Report to Donors 2011-2012

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A gift to Cambridge is the beginning of something remarkable.

Report to Donors to Collegiate Cambridge 2011 — 2012


Clinical Medicine and Biological Sciences

Colleges

Non-School Institutions

Arts and Humanities & Humanities and Social Sciences

Physical Sciences and Technology

A gift to Cambridge is the beginning of something remarkable. There are stories across the Collegiate University of incredible achievements and discoveries only made possible because of the generosity of our supporters. For many of our students, a gift can open the doors to Cambridge’s exceptional educational experience. For our academics, a gift can mean the freedom to pursue their most radical ideas, the beginning of new discoveries which will impact our lives in ways we cannot yet predict. In the financial year to July 2012, £98m was raised for the University and for the Colleges. We have more supporters than ever before. Over 28,000 people gave in 2011-12 and in one College a remarkable 24% of alumni made a gift. But numbers, however impressive, do not alone show why your support is so important, and they cannot explain why you choose to give. We hope you enjoy reading this report, which takes on a new format this year. We wanted to share with you some of the stories behind your gifts and to show you the impact that they are having.

Even in just one year, the list of what we have achieved together is staggering. From pioneering study into the origins of the universe to key areas of cultural investigation such as German Studies and Christian Theology, we are expanding the frontiers of knowledge across the spectrum of enquiry. Together, we are helping to build the research infrastructure of African universities, empowering them to tackle their health challenges with the latest clinical advances. Together, we have enriched a College community with a new building that will provide important communal spaces for informal study and socialising. On a personal level, it has been deeply satisfying to see the transformative effect of your giving within our own two subject areas, Modern Languages and Medicine, this year. Hearing from colleagues first-hand about the difference your generosity has made has renewed and re-invigorated our determination that philanthropy must be forever ingrained in Collegiate Cambridge’s collective DNA. You have our deepest thanks for your generosity and for your belief in this ever-inspirational place.

Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz

Vice-Chancellor

Professor Robert Lethbridge

Master, Fitzwilliam College and Chairman of the Colleges’ Committee

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deepest thanks for your generosity and for your belief in this ever-inspirational place.


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Contents

Botanical brilliance

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Engineer’s toolkit

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Brain damage and repair

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A new era for Cambridge sport

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An enlightened endowment

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From Schiller to Schröder

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Dream builders

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Worldwide library

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A tangible sense of community

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Reaching across continents

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An enduring legacy

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From Russia with love

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Investing in excellence

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Out of this world

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Do well, do good

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The Guild of Cambridge Benefactors

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The Vice-Chancellor’s Circle

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Law enforcement goes back to school

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07 Botanical brilliance

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The Sainsbury Laboratory

In 2012, the magnificent new Sainsbury Laboratory won the RIBA Stirling Prize, the UK’s most prestigious architecture award. Made possible by an outstanding award from The Gatsby Charitable Foundation and designed by Stanton Williams, the building is pioneering a collaborative approach to research in plant development. A fundamental understanding of how plants grow and develop will inform our long-term sustainable use of plants for food, fuel and other materials.


09 Engineer’s toolkit

A gift from The Underwood Trust is helping to widen access to a university education by supporting the Department of Engineering’s online tuition system, i-want-to-study-engineering.org. This innovative website will teach subjects that underpin the study of engineering principally to 17-19 year olds and prepare them for admissions interviews for the most competitive engineering courses. The project’s goal is to enable any bright motivated student, whatever their background, to have an equal chance of securing an offer to study engineering from a leading university.

An engineering student at the University of Cambridge

33% of funds raised by the University in 2011-2012 was for Physical Sciences and Technology

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11 Brain damage and repair

Brain damage – whether the result of injury or diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Huntington’s or Parkinson’s – is complex and its human impact devastating. So it is perhaps unsurprising that the John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, supported by The John and Lucille van Geest Foundation, has an ambitious aim: to understand brain damage and translate that understanding into effective therapies for people with spinal cord injuries or neurodegenerative diseases. The Centre has an international reputation for ground-breaking research into one of the most challenging areas of modern medicine, built on world-class scientists and first-rate facilities, both of which have received long-term support from the Foundation over nearly 20 years. From initial gifts for state-of-the-art equipment to support for young doctors through the Gussy Marlowe Clinician PhD Fellowships, the Foundation has nurtured a scientific community, allowing the Centre to grow and thrive.

