2008 Annual Review

GIRTON

COLLEGE

ANNUAL

REVIEW

2008

GIRTON COLLEGE ANNUAL REVIEW

Contents The College 2007–2008 List of Fellows and Officers Letter from the Mistress Two Profiles Articles: Metals Like Ice Cream Ethel Sargant Culinary Ruminations Healing Conflict through School Girtonians in Two Wars Miscellany Awards and Distinctions Further Academic Qualifications University and College Awards College Reports Fellows’ Publications Student Reports

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The Roll 2007–2008 Roll News Roll AGM Local Associations College Friends Appointments of Members of the Roll Publications by Members of the Roll Births Marriages Deaths Obituaries Roll Diary of Events College Donors 2007–08

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Visitor: The Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, Hon FBA, Hon LLD, MA Mistress: Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern, DBE, FBA, Hon DLitt (Oxon), Hon ScD (Edinburgh), Hon ScD (Copenhagen), Hon ScD (Helsinki), Hon Doctorate (Panteion), Hon ScD (Durham), MA, PhD

Fellows and Officers of the College, October 2008 Honorary Fellows

Judge Rosalyn Higgins, DBE, FBA, QC, Hon LLD, MA, LLB Dame Ann Bowtell, DCB, BA Professor Dusa McDuff, PhD, FRS The Rt Hon Baroness Hollis of Heigham, PC, DL, MA, DPhil (Oxon) Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE Viscountess Runciman of Doxford, DBE, BA The Rt Hon Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, PC, MA Lady English, MA, MB BChir, MRCP, FRCPsych Mrs Rachel Lomax, MA, MSc (London) Dr Margaret H Bent, FBA, FSA, FRHistS, MA, MusB, PhD, Hon DMus (Glasgow), Hon DFA (Notre Dame)

Professor M Burbidge, BSc, PhD (London), FRS Dr M F Lyon, ScD, FRS Sir Geoffrey Chandler, KBE, MA Dr Marjorie McCallum Chibnall, OBE, Hon LittD, MA, DPhil, FSA, FBA Mrs Anita Desai, BA (Delhi), FRSL Baroness Platt of Writtle, CBE, DL, Hon LLD, MA, FREng Dr B A Askonas, PhD, FRS The Rt Hon Lord Mackay of Clashfern, PC, Hon LLD, FRSE Professor A Teichova, PhD (Prague), Dr hon c (Uppsala), FRHS HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Hon LLD Ms E Llewellyn-Smith, CB, MA Professor Dame Margaret TurnerWarwick, DBE, DM (Oxon), PhD, FRCP Dame Bridget Ogilvie, DBE, ScD, FIBiol, FRCPath Professor Dame Gillian Beer, DBE, FBA, MA, LittD, BLitt (Oxon) The Rt Revd David Conner, MA Professor Douglass North, BA, PhD (Berkeley) The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden, PC, DBE, MA, LLM Baroness Perry of Southwark, MA

Barbara Bodichon Foundation Fellows

Mrs Barbara Wrigley, MA Mrs Sally Alderson, MA Mrs Margaret Llewellyn, OBE, MA Lady Littler, MA Mrs Veronica Wootten, MA Mrs Celia Skinner, MA Miss Margaret Diggle, MLitt Miss C Anne Wilson, MA, ALA Dr Margaret E Barton, MA, MD, FRCP(Edin), FRSM Dr Margaret A Branthwaite, BA, MD, FFARCS, FRCP 1

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Fellows

Leslie W Hall, MA, BSc, PhD (London), DVA, FRCVS, Life Fellow  John E Davies, MA, BSc, PhD (Monash), Official Fellow (Chemistry) David N Dumville, MA, PhD (Edinburgh), Life Fellow  Abigail L Fowden, MA, PhD, ScD, Professorial Fellow (Biological Sciences) Juliet A S Dusinberre, MA, PhD (Warwick), Life Fellow Thomas Sherwood, MA, MB, BS (London), FRCR, FRCP, Life Fellow Richard J Evans, MA, PhD, MRCVS, Life Fellow Alastair J Reid, MA, PhD, Official Fellow (History) (On leave 2007–08) Sarah Kay, FBA, MA, DPhil (Oxon), LittD, Life Fellow Mary Warnock (Baroness), DBE, Hon FBA, MA (Oxon), Life Fellow  Howard P Hodson, MA, PhD, FREng Professorial Fellow (Engineering) Peter C J Sparks, MA, DipArch, RIBA, Life Fellow  Stephanie Palmer, SJD (Harvard), LLM (Harvard), Supernumerary Fellow and Director of Studies in Law (LLM, MT and ET) (On leave LT 2009) Frances Gandy, MA, MCLIP, Official Fellow, Librarian, Curator, and Tutor for Science Graduates 2 Christopher J B Ford, MA, PhD, Official Fellow (Physics) Charity A Hopkins, OBE, MA, LLB, Life Fellow W James Simpson, BA (Melbourne), PhD, MPhil (Oxon), Life Fellow  Anne Fernihough, MA, PhD, Non-Stipendiary Fellow (English)

Janet E Harker, MA, ScD, Life Fellow Christine H McKie, MA, PhD, Life Fellow Enid A C MacRobbie, MA, PhD (Edinburgh), ScD, FRS, Life Fellow Poppy Jolowicz, MA, LLB, Life Fellow Dorothy J Thompson, FBA, MA, PhD, Life Fellow Elizabeth Marrian, MA, MD, Life Fellow Melveena C McKendrick, FBA, MA, PhD, LittD, Life Fellow Nancy J Lane Perham, OBE, PhD, ScD, MSc (Dalhousie), DPhil (Oxon), Life Fellow Joan Oates, FBA, PhD, Life Fellow Gillian Jondorf, MA, PhD, Life Fellow  Betty C Wood, MA, PhD (Pennsylvania), Supernumerary Fellow (History) Jill Mann, MA, PhD, FBA, Life Fellow  Ruth M Williams, MA, PhD (London), Bertha Jeffreys Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics *Julia M Riley, MA, PhD, ViceMistress, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Physical Sciences John Marks, MA, MD (London), FRCP, FRCPath, FRCPsych, Life Fellow S Frank Wilkinson, MA, PhD, Life Fellow Roland E Randall, MA, PhD, MSc (McGill), Official Fellow, Director of Studies in Geography and Tutor for Arts Graduates (on leave MT 2007) Martin D Brand, MA, PhD (Bristol), BSc (Manchester), Life Fellow

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*Per-Olof H Wikström, BA, PhD

Hugh R Shercliff, MA, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering (Year 1) *Martin W Ennis, MA, PhD, FRCO, KRP (Köln), Austin and Hope Pilkington Fellow, Director of Studies in Music and Director of College Music John L Hendry, MA, PhD, Supernumerary Fellow (Management Studies) 2 Jochen H Runde, MPhil, PhD, Supernumerary Fellow (Economics), Director of Studies in Management Studies Dennis Barden, MA, PhD, Life Fellow *5Andrew R Jefferies, MA, VetMB, FRCPath, MRCVS, Official Fellow, Senior Tutor and Director of Studies in Medicine (Year ) and Veterinary Medicine (Years , 2 and Clinical) Juliet J d’A Campbell, CMG, MA, Life Fellow Peter H Abrahams, MBBS, FRCS (Edinburgh), FRCR, DO (Hon), Supernumerary Fellow (Medical Sciences) *Deborah Lowther, MA, ACA, Official Fellow and Bursar Clive Lawson, MA, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics (Parts I and IIA) Richard L Himsworth, MA, MD, Life Fellow  Gabriele Natali, Dott. in lett. e fil., Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Modern Languages (Part II ET 2009) Josh D Slater, PhD, BVMS (Edinburgh), Supernumerary Fellow, Director of Studies in Veterinary Medicine (Year ) and Praelector *A Mark Savill, MA, PhD, Non-Stipendiary Fellow (Engineering) 

(Stockholm), Professorial Fellow (Criminology) 2 S-P Gopal Madabhushi, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering (Year 4) 3 Albertina Albors-Llorens, LLM (London), PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Law (Parts IB, II, and LLM for LT 2009)  Mia Gray, BA (San Diego), MRCP (Berkeley), PhD (Rutgers), Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Geography (Part IB)  Neil Wright, MA, PhD, Official Fellow (Classics) Ruth M L Warren, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCR, Life Fellow *Alexandra M Fulton, BSc, PhD (Edinburgh), Official Fellow, Director of Studies in Biological Sciences (Parts IB, II and III), Tutor and Tutor for Admissions (Science) *Eileen D Rubery, CB, MB, ChB (Sheffield), MA (London), PhD, FRCR, FRCPath, FFPHM, Senior Research Fellow, Registrar of the Roll Maureen J Hackett, BA, MA (Southampton), Official Fellow, Tutor, Warden of Wolfson Court and Graduate Accommodation, and Junior Bursar Crispin H W Barnes, BSc, PhD (London), Official Fellow (Physics)  Arif M Ahmed, BA (Oxon), MA (Sussex), PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Philosophy Judith A Drinkwater, MA, Official Fellow, Director of Studies in Linguistics, K M Peace Secretary to the Council Francisca Malarée, BSc (Econ), MA (London), Official Fellow and 3

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*Sinéad M Garrigan Mattar, BA, DPhil (Oxon), Official Fellow and Director of Studies in English Stuart A Scott, MA, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering (Year 2) and Chemical Engineering *Myto Hatzimichali, BA (Thessaloniki), DPhil (Oxon), Non-Stipendiary Fellow (Classics) Budimir Rosic, Dipl Ing, MSc (Belgrade), PhD, Mitsubishi Senior Research Fellow in Engineering Jonathan H P Ong, BA, MEng, PhD, Mitsubishi Senior Research Fellow in Engineering Anne I Rogerson, BA (Sydney), PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics (on leave MT 2008) Manpreet K Janeja, BA (Calcutta), MA (Delhi), PhD, Eugénie Strong Research Fellow and Director of Studies in Social Anthropology Martin Stevens, BSc, PhD (Bristol), Tucker-Price Research Fellow in Biological Sciences Stelios Tofaris, MA, Brenda Hale Fellow and Director of Studies in Law (Part IA) Daniele Moretti, BSc, PhD (Brunel), Non-Stipendiary Fellow (Social Anthropology) Anna Andreeva, BA (Irkutsk), MA (Kanazawa), PhD, Margaret Smith Research Fellow in Japanese Religion Alasdair N Campbell, MA, MEng, PhD, Hertha Ayrton Research Fellow in Chemical Engineering Alderik H Blom, Drs (Utrecht), PhD, Katharine Jex-Blake Research Fellow in Celtic Studies

Development Director Colm Durkan, BA, PhD (Trinity College Dublin), Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering (Year 3) 1 Edward J Briscoe, BA (Lancaster), MPhil, PhD, Professorial Fellow (Computer Science) Emma Pugh, BSc (Keele), PhD, Official Fellow (Physics) and Tutor K M Veronica Bennett, BSc (Leicester), PhD (CNAA), Official Fellow, Director of Studies in Biological Sciences (Part IA) and Tutor for Admissions (Arts)  Harriet D Allen, MSc (Calgary), MA, PhD, Official Fellow, Director of Studies in Geography (Part II) and Tutor Shaun D Fitzgerald, MA, PhD, Official Fellow (Engineering) and Tutor Stephen E Robertson, MA, MSc (City), PhD (London), Non-Stipendiary Fellow (Information Science) Stuart Davis, BA, PhD (Birmingham), Official Fellow, Director of Studies in Modern Languages (Parts IA and II) and Tutor (on leave ET 2009) Benjamin J Griffin, MA, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in History Fiona J Cooke, MA, BM BCh (Oxon), PhD (London), MRCP, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Medicine (Years 2 and 3 and Clinical) Ross I Lawther, MA, PhD, Olga Taussky Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics *Karen L Lee, MA, Official Fellow (Law) and Tutor 

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Paul T Griffiths, BA, DPhil (Oxon) Official Fellow (Chemistry)  Georgina E M Born, BSc, PhD (London), Professorial Fellow (Social and Political Science) 4 Marta Marzanska, BA PhD, Non-Stipendiary Fellow (Hebrew Studies) David B Kemp, MSci, (London) PhD (Open University), Sarah Woodhead Research Fellow in Earth Sciences Danielle W A G Van den Heuvel, MA (Amsterdam), PhD (Utrecht), Ottilie Hancock Research Fellow in Modern History Laura C McMahon BA, MPhil, Rosamund Chambers Research Fellow in French

Liliana Janik, MPhil (Torun), PhD, Director of Studies in Archaeology and Anthropology (Part I) and Archaelogy (Part II) Monica Konrad, BSc (Bristol), MSc, PhD (London) (Social Anthropology) John Lawson, BA, PhD, Director of Studies in Social and Political Sciences (Part II) Dana T Marsh, BMus (Rochester), MSt, DPhil (Oxford), Director of Chapel Music and Assistant Director of Music Ian G Mills, MBiochem (Oxon), PhD (Liverpool) (Biochemistry) Kate Perry, Archivist 2 Angela C Roberts, PhD (Experimental Psychology) Ingrid I Schröder, MA, DipArch, RIBA, Director of Studies in Architecture Fionnùala E Sinclair, BA (Hull), PhD (Edinburgh), Director of Studies in Modern Languages (Part IB) Bettina G Varwig, BMus (London), MA, PhD (Harvard) C Patricia Ward, MA, PhD (Physics) Samantha K Williams, BA (Lancaster), MSc PhD (History) Geoffrey J Willis, BSc (Liverpool), Assistant Bursar

Bye-Fellows Steven Boreham, BSc (CCAT), PhD (OU) (Geography) Louise E Braddock, MA, MB, BChir, MD, MA (Reading), PhD (Reading) (Philosophy), Praelector Caroline J A Brett, MA, PhD, Director of Studies in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Sarah L Fawcett, BA, BM, BCh (Oxford), MRCS, FRCR (Medical and Veterinary Sciences) The Revd A Malcolm Guite, MA, PhD (Durham), Chaplain 9 The Revd Canon Margaret A Guite, MA, PhD (Durham) (Theology)  Christopher K Hadley, MA, MSc, Director of Studies in Computer Science Stuart K Haigh, MA, MEng, PhD (Engineering) Mark Hogarth, BSc (Manchester), MSc (London), PhD (Philosophy) 

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Teaching Officers

Praelectors

James A Aitken BA, MA (Durham), PhD, Director of Studies in Oriental Studies Barbara A Bodenhorn, PhD, Director of Studies in Social and Political Sciences (Part I), Fellow of Pembroke College  John S McCombie, MA, PhD, Director of Studies in Land Economy, Fellow of Downing College

Louise E Braddock, MA, MB, BChir, MD, MA (Reading), PhD (Reading) Josh D Slater, PhD, BVMS (Edinburgh)

Sophie Pickford, PhD, Director of Studies in History of Art, Fellow of St. Edmund’s College Olivier Tonneau, PhD (Paris IV) Director of Studies in Modern Languages (Part 1A ET 2009), Fellow of Homerton College

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A Letter from the Mistress Dear Girtonians, One mark of a well-rounded institution is the way in which it manages to keep things in balance – between its aspirations and its fortunes, say, or between public achievements and private causes for satisfaction. With the Roll in mind, it could well be the balance between keeping Girtonians informed and inviting them to be involved, and for individual students or Fellows the balance between being sociable and being solitary or between commitment to College and commitment to discipline or department.

I diverge from the usual format of this Letter, and first report on College over the past year through situations where one can see activities balancing one another, intentionally or otherwise, before noting certain singular events and appointments. However, I do so very conscious of the fact that when I am writing next year it will be my last in this office in Girton. I shall be lucky in so far as, with the Department and most University committees gently pushed to one side, the year ahead (2008–09) will be one in which I shall enjoy being in Girton in a thoroughly single-minded way. For me, no more balancing of College and Department at least!

Balances Colleges and the University. Between Colleges and the University at large, the recognition of mutual interest is necessary to them both. Two different dimensions have coloured this last year, the one showing institutions long in place, the other emergent institutions still finding their way.

Colleges nominate the University Proctor and, as earlier reported, the Revd Margaret Guite is Girton’s nominee to be Senior Proctor next year. Before that could happen the Proctor-designate needed to be presented to the University: by a custom dating from the days before other means of communication, the Congregation has to see in person anyone whom the Colleges put forward. Presumably the canddate reciprocally acquires a sense of occasion. Then again, whereas Sir John Polkinghorne, physicist, priest and for 7

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many years professor in the University, preached at the Commemoration of Benefactors in College Chapel, it was a reciprocal pleasure to listen to Girton choir sing at the University’s Commemoration of Benefactors in Great St Mary’s.

The other is probably the most important set of issues to have been aired in College in recent years, affecting as it does the future of the kind of teaching that we continue to provide for our students, and of the kind of careers our Fellows pursue. Cambridge is renowned for its small-group supervision system. The colleges are of course at the core of this, and ensure they have fellows – often University lecturers – in virtually all disciplines. Many colleges, and Girton is among the foremost here, additionally appoint their own teaching fellows (College Teaching Officers, CTOs) in subjects where the personal supervision load is particularly heavy. But issues over how to balance Department and College provision continue to be aired, and over the last two years, 2006–08; Girton’s CTOS have offered substantial input into a University-wide debate, spurred on by various ideas being mooted within College. The mood here is experimental. Among other things, the idea of a combined Research/Teaching Fellowship, as has been set up in one subject, will in the long run contribute to discussions about how best to support the kind of balance College would encourage between teaching The Reverend Canon Dr Margaret Guite, and research.

Senior Proctor Specialising and widening. Outreach activities encapsulate the aspirations of staff and students alike in encouraging applicants from across the social spectrum. A School Liaison Officer regularly works out of the Admissions Office. This offers me the occasion to thank Kym Moussi for her sterling work; as one Head Teacher wrote to me about a visit of 60 pupils to Girton, ‘The young people found the visit inspirational and came away with the realisation that access to Girton is based on brains and not social status.’

Dr Hogarth chaired a ‘Mathematics in Action’ day at UCL, modelled on the Royal Society Christmas Lectures, with 1000 sixth-formers attending.

Two former Girton JCR Presidents remain active in Cambridge. Jon McIntosh (1999), whose organisation runs summer schools in Girton for overseas visitors, has developed a programme aimed at schools in the UK to encourage pre-sixth form pupils to think about university. Girton is planning to take this forward in conjunction with the University Admissions Forum. Simon Burdus (2004), who said he never thought of Cambridge until his name was drawn from a hat to join a student-shadowing scheme, has since graduating been working full time for the Student Union (CUSU) and has been appointed as the new editor of The Cambridge Student newspaper.

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Within College, perhaps if unwittingly to counterbalance the Fellows’ research evenings that have continued apace (and the more detailed they are, often, the more exciting), the ‘Girton Grad. Seminar’ was instigated by an active MCR this year. Intended largely to inform fellow students within College as to what interests their peers, and to enthuse about one’s specialism, its combination of topics has proved very popular.

Work and life. The continuing work of the Girton project (guided by the Registrar), included an event organised for JCR and MCR to meet Girtonians from business, banking, medicine, government and in freelance work, explicitly to find out how these professionals have reconciled competing demands on time from their careers, family life, social and other activities – broadening out the kinds of multiple lives for which many junior members are already in training! Meanwhile, Dr Sylvia Hewlett (1964), President of the US Center for Work–Life Policy, and Director of the Gender and Policy Program at Columbia University, was a Visiting Fellow for the Lent Term. She spoke at a Girtonorganised event at the LSE on the rise of ‘extreme jobs’, and on her success in encouraging corporations who wish to build balance into their career expectations for employees. At a subsequent House of Common reception to launch a UK branch of her task force on the hidden brain drain (the attrition of women scientists), speakers included Julia King, a former Girton Research Fellow (1979), Vice-Chancellor of Aston University.

Beauty and utility. Balance was exquisitely poised in the third national prize to be awarded to the Library and Archive building, this time from the Society of College, National and University Libraries, given every five years for outstanding examples of functional design; the judges are professional librarians. The awards were established to draw attention to the importance of new library buildings, to encourage good practice in library planning, and to celebrate cutting-edge design. Miss Duke would have been very satisfied. She would also have been satisfied by the Lawrence Room refurbishments, where technology has caught up with conservation, and aesthetics with display. Her nephew, Mr John Falconer, came with a gift of a first-century terracotta figurine that had originally been her Classics and tutorial students’ gift to Miss Duke – a presentation that summed up the beauty and utility of the many donations to Girton’s museum room that made it all possible.

Responsibility and freedoms. The March Ball 2008 is noted elsewhere. Here I add that it was both Girton’s largest ever and – with the smoothest of organisation – its best run ever. More widely, a new balance to be struck these days is between an institution’s responsibility for the welfare of staff and students and the opportunities it must provide for independent and innovative action. I went to a breakfast for heads of institutions (as chair of the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology) for an update from the University’s Health and Safety Division. This one was on the hazards of lone working – not that anyone is forbidden to work by themselves, but if they do so the institution has to ensure that appropriate support is available. It is through just such measures that ideas about what it is normal shift, as do perceptions of the hazards around everyone. We re-inscribe the world with our sense of what is hazardous. Yet it is not because of the hazards of their single rooms that students frequently crowd the library – that belongs to 9

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the stimulus of working under pressure in company. On other occasions, and for other people, being able to work by oneself is at the very heart of creativity.

Prizes for balance. There is a balance between the two major College prizes for which students from all subjects may be nominated, the Laurie Hart prize for academic excellence, which was won by a Girton economist in a year where the subject has shone, and the Thérèse Montefiore prize that itself demands a balance between academic and other forms of attainment. That went to an engineer who was not only fourth in a finals class list of 205 but has been active in Chapel, netball, rowing and orchestra, while also finding time to offer maths tutoring in a local school. College has also struck a new balance between the annual Ridding Prize, to encourage clear diction in prose and poetry, and the newly established Girton Science Communication Prize to encourage the clear communication of scientific matters.

Girton always gains some of the University prizes given for outstanding Tripos results.

The 2008 class lists yielded no fewer than eleven, including a magnificent trio from Geography, as well as two in English and two in Law. And there was a full complement of nominations for the Ellen McArthur Bursaries, College awards in the social sciences.

Now while The Reporter has been publishing named prizes for years, 2005–06 was the first time that the University produced a report on its sporting achievements, though it kept it rather to itself. The 2006–07 report landed on the desk of heads of houses, and reminds us that Girton fielded the Blues Captains of both women’s football and women’s rugby, the Blues Captain of men’s hockey, as well as the presidents of women’s hockey and the modern pentathlon clubs, and had other Blues in basketball (men’s and women’s), the women’s boat, archery, fencing, and rugby fives. Elsewhere you will find news about College sport this year, some of which will undoubtedly be feeding into the University’s 2007–08 records too. The Bursar took over as Chair of the Sports Syndicate in October 2007; her London Marathon run remains in a class by itself, in 2008 shaving time off her personal record of two years ago.

Singularities One world. Sustainability, ecologically speaking, has to be the first unique position.

Loath to establish new committees, College has nonetheless inaugurated a Sustainability Committee that will oversee green issues. These previously fell in the province of the Garden Committee (waste and recycling), and latterly the Maintenance Committee, which has been considering the implications of the Carbon Trust footprint analysis that Girton commissioned for both its sites. The new committee has been the Bursar’s initiative, working alongside the JCR Green Officer (whose predecessor produced Girton’s first policy guidelines) and CUSU’s very effective ‘Go Greener’ campaign.

Nationally, Cambridge is in the top echelon, moving up in 2008 from eighth to fifth place in the People and Planet Green league table for (more than 120) universities. Dr Victoria Pope (Michaelis 1979), head of the Meteorological Office’s Climate Prediction Programme, gave a talk on the potential collision between Science and Governance in arenas of climate change, and did so at the Double Helix Society, the Cambridge arm 10

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of an international student consortium working on issues to do with science in society, whose President was Girton student Tanyella Allison (2006).

This year saw the establishment of an inter-school essay competition, not in the UK but in India. This competition is an initiative of The Indian School in Delhi, and in its own words its aim is ‘to inspire students to think, research, analyse and creatively express themselves on a subject they feel passionate about’, with themes chosen ‘to make students conscious of the need to interact with and interpret the outside world which they will inherit and inhabit’. Behind the scheme are Girtonians Dr Nayana Goradia (Daftary 1962) and her daughter Mrs Brinda Shroff (Goradia 1988). The inaugural competition attracted entries from more than thirty schools across Delhi. The finalists are being judged by a panel set up in Girton, including a representative from the Local Associations, and I shall be attending the first prize-giving in Delhi. It will I hope also be an occasion to meet Girtonians in the area, as I had the pleasure of doing this year in both New York and Washington. Professor Angela Stent (1966) and Ms Cynthia Walker (1967) arranged a reception at Washington’s Cosmos Club. In New York, the Ambassador to the United Nations, Ms Karen Pierce (1978), hosted a dinner for the Development Director and me, which generated some fascinating conversations about College, education and the future, as well as some quite straight talk about fund-raising.

The Fellowship. The news here is both singular, and often notable. We were delighted that Girton’s most recently elected Honorary Fellow was in the New Year’s Honours list: Dr Margaret Bent (Bassington 1959), with a CBE for services to musicology. Mrs Veronica Wootten (Cadbury 1951), Barbara Bodichon Foundation Fellow, became an MBE for services to further education. Dame Rosalyn Higgins (Cohen 1955) was awarded one of the four world-wide Balzan Prizes for her contributions to the study of international law. Life Fellow Professor Richard Himsworth held office as Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths’ Company. External prizes also came the way of the other Fellows.

Dr Gopal Madabhushi (1997) was a member of a team of engineers and surgeons that won the Best Surgical Technology Award in the Bone and Joint Category of the Medical Futures Innovation Awards 2007. Dr Budimir Rosic (2005) for the second year running won a highly competitive award for an outstanding contribution to the literature of combustion gas turbines: the Turbomachinery Committee at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers voted him and his co-author the Best Paper winners at their Turbo Expo 2006 and then again – almost unheard of – in 2007.

Within the University, Professor Martin Brand (1977) was awarded an Honorary Professorship, a title he will take with him to the Buck Institute of Age Research in Novato, California.

The geographer Dr Mia Gray was promoted to University Senior Lecturer, and Dr Liliana Janik, a newly elected ByeFellow in Archaeology, to Assistant Director of Research. Dr Anne Rogerson’s contributions to the Department of Classics have been recognised with a Newton Trust Lectureship, while teaching excellence was reflected in Dr Paul Griffiths’ Corporate Associates Junior Faculty Teaching Award from Dr Budimir Rosic 11

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the Department of Chemistry. Dr Mark Savill received a Royal Aeronautical Society Best Papers 2007 Award and the Busk Prize for a recent publication in the Aeronautical Journal.

Professor Melveena McKendrick, coming to the end of a significant term of office as Pro-ViceChancellor for Education, was elected to a Life Fellowship at Girton. Professor Georgina Born, Sociologist, Anthropologist and Musicologist, was elected to a Professorial Fellowship. Dr Marta Marzanska (1999), a former student of Dr Risa Domb and appointed University Lecturer in Modern Hebrew, also joined the Fellowship, as Professor McKendrick did Dr Mark Hogarth, who holds a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship in Philosophy. We also counted among our numbers those to whom we are very grateful for helping us find the right teaching balances this year: Dr Francesco Moscone and Mr Oliver de Groot, in Economics; Mr George Yeats in English; Dr Samantha Williams in History; Dr Sarah Fawcett, in Medical and Veterinary Sciences. Girton and Homerton have jointly apointed Dr Olivier Tonneau in French.

Mlle Anne-Cécile Larribau follows Mlle Aurélie Petiot as French Lectrice.

New Research Fellows elected for October 2008 are Dr David Kemp, in Earth Sciences, who has been working on climate change in the Late Triassic, and Dr Danielle van den Heuvel, an historian of seventeenth-century women’s history in the Netherlands.

Ms Laura McMahon, a scholar of French cinema, will hold the new Research/Teaching Fellowship in French. Dr Dana Marsh, whose specialism is historical musicology, becomes an Assistant Director of College Music while Dr Ennis takes up duties as Chair of the University’s Music Faculty. Dr Daniele Moretti, joined us as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship just as we said goodbye to fellow social anthropologist, Dr Andrew Moutu. Dr Hazel Mills, who has done so much for teaching in history, sadly leaves us, as do Dr Deana Rankin, Muriel Bradbrook Fellow in English, who takes up a post at Royal Holloway London, Dr Chris Cannon to go to New York University and Dr Vela Velupillai whom we hope to continue to see from time to time. We shall miss their regular presence and their their lively and engaged contributions to Girton life. We are pleased in this context that Dr Alston Misquitta will be staying on in Cambridge after the conclusion of his Research Fellowship. He is working on the theory of condensed matter as Post Doctoral Research Associate in the Cavendish laboratory Maintaining Girton’s tradition of fascinating and distinguished Visiting Fellows, we enjoyed the company of both Dr Sylvia Hewlett (1964), economist and world-shaker (see above), and Mr Hisham Matar, novelist and winner of the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize 2007. They were both, in their own way, finding a bit of peace to have time to think and write.

Staff news. Mrs Fay Faunch achieved an Open University BA in Humanities with Literature in December 2007, the degree being conferred at Ely Cathedral. It is also a 12

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pleasure to record training qualifications that staff continue to gain: Mr David Fyfield, Trainee Chef, achieved NVQ Level 2 in Professional Cookery; Ms Kim Pearson, NVQ Level 4 in Administration; Ms StephanieTrott has just gained NVQ Level 2 in Administration and is going on to do Level 3; Steve Coe an IT NVQ Level 3. Mrs Betty Brown retired from the Library staff after 21 years’ service. Mrs Pauline Palmer retired from employment as Wolfson Court Cleaner after almost 36 years in College; she was the sole remaining member of staff who had started when Wolfson Court first opened.

Mr Roger Fensome, Evening/Night Porter had had seven years’ service in both Porters’ Lodges.

Deaths. We were saddened by the deaths of Mr William Frankel, CBE, former editor of the Jewish Chronicle and Honorary Fellow since 2000; of Dr Mary Berry (1935), CBE, founder of the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge and fellow of Newnham; and of Mrs Freda Isaac, who had been a familiar face in College for sixteen years, her husband surviving the loss only a few days.

I finish, traditionally, with personal thanks. The Vice-Mistress has kindly stood in on more than one occasion, including being College host at a reception for Prince Edward visiting Cambridge for the theatrical company Classworks, of which he is Patron. I hope the Secretary to Council has a real sense of quiet satisfaction, at the end of her first year, in the realisation that the quite complicated machinery that is Council, Augmented Council, Governing Body, Education Board, and the rest, has continued turning. In all this of course there are special thanks to my own office, encapsulated in Fay whose knowledge of College affairs is at once vast and unique, and in Steffi who has moved into her role with such efficiency and good will. Fay’s office, in the other sense of the word, is a constantly used and obviously friendly place for comings and goings of staff, and increasingly is turned into a meeting room on its own account. A small mark of the way in which, when all is said and done, it is individuals with their unique skills who keep things at once moving and in balance.

Marilyn Strathern

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Profiles Abby Fowden I came to Girton College largely by chance. I actually applied to one of the men’s colleges going mixed for the first time in 1972 and was lucky enough to be selected from the newly created, intercollegiate Admissions Pool

by Janet Harker and Enid MacRobbie who interviewed me at Newnham College for a place at Girton. So I arrived at the Main College in October 1972 without ever having visited the place. Fortunately, it was love at first sight, both for the academic community and the physical surroundings of the College. This, together with my immense gratitude to Girton for ‘fishing’ me from the pool, has kept me happily attached to the College for more than 35 years, despite many inducements to move elsewhere over the years.

My life at Girton has had four main phases: undergraduate, postgraduate, Official Fellow and most May Ball 1975 recently, as a Professorial Fellow. Each phase has been very different, both as my life has changed and as the College has developed from a women’s college to the fully mixed community that it is today. When I was an undergraduate, Girton was a very studious place for me. It was the place where we worked and slept. Our social life was based mainly in town with relatively few college-based recreational activities back in those ‘olden’ days. The quality of supervision was superb and we would not have dared to miss a supervision or hand in work late. Most supervisions were in Girton and given

by Fellows of the College or by Fellows of the other women’s colleges. Girton had a fierce academic reputation back then and we worked very hard to sustain it. We were keen to make the most of the opportunities for learning and to show the world that women could be as successful as men academically. It was the height of the feminist era and we were encouraged to think that any career was open to us provided we obtained a good degree. Of the cohort of scientists that arrived at Girton with me, all pursued scientifically orientated careers after graduation, often alongside raising families.

