Student residences at Boston University in early Spring

The SUGUNAAlumni NewsletterVOLUME XXII, NO1 SprING 2012

SYDNEY UNIVErSITY GrADUATES UNION NOrTH AMErICA

HErE’S TO THE CITY OF BOSTON … THE HOME OF THE BEAN AND THE COD … AND THE 22ND SUGUNA ANNUAL CONFErENCE, AUGUST 2–5, 2012

The 2012 Annual Conference of the Sydney University Graduates Union North America (SUGUNA) will be held at Boston University in the historic City of Boston on

August 2–5, 2012. University of Sydney alumni, faculty members, students (including “study abroad” students) and friends are invited to attend.

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Speakers on a fascinating variety of topics in the Friday and Saturday morning sessions will include Sydney University graduates: Dr rami Cobb (BVetSc ’69), an eminent veterinarian, on Wildlife of the Mongolian Steppe; professor Alan ruby (BA ’72 DipEd ’73), University of Pennsylvania, on Global Trends in University Education; Dr Vikram Khurana (BA ’00 MBBS ’00), a Harvard University neurologist and researcher, on Beer on the Brain

- A Yeast-Stem Cell Dual Discovery Platform for Parkinson’s Disease; Dr robert Kuhn (BA (Mathematics) ’80, IT management consultant and communications expert, on The Portfolio Career: Alternative to the Traditional Employment Paradigm; Dr Matthew Hall (BSc ’00, PhD ’04) has agreed to give a talk entitled A genealogist’s lamentations; Family history research in NSW and beyond; and Judith Terry Smith, who started her career in Geology at Sydney University will discuss Tertiary – Caribbean mollusks and the ancient Gulf of California.

Evening events at the conference will include:

Two social events to be held at Boston University campus: A reception on

Thursday, August 2 at Residence Hall, 18th Floor; and, a traditional Downeaster Buffet Dinner on Friday, August 3 at Fox Fountain, George Sherman Union building.

The annual Awards Banquet will be held at the historic Algonquin Club on Saturday, August 4. The Algonquin Club was founded in 1886 by individuals ‘who valued accomplishment over inherited status…’ The Italian Renaissance Revival Clubhouse, in the heart of Back Bay, has preserved its architecture, inside and out, throughout the century. Donlyn Lyndon, Professor Emeritus at U.C. Berkeley, in his book, Boston Observed, noted:

“There are few buildings in Boston of comparable opulence and scope”. The Algonquin is known for the strength of its educational and cultural programs. Traditionally a club open only to its members, the Algonquin has expanded to include alumni associations from several well-known universities, including Brown, Yale, Princeton and Boston University, as well as Oxford and Cambridge.

The SUGUNA pre-dinner reception will be held in the exquisite, wood-paneled Reading Room and dinner will be served in the warm and elegant Calvin

THE 22ND SUGUNA ANNUAL CONFErENCE (CONT)

IN THIS ISSUE01 2012 SUGUNA ANNUAL

CONFErENCE, BOSTON, MA

05 prESIDENT’S COrNEr

05 pACIFIC NOrTHwEST CHApTEr MEETING

05 ALUMNI NEwS

06 ALUMNI COUNCIL

08 NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOr 2012 wOLFENSOHN AwArD

08 NEw SErVICE AwArD

09 VALE

09 AwArDS

11 SUGUNA 2011 CONFErENCE prESENTATION SUMMArIES

16 SUGUNA SCHOLArSHIp FUND

17 MEMBErS CONTrIBUTIONS

18 STEVE MANDEL’S CONUNDrUM

18 NEw MEMBErS

19 SUGUNA OFFICErS & DIrECTOrS

EDITOrS: Portia Tierney McKenna (BA ’52) portiamail@aol.com

Angela Wales Kirgo (BA ’69) akirgo@verizon.net

Arati Kaza (PhD ’10) aratikaza@gmail.com

Kristin Fitzmorris Assistant Editor

SUBMISSIONS from speakers and contributors are their own opinions and do not represent the opinions of the editors, the University of Sydney or SUGUNA.

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View of Boston University © BU Photography

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City of Boston from Boston Harbor

Coolidge Room. After dinner, SUGUNA will present the 2012 Jim Wolfensohn Award.

Previous Wolfensohn Award recipients will receive a personal memento generously donated by Jim Wolfensohn. SUGUNA will also present a new award in the name of Michael Challis to recognize special services to SUGUNA.

Outstanding optional activities have been organized by the conference committee for the afternoons of Friday and Saturday and on Sunday morning.

On Friday, there will be a tour of the Museum of Fine Arts which was founded in 1876 and moved to its present location in 1909. Today, the MFA is one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world. More than one million visitors each year experience its collection of nearly 450,000 works of art, ranging from ancient Egyptian to contemporary. The SUGUNA tour will focus on the new Art of the Americas wing, which opened in 2010 and contains North, Central, and South American art created over three millennia, including iconic works representing the United States from the birth of the nation through the third quarter of the 20th century.

Alternatively on Friday, conference participants can take the Freedom Trail tour, a 2.5 mile walking trail visiting historic sites. These include:

– Boston Common, the oldest public park in America, dating from 1634;

– the Massachusetts State House, completed in 1798;

– the Old South Meeting House where the meeting held on December 16, 1773 was the trigger for the Boston Tea Party;

– the site of the Boston Massacre in 1770;

– Faneuil Hall, which was built in 1742 as a center of commerce and is still a marketplace today, but starting in 1764 it was the site of public protests against various British taxes and the military occupation;

– the Paul Revere House, the oldest building still standing in downtown Boston;

– the Old North Church made famous by Longfellow’s poem Paul Revere’s Ride; the Bunker Hill monument; and

– the U.S.S. Constitution, named by President George Washington and

the oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat.

For those who don’t quite feel up to walking the full 2.5 miles, we’ll plan a tour of up to a mile, skipping some of the trail. The fee for the guided tour does not include entry into those historical sites which charge for admission.

