Professor Mark Wahlqvist

Professor Mark Wahlqvist AO, BMedSc, MB, BS, MD (Adelaide), MD (Uppsala) , FRACP, FAFPHM, FAIFST, FACN , FTSE is a physician who has  held appointments in internal medicine , public health, endocrinology, clinical nutrition, and food and nutrition science , variously  at universities and research institutes in Australia, Sweden, Indonesia, China and Taiwan. Professor Wahlqvist AO, was Born February 5^th 1942 , he was a pupil  at Westbourne Park Primary School from February 1947 until 1952, when he went to Unley high School , and then Adelaide University. His fondest memories of his primary school days were the tram to and from school , the first year as a reader, the school tuck shop across Goodwood Road, recognition , playtime with marbles and hopscotch , the credence and belief of principled teachers  in grades 6and 7, the lasting friendship  with his refugee Ukrainian schoolmate, Ludomyr.

In honour of Professor Wahlqvist and his achievements, Westbourne Park recognises our students’ achievements in creativity and innovation by running the annual Mark Wahlqvist awards. In recent years the school has linked the award to coincide with Book Week. We use the current Book Week theme to give the students some direction in creating a drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, diorama or digital entry.

Mark Wahlqvist Awards for 2022 “Dreaming with Eyes Open….”

Past Award Recipients

1991 – Fiona Fisher 1992 – David Gordge 1993 – Amanda Bennet 1994 – Kate Hastwell 1995 – Sarah Perrie 1996 – Vanessa Fisher 1997 – Tejaswi Shrestha 1998 – Sean Hennessy 1999 – Laura Smans 2000 – Luke Bennett 2001 – Zara Wachtel 2002 – Anastasia Novotarsky 2003 – Jessie Baker 2004 – Jyoti Shresth 2005 – Jessica Carver 2006 – Rebecka Jury

2007 – Angelica Kyriakopoulos 2008 – Naiv Andrews 2009 – Everest Shrestha 2010 – Holly Jones 2011 – Hannah Baker 2012 – Meg Paini 2013 – Milana Frost 2014 – Abby Elgar 2015 – Julia Ferguson 2016 – Ruby Wallis 2017 – Maya Johnswood 2017 – Jade Dinan 2018 – Louisa Ferguson 2019 – Correa Whiterod 2020 – Rishikesh Biju 2021 – Ayodhya Harris