Profile: Personal
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Personal Life
Louis Grech with his three children: Francesca (standing, to his left), Xandru and Luisa
- Louis Grech was born in Ħamrun on 22nd March, 1947.
- He has three children, Xandru, Francesca and Luisa from his marriage to Marija neè Ganado.
Education
Louis Grech (centre) with fellow scholars Wenttworth Miller (left) and George Keys with the petition about black African Rhodes scholars to be admitted to Balliol College
Academic Education
- The Lyceum
- University of Malta – B.A. (Econ)
- Chosen as a Rhodes Scholar and accepted at Balliol College, Oxford
- University of Oxford (Balliol College) - B.A., M.A.
- Vice-President Students’ Representative Council
- Vice-President International Representative Council for Student Affairs
- One of the first three students’ representatives on the University’s Council, the Senate and the Faculty Board
- President, University Sports Club
- Director, University Students’ Club
- Campaign in favour of a National Minimum Wage in Malta
- Campaign in favour of free tertiary education
- At Oxford he led a campaign against apartheid (in education in South Africa), which garnered extensive support amongst the Rhodes Scholars and the academic staff, and which received wide publicity in the media in the United Kingdom and in the United States of America
Youth
Louis Grech on the racetrack at the Marsa Sports Ground
Sports Achievement
- Victor Ludorum, The Lyceum
- Victor Ludorum, University of Malta
- Represented Malta in various international athletic meetings, amongst which the Mediterranean Games which took place in Tunisia in 1967
- Founder-member of the Censorshop Reform Group
- Malta Cine Club
- Base Guitar with the Band Group Tenders (1962)
Louis Grech (extreme right) plays the bass guitar
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