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Barbara Dorsch graduated in Physiotherapy in 1963, and till 1965 was a physiotherapist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and then Royal Prince Henry Hospital in Sydney. I also lectured at the School of Physiotherapy. In 1968 we moved to England where I worked mainly at the Rehabilitation Unit of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. After returning to Australia in 1975 I worked at the Multiple Sclerosis Society of NSW and then the Para-Quad Association before becoming a Principal of the Dorsch & Erratt Physiotherapy Centre at Hunters Hill. Since retiring from private practice I have done various locums in NSW and interstate. I am a founder member of the Neurology Special Interest Group APA and am a member of the Continuing Education Committee and Acupuncture Study Group, Editor, NSW Physiotherapy Bulletin and Councillor NSW Physiotherapy Association. From 1996 to the present I have served as chairman of the Hunters Hill Access Committee.

Between 2002 and 2005 I worked for four week periods in Indonesia as Clinical Educator at Dr Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, Java. In 2006 I spent 2 weeks as Consultant Physiotherapist at Siloam Gleneagles Hospital in Tangerang, two weeks as Consultant Physiotherapist at Dr Sardjito Hospital in Jogjakarta where for one week I spent managing spinal injury after the earthquake. In 2007 I worked for three weeks as Consultant Physiotherapist, Siloam Hospital Group. In 2008 I made three visits to Indonesia, each of one month duration, where I again worked as Consultant Physiotherapist, Siloam Hospital Group as well as conducting sessions at the University of Neurosurgery Departments in Jakarta and Surabaya.

I am married with three daughters, five granddaughters and one grandson. My many interests include golf, walking and textiles such as design knitting and shoe making.

Les Walsh is my name and I joined The Rotary Club of Chatswood on 8 December 2010, having previously been a member of Chatswood Sunrise Rotary which I joined in 2001. During my time as a member of Chatswood Sunrise I served as treasurer, President (2005-2006) and Secretary.

I have chaired the joint North Shore Rotary Clubs Mental Health Committee since August 2005 and was Assistant Governor for the North Shore Zone in 2007-2008. I currently sit on the District Administration Committee as District Communications Director, District E-News Editor and District Website Editor

I spent my working life in banking and investment, and established my own financial planning practice in 1991 specialising in all aspects of tax effective financial planning for working or retired professionals and executives. I retired in 2006.

I am married to Joy and have three sons and four grandchildren Joy and I enjoy traveling together, walking, music and opera.

I am Dr Nick Dorsch and my medical training was at Sydney University. I graduated in 1965. After three years at prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, we moved to England for surgical training with the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons. My Neurosurgical training was from 1970 to 1974 mainly at the National Hospitals for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. Back in Sydney I worked for some years at Royal Prince Alfred and St George Hospitals and at Westmead Hospital from its start in 1978. I chaired the department of neurosurgery at Westmead from 1996 until I retired in 2007. I have extensive clinical and research experience with over 200 meeting presentations and 350 publications. In 1986 I was elected Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. In 1993 I was appointed Clinical Associate Professor, Sydney University. I have served as Editorial/Advisory Boards of three specialist journals, Brain Foundation Board, WHO Working Group on Neurosurgery, committees of several international conferences and Convenor of one. I have worked as Australasian coordinator for several international drug trials, the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies educational faculty and local scientific and training committees. I am a member of the Australasian, British and American Neurosurgical Associations.

I have had extensive experience in Indonesia teaching neurosurgery and general patient care with one month long visits in 2002 and again in 2005 to a university hospital in Bandung, Java. Later there was consulting in hospitals in Jakarta, Bandung and Jogjakarta (post earthquake assistance) for five weeks in 2006 and three weeks in Jakarta in 2007. In 2008 we had three one month long visits to private and university centres in Jakarta, Cikarang and Surabaya.

I am married with three daughters and six grandchildren. My interests include tennis, gardening, walking and crafts including fine woodworking and shoe making.

Peggy Yu joined The Rotary Club of Rockdale in 1996 and transferred to The Rotary Club of Chatswood in April 2009. Her Classification is Taxation. I joined Rotary to give something back to the community and in the process have enjoyed the strong fellowship of my fellow Rotarians.

I am married and have a daughter and am the proud grandmother of identical twin boys.

