HOUSTON, Alexander Donald (1913-2010)

HOUSTON, Alexander Donald (1913-2010)


AleAlexander Donald Houston (Prefects, 1932).

Alexander Donald Houston (Prefects, 1932).

Alexander Donald Houston, civil engineer, Donald attended Skipton State School before becoming a boarder at the College from 1927 to 1932. He participated in a variety of activities at the College becoming a member of the 2nd VIII in 1930 and 1931 and the 1st Football team in 1931. He was a member of the Indoor Games Committee in 1931, and, in 1932 a member of the Rowing Committee, House Captain of Morrison House and a School Prefect in both 1931 and 1932.

His father, the Rev Alexander Sommerville Houston (1881-1971), also attended the College from 1896 to 1901, and was a well-known Presbyterian cleric and Moderator of the Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria in 1948.

Donald's brother, James Wilson Rock Houston, known at School as 'Moo'was killed in an aircraft training crash in June 1944 during World War II.


Source

The Age (Melb) 22 January 2010; Ad Astra June 2010 .
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