Leo Goorevich
I have played Bridge for nearly 60 years - and still enjoying it as much as ever. I have developed this blog to encourage others with similar tastes and interests, to keep their minds and bodies alert and active. Bridge is one very enjoyable way of achieving this. Some other (mostly irrelevant) facts about me include:
- Born in Tientsin (now Tianjin), China.
- Arrived in Sydney at age 9 on January 1, 1952. Attended Waverley Primary School, Neutral Bay Primary, North Sydney Boys High.
- Married in 1970, bought a house in Chatswood and had two sons.
- Divorced in 2005.
- started a personal family website in 2015 – which remains a work in progress. Also several others, including one for my contemporary colleagues in Physics.
- Studied Physics at Sydney University – majoring in particle physics in the Cosmic Ray Department.
- Started post-graduate studies in SUGAR (Sydney University Giant Air-shower Recorder) in 1964. Eventually focused on writing programs to analyse the collected data. Submitted, and was awarded PhD thesis in 1969
- Started teaching at Macquarie Uni in 1969
- Invited to return to continue research in SUGAR 1970-1975, analysing the data from our field station in Narrabri.
- Joined International Programming consultancy in 1975, first as Manager and then Director.
- Started my own business in 1980 – Boole & Babbage Australia - as consultant in system software and network support.
- Returned to Sydney University IT department in 1998 as Project Manager in software development
- Retired in 2011
- Currently mostly occupied in various voluntary activities – OzHarvest; Refugee Language Program (at Sydney University); Powerhouse Museum; Australian Museum, Smith Family Language Tutoring; Meals on Wheels;
- Playing bridge as often as I can - Rank: Silver Grand Master.
- I develop and maintain web sites for friends, backgammon and bridge clubs, Physics Alumni group etc
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