“One hundred years on from his date with King George V at Bertangles, the values and attributes of our greatest Old Boy, General Sir John Monash, continue to be those that

underpin a Scotch education: a belief in enterprise, service and self-responsibility; an appreciation of how the world came to be as it is and confidence in those principles that will make it better; a commitment to hard

work and embracing challenge with fortitude, rigour and purpose. But perhaps it lives no stronger than in our fundamental belief in

the inherent dignity of each person and the determination that Scotchies do their bit in building something better and do it well.”

Principal Tom Batty, Great Scot, September 2018

GENERAL SIR JOHN MONASH GCMG KCB VD (SC 1877-1881)…

“As the years roll on, my regard for the Old School and my pride in it have steadily grown, and the realisation of the high renown which has been achieved by so many men who were launched upon their careers from Scotch College has been for me always a stimulus and an inspiration. I have never ceased to think of the Old School with affection.”

To the Boys of Scotch College, General Sir John Monash GCMG KCB VD, Corps Headquarters, France, 29 June, 1918

‘Equip yourself for life, not solely for your own benefit

but for the benefit of the whole community.’

Sir John Monash GCMG KCB VD (SC 1877-1881)

INVESTING IN THE GENERAL SIR JOHN MONASH SCHOLARSHIP…

So much at Scotch has been achieved through the generosity of the Scotch Family.The Scotch of today is built on generations of philanthropic contribution.

The exceptional facilities and broad range of experience enjoyed by Scotch boys are the product of this foresight. Such generosity has changed lives, and is an investment in those boys who will don the cardinal, gold and blue in the years to come.

The School Council, the Principal, and the Scotch College Foundation, with the support of the Old Scotch Collegians’ Association, are proud to endorse the General Sir John Monash Scholarship.

Please join us in acknowledging the achievements and contribution of the greatest ever Scotch Collegian, by supporting a scholarship that bears his name and pays tribute to his outstanding life.

Assoc. Prof. Doug Lording (‘64) Scotch College Foundation President

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I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL SIR JOHN MONASH SCHOLARSHIP BY:

A Single GiftUse the Single Gift payment option to make a donation of your choice.

B Regular ContributionsUse the Regular Contributions payment option to make monthly or annual donations of your choice.

C Life Support for ScotchOld Boys can join the Life Support for Scotch program by committing to a monthly donation to the fund of their choice, corresponding to the years they are out of school. By way of example; a member of the Class of 1995, being 23 years out of school, would commit $23 per month, which would increase to $24 per month on 1 January next year, and so on, for as long as the Old Boy wishes. Tax receipts will be sent at the end of each financial year.

D Foundation MembershipUse the Pledge or Single Gift payment options to donate at any Scotch College Foundation membership level:

E BequestI have already included Scotch College in my Will

I intend to leave a gift to Scotch College when I make my Will/next update my Will

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Donations to the Scotch College Foundation Scholarship Fund are tax deductible.

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B REGULAR CONTRIBUTIONS

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Fellows:Associate Fellow $10,000 - $24,999Fellow $25,000 - $49,999Senior Fellow $50,000 - $99,999

Trustees:Trustee $100,000 - $249,000Senior Trustee $250,000+Forbes Society $500,000+Foundation Patron $1,000,000+

‘In the 1920s, Monash was broadly accepted, not just in Victoria, as the greatest living Australian. His commanding intellect was sensed, as well as his basic honesty and decency. He was one tall poppy who was never cut down. No one in Australia’s

history perhaps crammed more effective work into a life.’

Dr Geoffrey Serle (’40), Victorian Rhodes Scholar (1947), Australian Dictionary of Biography (1986)

Post-war, under his leadership as the first General Manager, and then Chairman, of the State Electricity Commission, Monash oversaw the expansion of the entire power grid across Victoria. He was a founding member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, one of the principal organisers of the annual observance of Anzac Day, and was instrumental in determining the design of the Shrine of Remembrance. Later, he would become Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.

It is Monash University, though, which is named for him, acknowledging Monash as a man who ‘contributed to almost every level of Australian life’, and ‘who used education to turn his natural talent into ability, allowing him to realise his daring ambitions’.

