Excellence in Creative Practice

For John and Janice Logan the decision to support the School through the BGGS Bursary Fund was inspired by the Logan family’s long association with Girls Grammar.

John’s mother Mrs Gloria Ida Logan (Levy, 1944) was an Old Girl and had a strong connection with the School. She was the older sister of Wanda Collins (Levy, 1954), mother-in-law of Janice Logan (Borgert, 1974), John’s wife, and grandmother of John and Janice’s daughter Elizabeth Logan (2002)—all Grammar Women. John and his brothers attended Brisbane Grammar School, and had his mother had any daughters, he believes they would most certainly have attended BGGS.

John’s mother Gloria graduated in 1944, returning to teach art at the School between 1950 and 1967—the Gloria Ida Logan Prize for Excellence in Creative Practice was established in 2002 in her memory.

John and Janice have also generously supported the BGGS Bursary Fund in recent years.

‘My mother’s parents were hardly well-off. They must have made considerable sacrifices to send my mother, Gloria, and then her sister, Wanda, to Girls Grammar.’

John says ‘Gloria retained an enduring affection for Girls Grammar. How well I remember her observing that when you educate a girl, you educate the whole family. I am sure she would be satisfied that our donation is being used to assist a promising young student to attend Girls Grammar.’