On Saturday, SUGUNA has planned a visit to the Museum of Science, which opened in 1830 and is now located above the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge. The museum offers a wide variety of exhibits focused on the science and biology of the human body, technology, archaeology, mathematics, the physical sciences, current science and technology. During the conference, the museum will present a special exhibit

on Ancient Egypt. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science will explore the science of pyramids and the tens of thousands of people who built the ‘first skyscrapers’. SUGUNA conference attendees will enter as a group and then be free to explore all the museum has to offer on their own.

Alternatively, on Saturday, conference participants can take a ‘Duck’ tour in a six-wheeled World War II style amphibious vehicle which cruises by Boston landmarks, from the golden-domed State House to Bunker Hill and the TD Garden, Boston Common and Copley Square to the Big Dig, Government Center to fashionable Newbury Street, Quincy Market to the Prudential Tower, and more. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s ‘Splashdown’! The ConDUCKtor

View of the Museum of Science across Charles River

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splashes your Duck right into the Charles River for a breathtaking view of the Boston and Cambridge skylines.

Among the more than 50 colleges and universities in the Boston metropolitan area, Boston University is the largest. But the oldest is just across the Charles River in Cambridge. To get to Harvard University we’ll take a bus on Sunday morning from Boston University past the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and other Cambridge sites. Once we arrive at Harvard Square, we’ll walk through Harvard University, including Harvard Yard and some of Harvard’s nearby buildings and sights, such as Massachusetts Hall (1720), the oldest extant college building in the US (depending on how you count extant), Widener Library, the John Harvard statue, and Henry Moore’s

“Four Piece Reclining Figure.” The guided part of the tour will end at the Harvard Museums: the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, the Mineralogical and Geological Museum, and the Harvard Museum of Natural History, home of, among other interesting collections, the unique glass flowers. You’ll get 90 minutes to explore the museums before our bus takes you back to BU. For those signing up for this option we suggest

departure flights should be booked leaving after 3:30 PM.

Accommodation for the conference is at Boston University, 10 Buick Street Residence Hall which is air-conditioned and ADA accessible. Units have a central living area with two single bedrooms and shared bathrooms at each end, so each unit can provide single or double occupancy, or be shared by four people. Breakfast on Friday and Saturday will be in the same building as the lectures, and box lunches will be provided on those days.

The Boston Duck John Harvard statue, Harvard

View from 10 Buick Street Residence Hall © BU Photography

Further information and registration materials can be found at the SUGUNA website: sydney.edu.au/alumni/suguna/

Or contact: wanda Haschek-Hock at whaschek@illinois.edu

registration deadline: July 6, 2012

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prESIDENT’S COrNEr

In October, several SUGUNA members were honored by the University of Sydney. Congratulations to Michael Challis who was made an Honorary Fellow of the University (see page 9) and to robyn Alders and David Anstice (Chair of the University of Sydney USA Foundation) who shared the Alumni Award for International Achievement. Gerry and Marilyn Bassell, John and Dawn McLenaghan and I were able to attend the graduation ceremony in the Great Hall at which Michael was honored and the lunch that followed hosted by David Turner, President of the Alumni Council. The previous day, Michael, Gerry, John and I met with Tracey Beck, Andrea Besnard and Josh Fry of the Alumni Events Office and David Turner to discuss various issues related to SUGUNA. We were then hosted for morning tea by Professor John Hearn, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International).

Congratulations also to Charles Mackenzie, SUGUNA director and Michigan State University professor who was awarded the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2012 Honours list. And welcome to Jorge A Sanchez, our first member from Mexico.

In regard to the 2012 SUGUNA Conference in Boston, we are

very fortunate to have a number of SUGUNA members in Boston who are leading the charge – Stephanie Ettinger deCuba (yes, this is Sonia and Ron’s daughter), Fred Kam and Bob Kuhn. Stephanie accompanied me when I visited Boston in October and reviewed the Boston University facilities. On Boxing Day, Ron and Sonia met with this group to discuss afternoon and evening events while visiting Stephanie. philip Minter is heading the speaker program and Bill Evans the conference promotions program. Please see separate article on the 2012 Annual Conference and the enclosed registration form – check the SUGUNA website for updates and registration form as well. When all is said and done, this conference will definitely live up to SUGUNA members’ expectations.

I am pleased to report that the Directors have approved a new award that recognizes distinguished service in support of SUGUNA. This award has been named the Michael Challis Distinguished Service Award in recognition of Michael’s invaluable service. Please consider making a nomination for this and the Jim wolfensohn Award (see page 8 for information on nominations). All previous Jim Wolfensohn awardees will also be recognized this year and presented with a memento.

Finally, some of you may have noticed that your SUGUNA newsletter and Sydney Alumni Magazine were late - unfortunately the University’s overseas mailing house ‘misplaced’ the US edition. Please accept my apologies on behalf of the Alumni and Events Office at the University for this delay.

Best wishes for 2012 and looking forward to seeing you in Boston in August!

I would love to hear from you on any aspect of SUGUNA.

Wanda M. Haschek-Hock President

pACIFIC NOrTHwEST CHApTEr MEETING GILLIAN BEATTIE

The Pacific Northwest Chapter of SUGUNA usually meets in May or June in British Columbia or Washington, for a day of reunion, reminiscence and relaxation. All SUGUNA members are welcome to attend these events.

The next PNW meeting will be sometime in the late Spring or early Summer of 2012. Although not cast in stone, we are thinking of meeting somewhere on the Olympic Peninsula, with an overnight rendezvous where we can enjoy the wonders of the Olympic mountains. Please email Gillian at gbeattie@ucsd.edu for further information. The PNW group is open to everyone in SUGUNA and if you would like to be added to the email list, please let Gillian know.

ALUMNI NEwS

2013 CONFErENCE

SUGUNA is pleased to welcome its first member from Mexico. Jorge A Sanchez graduated from the University of Sydney in 2011 with the degree of Master of International Business. We hope that he will be able to join his fellow alumni at the upcoming SUGUNA conference in Boston.

SUGUNA Board of Directors are pleased to announce the 2013 Annual SUGINA Conference will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina under leadership of Derek raghavan, MBBS ‘74. The most likely dates are from Thursday to Sunday, 10 to 13 October 2013. Anyone interested in participating or enquiring about the conference should contact Derek at derek.raghavan@gmail.com.