As scientists, we cycled a great deal between lectures and practicals, and up and down the Huntingdon Road as many as three times a day to get to and from University and College teaching and then back to town for the evening’s events. We became very fit and all developed ‘Girton calves’ from excessive pedalling. By my third year, I had had enough of cycling and bought myself a moped, which meant I could more easily combine all my scientific and recreational activities without being quite so physically exhausted. With the advent of mixed colleges, women’s rowing took off as there were more colleges with women to have competitive races, albeit only in fours. The Girton Boat Club began during my time as an undergraduate. We borrowed boats from our boyfriend’s colleges and persuaded the 14

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boatmen and our more professionally trained boyfriends to coach us. My boyfriend, now my husband, was a keen rower and physical scientist at Magdalene College. We met in the Part IA chemistry lectures in the first week of the first term at Cambridge, while struggling to understand Professor Linnett’s lectures on Schrödinger’s wave equation. Magdalene rapidly became a second base and an excellent staging post between Girton, the Downing Site and the river. One of my most abiding memories of life as an undergraduate is of cycling down the Huntingdon Road at 6 o’clock one sunny May morning with the cherry blossom falling from the trees like confetti en route for an outing on the river, timed to ensure that we still made our 9 o’clock lectures. You tend to forget how much bleaker that early morning cycle ride is in the winter time.

During my final undergraduate year, I decided that I wanted to take a PhD degree and become an academic. I loved learning and became fascinated by how the foetus matures before birth and communicates its readiness for delivery to the mother – an area of research in which I am still actively engaged today. I looked at a number of PhD places in the UK and abroad but decided that the Department of Physiology in Cambridge offered the best environment in which to pursue my research interests. So I worked hard, gained the prerequisite first in Physiology and moved on to being a postgraduate student of the College in 1975. I began supervising Part IA Physiology for the College as soon as I graduated and have taught many generations of Girton students since then. It was during this period that LEFT to RIGHT Undergraduate Research Fellow Professorial Fellow

discussions began about Girton going mixed. When the first men undergraduates arrived in 1979, I had mixed feelings about the change as resources were poured into providing facilities, like boats and a bar and a gym, lacking in my undergraduate days. However, I was a rapid convert to mixed education, mainly because Girton suddenly became so vibrant and those first men were such good fun to teach. Every week for two years, I supervised three of the first male undergraduates as a group together. I learnt to teach, they learnt Physiology and we all stretched our minds. If you happen to be reading this, Andy, Elwyn and Mike, thanks for some of the most rewarding hours supervising that I have ever had.

By the third year of my PhD I had been offered a ‘tenure-track’ appointment in the Department and began my progression up the academic career ladder of the University.

This meant that I moved from being a graduate student to a Bye-Fellowship and then a Research Fellowship before becoming an Official Fellow when my University appointment was made permanent in 1983. As an Official Fellow you have responsibility for the running and good governance of the College. In practice, this means engaging in administrative and committee work as well as supervising for a set number of hours per annum. Often, 15

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these activities are combined with other College duties and for 15 years I was Director of Studies in the Biological Sciences with primary responsibility for Admissions and the Part IA students. I have sat on many of the College committees associated with education and research, selecting graduate students and Research Fellows and pondering on Girton’s position in the academic league tables. Not surprisingly, I am an advocate of the admissions pool for selecting the best undergraduates for the College. Now, as a Professorial Fellow, I have a little more freedom to determine the extent of my commitments to College and have chosen to maintain my teaching hours, while reducing the number of College events that I attend. I feel teaching is the most useful contribution that I can make to College as, with the increasing pressure on scientists to raise significant grant income to finance their research, it has become more difficult to recruit University lecturers to Official Fellowships in the science subjects. Where once combining College and University duties was the norm for a successful scientific career in Cambridge, now junior academic staff are encouraged to concentrate on their research and University duties to ensure career progression, leaving colleges with a more difficult task in meeting their teaching needs.

Throughout my career, I have remained in the Department of Physiology, now merged with the Department of Anatomy and renamed the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, or PDN for short. I have worked my way up the career ladder from University Demonstrator, through Lecturer and Reader to a personal chair in Perinatal Physiology. Along the way, I have undertaken a wide range of University administration including a stint of Acting Head of Department and taught in courses across all three years of both the Natural Science and the Medical and Veterinary Science Tripos. My research interests remain in the general area of perinatology with particular emphasis on the factors controlling growth and development of the fetus during late pregnancy. The aims of my research are twofold: first, to determine how hormones prepare the foetus for birth and, secondly, to establish how our experiences during early life alter the risk of developing degenerative diseases, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, in later life. This research involves a team of people and supervision of postdoctoral research associates, technical staff and PhD students.

Balancing the demands of research, teaching and administration is an exciting juggling act made more challenging by family commitments and the ever-changing climate of research and education funding. Once, when I took my two pyjama-clad children with me to Director of Studies hours, they passed a student in his slippers and dressing gown in the corridor where they were running up and down while I was in my room trying to be professional, giving students their supervision reports at the end of term. They burst in wanting to know why he had his slippers on and when I said he lived in College, my son, aged 7, looked horrified and said ‘What? - Without his mummy?’. My son is now a strapping six foot medical student who is happily living in halls of residence (without his mummy) yet with a full appreciation of how hard the academics around him are working to provide his education. There are few careers with as much independence and intellectual stimulation as academia and teaching bright, lively students is a real privilege. I cannot thank Girton College enough for the opportunity to pursue such a rewarding career.

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Roland Randall My headmaster was clear: the Colchester Royal Grammar School for Boys held a closed scholarship at Corpus Christi College but, as it was not available to geographers, I should apply to Durham.

I chose instead to follow the advice of my Geography master and apply to his old College, St Catharine’s. There I was awarded an Exhibition and studied under the stimulating academic guidance of Augustus (Gus) Caesar, with Canon Christopher Waddams as my mentor. By the time of my graduation I was already focussing on Biogeography and departed to McGill, in Montreal, for a two-year MSc that was to hone my biological and research skills under the able supervision of New Zealander, Peter Holland, with whom I still correspond. Seductively, McGill had a field station on Barbados so my second year was spent studying the coastal vegetation of the island Roland in Romania 2007 and experiencing the bliss of Barbados beaches!

I returned to Cambridge in 1968 to undertake my PhD whilst also training as an Anglican Lay Reader. My doctoral fieldwork was back at the coast, based on the uninhabited Monach Isles in the Outer Hebrides, unravelling the environmental factors that accounted for the unusual distribution of the islands’ vegetation. Leaving Cambridge for a lectureship at the University of Ulster, I spent a stimulating three years under Professor Frank Oldfield, setting up the Ecology course and laboratories in his new Environmental Science Department. However, the growth of the Ulster ‘Troubles’ affected the quality both of our students and of family life, so we decided to return to England before our daughter reached school age.

I was appointed as full-time Tutor with the University’s Board of Extra-Mural Studies, based at Madingley Hall but travelling throughout East Anglia to lecture on most evenings of the week. In 1977, to my great delight, Jean Grove asked me if I would consider joining the Girton Fellowship, now that the College had decided to admit men. I had regularly visited friends at Girton, among them Jean Sturgess (1963) and Liz Lincoln (1962), while I was an undergraduate and had supervised Girtonians as a PhD student, but I little realised how Girton would come to dominate my life.

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coastal change on the shingle coasts of Britain (eventually leading to my book Ecology and Geomorphology of Coastal Shingle), and my duties as a Licensed Lay Minister for the Diocese of Ely, left little time for Girton beyond my Geography supervisions and a role as Senior Treasurer of the Chapel. However I managed an early stint of three years on College Council – something I recommend as a very rewarding way of finding out how College works. As some of the newer universities took over a share of Madingley’s extramural work, the travelling lessened and I was able to take over direction of studies when Jean Grove retired, initially on my own but later with the help of Molly Warrington, before she took up her post at Homerton. She has been succeeded by Mia Gray and Harriet Allen, ensuring that Girton Geography has become a force to be reckoned with.

My research has enabled me to travel widely, primarily around the coasts of the United Kingdom, but also in the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas, the Atlantic and Caribbean Islands, Japan, Ethiopia, New Zealand and Australia. I have also had sabbatical teaching periods in Israel, Ciskei, Switzerland and New Zealand. These experiences were not only rewarding in themselves but gave me a great deal of material to draw on for teaching and supervising back in Cambridge.

One interesting outcome of my research was to be invited by Lithuanian and Russian ecologists to lecture on coastal management in Britain at the 200th anniversary conference of conservation on the Kuronian Spit in the Baltic. Their ideas were somewhat different from mine concerning the dynamism of the coast but they still cheerfully nicknamed me Professor Dumbledorf. The practical side of my studies has also been supplemented regularly over the years by a series of consultancies for Natural England, large landowners or mineral extraction companies who needed to know the ecological implications of land-use or other environmental change.

Outside Academia, my interests had always been in agriculture from the time my smallholder grandfather taught me how to ride ponies and keep chickens and pigs. When my wife, Dreda, and I finally became more settled in the 1970s, we started to keep goats.

What started as a hobby became a business that now involves our children and their families in ice cream and cheese making, running a farm shop and exporting breeding goats all over Britain, Europe and the wider world. The farm is run within the concepts of environmental stewardship and has become a useful resource for visits not only by local schools but also the College Geography Society. Maybe their interest in coming is more for the ice cream than to learn about rural resource management?

I retired from Continuing Education in 1995 but continued to work with the Association for Cultural Exchange, an educational charity which organises study tours around the world. I lead natural history tours for them mainly in the Mediterranean and the British Isles. If I were to be asked to point to a highlight day on a tour it would be a beautiful day on Islay when we walked along a beach in the morning and saw oyster plant and grass of Parnassus in flower and seals basking in the water with choughs overhead.

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usefully complements my more theoretical work with undergraduates in College!

After some 14 years as a College undergraduate Tutor, I took a short break but missed the pastoral work that tutoring entailed. There is something very rewarding about encouraging a student out of bed to get to the exam room before it is too late, or helping to resolve financial or relationship crises. Currently therefore I am Graduate Tutor for Arts, a post that brings me into contact with a wide range A supervision in Geography of College’s students from all corners of the world. I had always been a little concerned about my lack of training for pastoral work, so in the early 1990s I studied for the Board of Continuing Education’s Certificate in Counselling, and eventually gained ‘Accredited Counsellor’ status with BACP. Since 1977 there have been two occasions when College lost its Chaplain at rather short notice, so for two terms I stood in as Acting Chaplain. Without a dog collar, but with pastoral as well as Chapel responsibilities, I discovered a whole new area of College life that I did not know existed and this helped to inform me both of the private and domestic sides of College activities. Soap operas never were so exciting! During the same period, when John Marks retired as Praelector, I took over this post. For many people the Praelector is seen only on College ceremonial occasions and on Degree Day, but there are Congregations in most months when small numbers of students take higher degrees, so many Saturdays were spent first at College, then at the Senate House presenting our students for their degrees. This is a vital role in College life as it is often the last formal contact students have with College and may well influence their feelings toward their Alma Mater thereafter. John Marks had also been Senior Treasurer of the Girton Ball Committee, so it was a natural progression for that post to fall to me too! It was impressive to see the commitment and maturity with which most Ball Committees carried out their duties but rather sad that so few Senior Members attended the Ball.

Another area of College life that fell to me for a while was ‘Health and Safety Officer’.

When I took it on, it was suggested that it involved about two hours’ work per week. It never did take so little time of course and after a few years, in which I got to know the Domestic Staff even better, the post became too much of a commitment to continue along with teaching and research so I resigned and the resultant post became full-time!

Retirement from College is looming in a couple of years and I can’t imagine what life will be like without Girton at the centre of it. The Fellowship is both stimulating and a great pleasure to be part of. However, I don’t intend to stop my research or travel and I suspect delivering a calf in the early hours of the morning and taking breeding goats for export all over Britain and Europe will also fill any spare time created by a reduction in College life!

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Metals Like Ice Cream The granddaughter of a miner and the first of her family to go to university, Professor Helen Atkinson (1981) was, as reported last year, elected in 2007 as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering – the highest honour for an engineer in the UK. She is one of only 27 women to be so honoured, amongst 1400 men. Of the 27 women, three are Girtonians, the other two being Professor Julia King and Professor Anne Dowling. Helen is currently Professor of Engineering at the University of Leicester and one of her major research interests is in the thixotropic behaviour of metals or ‘metals like ice cream’ as she describes them. Here she outlines how these metals behave and some of their current and future applications in a range of technologies.

Imagine you are making ice cream. One of the ways to make ice cream is to take the mixture, freeze it a little, stir it, freeze it a little more, stir it and so on. As you freeze it, ice crystals are developing in tree-like forms (called ‘dendrites’)…think about classic snowflake shapes. Each time you stir the mixture you are breaking those tree-like forms up and the crystals become much more rounded. Now think about serving that ice cream. You have to take it out of the freezer and allow it to warm up a bit. It is then

FROM RIGHT, Professor Anderson, mouldings from thixotropic materials, and the micro-structure of an aluminium alloy where the yellow shows the areas that are liquid at high temperature.

in what we call the semi-solid state. It is the rounded nature of the crystals which then makes the ice cream ‘scoopable’ when it is ready to serve. If you tried to force the scoop into mixture which had simply been frozen without stirring and then allowed to warm into the semi-solid state, it would be very difficult because the tree-like crystals would all be tangled up with each other; in contrast the rounded crystals can flow past each other when the scoop is pushed in. The rounded crystals surrounded by liquid in the semisolid state show all kinds of interesting behaviour. If the material is shaken it becomes runny because the ‘bonds’ between the rounded particles start to break down. If the material is allowed to stand, it becomes thick again, because the bonds are re-forming. This type of behaviour with the rounded particles is called ‘thixotropy’ from the Greek thixis, action of touching, and tropos, to turn or change – so change through the action of touching.

Tomato ketchup, for example, is thixotropic: when you shake it, it goes runny, and when you allow it to stand, it thickens up again.

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technologies called ‘semi-solid processing’. The big challenge in metal processing is to produce the shape you want quickly and economically without introducing defects.

The blacksmith, for example, is forging a shape with solid metal which is warmed, but producing intricate shapes is demanding. In a foundry the metal is melted completely and then cast by pouring into a mould, which can produce intricate shapes, but the flow tends to be turbulent and defects such as pores are introduced. Semi-solid processing of metals sits at the interface between the technologies of forging and casting and has advantages over both. In the semi-solid state, the metal can be forced into the complicated shape of the mould and the rounded particles surrounded by liquid flow like ball bearings in honey to fill the shape. The process then has advantages over casting because it is more energy-efficient (the metal does not have to be melted completely) and there are fewer defects (which makes the metal stronger).

The process is used in industry to make a range of components for cars out of aluminium. It is also used to make the cases for mobile phones and laptops, so every day you will almost certainly handle something which has been semi-solid processed from magnesium.

I have led a research group developing the science behind this technology. For example, we have worked on modelling the flow of the metal into the mould (so that the moulds can be designed more efficiently and effectively) and then tested whether that modelling is correct by viewing the flow of the semi-solid metal into a mould with a high-speed video camera through a ‘window’. This is very challenging because hot metal cracks windows so we have had to be ingenious in how we design the window. We have also worked on extending the range of metals that can be processed, including working on steels (which demand much higher temperatures for the semi-solid state than aluminium and magnesium) and on aluminium alloys which can be used for aircraft components.

Our essential aim has been, as part of a world-wide effort, to establish and develop the framework of scientific understanding which can enable additional industrial advances.

Helen Atkinson

Science at Girton – Ethel Sargant From its earliest years Girton has has a tradition of making an important contribution to the sciences. The work of Professor Helen Atkinson is described above and that of Professor Abigail Fowden and Dr Helen Megaw appear elsewhere in this issue. Here Stephen Robertson, Professorial Fellow in Information Technology and great-great-nephew of Agnes Arber (see below) writes of Ethel Sargant.

Ethel Sargant was a student at Girton in the 1880s, and was elected to an Honorary Fellowship just before the First World War. She achieved some eminence as a botanist – or, as we might say now, a plant scientist – at a time when serious research contributions by women to the natural sciences were fairly unusual.

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in 1873. The first woman ever to sit the Natural Sciences Tripos was a Girtonian, Mary Kingsland (later Higgs) who came up to College in 1871 and became Resident Lecturer in Science in 1875. She was succeeded in this post by Constance Herschel (later Lady Lubbock), another early Girton scientist and the daughter of Sir John Herschel, the astronomer. Herschel, who taught Sargant and was remembered by her as one of the outstanding women of her generation, wrote of her own experience of reading Natural Science in the Girton Review May Term 1926. When she was a student, 1874–77, women could only go to such lectures as were open to them, and their progress was therefore haphazard. In her first term, she was sent with two fourth-years to a course of lectures on advanced physiology. Even though some of the foremost scientists in Cambridge, men such as Sir Michael Foster and Sir George Humphrey, admitted women to their lectures, , and went out of their way to help them, it was not easy as space was severely limited, especially for practical work, and women had to listen from a gallery and find a place for their microscopes among boxes and lumber.

By the time Ethel Sargant came up in 1881, the situation had improved somewhat. That year Graces were passed by which the University gave permission for women officially to sit the Tripos (formerly this was open to annual negotiation). In 1877, Lady Stanley of Alderley had given a donation of £600 to provide Girton with a laboratory of its own, thus enabling students to obtain good practical experience. It contained a teaching room, reagent and balance rooms, and was well lit with windows and skylights. During Sargant’s time at Girton, the position was further strengthened with the foundation of the College Natural Sciences Club in the Lent Term of 1884 and the opening of the Balfour Biological Laboratory, in town, for women students the same year.

Sargant studied Natural Sciences at Girton 1881–85. Of course in those days she could not be awarded a degree; perhaps for this reason, her exam results were not spectacular (a second in Part I and a third in Part II) and did not in any way prefigure her future.

However, on leaving Cambridge she started doing botanical work at home, and a little later joined the Jodrell Laboratory in Kew Gardens for a year, and began publishing her work. Then, living in Reigate in Surrey with her family, she set up a lab in the garden in order to continue serious experimental research. Clearly her work made an impact: She became a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1904, and was the first woman elected to the council of that Society in 1906. In 1907 she gave a course in advanced botany for London University. She moved back to Cambridge in about 1912, and was elected to the Girton Fellowship in 1913. She continued her botanical research, as well as undertaking many efforts on behalf of women in the sciences and the professions. She died in 1918.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the notion of a woman undertaking serious scientific research was clearly strange and unusual. The local excise officer in Reigate made frequent unannounced visits, being entirely convinced that the real purpose of the still in her garden laboratory (in truth distilled water) was the production of moonshine!

In an article in the Girton Review in 1901, shortly after the death of Queen Victoria and at the dawn of a new century, she makes a ringing appeal to women not to be content with obtaining degrees or even getting into the professions. She wants them also to join fully in what she takes to be the ‘great inheritance of the Universities’, the ‘pursuit of learning 22

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LEFT, Ethel Sargant with her microscope.

A drawing hanging in Tower stair.

RIGHT, Her microscope, now kept in the Lawrence Room ABOVE, The Old Laboratories, (Old Wing)

for its own sake’. She is simultaneously inviting the benefactors of the women’s colleges to support research fellowships, and inspiring the students to take them up.

The Girton Archive contains a collection of letters from Sargant to her protégée Agnes Arber, who became a prominent botanist. Arber worked in Sargant’s garden lab (in vacations while studying in London and Cambridge) from 1897; the letters cover the 20 years from then until Sargant’s death, and are a wonderful mixture of the professional and the personal. Sargant advises Arber on her work and studies, and also sends papers for comment; they discuss issues in botanical research generally. In 1898 she advises Arber to choose Newnham over Girton because science is better taught and equipped there; perhaps there had been another reason for her poor exam results 13 years previously. But they also exchange news of holidays and of their families, and discuss health problems and poetry. There is one delightful letter from 1907 (some 200+ letters and ten years into the relationship) where Sargant formally proposes that they should now address each other by their first names.

Sargant’s portrait, reproduced here, currently hangs in the Rogues’ Gallery in the College. There are also various bits of scientific equipment of hers – in particular, her microscope (also shown here, as well as appearing in the portrait) is in the Lawrence Room. The larger part of her botanical library, which she bequeathed to the College, is on loan to the Cory Library of the University Botanic Garden, although a core forms one of the special collections in Girton’s Library. The College offers an Ethel Sargant Studentship in her memory.

Ethel Sargant’s association with the College represents a cusp in the history of science at Girton. The early years were marked by the overwhelming need to allow women the chance of a university education, one might say by hook or by crook, but with the emphasis strictly on undergraduate studies. The first Scientific Research Fellowship was not awarded until 1914 (endowed by Sir Alfred Yarrow), but it had its genesis in Sargant’s challenging article of 1901. As Agnes Arber wrote, ‘To work with Ethel Sargant was to realise the pursuit of science as an unending adventure of the mind.’

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Culinary Ruminations Dr Manpreet Janeja has been the College’s Eugénie Strong Research Fellow in Social Anthropology since October 2006. Her current research project examines, through food, the increasing complexities of growing immigrant groups, including second-generation British Muslims of South Asian origin, in contemporary Britain. Here she offers a glimpse of what such fieldwork can involve, perhaps a very different image from what many would imagine as ‘university research’.

My research highlights the fact that in plural societies such as Britain the intricate networks of geo-political, socio-economic, ethnic, and religious interactions are perhaps being manifested in newer forms in the everyday register of food identities: we are what we eat, and what others don’t eat. Furthermore, it suggests that a focus on cultures of food choice can provide us with an effective tool to help navigate the complex issues of ethnic diversity.

The project has involved doing fieldwork in a multi-ethnic secondary state school in the east London borough of Newham. 80–85% of the school’s 1000+ student population have English as an Additional Language (EAL). Most of these students come from either immigrant or asylum-seeker and refugee families from South Asia, North Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Caribbean. A significant majority are Muslims, with more than half tracing their origins back to South Asia, predominantly to Bangladesh and Pakistan, though the numbers of North African and Eastern European Muslims have increased in the last couple of years. Just above 50% of the school’s students qualify for free school meals.

Doing fieldwork in the school has included voluntary teaching and planning of year7 lessons at the interface of Religious Education, History, Geography, and Food Hygiene, assisting with EAL reading groups, and with cooking lessons as part of the Design and Technology GCSE course and the After-School Refugee Club. It has entailed participant observation and interviews at the Breakfast and Lunch Clubs in the school dining hall, and amongst the school teaching and kitchen staff.

Putting something back into the community that has so generously given of itself by opening its doors to my research project, has been at the heart of the effort to organise an Open Day at Girton for 40 year-10 students from the school last July. With strong support from the College Tutorial and Admissions Office, the Open Day, which also dovetailed with the College’s Access and Outreach programme, was thoroughly enjoyed by the students. They participated in a quiz session, had a tour of various colleges and departments, attended a taster lecture on nanotechnology given by Dr Colm Durkhan, and dined in the College cafeteria, all to give them a flavour of life at university so as to encourage them to study further for a university degree.

Each day of fieldwork that I spend in the school’s rich and varied community offers me something new. Here is a vignette taken from one such day in the life of the school.

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lesson for the students and parents, though that afternoon the parents are absent, as are male students. She is British Indian, vegetarian, and therefore teaching them how to make onion and spinach bhajis, a type of almost pan-Indian snack known by various regional names. An Afghani girl points out that they cook and eat them in Afghanistan too, to which a 15-year-old British girl of Pakistani origin says: ‘Not in this way though.

We eat something quite similar in Pakistan too but this way of cooking is peculiar to the region she comes from in India.’ The teacher nods and reaffirms the Indian character of this food.

We all follow her instructions on how to chop the vegetables, mix the batter, and the spices. I admire the dextrous chopping technique of a 13-year-old Bulgarian girl standing at the worktop next to me. On being complimented, she says, ‘Miss, it’s nothing really; I do this every day at home. When I go home from school, I wake up my mother, who after a while goes to work in a casino. So I cook dinner every day for us and for my younger brother. I prepare breakfast in the morning…and then, leaving my brother with the baby-sitter, I go to school. My mother comes back around mid-morning and falls asleep. Today I can surprise her with this! She really likes bhajis, so do I. I have only eaten them before in Indian shops, Miss, but now I know how to make them too!’ Her smile slowly makes its way to her sad eyes. Chop, chop, chop continues the knife…

We start frying the bhajis in two kadais or wok-like utensils that the teacher has brought from home because ‘How else would they be authentic bhajis?’ she asks. Wiping our brows we continue frying. A Brazilian girl quips, ‘Oh! It’s so quick and easy to cook.’

‘And healthy too with all these vegetables…and unlike meat, you don’t have to worry whether it is halal or not,’ interjects an English girl.

We finish making them and carry them into the dining hall where they are much appreciated by the teachers, other students, and parents partaking of the hot meal served as part of this new initiative. Some carry the bhajis home for others to try this ‘Indian’ snack cooked at the after-school club.

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Healing Conflict through School In the course of research for a book on the strife in Israel and the Palestinian enclaves, Jane Liddell-King has visited the region twice this year. In contrast to the negative reporting that so often is all that comes out of the region, here she writes of some encouraging initiatives.

‘When you go to a place where you might die, that’s one thing, but when you go to a place where other people are liable to die and you just stand and watch them, that’s something quite different. At least that’s what I think.’ ‘…Stop thinking so much…’

(S.Yizhar, Khirbet Khizet. tr. Nicholas de Lange and Yaacob Dweck; Ibis, Jerusalem, 2008, p 102) In 1949, Yizhar Smilansky, writing as S Yizhar, unflinchingly recorded his experiences as a young Israeli soldier participating in the expulsion of Palestinians from their villages.

His brief masterpiece documents with forensic precision the infliction of exile: ‘We could see how something was happening in the heart of the boy, something that, when he grew up, could only become a viper inside him, that same thing that was now the weeping of a helpless child.’ (Yizhar p 104). Sixty years on, in the anniversary year of the democratic State of Israel, I travelled to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv asking whether the resident Palestinians had a self-confident voice: a sense of citizenship sufficient to enable them to feel committed to staying put. And how, in daily life, did Israeli Jews attend to the voice of the ‘other’?

First, I went to school. Situated between the Jewish neighbourhood of Pat and the Arab neighbourhood of Beit Safafa, the Max Rayne School is one of four schools established in Israel ‘to develop a Jewish–Arab framework of equal coexistence in education’.

Responsible for public relations and fund raising, Ira Kerem explained: ‘There will be 475 kids in the school next year. Right now the school goes from pre-school to the ninth grade. Next year, we’ll continue with the tenth grade. All the kids in the ninth grade are registered to go into the tenth grade in September. In 2009–10, we will have an eleventh grade and in 2010–11, they’ll go into the twelfth grade and complete high school.’

As with the three other Hand-in-Hand Schools, the educational aims are grafted into the structure. Each class of 14 boys and 14 girls, 14 Arabs and 14 Jews, has one Arab and one Jewish teacher so that all teaching is bilingual. Partially funded by the late AngloJewish philanthropist, Lord Max Rayne, the new buildings have been occupied since last October. I wandered through the steel and concrete passageways talking to pupils, teachers and parents. Speaking clear English, Mais was keen to share her experience of holidaying in Petra with a Jewish family and told me that Arabic friends had spoken in their own language at a recent Bar Mitzvah.

‘We learn together,’ said 12-year-old Shira, ‘and because we swap languages all the time, we don’t feel that one language, or one group of people, or one person is more important than another. We don’t judge people according to their origins. What matters is how we treat people.’

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political and social convictions, she had decided that her older daughter should complete the final years of her education in an academically prestigious school. ‘Although the seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students go to the Hebrew University for Science teaching, I worry about the following years. Until this school has a record of high achievement in matriculation, Jewish parents will make choices that are not available to the Arabs. It is a terrible sadness and injustice and we look forward to change. At least my daughters know how to think about others. And that is the beginning of change.’

Areej, a young Arab teacher, has worked at the school for five years and teaches nineyear olds in the third grade. ‘I felt very anxious when I came here because I wear the hijab. But for the first time, I felt not only tolerated but genuinely welcomed. And yet on the street, I know I am still “other”. In the class room there is none of that. My Jewish colleague and I work together on every lesson. We experience absolute equality and we encourage Israeli and Palestinian footballers and their school the children to discuss their feelings. This is at least as important as academic achievement.

Not that we neglect that.’ Rajaa, another young Arab teacher works with Amnon, an Ethiopian Jewish teacher. Describing how they taught ‘citizenship’, she said: ‘We stress human rights and take the children to kibbutzim and to Arab homes. We encourage the children to question each other and to exercise imagination about each other’s lives. We want to promote confidence rather than a desire for power.’

When I asked a Jewish parent why she and her husband had chosen to send their daughter to the school, she told me that, as with many other Jewish parents, there were a number of determining factors, ideological as well as practical. ‘It is,’ she observed, ‘very different for Arab parents.’ She spoke clearly of the difficulties in extending the sense of community beyond the school boundaries. ‘Part of the problem is technical: many of the Arab kids come by school bus so we never see the parents. As long as parents are involved in arranging playdates this is a problem, and also how do you strike up a friendship with someone you don’t see?’ Nevertheless, whatever difficulties her daughter experiences in learning in Arabic, she loves the school. ‘As far as I’m concerned, if Michal regards Arabs as her equals (and I think she does), I’m satisfied.’ And she added on a more general and questioning note: ‘Our children will have a different outlook from ours, that’s a good thing; but they will be a small minority, so who knows where this can lead?’

One particular question haunted me. How was the past dealt with: the Nakba and Independence? ‘two sides of the same coin’ as a Jewish parent put it. Ira Kerem observed: ‘It is definitely important to remember past injustices but not to constantly live and relive victimhood.’

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In May, the school organised an after-hours visit to a deserted village but the emphasis, as with all aspects of school life was on how to live in the present rather than to dwell on the past: how to replace fear and suspicion with security and genuine respect.

A brief visit and an exchange of e-mails provide little more than a sketch, raise as many questions as answers. However, the very existence of these four schools in Israel and a widespread wish for more of the same indicates a willingness – albeit, as yet, limited – to assert the equality of Arabic and Arabs. The morning after, I left Jerusalem for steaming Tel Aviv and waited for a friend under a pepper tree outside the railway station. In a café, we met Dr Tikva Bracha, Executive Director and founder of A New Way. Her family had come to Israel from Iraq in the early years of the State. In her thirties and immersed in motherhood, she had plunged into education successfully enough to gain a PhD on Syria between the two World Wars, and to enjoy a promising academic career.

But by 1998 she had become keenly aware of the serious divisions between Arabs and Jews and felt driven to change direction. In a sense, her project complements that of the Hand-in-Hand foundation. ‘I saw the distance between the two communities reinforced by separatist education. A group of us, professionals and intellectuals, got together to promote pluralism and basic mutual respect. Our approach was – and still is – strictly practical. We decided to ‘twin’ schools so that Arab children could mix regularly with Jewish children. Children from Jaffa, Ramla and Lod would mix with children from other cities. We also decided to base these encounters in workshops for music, art and drama where children could immediately experience the ‘other’ culture. Above all, their imagination is awoken and, in particular, children share each others’ festivals.’

A New Way is so successful that meetings now take place at least a dozen times a year and most importantly, involve the whole community. Tikva continued: ‘We invite the parents to come into the schools to discuss the workshops and we aim to involve them throughout the projects. In the North, the mothers are especially important and frequently become activists. The crucial thing is interaction. We encourage each group to discuss their fears and suspicions openly before they begin to work together. We want all our children to grow up free of prejudice and stigma.’ A New Way also promotes a Multicultural Leadership programme designed for 875 students, their parents and teachers. There are 1800 participants. The students at elementary, junior-high, and highschool level at both Arab and Jewish schools come from 26 schools located in the centre and the north of Israel. Said Tikva: ‘This is particularly effective for high-school students and it is wonderful to witness the dialogue between them. Of course, it doesn’t always work and some go away with hate in their hearts. But you have to go on trying, and we have the support of teachers. In fact, our project to give them further training in multicultural education has the support from the Kremnitzer-Shinhar Committee, the most prestigious body in the Ministry of Education.’

Whatever the bad news that pours out of Israel, whatever shock we experience at both abuses of Palestinians and the carnage of suicide bombers, my visit convinced me that the work of a few committed and convinced individuals might just ensure that the country exists in 20 years time and that both Arabs and Jews rejoice together rather than weep apart.

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Girtonians in Two Wars In the last Annual Review the Registrar mentioned the project to collect the experiences of Girtonians during the Second World War. Below, Barbara Megson and Hilary Goy report on their findings both in respect of the war service undertaken by Girtonians who matriculated between 1936 and 1942 and the effects of the war on the subsequent lives of those who matriculated between 1936 and 1946. A fuller report of the findings will be given to those who contributed to the survey at a special meeting being organised for 2009.