Among the Foundation’s major gifts is the John van Geest Lectureship in Brain Repair, currently held by Dr Stefano Pluchino. “You need the best infrastructure, the best technologies and the best people to develop, improve and apply the research,” he says. “You also need vision and commitment - not only scientific vision, but also the visionary attitude of those supporting this research. It’s a partnership.” Dr Pluchino has worked on stem cells since the beginning of his scientific career and has discovered that these cells have an unexpected property, namely their capacity to ‘speak’ to immune cells. “We believed that stem cells could play a role in repairing brain damage, but we have now discovered that stem cells might also be able to effect that repair not directly, but via the immune system,” he explains. “The immune system drives these diseases but it also drives recovery. If we can understand how it works, we can manipulate the inflammation towards tissue or organ repair. The support of The John and Lucille van Geest Foundation gives me the chance to build up this research niche. Understanding this interaction may lead to new therapies that mimic stem cell behaviour.”

26% of funds raised by the University in 2011-2012 was for Clinical Medicine and Biological Sciences

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vision and commitment – not only scientific vision, but also the visionary attitude of those supporting this research. It’s a partnership.

Dr Stefano Pluchino, John van Geest Lecturer in Brain Repair

“You also need


13 A new era for Cambridge sport

Excellence in sport, along with the sheer enjoyment of participation, are both central to the life of the University. A campaign is underway to raise funds for the Cambridge Sports Centre, the first stage of which is currently under construction. The Centre will provide a world-class facility for recreation, training and competition accessible to the entire University community.

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A game of Rugby Fives (with thanks to Oundle School)

15% of funds raised by the University in 2011-2012 was for Non-School Institutions


15 An enlightened endowment

Dream builders

A tangible sense of community

The late John Marks (Clare 1950) was a great friend and visionary supporter of the Faculty of Divinity. Through the Mulberry Trust, he and his wife Morwenna have made a major contribution to the growth and development of seminal projects, including the pioneering Cambridge Inter-faith Programme. Led by a strong commitment to Christianity, the Trust’s most recent gift has endowed a fund to secure the future of the Regius Professorship of Divinity and further teaching and research in Christian theology.

“The generosity of the Anglo American Group Foundation has turned the dreams of our students into reality,” says Michael Ramage, Senior University Lecturer, Department of Architecture. He’s not exaggerating. With the Foundation’s help, students at the Departments of Architecture and of Engineering have set up the Eco-House Initiative, a project to protect the planet and improve the quality of life of some of the world’s poorest people.

Community is at the heart of college life – indeed for many it is college life – and at St Catharine’s a new public space, to be completed this year, has the power to transform the College.

Founded by Henry VIII in 1540, the story of the Regius Professorship is an integral part of the history of Cambridge. From Martin Bucer, a leading Reformation thinker, and John Whitgift, a principal enforcer of the Elizabethan religious settlement, to Brooke Foss Westcott in the 19th century and Michael Ramsey, later Archbishop of Canterbury, in the 20th century, the Regius Professors’ influence on theology and religious practice has been profound. Today, the status of the Regius Professorship continues to encourage responsibilities to society beyond the immediate academic field of the holder. This includes ensuring that theology and religious studies flourish in places of education, and being a leading voice on issues raised by, between and about the religious traditions. “Thanks to the endowment given by the Mulberry Trust, Cambridge will remain at the forefront of advancing knowledge and understanding in the field of theology,” says David Ford, current Regius Professor of Divinity. “This key gift will assure the future of Christian thinking and teaching in the University for centuries to come.”

Global population is expected to rise by two billion in the next 40 years and construction is a major contributor to global carbon emissions. So students work with Un Techo Para mi Pais, an NGO that annually builds upwards of 30,000 low cost, ‘transitional’ houses across Latin America. And in the last year, funding from the Anglo American Group Foundation has enabled them to achieve remarkable things. “Our students have spent almost two years researching ways in which Techo’s houses can be built more efficiently and durably,” Michael Ramage explains. “One example of an improvement came from an undergraduate structural engineer who found that by adjusting the placement of the foundations, the amount of material needed to construct them could be cut by one third. The really exciting thing is that their research is already being implemented by Techo and is making an impact on the living conditions of people across South America.”