More details will follow as the program develops, refer to the SUGUNA website and future Newsletters.

SUGUNA President Wanda Haschek-Hock

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UNIVErSITY OF SYDNEY ALUMNI COUNCIL

The last three years have been very productive for the Alumni Council, and it has been a privilege to have been its President during this exciting time.

By way of background, the Council was born six years ago out of the Standing Committee of Convocation, which had managed alumni outreach for over 100 years but was badly in need of resources and a fresh image. The then Vice-Chancellor, Gavin Brown, established a generous annual budget and a well resourced Alumni and Events Office, headed by Tracey Beck, and under her and Dr. Barry Catchlove’s guidance we embarked on an intensive update of our alumni database, improved our media outreach and launched new awards and events to attract alumni back to campus. Over the past three years we have built on those early successes, and by all accounts University of Sydney is now a leader among the Group of 8 (Go8) universities for the quality and depth of its programs that engage its 180,000 alumni worldwide.

So what have we done right?

Firstly, the Council has become much more proactive and strategic in its work, focusing on specific areas of need: enhancing our outreach, broadening our awards and events programs, engaging students and young alumni, contributing to University governance and engaging with the University’s philanthropy programs.

Secondly, we have enjoyed the full support of the Vice-Chancellor, Senate and Deans. Alumni and Events budgets are generous by Go8 standards, even in times of general financial restraint. The University also invests in international alumni engagement, through the work of the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International), as well as its international academic missions and overseas graduation ceremonies.

Finally, we are blessed with Tracey Beck and her energetic, hard working team in the Alumni and Events Office with whom we have a wonderfully collaborative, creative partnership.

Some of our recent successes include:

Extending our outreach

Our alumni magazine, SAM, has become a high quality, professionally edited publication that is the envy of other Universities, and is complemented by a monthly e-newsletter. Recent budget cuts have seen SAM’s circulation trimmed from four issues per year to three, however most other Go8 universities can only manage one or two, so we’re still ahead of the game.

Three years ago we launched an online electronic portal, AlumniOnline, that enables alumni to post their details and link with their regular social networking channels to communicate with their peers, and mentor students online.

This has attracted considerable interest from alumni mentors and student ‘mentees’ alike.

Our database has a natural attrition rate of 10 to 15 percent each year, and the University now commits significant resources to keep it up to date.

Broadening our awards program

The Alumni Awards program continues to grow to recognize the extraordinary achievements of our 180,000 contactable alumni and the 12,000 new ones we graduate each year. The annual awards ceremony in October in the Great Hall is now a sellout. In 2009 the Alumni Awards were increased from one to four:

– Community achievement – International achievement – Professional achievement – Young alumni (under 30)

In 2011 we expanded our Graduate Medals from one to three, to recognize outstanding achievement among students graduating from the University’s main academic streams:

– The Convocation Medal, (the original, for graduates from bachelor programs)

– The Edmund Barton Medal for graduates from Masters by Coursework programs

– The Rita and John Cornforth Medal, for graduates from PhD programs

Sir Edmund Barton was Australia’s first Prime Minister and gained an MA from the University. Professor John Cornforth won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1974, ably assisted by his classmate and wife Rita. In 2012 we look forward to adding three more graduate medals, to celebrate the outstanding achievements of indigenous, international and sporting graduates.

David Turner BArch ’71, MDesSc (Hons) ’97

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Many Alumni Chapters now run their own awards in these categories, feeding their winners into the University awards program. Each year the Council recommends exceptional alumni to Senate for Honorary Doctorates and Fellowships of the University.

Expanding our events program

The University now manages a wide range of events for alumni and friends, from reunions to ideas driven public lectures and forums, plus an exclusive portfolio for alumni:

– Our quarterly Graduate Connections Breakfasts in Sydney’s CBD continue to be a great success, showcasing the achievements of individual alumni in politics, medical and scientific research, the arts, architecture, law and commerce. These breakfasts regularly attract up to 250 alumni.

– In 2009 we launched celebrity alumni dinners in the Great Hall. Justice Michael Kirby was our guest that year and John Bell in 2011.

– The VC now hosts a series of special receptions throughout the year in the Great Hall for alumni, volunteers and donors.

Engaging young alumni and students

The Council, and the Alumni and Events Office have placed a high priority on engaging young alumni as the carriers of the alumni flame into the future.

Firstly, we have revived an old tradition of Councillors attending graduations in their respective disciplines to personally welcome new alumni on the Quadrangle lawn.

Secondly, the Alumni and Events Office recently commissioned research into the special needs of young alumni, out of which has come a program of exclusive ‘behind the scenes’ events at places not normally open to the public. An Alumni Leaders Network has been established by the Vice-Chancellor for graduates who have been shortlisted for Graduate Medals, to enable this exceptional cohort to stay in touch with each other and with the University.

Thirdly, a number of recent graduates have been recruited into vacant positions on the Alumni Council, and

are now actively contributing to policy development and debate.

Finally, a student chapter of the Alumni Council is currently being established, to give students an opportunity to display their leadership skills in fundraising on campus, with the assistance of Alumni and Events as well as the Development Office.

Contributing to University governance

Three years ago the Alumni Council formed a number of task forces to address a number of pressing strategic issues:

– Improving the student experience, particularly in mentoring and student housing

– Improving our media and communications

– Improving our international outreach – Strategically linking alumni relations

and fundraising – Reviewing the governance of Alumni

Chapters and updating the Council’s standing orders written in the 1860s.

The recommendations of these task forces have been well received by the University administration. In particular the search for more student housing is now well advanced, our mentoring website is live and we are partnering with the Development Office in a number of important philanthropy programs.

All Alumni Chapters are in the process of replacing their various constitutions with a new, standard charter that complies with NSW Government risk management and privacy legislation. The Council’s Standing Orders are being substantially updated to comply with contemporary legislation and governance practice.

Two years ago Dr Barry Catchlove, the Immediate Past President of the Alumni Council, and I were elected to Senate as Graduate Fellows ensuring a strong, independent voice in the governance process.

