Julian Clarke (OB 63)

For 16 years Julian Clarke spearheaded News Limited’s campaign against the Fairfax Press, retiring in 2007 after a hugely successful stint as Managing Director of the Herald and Weekly Times.

It said something of the regard in which he was held that the chairman of News Limited, Rupert Murdoch should fly in for the occasion. A far cry from his move into the industry in 1960 when he arrived for an interview at Standard newspapers in his Brighton Grammar uniform.

                                                        Julian Clarke, right, received his Hall of Fame award from School Council Chairman, Ian Paroissien