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Photos from Alumni Events2009KUALA LUMPUR Tuesday 27 October On a balmy evening in Kuala Lumpur, 145 ANU Alumni and parents of current students met to network and learn more about ANU. The setting was an outdoor courtyard decorated as a forest glade in the new Royale Chulan Hotel noted for its Malaysian architecture. Professor Nick Glasgow [Dean of Medicine] updated the crowd, most of whom stayed over five hours for this two hour event. The ANU Slide Show, becoming brighter on a huge screen as the sun set, drew gasps of recognition and reminiscences from the alumni.
NEW YORK CITY IARU Alumni Event Saturday 24 October The inaugural IARU Alumni Reception, held in New York at the Yale Club, attracted over 100 alumni from 8 of the 10 universities. Cambridge alumni mixed with Todai [Tokyo], ETH Zurich with Oxford, Berkeley and Yale with Singapore and ANU. It was so successful a committee of local IARU Alumni, supported by Yale, has been established to run more such events. It is envisaged that these may spread throughout the US, and home cities of the IARU universities.
MELBOURNE Hale VIC Alumni - Come rain, hail or shine! Thursday 15 October ANU Vice Chancellor Professor Chubb AC hosted an ANU Alumni reception in Melbourne on Thursday evening 15 October. The Alumni Office received an overwhelming response for this event, from senior academics, those working in the fields of Government, Law, Business and Finance. Despite adverse weather including an unexpected hail storm, almost all those that registered gathered at the Hilton on the Park, overlooking the MCG, to hear Professor Chubb speak about some of the current issues facing ANU, to network and reminisce about student days on campus. ANU staff supporting Professor Chubb included Jenny Carlin, Deputy Registrar SRI and MC; Joan Uhr, Director Endowment for Excellence; Professor Keith Houghton, Dean College of Business and Economics; Professor Toni Makkai, Dean College of Arts and Social Sciences; Dr Vincent Fitzgerald, University Council; Jessica Angwin, Alumni Coordinator, and Priscilla Wadham, Manager National Student Recruitment.
PERTH A Reception for Alumni and Friends Monday 21 September Alumni and Friends, and their guests, living in Western Australia enjoyed lovely canapes and drinks while meeting and chatting with others living locally. Professor Keith Houghton, Dean of The College of Business and Economics and guest speaker of the evening, gave an informative speech about current issues at ANU.
BRISBANE A Reception for ANU Alumni and Friends Wednesday 9 September Professor Aidan Byrne, Dean of The College of Science, welcomed ANU Alumni and Friends from all areas of Queensland to this great networking event held at the Hilton.
CAMBRIDGE Alumni Visit to Cambridge 26 July - 1 August Forty-five Alumni and Friends travelled from around the world to the United Kingdom to participate in the Alumni Visit to the University of Cambridge. Participants, along with Alumni living in the UK, enjoyed a reception as part of the program, with Deputy Vice-Chancellor Lawrence Cram.
CANBERRA July Graduation Celebrations 16 - 17 July Around 850 students celebrated the completion of their degrees at the University's mid year graduation ceremonies held at Llewellyn Hall
JAKARTA Reception for Alumni and Friends 15 July An ANU Crawford School Alumni Dinner, was hosted by Sue Farrow, Gina Abarquez and Lynn Toohey at the lovely Bunga Rampai Restaurant in Jakarta on Wednesday 15 July 2009. The successful dinner was enjoyed by approximately 65 alumni, university staff and invited guests. The night could not have been held without the sponsorship of the ANU Alumni Office and the wonderful help from our Crawford Indonesian Alumni Representatives, Milda Irhamni and Rima Artha. A broad range of disciplines across the University were represented as well as almost three decades of graduates, with the newest arriving in Jakarta just the week previously. Thank you to Prasaja Widiatmaka for supplying the photos below and to everyone who attended. Spread the word about a similar alumni event again next year!
