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In Aeternum - July 2009
Commencement Dinner 2009
The College’s 122nd Commencement Dinner was held in Eakins Hall on Wednesday 4 March. Among the special guests present
were Principal of Wesley College, Helen Drennan; Principal of Melbourne Girls Grammar; Catherine Misson; Julian Stephens (Law,
1969) and his wife Katarina Klaric; Cedric Vear (Medicine, 1943); Graeme Latham; and Os Nelson (1950) with his wife Betty.
President of Council, John Castles AM with David Thomas (Science), formerly of Wesley College
Lunch with Trustees
of the Fred J Cato
Charitable Fund
It is fair to say that without the generous support of Fred J
Cato, a member of the College Council in 1895 and for a time
its co-Treasurer, and a few other wealthy Methodist merchants,
Queen’s College would not have survived the fi nancial crises of
the 1890s. In 1928 he established the Fred J. Cato Charitable
Fund for ‘the advancement of education and religion, the
relief of sickness and poverty, and other charitable purposes
benefi cial to the community.’ The Fund still exists, and its
Trustees (three of whom are Queen’s College alumni) annually
disburse funds in accordance with his wishes.
Included in this funding are the Una B. Porter Scholarships
at Queen’s, named after Fred’s daughter who was the fi rst
woman graduate in Psychiatric Medicine from the University of
Melbourne.
The College remains extremely grateful to all the Trustees for
their continued support of Queen’s and its students.
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Gemma Naylon, recipient of the Indigenous
Scholarship with Richard Divall AO, OBE
Dr Helen Drennan with Tyrone Ghaswala from
Perth, recipient of the Johnstone-Need Scholarship
Chair of the Fred J Cato Charitable Fund, Rev Professor Robert Gribben (1961),
Una Porter Scholarship recipients Scott Williams (Arts) and Maggie Webb
(Arts), Fund Secretary Rev John Cleghorn, Librarian Robin McComiskey,
Trustee Mr Peter Webster and the Master, Professor David Runia.