First of all , Stephen, thank you for the remarkable, indeed FANTASTIC, job you have been doing on the STHS website for the last “eternity.” CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
However, I am not sure yet if I can make the next reunion as our daughter (who is 27 and has been working for the ANZ Bank in India for the past year, returns to Aussie late Sept ) is getting married on 3rd October 2009 and we will be busy in Melb the weekend of the reunion finalising “stuff”.
Will see if I can get a brief leave pass to attend the reunion- but will have to be a very, very good boy – which is almost impossible for me at the best of times.
Am alive and very well, keeping active bicycle riding around 120 klms each week, swimming ,play tennis, bush walking and occasional surf , but water tooooo cold in Melb.
My wife Judy (who I am proud to say only took 4.5 kgs of total luggage ( including lip gloss) with her compared to my 6kgs) and I trekked , kayaked, bused, biked, walked, climbed etc around Cambodia, Vietnam , Laos and Sth. India for a few months earlier this year, then ( as I had been a good boy) I was allowed to go surfing in Lombok with Coleman and Murphy in May.
A very brief update on Whitey from Melb follows :
I retired (hooray) from fulltime working for $ about seven years ago, after years of valium intake running international businesses.
Then did some lecturing across various facets of business at Melb Uni (which I stopped last year). Continue to do lots of pro bono stuff in charity and philanthropy these days, after I got great personal satisfaction in helping to set up and guide CanTeen’s development in Australia during the early nineties.
Have also been and continue to be very involved with Rotary International.
In addition to our soon to be married daughter, we also have a son, who is 24 and who after completing two degrees in Business and in
Biomedical Science (with first class honours) got one of only four quite prestigious scholarships offered in Australia and is currently doing his PhD (to do with blood cancer) in medical research, at the Walter and Eliza Institute for Medical Research in Melb. (gets his brains from his Mum, not me that’s for sure). – Yes, Steve, we are obviously proud of our kids achievements so far, both for themselves and for others.
That’s enufff from meself.
Keep Well, Take Care and once again, thank you !!!! for the great job you are doing.
Kind Regards,
Trevor (almost a Senior and old fart) White
