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Bob is a highly valued contributor to the Celestial Tai Chi College. Along with being the most senior instructor Bob is responsible for standardising instructor training and mentoring many instructors and students.
With 20 years experience (17 years at Celestial) Bob has much to offer tai chi practitioners and has made a significant impact on the college. Improvements to the quality of systems and the class environment are among the benefits we most appreciate.
Education & Training
Agricultural science, University of Melbourne.
Plastics technology, RMIT
High polymers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
Management, RMIT.
Career
Food industry, bacteriologist and quality controller, 2 years
International specialty chemicals company, 35 years:
Technical & QC manager
R. & D. chemist, Boston, USA
Business development, corporate planning manager
Company director.
Management consultant, self employed, 5 years:
Corporate planning
Justification and formation of a chemicals plant in Indonesia.
Sport & Hobbies
Competitive swimming & baseball (in former years)
Pedigreed dogs:
Breeding, showing and trialing of Labrador Retrievers
Judging shows and retrieving trials
Club and association administration.
Family
Son, Andrew, married with 3 adult children
Daughter, Ann, married.
Current activities
Trustee & research grants coordinator, Canine Research Foundation
Canine Health Committee, Victorian Canine Association
Animal Ethics Committee, Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Animal Ethics Committee, RSPCA.
Tai Chi
Began Tai Chi in 1988.
Joined Celestial at the Bundoora class in 1991.
Instructor, Moonee Ponds class in 1993.
Learned and taught most Celestial Tai Chi forms and have enjoyed all the years of
Tai Chi, with improved health, friendships made, and satisfaction gained from helping
to improve the health, fitness and relaxation of hundreds of students.
Current role: Executive Senior Instructor.
Prepared the Instructor Manual.
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