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Bequests to SDIA

Thank you Harlinah Hamer


Harlinah Hamer—Thank you for your bequest to SDIA Endowment Fund!
Harlinah Hamer was an active member of the SDIA Board from 2001 until 2005. She was much loved for her dedication and contribution to the development of social and humanitarian actions of Subud members, especially in Asia. Harlinah passed away in Australia, July 27, 2007.

We thank Harlinah immensely for her generous bequest to SDIA’s Endowment Fund. Harlinah was always very interested in enterprises and Susila Dharma work and dedicated her life to both. After her term as Director, Harlinah went on to form a non-profit organization that provided trauma counselling to victims of violence in places such as East Timor.

Thank you Harlinah for all you have given to Susila Dharma and God Bless!

Thank you Lewis Arquette
December 14, 1935 – February 10, 2001


Lewis Arquette
Lewis Michael Arquette was an American film actor, writer and producer. Lewis made appearences in many films as a character actor, but he was best known for playing "J.D. Pickett" on the TV series, The Waltons. Several of his five children,  Rosanna, Patricia, David, Alex/Alexis, and Richmond have followed him into show business careers.

Lewis left a generous bequest to Susila Dharma International as well as ongoing income from royalties derived from a number of the films and TV shows to which he made contributions as an actor, director, and producer. We are deeply grateful to him for this continuing support of the work of the SD Network of charitable projects.

Michael Gordon leaves a generous bequest
October 18, 1932 to — January 12, 2010

Michael Gordon.

Michael Gordon

Michael Gordon, a Subud member from Darwin Australia, has left a generous bequest of $426,940 US to Susila Dharma International Association to support its work on behalf of the Susila Dharma network. SDIA is profoundly grateful for this donation and the SDIA Board has decided to create the Michael Gordon Memorial Fund, as part of the SDIA Endowment Fund, to honour Michael's memory. For the coming period, 60% of the proceeds of the Michael Gordon Memorial Fund will go towards Susila Dharma activities to help meet the needs of children in India, a cause that Michael strongly supported.

Michael was born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1932, which at the time was part of India. He had fond memories of his own childhood in India and spoke about children’s charities there. After living in the UK, he moved to his mother's hometown of Perth, Australia in the late fifties or early sixties where he joined Subud. Michael had a series of professions including teaching high school science, psychiatric nursing, undertaker's assistant and finally an instructor to trainee nurses at Royal Perth Hospital, teaching mathematics, psychiatry, human sexuality and human biology.

Michael was a devoted Subud member all his life and his ashes are scattered in the garden of the Darwin Subud House.