This study was designed to fill a gap in the history of the College. In 1916, during the First World War, and in the year immediately following its end, the College conducted surveys into the war service of all Girtonians. 854 replies were received from a total of 1483 enquiries sent out; this 57% response is sufficient for the proportions arrived at to be statistically representative, even though it is possible that a few may have responded more than once.

The pie chart in figure 1 gives the results in broad outline.

Unfortunately no such survey was carried out at the end of the Second World War, and it is that lack that this enquiry sought to fill. We sent letters and an aide-mĂŠmoire to the 506 Girtonians on the current mailing list who were students between 1936 and 1946. Analysis of war service was necessarily confined to those who came up before 1942 and so graduated before the end of the War. 74 of the 174 to whom we wrote replied, a 42% response. The Girton Register yielded information on a further 439, making the total for our records of war service 513, the figure on which our percentages are based. The pie chart in figure 2 shows the results for comparison with those of the first war. All those resident between 1936 and 1942 were also asked for their memories of war-time Cambridge.

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been carried out much closer to the events so that memories were fresher and more detailed and also several categories of employment did not match between the two wars.

The discrepancies are significant, highlighting major changes in society in the inter-war years, notably the position of the professional woman. Not only had many new career and training opportunities opened up but the country’s organisation for war, however hasty, had been better managed than before 1914. The increased number of specialist ministries in the late 30s alone bears this out. Also it is clear that attitudes towards women graduates were already changing during the course of the First World War. As the 1920 Girton Review reported: A general survey shows that while Girtonians have thrown themselves into every form of work that might help the country, as the war went on they gravitated more and more to the posts for which a university education best fitted them, in answer to the ever-increasing demand for women so educated For instance, a hostel (sic) waitress has subsequently taught in a girls’ school, or a VAD scrubber has become a chemist in munition works...

In the absence of conscription for women, most of the 1914–18 service was voluntary and by no means always recorded, particularly when it came to activities such as hospitality to Belgian refugees or passing troops. In 1939–45 these rather nebulous, though vital, activities were forestalled by paid employment in Government or other official capacities. This was particularly so after 1943 when conscription was introduced for all women of twenty or over. In order to make a useful comparison, however rough, between the two surveys, we decided to present the occupations as stated in the returns as approximate percentages of the total number of respondents.

The differences between the wars are well illustrated by the uptake in nursing and agriculture (compare figures 1 and 2). Since Florence Nightingale, in the Crimean War, had made the nursing of soldiers respectable, in 1914 this was one of the few obvious and immediate areas of service for women. This must account for the significant proportion of respondent Girtonians, 21% (179) who served in nursing at that time. In contrast only six Girtonians (1%) report nursing as their activity in the later war. Agriculture was another obvious area for war service in 1914; another significant proportion, 20.4% ( 176) then worked on the land, whereas only five (1%) were to do so in the second war.

World War II The effects of the outbreak of war were immediate. Some made it back from holidays abroad only just in time. One wrote: ‘I spent the summer of 1939 in Munich. I nearly stayed on too late – but one evening, in the interval of a performance of Lohengrin, I had a sort of premonition and went and packed, and left. It was very late in August.’ It is no surprise that, as a linguist, she found herself later at Bletchley Park.

Cambridge became a different place overnight: ‘I went up to Girton in 1937. Two years later, when I started my third year in October 1939, shortly after the war started, I was shocked by the change in the City; there were hardly any men about. All male students, unless they were studying Medicine or Agriculture, or had physical defects, had been called up. It really brought home to me the immediate effects of the war.’

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masks had already been issued in 1938. The University responded with the introduction of two-year degrees for the duration. Girton meanwhile became host to the women students of Queen Mary College, London, which had been evacuated to Cambridge. All sets were broken up and the London students were lodged in Woodlands. The men from Queen Mary were accommodated in King’s College but, as one student commented, ‘most of the colleges were taken over by US soldiers’. In 1940 the news of the fall of Dunkirk ‘overshadowed Tripos’, as one student wrote; ‘we used to pack the Reading Room to listen to the news on the radio’. Many went home early in case of invasion, and others were impatient to go down.

Government offices absorbed many Girtonians in both wars: 19% (163) in the first and 21% (111) in the second, when they joined a much wider range of ministries. The second figure includes the linguists who were taken into decoding work at GCHQ Bletchley which had been set up as early as 1921. Few opted for the women’s uniformed services which had been formed only in the later stages of the first war. In the second the proportion reached 10% (52).

For some, their original disciplines led naturally into specific employment. A number of scientists, 7% (59) in the first war and 9% (44) in the second, went straight into research work, including hospital laboratories, munitions works and industry, this last category also absorbing a couple of mathematicians. A new phenomenon in the second war was the emergence of women engineers, at least one of whom went into the aircraft industry.

A big surprise was the take-up of teaching. Those who had come up with the firm intention of going into the profession were among the few allowed to stay on for a third year of degree work. Some others, faced with the option of teaching or temporary employment in the Civil Service, opted to teach; some then found that they enjoyed it and made it their career. Here the contrast between the two wars is marked: only 18% (157) taught during 1914–18 whereas 38% (193) did so in 1939–45. These last were fairly evenly divided between grammar schools (61) and independent (57). 26 filled men’s places in boys’ schools and a number filled other fulltime vacancies.

Another group of students with a specific career goal, those studying Medicine, met real difficulty when faced with the 1942 compulsory call-up at the age of twenty. They could no longer complete the years and obtain the qualifications necessary to practise. Some deferred their training until after the war. One such, drafted into factory work, paid tribute to the value of this experience when she later practised in the East End of London. She found that, as a result, she understood much better the pressures on the lives of her patients. Other Girtonians were thrown straight into practising medicine with only their minimal amount of training: one such found herself in a hospital in the north-west, working on a men’s ward guarded at each end by a Tommy with bayonet fixed – because the patients included some German prisoners of war.

Girtonians clearly responded well to the challenges of both wars, on a voluntary basis in the first and under conscription in the second. We are continuing work on our material related to the Second World War, and an extended selection of detailed memories is in preparation.

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Miscellany Dr Helen Megaw and the Festival Pattern Group From 24 April to 10 August 2008 the exhibition From Atoms to Patterns was held at the Wellcome Collection, London. It celebrated the Festival Pattern Group and their championing of designs based on crystal structures for the 1951 Festival of Britain. Girton’s Helen Megaw (1926) had been the driving force behind the Pattern Group and the College lent a number of the exhibits. There follow extracts from Lesley Jackson’s text from her excellent catalogue of the exhibition.

In early 1946 Dr Helen Megaw (1926), Fellow of Girton, Director of Studies in Physical Sciences and a crystallographer working with Max Perutz in the Cavendish Laboratory, wrote to Marcus Brumwell, director of the Design Research Unit, ‘I should like to ask designers of wallpapers and fabrics to look at the patterns made available by X-ray crystallography. I am constantly being impressed by the beauty of the designs that crop up...’

Five years later, at the Festival of Britain, Megaw’s ideas came to fruition – exactly as originally envisaged – in the work of the Festival Pattern Group (FPG). Ultimately it was the Council of Industrial Design which spearheaded the initiative, with Megaw as scientific consultant. With hindsight her choice of crystallographers reveals amazing astuteness and prescience, including three scientists who would go on to win the Nobel Prize: Max Perutz and John Kendrew in 1962 and Dorothy Hodgkin in 1964. All three were working in the field of proteins, the newest and most difficult and elusive area of crystallographic Spicers’ ‘Haemoglobin’ wrapping paper design at full size (see end-papers) research.

Although Helen Megaw’s connections proved advantageous in securing interesting material, clearly she also had a good eye as the diagrams that she selected proved inspirational for manufacturers. In 1950 she was formally appointed ‘Adviser on Crystal Structure Diagrams for the Festival of Britain Exhibition’ for a fee of £100 per annum.

Lawrence Bragg’s Atomic Structure of Materials (1937) was a...primary source of for FPG crystal structures. Their subject matter automatically linked them to known research projects by particular individuals: Hodgkin with insulin, Perutz with haemoglobin [and Megaw with afwillite]. Describing the process of selecting the diagrams, Megaw later recalled: ‘I went through numbers of crystallographic journals, and unpublished papers 32

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that had come to me, picking out designs I thought would be attractive. I traced these, and for each, joined it on to several repetitions on the same page, to emphasize the essentially repetitive character of the structure. Sometimes I added a bit of colour. These papers were then submitted to the industrial designers.’

The end-papers of this issue of the Review are from a sheet of Spicers’ Haemoglobin wrapping paper held in the College Archive. Opposite (left) is the Haemoglobin paper pattern at actual size and, right, the exhibition catalogue cover showing one of the three colour-ways for a screen-printed spunrayon dress fabric based on Helen Megaw’s afwillite research and sold at 37/6d a yard. She was given a five-yard length.

The interest generated in the Festival Pattern Group has led to a further loan request and you can see the Spicers’ paper in a new exhibition at The Approach gallery, in Bethnal Green between 26 November 2008 and 1 February 2009. This exhibition is formulated around the idea of organic and inorganic pattern from the early 20th century Helen Megaw’s ‘Afwillite’ fabric on the to the present. cover of the exhibition catalogue

Conference in Honour of Dr Joan Oates On 23–24 June 2008 a meeting in the University MacDonald Institute for Archaeological Research entitled ‘Preludes to Urbanism in the Ancient Near East’ was organised in honour of Joan Oates, both for her eightieth birthday and for her fiftyseventh year of archaeological research in the Middle East. A range of lively papers by speakers from Syria, Russia, France, the UK and the States bore constant testimony to the importance of her work, and especially Joan and David Oates on one of their early digs of the defining excavations at Tell Brak conducted over many years by Joan and her husband David. A new group of young researchers joined established scholars in presenting the key questions posed by finds from the area of Syria and Northern Iraq in the fourth and third millennia, as urbanism developed in the area. The warmth and respect felt for their mentor was voiced again and again by Joan’s students and colleagues. She has clearly made an enormous mark both on the discipline of Near Eastern Archaeology and on its practitioners. We too are proud of our Life Fellow.

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The Mistress becomes President The Mistress has been elected ‘with acclaim’ to the Presidency of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth. The day-to-day business of the Association is run by a Chair and Committee and presidents are only elected in recognition of scholarship. There have only ever been three since the Association’s foundation in 1946: in 1947, Alfred R Radcliffe Brown, one of the founders of modern British Social Anthropology; in 1967, Sir Edward E Evans-Pritchard and, in 1973, Sir Raymond Firth.

There has been no President since 2002 so the Mistress thus becomes only the fourth President in 82 years, and the first woman to lead the Asociation; a considerable honour, of which the College can feel very proud.

Dr Selma Al-Radi receives an Aga Khan Award for Architecture The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established in 1977 by His Highness the Aga Khan to recognise examples of Islamic architectural excellence. The awards are made only once in every three years, and at the end of the tenth award cycle in 2007 Dr Selma AlRadi (1958) was one of only nine winners worldwide for her extraordinarily painstaking 25-year-long restoration of the Amiriya mosque complex in Rada, Yemen. It consists of a sixteenth-century prayer hall, a madrasa and the private living quarters of the sultan, and 25 years ago it was in a state of extreme dilapidation – beyond any conventional economic methods of restoration.

LEFT, Dr Selma Al-Radi working on the intricate stucco and paintwork CENTRE, Muhammad Jerada, a senior member of Selma’s trained team RIGHT, the Amiriya Mosque in Rada

Selma’s project has seen the recovery and revival of lost techniques of building and ornamentation, including the repair of elaborate carved stucco-work, the restoration of the rich tempera wall paintings, and a revival of the manufacture of qudad, the smooth waterproof plaster so prominent in Yemeni architecture. Selma and her team trained over 500 local craftmen and artisans in these forgotten skills. Scores of them have gone on to work on the restoration of many of the country’s other ancient buildings and monuments.

As was acknowledged in the judges’ citation, Selma’s work has given an impetus to the process of restoration and conservation in Yemen, far beyond the Amiriya.

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De Reditu Leonis Amicorumque Eius In last year’s Review Dr Dorothy Thompson described current work to upgrade the Lawrence Room. On the day following the 2008 Roll Garden Party all those who had contributed to the project, either with money, expertise or labour, were invited to a celebration of the completion of the first major phase. Over 120 guests, visited the newly housed display, watched demonstrations of the electronic catalogue and heard the Mistress express her and the College’s delight at the outcome. Here Dr Anne Rogerson, Secretary of the Lawrence Room Committee, writes about the homecoming of one special item.

It was a happy day when Girton’s lion came home. We are not talking about a real lion, of course, but a stone one, dug up with many other treasures in 1881 from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery on which the College foundations rest. And not an Anglo-Saxon lion either, but an older, Roman one, a fragment of a statue that bears witness to the long use of the site before the arrival of Emily Davies and the earliest Girtonian scholars.

This very old Girtonian had been housed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology since his discovery, along with the majority of the Roman and AngloSaxon finds from the excavations. Girton, then, did not have room or facilities to care for a lion, nor for Roman glassware and pottery and bronze ornaments, let alone hundreds of Anglo-Saxon cinerary urns and all their contents. So most of these artefacts followed the lion down into the city centre, where they have been well cared for and available for study for the past hundred years and more.

Now the lion has returned, and with him a rich selection of the Roman material discovered during the 1881 excavations, rejoining the Anglo-Saxon artefacts that the College was able to keep. He rests in splendour in the newly refurbished Lawrence Room, in a fine cabinet purchased with funds generously donated to the Lawrence Room Appeal. Lying at Hermione’s feet, he guards the new display, which was opened with a celebratory reception in July.

LEFT, Some of the Roman glass that returned with the lion .

TOP, Girton’s lion with one of his paws.

RIGHT, An Anglo-Saxon pot excavated in 1875, during the early building work and containing not only a cremation but also a visiting card and note from Barbara Bodichon, showing that it had initially been in her possession.

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The lion is an emblem of the ways in which the history of the Lawrence Room collections is intertwined with that of the College. His return also symbolises the College’s undertaking to show its wide range of important artefacts and antiquities in their full glory, in state-of-the-art display cases, with full supporting information and an accompanying electronic catalogue.

He has recently been joined by a new friend, a small first-century terracotta statue of Aphrodite that had been given to Alison Duke by her students on her retirement in 1982, and which was donated by her nephew, John Falconer, at the celebration in July. They welcome visitors, and will benevolently watch over continuing work in the Lawrence Room, as the catalogue is completed, and further steps are taken to enhance access to Girton’s collections for teaching and research.

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Portraits of Dame Mary Cartwright Dame Mary Cartwright was an eminent mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society and Mistress of Girton 1949–68. In 1961 Professor Arnold Lloyd commissioned her portrait from Hans Schwarz, together with portraits of Lord Ashby (Master of Clare) and Lord Butler (Master of Trinity). His plan was that these portraits would hang in the Department of Education. Sadly this idea found little support. Lord Ashby’s was bought by the Glasgow Art Gallery, Lord Butler’s was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, and Dame Mary’s at the Royal Academy, but both these remained in the possession of

the artist. In her portrait (right) Dame Mary is shown seated at one end of the sofa in the Mistress’s flat in Girton, with the roofs of Tower Wing visible through the windows behind her. A preliminary charcoal sketch for the portrait (left) was executed by Schwarz, and this was kept by Professor and Mrs Lloyd. Mrs Lloyd offered the sketch to Girton in 1985. Dame Mary commented at the time, ‘ ...I am not quite sure that the pose here is the same as in the oil. With all the details filled in I stand out less (or at least that is my impression) and so I prefer this to the oil.’ However she did express interest in the fate of the oil. As far as can be ascertained, the College took no further action on this. The charcoal sketch now hangs in the corridor between Chapel and Tower.

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other paintings of his hang in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ ‘Peoples’ Portraits’ exhibition now housed at Girton. In January 2008, his son, the sculptor Julian Schwarz, offered Girton the original painting detailed above, together with another oil portrait of Dame Mary which was painted at the same time. On completion of some conservation and cleaning, both paintings will be hung in the same corridor as the charcoal sketch.

It is through the generosity of Ellen Fleming (1972) that the two oil protraits could be purchased. Dame Mary’s official portrait as Mistress, which hangs in Hall, is by Stanley Spencer.

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Mediaeval Jetton found at Wolfson Court Regular weeding is no gardener’s favourite task but just occasionally it can produce unexpected rewards. In September 2007 Colin Osborn, gardener at Wolfson Court, was removing bindweed roots when he noticed what he first thought was a bottle-top. Cleaned, it was revealed to be a ‘coin’ but Colin, who has amassed a small collection of coins from Girton’s soil and elsewhere, thought that this one was different and took it to the Keeper of Coins and Medals at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Dr Mark Blackburn. He confirmed that it was an early 14th-century English ‘jetton’ of a type called ‘Obverse Rose’ but of a detailed design unusual enough not to be recorded in the standard reference works. So what is Colin’s jetton? It is properly a reckoning counter used to aid accounting from the 13th century when jettons took over from pebbles, to the early 17th century. In use the jettons were placed on a board or cloth, marked with lines – the ‘chequer’ board which has given us the work ‘exchequer’. The illustration shows a reckoning board with jettons laid out to perform an addition. The horizontal lines represent units or multiples of ten, the spaces between the lines are used for 5, 50, 500 etc. Here we add 1742 and 674. The ten jettons in the left of the board represent 1742, the nine in the right, 674. To perform the addition the jettons on each line are pushed together, starting from the bottom line, and working upwards. There are two basic rules: no more than four jettons on a line (representing 4 or 40 etc) and no more than one jetton between a line (representing 5 or 50 etc.). Starting from the bottom, since we have six jettons on the unit line, we have to take five away and replace them with one between the lines in the ‘fives’ space. Similarly because there are six jettons on the ‘tens’ line we have to replace five of them by one between the lines in the 50 space – but that means that there are now, illegally, two in the 50 position, so these are replaced by one on the ‘hundreds’ line above...and so on. When you have arrived at the answer (2416) try some subtraction!

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Fay Faunch BA(Honours) The title says it all. While we always thought that, when the demands of the working day in the Mistress’s Office ceased and she could finally lock the door, Fay would sensibly go home and put her feet up, she was in fact developing a nocturnal habit: sustained by her husband Keith’s cooking, she went upstairs to open her books for the Open University Humanities degree course. Her six years of critical reading, essays and visual analysis, ranging from Ancient Rome to Humphry Davy and George Eliot, finally culminated in her degree ceremony at Ely Cathedral in May 2008.

Fortunately her daughter, Sophie, once a regular member of the casual catering staff in College, does not graduate from Birmingham University till next year, so mother has just managed to get in first.

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Medical Celebration The inaugural Medics’ Reunion Dinner, to which all past and present medical students and medical Fellows were invited, was held in College on 26 April 2007. Over 200 Girtonians and their guests enjoyed a memorable evening, which proceeded from drinks in the Fellows’ Rooms to a dinner in Hall at which the College choir sang Charles Wood’s grace, Oculi Omnium, followed later by a short recital of Rachmaninov, Tippett, and, in conclusion, Gylkison’s The Bare Necessities. It remains to be seen whether his lyrics: ‘Old Mother Nature’s recipes that bring the bare necessities of life’ will alter our patterns of prescription. The evening was chaired by Dr John Marks who, speaking entirely without notes, gave a rousing welcome to medical Girtonians and their guests, and expressed the hope that this would be the first of many such gatherings. The Mistress, in her speech, took the opportunity to celebrate the careers of some of Girton’s early women medics.

This ‘taster’ has sparked a new initiative to research in more depth the role of Girton in the history of ‘Women in Medicine’. In consequence we are now working closely with the College Archivist, and plan to mount at next year’s dinner a display describing our more significant findings, Above all, the occasion was a wonderful opportunity to reinforce the identity of Medicine in Girton, and to establish and renew Girton medical friendships.

The 2009 Medics’ Dinner will be held on Saturday 25 April, chaired by Dr Ruth Warren. Thereafter, it is anticipated that the dinner will be held in alternate years, and always in term-time to allow current students to interact with alumni. ALL Girton Medics will be most welcome to attend and to bring their guests.

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Fiona Cooke

Science Communication Prize

In the cacophony of competition for attention that is the constant background to the twenty-first century we are all having to find ways to make sure that our messages are not only audible, but are put across with impact – clearly and succinctly. The College’s Fellows in Medicine and Biological Science decided this year to introduce an annual forum in which students of their, and others’, scientific disciplines explain a complicated concept to a public audience in a limited period of time, using whatever visual or other aids they consider appropriate. Dr Phil Hammond (1981), medical practitioner and comedian (Trust Me, I’m a Doctor; The News Quiz; Countdown) has generously donated a prize fund.

For the inaugural competition, after some arm-twisting, five presentations of various aspects of ‘extreme physiology’ were given to an audience of senior and junior members, including the five assessors. Subjects ranged from Hypothermia to Fat Physiology and Extremophiles. Those of us who lecture regularly could see all the errors that we ourselves must make, laid bare for examination, but the best of the presentations were elegant, confident and extremely interesting. The winner is reported among the College Prizes but she was closely challenged by the runner-up so that the prize money had to be divided.

It is hoped that the event is now established and will in future attract a larger entry; but one immediate outcome has been the training sessions that have been organised within College to focus on communication and presentation skills.

The Pandaemonium Ball

The Mistress points out in her letter that this year’s Girton Ball was the largest ever, yet the most smoothly organised, causing very little disruption to the term-time operation of the College.

Here the joint presidents and the member of the committee responsible for the ‘aesthetics’ describe some of what went into that success.

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‘For Every Paradise Lost Another Is Found’ On 14 March 2008, after an unpromising week of rain and gale-force winds, the weather held as Girton opened the gates to Pandaemonium. 1300 guests were tempted into Lucifer’s capital by a cornucopia of sumptuous treats; revellers drove dodgems, played mini-golf, battled in the laser quest, were pampered by beauticians and danced in this Devil’s playground until the early hours.

This one monumental night, however, took months of planning and organising, weekly meetings, hours of phone conversations and thousands of emails.

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and deciding upon a charity to sponsor.

We also had to work out how all this would be paid for within our limited budget!

Michaelmas Term was spent in a mass of emails, spreadsheets and publicity, the Ball seemingly distant, but Lent Term flew by as the date etched in our minds grew ever closer. Evenings were spent in the freezing All right on the night. squash courts, elbow deep in papier-mâché, but thanks to an amazing team spirit and many hands to help, props were produced and friendships were forged.

The final week was the most manic of all, and transforming College suddenly seemed an over-ambitious task. There were many hurdles, including a round trip to collect 800 smoothies from Innocent Drinks’ headquarters in Shepherds Bush, only for the Presidents to discover the order had accidentally been despatched to Cottenham! This was the make-or-break week, but thanks to cooperation between the Committee, subcommittees, external contractors, College Staff, friends and family members roped in to help, everything came together in the end. The Ball itself passed in a blur for most of the Committee and despite the fact that returning College to normal was almost as much of a task as its initial transformation, what remains are friendships, the enormous pride in what was achieved, useful skills for life beyond Girton, and an experience never to be forgotten.

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Exit Pursued by a Mock Turtle The annual Cambridge American Stage Tour (CAST) sees sixteen of Cambridge University’s finest actors and technicians pack an entire theatrical production into sixteen suitcases and perform for thousands of students along America’s east coast. It is a testament to the present depth of talent in College drama that a quarter of the 2007 company were Girton students: Colin Atkinson, Jess Crawford, Joseph Edwards and Katherine Upton.

The company performed Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, with some reference to Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, at many venues, including the Nashville School of Performing Arts, Cleveland State University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Interaction with our audiences and others was supplemented by a fascinating but demanding series of workshops and intellectual analyses held after each performance.

We explored many aspects of this less-than-canonical Shakespeare play, including our design, the constraints of our peripatetic production and the multifaceted roles of the company.

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adventure that the company experienced. The success of the tour bears witness to the commitment and passion of all those involved, who have established the reputation of CAST as offering the hardest work, the most fun and the greatest rewards of any of Cambridge University’s touring theatre groups.

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Spiralling up and down

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This year Girton’s students appeared not only in the College Admissions Prospectus but in, and on the cover of, the University Prospectus as well. The spiral stair beside the Stanley Library has always been a memorable feature of the internal architecture of the College and here we have brought together two contrasting images of it. One from the 2009 Prospectus and the other made by photographer Rachel Fermi in 1997 when she was Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commoner.

Chefs’ Competition Cambridge College chefs compete every year in a competition that focuses on the invention of new dishes and, in particular, on their presentation. The contest gives the opportunity for some of the younger chefs to display their creative powers in a public arena. In the Michaelmas Term, for the first time that this writer can remember, Girton hosted the competition, and Old Hall was witness to a quite extraordinary display of savoury and sweet delights. This meant that, instead of hearing snatched details of a mouthwatering but distant event, staff, students and Fellows were invited to tour the display after the judging had been completed. There was a shared sorrow that the process of preparing dishes that would remain in pristine condition all day in a warm room 41

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meant that none of them could actually be eaten, but dining members of College can vouch for some of our own chef ’s ideas turning up in very edible form on subsequent menus.

Girton’s home team put in a strong performance, more details of which can be found in the report from the Heads of Domestic Departments.

Three competition entries from Girton chefs

Fellows’ Research Nights For those of us in academia, there are probably few more enjoyable ways of spending an evening than discussing those topics we spend our days working on, but this time in the relaxing atmosphere of the SCR, over a glass of sherry, and with colleagues from far more diverse backgrounds than we encounter in our departments. This is both exhilarating, and a challenge. But then that is why we hold the Fellows’ Research Nights. It is more than just getting to know what we are all up to; rather, these Nights give us a chance to see our work afresh, and how it all fits in the broader scheme.

The talks this year have been superb. We began with Dr Andrew Mouto who had just returned from Papua New Guinea and took time off to initiate us into the intricacies of the Naven Ritual in Papua New Guinea, where the women in the tribe take on male roles in an amazing ritual that has defied interpretation for decades. This was followed by Dr Stephen Robertson who gave us the first of a series of talks on information technology before computers, where he focused on writing, the alphabet and number systems. Later in the year, during Lent Term, Dr Robertson gave us the second part, which dealt with point-to-point messaging, the mail system and, of course, the world wide web. Dr Peter Franks gave us the last talk in Michaelmas Term. As a Visiting Fellow from Australia, Dr Franks was with us for just a few months, and it was a pleasure to have him tell us about his work on efficient water-use in plants and its relation to the climate. Part of this research was conducted while Dr Franks was at Cambridge.

This was followed by Dr Mark Hogarth who works on the philosophy of science and talked to us about the rather challenging subject of time travel, its philosophical implications and the role of philosophers in science. We then went back in time with Dr Anna Andreeva who is the Margaret Smith Fellow in Japanese Religion and specialises in religious practice in medieval Japan. Dr Andreeva’s talk had the very intriguing title 42

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‘Kami Cults, Secrecy and Shortcuts to Buddhahood’, and dealt with the intricacies of religious practice in Japan during the middle ages.

We had, at the time, been experimenting with holding the talks in different rooms around College, but finally decided that it simply had to be the Senior Combination Room, which is where Dr Myrto Hatzimichali told us about the project she is involved in at the Faculty of Classics. Entitled ‘The end of the history of (ancient) philosophy,’ Dr Hatzimichali’s talk described the crucial changes in the methods and contexts within which philosophy was studied and taught in the first century bc, after the decline of the Hellenistic schools in Athens.

During Lent and Easter Terms, we had the pleasure of having with us Mr Hisham Matar as the Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commoner. Mr Matar’s novel, In the Country of Men, was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize. This book was the subject of Mr Matar’s talk. Only it wasn’t a talk, but a short story composed for us, that took us for the span of half an hour or so into the world of the writer. He then read us the first chapter of his book, and this time we were transported to Tripoli, seen through the eyes of 9-year-old Suleiman. Mr Matar is currently working on his second novel.

We ended on a very different note, with Dr Alston Misquitta who is the Rosamund Chambers Research Fellow in Chemistry. Dr Misquitta works on the theory of intermolecular interactions. In his talk titled ‘Cohesion’. He described the role of the weak attractions between molecules in a variety of phenomena we see around us, from the shapes of snowflakes to the sizes that can be attained by living organisms in the biosphere.

So ended a very varied and most interesting series of talks, and, with a number of new Fellows joining the College, we can only speculate on what the next academic year will offer us.

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Awards and Distinctions Al-Radi, S (1958) awarded one of the triennial Aga Khan Awards for Architecture in 2007 Bent, M H (Bassington 1959) (F) awarded CBE in the New Year’s Honours list 2008 for services to Musicology Born, G (2008) (F) awarded Dent Medal for her outstanding contribution to musicology by the Royal Musical Association Brand, M D (1977) (F) awarded an Honorary Professorship by Cambridge University Brooke, R B (Clark 1943) awarded a Doctor of Letters (LittD) by Cambridge University Brown, A C (Parry 1979) awarded the CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2007 Dodds-Parker, A (Coster 1938) awarded the MBE in the New Year’s Honours list 2008 for services to Young People through the Fairbridge Society Donald, A M (Griffith 1971) named as one of the top bioscientists contributing to the UK’s economic and social wellbeing at an event at HM Treasury, run by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Finch, A M (1966) awarded an Honorary Professorship by Cambridge University Gildea, B M (Brierley 1973) awarded the OBE in the New Year’s Honours list 2008 for service to business Griffiths, P (2006) (F) received the Corporate Associates Junior Faculty Teaching Award from Cambridge University, Department of Chemistry Higgins, R (Cohen 1955) (F) awarded one of the four Balzan prizes for 2007. The prize is awarded for her contributions to the study of international law since 1945 Hillenbrand, C (Jordan 1962) elected as a Fellow of the British Academy 2007; King Faisal Prize for Islamic Studies 2005 (the first non-Muslim to receive this prize) Hogarth, E J (1969) awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2008 Kemp, N J (1980) awarded the Best Educational Publication in Classical Music prize by the Music Industries Association (MIA), in October 2007 Khaw, K-T (1969) awarded the British Nutrition Foundation Prize 2007 for her outstanding achievements in the field of nutrition Lewis, C R (1982) awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the University of East Anglia Lo K-Y (1958) awarded the World’s Outstanding Chinese Designer Award 2007 by the Hong Kong Design Centre for jewellery designs Madabhushi, S-P G (1997) (F) from the Department of Engineering, was a member of a team of engineers and surgeons which won the Best Surgical Technology Award in Bone and Joint Category of the Medical Futures Innovation Awards 2007 Myers, R W (1987) Designer of the Fortnum and Mason garden which won a Gold Medal at Chelsea Flower Show 2007 Pierce, K E (Pierce 1978) (Mrs Roxburgh) awarded the CMG in the Queen’s Birthday Honours,as UK Deputy Permanent Representative, United Nations, New York 44

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Rawlence, J M (Finch 1940) awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, for voluntary service to the community in Pulham Market, Norfolk Rosic, B (2005) (F) (together with co-author, J D Denton) won The Gas Turbine Award in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the literature of combustion gas turbines thermally combined with nuclear or steam power plants Rosic, B (2005) (F) named by the Turbomachinery Committee as Best Paper winner at the ASME Turbo Expo 2007 for ‘The Influence of Shroud and Cavity Geometry on Turbine Performance – An Experimental and Computational Study, Part 1: Shroud Geometry’ Savill, A M (1997) (F) won a Royal Aeronautical Society Best Papers 2007 Award and the Busk Prize for a recent publication in the Aeronautical Journal Stone, C (1959) awarded the OBE in 1997 for services to education in Nepal Strathern A M (Evans 1960) Elected President of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth.

