Lumen Summer 2015 - Flipbook - Page 3
Contributors:
Genevieve Sanchez, Connie Dutton,
Erica Benn, Ian Williams, Candy Gibson,
Natalie Gibbs, Robin Prior
Contents Summer 2015
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2 Rallying for the Great War
Commemorating the University’s
involvement in WWI
6 Love born among the battlefields
A story of wartime romance and enduring love
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22 International students receive
the full Adelaide experience
Alumni turn on the hospitality to welcome
international students
24 Supporting young leaders
of tomorrow
The University’s staff giving program
8 A genius in Great War studies
A personal account about Emeritus
Professor Trevor Wilson AM
10 The risks and rewards of working
in war zones
Life as a United Nations peacekeeper
12 Daniell clan celebrate a
century of connection
University impact across generations
14 Carving a career in foreign affairs
Exchange scholarships to Japan lead
to embassy career
16 Celebrating our high achievers
The 2014 Distinguished Alumni
Award recipients
19 Recognising excellence
The 2014 James McWha Award of
Excellence recipients
20 Australian music icon
receives honorary degree
25 Thank you to our donors
Your gift changes lives
26 New scholarship rewards
outstanding Indian graduates
Why Professor Ashok Khurana gives back
28 Class of ’64 looks back
on the halcyon days
Class of 1964 relives golden memories
30 University in the news
University news highlights
31 Celebrating 140 years around
the globe
Alumni messages and photos
32 Alumni on the move
Recent alumni achievements
33 Alumni in print
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Purton with their children Leah
and Hannah and international
student Kholiwe Mdluli.
Read their story International
students receive the full Adelaide
experience on page 22
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Corrections to Lumen Winter 2014 issue
Please note the following corrections which have
been made in the online version:
p. 5 The item about Edith Emily Dornwell should
read Australia’s ûrst female science graduate
p. 12 Caption of Meredith Hooper photo at her
graduation should read 1961
p. 14 1967 milestone should read that John
Jefferson Bray was Chancellor of the University
p. 21 Dr Susan Coles should read H.E. Susan
Coles or High Commissioner Susan Coles
A selection of works by alumni authors
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Songwriter Paul Kelly’s honorary doctorate
