UA31316 Lumen Spring 2024 Final Digital - Flipbook - Page 29
Charles Mullighan
Barry and Deidre Wilmot, NSW
We met in 1962 in first year pharmacy – a
very challenging course academically and
financially, with second year being the
most difficult, working in the pharmacy on
Tuesday and Thursdays for eight hours and
then attending night lectures from 7pm to
10pm. University fees were paid up front
per semester in the 1960s.
Graduating from the University, Barry
was called up for National Service in
February 1967 and, as a Second Lieutenant,
was posted as an army pharmacist in Perth.
The day after leaving the army, in January
1969, we married, and had distinguished
careers in the pharmacy profession in
Adelaide until our retirement in 2008.
It has been a wonderful life journey
together, and our two children, Peter and
Sarah, are also University of Adelaide
graduates who have gone on to establish
excellent careers.
The University of Adelaide has had a
remarkable influence on our family’s lives
for more than 60 years.
Both Barry and Deidre graduated
Dip Pharm 1967
Ellen Hood
In the busy clinics of the University
of Adelaide Dental School, I
stumbled upon friendships that
have stood the test of time. Among them,
my friendship from the 2017 graduation
class shines brightest. We clicked during our
whirlwind placement in Whyalla, bonding
over shared accommodations and our
mutual love for adventure. One standout
memory? Gliding alongside dolphins during
a kayaking escapade that felt straight out of
a postcard. Fast forward to today, and we're
still meeting up for coffee, swapping work
anecdotes, and reminiscing about those
crazy Uni days. It's amazing how those
experiences shape you, even as we navigate
the professional world eight years later.
In the close-knit dental community of
Adelaide, our friendship serves as a
steadfast reminder of the enduring
connections forged through shared
experiences and mutual respect.
B Oral Health, 2017, Grad Cert Oral Health
Sc, 2019
James Davidson
After arriving late to an
Organisational Behaviour tutorial,
I caught the eye of a particularly
attention grabbing colleague. When we were
asked to form groups she turned around
and motioned for me to join the group.
As it turned out we had multiple lectures
together, needless to say my voluntary class
attendance improved drastically. After the
first class we walked back to the train-station
together, catching the same train, to the
same station, walking to the same side of the
tracks, where our cars were parked together.
The same thing happened the next week at
the Target carpark, we had even driven
different cars so there was no way of
knowing! Almost 10 years later we still have
a habit of parking our cars next to each
other, at our home, where we have lived
since getting married in 2022. UofA, Seek
Light? No, Seek Spouse!
B Com (Mkt), 2017
LUMEN
I met Tom in our first biology
practical in first year medical
school in 1987 where we
bonded over dissecting a frog. The breadth
of information to be amassed in first year
was daunting, and we helped each other
learn, and had a similar sense of humor to
cope with the stress in that year and beyond.
After medical school we shared our first
internship rotation in general medicine and
infectious disease - a true baptism of fire.
Our professional paths diverged: Tom’s
rural general practice; mine academic
hematology, but we had the common
intense focus on our respective field,
scientific curiosity, and the importance of
compassion, a sense of humour, and the
importance of striving to use the gift of
our University education for a greater good.
“What would Tom do” crosses my mind at
least weekly!
MBBS, 1993, MD, 1998
Taylor Smith
In my first week at UofA, in a new state
where I didn't know anyone, I attended a
physics tutorial one morning where I found
another student in my veterinary bioscience
degree. We decided to sit together that class
and leaving that tutorial we decided to stick
together the whole day, and we stayed that
way through the whole six-year degree. I
now consider them a lifelong friend. (And
it so happened that the other friend in our
lifelong trio in the veterinary degree also
attended that same physics tutorial.) One
physics tutorial decided my fate at UofA in
the best way.
D Vet Med, 2021