Linking friendraising and fundraising

The University already attracts substantial donations from friends and alumni, however the Council has

recognized that not only should our friendraising be more closely linked to fundraising, but that we should encourage a giving culture among young alumni and students. Overseas experience shows that alumni who give small amounts regularly during their working lives are more likely to make substantial donations and bequests when they retire.

To that end, senior alumni now match donations made by young alumni to the University’s Annual Appeal, and have pledged dollar for dollar support for funds raised by the new student chapter of the Alumni Council.

My thanks

It has been a privilege to have served as President over the past three years, and my thanks to all Councillors, my Vice President, John McLenaghan, the Immediate Past President, Dr Barry Catchlove, and the Director of Alumni and Events, Tracey Beck for contributing to our collective success.

I look forward to the Council continuing to play a major role in the future, linking all our alumni around the world, and making a major contribution to the governance and culture of our great University.

CALL FOr VOLUNTEErS SUGUNA is seeking member volunteers who would like to become involved in its activities including serving on the Board of Directors (BOD, 2 year term) and meeting organisation. No specific experience is required; however the ability to commit time and energy, and to attend the Annual Conference, is very important. To volunteer, or if you need more information, please contact a SUGUNA Officer; contact details are shown on the last page.

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Nominations are invited for the 2012 SUGUNA Jim Wolfensohn Award. Any member of SUGUNA may submit a nomination for this award, based on the following criteria:

(a) The winner must be a graduate of the University of Sydney. (b) He or she must be a member of SUGUNA.

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOr 2012 JIM wOLFENSOHN AwArD (c) He or she must be a person who has made significant contributions for the betterment of society and his, or her, profession, business, academia. (d) The nominee shall have participated in SUGUNA conferences.

Nominations must include a complete curriculum vitae, with details of professional appointments, awards, honours, other accomplishments (research where appropriate), affiliations, compilations of publications, service to communities and organisations, and other achievements. The nomination must also include a supporting letter from the nominating member outlining the merits and qualifications of the person nominated.

Nominees of the winning candidate are asked to ensure that both they and the award winner are present at the award presentation. The selection committee for each year is comprised of the five previous winners.

The deadline for nominations from SUGUNA members is May 31, 2012

Please email your nomination to the Chair, Phillip Smith, at: phillip1952@earthlink.net

Or send to:

Phillip N.H. Smith Chair, Wolfensohn Award Committee 102 Haverford Road, Fox Chapel, PA 15238-1620

The Chair will circulate all nominations to the selection committee.

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOr NEw AwArD: THE MICHAEL CHALLIS DISTINGUISHED SErVICE AwArD

A new award to recognize distinguished service in support of SUGUNA has been established. This award has been named the Michael Challis Distinguished Service Award in recognition of the invaluable service performed by Michael Challis in his role as Secretary and Treasurer of SUGUNA (see opposite page).

The award will recognize individuals for activities performed in support of SUGUNA including duties, responsibilities, or assignments.

Any member of SUGUNA may submit a nomination for this award based on the following criteria:

a) The nominee should be a current member of SUGUNA.

b) The nominee must have made significant contributions to SUGUNA over several years, with contributions over the last five years being the major determinant.

The nomination should describe the nature of the distinguished service of the nominee to SUGUNA in detail. Special emphasis should be documented where the nominee has taken leadership roles. Professional achievement will not be considered as support for this award and past Presidents are not eligible.

Nominations should be made in writing to the President of SUGUNA.

The Board of Directors will review the nominations and determine if an award is to be made in the current year. Nominations may be carried over for two years.

Nominees can be renominated at any time if a previous nomination fails to result in an award.

The awardee will be recognized at the Awards Banquet with a plaque. The nomination letter will be used as a basis of the citation for the award presentation.

Nominations for the Michael Challis Distinguished Service Award for 2012 are invited.

The deadline is May 15, 2012 with nominations to be sent to:

The President Wanda Haschek-Hock at whaschek@illinois.edu

or

2638 County Rd 600 E, Mahomet, IL, 61853-9788

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VALE

SUGUNA was saddened to learn that Kim Blaxland (BSc ’64) passed away on December 11, 2011, after a long illness. Many SUGUNA members will recall her presentation at the Washington, DC Conference Violets, an excuse to travel, and travel she did in pursuit of this species and other plants, particularly alpine species.

Kim (née Christine Alsop) studied botany and agricultural chemistry at the University of Sydney and worked briefly in those fields before she and her husband Chris, took off for Europe and the USA.

Kim’s interest in gardening and drawing was supplemented by a very careful approach to photography which she applied to supplying stock photographs from travels and botanical subjects.

The genus viola became a consuming interest, and she was known internationally as expert on the taxonomy, especially of the 70 North American species. At the time of her death, she was working on a book of the North American violets and had recorded all of them in the field, with photographs and detailed botanical drawings.

While the science of botany has become focused on genetics phylogeny, Kim’s interest was in the appearance and the habitat. A paper published shortly after her death analyses viola guadalupensis, a species that she helped re-discover. Kim’s joy was in finding it in the field and then persuading Chris, a west Texas native, to germinate and produce seeds in the Philadelphia climate. Her logbook showed this as one of 2,000 specimens she had cultivated at home and without any institutional support.

SUGUNA Secretary/Treasurer, Michael Challis (BE(Civil) ’54), has been awarded the title of Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney for “his exemplary efforts in serving the interests of the University of Sydney and graduates living in the United States, Canada and Mexico”. Michael's award was conveyed to him by the Pro Chancellor in a ceremony in the Great Hall on October 14, 2011. Michael's son Peter was present for the occasion, as were SUGUNA President Wanda Haschek-Hock, Gerry and Marylin Bassell, and Dawn and John McLenaghan. It was a truly splendid occasion. Michael made a moving speech in accepting the award, reflecting on his time at the University, his subsequent career, and his work with SUGUNA. The ceremony was followed by a lunch in Michael's honour, hosted by the President of the Alumni Council, David Turner.

