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Honouring Boz Parsons
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
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For 17 years Boz Parsons nurtured young minds at Geelong Grammar School, with wife Barbara close by. Now, with the support of the School community, the first Boz Parsons Scholarship will be ready for awarding to a new student in 2023. Gifts to support the Boz Parsons Scholarship have now exceeded $567,000, with the most recent fundraising effort to celebrate Boz’s 103rd birthday seeing a further $121,500 contributed. Boz and Barb Parsons have been humbled by the support received for the scholarship. At 103 and 100 respectively, they remain deeply committed and connected members of the Geelong Grammar School community and have recorded a message of thanks to acknowledge those who have given. Boz joined GGS as a student in 1927 from his home in the Western District of Victoria. He was the beneficiary of the Bertie Manifold Scholarship. “I was a scholarship boy and I felt very indebted to the School and I felt that it was incumbent upon me to do the very best that I could …” After graduating from the University of Melbourne and distinguished service as a bomber pilot in WWII, Boz returned to Geelong Grammar School in 1962. Teaching Agricultural Science and Chemistry, he served as Housemaster of Manifold House from 1965-1978 and Master of Corio from 1978-1979. The Boz Parsons Scholarship will support students from rural and regional areas to access a Geelong Grammar School education. Should you wish to make a contribution to support the Boz Parsons Scholarship please visit: https://www.ggs.vic.edu.au/ggs-giving/projects/scholarships/boz-parsons-scholarship/boz-parsons-scholarship Thank you to all those generous OGGs and others who have made a gift to honour Boz and ensure more students can access a Geelong Grammar School education. |