Obituaries and Tributes

Auckland Grammar School would like to acknowledge the prominent Old Boys and Grammar masters who have passed away. Click on the names in bold to read an extended obituary for each gentleman.

• Professor William (Twink) Allen CBE '54
• Emeritus Professor Peter John Bartlett '43
• Victor Bartley '52
• Emeritus Professor Peter Bergquist ONZM '48
• Successful businessman Sir John Buchanan '56, a stalwart of the School and a big supporter of The Grammar Way
• Russell Coddington '42, the first traffic officer in New Zealand to patrol on a motorbike
• Avon Cook '43 ONZM
• New Zealand's greatest test batsman, Martin Crowe MBE '76
• William (Bill) Currey '57
• Leslie Grant Dickinson '45, written by his son David '84
• Heritage Officer Michael Farrell
• Professor Raoul Franklin CBE '48
• 25-year Grammar master David Friedlander '64
• 25-year Grammar master Rodney Gordon
• Auckland Grammar School's ninth Headmaster, Sir John Graham KNZM CBE ED
• Ron (Waldo) Granwal '55
• Dr Bruce Harris '34 AM
• Professor Donald Harris '42
• Dr Stanley (Stan) Regnault Hunt '34
• Robert 'Bob' Jackson '45
• Levi James '16
• New Zealand's most celebrated mathematician Sir Vaughan Jones '66, the only New Zealander to be awarded the Maths equivalent of the Nobel Prize: the Fields Medal
• Ronald John Kasper '60
• Jack Leigh '45
• Dr George Marshall '38, one of the School's greatest supporters
• 25 year Grammar master and World War II veteran Ron Mayhill DFC '37
• Dennis McGrath ONZM '37
• Sir Duncan McMullin '40
• New Zealand novelist, playwright and biographer Sir James McNeish '44
• 25-year Grammar master Trevor Poultney
• Emeritus Professor Tom Prebble MNZM '59
• Gerald Rea QSM '47
• Doug Ross MBE ED '34
• Alan Sayers MNZM '29
• Graham Wallace '38
• Professor Mark Warner '65
• David Watt '57
• President of the Auckland Grammar School Old Boys' Association James Whineray '74
• Dr Scott Whineray '51
• Sir Wilson Whineray '48
• John Wigglesworth '42
• Howie Keith Forbes Wilson '44
• Dr Ian Wilson '57