A new building in Chapel Court – the McGrath Centre – is named in recognition of the major contribution made by Harvey McGrath (St Catharine’s 1971). It is a modern, multipurpose building that will house an auditorium, a new JCR and bar and an informal study area, bringing together function and space to socialise and learn. The McGrath Centre will be opened by the University Chancellor this June. Harvey McGrath has previously supported University Access initiatives and endowed a teaching post at St Catharine’s. “Catz is a wonderful place to study because of its very special mix of outstanding teaching, academic and social vibrancy and talented students from diverse backgrounds,” he says. And while he believes that helping to fund teaching positions and widening access initiatives are key to sustaining excellence, the College should also, he says, “seek to have the very best facilities.”

The new building is an important aspect of the St Catharine’s Campaign, which is directly funded by alumni. Their generosity has fully funded this project, but also extends to other Campaign priorities, such as protecting and enhancing College teaching, strengthening the endowment for the future, providing vital support to students through bursaries and hardship funds and nurturing talent in music and sport. More information on the McGrath Centre and the St Catharine’s Campaign can be found at www.caths.cam.ac.uk.

“Catz is a wonderful

place to study because of its very special mix of outstanding teaching, academic and social vibrancy and talented students from diverse backgrounds.

From Schiller to Schröder

The Schröder Professorship of German, currently held by Professor Nicholas Boyle, plays a leading role in enhancing public understanding of German in the English-speaking world. The post, originally endowed in 1909 by J. Henry Schröder & Co., the London merchant bank, has been re-endowed by The Schroder Foundation. By demonstrating their commitment to this distinguished Professorship, the Schroder family have secured Cambridge’s ability to set the agenda in this key area of cultural enquiry for generations to come.

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The Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation has kindly supported the Milstein Exhibition Centre and Seminar Rooms at Cambridge University Library. Their gift will allow the Library to reimagine its exhibitions programme on a large scale: to enhance exhibition facilities by taking advantage of new technology and to expand it by developing a virtual exhibition space through the Library’s website, thus sharing its treasures with a global audience.

The McGrath Centre at St Catharine’s College.

Worldwide library


17 Reaching across continents

African research, conducted in African institutions, by Africans: a simple idea, but one which the Cambridge in Africa Programme believes has the power to conquer the health and social challenges faced by African countries. This year, a donation from The Alborada Trust enabled a step-change in the level of support available for Cambridge researchers to engage with their African colleagues. The funds will be also be used to train the brightest African minds, helping to create a scientific infrastructure to serve their nations for generations to come. The Alborada donation helped the Cambridge in Africa Programme win funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Funds have also been received from the A.G.Leventis Foundation and the Isaac Newton Trust. This background has also helped Cambridge to win Wellcome Trust Global Health Research Centre status. Fellowships enable early-mid career African academics to spend up to one year in a dedicated Cambridge mentor/collaborator’s research group. A staggering 100 world-class Cambridge researchers are already signed up to mentor/collaborate with African researchers, in areas as varied as clinical and veterinary medicine to social sciences and engineering.

Dr Annettee Nakimuli is a lecturer at Makerere University’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and currently undertaking a PhD in the same Department, sponsored by the Wellcome Trust-funded MUII Programme. Her primary research interest is pre-eclampsia, a condition that can develop suddenly during pregnancy and is a major cause of maternal death in Africa. As a Cambridge in Africa Fellow, Dr Nakimuli has visited Cambridge several times, working with Professor Ashley Moffett in the Department of Pathology. Cambridge’s Centre for Trophoblast Research has also contributed some funds to support their important research. “Ashley’s immunological understanding has helped me enormously,” says Dr Nakimuli. “On visits to Cambridge I’ve learnt the practical techniques I need to be able to conduct high quality research in Uganda.” Dr Nakimuli’s research is going so well that Cambridge is now searching for funds to set up a Maternal Health Centre in Uganda. This will enable Dr Nakimuli to expand her research and train a local team. And, Professor Moffett points out that the benefits flow in both directions. “It’s been an enlightening experience to be able to work here and in Africa with impressive medical scientists like Annettee, who see first-hand the severity of the pre-eclampsia problem in Africa. The links we now have will continue into the future as Annettee builds her own research programme.” Programme Director Professor David Dunne added: “The Cambridge in Africa team is delighted to have received generous funding from The Alborada Trust. The strengthening of relationships between researchers is enormously beneficial for African Universities as well as for Cambridge.”

