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Alumni highlight on excellence The 2021 Alumni Awards and All Ages Reunion attracted a record number of Old Boys, with seven decades of CBC history gathering in the College Cloisters to honour their shared experience of attending one of the oldest schools in WA.
Held in November and hosted by the Alumni Association committee, the event attracted more than 220 CBC graduates who honoured the exceptional achievements of their peers. Master of Ceremonies for the evening, Riley Faulds (‘16), announced the recipients of the Alumni Awards, an annual recognition of outstanding Old Boys who embody the qualities of the CBC gentleman and are making a real difference in the world in their fields of endeavour.
Professor Mastaglia graduated in 1957 after receiving Dux in every year, and went on to excel at UWA as an undergraduate medical student. He worked in the world’s top neuroscience institutes before coming back to Perth and heading up the Neurology department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and the UWA Department of Medicine. An internationally acclaimed researcher, as he collected his award Frank spoke with gratitude about the discipline of his education with the Christian Brothers.
The annual awards also includes an acknowledgement of a CBC member of staff, past or present, which honours the inspirational teachers, selfless leaders and first-rate support champions who have made their mark in the history of CBC Fremantle.
The award for Community was presented to local legend, Mr Peter Christie Senior (‘78), whose volunteer work for South Fremantle Football Club has spanned more than two decades. After several years of sitting on the board, in 2019 Peter was elected as club president. Amongst many other endeavours at the Bulldogs, Peter was involved in the launch of the Stephen Michael Foundation, which creates wonderful sporting, education and job development programmes for youths in the club’s low socio-economic zones.
Old Boy Professor Frank Mastaglia OAM (‘57) received the Brother Patrick Kelly Award for Leadership for his global contribution to the fields of neurology research and professional associations.
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