Vocational Talk
Tue, May 16th 2017 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
A vocational talk by George McLuskie
President Mark welcomed 24 members and two
visiting Rotarians.
During president's business past president Iain Gow reported that he and past president Ann Mitchell had hosted American rotarians from New York State on a group fellowship exchange. This is an arrangement which sees guests stay with rotarians from assorted clubs and to be entertained locally.
The May winners of the 200 club were announced and will be informed in due course.
After business, Mark introduced the speaker for the day, Rotarian George McLuskie who gave us an account of his working life to date.
Married to Liz for 40 years, George has one son, Ryan who is married to Laura. They teach at Madras College and have two children. They are currently on exchange to Australia and return in July.
George served in the Black Watch for 20 years from 1974 to 1994, seeing service all over the world. This included tours in Northern Ireland and deployment to West Germany as part of the Cold War forces where patrols called flag tours were carried out in uniform in each of the occupied zones of Berlin. This was all agreed as part of the Potsdam Agreement of 1945.
Whilst on an exchange to Guyana in November 1978, the Jonestown Massacre took place. This involved the mass suicide of 900 people.
George left the military in 1994 and started his own business as a professional photographer focusing on press and public relations. Starting with the Fife Free Press, he learned the technical side of black and white photography.
He wanted to expand his business and began working freelance with Catchline PR who called him directly for pictures to the national and local press. There were commissions too from newspapers allowing him travel to Canada and Poland and also coverage of Royal visits.
As a result George quickly broke into the ranks of commissions for PR agencies throughout the UK, national and international publications and world famous companies such as Nairn, Shell, Exxon.
George was a freelance photographer with Fife college in its various guises. He was privileged too to photograph big names brought to Kirkcaldy by Gordon Brown whilst chancellor and PM, to deliver the annual Adam Smith lecture.
During this time there were shifts for the Sunday Mail and Daily Record including coverage of the G8 conference which were accompanied by riots and disturbances against capitalist establishments.
He still works regularly for the Daily Record as a features photographer. Freelance work is carried out for several prominent national newspapers and George also finds himself having come full circle, being back as a freelance with the Fife Free Press.
He has seen, and borne the expense of the digital revolution in photography which allows pictures to be submitted instantly, indeed, very often, members of the public beat him to it with pictures of events.
George was very sad to have been covering the relegation of his lifelong club, Raith Rovers last weekend. He now looks forward to attending derbies at New Bayview next season.
George looks forward to a successful membership of Kirkcaldy Rotary and to the safe return of this family from Australia in July.
President Mark gave a vote of thanks to George.
The meeting closed at 13.55.
During president's business past president Iain Gow reported that he and past president Ann Mitchell had hosted American rotarians from New York State on a group fellowship exchange. This is an arrangement which sees guests stay with rotarians from assorted clubs and to be entertained locally.
The May winners of the 200 club were announced and will be informed in due course.
After business, Mark introduced the speaker for the day, Rotarian George McLuskie who gave us an account of his working life to date.
Married to Liz for 40 years, George has one son, Ryan who is married to Laura. They teach at Madras College and have two children. They are currently on exchange to Australia and return in July.
George served in the Black Watch for 20 years from 1974 to 1994, seeing service all over the world. This included tours in Northern Ireland and deployment to West Germany as part of the Cold War forces where patrols called flag tours were carried out in uniform in each of the occupied zones of Berlin. This was all agreed as part of the Potsdam Agreement of 1945.
Whilst on an exchange to Guyana in November 1978, the Jonestown Massacre took place. This involved the mass suicide of 900 people.
George left the military in 1994 and started his own business as a professional photographer focusing on press and public relations. Starting with the Fife Free Press, he learned the technical side of black and white photography.
He wanted to expand his business and began working freelance with Catchline PR who called him directly for pictures to the national and local press. There were commissions too from newspapers allowing him travel to Canada and Poland and also coverage of Royal visits.
As a result George quickly broke into the ranks of commissions for PR agencies throughout the UK, national and international publications and world famous companies such as Nairn, Shell, Exxon.
George was a freelance photographer with Fife college in its various guises. He was privileged too to photograph big names brought to Kirkcaldy by Gordon Brown whilst chancellor and PM, to deliver the annual Adam Smith lecture.
During this time there were shifts for the Sunday Mail and Daily Record including coverage of the G8 conference which were accompanied by riots and disturbances against capitalist establishments.
He still works regularly for the Daily Record as a features photographer. Freelance work is carried out for several prominent national newspapers and George also finds himself having come full circle, being back as a freelance with the Fife Free Press.
He has seen, and borne the expense of the digital revolution in photography which allows pictures to be submitted instantly, indeed, very often, members of the public beat him to it with pictures of events.
George was very sad to have been covering the relegation of his lifelong club, Raith Rovers last weekend. He now looks forward to attending derbies at New Bayview next season.
George looks forward to a successful membership of Kirkcaldy Rotary and to the safe return of this family from Australia in July.
President Mark gave a vote of thanks to George.
The meeting closed at 13.55.
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