Get the latest on our bequestors and their stories. Leave a bequest to Monash University and help support research and education.
Rebel with a cause
For John Blakeley, co-founding editor of Lot’s Wife, his gift serves as a reminder of the founding spirit of Monash – challenging convention and embracing innovation.
Sonia Parisi
Sonia Parisi, a BA (Hons) 1999 and LLB (Hons) 2001 alumna, daughter of Italian migrant parents, gives some ‘luck’ to future Monash students.
Barbara Wagstaff
Barbara is setting up The Daisy Muriel Wagstaff Scholarship in her mother’s name.
Francine V McNiff
Thanks to a generous bequest from Francine McNiff, Anthony Vitale and Laura Vidal can use criminology to transform the world for the better.
Jim and Jenny Mitchell
Jim and Jenny Mitchell lived their creed that pharmacy was about more than simply dispensing medicine. For them, it was about people.
Maureen Brunt AO
Maureen Brunt AO’s bequest will establish a scholarship for students at the Monash Business School to pursue postgraduate studies in Economics and Econometrics.
David Sibenaler
When David Sibenaler finished his Masters of Journalism at Monash in 2012, he made a pact that he would leave a gift in his Will to Monash as soon as he got a job.
Ted Underwood
Ted created a scholarship nearly ten years ago in honour of his good friend Dr Herbert Gibson. He also left a generous bequest to Monash.
John and Lyn Coppock
The decision by John Coppock and his wife Lyn to become bequestors to Monash’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences seems logical, given John’s background.
Dr Peter Rogers
Dr Peter Rogers, one of Monash’s first students and a scholarship recipient, is now leaving a bequest to give other students the same opportunity.
Andrew Marks
Andrew Marks has left a gift in his will to support Monash Law’s community legal clinics. These clinics provide free legal advice to thousands of people who can’t afford or aren’t eligible for publicly-funded legal aid.
Bill Hawtin and Tess Hill
Students from underprivileged backgrounds will now be able to pursue their studies in jazz and fine arts with financial assistance thanks to the generosity of Melbourne arts couple Bill Hawtin and Tess Hill.
David Winston Turner
David Winston, an economics graduate of Monash University, left a gift in his will in the form of the David Winston Turner Endowment Fund. A large part of his bequest will go towards addressing untreated brain disorders.