Monash died in October 1931, with an estimated 300,000 mourners attending the state funeral held in his honour. For all the accolades, titles and recognition, in a final sign of humility, he instructed that his tombstone simply read ‘John Monash’.

Monash’s spirit lives on strongly at Scotch, as a scholar, philanthropist, man of vision and enterprise.

By establishing an academic scholarship bearing Sir John Monash’s name - one which will enable talented boys to be, in turn, inspired by the spirit, service and legacy of Monash - Scotch salutes this finest of Old Boys.

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS…

Born 27 June 1865 to Prussian migrants in West Melbourne, John Monash arrived as a pupil at Scotch in 1877. A student of remarkable ability who overcame cultural challenges and adversity, Monash’s relationship with, and affection for, Scotch was to continue throughout his life. In his final year of school, aged 16, he was Dux in both Mathematics and - highly proficient in German, French and Hebrew - also modern languages. He graduated in 1881 as equal Dux of the School.

Monash completed his Bachelor of Civil Engineering at the University of Melbourne in 1891. He then undertook a Master of Engineering (1893), Bachelors of Arts and Law (1895) and was later awarded a Doctor of Engineering in 1921. An accomplished pianist, fine exponent of chess and debating, with a keen interest in politics, Monash co-founded the Melbourne University Union. In time, he would also receive honorary degrees from Oxford and Cambridge.

Prior to World War I, Monash worked as an engineer of note, renowned for his innovative use and manufacture of reinforced concrete.

Monash’s outstanding leadership, creative originality and personal magnetism as commander of the entire Australian Corps in World War I challenged military thinking of the time. His capacity to identify problems, find practical solutions, and get the best out of people was exceptional.

The General Sir John Monash Scholarship seeks to honour the life, service and achievements of one of Scotch’s most revered alumni, and do justice to the very qualities he represented throughout his life.

At the heart of it all, Sir John Monash was a passionate believer in the power of education, such as he had experienced at Scotch. This scholarship - which will benefit generations of Scotch boys - recognises his belief and commitment to education.

Scotch is seeking to raise an initial capital fund of $750,000 to endow in perpetuity one full academic scholarship, to enable a boy whose family would otherwise not have the resources, to attend Scotch.

All donations to the Scotch College Scholarship Fund are tax deductible.

One hundred years after he led the Australian Corps to decisive victories in 1918, Sir John Monash’s old School, Scotch College – which he always loved and respected for the excellent education it gave him – has commissioned a scholarship bearing his distinguished name, and honouring the man who shaped the course of Australian history as no other. He is one of our finest Old Scotch Collegians. While palpable reminders of Monash abound at Scotch: among them, Monash Drive, Monash House, the foundation stone of Memorial Hall, and the Monash Gates through which Scotch boys pass every schoolday, there is perhaps no more fitting tribute to a man who is so closely entwined with Scotch’s story and values than to commemorate his achievements, humanity and sheer brilliance through the General Sir John Monash Scholarship.

A man of rare genius, equal Dux of Scotch College (1881), President of the Old Scotch Collegians’ Association (1927), General Officer commanding the Australian Imperial Forces in France (1918), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne (1923-1931), Chairman of the State Electricity Commission (1921-1931), recipient of the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)(1917), and the first man to be knighted in the field of battle by a reigning monarch in nearly 200 years (1918) - in this instance, King George V - also awarded France’s Legion d’Honneur, the Croix de Guerre and the Order of La Couronne (Belgium), the United States’ Distinguished Service Medal (1919), Sir John Monash’s curriculum vitae is without peer in Australian history.

While widely regarded as one of history’s greatest and most inspiring leaders and strategists in times of war, in reality Monash deplored the loss of precious life and waste of human effort that war wrought, and so it was in peacetime, that he was also able to bring his formidable intellect, talents, expertise and ingenuity to solving challenges facing the 20th century, for which he is widely acclaimed.

THE GENERAL SIR JOHN MONASH SCHOLARSHIP…

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