ALUMNI & SUPPORTERS
Memory Book5
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NAME: Kathleen Wood
CLASS OF: 1999
MEMORY OF UNSW:
There I was fair, fat and forty, at the bottom of the hill on the first day of residential Masters school. I don’t know what was harder to conquer, 3 years of university at my age or those steps. At my last residential school I found out about the bus that went up the hill, typical!
NAME: David Evans
CLASS OF: 1995
MEMORY OF UNSW:
I graduated in Optometry early in 1953. My diploma (which is buried in furniture from my first marriage) came from the "New South Wales University of Technology" which I understand eventually became UNSW, also MBBS (Syd) 1961 and M.App.Sc. Ergonomics UNSW (1995).
But my training in Optometry was at the Sydney Technical College; the transfer to University came as I finished. I was in the same year as George Amigo. In ‘53 I went into a seminary to study Religion, and I was so woolly that I missed the graduation. Examinations Dept at Ultimo were very angry but gave me the Diploma Certificate later.
CLASS OF: 1999
MEMORY OF UNSW:
There I was fair, fat and forty, at the bottom of the hill on the first day of residential Masters school. I don’t know what was harder to conquer, 3 years of university at my age or those steps. At my last residential school I found out about the bus that went up the hill, typical!
NAME: David Evans
CLASS OF: 1995
MEMORY OF UNSW:
I graduated in Optometry early in 1953. My diploma (which is buried in furniture from my first marriage) came from the "New South Wales University of Technology" which I understand eventually became UNSW, also MBBS (Syd) 1961 and M.App.Sc. Ergonomics UNSW (1995).
But my training in Optometry was at the Sydney Technical College; the transfer to University came as I finished. I was in the same year as George Amigo. In ‘53 I went into a seminary to study Religion, and I was so woolly that I missed the graduation. Examinations Dept at Ultimo were very angry but gave me the Diploma Certificate later.
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NAME: John Hamilton
CLASS OF: 1969
MEMORY OF UNSW:
How a sea of faces at the first lecture reduced to a small class in final year (part-time)
NAME: Alfredo Oringo
CLASS OF: 1999
MEMORY OF UNSW:
The exciting moment of being admitted to the UNSW council of professionals. The solemnity of the ceremony moved my thoughts to recall my aspirations for a UNSW Master’s degree a decade back, while preparing to migrate Australia and to feel the warmth of the moment.
NAME: Valerie Pitty
CLASS OF: 1988 & 1996
MEMORY OF UNSW:
My first and most memorable experience of UNSW was understanding the Women’s Studies course in 1984, coordinated by Frances Lovejoy. It was illuminating and a satisfying experience, and one for which I am always grateful.
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CLASS OF: 1969
MEMORY OF UNSW:
How a sea of faces at the first lecture reduced to a small class in final year (part-time)
NAME: Alfredo Oringo
CLASS OF: 1999
MEMORY OF UNSW:
The exciting moment of being admitted to the UNSW council of professionals. The solemnity of the ceremony moved my thoughts to recall my aspirations for a UNSW Master’s degree a decade back, while preparing to migrate Australia and to feel the warmth of the moment.
NAME: Valerie Pitty
CLASS OF: 1988 & 1996
MEMORY OF UNSW:
My first and most memorable experience of UNSW was understanding the Women’s Studies course in 1984, coordinated by Frances Lovejoy. It was illuminating and a satisfying experience, and one for which I am always grateful.
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NAME: Emeritus Professor Eric Charles Daniels
CLASS OF: 1965
MEMORY OF UNSW:
When the wind and the weather came from the south and pounded the main building, the windows would heave and the roof would rumble, not the accompaniment for a lecture on Building Construction. Then, one night the roof peeled off and lectures were more audible and possibly more interesting.
NAME: Kell Daniels
CLASS OF: 1999
MEMORY OF UNSW:
I left high School to become a plumber. Ten (10) years later, I started University as a mature age student in 1983. In 1999 I had finally received MED Admin, after studying for a diploma in Education. During that time my wife and I had three children, lost both parents and almost my son. Receiving my masters in 1999 after 15 years of study was my most moving experience.
CLASS OF: 1965
MEMORY OF UNSW:
When the wind and the weather came from the south and pounded the main building, the windows would heave and the roof would rumble, not the accompaniment for a lecture on Building Construction. Then, one night the roof peeled off and lectures were more audible and possibly more interesting.
NAME: Kell Daniels
CLASS OF: 1999
MEMORY OF UNSW:
I left high School to become a plumber. Ten (10) years later, I started University as a mature age student in 1983. In 1999 I had finally received MED Admin, after studying for a diploma in Education. During that time my wife and I had three children, lost both parents and almost my son. Receiving my masters in 1999 after 15 years of study was my most moving experience.
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NAME: Therese Winter
CLASS OF: 1977
MEMORY OF UNSW:
I enjoyed very much my three years (1974-1977) at UNSW. We had some wonderful lectures, the courses were intellectually stimulating. I guess my most memorable moment was when I sat for my first exam, being a mature student I suddenly felt 25 years younger!
NAME: John Reid
CLASS OF: 1966
MEMORY OF UNSW:
The 1963 inclement weather dash from the Roundhouse to the Engineering Faculty, especially the Pole about half way covered with smashed umbrellas that had blown inside out.
CLASS OF: 1977
MEMORY OF UNSW:
I enjoyed very much my three years (1974-1977) at UNSW. We had some wonderful lectures, the courses were intellectually stimulating. I guess my most memorable moment was when I sat for my first exam, being a mature student I suddenly felt 25 years younger!
NAME: John Reid
CLASS OF: 1966
MEMORY OF UNSW:
The 1963 inclement weather dash from the Roundhouse to the Engineering Faculty, especially the Pole about half way covered with smashed umbrellas that had blown inside out.
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NAME: Wendy Smallwood
CLASS OF: 1995
MEMORY OF UNSW:
Long windy walks between lectures to blow the brain clean of work happenings before digesting the lecturers ideas. Being one of the old girls on the block, and the tremendous support given to people with learning disabilities.
NAME: Rebecca Jenks
CLASS OF: 1995
MEMORY OF UNSW:
While I was doing my thesis I was using the laboratories in Civ Eng over the weekend. I used to drive up the hill with my dust samples. One Saturday (I am not a good driver) I drove up and my hub cap hit the curb and rolled all the way down to Chem Eng!! So I had to drive back down and get it. Thank god nobody was around!
CLASS OF: 1995
MEMORY OF UNSW:
Long windy walks between lectures to blow the brain clean of work happenings before digesting the lecturers ideas. Being one of the old girls on the block, and the tremendous support given to people with learning disabilities.
NAME: Rebecca Jenks
CLASS OF: 1995
MEMORY OF UNSW:
While I was doing my thesis I was using the laboratories in Civ Eng over the weekend. I used to drive up the hill with my dust samples. One Saturday (I am not a good driver) I drove up and my hub cap hit the curb and rolled all the way down to Chem Eng!! So I had to drive back down and get it. Thank god nobody was around!