Wootten, V (Cadbury 1951) (F) awarded the MBE in the New Year’s Honours list 2008 for services to Further Education

Further Academic and Professional Qualifications Butler, M (1990), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Trauma and Orthopaedics), November 2007 Evans, S J (Phillips 1972), Master of Wine (MW), 2006 Harker, E D (Brennan 1999), PGCE in Secondary Maths, University of Leeds, June 2003

Cambridge University Further Degrees and Awards MD: J A Cassel PhD: A Appukuttan, T Baden, S M Breznitz, K A Campbell, A B CarballidoSomohano, D Christofides, H H-Y Chuah, C J Croucher, G L Foster, M Fricker, W Graf Von Hardenberg, M A Helsdon, J P Holdich, P-W Hsu, V P Kanjirakkad, H Liu, S Marjanovic, D Martin, G F Miller, E M Mungongo, S J Murdoch, A U Park, H-G Park, A T Peterson, S M Rushbrook,, J R E Rees, P Suarez Serrato, W Shu, C W R Tooley, Q Wang, S D C West, F L Wong LLM: G Kapterian MPhil: A Athar, A M Barclay, A W Bhandara, V Bojanovic, M Chang, P Chandrasekar, K Choi, G-T Chiang, D J Deitz, P M G Egot, K S Gaston, D Harris, A M Henochowicz, D C P Hidalgo, M Ito, J M Jacobstein, M Z B Jhandeer, A R Johnston, S S Khan, K-H Li, S Liang, J D Lin, F Liu, J D Long, P L W Man, R E McCool, H H M Migotti, O A Olowojebutu, A Pandey, O Petrikova, G W R Quek, Y Shang, E Smith, J R Sorensen, J Sun, L Sun, R C Van Dalen, J M Wason, J S Wright MBA: K-H Jo, J Smith, N J Watts, D Xu MSt: D P Bray

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University Prizes The Jacob Bronowski Prize: The Cambridge Quarterly Prize: The Clifford Chance Prize for European Union Law: The Sir Alan Cottrell Prize in Materials Science and Metallurgy: The Austin Dobson Prize: The John Hall Prize for Family Law: The William Vaughan Lewis Prizes: The Ricardo Prize in Thermodynamics: The Donald Wort Prize:

J C Ruston (awarded jointly) J S Bowie C L Graham G M I Mecklenburg A M Souter S M Mak L R J Andrews, M Lavin, J E MacDonald Z R Bignell M S Borowiak

College Awards Graduate Scholarships J E Cairnes: I Cardinale; Sidney and Marguerite Cody Travelling Studentship: M Herding; M M Dunlop: A J V Renton; G.M Gardner: M E Butler; Graduate Research Scholarship: A B Roman; Irene Hallinan Scholarship: G S Gerleigner; Stribling Award: K Fahy, G S Gerleigner; KythĂŠ Waldram: M E Butler; Doris Woodall Scholarship: M E Butler, I Cardinale Postgraduate Scholarships M T Meyer: B D Hoare, H M S Leong, M R Magee, I R H Ribeiro Postgraduate Prizes for Mathematics Gertrude Mather Jackson: B D Hoare, H M S Leong, M R Magee, I R H Ribeiro Undergraduate Scholarships Sir Arthur Arnold: M J Hasler, B Y Travers, M J Vroobel, C M Wymant; Barbara Bodichon: A Boguslav, G S Borker, E Bowen, L C Chambers, C L Graham, A E Kwiatkowski, W G Prior, A Scheer, A M Souter, S A Wilkins, C Wiltsche, L T Witkowski; John Bowyer Buckley: S Brien, N J Culshaw, H F Holmes, S E Johnston, E C Jude, L Kwiatkowski, B Ramsay, A I J Riddoch, R A L Wilebore, T E Williams, D H Yule; Rosalind, Lady Carlisle: L R J Andrews, J M Gerhards, B J Metcalf, H H Wong, A E Ziegler-Bailey; Jane Chessar: V K H Foster; Emily Davies: Z R Bignell, P T B Brett, D Daniel, S J Denny, D-K Fan, Y Liu, J E MacKenzie, A F Marszal, R Patel, L K Smith; Angela Dunn-Gardiner: A C Hall; Sir Francis Goldsmid: M J Birmingham, I R Sides; Mary Graham: M P Levenston; Mary Higgins: K L Below, M A Blake, E T Owen; Alice Violet Jenkinson: M Scott, H Walker; Edith Lydia Johns: A M Anderson, H S Leppard, J C Ruston, H E Schubert; Mary Anne Leighton: E M S Livingston, S L Penny; Ellen McArthur: L R J Andrews, G S Borker, A H C Chan, J Fuhrmann, Y Liu, E M S Livingston, A F Marszal, A M Paul, D T Phan, H Walker; William Menzies: M J Thomas; M T Meyer: A Atminas, E Bouaziz, J F Drake, 46

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C D Lazda, A Pokrovskiy; Mary Sparke: R V Orr; Todd Memorial: S L Chidlaw, J A Farrant, G C Mulligan; Henry Tomkinson: A H C Chan, J Fuhrmann, T G Leach, M Mak, G M I Mecklenburg, J N More, A M Paul, D T Phan, H M I Turner; Sophia Turle: M S Borowiak, P R Facer, T M S Keen.

Undergraduate Prizes ThÊrèse Montefiore Memorial Prize: Z R Bignell

Computer Science Raemakers: W G Prior, C Wiltsche

Laurie Hart Memorial Prize: A M Paul Ridding Reading Prize: Y J Reddick Rima Alamuddin Prize: (shared) M S Borowiak, J L Harris Wrigley Prize: Not awarded Eileen Alexander Prize: D Burke Charlton Award: A E Ziegler-Bailey Science Communication Prize: S E Piper

Economics Anita Banerji: A H C Chan, J Fuhrmann, Y Liu, J T Makinen Lilian Knowles: G S Borker, A M Paul, D T Phan Engineering Isabella Crawshaw: D-K Fan, A E Kwiatkowski, H M I Turner, M J Vroobel Christina Barnard: B Y Travers, H H Wong Beatrice Mills: M J Birmingham Raemakers: P T B Brett, L K Smith C B West: Z R Bignell

Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic Jane Catherine Gamble: E Bowen Phyllis Tillyard: T G Leach Archaeology & Anthropology Jane Catherine Gamble: A Boguslav

English Charity Reeves: A M Souter, J E Mackenzie, A E Ziegler-Bailey

Architecture Jane Catherine Gamble: S A Wilkins

Geography Margaret Anderson: L R J Andrews, E M S Livingston, A F Marszal Janet Chamberlain: L R J Andrews, M Lavin, J E MacDonald, A F Marszal

Classics Mary Bennett: V K H Foster Norah Jolliffe: M J Thomas

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Law Lilian Knowles: S M Mak Margaret Hastings: K L Below Thomas and Elizabeth Walton: C L Graham

Natural Sciences (Physical) Layla Adib: M A Blake, D Daniel, J N More Christina Barnard: R V Orr Isabella Crawshaw: G M I Mecklenburg Gwendolen Crewdson: M Scott, L T Witkowski, C M Wymant Ida Freund: S J Denny, E T Owen Jane Catherine Gamble: I R Sides Beatrice Mills: B J Metcalf C B West: S L Penny Raemakers: M P Levenston Phyllis Tillyard: A C Hall

Mathematics May Smithells: A Atminas, E Bouaziz, J F Drake, C D Lazda Gertrude Mather Jackson: A Pokrovskiy Medical Sciences Ming Yang Lee: J C Ruston, T E Williams Thomas and Elizabeth Walton: N J Culshaw Modern and Medieval Languages Fanny Metcalf: G C Mulligan Mary Ponsonby: S L Chidlaw, J A Farrant

Oriental Studies Jane Catherine Gamble: A Scheer

Music Isabella Crawshaw: T M S Keen Jane Catherine Gamble: M S Borowiak Beatrice Mills: P R Facer

Philosophy Christina Barnard: R Patel Isabella Crawshaw: M J Hasler Social Political Sciences Isabella Crawshaw: H Walker

Natural Sciences (Biological) Marion Bidder: H F Holmes, L Kwiatkowski Ellen Delf-Smith: B Ramsay, R A L Wilebore Ming Yang Lee: S E Johnston Edith Neal: D H Yule

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Jill Vlasto Choral Awards: K J Caro, P R Facer, O R Falconer, B M R Forsman, M Henty, E Jakobsons, J E Mackenzie, S H Porter, J M Smith

Music Awards Organ Scholarship: not awarded College Music Scholarship: M N Heldt London Girton Association Music Award: M S Borowiak

Daphne Bird Instrumental Awards: T W Hedges, E Hopper, T-H Lai

Tom Mansfield Memorial Award: R G Sands

Travel Awards: College Travel Scholarship: T-M Belither, S H Little, Y J Reddick; Adela Marion Adam Grant: G C Brady; J K Brightwell Grant: L P Burns, J C Crawford, E Geranmayeh, P G Hall, M J Hasler, E S Howse, L F Iredale, G M Milne, P Morris, C J Nichols, L F Prentice, J W R Tassell; Dorothy Chadwick Award: L M Sheen; Rosemary Delbridge Award: H Walker; Eileen Ellenbogen Award: J Shortt Butler; Judith Eccleshare Grant: H L Duncan; E M and F A Kirkpatrick Prize: G B A Wyatt; Edith Helen Major Grant: R C Anthony; Ruth Morgan Award: C R Falter, G B A Wyatt; Mary Morrison Grant: M J D Turner, C N Wilson; E M Pooley Award: M R Thompson; Charlotte Rycroft Award: R D T Calvert, O R Falconer, R W Patrick, I R Sides; Marina Shakich Grant: A Patel, C A Watson; Sheila Spire Award: V A H Houlker; Johanna Stevenson Award: J A Farrant; Dorothy Tempest Award: C Falter, C Raynham, A E Ziegler-Bailey; Monica Wilson Award: C E Rainsford

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College Reports Admissions In October 2007 we admitted 157 new undergraduates, of whom 54% were in Arts and Social Science subjects; 46% in Science; 45% female; 53% from independent schools, and 87% of Home or EU status. We also admitted 2 affiliated students and 4 students on exchange schemes: 1 from MIT, 1 Junior Year from Columbia and 2 ERASMUS students.

Of the offers made to this cohort of students: 64% of offers were made to direct or open applicants, 36% came through the Winter Pool and 3 from the Summer Pool. Of our direct applicants, 51% were female, but our ratio at admission was skewed by the fact that our allocation of open applicants was predominantly male.

We are looking forward to new developments for the coming admissions round, with the abolition of the separate Cambridge application form (CAF) and application fee. Our Head of Tutorial and Admissions, Angela Stratford, is a member of the working party overseeing ‘Operation deCAF’, of which the end result will be a substantial reduction in paper administration, as data are transferred electronically, and a standard and consistent set of information available to interviewers in a single document for each candidate.

Thus the process is streamlined for applicants, admissions office, directors of studies and interviewers alike.

We held Open Days for all subjects in September, April and July, and for Mathematics in May, to coincide with the Faculty Open Day. Our early, 9 am, opening in July was successful and resulted in the highest visitor numbers for some time. We continue to attract a high proportion of visitors to College as direct applicants. In the last year, of 158 visitors to Open Days, 47 applied to the College, and 19 were offered a place. Similarly, of the 109 making individual visits, 30 applied to Girton, and 14 received offers. Sunny weather on Open Days helps show the College to best advantage, but most visitors seem to appreciate the warm welcome that they receive here from Admissions Office staff and current undergraduates.

Outreach and Access Our Schools Liaison Officer, Kym Moussi, moved on at Christmas, and we are very grateful for her efforts in building contacts with schools in our target area, and for her gentle, friendly and encouraging manner with prospective applicants. We were very pleased to welcome Sue Anspach to the job in April. Sue brings a completely different set of skills, as a former teacher, and has been very effective in building further on school contacts in our target area, and in managing school visits.

We continue to host visits for Y10 and Y12 students, and an increasing number of these have included master classes in specific subjects, which have been much appreciated by the participants. We are very grateful to Fellows who have given their time to run these activities, which encourage participants to engage with a subject at a deeper level, and to give a flavour of the teaching methods to be expected at Cambridge.

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– to run Easter Schools for Y11 students from less academic school backgrounds in order to inspire them to aim for A and A* grades at GCSE as a platform for greater aspirations in higher education.

Our main priorities in our outreach activities are to raise aspirations to higher education and to academic endeavour and to attract more high-quality direct applicants to Girton, particularly from the state sector. We are very grateful to all those who assist in our outreach endeavours, to the Mistress and Fellows who give their time to assist in fundraising, providing lectures and workshop sessions, and visiting schools; to the JCR Target Schools Officer, Leanne Sheen, and to all the undergraduate helpers at Open Days and school visits. Our undergraduates are often our best ambassadors, and we are very grateful for their enthusiastic welcome and care for our visitors.

Our thanks are also due to all those involved in the admissions process, Directors of Studies, interviewers, student helpers and office staff, all of whom strive to make the process as fair, transparent and comfortable as possible for our applicants. Most of all we thank our Head of Tutorial and Admissions, Angela Stratford, and her team of Kate Burgess, Jenny Griffiths and Sue Anspach. The Office is run with exemplary efficiency and friendliness, and is an inspiration and a great support to all involved.

Sandra Fulton and Veronica Bennett, Admissions Tutors

Graduate Admissions Girton admitted 106 new graduates and postgraduates in October 2007 (compared with 92 in 2006). This number was made up of 71 (63) graduates new to Cambridge, and 35 (29) former Girton undergraduates coming through to graduate studies or postgraduates returning to study for higher degrees. The numbers of ‘new to Cambridge’ graduates remain at an impressive level, which is due to the continuing high number of applications received and accepted by the University of Cambridge.

The 106 new graduates were made up of 59 (63) men and 47 (29) women and the Science intake of 57 (44) was higher than the Arts intake of 49 (48) Arts intake) for the first time in a number of years. This begins to redress the arts/science balance.

The number of new graduates registered for taught courses (LLM/Diploma/PGCE/ MB etc.) was 19 and new applicants registered as research students (CPGS/MPhil/PhD) numbered 62.

Of the new-to-Cambridge intake for 2007–08, 11 (12) were home students, 12 (12) were from European Union countries and 48 (39) were from overseas.

The statistics for either full or part funding for the new-to-Cambridge intake and for undergraduates moving to new graduate study gives a useful indication of the sources of available funding: Research body (MRC/EPSRC/AHRC etc) Public Body (CCT/CET/CHEVENING etc) University/Department/College External Bodies (Business/Government) Self-Funding 51

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The number of graduate students at Girton now stands at: 216, including the part-time students, and represents a wide range of countries: Australia 4; Austria 1; Brazil 1; Canada 2; Cayman Islands 1; Chile 1; China 19; China (Taiwan) 5; Ecuador 1; Egypt 1; France 1; Germany 9; Greece 3; Guyana 1; Hong Kong 3; Iceland 1; India 4; Iran 1; Ireland 1; Israel 2; Italy 3; Japan 1; Korea 4; Luxembourg 1; Mexico 1; Netherlands 1; Norway 1; Pakistan 2; Poland 1; Portugal 4; Romania 1; Russia 2; Saudi Arabia 2; Serbia 2; Singapore 3; South Africa 1; Spain 2; Sri Lanka 1; Switzerland 2; Thailand 1;Turkey 1; Ukraine 2; UK 96; USA 19.

Families We have a total of fourteen graduate parents, eight of whom live in Cambridge; two of these families live in College accommodation. The six families who do not live in Cambridge have either stayed at home or spent the year working away. Four of the graduate parents are from overseas, three from the EU and one from the UK. These are a welcome addition to the Graduate community. The College continues with its own Childcare Bursary, and last year the majority of graduate applicants with children received help towards their childcare costs. Many of the international/EU graduates also benefited from awards from the University Central Childcare Bursary to which Girton subscribes. The College’s own nursery at Wolfson Court also proves to be an invaluable resource for graduate families with young children.

Graduate Secretary Jenny Griffiths continues to divide her time between the College’s main site and Wolfson Court, and is therefore always available to graduates for enquiries, often as their first port of call.

Graduate Tutors The two Graduate Tutors, Frances Gandy and Roland Randall, continue to help all the graduates in personal, academic and financial matters. They meet their graduate students individually and socially throughout the year, and regularly enjoy their company at Formal Hall each week. We are grateful to Dr Jochen Runde, who stood in for Dr Randall while he was on sabbatical leave during Michaelmas 2007.

Frances Gandy and Roland Randall, Graduate Tutors

Bursaries and Grants Bursaries Fourteen holders of Emily Davies Bursaries were in residence in 2007–08. The value of the bursaries was £2,891.25 for continuing students and £3,184.50 for first-year students, to cover the College Residence Charge (includes rent, heating and the kitchen fixed charge).

There were four holders of the Ellen McArthur Bursaries in residence in 2007–08, two of whom were reading Social and Political Sciences, one reading History and one reading Economics. Four holders of Emily Davies Bursaries and one holder of an Ellen McArthur Bursary graduated in June 2008, and the awards of the others have been 52

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renewed. Two Jean Lindsay Memorial Bursaries for History, and one Margaret Barton Bursary for Medical Sciences, were held by students in residence in 2007–08.

Sixty-five Cambridge Bursaries were received by Girton undergraduates in 2007– 08. As in previous years, the Newton Trust provided 87.5% of the cost, and College contributed the remaining 12.5%. These bursaries form part of one of the most generous bursary schemes of any University in the UK, which guarantees a bursary of up to £3,100 per year to students from the least well-off households.

The College Overseas Bursaries of sixteen overseas and five European Union students have been renewed for the next academic year, and new bursaries have been awarded to five overseas and eight European Union students due to come into residence in October 2008. College has seen the number of applications for bursaries from European Union students increase over the past two years, and this year, for the first time, the number of bursaries awarded to European Union students was greater than the number awarded to overseas students. Many of these applications are from students from the new European Union accession countries, where financial support is scarce. The new bursary holders were recommended to the Cambridge Trusts for further assistance, and most were made generous awards by the Trusts that will enable them to take up their places here.

Grants The number of hardship grants made to undergraduate students in 2007–08 was rather lower than in previous years. Ten grants were made from the Buss Fund totalling £5,453.29. Four graduate students received grants amounting to £1,060 from the Pillman Hardship Fund.

For academic expenses, including ‘directed reading’ during the Easter vacation, grants totalling £3,390.46 were made to 28 undergraduates from the Student Academic Resources Fund. Twenty-eight graduate students received grants amounting to £4,335 from the Pillman Academic Fund. One grant of £150 was made from the Harry Barkley Fund which is for clinical medical students undertaking elective periods of training.

Angela Stratford, Tutorial and Admissions Officer

Bursar’s Report As Bursar of Girton for the last 14 years, I have had the need for financial sustainability on my mind for much of that time. Throughout its 139-year history, the College has been ‘pulling itself up by its own boot straps’. The pioneering business of providing and expanding access to higher education for women was always more urgent than the business of securing the financial endowment in perpetuity, and so the business of fund-raising was carried on in parallel with, rather than in advance of, the business of enlarging the College. The College eventually stopped growing in the latter decades of the twentieth century, but the size of the endowment has never quite caught up with the level of activity. Girton today is a college with more students than many, but with less endowment per capita than the majority, meaning that its resources remain tightly stretched. It struggles to compete with other, older and wealthier colleges, and it is clear 53

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from a comparison of the accounts of all colleges that Girton is not yet able to provide support for its members at the level its founders intended.

The move towards greater financial sustainability began with the establishment of a Development Office in the 1990s, and has continued with the expansion and professionalisation of our Conference business in the present decade. There is still much work to do in making the College’s financial future secure, but it has now also become apparent that we need to think more broadly about what sustainability means to an educational institution. The intensification of concern about the risks to humanity posed by global warming has led me to wonder whether there is really any point in seeking the permanent endowment of scholarships and fellowships. Why worry about calculating a prudent rate of expenditure from investment returns when an environmental catastrophe looms? Why not spend it all in the few decades we have left?

Well, clearly we hope that the situation is not quite that desperate, and that efforts to reduce carbon emissions will avert global disaster. However, it is also clear that our long-term financial planning must be supported by short- and medium-term plans to reduce the College’s ‘carbon footprint’ so as to avoid contributing any further to global warming. Clearly, the College’s level of carbon emissions, although described last year in a report commissioned by the Carbon Trust on the College’s behalf as ‘bad for the sector’, is not so great as to have any measurable impact on climate change by itself, but it would be entirely inconsistent with our responsibilities as a permanently endowed institution to ignore their effect altogether. It is essential that we do our best to reduce carbon emissions and make environmental sustainability as much of an objective for the College as financial sustainability.

This, of course, is easier said than done. Girton’s early benefactors have provided us with a collection of buildings which are beautiful and robust, but which are poorly insulated and inherently difficult to heat. The central heating boilers are old, thermally inefficient and difficult to control. If we want to achieve carbon neutrality, it would be better not to have to start from here.

Nevertheless, we have started from here. The Carbon Trust report has provided us with recommendations for action, ranging from those requiring considerable further work and capital investment, to those which cost relatively little, but involve everyone in College in changing behaviour. The former will be advanced with the help of professional advisers and further support from the Carbon Trust. The latter will build on established efforts such as the various College recycling schemes promoted by the JCR Green Officer and the House Services staff.

The launch of CUSU’s Go Greener campaign during the 2007–08 academic year was a timely prompt to action by students, staff and Fellows alike, and has done much to raise awareness in the College of the need to reduce consumption of electricity by switching off lights and electrical equipment when not needed. Council has also recently approved the establishment of a Sustainability Committee, whose members will include representatives of all College constituencies, to oversee the College’s response to the Carbon Trust report and co-ordinate the implementation of its recommendations. Discussions in other College committees over the last year have already resulted in something of a cultural 54

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shift towards a presumption of environmental awareness and green-ness of intent.

The greening of Girton will be a constant theme in the coming years. It will be a collective responsibility and we hope that Girton staff, students and Fellows will contribute, not only to the reduction of Girton’s carbon footprint, but to the reduction of carbon emissions in their own homes and in other organisations in which they may study or work.

The conditions that have to be met and the ancient equipment we are still using.

In the near future, the objective of reducing carbon emissions may require investment in new plant at a level likely to make the Bursar’s eyes water, but the objective of environmental sustainability is not, in the long term, in conflict with that of financial sustainability. In the long run, fuel prices can only go up, making payback periods shorter and internal rates of return on capital investment higher. My long-term goal for the College is sustainability in every sense of the word.

Debbie Lowther, Bursar

Chapel Report Chapel has been in good heart this year with numbers up, an array of interesting speakers and as always, wonderful music from a choir that just seems to get better and better. We began Michaelmas Term with my ‘guided tour’ of evensong, which we will repeat next year. The idea is to show those who might be unfamiliar with it what a rich treasure we have in choral evensong, and how to make best use of it as a vehicle for prayer and devotion. The theme for that term was the relation between Belief and Knowledge, Faith and Reason, so it was appropriate, as well as a privilege, to have Sir John 55

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Polkinghorne speaking at the Commemoration of Benefactors, sharing with us some of the ways in which, as a cosmologist and a priest, he has established a fruitful dialogue between Faith and Reason. Among the other speakers that term was Martin Ganeri, an old Girtonian now head of Blackfriars, who reminded us of the pioneering work done by Thomas Aquinas in helping us to have an intellectually credible and indeed intellectually stimulating faith.

After these heady bouts of philosophy we returned in Lent Term to the simplest and most pithy sayings of Jesus, inviting preachers to choose their favourite short sayings, with an especially memorable sermon from Diana Marshall on ‘I am the Light’. Speaking of Diana, we were sad to say farewell to her, as our longest-serving Chapel Warden, as she took her PhD this summer. Diana has been an invaluable help to me through all my years of Chaplaincy here and we will all miss her, but hope she will return as a guest preacher occasionally. In Easter Term we took what some might think a slightly more daring tack and tackled issues of sexuality and intimacy in the Chapel sermons which were themed on ‘Sex, Soul and Society’. Will Adam, the Vicar of St Andrew’s Girton, and a regular in the Chapel pulpit, preached an excellent sermon on ‘God and the erotic’, and I for one waited with bated breath to see what Canon Margaret Guite, another OG invited back to preach, would say on the question ‘Is a wedding worth it?’ The answer by the end of the evening was, I am happy to say, definitely yes. We had contrasting views about faith and sexual orientation from the more liberal and more conservative ends of the spectrum, when Roland Randall and Peter Sanlon preached on successive Sundays, giving everyone food for thought and stimulating a worthwhile debate. The Thanksgiving Service at the end of term, with an excellent sermon from Lindsay Yates, was especially poignant because we were not only saying farewell to Katherine Hambridge who has been such an excellent Assistant Director of Music, but also bidding an (albeit temporary) farewell to Dr Martin Ennis, who as you will see elsewhere in this issue, is to become Chair of the Music Faculty again and so is taking a few years’ break from his role in directing the Chapel music, though he will still remain overall Director of Music in the College. I have found it a pleasure and an education to work alongside Martin over the years and am very grateful for the way in which under his guidance music in Chapel has been such a powerful medium for worship. I am very much looking forward to the arrival of Dr Dana Marsh who will take on the role of directing Chapel music and carry on a great tradition. Another highlight of that summer term was a very well attended special service on Graduation Day, with a choir of graduands, and the Chapel filled with other graduands and their families all in their finery and ready to celebrate a great day.

One of the most heartening developments this year has been in Chapel life beyond Sundays. Compline flourishes on a Tuesday evening and now, in an initiative from the Chapel Wardens, a Taizé-style service is being established on Friday evenings. This is helping to realise my hope that Chapel will be a day-to-day haven of peace and prayer for all members of College, as well as the venues for more formal Sunday worship. I will be officiating at a record number of weddings for Girtonians over the summer, and look forward to the new year of Chapel life in Michaelmas.

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Report of Heads of Domestic Departments Refurbishment of the Tower Wing continues this year, a team effort involving all the Domestic Departments. Sue Bryant, House Services Manager, notes that her team now knows only too well that there are 54 steps from Rogue’s Gallery to the top of F corridor and that there are 42 steps from the bottom of Ash Court stairs to the top of Old Wing, having traipsed up and down, up and down those staircases so many times when clearing Tower Wing bedrooms last year and this. Clearing the Tower Wing is just one of the many examples of scene-shifting undertaken by the House Services Department. The College rooms are transformed, from board rooms to break-out rooms, to dining rooms to exam rooms to wedding venues – and often all in the same day! All this activity happens ‘between the acts’ and is one of the many College activities intended to be unnoticeable – but is very much appreciated.

The Garden and Grounds Departments are also engaged in altering the College ‘scenery.’ Steve Whiting reports that the new sports pitches have established very well and looks forward to the resumption of rugby this autumn. Plans to resurface the tennis courts are afoot and will no doubt feature on the agenda of the new Sports Committee next term. Following a pleasant walk and picnic in the Fellows’ Garden, the Garden Committee has decided to become entirely peripatetic from now on, so that both Steve and Robert Bramley, the Head Gardener, can talk us more easily through the changes in the grounds. Colin Osborn, the Gardener at Wolfson Court was delighted to find a rare bee orchid growing near his compost heap and is busy liaising with orchid experts to find out how to propagate it. The College pond reeds have been thinned with assistance from the Maintenance Department. Alongside planning the (very) long-term future for the front drive, where some of the the Horse Chestnuts are gradually approaching the end of their lives, Robert has also appeared as both a musician and the bear in The Winter’s Tale staged at the George Inn, Huntingdon, and so gets the award for the most elaborate Personal Protective Equipment yet seen clothing a Head of Department.

The Catering/Conference Department has enjoyed another hectic year. In October, the Cambridge University Chefs’ Competition was held at Girton College. Girton Chefs taking part were James Circuit, Andrew Marsh, Julian Aubury, Paul Godden and David Fyfield. All did extremely well, winning bronze and silver medals, and Andrew Marsh won the best in his class, winning a set of kitchen knives. The Vice-Mistress, attending, was disconcerted to discover that the competition was judged on food appearance rather than food taste, but this just demonstrates that catering requires an active imagination. The Executive Head Chef, Richard Baker, who joined us in the autumn, recently completed three years of studies on a part time basis and has achieved the Higher National The Head Gardener at play 57

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Diploma in Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure with an overall distinction pass, being the highest-scoring student at Peterborough Regional College in recent history. So not just pretty food then! To add to his achievements Richard has just become a father for the first time: his daughter Isabel was born on 11 August 2008. At Wolfson Court, Mary Bartley achieved 30 years of loyal service as a Kitchen Porter. Graham Hambling, Catering and Conference Manager, achieved a booking hat trick this summer as his son Alan became the third of his children to celebrate his wedding at Girton.

After commissioning and installing the new College website, the IT Department is now girding its cables ready for the University’s replacement telephone system in 2009.

Steve Coe, the Trainee, is to be congratulated on completing his NVQ Level 3 in IT. The next project is to upgrade the student shared-access machines to the University-managed cluster service.

In the College Lodge, Tom Smith joined the staff, replacing Peter Wood who transferred to Wolfson Court Lodge to replace Roger Fensome. Roger now joins the band of actively retired Porters who kindly assist us as casual staff as the need arises. At College, more CCTV has been added, covering the workshops, swimming pool and the grey tiled area by Ash Court door. This completes our CCTV security for the building. Buster the cat has been officially adopted by the College and now has private health insurance. The proposed relocation of the Conference entrance from Woodlands Door to the Old Kitchens will be completed by the end of the year and seems set to make life easier for all, especially Buster in health the Lodge.

In Maintenance, Michael Pocock, Clerk of Works, has been re-elected to the post of Vice-Chairman of the Association of Cambridge College Maintenance Officers and is serving on their Executive Committee – both for the fifth year running. Stephen Cole, College Plumber, who is now the proud owner of a brand-new Harley motor bike, has almost completed the replacement of all leaking taps and this has helped achieve almost total elimination of water loss in the College. Alfie Robinson has obtained City and Guilds BS7671 2008 Level 3, 17th edition, Electrical Installations, and has overseen the electrical CAT scan and Thermal Imaging in College. Following asbestos removal, Peter Spring and Jeffrey Badcock have assisted Alfie in constructing a cable route under Old Hall allowing cabling works scheduled for December. David Peck took part in the European Duathlon Championships in Serres, Northern Greece, in May and he won the gold medal in the 75–79 age group. Michael Gooch has done sterling work refurbishing the Lawrence Room and Martin Brittain has carried on with the College portable electrical appliance testing. We often find more than 20 appliances in one student room – ranging from pianos through to hair straighteners and MP3 players – not, usually, all running at once. Jeffrey Badcock has been busy, amongst other duties, with replacing and adding cupboards to the student kitchens around College. At Wolfson Court, the roof has now started to leak in heavy rains. It never seems to leak in the same place twice, and we are never sure where to place the buckets so we are beginning a five-year programme 58

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of roof improvements under the supervision of Keith Hall.

Despite the raindrops falling on our heads, we held a large party at Wolfson Court in December to mark the retirements of Pauline Palmer and Roger Fensome. Pauline served

Farewell Party. LEFT, Roger Fensome with his wife Maureen, RIGHT, Pauline Palmer with the Warden and other staff

as a Cleaner at Wolfson Court for almost 36 years, the last remaining member of staff working since the building was opened, and she remembers the Wolfson Court pioneers, mostly overseas students, who played with her children in the breakfast rooms during the vacations – at that time Conference-free – while she was involved in much polishing of lino. Pauline’s grandchildren were frequent visitors at Wolfson Court during school holidays, her daughters grew up here and then worked as casual staff and her husband Brian refurbished one of our bathrooms – it was a great pleasure therefore to welcome the whole family back to the party. The Warden paid tribute to Pauline’s dedication and good humour, her tireless service under all three Wardens, and her kindness to students.

Roger worked in both Lodges and gave us seven years of excellent service both at the main College Lodge and at Wolfson Court. Night Porters are seldom seen during daylight hours but Roger brightened up the Lodge with his beautiful waistcoats and brightened up students and staff alike with his cheery disposition and good humour. We wish Roger and Pauline long and happy retirements.

Finally, across the Departments, we welcomed new staff: Marion (Jade) Cobelli and Shelley Pearson in the Domestic Department at Wolfson Court, Claire Belcham as Trainee in Personnel and Records Management, Gethyn Owen as Bar Assistant, Graham Rawlings in the Conference Office, Andrew Bowen and Christopher Betson in Catering and Monika Zuba-Sosnowska and Danuta Zapior in House Services.

Maureen Hackett, Junior Bursar and Warden of Wolfson Court, with contributions from other Heads of Departments

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The Library and Archive The Librarian’s Report I hope readers are not suffering from library-building-news fatigue, but I must begin this report with the news that the new building achieved a hat-trick at the end of 2007 by winning its third national award; this time it was the prestigious SCONUL Library Design Award. SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) awards are given only once every five years, and were established to draw attention to the importance of new library buildings, to encourage good practice in library planning and design, and to celebrate outstanding examples of cutting-edge design within the sector. It is the only such award in the UK and Ireland to be judged by professional librarians on the basis of the functional design of libraries, rather than purely architectural merit. SCONUL made only two awards for 2007, one for larger and one for smaller library buildings; Girton won the latter. The SCONUL assessors said about Girton’s library building: This Library is almost perfect in meeting the institutional mission of a Cambridge college, with many fine features, encouraging independent study and research. It was impressive for its simplicity of lay-out and design. It maximised the use of natural light. There was a feeling of quality in the choice of finishes both internally and externally. Outside the building moulded the old and the new with great success – respecting the former without diminishing the impact of the modern. It was a space which created calm and had great ambience – one senses it would be a pleasure to work in.

Our success in gaining the RIBA, Civic Trust and SCONUL awards has attracted many visitors to see the new building, especially groups from other institutions who may be embarking on new buildings that require similar standards of environmental control, or require a sympathetic blend of old and new architecture. As a publicly-recognised example of best practice, we have been pleased to demonstrate and advise.

Apart from the above, it has been a year with fewer ‘events’ and more donkey work.