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understanding has helped me enormously. On visits to Cambridge I’ve learnt the practical techniques I need.


19 An enduring legacy

During his life, Dr David James was a much-loved and well-respected departmental administrator at the Department of Pharmacology; today his legacy continues to make a difference to the work of the Department and King’s College.

Second-year PhD student Lucy Robinson is one of the gifted young scientists the Fund supports. A Cambridge graduate, Robinson was keen to remain at Cambridge in the department in which she had worked as an undergraduate.

Part of Dr James’s bequest provided for the repair and restoration of the majestic King’s College Chapel, ensuring that millions of people worldwide can continue to be inspired by this 500-year old iconic building and delight in its architectural and musical glories for centuries to come.

Her research focuses on P2X7, a receptor with a key role in the inflammatory process. “Inflammation is involved in many diseases, including cancer and arthritis,” Robinson explains. “It’s a fascinating receptor. Part of the reason it’s so interesting is that it does so many things, but little is known about how it’s regulated. When it goes wrong it can cause a lot of damage, so understanding it better is crucial to developing new therapies. And the scholarship meant I could study at Cambridge and stay in a laboratory where I’d already had experience and that employs such a huge range of techniques helpful to my research.”

And through PhD studentships, the David James Fund is supporting the next generation of Cambridge pharmacologists, whose work will be crucial to developing better treatments for diseases such as cancer, arthritis, diabetes and Parkinson’s.

Lucy Robinson, recipient of a David James Studentship, outside King’s College Chapel By kind permission of the Provost and Scholars of King’s College, Cambridge

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continues to make a difference to the work of the Department and King’s College.


21 From Russia with love

A gift to establish a prize for excellence in Russian Studies testifies to its donors’ belief that understanding other people’s languages is key to combating prejudice. The gift is a tribute, too, to the love between a mother and her daughters.

Born in 1892, and trained (against convention) as a chemical engineer, Olga fled civil war-ridden Siberia in 1922 for a job in Manchuria, where she married and had her daughters, Catherine and Irene. To escape Japanese invasion the family moved to China and then Australia, adapting to new occupations and languages. By the time they settled in England in 1951, Catherine and Irene had inherited their mother’s linguistic talent and her conviction that women should be educated and independent. Catherine became a distinguished interpreter and Irene a highly regarded scientific researcher whose book, Age and Vitality, is testament of another kind to her mother.

From left: Catherine, Olga and Irene Youhotsky.

So it was fitting that, in 1984, Catherine and Irene established this prize in memory of Olga, who was delighted that her grandchildren studied at Cambridge. In 1995, with great sadness, Irene added her late sister’s name to the Prize. Last year, the family added Irene’s name during her lifetime. While this represents completion in one sense it is by no means the end of this story, because this gift is as much about renewal as it is about remembrance. Each year the prize (appropriately in the form of books) and the values it enshrines inspires a new graduate to take their love of Russian language and culture out into the world, and make a difference. In a renewal of another kind, Olga’s great-granddaughter [pictured opposite] is studying at Cambridge today. In the words of Olga’s family: “The reality of her person, of her life, continues with us.”

26% of funds raised by the University in 2011-2012 was for the Arts and Humanities & Humanities and Social Sciences

“Each year the prize…

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and the values it enshrines inspires a new graduate to take their love of Russian language and culture out into the world, and make a difference.

Olga Youhotsky’s great granddaughter, Natalie Price, who is studying History at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

The Olga Youhotsky, Catherine Matthews and Irene Gore Prize is awarded annually for outstanding performance in Russian in the final examination of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos. It reflects Olga’s love for Russia, the country of her birth, and the formative influence of Russian language and culture on her twin daughters, Catherine and Irene. It reflects, too, their passion for words, and the literature in which words find their highest expression.


23 Investing in excellence

Conservation leaders of tomorrow

Graduate students are the intellectual lifeblood of the University and crucial to its future health. Under the guidance of academics who are leaders in their field, they pursue deep, focused research and bring fresh approaches to bear on their subjects. Three gifts received in 2011–2012 are enabling graduates to benefit from a Cambridge education and gain the knowledge, skill and independence to play leading roles within their professions and communities.

Graduates are training to be leaders in conservation on a unique Masters programme, thanks to scholarships funded by an anonymous donation to the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.

