Kevin Williams

This profile introduces our new Editor-Kevin Williams. Kevin has a background in the Education-system, so anyone sending articles in MUST have their spelling write, or it’s 50 lines in detention!! You have been warned!!

1. FULL NAME ? Kevin Rowe Williams

2. BORN-WHEN & WHERE ? 22 May 1943, Kyabram, Vic.

3. MARITAL STATUS ? Married to Jenny (nee Hernan) 12 January 1993 in Benalla.

4. FAMILY STATUS-KIDS ? 4 kids (2 girls & 2 boys), 4 grandkids (2 girls & 2 boys).

5. ARE YOU WORKING ? Retired Primary Teacher / Primary Principal / Public Servant (Regional Administration, Statewide Administration) [40 years with Victorian Education Department].

6. TYPE OF TRANSPLANT & DATE ? Heart Transplant, 17 May 2003.

7. REASON FOR TRANSPLANT ? Ischemic Cardiomyopathy as a result of Heart Attack,19 August ‘99.

8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN ‘CALLED’ ? Deeply asleep in my own bed at home in Edithvale.

9. MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT OF TRANSPLANT PROCESS? Being in the “Steroid Room” with 3 other heart transplantees talking throughout the night and driving nursing staff crazy and with all 4 of us forming a unique bond.

10. MOST AMUSING MOMENT…DITTO? Asking Doc on day 4 or 5 after transplant if I could attend my own 60th birthday party on Saturday 24th May and being told “I suppose you also want a pilot’s license!”. More than 100 people celebrated it without me present anyway!

11. HOBBIES ? Computers, stamps, coins, local theatrical group, lawn bowls, community service.

12. FAVOURITE THINGS-PLACES, FOOD, MUSIC, ETC ? Family, all styles of music, grilled fish, holidays, church, community, and theatre.

13. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ? Having been listed 12 months prior, de-listed for medication treatment (carvedilol), and then listed again, and only having to wait 3 weeks before being ‘called’.