Summer 2008 saw the last of the special collections moved into the new repository. This was the Lorimer Classics collection (the gift of Hilda Lorimer, Girton 1893), previously split between the Stanley Library, the Mistress’s Office (B6) and the Life Fellows’ room.

Electronic cataloguing of the special collections is progressing steadily now that they are all in one place, and this year we finished both the Travel collection and Mary Frere’s collection of Hebrew and Samaritan books and manuscripts, the latter by hiring a specialist consultant cataloguer.

There have been a number of staff changes in the Department. Betty Brown, Library Assistant for 21 years, retired in March. Gemma Gill, a Library Assistant for just over a year, took maternity leave at Christmas, and gave birth to Nathan in March of this year.

She has now decided to opt for full-time motherhood, and we are pleased to welcome Verity Yeates, who came in as temporary maternity cover for Gemma, but who has decided to stay on permanently. Verity, who has a degree in Fine Art, will shortly embark on a part-time postgraduate librarianship course. For the second time we took on a local school student, from St Mary’s, for a week’s work experience in library and archival practice.

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On the curatorial front, we lent the College’s portrait of Hannah More by John Opie to the National Portrait Gallery for their exhibition Brilliant Women: Seventeenth--century Bluestockings.

We lent a small table, the table-top pattern of which was designed by Helen Megaw, to the Wellcome Institute for their exhibition From atoms to patterns about the work of the Festival of Britain Pattern Group.

We were approached by the family of the late Hans Schwarz, a distinguished portrait painter whose work hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, who asked if we should like to purchase two portraits of Dame Mary Cartwright. Girton already Hannah More by John Opie possesses a drawing of one of these, and through the generous donation of Ellen Fleming (1972) we were able to secure the paintings for the College. They are to be cleaned and conserved before they are hung.

The Department was also much engaged in supporting the work of the Lawrence Room Committee in the refurbishment programme for the Lawrence Room, whether through archival research, for example, or through advice on cataloguing and conservation standards, and IT. Gifts and Bequests to the Library (Please note that all the donations listed here refer to the period 1 July 2007 – 30 June 2008) We were honoured when Lady Littler (Marsh 1950) presented her personal and professional papers to the archive, accompanied by a number of associated books which will be held in the Library. This record of a highly distinguished Civil Service career will offer a rich source of research material for those interested in the histories of broadcasting and gaming in the twentieth century.

We have also been the recipients of a generous gift from Bohunka Bradbrook, sisterin-law of the late Muriel Bradbrook, and herself a literary scholar. Mrs Bradbrook has presented her library of literary texts and literary criticism to the College, and we are greatly in her debt for this extremely useful collection.

We are indebted to Elspeth Burke Hart, who has presented a fine copy of The Temple of Nature by Erasmus Darwin, which came originally from Barbara Bodichon’s library.

This has now been reunited with Bodichon’s collection here at Girton.

We are most grateful to donors whose gifts of money allow us to purchase books and other essential items. This year these have included Kenneth Morris, whose donation was made in memory of his wife, Barbara (Hooper 1965), and Professor Wendy Childs (Baker 1961).

We continue to make good use of the generous donation of Muriel Kittel (Lister 1934), who, a few years ago, gave us a large donation to use for the purchase of works in the field of language and literature. With the help of this gift we are continuing the overhaul of the Italian section.

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We also continue to benefit from the generosity of CUP, whose special arrangement allows us to acquire over ÂŁ3,000 worth of CUP books free of charge.

We have also benefited from the bequests of Mary Fletcher (King 1932), Joan Simms (Popplewell 1955), Margaret H Woodley (1938), Sara Crawford (1948), Dorothy Vivian Eyre Smith (Evans 1938), and Joan Hussey (RF 1934).

Copies of their own work have been presented by: Dr Peter Abrahams, Dr Arif Ahmed, Lori Beckett, Dr Margaret Bowker (Roper 1960), Claire Boyle Section of un-installed Reception Room tapestry (1994), Ruth Brandon (1962), Dr Christopher from the Archive showing the original colours.

Cannon, Professor Wendy Childs (Baker 1961), Dr Stuart Davis, Christina De Bellaigue, Kevin Gray, Susan Francis Gray (1968), Dr Malcolm Guite, Dr Elizabeth Irwin, Dr Clive Lawson, Jonathan Moffett (1990), Dr Jane Moody (1993), Jennifer Petrie (Adcock 1945), Dr Anne Rogerson, Dr Eileen Rubery, Sanda Simms (Thaike 1950), Dr K Vela Velupillai, Renee Winegarten (Aarons 1940), Jane Wynne Willson (Calvert 1953).

The following have also presented copies of books and works in other media: The Mistress, the Assistant Librarian, Dr Susan Bain (Stanley 1961), Diana Balmori, Milon Banerji, Mrs F Bradbrook, Margaret Braddock (Weale 1943), Mrs Betty Brown, Professor Wendy Childs (Baker 1961), Dr Martin Ennis, Dr Amy Erickson, Dr Ben Griffin, Emily Hall (2001), Emily Holdstock (2004), Mrs C A Hopkins (Busbridge 1959), Elizabeth Kemp (Aron 1961), Mrs Annabella Kitson (Cloudsley 1946), Dr Nancy J Lane Perham, the Librarian, Lady Littler (Marsh 1950), Professor Jill Mann, Sheila Mann, Dr Alastair Reid, Dr Dorothy Thompson (Walbank 1958), Kuhan Venugopal (2005), Flora Wallace (Macleod 1952), Jane Wynne Willson (Calvert 1953).

We are very grateful to the following donors, who maintain regular subscriptions to journals on our behalf, or who present us with regular current copies: The Mistress, Mrs C A Hopkins (Busbridge 1959), Dr John Marks, Dr C H McKie (Kelsey 1949), Dr Alastair Reid, Dr Jane Ruddle, Dr M B Saveson (Buehrer 1951).

Publications have also been presented by the following organisations: Anglo-Norman Text Society, Architects’ Design Partnership, BPS Blackwell Publishers, Cambridge University Department of Architecture, Cambridge University Press, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Flemish-Netherlands Association, Girton College JCR, Jesus College Cambridge, Lexis Nexis/Butterworths Publishing, National Portrait Gallery.

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Archivist’s Report Reviewing the year in preparation for writing my annual report, I often find that a theme emerges. This year it is one of reciprocity: many of those using the archive have given back at least as much as they have received.

The pattern began in November, when the archivist of the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace came to research papers we hold relating to Julia, Lady Carew and the Reception Room embroideries at Girton, and in the process made a considerable addition to our knowledge of their history. She established that the panels at Girton were designed by the Royal School of Needlework (where Julia Carew had learnt to embroider), and came to the conclusion that the designer was Nellie Whichelo who was the head of the design studio. The passion flower and clematis which appear frequently in the hangings at Girton are typical of her work. She also found elements of Walter Crane’s designs in several of our panels – namely the monkey and the bat. After her visit, she sent a number of articles and cuttings about Lady Carew and her sister, Lady Cory, as well as an image of a Jacobean hanging worked by the former, sold at a Sotheby’s ‘Interior Decorator’ auction in 2003.

Later in the year, there were visits from three people researching the background to our acquisition of the portrait of Ottilie Hancock by John Brett. Each had a different reason for coming (a biography of Ford Madox Brown, a biography of John Brett, and the artist’s great-grandson) and each added something to our knowledge of the portrait, most importantly, Charles Brett who was able to validate its authenticity.

We have received copies of a number of publications where the authors have used archival material in their research. Two of these have been by Girtonians: Jane Wynne Willson (Calvert 1952) whose book, The chain of love is about the Llewelyn Davies family and includes fascinating detail about Emily Davies, her brother and Girton supporter, John Llewelyn, and his daughter Margaret, who was at Girton 1881–82; Ruth Brandon’s (1962) publication, Other people’s daughters charts the lives of governesses (with examples from the Parkes Papers here) which more than match the horror of their nineteenthcentury fictional counterparts.

However, perhaps the most delightful instance of reciprocity took place in the spring, when a researcher in the US, with whom we’ve had a long-standing dialogue about our holdings of Browning letters, on hearing by chance about a collection of Girtoniana we were hoping to purchase, sent a generous cheque towards the cost. I hope to mount a small exhibition in the Library display case of these Girton drawings and caricatures which give an extraordinary picture of life in College in 1915.

Other archive acquisitions this year include a major collection of papers from Shirley Littler (Marsh 1950), deriving from various aspects of Lady Littler’s illustrious career (especially as Director General of the Independent Broadcasting Authority), some personal papers of Jean Lindsay (McLachlan 1929), given by her daughter, and substantial additions to our Q D Leavis (Roth 1925) archive, given by her daughter Kate Varney, and a Newnham friend, Etain Todds.

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last year), Joan Bullock Anderson has catalogued the papers of Sylvia Hewlett (1964), and has nearly completed the papers of Alison Duke (1934). She has also created a catalogue for the papers of Cynthia Crews (Jopson 1924) which is based on the listing by Elizabeth Beckingham (Brine 1968, Cynthia Mary Crews Bye-Fellow 1970–73).

Hilary Goy (Corke 1968) continues with her very generous help, volunteering the equivalent of a day a week in the archive. In addition to filing, data entry, and number crunching, she has transcribed five volumes of a diary kept by an early Girtonian who came up in 1878, which was lent to College by her grandson. This last will be a wonderful resource and has inspired Hilary to carry on researching the lives of early Girtonians. I shall be turning to her for expert advice in much the same way as I turn to Susan Bain (Stanley 1961) whose archive detective work this year involved trawling Kensal Green Cemetery to find the Dunlop mausoleum in order to answer a number of Jane Catherine Gamble enquiries.

Our oral history collections will be much enhanced as a result of two new initiatives, partly funded by Friends of the Library. We are about to embark on a project to digitise all our cassette tapes of recorded interviews. These will be transferred to WAV files for long-term preservation on CD and external hard drives, and to MP3 files for listening copies. In addition we have purchased new state of the art equipment, including a digital recorder, for future interviews.

Gifts of archival material have been received from: The Mistress, Patricia Acres, Dr S Bain (Stanley 1961), Dr A Bank, Mrs D Bickley (Hurn 1960), William Brock, Mrs R Challis (Jones 1957), Meg Day (1967), Margery Elliott (1938), Dr M Ennis, Michael Gray (Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow 2005), Dom Hollins, Dr L Hulse, JCR Ball Committee, Edith Jenssen, Dr Y Johnson, Claire Jones, Dr P Kelley, Laura Lindsay, Lady Littler (Marsh 1950), Sheila Mann, Simon Mutter (2005), Dr J Pickles, Faith Worzala Sell, Dr S Siklos, Mrs M Sudbury (Walker 1949), Dr A Thackray (1970), Dr D J Thompson (Walbank 1958), Etain Todds, University of Cambridge Archives, Kate Varney, Ana Vicente, Barbara Wallis (1941), Elaine Worzala.

Kate Perry, Archivist

Music Report Most musicians accept that auditions are an unpleasant but unavoidable part of life. Places in good orchestras and choirs are rarely filled without some sort of live assessment, and Girton students know this as well as anyone. So, there was a certain frisson to the occasion a few weeks back when five aspirant Directors of Chapel Music arrived in Chapel to conduct the College Choir. As part of their assessment process, they were required to rehearse the Choir in two contrasting works. For once, the tables were turned, and it was the students who were allowed to play the role of Beckmesser.

I should explain how this situation came about. In October I shall be taking up the post of Music Faculty Chairman again, and Girton has very generously agreed to allow me three years’ sabbatical from running the Choir for the duration of my stint. So, shortly after exams we held a series of interviews and auditions and, to cut a long story short, the elaboratelytitled post of Assistant Director of Music and Director of Chapel Music was offered to Dana 64

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Marsh, a native of the USA who has recently completed a DPhil in Oxford. He will bring to the post, which he takes up in the middle of September, a wealth of experience as choir director, organist and, indeed, as a professional countertenor soloist.

Dr Marsh is not the only new figure on the musical scene at College. In October we shall also be joined by Dr Bettina Varwig, a specialist in the German Baroque who will be taking up a Bye-Fellowship at Girton. Council also recently appointed Prof Georgina Born to a Professorial Fellowship. Though her primary affiliation is to the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, she has worked extensively on music and in music, and she will be a welcome addition to the fellowship.

Given all this, it is good to be able to report that academic music continues to thrive at Girton. This year, the Part IB students in particular excelled themselves. Of the five students in the year-group, three (Mateusz Borowiak, Peter Facer, and Thomas Keen) attained Firsts, while the other two were each awarded a good II.i. What is more, of the three Firsts, the first two were starred (a unique occurrence in Girton Music, as far as I am aware), and Mateusz Borowiak was awarded the Music Faculty’s Donald Wort Prize for the best overall performance in his year. In addition, I’m pleased to be able to report that Charles Siem, who continues to blaze a starry trail as a violinist, achieved what was possibly the highest ever mark (90%) in his MusB recital.

Old friends continue to visit Girton. In November of last year, Xacona (the early-music ensemble in residence at the College) gave a wonderful concert of German Baroque music in Chapel. Their performance of Bach’s First Suite will long live in my memory, and everyone was enthralled by the rising star, Julia Doyle, who contributed soprano arias by Bach and Handel. Long may this association continue.

Other events carried on in the accustomed annual cycle. The Concert for the Roll was given this year by Jennifer Stinton (flute) and Richard Hand (guitar). Their programme was an unusual one: arrangements of an aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Villa-Lobos and of a piece by Grieg, and a sequence of works by Stephen Goss, Jonathan Lloyd and Astor Piazzolla that negotiated in very different ways the regions between ‘serious’ and ‘light’ music.

The 2008 May Week Concert, to the relief of some, involved no pacts with the gods of weather. Rather, it was held indoors under the secure roof of Hall. In musical terms, it was one of the most ambitious of recent years. Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, in the chamber version by David Matthews, gave several members of the orchestra, above all second-year flautist Harry Winstanley (who was a semi-finalist in the 2004 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition), a chance to shine. The first half of the programme was completed with a Bach cantata, and Monteverdi’s ever-popular Beatus Vir. After the interval, we enjoyed a sequence of solos from operas and musicals including memorable accounts of Mozart’s ‘Voi che sapete’ (Le Nozze di Figaro) by Katherine Hambridge, Bellini’s ‘Casta Diva’ (Norma) by Miranda Heldt and Bernstein’s ‘Somewhere’ (West Side Story) by Kate Caro. The sizeable audience clearly enjoyed extracts from the musical Oliver!, which Girton students led by Stefan Porter had put on in its entirety earlier in the year. The concert concluded with extracts from the film score to ET and the by-now-traditional Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 directed by Richard Sands.

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One noteworthy innovation this year was the concert given immediately before the Summer Guest Night in July. The concert featured two of the most notable Girton musicians of recent years, Lucy Goddard and Katherine Hambridge, who appeared on this occasion as vocal soloists in two of Bach’s greatest cantatas, Geist und Seele wird verwirret (BWV 35) and Vergnügte Ruh (BWV 170). The cantatas, which contain prominent obbligato parts, also gave a starring role to the College organ, played on this occasion by the Director of Music.

As I write, preparations for the 2008 Choir Tour – to Slovakia – are fully under-way.

The Choir will be visiting Bratislava and a number of venues further east, including Banska Stiavnica, Levoca and Bojnice Castle. We had intended to tour the United States this year, but a combination of factors, not least the appointment of an American as Director of Chapel Music, have made a postponement sensible. We anticipate that the Choir will be in the States in the summer of 2009, and very much hope that on that occasion we shall be able to meet and perform for as many alumni as possible.

Martin Ennis, Austin and Hope Pilkington Fellow and Director of Music

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Freshers’ Concert: A selection of music performed by Girton College’s newest students Joanna Harries (soprano), Cassandra Gorman (contralto), Peter Facer and Christopher Webb (piano): Unlucky in Love and Life: music from Bach to Britten and beyond Douglas Hollick (organ): A tercentenary tribute to Dieterich Buxtehude Girton College Chapel Choir and Instrumental Ensemble (directed by Martin Ennis): Cantatas by J. S. Bach and verse anthems by Purcell Members of the Cambridge University Instrumental Awards Scheme: Peter Facer’s The Selfish Giant, and the chamber version of Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Alexander Berman (tenor), Elizabeth Wheeler (contralto), Mateusz Borowiak (piano): Works by Handel, Schubert, Wolf, Vaughan Williams, Howells, Dring and Warlock Harry Winstanley (flute), Kelvin Chan (piano); Tom Keen (bass), Nadanai Laohakunakorn (piano): Prokofiev Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 94, and Schumann’s Dichterliebe, Op. 48 Girton College Choral Exhibitioners: Songs and partsongs Katherine Hambridge (mezzo-soprano), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Martin Ennis (piano): Schumann’s Liederkreis, Op. 39, and Brahms’s Two Songs for Voice and Viola, Op. 91 Girton College Chapel Choir (directed by Martin Ennis); Mateusz Borowiak and Chen Chen (piano duet): Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem Recent compositions by Mateusz Borowiak, Peter Facer (Three Greek Myths), Tom Keen, and Harry Winstanley Mateusz Borowiak (piano): Szymanowski’s Masques, Op.34, Three Mazurkas and Piano Sonata No.1 by Borowiak 66

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Tom Hedges (piano); Tzi-Huei Lai (piano): Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in B major (Book I), Schubert’s Sonata in A, Op. 164, Schumann’s Romanze in F#, Op.28 No.2, Brahms’s Capriccio, Op.116 No.1, Widmung by Schumann/Liszt, Chopin’s Ballade No.3, Op.47, and Chopin’s Grand Polonaise, Op.22 Kate Caro (voice); Miranda Heldt (voice); Martin Ennis (piano): Songs by Schubert (including Heidenröslein, Auf dem Wasser zu singen, and Du bist die Ruh), Fauré (including the three Poèmes d’un jour and Les berceaux), and Britten Emily Hopper (flute); Okey Nzelu (flute); Richard Sands (clarinet); Chris Webb (piano): Works by Ian Clarke, Finzi, Reinecke and Honegger

Development Director’s Report The last year has been one of planning and preparations for the University’s 800th Birthday which we celebrate next year. As with all the Colleges, the funds which Girton raises for its own needs contribute to the overall University target of £1 billion to be achieved by 2012.

Cambridge is well on target, with £700 million raised by the middle of 2008.

As ever, we have been fortunate in the support of many Girtonians in the last year. A number have helped with our development initiatives, and enabled us to gather support for the College.

Cynthia Walker (1967) and Angela Stent (1966) organised a wonderful reception, hosted by the Mistress, at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC last year. It was our first Girton event there and very well attended. We are also indebted to Karen Pierce (1978), UK Deputy Permanent representative at the United Nations, who kindly hosted a dinner at her residence in New York on behalf of the Mistress.

Miss Susan Palmer (1970) gathered together several alumni in places physically further away from Girton and the UK; from a meeting in Dar es Salaam to a lunch in Sydney, and helped us organise an alumni event at the Raffles hotel in Singapore. Thanks too to Mrs Hwee Hua Lim (Tan 1978) and those other Girton alumni whom I met there, in our preparations for next year’s events. It was also a great pleasure to meet the Girtonian community in Hong Kong, who also gave the Alumni Officer, Dr Emma Cornwall, and me a warm welcome.

We were delighted that Sylvia Hewlett (1964) our Visiting Fellow, and President of the Center for Work–Life Policy ran such a stimulating seminar in London in March, with the intriguing theme ‘Seduction and Risk: The rise of the extreme job’. Just under 100 alumni attended. She spoke along with Dr Ruth Warren (Copping 1960) on the challenges posed by these work practices for both genders, and of some very recent research on the effects of extreme jobs for both employers and employees.

Last year our alumni were generous as ever, with over £1 million raised for Girton’s various initiatives. The annual telethon raised over £140,000 for a number of College projects, including the Tower Wing and Teaching Fellowships. The Tower Wing refurbishment will be completed in 2009, thanks to alumni donations to the project and to general funds.

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Girton spends over £800,000 each year subsidising teaching from its own endowment funds and donations, as there is a shortfall in the contribution from fee income. Cambridge’s success depends very much on the financial support of Colleges employing teaching officers in subjects where there are teaching shortages at a departmental level. To underwrite College’s long-term commitment to adequately funding teaching staff, we wish to endow as many teaching posts as possible, but this can only be done with the support of alumni and friends.

For any refurbishments or new facilities, we require specific fundraising, and some other specific needs come into this category, things which complement academic life in the College. One is the ongoing fundraising for the Lawrence Room, which is an excellent educational resource and was reopened this year, complete with new display cases, and which houses antiquities given to the College. So far over £70,000 has been raised, but much more is needed to make some public access possible, and for ongoing conservation.

The other need is for improved facilities for sport. We are delighted that this autumn the new pitches will be played on for the first time, and rugby and football can be played concurrently (without risk of collision of the two sports) for the first time in Girton’s history.

There is still some way to go on fundraising for the pavilion, although £350,000 has been pledged, another £400,000 is needed before building can begin. As with all our projects, we are dependent on donations for these improvements to take place.

In terms of the Development Team, there have as usual been changes. We were sad that Sam Bowie (1999), who had been working in the position of Development Officer since July 2005, left to take up a post at University College London Development Office. Owing to the increased reporting responsibilities expected for the University campaign, two new roles were formed out of the post of Development Officer.

Verity Moore joined us in April, as Annual Fund Officer, and takes over responsibility for planning and execution of our annual telethon, as well as building on the good work of the Friends of Girton College Groups. Before coming to Girton Verity worked in commercial public relations and in fundraising at Newnham College.

Linda Scott joined us as Development Administrator in May this year, having been co-ordinator of Finance and Resources for Cambridge Student Community Action. She is responsible for accurate recording and administration of donations on our database, and has been a chartered public finance accountant for a number of years.

A new post of Deputy Development Director has also been created to help to manage the variety of initiatives under way, and to raise more funds. Samuel Venn joined us in this role, and brings with him considerable fundraising experience from Christ’s College and Trinity Hall. As well as deputising for the Development Director, he is responsible for fundraising, and management of some of our development projects.

We have had the great pleasure of meeting many alumni and donors to College at the various events this last year, from the Lawrence Room re-opening to the Donors’ dinner, several year reunions, Friends’ events, and the alumni weekend; and we hope many of you may be tempted to come back to Girton (or to an event closer to home) for the 800th anniversary of the University which is, serendipitously, the 140th birthday of the College.

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Fellows’ Publications Publications by the Fellows and Officers of the College during 2007–08 include:

P H Abrahams. (All joint) Clinical Atlas of Human Anatomy (Mosby Elsevier, 2008); Medical Terminology for Students of Health Professions (Van Schaik, 2007); ‘Central venous catheterization – anatomical review of a clinical skill’, Clin. Anatomy 20 (2007) and 21 (2008) A Albors-Llorens. ‘The role of objective justification and efficiencies in the application of Article 82 EC’, Common Market Law Review 44 (2007); ‘Horizontal agreement and concerted practices in EC competition law’, Antitrust Bulletin 51 (2006) A H Blom. ‘Language admixture in the Old West Frisian Basle wedding speeches?’ in Advances in Old Frisian Philology, ed. R H Bremmer, S Laker, and O Vries (Rodopi, 2007) M D Brand. (All joint) ‘Mitochondrial uncouplers with an extraordinary dynamic range’, Biochem. J. 407 (2007); ‘Functional characterisation of UCP1 in the common carp: uncoupling activity in liver mitochondria and cold-induced expression in the brain’, J. Comparative Physiology B 177 (2007); ‘Hot topics. Research on mitochondria and aging, 2006-2007’, Aging Cell 6 (2007); ‘Uncoupling protein-2 contributes significantly to high mitochondrial proton leak in INS-1E insulinoma cells and attenuates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion’, Biochem. J. 409 (2008) C Cannon Middle English Literature (Polity, 2008) F J Cooke. (All joint) ‘New hospital initiatives in fighting resistance’ in Antibiotic Policies: Fighting Resistance, ed. I Gould and J van der Meer (Springer, 2007); ‘Prophage sequences defining hot spots of genome variation in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium can be used to discriminate between field isolates’, J. Clin. Microbiology (August 2007); ‘The missing care bundle: antibiotic prescribing in hospitals’, Int. J. Antimicrobial Agents (July 2007) S Davis. ‘Que(e)rying Spain: on the limits and possibilities of queer theory in Hispanism’ in Reading Iberia: Theory/ History/ Identity, ed. H Buffery, S Davis and K Hooper (Peter Lang, 2007); ‘Reading author and text: Juan Goytisolo and Makbara’ in Juan Goytisolo: Territories of Life and Writing, ed. S Black (Peter Lang, 2007) J A S Dusinberre. ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost and the pursuit of fame’, Shakespeare Studies (The Shakespeare Society of Japan) 45 (2007) P D James. The Private Patient (Random House, 2008) A Misquitta. (All joint) ‘Atom-atom potentials from ab initio calculations’, Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 26 (2007); ‘Accurate induction energies for small organic molecules: I. Theory, II. Models and numerical details’ and ‘Is the induction energy important for modeling organic crystals?’, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 4 (2008); ‘A first principles prediction of the crystal structure of C6Br2ClFH2’, Chem. Phys. Lett. 456 (2008) J Oates. (First two items sole author, others joint) ‘The royal tombs of Nimrud: the treasures of Assyrian Queens’ in Discovery! Unearthing the New Treasures of Archaeology, ed. B Fagan (Thames and Hudson, 2007); ‘Monumental public architecture in Late 69

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Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Mesopotamia, with particular reference to Tell Brak and Tell al Rimah’ in Power and Architecture in the Bronze Age Near East and Aegean, ed. J Bretschneider, J Driessen and K van Lerberghe (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 156, 2007); ‘Early urban development in the Near East’, Science 317 (2007); ‘Excavations at Tell Brak 2006-2007’, Iraq 69 (2007); ‘Equids and an acrobat: closure rituals at Tell Brak’, Antiquity 60 (2008) J M Riley. (All joint) ‘Some estimates of the source counts at Planck Surveyor frequencies, using the 9C survey at 15 GHz’, Monthly Notices of the R. Astronomical Soc. 379 (2007); ‘A final non-redundant catalogue for the 7C 151-MHz survey’, ibid. 382 (2007); ‘A 610-MHz survey of the ELAIS-N1 field with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope – observations, data analysis and source catalogue’, ibid. 383 (2008); ‘A 610-MHz survey of the Lockman Hole with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope – I. Observations, data reduction and source catalogue for the central 5 square degrees’, ibid. 387 (2008) S Robertson. (Sole author of the first and co-author of the second) ‘On document populations and measures of IR effectiveness’ in Studies in Theory of Information Retrieval (Foundation for Information Science, 2007); ‘HITS hits TREC – exploring IR evaluation results with network analysis’ in SIGIR 2007 (ACM, 2007) A I Rogerson. ‘Conington’s Roman Homer’ in Oxford Classics: Teaching and Learning 1800-2000, ed. C Stray, (Duckworth, 2007) E D Rubery. ‘Pope John VII’s devotion to Mary: papal images of Mary from the fifth to the early eighth century’ in The Origins of the Cult of the Virgin Mary, ed. C Maunder (Burns and Oates, 2008) J H Runde. (Joint) LiveEcon: Microeconomics Essentials (fully electronic textbook, Interactyx, 2007) A M Savill. (All joint) ‘An unsteady, moving mesh CJD simulation for Harrier hotgas ingestion control analysis’, Aeronautical J. 111 (2007); ‘Bi-objective design optimization for axial compressors using tabu search’, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics J. 46 (2008); ‘Using post-analyses of optimisation processes as an active computational design tool’, Int. Conferences on Computational Engineering and Science J. 335 (2008) W J Simpson. Burning to Read: English Fundamentalism and its Reformation Opponents (Harvard UP, 2007); Piers Plowman: An Introduction to the B-Text (2nd rev. ed., Exeter UP, 2007); ‘Bonjour paresse: literary waste and recycling in Book 4 of Gower’s Confessio amantis’, The Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture, Publications of the British Academy 151 (2007); ‘Diachronic history and the shortcomings of medieval studies’ in Reading the Medieval in Early Modern England, ed. D Matthews and G McMullan (CUP, 2007) M Stevens. (All joint) ‘The colours of animals: from Wallace to the present day. I – Cryptic colouration’ in Natural Selection and Beyond: The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace, ed. C H Smith and G W Beccaloni (OUP, 2008); ‘Conspicuousness, not eye mimicry, makes “eyespots” effective anti-predator signals’, Behavioral Ecology 19 (2008) 70

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A M Strathern. ‘Knowledge identities’ in Changing Identities in Higher Education: Voicing Perspectives, ed. R Barnett and R di Napoli (Routledge, 2007); ‘Old and new reflections’ in How do we know? Evidence, Ethnography, and the Making of Anthropological Knowledge, ed. L Chau, C High and T Lau (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008); Reproducing the Future. Essays on Anthropology, Kinship and the New Reproductive Technologies (Manchester UP/ Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1992, translation published by Ellenika Grammata, 2008) D J Thompson. ‘The promise of papyrology’, Proc. of the 24th Int. Congress of Papyrology 2003 (2007); ‘Education and culture in Hellenistic Egypt and beyond’ in Escuela y Literatura en Grecia Antigua, ed. J F Delgado, F Pordomingo and A Stramaglia (Edizioni dell’Università degli Studi di Cassino, 2007); ‘The exceptionality of the early Ptolemaic Fayum’, Papyrologica Lupiensia 14 (2005) R M L Warren. (All joint) ‘A case-control study of the impact of the East Anglian breast screening programme on breast cancer mortality’ and ‘Breast cancer risk factors and a novel measure of volumetric breast density: cross-sectional study’, Br. J. Cancer 15 (2008); ‘Screening women at moderate risk of breast cancer’, Br. J. Hosp. Med. 68 (2007); ‘MammoGrid – a prototype distributed mammographic database for Europe’, Clin. Radiology 62 (2007) P O Wikström. ‘Deterrence and deterrence experiences: preventing crime through the threat of punishment’ in International Handbook of Penology and Criminal Justice, ed. S G Shoham, O Beck and M Kett (CRC Press, 2007); ‘Doing without knowing: common pitfalls in crime prevention’ in Imagination for Crime Prevention, ed. G Farrell, K Bowers, S Johnson and M Townsley (Criminal Justice Press, 2007); ‘In search of causes and explanations of crime’ in Doing Research on Crime and Justice, ed.

R D King and E Wincup (2nd ed., OUP, 2007); ‘The social ecology of crime: the role of the environment in crime causation’ in Internationales Handbuch der Kriminologie vol. 1 (de Gruyter, 2007) R M Williams. (Joint) ‘Gravitational Wilson loop and large scale curvature’, Phys. Rev. D67 (2007)

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Student Reports JCR Committee The sun is shining, most students have finished their exams, and the stress of revision is almost forgotten amid the laughter now filling the summer air. As the outgoing JCR President, I have been asked to write a short note about the past year. This is a particular honour since through working on the ‘Telethon’ (College’s fundraising campaign), I have come to appreciate the importance of the Annual Review as the link between current life at College and the alumni community. I shall look forward to my copy in the autumn, when nostalgia for College will probably hit me the hardest.

Our year was special since we shall receive our degrees in the 60th anniversary year of women receiving their first degrees from Cambridge. This occasion was commemorated at this year’s College Feast. This year also saw a magnificent Spring Ball themed around Milton’s Paradise Lost. The Girton Amateur Dramatics Society (GADS) put on an acclaimed version of the musical Oliver! in town, further raising Girton’s profile across the University. Sports-wise, Girton saw the men’s first XI reach the Cuppers final, the Girton Women’s Football team reach the Plate final, and victory for the Rugby team, who won the Plate. A massive Girton crowd came out to support, first, second and third years all blended into one community, a sea of green. There was a similarly high turnout at the Freshers’ Week Greece vs. Grease Ent and the Pre-historic Ent later in the year.

Within the JCR Committee, it looked as if it might become a difficult year with the budget being significantly cut; but the outgoing Treasurer, Stefan Porter, handled it well.

It was a busy year, with meetings every Monday (brightened up by Jaffa Cakes), the most popular topics being bus fares and hobs. Many different projects were undertaken: the JCR shines in bright new Girton red, the previously existing bus scheme is now subsidised to allow affordable travelling into town, and we managed to save the hobs from the Health and Safety axe; hopefully, the rallying cry will prove successful also in the long term. In addition, this year saw a constitution change, the Vice-President now being in charge of external representation at CUSU. There was also increased co-operation between the Roll Committee, the JCR and the MCR; we collectively organised a successful first career event entitled ‘Life After Girton’. This involved Girton Alumni coming back to talk about their varied and extremely interesting careers, followed by a dinner. This will hopefully become a Girton tradition, and there are plans to expand it to a small mentoring scheme. A College Newspaper, The Outrider, was also created, initiated by the JCR Committee but carried out independently. The openness of Girton as a community was reflected in the very successful access schemes which have already become part of the Girton tradition: the Target Schools and Ethnic Minority schemes, and the International Freshers’ Week, helping Girton to attract students from all backgrounds.

