OUSA LIFE MEMBERS

Was Manger Unipol
University of Otago Recreation Services Manager

Currently: in retirement in Wanaka, and representing the Otago Polytechnic Students Association as their representative on the Unipol Board

OUSA President 2009,

OUSA Student Support Centre Manager, OUSA Humanities Representative, NZUSA Women's Officer

Anna has also served the Otago Polytechnic Students' Association as President

Currently: working for the Ministry of Finance in Wellington.

Otago University Chaplain

OUSA President 2008., OUSA General Executive 2007

Currently: completing an MA degree in History

Academic Qualifications: LLB

NZUSA Co-President, OUSA Campaigns Coordinator

Currently: With Kensington Swan in Wellington. Hayden has assisted OUSA with legal challenges to the University's Code of Conduct.

BA (Hons) History and Political Studies

President 2007, Welfare Officer 2005, Education and Welfare Vice-President 2004, General Executive 2003

From 2008: Foreign Policy Officer, NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, working on international climate change negotiations

OUSA Lady Vice-President 1946 - 1947

Currently: living in retirement in Wellington.

Lady Holmes represents all of the women who served OUSA on the executive and in assisting roles since our beginnings whose contributions, before the 1980s, were largely unacknowledged.

President 2005, Administrative Vice-President 2003-04, General Executive, 2002.

Steven has completed his history and law degrees at the University of Otago and is currently studying at Cambridge University, UK..

BA (Hons) Political Studies, BCom Economics.

President 2004, Commerce Divisional Rep
2003.

Cush works for Vodafone and is undertaking an MA at the University of Auckland.

BCom

President 2003, Commerce Divisional Rep 2002.

Nick is currently in Wellington, working for his family's business.

'Andy Flyboy', Radio One's breakfast host 1996 - 2002 ( now in Auckland)

OUSA President 2002, NZUSA President 2003

Currently works for the Ministry for Economic Development in Wellington and is Mum
to Fionn and Niamh.

OUSA President 2001, OUSA Women's Rights Officer 2000, OUSA Health Sciences Divisional Rep, 1999

Currently: relocating to New York for the next three years to continue her infectious diseases training.
Has been working as an Infectious Diseases Registrar at Wellington Hospital following a period working as a Resident at the Canberra Hospital and volunteering at the ACT AIDS Action Council.

BA (with credit), MA (Anthropology), DipArts, GradDip Applied Journalism

Critic Editor 2000-2001, Critic News Editor 1999, OUSA Campaigns Coordinator 1998,
OUSA Researcher 1997

Currently works in promotions & communications (still for OUSA!), freelance journalism/ writing/ research.
altmedia<at>paradise.net.nz

Has run Hare Krishna $2/ $3 lunches for students for a number of years, and still is.

OUSA President 2000, OUSA Campaigns Coordinator 1999, OUSA General Executive
1998, NZUSA President 2001

Currently a union organiser for Finsec (Wellington)

OUSA Accounts/Reception 1990 - 1993, OUSA Secretary 1994 - 1998,

Currently living and working in Central Otago.

BA, PGDipArts, BSc

OUSA Campaigns Coordinator 1995, General Executive 1996. OUSA Constitutional
Review Committee member, long-term OUSA supporter

Currently IT and Research support Administrator in the Dept History (Otago) and Dad of Alex and Amelia.

Otago University Proctor 1980 - 2001.

His memoirs available from www.unibooks.co.nz

OUSA President 1999, Campaigns Coordinator 1998

Currently works for the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) as Communications and Campaigns Officer, after having worked for Finsec. (Wellington). Partner to Jeltsje, Dad to Jelle, Maaike and Nynke.

OUSA Campaigns Coordinator 1999 (with Andrew Campbell) & 2001, OUSA General Executive 1996-1997 (campaigns, accommodation, mature students, House and Garden, ISB development, Constitutional Review Committee, employment and Burns Fellowship committee);

Long term OUSA and Education Action Group and Social Events activist and supporter (and occasional critic), anti unnecessary-Leith bridge organiser, Loaded Goblin patron, and occasional Critic letter of the week winner;
Present at the '93 Registry anti-fee increases 'riot' and both subsequent Registry occupations;

Was never OUSA Porridge Wrestling Champion, despite entering the event since its inception and frequently being reported as defending champion in the media;
Co-founder of the OU Highland & Gaelic Society in '96, and president for 4 or 5 years.

