Pauline Lyle-Smith BA LLB Keeping in touch Winter (64-68) 1940s After qualifying as a Marion Newman (SHAKESPEARE: 51-54) BSc Lindy McDOUGALL (74) BPharm BA is working Beresford (Berry) solicitor, Pauline Lyle- DipEd DipLib has retired from the National in website development at the Cancer Institute Florence Symons Smith practised law at Library and now renovates houses. NSW, and commencing a Masters of Applied (also formerly Powell) Freehill, Hollingdale Anthropology at Macquarie University. She has (MILLAR: 51-54) 3 sons. & Page for four years Leah Stern (formerly FLORENCE BROWN: 49- BArch DipLib 52) BA has worked in Sydney and London in and then travelled the medical laboratory technology industry. She Amanda Miller (PYNE: 75-76, 78) BA DipEd 20 October 2005” to London where has two sons and now lives in Beit Shemesh in works part time in adult language and literacy College friend Susan she introduced the Israel. support at TAFE and University. She has 2 Hickson (HEPBURN) DX system, having children. writes: The Journal of the Women‘s College within the University of Sydney, Volume 19 2006 used the service as a Berry was awarded Journal lawyer in Sydney. As 1950s Fiona PLACE (77-78) BA GradDip an Exhibition in Director of BRITDOC, Catherine DAVIS (58-61) BSc PhD has taken Communications MA Cert Financial Markets is Architecture for 1950 she established the up woodworking and resumed cello lessons, an author and financial commentator whose and became resident after retiring as a paediatrician in 2003. publications include the novel, Cardboard. She unique system of document exchanges in has 3 sons. in College as a 2nd year architecture student the UK, Ireland and North America. She was on being awarded the Henry Edward Kater instrumental in having the UK Post Office Sarah SHEEHAN (73) BA (Hons) MTeach scholarship. She soon endeared herself to those monopoly relaxed and the law changed to worked for a union, then for local government, with whom she was a fresher and those of us who make service of documents “good service” and later as a research assistant before were in our second academic year, and formed From the Chair under court rules. The system began with the retraining as a teacher. She now teaches at many fond and enduring friendships. While in Global connections legal and insurance sectors but now extends Manly Village Public School, and has 3 children. College, Berry served on the dramatics committee in Mumbai, working In February Jane Taylor and Sara Saleh Summer continues to to a wide range of businesses and Government (1952) and the sports committee (1953-1954), be a time for revamping Prue VINES (75-76, 78-79) BA MA DipEd attended Insight: Dubai, a five-day Departments. The DX is currently owned by and was president of the SU swimming club in with India’s National and refitting: this is Associate Professor of Law at UNSW. Hays PLC and has an annual turnover of £250 1952. She also took part in an exuberant cancan Association for international forum hosted by Dubai summer the renovations She recently published Law and Justice in to the Reid and Maples million. Australia (Oxford University Press). Current danced by Women’s College students in the 1951 Mentally Ill to Women’s College, which engaged in SU Union revue. In 1967 she was awarded life a cross-cultural dialogue on women’s wings have given new research interests include torts and the law of help conduct a verve to those areas of succession. She has 3 children. membership of the SU Women’s Union. empowerment in the Middle East. Jane College. Next summer Pauline set up and edited the UK Chambers and research project on said of the experience: “It was a chance the reconstruction of Partners legal directory. This assesses and ranks Berry graduated BArch in 1955, and was awarded Schizophrenia. “The Helen Brown (HARVEY) and Margie Sedgwick College’s commercial the leading law firms, barristers’ chambers, 1980s the Board of Architecture of NSW Prize for an issue of mental health to get an insight into the culture and to kitchen will get (BULL) at the 1956 Fresher Reunion in January Victoria Harper (MORGAN: 81-84) BA solicitors and barristers across the UK and has outstanding student in the final year. Her first has been denied and make friends. To do something positive underway, complete become a brand leader in its field. She carried (Hons) is working as practice manager for her with state of the art husband’s law firm, and is board member of professional appointment was with a private ignored so much about the misunderstanding between this knowledge forward to help publish “Legal 1960s equipment and facilities. Susan CHERRY (69-72) MBBS DRANZCOG the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens architect in Sydney. From 