Allan Graeme Bremner 1974 -1977

Graeme won the Lusk Prize in Science in Form 7 (Year 13). He won a General Excellence Prize in English, Biology, Chemistry and Geography (studied at Queen's High School). He was a School Librarian. I believe Graeme sat University Scholarship English in Form 6 (Year 12) and if my memory serves me correctly gained the top mark in New Zealand. Graeme was Rector Jack Bremner’s son.

King's were part of a New Zealand wide school study called “The Gorse Project” and Graeme was the leader of this group. The aim was to study gorse in its environment and to look at its possible utilisations. The entry in the Otago Mathematics and Science Fair won its section of the contest and resulted in an invitation to be represented in the Phillips New Zealand Science Fair in Wellington. The project was aided by an award from the Ministry of Recreation and Sport and by grants from the Otago Branch of the Royal Society and a Mobil Environmental Grant.

On leaving school Graeme studied at the University of Otago. He gained a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1981 and graduated Doctor of Philosophy in 1989. He became an Associate Professor at the University and was a Forensic Scientist in Animal Health. He then worked for the Ministry for Primary Industries: Animal Health Laboratory where he worked as a Forensic Scientist in the Primary Industries field.

Graeme became an Associate Professor, on the academic staff of the University of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland (UBBS). Here he headed up the Forensic Science Department and recently had the pleasure of seeing the first group of students graduate with a degree in Forensic Science, a four-year course.

Graeme and his wife have settled in Botswana where they own a small farm.