My name is Dieter Torheiden and I joined the Rotary Club of Chatswood in April 2005. My classification is Pharmaceuticals Manufacturer. Since 2006 I'm the Director/Chair International Service and will be in the up-coming Rotary Year 2010/11. I studied Science, Biology, and worked for around 3y in a private Research Institute in Munich. After that I moved into Pharmaceutical Management and currently I'm the General Manager of the Australian/NZL affiliate, based in Sydney, of an international Pharmaceutical Company. I joined Rotary following a call of my "voice within" to try to "give something back"! I had and still do enjoy a successful private and business life and as a consequence I like to share my success and help others less fortunate. 'Service above Self' is a striking and inspiring motto and Rotary and my Rotary fellows give me the opportunity to share and help where help is needed. Besides that I enjoy our regular meetings, discussions, comradeship, activities and above that we're a fantastic bunch of people who are active and have a lot of fun.

Carl Gorsuch joined Rotary in Darwin in 1983 and transferred to the Chatswood Club in 1984 representing his accounting vocation in his role as a partner in Price Waterhouse specializing in emerging businesses. On retirement from Price Waterhouse in 1993 he changed his classification from Accounting to Architectural Hardware after acquiring a door hardware business specializing in supplying the prestige residential sector of the building industry. He has held most positions within the Rotary Club of Chatswood including Treasurer on several occasions where he was able to use his accounting and management expertise for the benefit of the community locally & internationally. Carl is married to Viv and has a daughter and three sons along with seven grandchildren. His interests include cycling, golf, garden & home improvements, reading, family and community activities and has been honoured by the Rotary Club of Chatswood with a Paul Harris Fellowship.

Gerard Say joined the Rotary Club of Chatswood in the Sydney Olympic Year of 2000 after he completed twenty-four years as a primary-school principal in Catholic Education. He thought that he finally had the time to devote to the Rotary movement after a very busy life leading, for fourteen years, a school-community of 600 students from 420 families as well as forty members of staff. Twenty-five years earlier in his home-town of Wagga, Gerard had been very active in the local Jaycees Club and so he very much looked forward to resuming membership in a service organisation. In his decade as a Rotarian, Gerard has taken a particular interest in the Youth Avenue of Service and in the Club Bulletin as a key communication tool within the Club. 2008-2009 saw him becoming President of the Chatswood Rotary Club. This year included a special emphasis on quality guest-speakers, a change of venue for our Dinner Meetings and the implementation of strategies to stem constant losses of membership within the Club. Gerard has enjoyed greatly mixing with members having so many different backgrounds and life-experiences. Every year brings fresh challenges. During 2009-2010, the launching of The Rotary Voices at the district-level has been a source of great satisfaction.

Frank Chen joined Chatswood Rotary in 1979, continuing decades of community service. Before 1977 he was national delegate to the World Student Christian Federation and World's Alliance of YMCAs, Geneva; Chairman, Chen Trust; Founder, Singapore National Heart Association; District Governor, Lions International, Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei and recipient of the Melvin Jones Award. In Australia he served as Rotary Club President; Chairman, Liaison with the Chinese Association for International Understanding, Beijing; Member, Australian Rotary Health Research Fund; Chairman (thrice), Concerts featuring Roger Woodward, in aid of Rotary Nepal Heart Surgery Fund, Centenary Institute Research Foundation and North Shore Heart Research Foundation. He is a Paul Harris Fellow. At Harvard Frank undertook the Course in Cardiovascular Disease. A member of the American Heart Association, he was a member of the Council on Clinical Cardiology and a fellow of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research; he has chaired numerous medical meetings and tutored many students. He practices in Chatswood. Lately he has written on his worldview of the inclusiveness and essence of Christian faith. He is married with a daughter and two sons, specialists in their own fields, and five grandchildren in Sydney and Melbourne.

Lloyd Lucas has been a member of Chatswood Rotary since 1986 with a classification of Banking Retail and recently Senior Active. Previously he was a member pf Lautoka, Fiji Club from 1982-1985 where he was treasurer. Prior to service with Rotary he belonged to the Apex Club in Launceston, Tasmania. Most of his service club activities have been whilst employed by Banit of NSW and later Westpac Banking Corporation. Areas of career were NSW, Tasmania, PNG and Fiji in retail banking and administration. Lloyd is married to Barbara with 2 sons and 2 grandchildren. Interests include rugby union where he played for 25 years, tennis and in recent times attends gymnasium classes.

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