Currently: Student Liaison Officer, Otago Polytechnic Students' Association and
occasional freelance layout and design work.
mbaxter<at>ekotago.ac.nz

OUSA President 1998, Education and Welfare Vice President 1996

Currently: Legislative Counsel for the Office of the Clerk for the House of
Representatives, married to Brooke and mum to Isabella and Sophie.

President 1997, Administrative Vice President 1996, Campaigns Coordinator 1995.

OUSA Constitutional Review Committee member.

Currently: living in Dunedin, working for Anderson, Lloyd, Caudwell, and mother of Isaac.

BA (History and Politics), PostGrad Diploma (Politics)

President 1996, General Executive 1995,1994

Currently: Posted to New York as New Zealand's Trade Commissioner and Consul,
October 2006.

Dunedin solicitor, still fighting in the corner of the deserving, the unheard and the
oppressed, defending the seeming indefensible.

OUSA President 1995

OUSA President 1994

Currently: living in and fossicking through villages in the United Kingdom

OUSA President 1993, NZUSA Co-President 1995-1996.

Currently: Labour MP for Wellington Central.

Has worked as: Senior Research Marketing Manager in the University of Otago's Enterprise Office, based in central Wellington after having worked in the Prime Minister's Office as an advisor to the Rt Hon Helen Clark, and as an Advisor to Hon Marian Hobbs, Minister for the Environment. Spent five years working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including a posting to the United Nations in New York.

OUSA President 1992

Currently: Deputy Permanent Representative Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New York) and a mum.

BA

OUSA President 1991, Education and Welfare Vice-President 1990, Women's Rights Collective member 1989, on University Council 1992, on NZSAC (New Zealand Students Arts Council) 1990-91 (until it was disbanded)
Master of Arts (Research) at Queensland University of Technology (Australia).

Currently: based in Europe, furthering her theatre & digital performance career.

http://www.creative-catalyst.com

MA (Otago) in Phenomenology of Religion
M.Phil. (Massey) in Defence and Strategic Studies

OUSA President 1990

Currently in NZ Army

OUSA President 1989

Last known: Currently: Dad to Sam; working with computers in New Plymouth.

OUSA President 1988

Currently: Chief Executive of Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland, based at the University of Stirling.
mckapiti<at>hotmail.com

Union Manager.
He is remembered by Helen Jamieson thus: "There was many a night when he would be around until the wee small hours of the morning while the party raged, ready to have a quiet drink upstairs with those of us that were making sure everything was ok."

Sadly for us all, Colin is now deceased.

OUSA Treasurer

Currently: School of Law, Uni of Otago

Orientation Manager 1985, Information Officer 1984 and 1985, Radio One Station Manager 1986.

Participated in the deregulation of television and telecommunications and then internet and digital TV services .

Currently between Wanaka and Dunedin as an electrician.

OUSA President 1986

Currently Managing Director of Goodman Fielders Dairy & Meats Business in New Zealand. Prior to this role worked overseas for 14 years.

BA (History)

OUSA President May 1986 to December 1987, OUSA Information Officer 1983, 1984,
Advertising Manager, Critic, 1988

Currently: Manager OUSA Clubs & Societies Centre since November 2000. Married to Keeley, with three children.

OUSA President 1985

Currently: practising lawyer in Ireland. (Dublin)

Creche

Pat is currently involved with the Dunedin Community Childcare Association.

Student Job Search

Currently: CEO, Cancer Society of New Zealand, Otago and Southland Division Inc.

Currently: practicing Barrister

BA (Hons) Otago
LLB (Hons) Auckland

President OUSA 1984

Lives in Auckland with husband and three sons.
Robyn has had a varied career in journalism, PR, voluntary work and motherhood. She has recently
graduated in law and is working part time as a solicitor with a special interest in Treaty of Waitangi jurisprudence.

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Currently: recording engineer (Dunedin)

Clubs and Societies Manager

Currently: living in retirement in Christchurch

OUSA President 1983

University Chaplain

OUSA President 1981

OUSA Secretary

Margaret is currently working as Executive Secretary at Kings High School.

OUSA Secretary

Currently: Completed a Bachelor of Nursing degree at the end of 2005.

Sadly for us all, George is now deceased.

OUSA President 1980

Currently: a partner in law firm in Australia.

PhD, MA (Applied Economics and Managerial Science) [Pennsylvania], MBA
(Finance) [Columbia], LLB(Hons), BCom(Hons) (Economics) [Otago]

Currently: Vice-Chancellor, University of Canterbury

Managing Director of Jade Software Corporation, he spent the previous five years with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and has been Director,
Deputy Governor and Acting Governor.