1956 she spent three the West and Islam you must learn about Profiles” across Australia, and assisted in the years with the Commonwealth Dept of Works, in India due to the Food is always an returned to NSW in 2001 after 17 years in and the Sydney University Medical Foundation. it first.” As well as being a delegate, Sara, important subject at establishment of leading legal magazines. WA. She is currently in general practice in She has 3 daughters. Sydney, where she was disappointed to discover stigma associated whose home base is Dubai, reported on College, and Council Erina, NSW, and part-time VMO at Westmead that women architects were not really welcome with it,”notes Chaya. is prepared to put its Hospital. Gillian Kemmis (CHURCH: 85-86) BA is and were assigned to the most trivial projects. “Being able to work the conference for the local Gulf News as money where its mouth Pauline lives with her husband in London. She working in human resources, running a In 1959 she went with her husband to Papua part of her job writing for the paper over is. This project will have a huge impact on student was recently elected President of the University Leonie CRENNAN (68) LLB Grad Dip PhD successful training and development firm. Her there has been one of New Guinea, where she was employed in the the summer. life as well as on our conference trade—the few of Sydney UK Alumni Association (USUKAA), works in the environmental science field for son Luca was born in 2003. Commonwealth Dept of Works, Port Moresby, the most fulfilling and months’ inconvenience will be well worth it! as well as being a trustee of the University of various development agencies such as UNDP, The College’s program of activities for 2006 looks Jenny Lambert (CLEAVER: 80-81) BEc has until 1963. On returning to Sydney in 1965, Berry amazing experiences I Sydney Friends Trust. Details of the USUKAA ADB, SOPAC, and AusAid. She has a 34 year old And there’s more to come: Antonia even more full and exciting than ever. In particular, son and two step daughters. been involved in association management and found that there had been no improvement in have had.” are included elsewhere on this page. She is an opportunities for women to advance their careers Clarke is on her way to Beijing as one a new mentoring scheme is in the planning, which industrial relations and is currently the CEO of will give current students access to a personal officer of a number of voluntary and charitable Angela GIBLIN (66-67) BA (Hons) GradDip the Nursery and Garden Industry Australia. She in architecture. She quit the profession and spent of a thousand international delegates at organizations, and has been active in local In January Fiona mentor in their field. The program plans to utilise Ed was Head of Voice, ANU School of Music has two daughters. two years working part-time as a legal secretary Fiona Roughley, Chaya Murli, Pallavi Agrawal, Sara Saleh, Antonia Clarke the annual Harvard World Model United our substantial alumnae base to match students politics in the US and the UK. until 2004. She has worked as soloist at Opera while studying for a librarianship diploma, which Roughley, Julia and Mary Assunta: students abroad. Nations Conference, where she will be on with their professional areas, and give one-on-one Australia, and other companies in Australia she achieved with many honours. She joined Fetherston and Julia support. Let us know if you’d like to contribute your and Europe. She is now teaching privately and 1990s Fisher Library as a librarian in 1971. After a the Special Political and Decolonization career expertise—we’d love to have you. Georgia BASSINGTHWAIGHTE (90-92) BEc Bowes represented She is qualified to practice law in NSW, England, performing. Her son John was born in1990. series of promotions, she was appointed senior committee of the simulated General Council congratulates Professor J Carter AM and Wales and New York State. sings as a full time member of the Opera Women’s College students have been Sydney University at the 2006 World Mr D Persson AM on their Australia Day Awards Helen Griffiths (CRABBE: 60-62) OAM BA Australia chorus and also works as a part time librarian in charge of foreign gifts and exchanges, Assembly. In June Sophie Butt will a position she maintained until she retired. After extending their networks abroad Intervarsity Debating Championships, and Professor E Elliott on her appointment to the DipSocWork is CEO of Cystic Fibrosis NSW. learning and development manager at Michael travel to Tanzania to take a month- University of Sydney Chair of Paediatrics and Page International. In 2005 she married retirement, she worked as a volunteer with the in recent months, representing hosted by University College Dublin.