Responding to need

The Laing Fund at Newnham College offers vital funding to graduates in urgent need of assistance to meet the costs of their research. Susan Laing (Newnham 1974) and Richard Laing (Corpus Christi 1972) have provided continued contributions to the Fund, with a particular wish to support women from developing countries. “The benefits of educating women in the undeveloped countries of the world are now widely recognised, but universities are scarce in many of these countries and there are very few opportunities for graduate education. Both Richard and myself work in sub-Saharan Africa and I have enjoyed not only a Newnham education but also the opportunities that a postgraduate degree offers. In turn, we are delighted to be able to support students from developing countries to continue with postgraduate studies at Newnham.”

“Prior to coming to Cambridge, I worked for six years in the Arab World. I started my career in the private sector as an environmental consultant, and then moved to the public and NGO sector, where I was involved in many challenging environmental and conservation projects. Conservation has a long way to go in the Arab World: problems need to be identified more thoroughly and solutions need to be thought of carefully. I strongly believe that the mentoring delivered through the Masters will allow me to better address those challenges, and to make a major contribution towards halting the depletion of natural resources in the Middle East and North African region.” Maïa Sarrouf

Sansom Scholar in Conservation Leadership, Newnham College

Excellence through partnership

A pioneering scholarship exchange programme between Cambridge and Yale is enabling Masters students to benefit from the combined strengths of two of the foremost schools of architecture. The programme, funded by a donation from Edward Bass, is providing a transformative education for the next generation of exceptional practitioners.

From left: Stephen Gage, MaÏa Sarrouf and Sherilyn Reindorf-Partey

Susan Laing

“The travel grant I received during my MPhil last year through The Laing Fund enabled me to conduct original research in both Ghana and Togo, gain a distinction on my dissertation, and thereby meet the academic requirements for progression to a PhD.”

“It is quite moving to take part in the longstanding traditions of this place of learning, from wearing the academic gown to signing the College Register in ink. Living within Pembroke College has also been a rewarding experience. There is a tight-knit and very active community of grad students here with amazingly diverse backgrounds and fields of study.”

Sherilyn Reindorf-Partey

PhD Candidate in Development Studies, Newnham College

Stephen Gage

Bass Scholar in Architecture, Pembroke College (Yale to Cambridge exchange)

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19% of funds raised by the University and Colleges in 2011-2012 was for student support


25 Out of this world

Cosmologist Professor Roberto Maiolino was appointed as Professor of Experimental Astrophysics and joined Cambridge from the Astronomical Observatory of Rome in 2012. He and his group will move into the Battcock Centre following its completion. “I was already collaborating with many people in Cambridge. Being in the new building will enable continuous exchange of information and really give our work a boost,” he said. “The Battcock Centre, together with the Institute of Astronomy and the Kavli Institute, will help to make Cambridge one of the strongest, most important places for astronomy in the world.”

The building will also enable Cambridge to expand into new areas of astrophysical research. Professor Didier Queloz, a leading expert in the study of exoplanets, has recently accepted Cambridge’s offer of a Professorship in Physics and moves from Geneva University in May 2013 to establish a Centre for Exoplanetary Research. His appointment will build on Cambridge’s existing expertise to open up research in one of the most exciting areas of modern astronomy. “Bringing everyone together will change things completely,” he said. “Cambridge has an impressive number of people already connected to this theme of research and an extraordinary ensemble of competencies. The building is the framework that will allow the best use of all these brains. ” These and future appointments will enhance Cambridge’s ability to take a leadership position in large international projects, designed to explore and understand the universe in unprecedented detail.

10% of funds raised by the University in 2011-2012 was for construction

“The Battcock Centre,

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together with the Institute of Astronomy and the Kavli Institute, will help to make Cambridge one of the strongest, most important places for astronomy in the world.

ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO). Visible light image. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

Construction of the Battcock Centre for Experimental Astrophysics is now underway thanks to donations from Humphrey Battcock (Downing 1973) and The Wolfson Foundation. This new facility will enable full integration of the University’s world-leading astronomical research community and is already attracting world-class scientists whose enthusiasm for the future of Cambridge astronomy is evident.


