Honour Roll

Real Estate is about people not properties.

Robert Todd Forsyth

First to drive people to inspect homes
First to have a typewriter
First agent to have a telephone
Founding Member of the Royal North Shore Hospital
Alderman on Willoughby Council for 28 years
Mayor of Willoughby Council 9 years
Founded RT Forsyth Real Estate aged 21
Introduced Council clean ups to Australia
Founding member of the Real Estate Institute (REI NSW)
Flicked the switch to turn the electric street lights on in Willoughby
Member of Chatswood Benevolent Society
Founding member of many Bowls and Tennis clubs

Annie Forsyth (Robert Forsyth's wife)

President of the Willoughby Red Cross,
Mater Hospital Women's Auxiliary,
Royal North Shore Hospital Women's Auxiliary
First President of the Tresillian Home in Willoughby.
Annie was a tireless worker for the welfare of the soldiers and dependents of the Great War.
She also founded the Willoughby Service League to help needy residents during the Depression.
She was awarded an MBE for her charity work in 1939. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Jim Forsyth

Valuer and Auctioneer
Fellow of the Commonwealth Institute of Valuers
Worked at Forsyths for 55 years
Licensee and Director at Forsyths for 35 Years
President of the North Shore Real Estate Agents' Association
Charter member of the Rotary Club Of Chatswood
Recipient of Rotary's highest honour, a Paul Harris Fellowship
13 years on the Board of the Real Estate Institute
Founding Member of EAC Multi-List

Michael Forsyth

Valuer and Auctioneer
45 Years at Forsyth Real Estate
2 years as NSW Chairman of the First National Network
2 Years as Chairman of National Board
Board member of the Real Estate Employers' Federation.
Founding Governor of the REIA 's Industry Superannuation Fund and served ten years as a Trustee.
Institute's training programs, was formerly Vice-Chairman of the REI's Auction Chapter, delegate to the Institute's governing body, the Conference.
Lower North Shore on the Board of the Estate Agents Cooperative for 11 years - as Chairman for 3 of these.
Chaired the inaugural meeting of executives of the multiple listings bureaus, from both Australia and New Zealand.
Chaired a steering committee for EAC Multi-list, which led to the formation of the Estate Agents Permanent Building Society in the mid '60's.
Member of a number of study tours of the USA, including one in 1976, to look specifically into the American Trade Practice's legislation and another in November 1992 for First National.
Member of FIABCI, the world-wide Federation of the Real Estate Agents and, at their 1987 Congress in Copenhagen, presented a paper on behalf of Australia on "the plight of the homeless".
Awarded a 'Certificate of Merit' by the NSW Real Estate Institute, for services to the industry and in 1991 became the third recipient of the Woodrow Weight, OBE award, for outstanding service to agency practice.
He has also received three further awards, one from the Council of the City of Willoughby for services to the community and real estate, a Chairman's award, for exceptional and dedicated service to the advancement of multiple listing, and a First National 'Certificate of Achievement.'
Member of Apex for fifteen years with a year as President. In 1983-84, following in his father's footsteps, he became President of the Rotary Club of Chatswood.
In 1996 he was, once again like his father before him, awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship

Margaret Forsyth-Snodgrass

Director of Forsyth for 35 years
Retired at 81 years old
Order of Australia Medal for Charity and Community
Willoughby Citizen of the Year
Started the Killarney Heights School Library
Member of the Willoughby Historical Society
Managed her son's soccer team
Sponsor of PLC's indigenous girls' program
Inaugural member of the First AIF Association
President of Inner Wheel
Lifetime member of Willoughby Netball Association
Sponsor and Supporter of many charity and community groups