MSC Magazine | Issue 4 | Summer 2020

Page 14| Missionaries of the Sacred Heart VALE JOHN FAHEY, AC - Chevalier College TRIBUTE 12th SEPTEMBER 2020 This is the tribute from Chevalier College's Shield and Heart. Chevalier College and its community mourn the passing today of one of its most outstanding alumni John Fahey AC, a member of the Class of 1962. John Fahey was elected to the NSW Parlia- ment in 1984 and rose to become a minis- ter and then Premier from 1992-1995. Dur- ing that time, aside from the reforms and governance work of the day, John also be- came etched in the public memory for his courageous act of leaping to thwart what appeared to be a would-be assassination of Prince Charles by a man wielding a gun and then later famously leaping for joy in Monaco when Sydney was awarded the 2000 Olympics. Following the defeat in the close State election in 1995, he was then elected to the Federal Parliament in 1996 and immediately appointed to a cabinet role as Minister for Finance and Administra- tion, a role he held for six years until his re- tirement from politics. Since his retirement from politics, John maintained some cor- porate advisory work and many other in- volvements but then also took on the ma- jor role as the President of the World Anti- Doping Agency from 2008-13. He has been the Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University since 2014. Last year he was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in recogni- tion of his service to the Catholic Church in Australia. College Board Chairman Matthew Waugh, from the Class of 1961, was himself a contem- porary of John Fahey and has remained friends in the years since graduating. “John Fahey represented many of the best attributes of a Chevalier student and ranks most highly in regard among our alumni for those reasons. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his wife Colleen and his children, grandchildren and extended family. The sadness of John’s loss will also be felt by his classmates and many in the wider community.” College Principal Chris McDermott said “John remained a champion for Chevalier all his life and was looked up to by many across all gen- erations of past students and also by our pre- sent-day community. In 2016 he was awarded the Esprit du Chevalier Medal, the College’s highest public honour, which translates from the French as “Spirit of the Knight”. The out- standing career of public service that John devoted to his region, state, country and in- deed to the world, is testimony to that award. Chevalier College will remember John in our thoughts and prayers over the coming days and will work with his family, friends, classmates and colleagues to find a suitable occasion in the future to bring the community together for a fitting memorial service”. President of the Chevalier Past Students asso- ciation Mark Wallace (CPS 1976) said “The passing of John Fahey at the age of 75 is poignant as in under six months we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the college that he loved so much and which he himself said many times played such a big part in the for- mation of his character. That was also a won- derful formative era for Chevalier itself, and to see many of that generation leaving us now is a source of sadness. John was a leader at the school, not only was he captain of the First XI cricket team and a vital member of arguably the great-