DR JOHN CARNACHAN '59 MNZM

Jock is an icon of the medical fraternity in Auckland, having served as a general practitioner in Royal Oak for over 30 years. He is renowned for the level of care he provides to his patients, his deep sense of humility and his medical acumen.

His contribution to medicine has extended to serving as vice-president of General Practitioner's New Zealand and a member of the Auckland Regional Disciplinary Committee of the Medical Association.

Jock is a trustee of the Butland Medical Foundation and the RD Butland Medical Trust and is a trustee and board member of the Rose Hellaby Medical Scholarship Trust. He was Secretary of the Auckland division of the New Zealand Medical Association and a member of the Auckland Regional Disciplinary Committee of the New Zealand Medical Association.

Jock is also a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and is currently the Medical Director at Elizabeth Knox Home and Hospital.

Jock served in the New Zealand Territorial Army from 1965 as a Trainee Medical Officer. He joined the 1st New Zealand Services Medical Team and served in Vietnam from October 1969 to March 1970. He was a medical officer at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, held in Auckland.

While at Auckland Grammar, Jock was Head Prefect in 1963, and he received the Rope Cup as best all-round boy. He went on to serve the School as a longstanding member of the Headmaster's Council.

Jock was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2012 New Year's Honours for services to medicine and the community.

DR ROBERT KIRKPATRICK '64

Rob is a distinguished adjunct professor at the University of Auckland in chemical and materials engineering, and in the Faculty of Engineering lecturing third- and fourth-year students in Chemmat Design and general education covering interpersonal skills, commercial understanding, systems engineering and project execution.

With his experience in hydrocarbon design in refining and petrochemicals, manufacturing and general management, he has previously held positions with Union Carbide Corporation, Mobil Oil Corporation, as a Director of Technology and Development, Methanex New Zealand Ltd and a Director of Ngawha Geothermal Limited and international consulting for RKP Ltd.

Rob was Head Prefect at Auckland Grammar in 1968, and has continued to have a close affinity with the School. He was a member of the Board of Trustees for 17 years from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman from 1998 to 2009. Rob was on the committee of the Old Boys' Association and is an honorary Life Member of the Association.

BOB NAREV '50 ONZM, MNZM

Bob arrived in New Zealand in 1947 as a survivor of the Holocaust. After attending Auckland Grammar, he went on to study law, joining legal firm Glaister Ennor in 1956 and subsequently became Senior Partner and Chairman.

He has practiced law for over 60 years, has been a Notary Public since 1963 and served as President of the Auckland Society of Notaries for 10 years. He is the Chairman of the Holocaust and Antisemitism Foundation and has chaired the Auckland Holocaust Memorial Trust since 2016. He has worked with the Auckland Council to identify a site for the creation of a Garden of Humanity.

Bob has been an educator for Holocaust Education since 2002, and has used his experience as a Holocaust survivor to teach thousands of New Zealand students about the dangers of racism, prejudice and bigotry and the importance of respecting people of all races and religions. He has been a Founding Trustee for the Senior Outreach Service since 2003 and a Trustee of the Gemach Fund since 2016. He was Chairman of the United Synagogues of New Zealand and chairs the Hugh Green Foundation, where he has overseen the provision of substantial donations to the City Mission, the Springboard Trust, Great Potentials Foundation, and to the University of Auckland and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research.

Bob was a Trustee of the Christian Healthcare Trust Board for 17 years. He was at various times President of the Auckland Zionist Society, Treasurer of the Jewish National Fund and B'nai Brith, Treasurer and President of the Zionist Federation of New Zealand, and member for many years of the Board of Management of the Auckland Hebrew Congregation and Treasurer of that body for two terms, as well as serving on the Auckland Hebrew Congregation Trust Board, the Bernard Goldwater Educational Trust Board and the Auckland Jewish Youth Centre Trust Board and acting as Honorary Solicitor for a number of Jewish organisations.

Bob was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1998 for community service, and was made an Officer of the same order in 2020 for services to the community and education. Bob's son Ian '80 was one of three Augusta Awardees in 2015.