27 Do well, do good

Today, Ken Olisa and Julia Olisa (Homerton 1971) are enabling Fitzwilliam students to access the best possible facilities for study, learning and research. Their major donation for The Olisa Library reflects their family motto ‘Do well. Do good’, and commemorates their strong and permanent bond with the College. The Olisas met, married and celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at Fitzwilliam. An IBM Scholar, Ken read Natural, Social, Political and Management Sciences and attributes the success of his 40-year IT industry career to his Cambridge experience. Julia, who read education at Homerton and Newnham en route to becoming an expert in

dyslexia says “I have always been given a warm welcome at the College. I feel part of the Fitz family.”

In recognition of the munificence of major benefactors to the University of Cambridge and its Colleges, the Cambridge Foundation established the Guild of Cambridge Benefactors in 1998. Listed below are those members who have been welcomed to the Guild as a result of their generous donations.

In keeping with their philosophy, and testament to the couple’s commitment to public service, Ken has remained actively involved in Fitzwilliam’s development since leaving Cambridge and, as a founding member of the College’s Campaign Council, has helped guide its 150th Anniversary Campaign. “Building the library was the Campaign’s first goal, and Julia and I were delighted to have the means to repay the College for everything it has done for us.” Students are clearly delighted by The Olisa Library. A recent graduate approached Ken at a meeting to thank him for the gift and to explain that in the run up to Finals there were no free places in the library. But a more powerful pointer to the donation’s impact came from one of Ken’s contemporaries who observed that while attending a subject dinner one Saturday he had counted more students in the library than in the bar. As Ken points out - “Something unimaginable in my day!”

Countess de Brye

The Kavli Foundation

Dr Scholl Foundation

Sir Evelyn de Rothschild

Dr Donald Kellaway

Walter and Rosemary Scott

Humphrey Battcock

Jim Dickinson

Graham Keniston-Cooper and family

Dame Stephanie Shirley

Valerie Eliot

Professor Carl Djerassi Dr Christopher and Mrs Ann Dobson

Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

Sinyi Cultural Foundation

Jessica & Peter Frankopan Leif Høegh

Mr and Mrs Gaylord Donnelley

The Kirby Laing Foundation

Dr Rosalind Smith & Steven Edwards

Raymond & Helen Kwok

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

Dr Seng Tee Lee

SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline plc)

Ken & Julia Olisa

Bruce & Elizabeth Dunlevie

The A.G.Leventis Foundation

Freydoun Soudavar and family

PHSA Engage Mutual Health

Nancy, Dowager Countess of Enniskillen

Sir David K P Li and Lady Penny Li

Dr John Sperling

The Schroder Foundation

The Evelyn Trust

Professor Y W Loke

Tata Steel

Peter Selman

Dr and Mrs M C Faulkes

Marks & Spencer Group plc

Dr John C Taylor

Dmitry Firtash

The MAVA Fondation

Eliza and Canning Fok

Hamish Maxwell

Baroness Thatcher & The Margaret Thatcher Foundation

Richard Frischmann

Dr and Mrs D M McDonald

Catherine Thomas

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Harvey McGrath

Professor John Todd

Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation

The Gatsby Charitable Foundation

The Andrew W Mellon Foundation

Toshiba Corporation

Dr Denys Armstrong

Genzyme Corporation

Paul Mellon KBE

Hazel Trapnell

Tadao Aoi

Sir Paul Getty KBE

Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd

Unilever plc

Mr Dennis Avery and Mrs Sally Tsui Wong-Avery

The Gillespie Family Trust

Dr William M W Mong

Fred van Eck

HRH Prince Bandar bin Sultan Abdulaziz Al-Saud

Dr Dennis Gillings

Gianni and Joan Montezemolo

The John and Lucille van Geest Foundation

Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing

Glaxo Wellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline plc)

The Monument Trust

Marie Vergottis

BAT Industries

Kyoko Gledhill, in memory of David Gledhill

Dr Gordon and Mrs Betty Moore

Norman Waddleton

Peter and Paula Beckwith

The Government of India

Douglas Myers

Sir David Walker

Robert Beldam

Professor Philip Grierson Guinness (now Diageo plc)

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation

Walters Kundert Charitable Trust

Robin Boyle BP plc

Dr Chit Chan Gunn

The Wellcome Trust

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Dr Yusuf Hamied & Farida Hamied

