Citation
Peter Clark was inducted into the Rotary Club of Melbourne on the 3rd August 1994 with the classification - Occupational Medicine. His sponsor was Robin Reid, and in those days, the Club met at the ANZ Pavilion in the Arts Centre.
Peter was initially a member of the Adelaide Rotary whilst he was the Head of Public Health in South Australia before transferring to Melbourne where he joined Mobil as a General Manager of Health, Safety and Environment for the Company throughout Australia and the Pacific Region.
Peter served as a member of the Board during the Presidential years of Roger Nicholson and Jack Melbourne’s during 1998-2000; Captain of Groups in 2004-5 for President Ann Jacques; with Alan Trumble, organized On-To-Conference tours to Canberra and Adelaide and with his wife Sandra, have been an active in the Mornington Peninsula Group and participated in numerous OTC treks.
Peter has long had a focus on infectious diseases and in 2018, learned that the World Health Organization had set a Global Goal for the elimination of Hepatitis by 2030. With the support of President Robert Fisher, Peter, working through our Health & Ageing Committee, assembled a Member working group and formed a collaboration with Hepatitis Victoria to raise awareness, reduce the stigma and miss-information in the community.
To achieve this aim, presentations have been arranged with Rotary Clubs to demonstrate that effective treatments are available for Hepatitis. The delivery by trained speakers, drawing on clinical knowledge and life experience, explained how Hep B can be treated Hep C can be eliminated. The project was formally launched at Rotary Melbourne last 3rd July and was elevated to R100 Centenary status and is now a D9800 Endorsed Project.
Covid-19 has intervened and dominated all other infectious disease concerns temporarily, but our collaboration with Hepatitis Victoria continues under Peter’s leadership and the administrative assistance of Penny Trumble with presentations now continuing via Zoom with Rotary Clubs near and far to raise awareness under the rubric of End Hepatitis Now.
Peter Clark, for your longstanding commitment to Rotary Melbourne and your passionate ‘Service above Self’ endeavours to champion the elimination of Hepatitis, it gives me great pleasure to name you on behalf of the Board and members of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, a Paul Harris Fellow.
Your Paul Harris Pin and Citation will be delivered to you and now would Members join me in congratulating Peter.
Delivered this 10th Day of June 2020 by Rotary Melbourne President, Kevin F Sheehan