CANBERRA Opening of Davey Lodge 6 April
CANBERRA Welcome to RSH & Farewell to Old Canberra House, Gardens of Old Canberra House 3 April
TOKYO Cocktail Reception, Arcadia Ichigaya 21 April More than 50 Alumni and Friends from Japan enjoyed a cocktail reception with special guest Professor Peter Drysdale of the ANU Crawford School. This event was was the largest held by the Tokyo Alumni Network. During the reception, Mr. Shun Ikeda, Director of the ANU Japan Center introduced Dr. Rie Makita, now a Research Fellow at Tokyo University. Dr. Makita pursued her study at ANU (PhD 2006) as the Japan Alumni Doctoral Scholar. Each year, since 2002, the Japan Alumni Network nominates a doctoral scholarship to ANU. Dr. Kuribayashi (PhD 1966), the Chairman of the Network presented flowers to Dr. Makita to celebrate her receiving the distinguished Saburo Okita Award for her book, "Livelihood Diversification and Landlessness in Rural Bangladesh", which was based on her doctoral dissertation at ANU. Dr. Kuribayashi also announced his intention to step down from the Chairman position, which he served since 2001. Mr. Ikeda asked Alumni and Friends present to assist in appointing a new Chairperson to serve the alumni community in Japan. Volunteers are also sought for the Network committee. Please contact Toshiya Ozaki (), Secretary of the Tokyo Alumni Network, for further information.
2008CANBERRA December Graduation Celebrations
CANBERRA School of Art, ANU 3 December 2008 A record crowd of over 600 Alumni attended the Annual Canberra Reception on a warm Summer night. Highlights included viewing works from the Graduating Students' School of Art Exhibition with early purchase opportunity. Pimms, strawberries and jazz, as well as the huge crowd provided a vibrant backdrop to enjoy networking opportunities, and the annual ANU Update Address given by the VC.
MELBOURNE
Sofitel Melbourne on Collins 18 November 2008 Alumni based in Melbourne enjoyed the opportunity to meet other ANU graduates, now based in Melbourne, at the lovely Sofitel Melbourne on Collins.
HANOI Sofitel Plaza 9 November 2008 Guests of all ages came to this exciting event, with ANU Vice-Chancellor Ian Chubb enjoying the opportunity to meet and be photographed with graduates from recent years.
BEIJING 6 November 2008
Tsinghua University
SHANGHAI 3 November 2008 ANU Alumni enjoyed the opportunity to meet each other at the event held in Shanghai.
NEW YORK CITY Estiatorio Milos, New York 23 October 2008 An small gathering of ANU Alumni and guests, including ANU Alumni Director, enjoyed each others company during an informal dinner. The evening was a great opportunity for Alumni within the New York are to network with others in the area, and shar ANU stories and discuss alumni activity.
SAN FRANCISCO St. Francis Yacht Club
ANU/YALE ALUMNI EXCHANGE 4 - 12 August 2008 A large group of 31 Yale Alumni, and their families, had the opportunity to experience life on the other side of the world when ANU hosted a week-long visit to the university. The group took part in seminars by leading ANU academics, visits to national institutions - including a tour of Parliament House with Senator Kate Lundy, dinner with Justice Michael Kirby, a business lunch, an indigenous program, reception at the US Embassy (Ambassador Robert McCallum is a Yale alumnus) and a number of social events held at ANU campus, Kioloa and Sydney.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA Adelaide Town Hall Tuesday 29 July 2008 Professor Ian Chubb gave a warm welcome to eighty ANU Alumni and Friends on a bitterly cold night, at an Alumni cocktail reception at the Adelaide Town Hall. Former staff mixed with Alumni from the 60s to the present. Many had not seen each other since they shared a residence, or a class, way back. Further gatherings run by local Alumni are now being planned.
CANBERRA Graduation - July ceremony Vice-Chancellor Ian Chubb enjoyed meeting new Graduates with some guests attending the ceremony in beautiful traditional attire.
SINGAPORE Four Seasons Hotel Monday 23 June 2008 Over 150 Alumni, parents of current students, and Friends of ANU turned out to meet the Vice-Chancellor, the Registrar, the Singapore High Commissioner, and each other to network and celebrate the new Alumni Undergraduate Scholars' Awards at a multi-faceted party at the Four Seasons Hotel. One of our most distinguished alumni, Dr Cheong Choong Kong [PhD 1968 and DSc Honoris Causa 2002, ex CEO of Singapore Airlines for 14 years] spoke of his time at ANU and since. He is an actor in a local sitcom in his spare time, as a taxi driver. See where an ANU degree can take you?! At the other end of the Alumni scale the two new Scholars were presented with their Awards before attending ANU for the first time.
