John Melvin Swan

🕯 Jeff Saunders lit a candle My Great Chemistry Teacher & Bowling Friend. Jeff Saunders

🕯 George Ziller lit a candle and at a younger age, John said "Yes." THE SILK WORM: I stood before a silk worm one day. And that night my heart said to me, I can do that, I can spin skies. I can be woven into love that can bring warmth to people, I can be soft against a crying face, I can be wings that lift, and I can travel on my thousan...more

🕯 Barbara Roberts lit a candle My dear Papa John, my dad, the man who taught me probity by never bringing home a Monash biro to use when he was at home. The man who gave me so much financial support when I was struggling to find my direction in adulthood. The man who never said that his children had to be successful academic professionals ...more

🕯 Tim Ealey lit a candle I Was the Director of the Grad School of Environmental Science at Monash. This institute would never have happened but for the intervention of John. Almost ALL academics were against any thing environmental which was perceived as bush walking and bird watching. Thus John is resposible for the many hundreds of graduates ma...more

🕯 Paul Swan lit a candle It was a privilege to meet with my cousin John earlier this year. He was my father, Ken Swan's much loved first cousin. He and my mother Joan had tremendous affection for John. My wife and I found John to be a wonderful gentleman, putting aside the issues of his illnesses to entertain us. It seems he has had a lifelong ab...more

🕯 John Zillman lit a candle I had the great pleasure of working with John from the early 1980s when he was an enormously wise, insightful and helpful member of the external advisory committee (Meteorology Policy Committee) to the Bureau of Meteorology. He proposed and guided the development of a formal affiliation agreement (one of the University...more

🕯 University College lit a candle It is with great regret that the Council, Head and University College community mourn the death of Professor John Swan AO. In honouring his life as an outstanding administrator, we acknowledge his commitment and leadership as the President of the College Council from 2000 to 2002. The College remains in his debt ...more

🕯 Frank Larkins lit a candle John was a colleague and a great mentor to me when I was a young staff member in chemistry at Monash University. He was highly respected by his colleagues, because of his infectious enthusiasm for science. He was a fine administrator who cared very much about setting high standards for undergraduate teaching, research...more

🕯 Doug Newton lit a candle We Miss You Skipper! The Directors of the Western Port Seagrass Partnership Ltd wish to pay tribute to John Swan, our Founding Chairman and inspirational leader. It was John’s drive, love of Western Port and his extensive scientific knowledge, including the pivotal work on the Shapiro Western Port Study, which led to t...more

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🕯 Thor Birtley lit a candle Papa John Reciting Old Grey Squirrel: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3hDk5rqyjxwU1A5SHQwQm5PYVE

🕯 Peter Attiwill AM lit a candle I greatly enjoyed John's infectious enthusiasm, inventiveness, wit and wisdom over the years. Whether it was during meetings of the Western Port Seagrass Partnership or over a number of lunches that we had together, John was always inspirational.

🕯 David Smyth lit a candle I regret that I will be unable to attend John's memorial gathering. He was my Dean in the 1970s, and I remember his enthusiasm, positive outlook, and inter-personal skills with pleasure. He kept an eye out for young lecturers and also found jobs for them to do! Vale, John David Smyth, Professor Emeritus, Biological S...more

🕯 Margaret Birtley lit a candle Staying in touch... If any visitor to this site wants to contact John's family, please send me an email: mbirtley@hotmail.com

🕯 Barbara Roberts lit a candle John Swan was interviewed by Professor Ron Brown in 2008. Read the interview here: https://www.science.org.au/node/335466. John talks about how he got into chemistry, his experiences overseas, challenges he tackled at Monash University, water and the environment, his wide-ranging chemical achievements, his academic i...more