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Dr Brian Wilson OAM CF
Vale Fellows and Friends
1966 Churchill Fellow Dr Brian Wilson’s first involvement
with the Trust came when he and his son knocked on
doors on Churchill Appeal Sunday, 28 February 1965, for
the fundraising campaign to establish the Churchill Trust.
His Churchill Fellowship allowed him to study treatment of
glaucoma in the USA, the UK, Germany and Switzerland.
We pause to remember the following Churchill
Fellows and friends, who we also lost this year,
for their significant contributions to the Trust and
Australian society...
Brian had a long-standing personal commitment to the
ongoing success of Churchill Fellowships in Australia
as a member of the Queensland Regional Selection
Committee from 1972 until 1979 and an active member
of the Queensland Churchill Fellows Association. His
commitment continued in a generous endowment made
in memory of his first wife, Dorothy, establishing the
biennial Dorothy and Brian Wilson Sponsored Churchill
Fellowship to investigate strategies aimed at making a
difference in the lives of disadvantaged children though
education and training, which has enabled six Fellowships
to be awarded since 2008.
He was awarded Life Membership of the Churchill Fellows
Association of Queensland in recognition of his continued
dedication to the Association and its Fellows. In 2007 he
was awarded an OAM for service to medicine in the field
of ophthalmology as a researcher, clinician, teacher, which
was testament to his high standing in the community. He
retired from private practice in 1997 but continued to
benefit his community and beyond by being an active
member of the Queensland Churchill Fellows Association.
David Burke
William Cole
Graham Caldersmith
Peter Healy
Kenneth Lindop
Sinclair Miller
Milton Moon
Rupert Myers
John Queale
Ralph Westen
To find out more about what these extraordinary
people achieved visit churchilltrust.com.au
In the 1950s Ray lectured at the University of New South
Wales until he was appointed Professor of Chemistry. He
also worked in private industry during this time and was a
visiting scholar at Columbia University in the US.
He was Monash University’s third Vice Chancellor, serving
from 1977 to 1987. In that role he worked at bridging the
gap between academia and industry. At the end of this
appointment he returned to a Monash Chair of Chemistry
there before moving to Canberra to work in the Prime
Minister’s Department as Chair of the Australian Science
and Technology Council. He was a Fellow of the Academy
of Science.
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
in 1987 for his services to science and higher education.
In 1992 Monash conferred on him the degree of Doctor
of Laws, honoris causa. In 2009 he was appointed a Life
Member of the Churchill Trust.
Ray served the Churchill Trust in the roles of Director of the
Victorian Regional Committee of the Churchill Trust from
1984 to 1992, Deputy National Chair from 1988 to 1994,
National Chair from 1995 to 1999, Fellowship Director in
2000, and as National President from 2001 to 2005. He
resigned from the Board in 2006. He was well respected
for his friendly, engaging personality but also his strong
determination to maintain excellence and objectivity.
In January 2020 Brian was presented with the Churchill
Trust Board Recognition Award by Dr Damian Thomson
(former QLD Board Director) in appreciation of his
significant contribution to the Trust for forty-eight years.
Emeritus Professor
Raymond Leslie Martin AO
Churchill Trust National President Elizabeth Alexander,
speaking at a Board dinner, said ‘Professor Martin gave
over 23 years of dedicated and passionate service to the
Churchill Trust in a number of appointments, including that
of National Chairman and President...we will miss his wise
contribution to the affairs of the Trust.’
FAA, FTSE, FRSC, FRACI
Born in 1926, Raymond Martin (Ray) grew up in Melbourne
and was educated at the University of Melbourne, the
Australian National University and the University of
Cambridge. An outstanding student, he received many
prizes and scholarships. He gained two doctorates
from Cambridge and one from the Australian National
University, all in Chemistry.
Learn globally, inspire locally.
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