Rod is also a long distance swimmer and, in recent years, in addition, has completed the Boston, New York and Paris marathons.

Union Chef

Sadly for us all, Victor is now deceased.

Custodian

Sadly for us all, Algie is now deceased.

University Proctor

Sadly for us all, John is now deceased.

OUSA President 1978

Currently: Managing Director of Viranda Property Network

Finance Rep 1973 -1974.

Currently: Chief Executive of Ernst Young, Auckland and on the Board of Te Papa.

OUSA President 1977

Currently: works in Dunedin for the NZ Grassland Association.

Union Manager

Sadly for us all, 'Pat' is now deceased.

Registrar, known as 'Jock'.

Sadly for us all, Dr. Waddell is now deceased.

OUSA President 1975

Currently: Christchurch

www.nigeldunlop.co.nz

OUSA President 1974

Current: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington

OUSA President 1971

Currently in Gambia, West Africa

Our first - and so far only - concurrent OUSA President and international student.

OUSA President 1970

DPhil (Oxford), MSc (Edinburgh), MBChB (Otago), BMedSci (Otago), LLB (Auckland), DipObst, FRCOG, FRANZCOG, FTCL

OUSA President 1969

Currently: Coroner for New Zealand, based in Auckland.

In 1969 he was a Rhodes Scholar, from 1971 - 1974 a Lecturer in Anatomy at Merton College and Anatomical Demonstrator in the Department of Human Anatomy at Oxford University.

From 1981 to 1998 he was Senior Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the School of Medicine at the University of Auckland.

From 1988 to 1991 he was the Founding Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education, from 2000 - 2001 a member of the Mental Health and Disability Committee, Auckland District Law Society, from 2001 to 2003 a member of the NZ Coroners' Council.

He is also a past president of the St Heliers Tennis Club and a past member of the Auckland Medicolegal Society.

OUSA President 1968

Currently: has a personal chair in
Geomorphology at Victoria University of Wellington.

He teaches courses on Natural hazards, New Zealand Resources and Environment, and Geomorphology.

His previous appointments have been at the University of Otago, New Zealand, University of Alberta, and Trent University Ontario. He has been a recipient of the Visiting Professorial Fellowship, Durham University, (2003), Leverhulme Scholarship, University of Bristol (1998), and a Fulbright research Scholar, USA (1984).
He is currently a ministerial appointment to the New Zealand Conservation Authority that has statutory responsibilities for national parks and regional conservation management strategies, throughout the country. In 2006, this has seen him involved specifically with management plans for Fiordland and Arthur's Pass National Parks.

He has written and edited books on Landslides (Routledge), and Natural Hazards (NZ commission for UNESCO) and Landslide Hazard and Risk (Wiley), published in 2005. His research concerns largely contemporary geomorphic processes within the context of high-energy, tectonically active and environmentally unstable geomorphic regimes.
While much of his research has been on the role of climate in landslide initiation, recent work has involved, earthquake-triggered landslides, response of slopes to deforestation, runout behaviour of landslides, scarp evolution, natural hazard risk evolution, and the relationship between subsurface erosion, slope hydrology and landslides.

In 2006, he was President of the New Zealand Geographical Society and Vice President of the International Association of Geomorphologists.

BA LL.B (Otago), LL.M (Virginia) Hon LL.D (Otago)

OUSA President 1967 -68, IA Rep 1966-67, President Law Faculty Students Association 1967, Vice President NZUSA 1968-69, Member of Council, University of Otago 1969-1988, Pro-Chancellor 1982-1988,Chairman of the Council of Knox College and Salmond Hall 1976-1982

Partner in Dunedin law firm 1969-1987, Part-time lecturer in the Law School 1969-1985,
Appointed Judge of the High Court of New Zealand 1987,
President of the Court of Appeal of Vanuatu since 1996,
President of the Law Commission 2001-2005,
Permanent Member of the Court of Appeal since May 2005

OUSA Secretary.

Kathryn (Helen) died on Monday 22 May 2006 at the age of 96.
She is remembered by Executive members of the time as very kind, and very discreet.

Union Treasurer

OUSA President 1966

Currently a GP in Wanaka

Vice Chancellor University of Otago

Currently residing in Australia

OUSA President 1965

Currently: Barrister & Solicitor, Dunedin; serving on Board of Directors Planet Media
(Dunedin) Ltd.

