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| Vol 11 December 2013
HOPE SPRINGS
K
earsney is one of a hundred Allan
Gray Circle of Excellence schools
which meet annually to focus on
excellence in our schools. The 2013
conference was held in Cape Town
with the theme being “From Excellence
to Influence: Your school as an
entrepreneurial pipeline”. Principals
were exposed to the vision of the
Allan Gray Orbis Foundation and the
significant opportunity offered to pupils
through the Allan Gray Fellowship.
Kearsney has one graduate Old Boy
Blaise Dobson (2006, Sheffield), and
two Old Boys Dom Koenig (2011,
Finningley),
son of KCOB Jean-Claude
Koenig (1981
), and Phakamani Zulu
(2011, Pembroke) currently on the
programme. This year Tom Hudson
(2013, Finningley) has reached the
final selection and will hopefully
become Kearsney’s fourth Allan Gray
Fellow. Significant opportunities
for professional development and
networking are available to successful
students.
Candidates are selected for their
exceptional intelligence, particularly in
Mathematics, superb communication
skills and innate ability to ‘think out of
the box’. Once formal education is
complete, the Foundation encourages
work experience that compliments
personal passion, purpose and skills
development, so that its Fellows move
into areas of influence where they
will effect lasting change and positive
impact.
The Foundation believes that high
impact entrepreneurial leaders will
dramatically contribute to positive
economic, social and political change.
Kearsney is privileged and proud to be
a member of this group of schools.
GRAHAM CLARKE
A
t the age of 26, while working as a
meteorologist for the Department of
Environmental Affairs on the remote Marion
Island, Graham Clarke (1975, Pembroke) suffered a
stroke, leaving him a quadriplegic. Unable to speak,
Graham communicates by using an American computer
(a Liberator) attached to his wheelchair, which he
operates by directing a light pointer attached to a cap
on his head.
He is a member of the Quadriplegic Association of
South Africa and is involved with the development of
eye/voice technology, assisting disabled people across
the world via email.
MATT MOFFATT
H
eart transplant recipient Matt Moffat (2003,
Sheffield) participated in the 2013 World
Transplant Games held in Durban during
August, which attracted 2 500 participants from 55
countries.
Matt said the Games created awareness for potential
donors that recipients could lead full lives after
transplantation; motivated recipients to maintain an
active and healthy lifestyle; and gave hope to those
waiting for transplants.
Whilst still at school Matt contracted the Coxsackie
virus, resulting in his requiring a transplant. Although
by his own admission he was not particularly sporty at
school, he won medals in Durban; and a gold medal in
the 50m freestyle race at the 2011 Transplant Games
in Sweden.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
NOTABLE ALUMNI
NOTABLE FELLOWS
Notable Alumni
AUTHORS
Douglas Livingstone (1949)
Poet and author
ACADEMICS
Leader in alternative energy at the University of London
Director of Smithsonian, Canadian Geological Survey
Pro
Special advisor to the Minister of Higher Education and Training
Dr Pat Ryan (1955)
Geologist who discovered the biggest mineral deposit in SA
Prof John Simpson (1960)
Head of School of Business, UCT
ARTISTS & ENTERTAINERS
Alan (Mandell) Dell (1941)
Grammy Award winning broadcaster
Kevin Harris (1967)
Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker
Kendrew Lascelles (1951)
Author, film writer and producer
Peter Pharoah (1986)
Fine artist
Terence Reis (1980)
Lead guitarist of The Straits, replacing Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler
Robin Townshend (1960)
Landscape artist in oils and watercolour
BUSINESSMEN
Luke Bailes (1973)
Owner of Singita Game Reserves
Richard Barrow (1975)
Owner and CEO of Barrows Group
Leif Gjestland (1950)
Businessman and philanthropist
John S Lacey (1960)
CEO and president of the Oshawa Group
Andile Mazwai (1989)
Past CEO of Barnard Jacobs Mellet
Top Canadian businessman and philanthropist
John Perkins (1964)
MD of Investec (UK)
Gordon Schachat (1969)
Businessman and philanthropist
Peter Simkins (1954)
Past senior partner of law firm Deneys Reitz
Senior salvage master
A B Theunissen (1931)
CEO of VW South Africa and Total Oil SA
HEROES
Graham Clarke (1975)
Quadriplegic who developed eye/voice technology
Keith Lewis (1956)
Drowned in vain trying to save a man caught in a flood
Matt Moffatt (2003)
Swam at Transplant Olympics (Heart Transplant)
Nkululeka Skweyiya (1986)
Campaigner for equal rights in sport
PaulWhiley (1985)
Honoris Crux Gold decoration medal for saving 360 people
MEDICINE
Dr John Couper (1942)
Anesthesiologist
Dr Colin Didcott (1941-1945) Invented the Self-Expanding Stent or the Didcott Dilator
UCLA Medical Centre and Philanthropist
Founder of the Brain Mind Institute
Ophthalmologist who runs Good Shepherd Hospital, Swaziland
Prof Martin Shelton (1949)
Professor of Gynaecology UCT
Dr Halley Stott (1927)
Founder of theValley Trust
Prof Nigel Stott (1957)
Awarded the CBE for Services to Medicine
POLITICIANS
Tony Leon (1974)
Founder of the Democratic Alliance
Sir Ian McLeod (1942)
Chairman of the party conference for Margaret Thatcher
RELIGION
Rev Dr EdgarWilkinson (1927) President of the conference of the Methodist Church of SA
SPORTSMEN
(abbreviated)
John Alcock (1973)
Kearsney’s first Olympic medallist
Bradley Barritt (2004)
Sharks, England and British & Irish Lions rugby player
SA U19World Cup Cricket Captain
Trevor Halstead (1994)
Springbok rugby player
Andrew Hudson (1982)
Springbok cricket player
Justin King (1993)
Springbok hockey player
Jonathan Lowe (1957)
Kearsney’s first hockey Springbok
Wayne Madsen (2001)
Springbok hockey player
Mike Miller (1955)
Springbok polo player
Harry NewtonWalker (1945) Kearsney’s first Springbok rugby player
Damien Roberts (1995)
World ranked tennis singles and doubles player (1994)
Matt Stevens (2001)
Sharks, England and British & Irish Lions rugby player
MATT MOFFATT
GRAHAM CLARKE
Tony Leon and Elwyn van den Aardweg with Graham at the
Cape Town branch Survivor lunch (August 2013)
For the full list of Kearsney’s
Notable Alumni, read about
highlighted Alumni and nominate
candidates.
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