Charles Mackenzie (BSc(Vet) ’69 BVetSc ’71 PhD ’76) was made an Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2012 “for distinguished service to veterinary pathology and to medical science through significant contributions to filarial disease eradication in the peoples of Equatorial Africa, and as a researcher and educator”. Charles is Professor

of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, and Member, Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation. He has spent his career fighting and researching debilitating diseases such as elephantiasis and river blindness and the results of his work include the elimination of river blindness in Ecuador and the creation of elimination programs in Sudan and Tanzania.

The 2011 Alumni Awards were presented on October 28, in the Great Hall. In a ceremony presided over by Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence, two of our SUGUNA alumni were honoured:

robyn Alders (BSc(Vet) ’83 BVetSc ’84 DipVetClinStud ’86) received the 2011 Award for International Achievement for her ‘exceptional research and contributions to veterinary science, and particularly for her vital work on the prevention and

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control of emerging infectious disease and village poultry health in Asia and Africa.’ Robyn was made an Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia on 26 January, 2011 for ‘distinguished service to veterinary science as a researcher and educator, to the maintenance of food security in developing countries through livestock management and disease control programs, and to the Australian poultry industry’.

David Anstice (BEC ’70 HonFellow ’09), who was unable to be present, was the joint recipient (with Robyn Alders) of the 2011 Alumni Award for International Achievement. The Award, with the accompanying citation, will be conveyed to him at a presenation on 29 February 2012 at the University.

David is a businessman and company director, working globally, and based in Pennsylvania. He retired as a senior executive of Merck & Co., Inc., in September 2008. Merck is a world leader in the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of prescription medicines and vaccines.

He served on Merck’s Executive Committee, the Company’s senior management team, commencing in 1990, and served as the Merck representative to the Biotechnology Industry Organization in Washington, DC, for 10 years.

Robyn Alders (pictured left) and David Anstice Joint-recipients of the Alumni Award for International Achievement

SUGUNA CONFERENCE 2012 JOIN US IN BOSTON, MA

Join us for the 2012 SUGUNA conference in beautiful Boston. You will have the opportunity to explore the city of spires, museums, ships and walk the iconic Freedom Trail.

The Conference features morning symposia covering a diverse array of topics presented by alumni. Also offered are visits to local points of interest, guided tours, sporting activities and evening social events.

Thursday, August 2 – Sunday, August 5, 2012 Boston, MA

Questions? Email Wanda Haschek-Hock at whaschek@illinois.edu

Or visit the SUGUNA website: sydney.edu.au/alumni/suguna/conference

Statue of Paul Revere on the Boston Freedom Trail

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Over the past half century there has been a major increase in allergic diseases around the world. Originally it was thought this only occurred in the developed world. We now see allergic disease increasing in both the underdeveloped and developed world.

A major breakthrough occurred when the hygiene hypothesis was proposed and has been subsequently confirmed by many investigators. This hypothesis has now been extended to the fetus. It appears that the exposure of pregnant women to special inhaled bacteria activates immunologic mechanisms

This occurs at the placenta and ‘smooths’ the allergic mechanisms of the fetus. Without this exposure the normal ‘allergic’ tendency of the fetus expands and appears to further expand after birth. This mechanism is also genetically modulated.

Additionally, environmental factors can potentiate the allergic push. These factors are both inhaled and ingested. Air pollution and climate change (global warming) contribute to the growth of trees and shrubs. The increased CO

2 concentrations from

global warming result in increased

plant growth and increased pollen production. Additionally the pollen that is produced is more allergenic. Non-pollen airborne particulates also increase the allergic tendency, particularly small carbon particles from fossils fuel combustion, wood burning, volcanic eruptions and automobile emissions.

The issue of increasing food allergy in adults appears to relate to widespread increasing pollen concentration in both the northern and southern hemispheres. This syndrome, the pollen food syndrome, aka the Oral Allergy Syndrome, is seen with the ingestion of fresh fruits, vegetables, seeds and spices and is more commonly seen in young women.

Whether eosinophilic disease of the gastrointestinal tract, i.e. eosinophilic esophagitis (EE), has an allergic etiology is hotly debated. Many patients with EE are food allergic. Whether this is an association or an adjunctive trigger remains to be clarified.

The clinical diagnosis of allergic disease is often confirmed by skin testing. This is helpful with

inhalant problems such as hay fever and asthma. With the pollen food syndrome and eosinophilic disease of the gastrointestinal tract, testing with fresh foods is necessary. Many of the responsible antigens responsible for this disease expression are heat labile.

The antigens used by allergists are purchased from commercial suppliers controlled by government regulations. In the manufacturing process the antigens are heated and therefore the majority are degraded.

These issues are combining to form a perfect allergy storm. With climate change, increased allergic exposure with increasing hygiene combine to help explain the increasing allergic expression in most populations around the world.

INCREASING ALLERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE Dr Michael Mandl, (MBBS ’63), MSc, FrCp

wHAT wE LEArNED IN VANCOUVEr IN THE LAST ISSUE wE GAVE SUMMArIES OF A NUMBEr OF TALKS prESENTED AT THE ANNUAL CONFErENCE HELD IN VANCOUVEr. THE FOLLOwING SUMMArIES COMpLETE THE COLLECTION.

Michael is an allergy and immunology specialist and has initiated outreach clinics to meet the allergic needs of the underserved northern populations of British Columbia

ASSISTANT EDITOr SOUGHT SUGUNA is looking for volunteers to assist with the preparation of the twice-yearly SUGUNA newsletter and eventually to take over as Editor. This includes working with the editors to identify, follow-up and occasionally write appropriate news items, in addition to assistance with proofing, editing news stories, and other activities as directed by the editors. If you have some writing experience and appropriate computer skills and can help, please contact editor Arati Kaza ataratikaza@gmail.com

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CAN CALIFOrNIA SUrVIVE?

Bill Evans (BA ’72 LLB ’75)

The combination of a ‘perfect storm’ recession and political gridlock in the state capital, Sacramento, has created serious concerns about the state’s future. California for many years has been running structural deficits, caused by excessive spending and inadequate revenue. At the same time potential solutions are prevented by constitutional restrictions adopted by California’s voters and partisan deadlock in the state legislature.