All of this would not have been possible without the initiative and commitment put in by each of the JCR Officers. The JCR Committee made sure the student voice was heard and actively helped shape College policy in a constructive way. College and I owe them a big thank you for all their time and effort; often putting academic work and personal 72

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enjoyment second to making Girton what it is: an inclusive and active College. There are many individuals who deserve special mention, but owing to lack of space I can only salute a very few. Special mention goes to Deborah Margolis (Secretary) and Bernard Travers (Webmaster) for being long-standing and integral parts of the JCR Committee; also to Gemma Brady (Vice-President) for organising a very successful Freshers’ JCR committee 2007–08 Week, and Thomas Gault (Curator) for organising room choosing and, on top of that, having a schedule of meetings to rival even that of the President. My successor will − for the first time in many years − be a first-year student, the election of whom reflects the high involvement of first-years over the past months.

My final thanks go to College, and in particular the Mistress, for being open to our views and willing to co-operate and find constructive solutions to our concerns. It has been an exhausting year, but it has been a great honour and a joy to work with such great people for such a great College!

Karoline Klose

MCR Committee From day one, the 2007–08 graduates proved themselves to be an energetic and passionate group that quickly joined together to form a close community under the leadership of their MCR Committee. Continuing the success of its predecessors, the most recent MCR Committee brought a unique perspective as it implemented new initiatives that shaped graduate life and contributed to the greater Girton community. This report provides a brief snapshot of the past year, including the activities and goals of the MCR Committee, and also recognises the hard work of the individual officers and members of the various graduate committees.

Before Michaelmas Term had even started, students were already volunteering to plan a series of exciting events to welcome the new students, which led to a remarkably successful Freshers’ Week and set the pace for the very successful and productive year that was to follow. Events during these first two weeks included a graduate welcome desk, a parenting scheme, group dinners in town, subsidised cinema nights, punting to Grantchester, a day rip to London, bowling nights, and the ever-popular annual gBay auction. Elections were held shortly thereafter, and the new MCR Committee immediately began to organise events to further the community spirit among the graduates, as it hosted regular MCR dinners, sporting events, and movie nights.

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Re-Freshers’ Week and the introduction of the popular Graduate Research Seminars.

Taking advantage of the depth and variety of the academic backgrounds of the graduates, the Seminars provided an opportunity for students to learn from each other as they took turns presenting their research to a broader, non-expert audience. The Seminars were well attended and raised the academic profile of Girton, with such relevant and interesting themes as sustainability, religion, philosophy, physics, and technology.

The great success of this past year would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of each and every member of the MCR Committee. I should like to thank all the Officers who went above and beyond the call of duty and spent countless hours working to improve the lives of all the graduates. Our Treasurer ensured that our budget was used effectively. The Welfare Secretary has been the individual behind the success of the Graduate Research Seminars and our Social Secretary the organiser of all the formal exchanges with other Colleges. The MCR dinners were always a great culinary experience thanks to the discriminating palate of our Meals Officer. Alumni and external relations were fostered by the Roll Officer and the Graduate Union Representative while our Women’s Officer paid special attention to the concerns of the female graduate population.

In closing, I should like to give heartfelt thanks to all the members of Girton College who supported us in our endeavours and helped make this a truly memorable year.

The inclusive and lively environment has enabled us to become a more cohesive group, making Girton an unforgettable graduate experience for all of us.

Ioannis Baltopoulos, MCR President

Biological Society In just the second year since the formation of Girton Biological Society we have enjoyed much success and have been fortunate enough to receive presentations from many highly renowned individuals from a great range of biological disciplines.

The academic year began for the Society with a joint presentation evening by two members of Girton MCR: Thomas Baden and Christopher Forman. Tom Baden from the Zoology Department spoke on his PhD work in the area of Neurobiology with a presentation entitled ‘Visualising Neuronal Activity in vivo’, while Chris Forman spoke on his multidisciplinary work in Cellular Biophysics in a talk entitled ‘Organising Molecular Electronics with Amyloid Fibres’. The breadth of subject material and quality of speakers combined for a well attended and highly enjoyable evening, and set the tone for the coming academic year.

Also in Michaelmas Term, the Society organised a PhD evening in collaboration with the MCR to allow undergraduates studying Biological Sciences to meet with MCR members and discuss the often unknown details of undertaking a PhD in Cambridge.

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Research Institution, organised in collaboration with the Girton Medical Society.

Professor Brindle spoke on ‘Imaging Biology in the Cancer Patient’ from his extensive experience in Cancer Cell Imaging, and discussed the exciting new developments of his work in the context of clinical application. We were privileged to hear from such a leading researcher in the area of Cancer Imaging.

Our final speaker concluded Lent Term in great style. Professor Howard Griffiths from the Plant Sciences Department gave an inspiring talk on his extensive work with CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) plants, which was greatly enjoyed by all those who attended. Professor Griffiths also joined the Society for Formal Hall, along with students from many other colleges.

Girton Biological Society would like to thank all those who have given their time and energy to the success of the Society in its second year, and we are looking forward to building on these achievements in the future.

Rebecca Wilebore, Chairman

Geographical Society The Girton College Geographical Society held several events in the course of the year.

Three talks were given, two from PhD students, and one from a Girton Fellow. William Harvey spoke about skilled immigration policy in the USA, whilst Karenjit Clare addressed the topic of gender in the UK’s creative industries. The third talk was given by Dr Mia Gray, whose research challenges current notions of globalisation. All the talks attracted interest from undergraduates and were very well received.

The Society’s Reunion Dinner was held in February, providing an opportunity for alumni to reunite with old friends. The evening was also an occasion for alumni and undergraduates to socialise with pre-dinner drinks and an excellent three-course meal.

Dick Grove gave an interesting speech, entertaining us with anecdotes about his life in Cambridge and connections to Girton College. The evening was completed with postdinner drinks in the Fellows’ Drawing Room and a raffle contributing towards the Jean Grove Memorial Fund. The generous contributions to this fund will aid undergraduates in financing their dissertations. Thanks to all the alumni who attended the dinner, the Catering Office and particularly Dick Grove. Additional thanks go to Emma Cornwall from the Development Office and last year’s President, Maxine Lavine.

Robert Patrick, President

Girton Amateur Dramatic Society (GADS) The year began with a truly epic pantomime at the end of Michaelmas Term. Troy: The Panto, written by second-year Engineer Bernard Travers and third-year Vet Lydia Chambers, was a production which showcased lots of talented Freshers as well as some seasoned GADS performers. Several full houses were in stitches at the transvestite face that launched a thousand ships and Achilles’ (pink stiletto) heels.

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performed at the McCrum Theatre in town. Directed by second year Linguist Stefan Porter with musical direction by third year SPS student Markus Forsman, the 30-strong cast performed such well-known numbers as ‘Consider Yourself ’ and ‘Who Will Buy?’ and left the audience asking for more (sir)! This year’s May Week show – The Odd Couple by Neil Simon – transformed the Old Hall stage into a slob’s hovel, to pristine cleanliness and back again, as two mismatched divorcees attempted to combat co-inhabitancy. Particularly memorable were performances by Rosalyn Tandy and Abigail Tedder as the Pigeon sisters.

A new venture planned for next Michaelmas Term is ‘Drama on the Hill’ or the ‘All Souls Players’: a collaboration between Churchill, Fitzwilliam, Girton and New Hall College Drama Societies. Auditions will open at the start of the new academic year for a joint production to take place at the Fitzwilliam Auditorium, which has recently hosted the Handel opera Xerxes and the musical Sweet Charity. Its aim is to pool the talents of all four colleges to create successful productions that will draw in audiences from town.

Other plans for next year include a revamp of the GADS website, a new props and costume storage space and, of course, another selection of exciting and diverse productions. My thanks go to the current Committee for their hard work this year: Lydia Chambers (Vice-President), Bernard Travers (Web/Technical), Stefan Porter (Treasurer), Okey Nzelu and Nicholas Koh (Actors’ Reps).

Joanna Harries

Girton Ethnic Minorities Society (GEMS) This year, as in previous years, the main focus of the GEMS activity lay in the Shadowing Scheme. A student-run project, organised by the JCR Ethnic Minorities’ Representative, the Shadowing Scheme aims to provide Ethnic Minority Students with a clearer idea of what it is like to study at Cambridge, and at Girton College in particular, by inviting six sixth-form students to shadow current Girton students. Applications were submitted by over 40 pupils, and on Thursday 7 March 2007 the chosen few (three potential medics, a prospective lawyer, a possible economist and a pensive natural scientist) arrived in Cambridge.

From there they were escorted to Girton College and met the students who had volunteered to help. Introductions were made in the JCR, before the visitors were shown to their rooms and given time to settle in and prepare for Formal Hall. Formal Hall proved a popular success, and was an enjoyable experience for all (although one visitor expressed passing disappointment that they had not been invited to the upcoming Spring Ball, instead). Fortunately, Girton is able to provide for students with special dietary requirements, so one student’s request to be served halal food was not a problem. After 76

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the meal, we accompanied the visitors down to the bar, where they got a glimpse of the social life of Girton students, and got the opportunity to speak to a range of students.

This done, a quick brief on the next day’s activities (and on a few Health and Safety issues) was given to the visitors, before they left for bed.

The next day, Friday, was spent following the volunteers who studied their chosen subject, and I would like to thank those who volunteered their time to help me with the Scheme; many of them were busy already, and kindly donated their time. This time was, however, well spent ­­­– indeed, the student interested in Natural Sciences spent all of the morning and most of the afternoon in a practical class, helping his volunteer to complete a project. Others accompanied students to lectures, faculties and libraries, before stopping for lunch at Wolfson Court. From there we took a walking tour around the City of Cambridge, a time for sight-seeing, relaxation and further questions before returning to College for supper.

After our meal, the volunteers left to return to their work, and the students and I watched a film in the Old JCR. As can be expected, much debate ensued as to which film to watch, and I, the ‘responsible adult,’ had to remain silent and impartial: it came down to a choice of Mean Girls and another, rather dull film, whose name I can’t remember and which was promptly vetoed by the people. The film over, we said goodnight and went to bed; they left the next morning.

Interestingly, those preconceptions about life and study at the University of Cambridge which we were working to deconstruct became very apparent only after the Scheme was complete. No doubt this is due, at least in part, to the politeness of the pupils who visited Girton College; and when they did discuss their preconceptions, it was only to say that they had taken on a wholly changed perspective. This was the aim of the Scheme, and a very large part of the wider aim of GEMS; for the opportunity to participate in this, I am extremely grateful, and I look forward to passing on the baton to next year’s representative, who will continue the work started a few years ago, to widen access to Girton College.

Finally, I would like to thank again all those who volunteered to accompany six strangers around the City; as well as Angela Stratford, Head of Tutorial and Admissions, for her invaluable help in organising what might have been a logistical nightmare; and to the Porters, for tolerating and accommodating my last-minute, garbled requests for help.

Thanks also to Charlotte Richer, CUSU Access Officer, and Breanne Ashlee-McIvor, the previous Ethnic Minorities’ Representative, for their generous advice and support. I am eternally grateful.

Okey Nzelu, President

History Society In only its third year of existence, Girton College History Society consolidated on its two previous years of excellent guest speakers. Though this year was much sparser in terms of events, the administrative changes to the Society put it on a much firmer footing, and ensured its continuity into the future.

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In what turned out to be the only speaker event of the year, Professor Mary Beard agreed to speak to the Society. This was something of a first for the Society, in attracting a speaker outside the conventional field of History. Professor Beard, a Fellow at Newnham College, was the first Classicist to address the Society, on this occasion discussing the topic of her recent book, The Roman Triumph. In what proved to be a fascinating, and well attended, talk, Professor Beard used artistic and archaeological evidence to demonstrate the mindset of the Romans concerning victory, and provided some very telling insights into the contemporary world. This was followed by a detailed question-and-answer session, which reinforced and expanded on the points made. It was gratifying to see so many there, especially those who had made the journey up from town.

In other events, the Society took steps to ensure its financial future, and a constitution detailing the working of the Society was created. This was done in conjunction with the outgoing Committee, and in particular Estelle Duxbury, who provided much useful advice. Finally, the Society took action in organising the events for the following academic year, which will feature a talk from Professor Tony Badger, one of the University’s foremost authorities on American History. The outgoing Committee would like to thank Dr Reid, Dr Griffin, and in particular Dr Mills, for all their assistance throughout the year, and hopes that the next Committee will engage even more interesting ideas and speakers in the next academic year.

Thomas Mungovan, President

Law Society The Law Society has had a very successful and enjoyable year with many exciting events being held and another growth in members amongst both Law and non-Law students.

The 2007–08 Committee’s first task was to organise the May Week Garden Party. The event was a huge success thanks to the generous sponsorship of seven firms with over 60 guests and representatives from all the firms attending. A great way to start May Week and the Committee’s year!

With the arrival of the Freshers, the Society organised a welcome meal and a cocktail party to introduce them to the older Law students and other members of the Society. The cocktail party in particular was an enjoyable evening; standing up to the reputation the Society has for holding great parties where the drinks never run out!

The Annual Dinner is the main event of the year and this year the Society were delighted to welcome Mrs Margaret Mountford as our guest speaker. Margaret Mountford, a former Law student of the College, created great interest in the Dinner owing to her finding fame as Sir Alan Sugar’s advisor on BBC’s The Apprentice. We would like to thank her again for being our guest and delivering a fantastic speech. This was the final event for the Committee and was a great night to sign off with. The night was enjoyed by all who attended.

Our thanks must go to Mrs Cherry Hopkins who has stepped down as the Senior Treasurer; her help and support to the Committee will be greatly missed. We are delighted to welcome Mr Stelios Tofaris as her replacement.

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Finally, thanks go to the other members of the Committee: Lauren Prentice and Deborah Margolis. I look forward to 2008–09 and hope for another fantastic year under the new Committee.

Nick Evans, President

Poetry Group Gathering regularly around a fire to declaim and hear tales in verse makes the Girton Poetry Group a small part of a very ancient tradition. We may have produced no second Homer during the year but, when the University term threatens to overwhelm, meeting to share their fresh-, even under-, cooked poetry is both solace and inspiration for undergraduates, graduates and Fellows. Perhaps the greatest pleasure is in seeing how different writers develop their voices and confidence during the year, and even more so year on year. The thrice-termly meetings are held in the Fellows’ Drawing Room, with our wine glasses in hand, and all poems submitted, read and discussed anonymously. Most write on one of a choice of themes or quotations set by members of the undergraduate committee a week beforehand. Confessions of authorship round off the evening, after which the committee makes a selection for inclusion on the Group’s website Not Averse.

Google ‘Girton Poetry’ and you should be taken straight there.

Themes in 2007–08 seem to have tracked student termtime experience: ‘Steps’ and ‘No place like home’ reflected the return to College, ‘In the beginning the Universe was created…’ was set in the new year, ‘Roses’ and ‘To fear love is to fear life…’ were on the eve of St Valentine and ‘When you are in a Slump you are not in for much fun…’ immediately preceded the examination period. The complete set of themes may be seen on the website. Sometimes a verse form is also set: rhymes royal, sonnets and triolets punctuated this year, but some poets broke unasked into villanelle, pantoum and free verse, while the progression suggested by the quotation ‘Little by little one travels far…’ inspired no fewer than four authors to write in terza rima.

The particular success of this year’s meetings has been due to inspiration and good organisation from Kate Houston, Breanne Mc-Ivor and Alba Zeigler-Bailey. To Stephen Robertson we owe the elegance and upkeep of our website.

First-Time Bar. First love. The utmost giving of self To the tinny notes of the ticking keyboard; To plastic chairs; to the folders’ snap; And the off-beat throb of the basket-ball.

Now different windows shed different light, And music deepens; and echoes rebound; And memory sears as melody soars And I feel myself fall as second love is found.

Not lost. Not forgotten, that dusty hall, But reborn in the ache of repeated refrains As the song-spell bewitches me back into love; And older, and wiser, I choose its chains.

So harmony slips from a broken heart And is restored. And I have learnt.

Turn back the page, repeat your part – The familiar tune; the altered words.

Claire Rainsford

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Bernie Lee Photographic Society Over the course of this year members of the Bernie Lee Photography Society have displayed their work on the boards that hang outside Old Hall. Topics of these presentations range from the intense colours of the light on an early morning in wintry England (Daniel Strange), to craftsmen working metal in a Moroccan souk (Cara Kerven). A number of new members are once again taking advantage of the capacity to develop negatives and it is wonderful that the darkroom is being used for its original purpose! However, most of the photos for exhibition are nowadays in digital format and the new high-quality photo printer has meant that we are able to print up to A3 size – a real asset in creating a dramatic display as the large photos offer great impact.

Although no photography competition was run this year, a new display area was set up in the JCR. The concept of the board was to create a space in which all the students in College could display photos that they had taken during their travels over the vacation.

We received a lot of diverse shots and were able to put up photographs from more than 15 people taken across Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. Such a wide response in turn ensured a varied array of work, including striking masked dancers in Northern India (Brett Shanley), the still composure of an Austrian lake (Maria Henty) and busy streets in a Cambodian city (Leanne Miller). The location of each photo was marked on a large map placed in the centre of the board. We hope this will remain as a permanent display, with people’s work periodically rotating as both holidays and students come and go. Finally, we would like to thank the JCR Committee for providing funds needed for the presentation.

Cara Kerven, Acting President

SAFE Once again, Girton College Southern African Fund for Education (SAFE) has succeeded in raising a substantial sum of money, totalling over £2,300. This is owing to the generosity of the JCR, MCR and College Staff, whom I would like to thank for their contributions.

Last year, preparations were made to extend the scheme to include Girton Staff. The planned expansion of the scheme was successfully completed in Lent Term.

The task of deciding how the money should be allocated was not an easy one but we were assisted by a charity proposals meeting held by Cambridge University SAFE and our own open meeting in Lent Term. This year, Girton SAFE supported a combination of large-scale charities such as CAMFED and smaller-scale projects such as Kgubetswana.

We also supported projects that Girton students had connections with, such as Kenyan Education Partnerships.

Thanks to the current Committee of Elizabeth Cosgrove, Sarah Fisher, Helen Duncan and Mothusi Turner for their part in a successful year. I hope that next year Girton SAFE will continue to expand and develop.

Robert Patrick, Chairman

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Badminton With recent promotion to Division II, our men’s first team had to work hard against the tough competition to retain our position there. However, despite our best efforts, other commitments meant we weren’t always able to get a strong first team out and so ended up being relegated to Division III in Lent Term. This setback seemed to spur the team on through Lent Term and led to a series of convincing wins to leave us in a strong second position in Division III. Once again, we did well in mixed Cuppers to get into the semi-finals where we narrowly lost to St Catharine’s owing to injuries. I would like to commend all involved for their contributions to the mixed Cuppers team: Rishdeep Baveja, Katie Scotter, Susan Little, William Prior and Claire Rong (who joined us from Churchill).

With regards to the women’s team, even though several members of our team left at the end of the last academic year and some of our postgraduate players were not able to commit so much time this year, a number of new players, not all first years, joined Mary Reid (c), Heather Rickaby and Caroline Sandford who had been in the team last year – Natasha Aikman, Stella Deakin, Nichola Hamilton, Kate Houston, Kate Lager, Catherine Penington, Rachel Smith and Julia Townend all contributed much time and effort. Though everyone was starting from different levels of experience all of our players improved over the season, making prospects for next year encouraging.

We started the year in Division IV and finished comfortably in the middle of the table at the end of Michaelmas Term with a couple of good wins over Downing College and Trinity Hall second teams. Unfortunately, in Lent Term we struggled a bit more and finished near the bottom of the League but hopefully have done enough to remain in Division IV for next year.

Huan Dong, Captain

Basketball Women After the restructuring of the Women’s League and the introduction of two divisions, Girton Women’s Basketball team started the season in Division I. The season that followed was one of mixed success as the loss of experienced players in key matches meant that we finished the season in fifth place – five points behind runners-up, Christ’s College.

We had begun the season very positively with the benefit of the intake of novices Anjili Shah and Sarah Healey from the first year and the continued commitment of more experienced players, and this paid off with a convincing win over the Newnham team. In Lent Term, despite our best efforts we were hampered by injury and a reduced team and unfortunately failed to make our mark on the League. However some excellent baskets by Natasha Jocelyn and Nicola Peart and defence by Jennifer Gulliver and Anjili Shah, combined with a great deal of spirited place-play, put the Girton team in a strong position to start the next season.

Players: Jennifer Gulliver, Sarah Healy, Natasha Jocelyn, Nicola Peart, Anjili Shah, Louise Anning, Ghaya Balendran, Sarah Fisher.

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Boat Club It has been another exciting year for Girton College Boat Club, which has continued to build on the successes of previous years despite many of the more experienced rowers leaving the Club following graduation in June 2007. Michaelmas Term saw many novices joining GCBC, and it was good to hear that they all enjoyed learning to row or cox.

The biggest race of that term, the Fairbairn Cup race, was a resounding success for our novice crews. The men finished their Division twenty-third out of 69 novice crews, and the women came home at twenty-sixth out of 62, very respectable results for crews with only a few weeks of rowing experience! Our senior crews had varying results during this term, but managed to put in several solid performances, culminating with sixteenth and thirtysecond places in the Fairbairn Cup race for the first women’s and men’s VIIIs respectively, and forty-fifth for the second men’s VIII. In Lent Term, the crews that really shone were the first and second men’s VIIIs. The first men started the term off well by finishing fourth and fifteenth in the Newnham Short Course and Robinson Head races respectively. This strong performance was carried over into the Lent Bumps, where the first men went up three places in Division II (and are now third in the Division) and the second men went up four places in Division III to earn their blades. The two women’s crews in Lent Bumps unfortunately did not fare as well, with the first women being unlucky in getting bumped on each day in Division I. The second women’s boat did however manage to hold station in Division III. Easter Term saw a huge turnaround from the women’s side of the Club and the men’s crews also continued to perform strongly. The first men finished fifteenth out of 67 crews in the Head of the Cam race (making them the third fastest VIII in their May Bumps Division) and fifth in their Division of the Spring Head to Head race. The first women also had an excellent race in the Spring Head to Head, finishing nine seconds faster than the boat chasing them in the May Bumps and third overall. GCBC also had several more novice boats this term and it was pleasing to see so many students giving the sport a try. Girton had seven boats in the May Bumps this year and overall the results were very mixed. The first men went up three places in Division II, and were very unfortunate in having their chance of blades denied by being forced to go for the overbump on the final day. The first women bumped Newnham I on the third day to finish fifth on the river overall, a truly fantastic The Mays. First men in rough water while the women catch the sun achievement! The second men were unlucky this year and were bumped on every day, as were the fourth men and the third women. The second women and third men both went down three places overall. The GCBC marquee 82

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was very successful this year and it was good to see so many people coming down to the river to support our crews. We definitely had the loudest cheer from the supporters!

Other events in the Boat Club this year have included the purchase of a new Janousek IV+, thanks in part to a very generous donation to the Club. The Boat was named by the donor and launched on 19 June 2008. This is the first men’s IV that GCBC has owned and we are very excited about the training and racing opportunities that it will bring to the Club. On behalf of GCBC I would like to thank the donor for her contribution. This year the Club has had two rowers competing in the University Boat Clubs, namely Richard Stutt and Katie Wood, who raced in 2008 in the Goldie and Blondie crews respectively.

I would like to finish with a huge ‘Well done!’ to everyone who has rowed or coxed with GCBC over the past year, and also say a massive thank you to all of our coaches – it wouldn’t be possible without you! I am excited about the potential success for the Club over the coming year and hope to see many of you back in October.

Mark Gosling, GCBC President

Cross­-country and Athletics Girton College Cross-country has continued to be a strong presence in the College League.

The ability and consistent support from many runners has enabled both the men’s and women’s teams to finish fifth in their Divisions.

The Freshers’ Fun Run, the first event of the year, attracted more than ten Girtonians.

A solid run from Fresher Alan Young broke 20 minutes over the 5-kilometre course, whilst tight packing from Christopher Watson, Justin Drake, Oleg Lenive, Richard Pates and Toby Lamarque secured Girton a respectable seventh place. The women’s team came fourth overall with an exciting close finish between third-year Elizabeth Howse and fresher Stella Deakin.

Girton Women’s Cross-country team went on to win the next College League race at Grantchester Meadows in November. An impressive run by Anna Anderson secured her first place, a performance that was repeated at Fen Ditton in January. The men’s team also ran strongly, finishing second overall in both of these races. Andrew Duncan led the Girton team at Fen Ditton, his first race following injury. Sustained efforts from all enabled Girton men to present large teams in the final two League fixtures, Coe Fen relays and Selwyn relays.

Girton runners represented the College well at University level. Anna Anderson was selected for the Varsity Blues team, and was the first Cambridge runner home in the race on Wimbledon Common. Energetic Stella Deakin ran for both the Blues and the women’s seconds team. Alan Young, Christopher Watson, Mark Beevor and Richard Pates all scored for Cambridge men’s fourth team, whilst Elizabeth Howse ran in the women’s third team race. Although Oxford won 5–2 overall, the Varsity races were great fun, with valuable contributions from participating and supporting Girtonians.

I wish Girton College Cross-Country the best for the future and hope to see more successes on both an individual and a team level. I look forward to being part of the team in the coming season.

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Football Women This has been a successful season again for the Club; we have succeeded in reaching the final of the Plate Competition and although League positions have not been released at the time of writing, it is clear that we are challenging for the Title of Division I. Last season saw the departure of many key players upon whom the Club’s success had been built in the last few seasons so it was incredibly lucky and a great relief that there was such a talented intake of fresh faces from the first-year ranks. Two excellent new wingers, in the shape of Maudie Powell-Tuck and Anna Heaton, gave the team new-found width and an exciting attacking dimension. The return of Kate Robson, until injury sidelined her yet again, was a welcome sight, and she provided crunching tackles and a prolific attacking force from midfield.

Another returning presence was Susan Little who once again dominated the midfield and gave many match-winning performances. Nicola Hoffman and Karen, both graduates, joined our team this season bringing with them dominance, speed and drive. A special mention must be given to Karen who played everywhere I asked her to; such flexibility really meant we could field the strongest team possible. Lauren Iredale, Sarah Fisher, Claire Nichols and Francisca Malarée gave the defence a backbone, which few managed to penetrate. Claire Stubbins, Anna Heaton and Rebecca Langton all gave great performances in the goalmouth, a position where we had been lacking in strength. Returning players Karoline Klose, Jemima Woolverton, Olivia Storer and Amanda Wynne once again meant we truly had strength in depth, and this depth had the highest quality. The ‘Player of the Season’ is without a doubt Charlotte, who scored a multitude of goals, however there were so many high-quality players this season there was very little to choose between them.

This has been a season of consistent highs and one or two lows, the lowest being losing the final in blustery conditions and dubious circumstances. However, the highlight of the season for myself and for many others would have to be the victory over Jesus College. In a stunning 4–2 victory we triumphed for the first time in five years, for many players this victory was extra sweet as Jesus have always been formidable opponents and had taken both the Title and Cup victory from us the previous season. Since the first day of the season we have triumphed in almost every match and not just by a small margin, in fact our 4–2 victory over Jesus was the smallest victory margin.

I finally wish to send a message of thanks to our Coach, Stefan Porter, who yelled and hollered from the touchline and moulded a true team. Anna Heaton will be taking over as Captain next year and I wish her all the success in the world. I can think of no better successor. She had led by example all season, playing with flu and staying on the pitch until the end of the match even though at one point she was kneeeling in the centre circle and clearly suffering. If she can infuse the team with a fraction of her resilience and guts then I can only envisage bigger and better things. I would like to thank everyone who played for the team this season and for giving their all in every match. I am very proud of our achievements, and even if we lose the Title on goal difference this season, I am certain that next season will be Girton’s year and they will clinch that elusive Title of the Top Division.

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Men Despite narrowly missing out on two trophies this year, I can confidently say that this year has been successful for the Girton Men’s Football team. Although we were relegated last year, a good run of form at the close of the season highlighted the talent we had in the squad. Although we had lost James Staff, Mark Hughes and Daniel Blake, the early impact of first-years Christopher Kingcombe, Jack Hylands, Matthew Cook and goalkeeper Michael Blake suggested the season could see promotion back to Division I. The year started well, the front men scoring 15 goals in the first three games. Knowing that we had a solid back four, confidence was high from the off. An early loss to titlecontenders Downing provoked a strong response; teamwork won through in a 4–1 win against last year’s champions St Catharine’s, in the first round of Cuppers. This sparked a six-game winning run, in which the goals of Geoffrey King and Matthew Cook proved invaluable in strengthening our position in Division II, and furthering our progress in the Cup. A hard-fought match against Jesus in the semi-final of Cuppers, with heroics from Michael Blake in the ensuing penalty shoot-out, saw us progress to the Cuppers final against Christ’s.

With only three games remaining, the Cup and League Double was a real possibility.

Unfortunately, a lacklustre start from a tired side against Selwyn set the tone for a disappointing loss which left promotion prospects looking bleak. Fortune was again against Girton in the final of Cuppers; conditions suited a solid Christ’s team, and despite a gutsy performance the game ended in a 6–2 defeat.

A lack of silverware from a season with so many fantastic results is certainly disappointing, yet great memories of the Cup Final will stick with the squad for ever. The quality of departing players Matthew Gethin and this year’s ‘Top Scorer’ Geoffrey King will undoubtedly be missed next season, yet I am confident that next season the current squad, along with any additions, will secure promotion and push again for a fantastic Cup run.

Thanks go to James Gray and Spencer Lucas for the Captaincy of second and third teams. ‘Player of the Year’ awards were made to Robert O’Brien (first team), Michael Birmingham (second team) and Ian Hanahoe (third team) Robert Calvert, Captain

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The season was to prove tough, with only a modest intake of freshers and the loss of some key players, but thanks to the effort and commitment of everyone involved we were able to field a side for every match, which was in itself quite a feat. A special mention must go to Rebecca Langton who represented the University Hockey side this year and brought much to her College side. The award for ‘Player of the Season’ went to Judith Rawlings. Having never played hockey before, Judith was to display enormous talent in goal and was regularly our saviour during the season. Anna Heaton was awarded ‘Most Improved Player’. Coming fresh to the sport, her stick skills and perception of the game 85

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were already astonishing by just mid-way through the season. In the League we managed to stay in the top half of Division I with some hard-fought wins against St John’s and Gonville and Caius Colleges and a pivotal draw against Churchill College keeping us above water. Building on this success, we advanced to the quarter-finals of Cuppers, losing to St Catharine’s College in a challenging and well-fought match.

I would like to thank AB Shipping for their continued support, this year financing a new Club kit for both the men’s and women’s sides. We are also indebted to Alistair Welch who umpired all but two of our matches. Special thanks must go to those who graduate this year: Corinne Thompson, Nicola Peart and Julia Ruston. Their support and commitment to the Club over the past three seasons have left Girton Hockey much in their debt. I would like to wish Girton Hockey all the best of luck next season in the capable hands of Maria Henty and look forward to returning for the legendary Old Boys fixture.

Women’s squad: Victoria Bloom, Eleanor Grummitt, Anna Heaton, Maria Henty, Rebecca Langton, Susan Little, Nicola Peart, Judith Rawlings, Alexandra Rinck, Julia Ruston, Leanne Sheen, Rachel Smith, Elsbeth Stops, Corinne Thompson, Sarah Walker.

Victoria Bloom, Captain Men Losing ten players from a previous squad of 14 to graduation, and with the prospect of playing in a higher division, it would be fair to say that the Girton Men’s Hockey Club went into the 2007–08 season with an uncertain future. However, with another strong intake of Freshers (seven in total) and the recruitment of further undergraduates, the team went into the Michaelmas season with high expectations.

Freshers Stuart Jackson and Christopher Kingcombe made an immediate impact on the team, with their strong midfield holding play allowing Girton to create numerous opportunities in what turned out to be a high-scoring first term. Wins against Selwyn College (6–0), Trinity Hall (9–0), Trinity College, ending 3–2 after a closely fought match between two equally matched sides, and Christ’s College (2–0) put the team on the cusp of a second promotion in as many terms. Unfortunately a 1–0 loss in the second match of the season to a Fitzwilliam side deservedly promoted meant that Girton would remain in Division III, despite having two of the League’s top goal-scorers in Stuart Jackson and Steven Bryce.

The loss of Stuart to the Blues side and many rearranged timetables resulted in a decidedly smaller squad and less successful Lent Term. However, Girton came back from three straight defeats to draw and win their final two matches and remain in Division III for another year.