B. Sc. (Mathematics) (University of New Zealand), Certificate of Statistics, M.B. Ch.B (Medicine), M.D. (Metabolic Research), Ch.M. with Distinction (Endocrine Surgery) (University of Otago)
MD (Honorary) (University of Goteborg, Sweden), DSc (Honorary) (University of Otago), DSc (Honorary) (Imperial College, London), DSc (Honorary) (University of Edinburgh) FRACS, FACS, FRCS Edinburgh (Honorary), FRCSI Ireland (Honorary), FRACS Australasian (Honorary), FRCPS Glasgow (Honorary, FBCS Brazil (Honorary), FRCS England (Honorary, FRCPS Canada (Honorary)

OUSA President 1963, Vice-President 1962

Career Path: Left New Zealand in 1970 as a Fellow in Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston. In 1975 he became Head of the Surgical Metabolism Section of the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute and Clinical Instructor in Surgery at Georgetown University, Washington DC.
In 1981 he came to NY as Chief of the Gastric & Mixed Tumor Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and Professor of Surgery at Weill Medical Center of Cornell University.

He became Chairman of the Department of Surgery at MSKCC (1985-2006). 1984-1998 he held the Alfred P. Sloan Chair of Surgery and from 1998 to present holds the Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Clinical Oncology.

In 1994 the Murray F. Brennan Chair in Surgery was established in his honour at MSKCC. In 1995 he was made a Member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and in 2000 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Surgeons.

Currently: Attending Surgeon in the Department of Surgery and Beno C. Schmidt Chair in Clinical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Professor of Surgery at Weill Medical College, Cornell University.

A member of innumerable academic surgical societies, national committees, and editorial boards, Dr. Brennan has served as Director of the American Board of Surgery, Chairman of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, President of the Society of Surgical Oncology, and President of the American Surgical Association, and Vice President of the American College of Surgeons.

He has authored or co-authored more than 950 scientific papers and book chapters focusing on surgical oncology, endocrinology, metabolism, and nutrition, and is the author of a book on soft tissue sarcoma.

He continues his vigorous activities as a clinician-educator-investigator, with particular interest in patients with soft tissue sarcoma, pancreas, endocrine and gastric cancer. He is also engaged in extensive national and international lecturing on topics related to cancer, surgery, surgical training and associated issues.

As a peripheral avocation, he has helped his eldest son to develop a vineyard in Gibbston Valley, Queenstown, NZ.


In 1995, Dr. Brennan was honoured with membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and in 2000 he received the American College of Surgeons' highest award, The Distinguished Service Award.

OUSA President 1963

Currently residing in Invercargill

OUSA President 1962
Currently a Barristor & Solicitor, Dunedin

OUSA President 1961
Currently an Orthopedic Surgeon, Auckland

OUSA President 1959-60, Capping Controller 1958-59, President OUMSA 1958-59. Member of Capping Sextet 1955-1960, NZ University Junior
Scholar 1954.

Currently: Retired, living in Sydney and holidaying in Wanaka.

OUSA President 1959

Last known: at the World Bank, United States

OUSA President 1958

Currently a Chartered Accountant, Dunedin

OUSA President 1957
Chief of Medicine & Brill Professor, St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Oregon, 1972-2004;
Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University. Retired 2004. Continuing
to build and fly experimental aircraft full-time, a passion born of my RNZAF days as fighter pilot in No 4 Squadron, Taieri, Dunedin. Happily, I live on a private airfield, and have my planes in the hangar attached to my home. My wife and I had the pleasure of visiting Dunedin recently, for the 50th Medical School Class reunion. I was astonished at how the University has grown.

Student Rep on Uni. Council

Sadly for us all, Robert is now deceased.

OUSA President 1955
Currently retired

Capping Concert Director - known as �Wes�
Sadly for us all, �Wes� is now deceased.

OUSA President 1954

Currently a Barrister & Solicitor, Consultant, Dunedin who is an ongoing supporter of University rugby.

NZUSA President

Currently retired, in England

Vice Chancellor

Sadly for us all, Dr. Aitken is now deceased.

OUSA President 1953

Formerly a Rhodes Scholar, Specialist Physician, England.

Currently: retired to Richmond, Nelson.

OUSA President 1952

Currently residing in Auckland

OUSA President 1951

Sadly for us all, James is now deceased.

OUSA President 1949

Currently residing in Nelson with Jillian, his wife.

"Some highlights of my time were involvement in Capping, firstly in charge of the Book, the following year as Capping Controller, followed by President after that.
During that time I saw the advent of women in the Concert which I strongly supported, our own orchestra, and a record high Book sales one year (1947 or 1948).
I was also very closely involved in the design of the present Union Building."