In January 2011, Governor Jerry Brown faced a shortfall of $6 billion in the 2010–2011 year and a projected shortfall of $25 billion for the 2011–2012 year. The Governor faced the requirement of a two-thirds majority of the state legislature for any increase in taxes and a Republican minority with enough votes and the determination to prevent new taxes. This came after a decade of spending cuts (especially in education), late budgets, employee furloughs and IOUs.

Much of California’s current problem can be traced back to the 1978 tax revolt and Proposition 13. Proposition

13 ‘rolled back’ property values to 1975 values and limited increases to an inflation factor not exceeding 2% per year. It also required a two-thirds majority of both houses of the state legislature for any state tax increase. Key impacts of Proposition 13 included: a transfer of fiscal power from local governments to the state government; the ability of a minority of state legislators to block state revenue measures; and an increase in the use of the initiative process for placing additional restrictions on California government. Later initiatives placed additional constraints on revenues and imposed specific spending requirements in several areas, especially education. Electoral reapportionment provided safe districts for both parties in the legislature and (with other factors) increased partisanship and reduced compromise. Term limits resulted in legislators with less experience in budget matters and with a short-term focus on local and high-profile issues so as to promote their political careers.

More recently, reformers are using the initiative process to address the

problems largely created by earlier initiatives. Proposition 11 in 2008 sought to create a non-partisan redistricting process. The new district maps (based on the 2010 census) are now undergoing a public hearing process, and unless delayed by litigation, they will be used for elections in 2012. Proposition 140 in 2010 established an open primary process where the two highest vote-getters in the primary, regardless of party, will compete in the general election. This is intended to encourage the election of more moderate candidates. Its impact will not be felt until the 2012 elections. Proposition 25 of 2010 allowed the adoption of a state budget on a majority vote. The 2011–2012 budget was passed without any Republican votes, but as Proposition 25 still requires a two-thirds vote for revenue measures, the legislature could rely only on further drastic spending cuts to balance the budget. Although some politicians have publicly discussed “reforms” of Proposition 13, it still appears to be untouchable. While the recent initiatives may have some beneficial impact, and an economic recovery may help California overcome its short-term economic problems, it is much too early in the reform process to view the state’s long-term prospects with any degree of optimism.

Bill retired in 2008 after 30 years as a state civil servant. He currently works as an attorney and an environmental consultant

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TArGETING TUMOUr MICrOENVIrONMENTS

Solid tumours are difficult to treat because many of the cancer cells lie at unusually large distances from blood vessels. Consequently, they receive low levels of nutrients, resulting in drug-resistant phenotypes. On treatment, they also receive low levels of anticancer agents, further reducing the effectiveness of the chemotherapy. We have shown that multi-cellular spheroids, simple three-dimensional clusters of cancer cells that are readily generated in the laboratory, are excellent models for investigating the diffusion of anticancer agents into solid tumours. Our work has revealed that compounds that are taken up rapidly by cells, are less effective at penetrating into spheroids, and suggests that a balance must be struck between cellular uptake and tumour penetration. An alternative approach is to make use of the chemistry and biology of the tumour microenvironments to increase cellular uptake in the regions that are currently difficult to treat and this is the basis of our current work.

We have developed compounds that are designed to exploit one or more of three of the chemical and

biological features that typify some tumour microenvironments: hypoxia (low oxygen concentration), acidity, and enzyme over-expression. In order to identify the hypoxic regions of our tumour models, we have transfected a colon cancer cell line with a green fluorescent protein in such way that is only generated in low oxygen conditions. By preparing cobalt compounds that carry models of inactivated forms of known anticancer agents, we have been able to show that we can achieve increased activation in these hypoxic regions. Incorporation of acid sensitive groups into these cobalt compounds results in greater cellular uptake in the acidic conditions that are found in the hypoxic regions of solid tumours and greatly enhancing the targeting of the hypoxic regions of our spheroids.

Another feature of tumours that can be exploited is their tendency to greatly overproduce a class of enzymes called matrix metalloproteinases. These enzymes enable the tumour to grow rapidly and to metastasize. However, by using the enzymes to do chemistry for us, we can exploit

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these otherwise undesirable features. In a proof of principle experiment, we have shown that we can develop peptide based compounds that are unable to enter cells until acted upon by these enzymes. These experiments revealed that we could restrict uptake to the regions we are endeavouring to target, providing a strong basis for the development of new compounds better able to selectively destroy cancer cells.

Our approaches have the potential to reduce the side effects that limit the application and effectiveness of most anticancer agents and to generate more durable outcomes, including long term survival.

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NOTES FrOM THE LONG pADDOCK: DIFFErENCES BETwEEN AUSTrALIAN AND NOrTH AMErICAN rUrAL LANDSCApES Michael Kluckner

As he had done for years in Canada, artist Michael Kluckner wandered around Australia with a sketchbook from 2006–9, recording the human elements of the landscape and contemplating their changing meaning as the nation urbanises and rural properties are abandoned or consolidated. A former chair of the Heritage Canada Foundation, he wrote and illustrated a number of books on cities and historic architecture before turning his attention about ten years ago to his home province, British Columbia, and its ‘roadside memory’.

Rural places in Canada (and Australia) have few museums or archives or, even, formal records of settlement such as accurate land titles information. ‘History’ is held in personal memories and photo albums, dispersed across the landscape with the rural diaspora. After posting some of his watercolours on his website and soliciting the help of CBC radio, he was able to create a network of correspondents whose

family memories connected the dots to the historic places his paintbrush had already explored. The result was the book Vanishing British Columbia, co-published in 2005 by UBC Press and the University of Washington Press.

During his three years in Australia, Kluckner painted landscapes and buildings and soon found himself comparing Australia with North America. The similarities were few but easy to spot. Georgian colonial architecture was one example, still common in Tasmania and the eastern parts of North America. There is still strong evidence of the ‘balloon framing’ system, brought to Australia by American goldminers in the 1860s, in many city and country houses, although they are less evident in Australia where so few buildings have a second storey. As for the differences, vernacular buildings use ‘local’ materials: wrought iron and fibro in Australia, logs and shakes in North American pioneer cabins.