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Jackson, William Bradley and Steven Bryce all converting. A second-round win against Selwyn (3–1) was followed by an unfortunate quarter-final loss to Emmanuel (2–1) when we once again lost out in the closing stages.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Alistair Welch, William Bradley and Robert Bain, who all graduate this year, for their continued commitment to the team over the past three years. A final word of thanks to AB Shipping for their continued support and providing the team with a new strip this year.

The title of ‘Player of the Season’ goes to Alistair Welch for his outstanding performances in goal. That of ‘Most Improved Player’ goes to Ian Tam who has proved himself to be a vital part of the team’s defence. ‘Top Scorer’ this year was Steven Bryce.

The Captaincy will now be handed over to Robert Patrick and I look forward to another successful season.

Men’s Squad: Alistair Welch, Matthew Chorlton, James Hosier, Ian Tam, Chris Miller, David Vyravipillai, Robert Bain, Robert Patrick, William Bradley, Christopher Kingcombe, Stuart Jackson, Grant Milne, Brett Shanley, Daniel Samuel, Steven Bryce, Matthew Tovey.

Matthew Chorlton, Captain

Netball This year has been another successful one for the Girton College Netball team with the squad from last year being strengthened by many promising Freshers joining the team. A regular and dedicated second team produced some very impressive performances throughout the season, resulting in their deservedly gaining promotion to Division III. The first team continued their dominance in Division I, finishing the season in fourth place. Some particularly memorable matches from the season include the firsts’ win over Jesus College with a team of only five players and a resounding 28–3 victory over St John’s College.

The season culminated in the Cuppers tournament where a strong first team reached the semi-finals and put up a brave fight in a very close match against the eventual winners, Downing College. The subsequent playoffs saw us produce a convincing win against the Medics to claim third place overall. The second team were drawn in a tough group in the qualifying stages of the tournament but showed their usual spirit and played superbly in every match to produce some very close, competitive scores.

A newly formed mixed team also competed in the Cuppers tournament, producing some good results against teams who had been playing together all season. I have no doubt that under the Captaincy of Benedict Treloar, the mixed team will continue to improve next year, when I am sure they will be a force to be reckoned with in the Mixed League.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the joint Captains of the second team, Katie Tinslay and Leanne Sheen, for their support over the past year. I would also like to thank Katie Howson, Maxine Lavin, Sophie Jefferys, Kirsty Townsend and Zoe Bignell who, along with myself, will all be graduating this year, for their commitment to the 87

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team. They have all been key players in the first team and I would like to wish them the best of luck for the future.

The title of ‘Player of the Season’ goes to Efftichia Kostalas for her dedication and excellent play throughout the year. Effie will be taking over the captaincy of the first team next year and I have every confidence that in her capable hands the team will go from strength to strength. The position of Seconds captain deservedly goes to Samantha Miller who has shown impressive commitment to the second team this year by playing in every match.

It has been a pleasure to captain the first team this year and I wish both teams every success next season.

Claire Stubbins, Captain

Rugby Men This year the Girton College Men’s Rugby team had a season of mixed fortunes. We had a solid basis to start the year with as we had retained a number of experienced players and also welcomed a group of keen new freshers. With our pre-season training completed we were keen to crack on with securing our place in Division I. Things started well as we demolished Homerton College away 73–5. Spurred on by our initial success, we went into our next game against the Division favourites, St John’s College, confident that we could pull off a shock victory. We battled hard and although it was still very close at half-time we eventually lost 15–6 to their well-drilled team. Unfortunately, we then had a shock defeat to newcomers, Magdalene College, who managed to secure a win with the last penalty kick of the game. Results continued to go against us as Michaelmas Term came to an end with only another easy victory over Homerton to console us.

We came back at the start of Lent Term with our heads held high and looking for some much needed victories. We started well by making amends for our defeat against Magdalene by beating them 22–7 away. Unfortunately, this was not enough to save us from relegation, as a second defeat by Downing College meant we finished fifth in the League.

Determined to finish the season on a high, however, we looked towards the Cuppers Competition where we entered the Plate. We had a tough first game against an Emmanuel team which featured several University players, but we came through winning 12–8. In the semi-final we faced Trinity Hall, but some slick moves and clinical finishing meant that we won the encounter with a resounding 56–0. The final was to be played at Grange Road Stadium and our opponents were Downing, who had twice beaten us convincingly in the League. We knew it was going to be tough but some solid preparation and unwavering commitment during the match, where we exerted our dominance over their forwards, ensured that we beat the favourites 17–7 to end the season on a high.

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The winners with the Plate after beating Downing in the final, 17–7

Alan Beverly, Paul Dower, Nicholas Jones and John Waiting for their contributions and commitment to the team over their years here and also James Eadington and David Walsh for their invaluable support and knowledge both on and off the pitch.

Andrew Russell

Tennis On paper Girton had a pretty strong team this year, and by reaching the semi-finals of Cuppers, Cambridge’s premier collegiate competition, we fulfilled that potential.

Bolstered by Blues player Jonathan Tassell, the team – seconds player John Clarke, Grant Milne, John Russell, Fresher James Nguyen and last year’s Captain, Jonas Rooze, (with James Hosier stepping in for the one match) – breezed through the first three rounds of Cuppers before falling in the semi-final. This does however set us up well for next year as, by finishing in the top four, we have secured seeding for next year’s competition.

The season started with a rain-restricted first round doubles-only tie which saw us take apart a poor Corpus Christi side 3–0. It was a one-sided contest marked by Jonathan and John’s embarrassing whitewash of the Corpus first pair. The second round promised to be a much sterner test against a Pembroke team who had been seeded third in the draw. However, Girton came through 6–3, the only setback being Grant’s surprise defeat to someone he would normally beat easily.

Drawn kindly for the quarter-final, we played Churchill II on a ridiculously windy day in the week before exams started. In a stroke of tactical genius (actually involving minimal captaincy), mixing the pairs up proved to work. Girton ended 7–2 winners despite the irritation generated by their Captain, who bounced the ball about forty times before every serve.

The semi-final against St John’s College proved to be just one step too far, especially for a side suffering the excesses of May Week and (in my case) severe sunburn. Due to everyone’s various commitments getting a side together proved difficult, and when we did, we were outclassed by the favourites – all except Jonathan, who finished the season 89

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unbeaten.

I hand over the captaincy next year to the capable Grant Milne, who should do better than I did in organising some tennis and training over the first two terms. Following this season’s success, it would also be good to see Girton enter a second men’s team next year and once again, given recently expressed enthusiasm, a women’s team as well.

It leaves me to thank everyone who played for Girton in this successful season, especially Jonathan Tassell, who graduates this summer having represented the College and University with distinction.

John Russell, Captain

Water Polo Girton College Water Polo lost many of its key players last year but fortunately the 2007–08 season saw the emergence of some highly talented individuals, along with a few old faces providing necessary experience. The opening game of the season began with a highly experimental Girton side thoroughly outclassing Queens’ College 11–0.

With the immense scoring power of Adam Higginson and the strong defensive play of Patrick Leonard, it was clear any team would struggle to cope with Girton this year.

Girton continued in a similar vein in their next encounter, dispatching Selwyn College 5–0 thanks to some outstanding saves from John Paul Waiting and aggressive play from Andrew Badcock and Oliver Harris. Unfortunately the next game, marred by some questionable refereeing decisions, saw Girton lose 3–4 to a St John’s side with several University players. Nevertheless, thanks to the tireless efforts of Benoit Ramsay and Laura Cole, Girton recovered the season with comprehensive victories over Emmanuel College and the Cambridge University Women, only marginally losing out to an everstrong Leys side.

In Cuppers, Girton fielded a strong but untested side with a full complement of substitutes. The crowd-pleasing skill of Albert Riera Muniesa and brilliant reaction saves from stand-in goalkeeper Ryan Wild saw Girton storm into the quarter-final. In an epic encounter with a very strong Addenbrooke’s side, aggressive play throughout the pool left the score 1–1 at full time, and no goals after extra time meant a nail-biting penalty shootout ensued. Textbook penalties from Adam Higginson and Albert Riera Muniesa put all of the pressure on Addenbrooke’s, with Girton emerging 2–0 victors in arguably the most entertaining match of the tournament. The semi-final was perhaps a game too far for Girton with eventual Champions Trinity using their University players to good effect.

Nevertheless, aided by stalwarts Tabitha Belither and Luke Andrews, Girton secured a place in the top four out of 22 teams competing in Cuppers this year.

Lester Kwiatkowski, Captain

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the year our form improved and we finished an impressive second, qualifying for the play-off semi-finals. On the night we put in a valiant performance but agonisingly lost by a single point.

Indoor Cuppers also took place during the winter, Girton entered two sides and this gave many of the freshers their first taste of competitive Volleyball. Girton I were first up in the group stages and despite wins against Peterhouse and King’s College they came unstuck when playing a very strong Fitzwilliam side wich included several University players. Girton II were also eliminated in the group stages, but their performances were an encouraging sign for the summer, especially when they only narrowly lost to a strong Trinity side.

The warmer weather of Easter Term brought with it a fresh influx of players and for the first time Girton was able to enter three teams into the Summer League. Girton III played in Division III and after losing their first match they bounced back in tremendous style to win the next seven and came within just a couple of sets of winning the Title. The firsts and seconds would be going head to head in Division II and by the time we reached the crunch match between them it was clear that their only rivals for the Title would be each other. In slippery conditions, it was the seconds who prevailed and went on to win the Division with a perfect record.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Simon Mutter, Maria Haal and Katie Scotter, who will all be graduating this year, for their commitment to Girton Volleyball over the past three years, and a special thank you to Claire Nichols who built up the Club from scratch Volleyball squad: Michael Birmingham, Christopher Cameron, Matthew Chorlton, Simon Cowen, Luke Dennis, Fiona Dickinson, Matthew Eaton, Benjamin Gaastra, Maria Haal, Ian Hanahoe, Samuel Hayes, James Hosier, Thomas Ithell, Edgars Jakobsons, Grant Milne, Joshua More, Simon Mutter, Claire Nichols, Henna Niutanen, Robert O’Brien, Andrew Russell, Katie Scotter, Matthew Tovey, Clemens Wiltsche and Christopher Wymant Luke Dennis

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Registrar’s Report The Roll has continued to strengthen its links with the MCR and JCR during this year and in particular, in November, ran a new event which we termed ‘Life After Girton’ and which was aimed at permitting those still at College or who had recently left College to discuss, in an informal setting, issues related to managing the competing demands of career, personal and social life. The aim was to help Girtonians to make the right choices so that they can control and shape their future lives. Five speakers, selected for the variety of their lives, were invited to open the meeting by giving brief presentations on the decisions that had been significant for them in securing a satisfactory lifestyle. Then, over dinner, the speakers and the audience were able to chat about issues of concern and to ask those questions that you can’t get answers to from sources such as careers advisory services. The emphasis was more on ‘Life Skills’ than on how to apply for any particular job. The evening was greatly enjoyed by all of those attending and we have already set in motion plans to repeat the event this November. The JCR have also asked us to arrange more events where they can meet Roll members and so learn from their experience before starting their careers.

Our second initiative this year focused on the other end of life and on issues related to that period when the ‘main career’ may be giving way to a variety of other activities which may or may not include further paid work. To obtain information on Girtonians’ views on this period of life, we sent out a ‘mini-questionnaire’ with the Roll Diary Leaflet and were overwhelmed by the response. Deryn Watson (Morgan 1964) has been doing the first analysis of the results and we plan to convene a day’s Workshop in 2009 where those who responded or who are interested in further work on the issues can get together to discuss them in more detail. The summary of the preliminary analysis that follows has been provided for me by Deryn Watson.

‘Life after your main career’ mini-survey: 2008 This survey was based on three questions, each with subsidiaries.

1 What is your main type of activity at the moment – F/T career, new occupation, P/T occupation, home, community, other? Please provide brief details, and any comments on your present activities.

2 Do you consider retirement a useful concept? Why do you hold this view?

3 Is your view of retirement positive, negative, neutral, other? Why do you hold this view?

By early July, 242 responses had been received, and this report provides an initial analysis, using a qualitative approach, but we would still welcome, and are still receiving, replies; thus there may be changes in the conclusions when all the responses are analysed.

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Age profile Below 40 40-49 60-69 70-79 80-89 90 +

7 (2 in 20s and 5 in 30s) 16 59 78 29 3 (with the oldest proudly identifying herself as 93 yrs and 11 mths!)

View of retirement Positive Negative Neutral Other No reply

68% 6% 16% 6% 3%

Is ‘retirement’ a useful concept?

Yes Yes (qualified) No No reply

44% 18% 32% 2%

Two groups distanced themselves from the notion of retirement: the self-employed, often artists and musicians, who ‘continue throughout life’, and others for whom retirement is ‘odd when you’ve been a mother, carer, volunteer – does it apply to me?’ Another striking feature was the dissonance in the responses between the views/experiences of retirement and the concept of retirement (see above). Overall two positions can be discerned in the responses: ‘Positive’ and ‘Mixed’.

Positive responses There was a substantially positive response to the reality of retirement. Many words used resonated with happiness; one theme was based on less stress and a release from pressure, while another was change, undertaking different activities and time for the new. Overall, a strong theme emerged around choice, the opportunities provided to explore a new mix of activities and doings, including spending more time with grandchildren. Underlying this was an appreciation of autonomy, the chance to explore what they wanted to do, rather than their time and actions being driven by the responsibilities to and expectations of others. This was underwritten by the sense of liberation, ‘I have never had so much freedom’; this is ‘my time’.

Mixed Positive responses were, however, often qualified by recognition of the complex reality of change. One theme to emerge was transition. For some, the reality of change was a gradual process; preparation and adjustment can be lengthy. Some found the notion of increased leisure and travel welcome, while for others leisure was a distraction that ought to be replaced by less selfish activities, such as community responsibility. Others who welcomed retirement nevertheless experienced it as problematic because of a diminution of health, and financial constraints. Another substantial theme revolved around being part of a community. This ranged from coping with, even mourning, the loss of membership of a work/professional community, which may have been the main community or 95

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‘kinship’ group where they had ‘belonged’ for much of their life. Some still grieved at the loss of career, and some of the younger respondents could not imagine life without their work. Some explicitly identified the need to find a new community to fill this gap, sometimes the Church, or people they met when undertaking further study. The theme that dominated negative responses referred to a lack of structure, with retirement described as an emotionally difficult and socially divisive time. It is clear that the experience of retirement for many was mixed and complex.

The Concept of Retirement and its Problems The question about the concept of retirement produced some strong responses. Some considered it useful as ‘the concept provides an impetus for people to make a fresh start’, and ‘the term does not matter, it is a rite of passage’. Some simply refused to understand the question, stating firmly it was not a concept at all. A significant number, however, considered it to be problematic, with emphasis on the inappropriateness of the word ‘retirement’. For many the assumptions associated with the word rankled, ‘as if we’ve been put out to grass’. The word implied ‘a seclusion’, ‘a withdrawal from the fray’; ‘it implies older people without paid employment contribute nothing worthwhile to society’. Many of those retired described their need to find a purpose, to be active and part of the ‘big picture’. Many resented the assumption that they were no longer ‘players’ in life. Some referred to the term also meaning ‘going to bed’; one respondent in her eighties stated ‘I designate myself as semi-retired, it sounds less passive’. It is clear that the word retirement represents a concept that is archaic and no longer appropriate. The need for a new term seems pressing.

To conclude, it is clear that this full and rich set of data warrants further analysis and thought that should result in a longer paper more fully representing the views of Roll members. Both Deryn and I wish to thank all respondents for providing such informative and diverse views. Deryn says that her initial reading and analysis had her enthralled.

Girtonians’ views were expressed clearly, and indeed sometimes forcibly; some wrote extra pages to clarify their thinking. And one wrote ‘The topic really does interest me, but I never really thought about it until I received your letter.’

It is clear that this topic is one of interest to Girtonians and we shall certainly be organising more work on it in 2009. There is still time to fill in a form yourself if you haven’t done so, and if you have lost your copy, you can find it on the Girton website.

Our third initiative, the study of Girtonians during World War II, is reported on by Barbara Megson and Hilary Goy elsewhere in the Review.

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they get up to. Joyce and her family had moved to the Virgin Islands when she was 50 and created for herself a completely new way of life there. She and her family are still based in the Islands but she continues to return to Cambridge for several months in the summer each year. Our guest speaker at the Garden Party was Dr Carenza Lewis (1982), who is a lecturer in Medieval Archaeology, at Cambridge University and had been one of the presenters on ‘Time Team’, the award-winning Channel 4 TV archaeological series. She told us about the Higher Education Field Academy which promotes undergraduate archaeology at Cambridge and beyond, as part of a programme of widening access to higher education among underCarenza supervises a ‘hole’ represented groups. Schoolchildren are given the opportunity to excavate one-metre-square holes in the centre of villages and so carry out archaeological and documentary investigations (going back as far as the Saxons) into historical development of villages and hamlets, across East Anglia, that are still inhabited.

A typical Roll event: Dr Martin Ennis introduces visiting professional musicians, Jennifer Stinton and Richard Hand, who gave the concert in the Stanley Library for the meeting of the Friends of People’s Portraits 2007.

The Roll also organised three further Formal Halls which proved very popular, and the Regional Associations continued to thrive (and their reports follow).

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Apologies for absence Minutes of last year’s AGM Membership of the Roll Committee Registrar’s report of Roll activities in 2008–09 and future plans The Mistress’s report on the College year Any other business

roll committee 2008–09 The Mistress Registrar of the Roll Alumni Officer Development Director Fellows’ Representative

Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern (Evans 1960) (ex officio) Dr Eileen Rubery (1967) (ex officio) Dr Emma Cornwall (1999) (ex officio) Ms Francisca Malarée (ex officio) Dr Ruth Williams (1962)

Period 1 (to 1949) Miss Barbara Megson (1948) elected to Sept 2009 Period 2 (1950–59) Dr Elizabeth Poskitt (1957) elected to Sept 2011 Period 3 (1960–69) Mrs Christine Thorp (Kenyon 1964) elected to Sept 2010 Period 4 (1970–79) Professor Valerie Sanders (1975) re-elected to Sept 2010 Period 5 (1980–89) Mrs Catherine Tilley (Thomson 1983) elected to Sept 2011 Period 6 (1990–99) Vacant Period 7 (2000-09) Miss Louise Ivey (2002) elected to Sept 2009 Representative of Graduates in Residence Ms Kristin Kemmerich (2007) Co-opted Members Dr Christine H McKie (Kelsey 1949)

Ms Heather Morrison (1976)

Mr Rufus Evison (1986) Cambridge Local Girton Association Mrs Brenda Bishop (Baker 1953) London Girton Association Ms Fiona Gledhill (1975) Manchester Association of CU Women Mrs Judith Anstice (Williams 1955) Oxford Region Girtonians Miss Meg Day (1967) Wales and West Girtonians Association Mrs Heather Toomer (Fomison 1966) North East Emily Davies Association Dr Jane Ruddle (1971) Project Steering Group Chair Professor Deryn Watson (Morgan 1964) If you are interested in representing a Period or wish to nominate someone else to serve on the Roll Committee, please contact the Registrar at Girton (e-mail roll@girton.cam.ac.uk) for more information about what is involved.

If you wish to be consulted when your year representative is next elected, please ensure that we have your e-mail address, or indicate that you wish to be consulted by post.

If you would like to get more involved in supporting Roll activities or have ideas for additional events or initiatives, please get in touch with the Registrar.

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Local Associations Cambridge Local Girton Association We have over 70 members who have the advantage of close access to College which provides a happy venue for our guest speakers and allows us to enjoy the concerts given by the excellent College Choir and other College activities. We are able to offer our help for College functions such as the Roll Garden Party. We invite those Girtonians who live in the area and who belong to other Associations to join us as well and so enjoy the same opportunities. Male Alumni,where are you? Come and join us and bring some different ideas to our programme. We also welcome associate members.

At our November 2007 AGM, Pamela Hill, Barbara Megson and Margaret Whichelow retired from the Committee having completed their maximum term. We thank them for their contributions to our success and welcome to the Committee Judith Rodden and Hilary Thomas. Brenda Bishop replaces Barbara Megson as Chairman and Christine McKie is now Treasurer while Hilary Goy continues as our invaluable Secretary.

In March, Colonel Derek Bishop gave a talk, ‘An army life with particular reference to three years in Turkey’, which members much enjoyed.

On 12 July we organised the raffle at the Roll Garden Party. The £180 raised will go towards the Girton Choir’s expenses on its European tour.

Our future programme includes a tour, with tea, of Jesus College gardens on 24 July and our 8 November AGM will be preceded by a talk by Frances Gandy on ‘The People’s Portraits’, followed by a finger buffet.

Brenda Bishop (Baker 1953), Email: clga@girton.cam.ac.uk

London Girton Association This year we have welcomed Su Holmes (1974 History/Law) to the Committee to work in particular with Ann Carey on organising events. We also welcomed the involvement of Fiona Clark (Mill 1956 Economics/Law), Lady Doris Hopkin (Whitaker 1940 Modern and Medieval Languages) and Elizabeth Barrott (Stosic 1976 History) in organising events for us, even though they do not sit on the Committee. These developments enabled us to launch at the start of 2008 our new rolling programme of events on a termly basis, based on one day-time and one evening event.

Our cultural visits proved extremely popular, as ever. In September, Ann Carey (Patrick 1952 Geography) took a group to visit the Royal National Theatre, and the first visit in 2008 was to the Royal Hospital Chelsea in January, courtesy of Fiona Clark. Lady Doris Hopkin kindly invited us to visit her ‘At Home’ at her sheltered accommodation in Winchmore Hill in February. She thought her visitors might be interested to see how the accommodation worked if they were thinking of doing the same for themselves or for a relative. In April, Ann Carey took another group to the Wallace Collection in Bedford Square and finally, Elizabeth Barrott arranged a tour of Kew Palace for us, which included a short introductory talk by Libby Insall (Moss 1955 History), who is a Kew Guide.

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We had two discussion suppers during this period. In December 2007, Girtonian Anne Owers, who is HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, gave an insider’s view on the state of our prisons to a packed audience at Eva Lomnicka’s central London home. It was a fascinating and very lively evening with plenty of interaction from the audience! Then in March 2008, Dr Sandra Fulton, one of the current Admissions Tutors at College, came and talked to students, parents and grandparents, about university applications, taking us through the minefield of the personal statement to the interview and telling us what Cambridge is looking for in its undergraduates. This was an illuminating evening for us all – I think most of us were glad our university application days are long behind us!

For the year 2007–08 our LGA music award was made to Mateusz Borowiak, a pianist, and we are looking forward to a very special double recital from Mateusz and violinist Charlie Siem, last year’s winner, on 12 March 2009. Finally, at our AGM in November 2007 our members agreed that we should donate a further £3,000 of our surplus funds towards the endowment of a Teaching Fellowship at Girton, a fund-raising initiative that probably touches all of us who valued the experience of the university’s unique teaching system in our years as undergraduates.

You do not need to live in London to join! We advertise our events on the LGA webpages at http://web.girton.cam.ac.uk/lga, on the Girton College website under Alumni and Development – Regional Associations (no password required), so do please look us up or contact Nuri Wyeth, our Membership Secretary at lga@girton.cam.ac.uk.

Fiona Gledhill (1975), Chair

Manchester Association of Cambridge University Women Our autumn meeting in October followed the traditional pattern – that is the AGM, talk and a buffet lunch. This year Janet Pickering, Headmistress of Withington Girls’ School gave a fascinating account of her visit to Kamuli, Uganda.

Our 62nd Annual Dinner was held at the Manchester Conference Centre where we welcomed two contrasting speakers. Sarah Smith of Newnham College told us a little of her life as a part-time District Judge juggling her time with the demands of a young family, and Kay Prag looked back on her life as an archaeologist in Jordan.

For our summer meeting we visited the Silk Museum at Macclesfield. We viewed the display of silk costumes from the 1830s to the present day and learnt how silk is prepared in order to meet the needs of the fashion industry. We then walked to Paradise Mill and saw the looms and knitting machines working. We were fascinated by the intricacies of the Jacquard looms with their punched cards and were reminded that these machines eventually led to the development of computers.

Our 63rd Annual Dinner is to be held on Friday 6 March 2009, when we shall welcome Penny Hubbard, Director of Development and Registrar of the Roll, Newnham College, and Gill Richards, Headmistress, Bolton Girls’ Division. We would be very happy to welcome any Girtonians who are able to be in Manchester on that day.

If any women Girtonians would like to hear more about MACUW please get in touch with me or with our Secretary, Helen Wright, at helenwright@btinternet.com.

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North East Emily Davies Association NEEDA continues to aim to meet once a year, usually for an event that includes a lunch.

The last NEEDA meeting was on Saturday 26 July 2008, when a lunch was held in ‘The Biscuit Factory’, an Arts and Crafts Centre near the centre of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

After an excellent lunch, the Registrar of the Roll spoke about the various activities organised both at Girton by the various Regional Associations and as part of the Girton Project. When mentioning the various Roll events she stressed that the special Formal Halls were open to all Girtonians, even though specific invitations were not sent out to everyone. Furthermore, it was not necessary to wear a gown for these Halls. The dates were published in the Annual Review and on the College website, so that NEEDA members could perhaps plan visits to the south around one of the Halls. However, as places were limited and did get booked up quickly, it was wise to reserve places as early as possible.

In the discussion that followed there was considerable interest in the work being done by the Girton Project on issues relating to retirement, and NEEDA would be interested in hearing about the results of the ‘Mini-Survey’ once they have been analysed.

The Association discussed the format of its meetings and concluded that centring the event on a lunch was the optimal arrangement, since many of the members had to travel a fair distance to get to the meeting. However, an occasional meeting outside Newcastle might be considered; also a guest speaker might be invited sometimes. The Registrar offered to provide some suggestions from the College Database.

Jane Ruddle (1971). Email: needa@girton.cam.ac.uk

Oxford Region Girtonians The Oxford Region Girtonians has about 70 members, living mainly in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, though some of our Honorary Members live further afield; we have again had an interesting year of talks and outings. Of course we have missed the leadership of Pam Thayer, our founder and Chairman for 14 years, who has had a prolonged bout of illness since her retirement as Chairman last year but is home from hospital at long last.

Our lecture meetings have each attracted about 30 attendees, including guests. In October 2007 Juliet Campbell, a very active ORG Committee member, was our speaker: her talk ‘Memoirs of an ex-Excellency’ gave a vivid picture of life in the Diplomatic Service from the 1950s onwards. She also compared that work with her time as Mistress of Girton, from 1992 to 1998. And after our AGM in May 2008 another ORG member and retired Head of House revisited the same time-span but in a different milieu and with a very different style: Elizabeth Llewellyn-Smith spoke on ‘From Whitehall to Cherwell’, describing her time in the Department of Trade and Industry and related departments followed by her time as Principal of St Hilda’s College from 1990 to 2001. Between these two meetings we were brought right up-to-date with a fascinating and very instructive talk on ‘China and the World’, by Rosemary Foot, Professor of International Relations at Oxford University.

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provided good food in a setting where conversations could be heard well, in spite of the volume of non-stop chatter. We are now looking forward to a summer visit to Broughton Castle, starting with lunch in the Saye and Sele Arms before a guided tour of the house and plenty of time to explore the gardens.

Any Girtonians new to our area are very welcome to join us for meetings and to receive the six-monthly newsletter: please contact me on org@girton.cam.ac.uk or 01865 375916.

Meg Day (1967). Email: org@girton.cam.ac.uk

Wales and the West Girtonians’ Association Last year we had another series of interesting events. In the autumn, Hilary Davies talked on the marine ecology of the Irish Sea and this was followed later in the season by Howard Morgan who spoke on his research into the early years of Bristol University and an inscription at the top of the Wills building. Our spring season started with Dorothy Thompson’s talk on documentary evidence from mummy casings including Girton’s mummy, Hermione, while in April we visited Chavenage, an Elizabethan house near Tetbury.

All events included lunch, whether hosted by one of our members or at a local pub, and sometimes tea, which makes them very sociable occasions. Although we have a core of members who attend regularly, we are very happy to welcome other Girtonians and guests.

Next year’s programme is not yet finalised but will include a visit to Castle Cary horsehair factory and Montacute, a grand Elizabethan mansion owned by the National Trust, on Thursday 11 September, and a talk on the setting up of our postal code system later in the autumn.

Anyone interested in joining us for any of our events should contact Heather Toomer on 01761 241540 or wwga@girton.cam.ac.uk.

Heather Toomer (Fomison 1966). Email: wwga@girton.cam.ac.uk

College Friends Friends of the Chapel Chapel activities have continued to attract students, staff and a number of local parishioners: Sunday Evening Service at 6.00 p.m. followed by an informal Communion Service and then soup and sandwiches in the Fellows’ Drawing Room, Tuesday Choral Candlelit Compline at 10.00 p.m. and our new Taizé service on Fridays. Special services were held on All Souls’ Day, Ash Wednesday and Ascension Day. The Vicar of Girton has preached once each term and brought many of his congregation along with him.

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to preach on these topics. In Michaelmas Term these were Martin Ganeri (1984), and Sir John Polkinghorne (an OG spouse), in Lent Term, Diana Marshall (2001) and me and in Easter Term, Margaret Guite (Hutchison 1971) and me again! What has been really pleasing has been the way in which these themes have stimulated further discussion both immediately after the services and in later gatherings.

We have also revamped the Chapel Library next to the organ and added a considerable number of new books thanks to a kind OG donor. This library is proving popular both for browsing and borrowing. We hope to continue to keep this up to a modern standard as and when finances allow.

Chapel is also proving popular for OG weddings with a record number happening over this summer, followed by a reception in College. It is good that so many OGs continue their links with College and Chapel into later life.

Roland Randall, President

Friends of the Choir Girton College Choir has gained a reputation as one of Cambridge’s most highly regarded choirs (a recent concert review rated it ‘among the best’ of its kind). As well as singing services in the College Chapel, the Choir frequently performs outside Cambridge. Termly visits are made to cathedrals (including, in the last few years, Canterbury, St Paul’s, York Minster and Westminster Abbey).

The Choir also travels overseas at least once a year. Highlights in the Choir’s history include a tour to Italy in 1996, during which the choir sang at a Mass in St Peter’s and performed to a live audience of 10,000, including Pope John Paul II. In 1999 the Choir took part in the Kumamoto International Youth Festival and the Takarazuka International Chamber Chorus Contest in Japan winning, among other prizes, the Gold Medal in the mixed chorus division and the inaugural Grossmann Prize, awarded to the ensemble with the best choral sound. More recently, in the summer of 2007, the Choir won third prize (out of 90 entries from across the globe) in the 44th Spittal International Choir Competition in Austria. Other countries visited in recent years include Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Ireland and France.

Girton College Choir recorded its first CD (All in a Garden Green) in 1995. A second recording (Cantique) was released in 1998. Summer 2000 brought a CD of Italian Baroque music accompanied by period instruments (O Porta Caeli), while a recording of Tudor and twentieth-century music (The Ages of Elizabeth) was brought out in 2002. The Choir’s most recent recording (Res Miranda), of Christmas music from the seventeenth and twentieth centuries with players from the Gabrieli Ensemble, was released three years ago.

In recent years the Choir has benefited greatly from the support of many people, especially the Friends and Patrons, whose support has made overseas tours possible. To help foster choral music in Girton, I should like to ask you to consider supporting the Choir on a regular basis: Friends contribute £20 per annum, Patrons £50 or more. Friends 103

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receive notification of and free admittance to an annual Friends’ Concert; Patrons may also, if they wish, have their contributions acknowledged in concert programmes. Would you be willing to help?

Martin Ennis, President

Friends of the Library Friends and Patrons of the Library attended the annual event at Girton on the day of the Roll Garden Party, 12 July 2008, when Sheila Mann gave a talk about her work in Girton’s archive over the last three years on the life of writer and mystic, Aelfrida Tillyard. It is probably true to say that the audience was alternately compelled and appalled by the complex character presented, and we look forward to learning more when Sheila’s researches are published in due course.

Returning to the Library after this event, alumni and their guests were able to examine Girton’s finest book of hours, exhibited here at Girton for the first time since its return from A page spread from the book of hours long-term deposit at the University Library.

There was quite a queue to don the white gloves, under the watchful eye of the Assistant Librarian, and we plan another such occasion to satisfy those who failed to see this exceptional manuscript on this occasion. The Archivist had arranged an exhibition of manuscript material on Aelfrida Tillyard, and was available to answer questions about these and other archival matters. A small exhibition of ‘advice and instruction’ books from various of our special collections was set out in the Upper Library, and the matriculation albums from Foundation to the present day were also on display.