Professor Roger Needham & Professor Karen Spärck Jones

Brian Buckley

The Hauser-Raspe Foundation

John Osborn

Garfield Weston Foundation

The Cadbury family

The Health Foundation

Mark Pigott

Guy Whittaker

Cambridge Australia Scholarships Ltd (formerly Cambridge Australia Trust)

Susan and David Hibbitt

Dr Leonard Polonsky

Frank Peter Wilson

Hitachi Ltd

The David & Elaine Potter Foundation

James and Jane Wilson

Cancer Research UK

The Hong Kong Cambridge Medical School Liaison Charity

HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi

Lucia Windsor

The Märit and Hans Rausing Charitable Foundation

Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States

Rita Cavonius

Dr Alan Howard

Dr Sigrid Rausing

The Winton Charitable Foundation

Professor and Mrs Louis Cha

Susan Howatch

Dr Alan Reece

Woco Foundation

Thomas & Grace Chan

James Hudleston

Rolls-Royce Group plc

The Wolfson Foundation

Leslie W. K. Chung

Hutchison Whampoa and Sir Ka-shing Li

N M Rothschild & Sons

Lord Wolfson of Sunningdale

The Coexist Foundation

Yousef Abdul Latif Jameel

Graham Rushton

Dr F A Zoëllner

C N Corfield

Dr David James

Dr Raymond Sackler KBE & Mrs Beverly Sackler

Michael J J Cowan

William and Weslie Janeway

HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said Sultan of Oman

Veronica Crichton

Dr Ramon Jenkins

Dr Robert Sansom

The Cripps Foundation

Sir Paul Judge and Lady Judge

The Schiff Foundation

The Cultural and Arts Management Trust

Dr Mark Kaplanoff

Schlumberger

Donors welcomed as Companions in 2012

Ken and Julia Olisa

Members of the Guild of Cambridge Benefactors.

Existing Donors

Ken and Julia Olisa at the ceremony of admission to the Guild of Cambridge Benefactors in 2012, being welcomed as Companions by The Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Lord Sainsbury of Turville

Ask Ken Olisa (Fitzwilliam 1971) what motivates his generosity to Fitzwilliam College and he’ll tell you a story from his undergraduate days. His car – containing all his belongings – was stolen during the Christmas vacation. “I mentioned it in passing, over sherry, to my tutor”, Olisa recalls. “The colour drained from his face and he made me tell him the whole story. Then, despite my protestations, he conjured up a cheque for £10 (around £100 in today’s money) from the Hardship Fund”. This unsolicited kindness was a lifeline for Ken, sparking a reciprocal relationship that has offered a lifetime of opportunities, friendship and support.

The Guild of Cambridge Benefactors

Dr Rosalie Canney

Dr Herchel Smith

L. Hoyt & Anne Watson

The Westminster Foundation


29 The Vice-Chancellor’s Circle

Law enforcement goes back to school

The Vice-Chancellor’s Circle was created in 2007 as part of the Cambridge 800th Anniversary Campaign. It provides the University and the Colleges with an opportunity to recognise and thank those donors who have provided significant support for key projects and programmes that underpin excellence at Cambridge.

At the Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology, the world’s first academic centre for the field, postgraduates and post-doctoral researchers are being supported by the Jerry Lee Foundation with studentships that could enable their recipients to change the nature of policing. One of the first to benefit is PhD student Renee Mitchell, a 41 year-old sergeant at the Sacramento Police Department. Mitchell joined the police in 1998 after working in family therapy. “I wanted to do something new and felt policing was a way of helping my community,” she says. “What I enjoy most about being a police officer are the moments when I know I’ve made a difference.”

Graham Boeckh Foundation

Michael and Morven Heller

Charles Rawlinson

Peter Boizot

Dr Tzu Leung and Mrs Stella Ho

Michael and Sarah Jane Richards

Abdullah Mubarak Al Sabah Foundation

The Bonita Trust

F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd

Alan C Root

Harold Barkley

Isabelle Bouhon

Sarah Holt

Nicholas and Lora Sallnow-Smith

Cambridge University Fives & Rackets Association Trust Ltd

Robin Boyle

The Horse Trust

Professor Sir Nicholas Shackleton

Dr Margaret Branthwaite

Reg Howard

Joan Simms

Peter and Christina Dawson

David and Terrie Brittain

Dr Joyce Hutchinson (née Baker)