The Indian colonial bungalow with its hipped roof and spreading eaves, so familiar in the Australian countryside, is only found in North America in a few former British expat colonies in the southern interior of British Columbia. There are regional styles: the ‘Queenslander’ and South Australia’s stone houses, Quebec farmhouses and the Doukhobors’ communal villages in Canada. And there is the matter of climate: because fodder needs storage and animals need shelter in much of North America, barns are much more substantial than the typical Australian shed.

His talk ended with a few images of non-native trees planted around homesteads – the way they mark human passage more permanently than the buildings, which often are razed or crumble away. Poplars planted as windbreaks or scattered along dry watercourses establish and renew themselves more successfully through the generations than the homesteading families who initially planted them.

Examples of Michael Kluckner’s work can be seen online at ww.michaelkluckner.com.

Michael is an author and artist who has made something of a specialty of travel painting, writing and illustrating

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MANAGING BArrIErS TO prEVENT ASIAN CArp INVASION OF THE GrEAT LAKES: THE CHICAGO ELECTrIC FISH BArrIEr Vincent F. Hock, Jr., with Michael K. McInerney, and Carey L. Baxter – US Army Corps of Engineers, ErDC-CErL; and Charles B. Shea, US Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District

Vincent F. Hock, Jr.

Non-native invasive species are second only to habitat loss as the leading threat to native species. Since 2000, non-native species of Asian carp have been moving upstream in the Illinois River. Due to their feeding habits, large size, and rapid reproduction, these carp continue to threaten invasion and destruction of the Great Lakes ecosystem. To prevent further damage to the nation’s waterways, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is working with federal, state, and local agencies to prevent the fish from entering Lake Michigan, which connects to the Illinois River via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The same pathway that provides a vital connection for ship traffic between the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes also offers a pathway to these invasive aquatic species.

The current method of protection developed by USACE is a series of permanent electric barriers, the first of which has been in continuous demonstration since 2002. In addition, there are ongoing monitoring efforts and research to discover optimum operating parameters and solutions to potential barrier bypasses. The electric barriers generate a pulsing direct current to electrodes secured at the bottom of the canal to create an electric field in the water that fish

will not swim across. Effectiveness of the barriers, however, is influenced by technical, biological, and environmental factors. Only the latter cannot be eventually controlled. Since 2005, the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center–Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) has regularly conducted field mapping in all weather of the technical and biological factors related to the electric barrier. Data collected includes evaluations of potential sparking, quantification of voltage potential and shock hazards for ships and persons-in-water, assessment of corrosion potential for in-water steel structures, and effective connections of parasitic structures.

A summary of ERDC-CERL field testing includes the following conclusions: (a) the risk to person-in-water extends well beyond barrier electrodes; (b) there is no significant increase in risk of sparking within a tow traversing two operating barriers; (c) there is, however, an increased risk of sparking when a tow spans two operating barriers and there is a collision with a barge in the fleeting area; (d) a risk to coal-handling operations of sparking is unlikely; (e) barrier operation does not adversely affect corrosion potential for in-water steel structures; (f) there is not a shock hazard from barrier operation for personnel at the fleeting area.

Other USACE-coordinated efforts include the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS). GLMRIS is conducting a study of the range of options and technologies available to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species (ANS) between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basin. The study will first focus on Chicago-area waterways and then expand to other pathways. Its analysis will include evaluation of hydrologic separation of the basins. Additional efforts are being

managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to reduce the number of Asian carp in the Upper Illinois and Des Plaines rivers downstream of the Dispersal Barrier at Romeoville, thereby reducing the number of fish that could challenge the barrier. One IDNR project utilizes carefully controlled commercial fishing crews to remove the carp using primarily trammel nets – although gill nets, seines, and hoop nets have been used. Over 300 tons of Asian carp were removed and processed into fertilizer. The other project involves licensing commercial fishermen to net Asian carp for processing into food products, 3 million pounds of which are contracted to China. These efforts may prove the ultimate solution to eliminate the threat of carp migration.

‘Neither rain nor heat nor gloom of night’ will keep the ERDC-CERL team from its field mapping efforts.

The team has adopted a newspaper quote from Illinois Gov. Patrick Quinn who said, “If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em.” (News-Gazette, July 14, 2010).

Vincent holds a BSc degree in Chemistry and an MS degree in Metallurgy and is a senior technical advisor for the Materials and Structures Branch at the Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL), US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense.

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SUGUNA exhorts our members and friends to continue donating in support of University of Sydney students’ research in North America, and commends funding The University of Sydney USA Foundation to meet the objective of this Scholarship.

SUGUNA SCHOLArSHIp FUND 2011 AwArDEE’S rEpOrT

Elizabeth Dylke, phD candidate University of Sydney

With the funding from SUGUNA Scholarship Fund, I was able to attend the American Board of Radiology exams in Kentucky in May 2011, which presented a fantastic, unique

opportunity to conduct research. I was interested in determining if a grading system which had been previously used in research to evaluate a type of nuclear medicine scan was a reliable and useful tool. To do this, I needed a large group of nuclear medicine experts to use the grading system on a large number of scans that I had performed. Travel to Kentucky allowed me to find sufficient numbers of doctors and to control the viewing environment to make this study as strong as possible. Furthermore, it was an incredible learning experience as I was able to discuss my research and learn about other imaging techniques not only with the doctors but also other researchers from around the world who were conducting fascinating studies. I am very grateful to SUGUNA for giving me the chance to expand my knowledge and conduct this research. It will definitely be one of the highlights of my PhD experience.

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SUGUNA MEMBERS CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA DAY Bill Evans (BA ’72 LLB ’75)

Dr. George and Sally Dunea, together with Wanda and Vincent Hock, attended the black tie gala, G’Day USA Australia Day Ball. The event was sponsored by the Australian Consulate in Chicago in partnership with G’Day USA on Saturday January 28 at the Mid-America Club. The new Consul-General, the Hon. Roger Price, gave the welcome and the Australian Ambassador to the USA, the Hon. Kim Beazley AC, was the guest of honor. Guest master of ceremonies was Tabatha Coffey from Bravo’s hit reality television series Tabatha Takes Over and entertainment was by Joe Robinson, Australia’s Got Talent winner, as well as the Ken Arlen Orchestra. This lavish event was attended by both Australians and Americans.

