16 Gibbons and Herbst; Arnauld and Kant....................................................................................................................................... 16 19/4/52 RW ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 McCallum’s and Coleman’s; Blues and Cricket.......................................................................................................................... 17 Professor Mayo and ‘Taking Sides’ ............................................................................................................................................ 17 25/4/52 JA................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Louis’; Stove and Bull................................................................................................................................................................. 17 The mistake of Stove’s appointment; Dalrymple and Armstrong ............................................................................................... 18 28/4/52 RW ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 The Orr appointment ................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Popper.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Freud ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 30/4/52 RW ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 2 Introduction In this issue of The Northern Line, the on-going biographical outlines of the ‘Andersonians’ are continued. In previous issues, biographical outlines have included Andersonians such as David Armstrong, Jim Baker, Tom Rose, John Passmore, Harry Eddy and others. In this issue, the biographical outlines take three forms: ‘completed’ where there is enough available public information to present a completed outline of a person’s life; ‘in development’ where there is enough available public information to state some of the key features of a person’s life; and finally there is simply a list of known Andersonians but where there is little or no public information available. Included in the completed outlines are biographical notes on Ruth Walker, Sandy Anderson, Jenny Anderson, George Molnar, Frank Fowler, Cyril Walsh, Eugene Kamenka, Doug MacCallum, Donald Horne and Alec Hope.1 While these are all ‘complete’ in providing a reasonably clear narrative of the subjects lives, I recognise that all of these can be improved upon and welcome further comment. The outlines on Molnar, Walsh, Kamenka, MacCallum and Horne, are taken from detailed accounts contained in The Australian Dictionary of Biography, the internet, or obituaries in the press. As such, they discuss the public features of their lives although there is little mention of their relationship to Anderson. On the other hand, the accounts of Sandy Anderson, Jenny Anderson and Ruth Walker, while dealing in more detail with their relationship to John Anderson, are embarrassingly brief in discussing their public lives. My ideal with respect to the outlines is to achieve a reasonable balance of public affairs and private relationship to John Anderson. The biographical outlines ‘in development’ include Andersonians such as Peter Gibbons, Bill Maidment, Bill Morison, Neil McInnes, Peter Shrubb, John Rybak, Kim Lycos, and Lillian Roxon. With regard to these individuals, I have been able to track down some information, although there are too many gaps or omissions to regard the outlines as having a clear narrative structure. There is a final list of ‘Andersonians’ on whom I have little information, although where available I have included any relevant publications that I know of. In this list are such prominent Andersonians as Bill O’Neill, Les Hiatt and John Ward (all professors in their chosen discipline) and many living Andersonians such as Terry McMullen, Bill Harcourt, Marion Manton, Jack Gulley, Peter Davies, Harry Nicolson and others. Further material including additions, alterations, corrections, and the provision of source material, would all be welcomed. Individual contributions on any of those listed would also be welcomed. These would include date of birth, year entering Sydney University, qualifications on graduation, and subsequent career and interests, including any publications if appropriate. The outlines previously published in The Northern Line on Alec Ritchie and Bill Doniela are good examples of this format. On the listing of those described as ‘Andersonians’, I have taken my initial listing from that provided by Jim Baker in an article for Heraclitus in 1988.2 Baker employed two criteria to create his list of Andersonians. The first was “..someone sharing, not necessarily all or nearly all, but at least an important part of Anderson’s philosophy and social outlook”. The second – to qualify
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