John and Elizabeth Ann Stancliffe

Lady Elton

Muriel Brittain

Mary V Insall

The Sutton Trust

The Foyle Foundation

Dr Philip and Mrs Patricia Brown

Johnson Matthey plc

Keith Sykes

Dr Albert D and Nancy Friedberg

BT Group plc

Ann Johnston

Robert Tattersall

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Sir Adrian Cadbury

Dr Sidney Kenderdine

UCB

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

Tim Cadbury

Richard King

The Underwood Trust

Jerry Lee Foundation

James Campbell

KPMG LLP

Rumi Verjee

Louis Levi

Dr Simon and Mrs Jill Campbell

Martin Wade

Robert and Sabrina Martin

Terry Cann

Eashwar Viswanathan Krishnan & Tzo Tze Krishnan-Ang

Robert Andrew McNeil

Philip Carne

Nat le Roux

William and Helen West

Dr Alan Oxley

Richard Chiu

Anne Lonsdale

Dr Anthony Wild

Professor Monica Partridge

Meileen Choo

Dr Michael Lynch

Dr Tony Wilkinson

James H Schilt

Citigroup Foundation

Bevil Mabey

Maria Willetts

Dr Alan E Smith

Michael and Susan Clasper

Man Group plc

Richard Williams

Audrey Taylor

Clifford Chance LLP

The Manoukian Charitable Foundation

Nicholas Wills

Sir Neil Westbrook

Anthony Connell

Ina Boeglin Marica

WPP plc

C S Craig Family Foundation

D G Marshall of Cambridge Trust

WYNG Foundation

Crausaz Wordsworth

Professor Sir Laurence Martin

Tsunehiko Yamazaki

Joanna Dannatt

Marguerite McAvity Price

Emeritus Professor Peter A Young

Frances Drake

Kevin and Donna McDonald

Chris Adams

The Drapers’ Company

Scott Mead

H.H. Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait

Alison Duke

Dr Jonathan Milner & Mrs Rosy Gounaris-Milner

Donors welcomed as members in 2012

Existing members

The Alborada Trust

East Asian History of Science Foundation Hong Kong

Sir Mark and Lady Moody-Stuart

Anglian Water Group

Stefan Edlis & Gael Neeson Foundation

The Ruth Eleanor Mott Charitable Trust

George N Appell

Dr Mohamed A El-Erian

Mulberry Trust

Annie C M Arnold

The Hon Stephen Evans-Freke & Mrs Valerie Evans-Freke

Frances and Augustus Newman Foundation

Vladimijr Attard

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Nihon University

Christopher and Shirley Bailey

The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust

Neil Ostrer

Baker & McKenzie

Derek Finlay

Kevin Overstall

Dr Margaret Barton

Ford Foundation

Prabir Kumar Pal

Christopher Bartram

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Dr Robert Paul

Judy and David Beech

Professor Ronald Girdler

Pfi zer Ltd

Edward and Sally Benthall

John and Ann Haines

Philecology Foundation

Bharti Foundation

Gurnee F Hart

Revd Dr John Polkinghorne

Dr Stephen Blyth

Cecil Hawkins

QUALCOMM

AstraZeneca plc

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Stuart Webb

The Centre uses scientific experiments to develop and test new ways of cutting crime and Mitchell’s PhD research focuses on hot-spot policing. “It uses randomness and high-visibility policing as a way of reducing crime and police call-outs,” she explains.

The data Mitchell is analysing was collected during a 90-day randomised control trial in Sacramento, a study she was able to design herself as a result of her training at the University while a Fulbright Scholar three years ago. As well as developing and testing better models of policing, the Centre is equipping a new generation of police with the tools they need to combat crime in a world changed by terrorism and technology. According to Mitchell: “There’s no programme in the world where I could do this other than Cambridge. It’s the only place for practitioners to get an education and take it back to the field. This lets me stay in the job and bring back what I learn to benefit my profession.” The results of her research have already been applied by five US police departments, but Mitchell believes her PhD will enable her to do even more. “I want to change the whole profession, how we view research and incorporate it into practice,” she says. “The Jerry Lee Foundation’s funding lets me stay a cop, retain my credibility and push for those changes from within.”


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Contact

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www.campaign.cam.ac.uk www.alumni.cam.ac.uk ambridge in America C 292 Madison Avenue 8th Floor New York NY 10017 United States T +1 212 984 0960 E mail@cantab.org W www.cantab.org

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