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Dr Alasdair Murrie-
West (2008), former Acting
Vice-Principal, has been
appointed Principal of
Dunmore Lang College in
Macquarie University. Dr
Murrie-West holds degrees in
Arts, Commerce, Theology,
and recently completed a
doctorate in Bioethics at the
University of Melbourne.
Alasdair’s research interests
follow the intersections
between fictional literature
and personal ethics especially
end-of-life decisions and euthanasia and he is currently working
on a book in this area as well as a short course on fiction and
business ethics. Alasdair is also interested in the training of
student leaders and recently contributed to the Residential
Leadership Programme at The University of Macau. ‘It is a
privilege to be back in a College environment again and I am
enjoying the energy and passion of the students as they start their From the Archives
new year. Having been away from College life for a few years, I
hope to bring some fresh perspectives and a renewed enthusiasm The College was delighted when alumna Ms Patricia
for the special role Colleges play in shaping Tierney (Lamb 1965) donated her Emily Macpherson
Australia’s future leaders.’ Household Cookery and Invergowrie Household Hints
to the Records Office. Doubtless these books will in-
Mrs Margaret Evison (Wookey, voke a mixture of nostalgia, mirth and horror for those
1966) has received international many alumnae required to pass the ‘cooking test’ – part
recognition for her Death of of the domestic economy classes required by W.T. Man-
a Soldier – a Mother’s Story, ifold in association with his bequest establishing the
which tells the tragic story of Manifold Wing, the foundation stone of which was laid
her son Lieutenant Mark Evans, on 9 December 1926 (while the cooking test survived
who died of wounds on 12 May well into the 1960s). It is a ‘moot point’ whether the
2009 while on patrol in Helmand current students would benefit from instruction in such
Province Afghanistan with the 1 matters as ‘Kitchen Lore’, ‘Cooking Lore’ and ‘Simple
st
Battalion, The Welsh Guards. The Household Repairs’.
book has been hailed for its honesty
in exploring, through the words
of mother and son, the issues of loss, grief, and the sometimes
horrific realities of war. Margaret is to be awarded an honorary
doctorate by Oxford Brookes University ‘in recognition of (her)
inspiring work in establishing and leading the Mark Evison
Foundation and supporting young people in their personal
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development’, with all proceeds from the sale of the book going
to support the foundation.

Ms Olivia Jones (2006) wrote to let
the College know that ‘I graduated
from my Master of Arts Management
with a thesis in Arts Philanthropy in
August and am loving working at
The Australian Ballet. My boyfriend
Rob (Skillington), also JCH alumni
is happily working in Seattle at
Microsoft.’

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