The Los Angeles Australia Day party was quite a bash, and as one might expect from the left coast there was

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CANADA’S PORTRAIT PRIZE Julian Brown (BSc ’57 MSc ’59)

The Archibald Prize, familiar to most people who have spent time in Sydney, is a model for national portrait competitions in several other countries

In Canada the national portrait prize is called The Kingston Prize, and is held every two years. The 2011 competition attracted 450 entries, from which 30 finalists were chosen. There was a short Preview exhibition in the town of Gananoque, which is a little smaller than Murwillumbah NSW where the Archibald was a hit in 2011.

The exhibition was then shown for three months at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto as part of the program of the Institute of Contemporary Culture.

The ROM is the largest museum in Canada, with cultural and natural history exhibits from around the world. The Toronto exhibition opened with a Gala at which the Kingston Prize of $20,000 was presented by the W. Garfield Weston Foundation. The tour finishes with a six week show at Drummondville, Quebec, in the heart of francophone Canada.

not a black tie in sight. It was hosted by the Advance Los Angeles Committee, which organizes a ‘word of mouth’ mixer alternating monthly between Los Angeles and Orange County.

Several other groups, including Australians in LA and Australians in Film, co-sponsored the event. Possibly as many as 100 people squeezed shoulder to shoulder into Station Hollywood in the W Hotel, in Hollywood. Paul Brindley, Advance’s Master of Ceremonies, managed to quiet the crowd to allow for brief speeches including a welcome from the Australian Consul-General in Los Angeles, Chris DeCure.

Chris and his wife Cathy will be completing their posting in a month or so, to everyone’s regret. SUGUNA was represented by Trish Harrison, Angela Kirgo and Bill Evans.

Sally and George Dunea (Photo by Slawomir Chrzaszcz)

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Steve Mandel, a University of Sydney graduate and former professor of mathematics, presents us with Spring’s conundrum. The answer will appear in the next issue or readers may send the solution directly to Steve at MaryJaneMandel@aol.com – he is happy to hear from readers.

THIS ISSUE’S CONUNDrUM: There are four villages in England that lie at the vertices of a square each side of which is ten miles long. Label the northwest vertex A, the northeast vertex as B, the southeast vertex as C and the southwest vertex as D. It is required to build a road system so that a motorist can drive a car from any one village to any of the other three villages. Money is scarce, as usual, so we want to build a road system the total length of which is as short as possible. One solution (not a very good one) would be to build a road that goes from A to B to C and then to D. This does the job and is thirty miles long. Another solution (better) would be to build a road from A to C and another one from B to D (forming a large X). This system measures twice the square root of 200 miles (remember dear old Pythagoras?) which is 28.3 miles, better than the 30 miles we had before.

Now let your imaginations run wild and see if you can find a network of roads that connects all four towns with each other and that is even shorter than 28.3 miles.

LAST ISSUE’S CONUNDrUM: What country is an anagram of a synonym of a homophone of an even prime number? (Hint: There is only one even prime number!)

Solution: The only even prime number is two, a homonym of which is too, a synonym of which is also, an anagram of which is Laos, a country in Southeast Asia.

STEVE MANDEL’S CONUNDrUM

Nitya Bhaskaran, BSc Microbiology 2011, San Diego, CA

John Fairbrother, BVSc, PhD 1972, St. Hyacinthe, QC

Steven Eaton, BPharm 1990, Bernardsville, NJ

Lucas Frey, Master International Studies (Honours) 2001, Ottawa, ON

Michelle Goldsworthy, Bachelor of Nursing 1996, Houston TX

Andrew Greenwood, Master of Philosophy (Music) 2006, Riverside, IL

Frederick Kam, M Eng. Sc 1984, Boston, MA

robert M. Khun, BA (Hons I, Univ. Medal) 1980, Arlington, MA

Meghan Lawless, BDent 2011, Calgary, AB

robert O reid II, Master Strategic Public Relations 2010, Cleveland, OH

Jorge A. Sanchez, M Int’l Business 2011, Mexico, DF

Christian Sautter, Master International Business & Law 2011, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Leon Smith, BDS 1955, Ancramdale, NY

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prESIDENT: wanda M Haschek-Hock BVSc ’73 (2013)2638 County Road 600 E, Mahomet, IL 61853-9788, T 217 897 1618; F 217 244 7421E whaschek@illinois.edu

VICE prESIDENT & prESIDENT ELECT: Jennifer Green BSc ’83 PhD ’87 (2012)2122 South Paseo Loma Circle, Meza, 85201, AZT 480 491 0995 F 480 965 7972E jenny.green@asu.edu

IMMEDIATE pAST prESIDENT: Gerry Bassell MBBS ’73 (2013)6505 East Central, Wichita KS 67206, USAT 316 648 7200; F 707 667 0362E usydgrad@mac.com

SECrETArY/TrEASUrEr: Michael Challis BE Civil ’54 (2012)4104 Thornoaks Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4256, USAT 734 971 6186E mdchallis@aol.com

ASSISTANT OFFICEr IN AUSTrALIA: John McLenaghan, AM BEc ’59 (2012)3/18 Parriwi Road, Mosman NSW 2088 Australia T +61 2 9960 6136; F +61 2 9960 6136E mclenaghanjd@yahoo.com

Gillian Beattie BSc ’61 DSc ’2007 (2012) Langley, WA USA

Christopher Blaxland BVSc ’64 (2012)Radnor, PA USA

r Julian C Brown BSc ’57 MSc ’59 (2012) Kingston, ON Canada

ramune M Cobb BVSc (Hon) ’69 (2012)Newtown, PA USA

ronald EttingerBDS ’66 MDS ’70 DDSc ’92 (2012), Iowa City, IA USA

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rex FortescueBDS ’48 MDS ’54 (2012), Vancouver, BC Canada

roderick Holme BE (Civil) ’67 (2012)Toronto, ON Canada

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Angela Kirgo BA ’69 (Future Conferences Committee Chairperson) (2012) Los Angeles, CA USA

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