Currently: Mr Hursthouse recently celebrated turning 90 with "no known diseases or abnormalities..." and, in addition to running a family company -as Director - he has just taken a back seat from his role as a Flying Instructor for the Nelson Lakes Gliding Club.

He and Jillian were interviewed by Dr Judy McGregor of the Human Rights Commission; the outcome of the interview forms a section in her book 'Lifeswork'

OUSA President 1948

Sadly for us all, 'Sandy' is now deceased (Dec. 2004)

OUSA President 1947

Currently the following: Emeritus Professor at UW, Chairperson of the Hugo Group.

In June 2006, Auckland University Press published 'Innovation and Independence' - a history of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand - in which Sir Frank collaborated with John Singleton, Arthur Grimes and Gary Hawke.

In 2005 IPS published a volume of essays from a seminar held in honour of his 80th birthday in 2004.

OUSA President 1947
Sadly for us all, John is now deceased.

OUSA President 1946

Currently retired in England

OUSA President 1946

1851 Exhibition Science Scholarship, Emeritus Professor.

Sadly for us all, 'Jack' is now deceased.

Head of NZ Army in WW2, became Governor.

He played rugby for Varsity A in 1910.

General Freyberg is now deceased.

OUSA President 1944

OUSA President 1943

OUSA President 1942
Currently: in Christchurch

OUSA President 1941

Currently: in Christchurch

OUSA President 1940

OUSA President 1939
Margorie McCallum Prize

Sadly for us all, Hagbarth Ernest Moller is now deceased

1st President of the University Rowing Club 1926, co-founder and first President of the
University Club.
Sadly for us all, Professor Jones died (in the �40s). (info supplied by Hugh Tohill)

OUSA President 1938

An Emeritus Professor at ANU, Australia, Mick Borrie passed away on 01/01/2000 - an auspicious date for the demographer who held the first chair of demography anywhere in the world.

Born in New Zealand in 1913, Borrie took degrees from Otago and Cambridge Universities. He began teaching social history at Sydney University in 1941, but joined the Australian National University in 1948 at the dawning of that university.
'Mick' is among the world's top demographers.

(notes from a published obit.)

OUSA President 1937
Sadly for us all, Douglas is now deceased.
Doug Kennedy saw service in World War II in Africa and Italy (where he married his
late wife Mavis, a NZ Army nurse) before returning to his home town Christchurch
and then Wellington. At the time of his death in 1972 he was Director General of
Health. From 1962-65 he was an external examiner at OU Medical School. He
thoroughly enjoyed OU, suggesting in 1937 (in The Critic) that people go to University
for a host of reasons �some important, some trivial, and many positively criminal�. In
more serious tone he warned against forces �even in New Zealand� which
�discredit democracy, ridicule peace and justice, and restrict as far as possible
freedom of conscience and expression�� (Thanks to Peter Kennedy, Douglas� son,
for this information.)

OUSA President 1936

All Black reserve; known as 'Frank'.

Sadly for us all, Francis is now deceased.

Vice-President of NZUSA and again in 1957 for Legal Services

Sadly for us all, Maurice is now deceased.

Sadly for us all, Mr B. is now deceased.

OUSA President 1934. He was wicket-keeper for Otago and, with Roger Blunt, still
holds the NZ first class record for the last wicket - 184 runs in the 1932/33 season.
Sadly for us all, William is now deceased.

OUSA President 1932

Received Smeaton Senior Award in Experimental Science, John Edmond Award for Industrial Research in Chemistry.

Sadly for us all, Mr B. died in Australia in 2001.
His son tells us "My father was so proud of his student days at the Otago University, of being a New Zealander and his enthusiasm for rugby - and the All Blacks in particular.".

OUSA President 1930
Sadly for us all, Sir J died in 1993

OUSA President 1928 Known as Alex and later coached Varsity A.
Sadly for us all, �Alex� is now deceased.

Presented with life membership on his visit to campus 17 March 1927.

Now deceased.

OUSA President 1925/ founding President of NZUSA, All Black.

Sadly for us all, 'Sid' is now deceased.

OUSA President 1924

OUSA President 1923

Sadly for us all, John is now deceased.

Hugh Tohill notes: "Throughout his Professorial life, all his colleagues, still alive, only knew him as 'Ippy'. None knew his first name!"

OUSA President 1922

OUSA President 1921

OUSA President 1920

A famous mathematician - Sadly for us all, 'Swatty' is now deceased.

OUSA President 1919
Lived in England
Sadly for us all, �Alex� is now deceased.

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