TOKYO International House of Japan Wednesday 25 June 2008 ANU is lucky to have a very active Alumni Chapter Committee in Japan who helped organise a great Alumni party at the International House of Japan in Tokyo. Over 60 people came to celebrate their ANU connections. Special mention was made of a prestigious award to the Chapter President, Dr Tadao Kuribayashi [one of our first PhDs in Law, 1966], who received a special honour from the Japanese Prime Minister for his contribution to marine law in July.
UNITED KINGDOM Oxford and Cambridge Club, London Wednesday 9 April 2008 More than 130 alumni and friends braved the sudden cold spell in London to meet Professor Chubb at the Alumni Reception at the Oxford and Cambridge Club, London. Of particular interest was the launch of the ANU (UK) Foundation.
BOSTON The Hotel Marlowe, Cambridge Wednesday 27 February 2008 The Boston alumni event was organised around a visit to Yale and the USA by Professor Keith Houghton, Dean of the College of Business and Economics, during the month of April. Though the list of ANU alumni and friends in Boston is small (44 names), that did not stop the party mood!
NEW YORK CITY The Duke of Windsor Suite Thursday 24 January 2008 ANU Alumni and Friends attended a breakfast with Professor Ian Chubb, President of ANU, and panelists from the ANU "The Energy of Asia" roundtable discussions held earlier that week in Washington.
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Alumnus Hyder Gulam
James Gaffey and Kieran Dempsey
Wayne Burg and Verena Marshall 
Wayne, Rosemary and Chris
Guests of all ages enjoyed the event
Murray Wackett, June and Kevin Smith and John Tarrant
Janelle Entwistle, from the College of Business and 
Odette Smith, Cassie Pummell and Caroline Brown
Roslyn Leonard, Leah Fitzpatrick and Caitriona Dewey
Alumni and Friends enjoyed meeting each other
The University of Cambridge
Peter Davey and Professor Chubb at the naming of Davey Lodge. 
Peter Davey and Professor Chubb survey the newly named Davey Lodge.
Old Canberra House
Professor Howard Morphy (Director of RSH) 
Guests enjoying a chat with other Alumni at the event
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ANU Alumni Director, Christine
Many families attended the celebration 
Families travel far and wide for 
Gregory and James Piko
The School of Art sculptures 
Judy and Malcolm Whyte chat to 
Our Alumni enjoyed meeting each other
ANU Alumni listening to the address 
Alumni had the opportunity to chat to 
Some of our graduates now based in the 
ANU Staff and Alumni enjoying the event
During speeches at the event 
Our younger guests were welcome at the event!
Pham Viet Huong (left) and To Viet Thang (right)
Vo Tri Thanh
Guests listen to speeches given at the event
ANU Alumni at the event 
ANU Dean of Business and Economics
At the ceremony
Our Alumni enjoyed the event
Aidan Byrne enjoys a chat with one of the guests
Our Alumni and their guests
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Chubb AC enjoyed
Alumni enjoyed the opportunity to meet new
Guests enjoying the delicious informal dinner
The evening presented great opportunities
Interesting stories of times at ANU 
Guests enjoying the Welcome Breakfast held Tuesday 5 August 
Younger American guests enjoying the Welcome Breakfast
Professor Ian Chubb and Mr and Mrs Meyers 
Mrs Mimi McCallum, wife of the US Ambassador 
Guests enjoying the Sydney Opera House Celebration
Australian War Memorial - ANU and Yale Alumni enjoyed a 
On Saturday 9 August Yale and ANU Alumni 
...as well as the campfire and bush songs! 
Jan Drewery-Clark and Simon Spedding 
The guests are welcomed to the celebration
Guests enjoying the event
Malcolm Lamb and Sally Hogg
Guests enjoyed the opportunity to meet other Alumni
Daniel King and Dr Cheong Choong Kong
Dr Cheong Choong Kong addressing guests at the event
Alumni Undergraduate Scholars Chenchao Zhu 
Professor Ian Chubb talks to Tim Coughlan
Guests at the venue enjoyed the opportunity to 
Guests Edward Cole and Ian Gordon 
More guests enjoying the event
Professor Ian Chubb addresses the guests
Alumni enjoying the event
Anne and Mohd Ansari Nawawi with Peggy Daroesman
Luke Fletcher and Holly Williams enjoying 
Dylan Bryant and Peggy Daroesman
Keith Houghton and Chris Green