This year I did not send out a mid-year Newsletter as last year, since we were mailing new brochures to all Friends, but I did have a response to my plea for student memories and anecdotes of the Library. This was from Wynnell Hunt (1946) and here are some extracts: What a long, dark, and in winter, cold walk from my rooms in bottom Orchard to the Library to struggle with the latest essay! My rooms were of course far from warm, with only one bucket of coal a week in those post-war years. With its softlyshaded lamps the Library was a quietly welcoming place and the light oak furniture and window seats so pleasing. Silence was, of course, de rigueur, so one had to be careful not to walk noisily on those wooden floors – no trainers in those days. A rather unwelcome Library memory is of my asking Miss McMorran whether any books for light reading were available. A shocked silence followed and I was told very firmly that THAT kind of book would not be on the shelves. A rather deflated student retired crestfallen, resolving never to ask any question again of Miss McMorran. She in the course of time became most friendly and helpful. Today books presented in memory of my mother and also the published version of my daughter’s PhD thesis sit on the

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shelves, representing two of the three generations of this Hunt family who all studied at Girton.

Do you have memories of the Library from your time at Girton? If so, do send them in and I will include some snippets in the next Newsletter or Review. Perhaps we can gather a collection.

We hope that you will feel encouraged to become a Friend or Patron of the Library, or to renew your membership. We are indebted to all our supporters on whom we rely for many additional and special aspects of our Library service. If you become a Patron we will insert specially-printed bookplates into books acquired for the Library to the value of a Patron’s donation. These bookplates are from a design specially made for Girton by Joan Hassall, and will have the Patron’s name incorporated into the printing.

We look forward to welcoming Friends, Patrons and their guests to next year’s event at 11 a.m. in Old Hall on Saturday 11 July. Dr Lynn Hulse, Archivist for the Royal School of Needlework, Hampton Court Palace, will give an illustrated talk about Girton’s Reception Room embroideries within the wider context of the work and history of the Royal School of Needlework. Owing to the popularity of the ‘hands-on’ display of our finest Book of Hours (15th-century Flemish) at the 2008 Roll Garden Party, as a result of which some people were unable to see it, we shall repeat that display in 2009, and the manuscript will be in the Littler Reading Room between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Meanwhile you can keep abreast of developments in the Library, Archive and special collections by visiting our website on http://www-lib.girton.cam.ac.uk/.

Frances Gandy, President

Friends of the Gardens As the newly-appointed President of the Friends of the Gardens, I would like to thank all the Friends and Patrons of the College Gardens for their continual support. The College grounds are enjoyed by so many, whether by students, alumni, the general public or even, as I write, some Shakespeare actors!

One visitor to the gardens, after discovering the Atropa belladonna lutea yellow Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna lutea) and the yellow flowered strawberry (Duschesnea indica) amongst the plants growing in the College grounds, has said, ‘As the village [Girton] has become increasingly built over, habitats available to wild plants have become fewer and the College grounds will become more and more valuable as a relatively untouched area.’

It is pleasing to think that the gardens and the hard work of the Head Gardener and his colleagues are appreciated. The gardens require a huge amount of work to continue to be quite so splendid, whether it is maintaining our beautiful Fellows’ Garden, conserving a varied habitat for wildlife by regular replanting, or developng the stewardship of the rare varieties of apple in the orchard. One of the latest projects to be undertaken is to plant around the perimeter of the sports pitches to provide a diverse habitat, and the 105

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pond has just been cleared of some of its rampaging rushes, giving the ducks some extra swimming space!

Friends and Patrons of the College Gardens help to support such essential activities.

Friends are invited to an annual event and Patrons of the Gardens also receive a gardener’s tip from the Head Gardener.

Dr Ruth Williams, President

Friends of People’s Portraits Girton has been the home of People’s Portraits since 2002 and this characterful collection has continued to grow over the last few years. This year, over 17,000 visitors will have seen this unique exhibition and the feedback we have received has been very positive, with people finding it of great interest and thoroughly enjoyable. Visitors often choose to come back again to see the new additions to the collection.

We are very grateful for the continued support of the Friends and Patrons of People’s Portraits and other donors, all of whom have played a vital part in the ongoing maintenance and promotion of this exhibition, which is an expensive undertaking.

We hope that more and more people will consider becoming a Friend or Patron. Those who donate more than £1,000 now have the chance to receive a personal postcard-sized drawing of themselves John McWilliam by Ben Sullivan created by one of the artists from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. This is a unique chance to receive your very own personal portrait.

Please note that if you receive a postcard-sized drawing, your donation no longer qualifies for Gift Aid. Once again, the Alumni Weekend in September 2007 included an annual reception for the Friends, where guests were invited to celebrate the unveiling of the new portrait, John McWilliam by Benjamin Sullivan RP, which was added to the collection. We were delighted that Sandy Nairne, the Director of the National Portrait Gallery, was guest of honour, and opened the reception. The artist, Ben Sullivan, spoke about his painting and how he had met its subject through a shared love of music.

Other activities around People’s Portraits include the creation of a new school/family activity pack made available for visiting children – we hope this will help to bring the portraits alive for children of different age groups. We are also designing a new leaflet, which will contain more information about the expanding collection. Last, but not least, 2010 will see the 10th anniversary of People’s Portraits and so we will be planning celebrations for this accordingly.

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Minogue V P (Hallett) President of the Emile Zola Society, 2005 Mills M E Professor in Biblical Studies, Liverpool Hope University Arden M University Visitor to Royal Holloway, University of London.

Owers A E (Spark) Appointed Chair of Christian Aid Garfield A M (Morrison) Trustee, University of Northampton, November 2007 Nesbitt E M Professor in Religions and Education, University of Warwick, October 2007 Spellman I R (Hewlett) Chief Executive Officer of the Chartered Management Institute from June 2008 Guite M A (Hutchison) Cambridge University Pro-Proctor, October 2007 and Senior Proctor October 2008 Clare L N (Coward) Professor of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Bangor University. Appointed to Personal Chair in the School of Psychology, January 2008 Morgan A J(Keymer) Member, Archbishops’ College of the Evangelists, 2007 Clough J J (Richardson) Headmistress, Portsmouth High School (Girls’ Day School Trust), September 2006 King J E appointed board member of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Amos W Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge October 2008 Dyer P S Reader in Fungal Biology, University of Nottingham, Jan 2008 Gale M R Promotion to Associate Professor, Trinity College, Dublin, October 2007 Freedman V R (Gale) Librarian, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University College London, May 2007 Milner V S Employment Law Specialist, Bedell Cristin, Jersey, July 2007, and sworn in as a Jersey advocate 2008.

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Publications by Members of the Roll Arnold C (1979). Bedlam, London and its Mad (Simon and Schuster, 2008) Boyle C H (1994). Consuming Autobiographies: Reading and Writing the Self in Post-War France (Maney, 2007) Bowker M (Roper 1958). The Henrician Reformation: The Diocese of Lincoln Under John Longland 1521–1547 (CUP 1981, reprinted 2008) Brandon R M (1962). Other People’s Daughters: The Life and Times of the Governess (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2008) Bromage G G (Chopping 1975). Llamas and Alpacas: A Guide to Management (Crowood Press, 2006) Clare, L (Coward 1976). Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and People with Dementia (Psychology Press, 2007); (joint editor, sole author of one chapter and joint author of three others) Handbook of the Clinical Psychology of Ageing, ed. R T Woods and L Clare (2nd ed., Wiley, 2008); ‘Interpretative phenomenological analysis’ in Nursing Research: Designs and Methods, ed. R Watson, H McKenna, S Cowman and J Keady (Elsevier, 2008) Cooper P (Lilley 1963). ‘Building capacity for public health’, J. Royal Soc. of Public Health 127 (2007) Dyer P S (1984). ‘Mating type and self fertility in Aspergillus nidulans’, Current Biology 17 (2007); ‘Genome sequencing and analysis of the versatile cell factory Aspergillus niger’, Nature Biotechnology 25 (2007) Falloon J H (Goddard 1948). Heart in Pilgrimage: A Study of George Herbert (Authorhouse, 2007) Garfield A M (Morrison 1967). Phonics the Easy Way (Random House, 2007) Hillenbrand C (Jordan 1962). Turkish Myth and Muslim Symbol: The Battle of Manzikert (EUP, 2007) Himsworth N D (1980). The Captain’s Vengeance (Athena, 2007) Hunt W M (1946). Cradley, A Village History (published with the assistance of The Local Heritage Initiative, 2002 and 2004) Kemp N J P (1980). The Language of Song – Elementary and Intermediate Song Book Series (Faber Music, 2006) Loveman K J F (1995). Reading Fictions, 1660–1740: Deception in English Literary and Political Culture (Ashgate, 2008) Mandleberg H M (1968). Marie Claire Maison: Small Spaces (Quadrille, 2007) Miller P D (1985). (Author of article and joint editor of volume) ‘Recent writing and Conrad’ in Conrad: The 150th Anniversary Celebration, The Conradian 32.2 (2007) Mills M E (1963). Alterity, Pain and Suffering in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel (T and T Clark International, 2007) 108

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Minogue V P (Hallett 1949). ‘Nana: the world, the flesh and the devil’ in The Cambridge Companion to Emile Zola, ed. B Nelson (CUP, 2007); ‘Malcolm Bowie: a tribute’, Romance Studies 25.4 (2007) Morgan A J (Keymer 1976). (First item joint, others sole author) Season of Renewal – A Lent Course (ReSource, 2007); The Word of God – what does it mean? (ReSource, 2008); Who do you say that I am? The Unexpected Jesus (ReSource, 2008) Dante and the Medieval Other World (CUP 1990, reprinted 2007); Prayer Ministry (ReSource, 2007); Knowing God’s Love (ReSource, 2007); Renewal – what is it and what is it for? (Grove Books, 2006); ‘What does the gift of the Spirit mean for the shape of the Church?’ in Mission-Shaped Questions, ed. S Croft (CHP 2008) Nesbitt E M (1969). ‘The contribution of nurture in a sampradaya to young British Hindus’ understanding of their tradition’ in Religious Reconstruction in the South Asian Diaspora, ed. J Hinnells (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007); ‘Sikhism’ in Ethical Issues in Six Religious Traditions, ed. P Moran and C Lawton (second ed., EUP, 2007); ‘Issues in locating Hindus’ sacred space’, Contemporary South Asia 15.2 (2007) O’Neill J (1982). Netherland (Fourth Estate, 2008) Simms J S (Thaike 1950). The Moon Princess: Memories of the Shan States (River Books, 2008) Trusted J L (Turner 1943). When I Was Young (The Memoir Club, 2008) Winegarten R C (Aarons 1940). Germaine de Staël and Benjamin Constant: A Dual Biography (Yale UP, 2008) Wynne Willson J (Calvert 1952). The Chain of Love – A Victorian Family History: An Account of the Seven Children of John Llewelyn Davies and Mary Crompton (Garland Publications, 2007) Yamamoto D M (1968). Landscape with a Hundred Bridges (Blinking Eye, 2007)

Births Forenames of Old Girtonians are given, otherwise initials only Ahmed. On 14 May 2008, to Arif Mohiuddin Ahmed (Fellow) and Frisbee Candida Cheyenne Sheffield (Past Fellow), a daughter, Iona Mae, a sister for Isla Baker. On 11 August 2008, to Richard (Executive Head Chef ) and K J Baker, a daughter, Isabel Valentina Bloxsidge. On 3 November 2007, to Graham ‘Gaz’ James (1982) and N D Bloxsidge, a daughter, Hannah Caitlin, a sister for Ella Brooker. On 6 October 2007, to Emma Kate Brooker (1984) and E Chell, a daughter, Sylvia Louise, a sister for Robert Butler. On 19 April 2007, to Michael (1990) and A K Butler, a son, Edward Samuel Cooke. On 6 November 2007, to Fiona Justine Cooke (1989) (Fellow) and D Richards, a daughter, Harriet, a sister for George 109

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Davis. On 25 August 2008, to Stuart (Fellow) and V Davis, a son, Alex George, a brother for Megan Gale. On 11 August 2007, to Monica Rachel Gale (1984) and D J H Scourfield, a son, Orlando Raphael Harley Hailes. On 23 March 2007, to Anthony (1983) and Susan Dulcie Luisa Hailes (Williamson 1984), a son, Augustus Constantine Arthur, a brother for Octavia, Clemency, Tatiana and Ianthe Jervis. On 18 March 2008, to Claire Elisa Marie (McDougall 1993) and T T Jervis, a daughter, Annabel Constance Kaye. On 2 November 2005, to Gail Harvey (Jilbert 1993) and P L Kaye, a son, Gregory, a brother for William Lancaster. On 26 December 2007, to Anna-Louise (Mills 1993) and S Lancaster, a son, Joshua Edward, a brother for Samuel Lucas-Herrera. On 7 October 2007, to Sara Natasha Lucas-Herrera (Lucas 1989) and R Herrera, a son, Oliver Rafael Morton. On 4 February 2008, to Barbara Helen Mary (Strathern 1988) and I Morton, a son, David Benjamin Rami. On 7 November 2007, to Kathryn Sarah (Raines 1987) and N M Rami, a son, Finn Mahendra Riley. On 6 July 2007, to Jennifer Mary (Hook 1993) and M Riley, twin daughters, Isabelle Helen Charlotte and Catherine Mary Frances Selwa. On 9 August 2007, to Christopher Theodore Selwa (1990) and K E Hansen, a daughter, Elizabeth Sophia.

Shadbolt. On 5 October 2007 to Martin (Senior Bursary Clerk) and C Shadbolt, a daughter, Caitlyn Elizabeth Smith. On 9 August 2007, to Sarah Louise (Homewood 1995) and D M Smith, a daughter, Abigail Julia

Marriages Forenames of Old Girtonians are given, otherwise initials only

Adams – Carr. On 7 July 2007, Katherine Helen Adams to A V Carr Bettany – Hall. On 21 April 2007, Emma Louise Bettany to T D Hall Bishop – Thurlow. On 2 August 2008, Keith Edward Bishop to R A Thurlow Chopping – Herridge. On 9 July 2007, Georgina Gaye Chopping (formerly Mrs Bromage) to P G Herridge Dobson – Ambrose. On 4 August 2007, Giles Alexander Lee Dobson to Angela Mary Ambrose Goodacre – Claydon. On 15 December 2007, Rachel Katherine Goodacre to P Claydon Hulatt – Petyan. On 7 July 2007, Laurence James Hulatt to N S Petyan 110

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Ionicioiu – Rodichkina. On 22 August 2008, Radu Ionicioiu to A Rodichkina Jones – Davidson. On 14 August 2007, Sarah-Jane (formerly Sarah Girvin) Jones to K Davidson Karia – Groom. On 5 April 2008, Rakesh Karia to Elizabeth Jane Groom Manning – Dartington. On 20 October 2007, Claire Rosemary Manning to D J Dartington Nikolic – Joy. On 23 June 2007, Marko Nikolic to Emily Isabel Cinzia Joy O’Keeffe – Millburn. In 2007, John Joseph O’Keeffe to Karen Jane Millburn Randall – Carrick. On 27 January 2007, Jessica Victoria Randall to J J Carrick Stolojan – Gillies. On 7 July 2007, Vlad Stolojan to L S Gillies Thomson – Bell. On 14 July 2007, Claire Louise Thomson to M A Bell

Deaths Annear. In 2007, Doreen Hilda (King) MA, MB, BChir. (1935 Natural Sciences); Emily Davies Scholar; trained at West London Hospital Medical School where she won the Konstam Prize. She married Marshall and became an ENT House Surgeon at Whitchurch Emergency Hospital, Glamorgan in 1942, and assistant in general practice in Brighton later that year. Over the next 23 years, Doreen brought up her family of two sons and a daughter, all of whom went into the medical profession. From November 1965 until her retirement in 1987 she worked part-time as a psychogeriatric clinical assistant at the Morgannwg Hospital, Bridgend. Marshall died suddenly in 1985 and Doreen spent 10 years of her retirement writing The Story of Morgannwg Hospital, where he had been the last Superintendent. She was also very much involved in the local community as Founder and Secretary of the Bridgend branch of the Ladies’ Guild RMBF, and Chairman of the Mid-Glamorgan British Medical Association.

She was also Churchwarden, Secretary and Treasurer to Merthyr Mawr Church and an instructor and examiner for the local Red Cross. She was elected a Fellow of the British Medical Association in 1994.

Ashcroft. On 10 May 2008, Julie (Cooke) MA (1980 Economics) Obituary p. 125 Berry. On 1 May 2008, Mary MA MusB PhD (1935 Music) Obituary p. 125 Bird. In April 2008, Marianne J known as Mary (Dundas) MA (1965 Moral Sciences; Architecture and Fine Arts 1968). After Girton Mary trained as a Youth Employment Officer, married Andrew and had two sons, William and Michael. After Andrew’s early death she studied archaeological drawing but then turned to teaching, working as an art teacher after gaining a PGCE. Finding the restrictions of the formal curriculum frustrating she re-trained, and then practised as an art therapist in a day centre for people of all ages with learning difficulties. Mary was always alive to the environment and people around her, drawing, painting and making even through the trials of her cancer treatment. At Cambridge she had made cartoons of the lecturers in her lecture notes and in hospital the installation that she made, while in great pain, from the medical packaging that surrounded her was later taken to be viewed by Gordon 111

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Brown at a conference. Her creations were always wide-ranging and in many media: insects made by her pupils, based on Kafka’s Metamorphosis, records of tyre fender textures on the Mevagissey harbour wall and photographic seasonal sequences of her favourite walks at Shoreham Beach.

Blamire. On 11 December 2007, Norah Diana (Gifford) MA (1944 Modern and Medieval Languages); Norah, known as Diana, read Spanish and French and won the Fanny Metcalf prize in 1946. A post as Assistant in the Southampton Central Library in May 1949 was followed by a post-graduate course in librarianship at University College London 1949–50, after which she was appointed Assistant Librarian at the College. She married Alec Blamire, also a librarian, in December 1957 and they had a son and a daughter. She was later part-time Lecturer in the Extra-Mural Department of Queen’s University, Belfast (1973–84).

Blomfield. In 2007, Agnes Mary Fraser (Gough) BA (1924 English). Assistant Secretary, Leeds Girls’ High School 1931–33; Secretary to the Editor, Yorkshire Evening News, leader writer and woman’s page feature writer, 1934–35. Married George W Blomfield in December 1936 and raised a family of four sons and a daughter.

Bransby. On 11 November 2007, Nancy Barbara (Leigh Smith) BA (1931 Natural Sciences); after training in dietetics at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Nancy became a Dietician at the Royal Masonic Hospital 1935–36; Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford 1936–37; Ministry of Health 1937–39; family dietary survey for Advisory Committee on Nutrition; Dietician (part-time), University College Hospital 1940–42. Married Dr Ernest R Bransby in November 1939, and together they published the Study of the wartime diets of working class families, which was privately circulated in 1940.

Nancy and Ernest had four sons and one daughter. During the 1960s and until her retirement, Nancy was a tutor with the Cambridge Tutors’ College in Croydon. Like her ancestor, Barbara Bodichon, she was interested in painting and she bequeathed some of Madame Bodichon’s paintings to the College.

Brice. On 24 August 2007, Angela Jill (Finkel) MA (1972 Archaeology and Anthropology); Post-Graduate Diploma in Librarianship (ALA) Ealing Technical College 1977. Senior Assistant Librarian for the London Borough of Camden 1975– 79 working in Lending, Audio-Visual and References Services. Married Christopher Brice in June 1975 and brought up her family of three sons and a daughter. In the UK Angela held volunteer positions, including for the National Childbirth Trust as a Caesarean Support Officer 1979–93. In Israel where the family later made their home her interest in alternative medicine led to training as a reflexologist and a career as a self-employed healer.

Brown. On 1 July 2007, Margaret May (Gillhespy) BA (1935); Diploma in Social Science, London School of Economics 1939; student at the Institute of Labour Management. Assistant Welfare Supervisor, Bryant and May Ltd 1939–40; in charge of Transport Department, later Personnel Manager, Tottenham Branch, Hoover Ltd. 1940–43; Labour Manager, Metal Box Co Ltd (Head Office) from 1943. She married Max Palmer Brown, later Sir Max Brown, in 1940 and they had three sons and a 112

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daughter. Lady Margaret was a member of the London Branch Committee, Institute of Labour Management; Hampstead Garden Suburb, Golder’s Green Committee and Fabian Society. She published book reviews in the Journal of The Institute of Labour Management.

Budd. In October 2007, Margaret Alison (Burgin) BA, MBE (1933 Modern and Medieval Languages). Secretarial training, including French shorthand, at Mrs Hoster’s Training College. Private secretary for the General Secretary of World Student Christian Federation, in Geneva, returning in June 1940 to the UK by one of the last ships to return safely before the German occupation of France. During the War she worked in the Family Welfare Section of the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, supporting naval families including the relatives of the crew of HMS Hood, sunk by the German battleship Bismarck. At the end the War, she married Bernard Wilfred Budd whom she had known from Cambridge days, and they spent the next seven years in what was first India and then, after Partition, Pakistan. She played an active part in the Karachi community. In 1951, they returned to the UK and settled in Elham, with their son Colin and later Andrew. She taught for some years in Canterbury, and was a Governor of Brockhill School. She gave years of service to the Church Sunday School and from 1974 she was a local preacher. In politics, as well as supporting Bernard in five Parliamentary campaigns, she became a pillar of the Women’s Liberal Foundation, and was at different times its European Liaison Officer, its International Liaison Officer, and its President. She received the MBE in January 1986 for political services to the Liberal Party.

Bywaters. In 2007, Margaret Joan (Samuels) MA (1938 Geography); PGCE (Birmingham) 1942. Margaret taught Geography at the King’s Norton Grammar School for Girls 1942–44, and temporarily at the North London Collegiate School, before her marriage to Bruce in 1944. Margaret held various part-time appointments as an assistant Geography teacher while her children, Paul and Ruth (Girton 1964), were young. She was Head of the Geography Department at Noctorum High School for Girls in Birkenhead from 1962 until 1974.

Carew. On 2 February 2008, Caroline Joyce MA (1932 Natural Sciences); Oxford University, PGCE 1936. She started as Zoology teacher at her former school, Cheltenham Ladies’ College (1936–1944), followed by a year as Biology Mistress at Nottingham High School. She moved to South Africa and became the Senior Science teacher at Kingsmead School, Johannesburg. Between 1954 and 1963 she was Headmistress of St Cyprian’s School in Capetown; and of St Anne’s Diocesan College, Natal, 1964–1969. Miss Carew returned to the UK and taught briefly at Charlton Park School, Cheltenham and Upper Chine School on the Isle of Wight. After her retirement she remained in the Isle of Wight where she maintained a large garden, and became a stalwart member and supporter of St Boniface Church, Bonchurch, The Embroiderers’ Guild and the Women’s Institute. Up to the age of 95 she had lived independently until she suffered a stroke in December 2007. Her goddaughter described Miss Carew as a well-known character on the Island, recognised as ‘of indomitable spirit and with qualities of fiery invincibility and a bright intelligence’.

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Chamberlain. On 7 June 2008, Judith Mary (Stenner-Evans) MA (1960 Law); JCR President, 1962–63. After graduation she became an articled clerk in Bristol and in 1966 a solicitor in private practice. Judith married Captain Colvin Chamberlain in April 1967 and travelled as an army wife and mother of two children, Edward and Finetta. She always hoped to return to the law and later became a partner in A Hodge and Co., Solicitors, Devizes. She retired from the practice in 2001.

Clark. On 27 January 2007, Raymond Kenneth (College Staff 1965–2000). Ray retired in March 2000 after almost 35 yrs service. He had started as a Houseman responsible for stoking boilers and cleaning shoes but transferred to the House Supervisor’s team where he had responsibility for cleanliness and presentation of many of the College public rooms and areas. He had always been an enthusiastic dancer but after he retired he employed those skills as an enthusiastic social member of the British Legion. Both the Legion and the College were well represented at his funeral.

Clark. On 19 July 2007, Sylvia MA (1938 English); Old Girtonians’ Studentship 1946– 47; Cambridge University Amy Mary Preston Read Scholarship, 1947. Sylvia was a Temporary Civil Servant at the Board of Trade during the war and then returned to Girton to take up an Old Girtonians’ Studentship in English 1946–47. She continued to supervise undergraduates in College until 1949. She then began her teaching career with seven years at Sherborne School before appointment as a Lecturer at the Royal College of Advanced Technology in Salford, 1956–67; After a brief spell at John Dalton College of Technology she moved to the University of Manchester and Paisley College of Technology 1970–1985. In the 1980s she studied for a PhD in the History of Technology at the Open University, gaining it in 1988. Her interest in the social history of science and engineering led to her book Paisley – the History and to a number of articles including ‘A Survey of Early Paisley Engineering Firms’ and ‘Scottish Industrial History’.

Crawford. On 4 June 2007, Sara Una, MA (1948 Economics; 1953 English). Before coming up to Girton she was in the ATS 1944–48. After graduation she held a secretarial post at the Foreign Office 1953–57. She trained for teaching at Garnett College 1957–58 and became a teacher of Commercial Subjects at Maidstone Technical School, and then Head of Commerce at Hampstead Secondary School from 1961.

She then moved to Australia to teach in New South Wales. She left a bequest to the College Library for the purchase of books on Economics.

Crawford. On 4 May 2008, Sheila Marion MA (1941 Natural Sciences). A diploma in Education at Oxford in 1945 was followed by teaching Physics at Leeds Girls’ High School. In 1949 her career took a different direction and she worked as a Research Physicist for ICI Ltd first in Welwyn and then in Manchester. She had a number of papers published in the Proceedings of the Physical Society, mainly on stress, strain and birefringence in high polymers. She returned to physics teaching in 1963 at the Crossley and Porter School in Halifax and continued to teach until her retirement in 1981. Beyond her science she took great interest in photography and history on which she attended many courses.

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Critchley. On 6 October 2007, Janet Mary (Smith) MA (1932 Mathematics), After a teaching diploma from Leeds in 1936 she taught Mathematics first at City and County School for Girls, Chester, then at Stroud High School. Towards the end of a brief period as Assistant Sales Manager at Lewis’s Ltd in Birmingham, 1939–40, Janet married Harold Critchley and did research work at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough until their son, Harold, was born in 1943. Janet returned to teaching, at Stroud District Technical College, 1949–61. Later she worked part-time for Cheltenham Ladies’ College, and at Marling School, Stroud. Janet was also an active member of numerous committees and societies including the NSPCC and the Conservative Association.

Cullen. On 20 March 2008, Eirlys Rhiwen Cadwalader (Roberts) BA (1929 Classics).

Obituary p. 127 Dauncey. In November 2007, Jean Mary Chisholm (Simpson) MA (1937 History).

Between 1940 and 1944 she worked as an Administrative Assistant for the Children’s Overseas Reception Board; then in the Ministry of Information and as Temporary Assistant Principal, Ministry of War Transport. She had married Kenneth Dauncey in 1940 and family life was busy, with two girls and a boy to bring up. After the War she taught part-time at St Swithins, Winchester, and was later appointed House Mistress at St Felix School, Southwold. This led her to study for a Diploma in Counselling and Guidance at Reading University. After Kenneth’s death she spent the ten years before her retirement as Head of History at St Leonards-Mayfield 1970–80.

Davies. On 9 February 2008, Stella Madeline MA (1944 Natural Sciences). After graduation she worked as a Temporary Assistant at the British Museum of Natural History before taking up a post teaching science at Fulneck Girls’ School, Pudsey, 1951–53. After a brief spell of secretarial work she became Housemother at St Margaret’s School, Croydon, a post she held for the next 29 years. Her special interests were conchology and slug research and she was an active member of the Conchological Society. She published three articles on the Arion hortensis complex in Journal of Conchology 1977, 1979 and 1987. Her mother, Agnes, had also been a Girtonian (Grant-Ives 1911).

Davis. On 10 March 2008, Anna Brocklesby (1933 Natural Sciences) Anna was at Girton for two years, reading Medical Science in her first year and, as a Turle Music Scholar, Music in her second year. After leaving Girton she trained for nursing at St Thomas’s Hospital and qualified SRN. She took her midwifery qualifications at Kingston and Swindon hospitals and continued with a Health Visitors’ Certificate (Battersea Polytechnic) and District Nurse Certificate (Birmingham City Council, Summerhill Road Centre). When she retired in 1972 she had completed 37 years’ service in nursing, variously as Ward Sister, Midwifery Ward Sister, Home Sister, Deputy Matron and Health Visitor. Anna was the younger sister of Helen Barnard (Davis 1932).

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position as a member of the Lodge staff at Wolfson Court. There he is remembered for his consistent help and kindness to students and staff alike. He had been a glider pilot before joining College and, together with caravanning, that remained his primary interest in retirement.

Dupré. In January 2008, Honor Ruth, MA (1934 English). After completing a Postgraduate Diploma at the Institute of Education, 1938, she began a lifelong career in teaching. She first worked as Assistant Teacher at West Bank School, in Bideford, 1941–50; then as Senior English Mistress, Bridgewater Girl’s Grammar School, Somerset 1950–54, and Assistant English Mistress, Twickenham County School, 1954–74. After her retirement Honor worked voluntarily as Assistant Secretary at the Hostel of God, an independent hospital for terminal care.

Durlacher. On 16 October 2007, Jennifer Ann (Blauvelt) BA (1954 History). Married Peter Laurence Durlacher in 1959. They had two daughters and two sons.

Evans. On 30 January 2007, Joyce Florence (Martin) MA (1929 English); Obituary p. 128 Falconer. On 26 November 2007, Margaret (Duke) MA (1932 Classics); Mary Gurney Scholar and winner of the Ethel Gavin Prize; After her Cambridge Teachers’ Certificate, 1938, she taught Classics at Abbey School, Reading, 1935–37 and at St Leonard’s School, St Andrews, 1938–41. During her wartime employment at the Board of Trade, 1941–43 she married Douglas Scott Falconer and they had two sons, Andrew and John. The family moved to Scotland and after working at the Rudolph Steiner School, Edinburgh, for two years she was appointed to the post which she held for the 25 years up to her retirement: teaching Classics at Oxenfoord Castle School, Ford, Midlothian 1957–82. She was the sister of Alison Duke (1934).

Foden. On 4 May 2008, Mary Elizabeth (Michael) BA (1947 History); Certificate of Education, Hughes Hall, 1951. She taught History at Westonbirt School until her marriage in 1953. Throughout most of her married life she assisted her husband, Roger, with business affairs. He was Senior Director of the Tate and Lyle Plc. They adopted two children, John and Penelope in the 1960s. Mary later worked at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and her other interests included the arts, education and religious affairs.

Fortescue. On 13 March 2008, Margery Stratford (Hunt) (1937 Classics) She married Tim in July 1939 but he was soon posted to Hong Kong as a cadet in the Colonial Service. Margery had to make her own way there via Canada, Japan and North China, by which time war had been declared in Europe. For two years she taught expatriate children but six months after the birth of her first child Japanese forces overran Hong Kong. She had been training as a nurse, and the family was sheltering at the hospital when they were captured by the Japanese. The young family spent almost four years as internees in Stanley prison camp on Hong Kong Island. After the war they returned briefly to Britain, but the Colonial Service took them back to Hong Kong in 1946, then to Washington, Nairobi and in 1951 Rome where Margery ran her own nursery school. In 1954 they returned to the UK and lived for five years 116

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in Walton-on-Thames before moving again, this time to Switzerland. There Margery taught Classics in schools in Vevey. They returned to the UK again in 1966 and she worked in support of her husband when he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool, but they divorced in 1975. In an interview in 1991 she said of her experience in Stanley: ‘Food was our main obsession – rice, watery egg, occasional peanuts and soya beans, and revolting but nutritious shark liver oil!’ Her Stanley friendships remained very special and she said that ever afterwards they all had ‘a sense of gratitude for loos that work, hot baths, tea, milk, sugar, bread and butter’.

Frankel. On 18 April 2008, William (2000 Honorary Fellow) CBE LLB. Obituary p.

129 Freeman. On 2 June 2007, Gwendolen BA (1926 English); Emily Davies Scholar and Charity Reeves Prize holder, 1928. On leaving College she became a journalist, first on the staff of The Queen 1929–30, then The Birmingham Post 1930–41 (where she was the first Women’s Page Editor); and Editor of The Samaritan (organ of Birmingham Hospital Contributory Association) from 1940; temporarily on staff of Birmingham News 1945; Publicity Officer, Midlands Region, Ministry of Labour and National Service 1941–45. Member of Birmingham Liberal Committee, 1940–45; voluntary worker for Birmingham Settlement. Freelance journalist from 1973, contributing to many regional newspapers, and regularly to History Today. Her published works spanned six decades and include books on social issues, poetry, fiction, biography and autobiography. This last includes a work based on her letters home from Girton, Alma Mater (1990). She brought up a family of adopted and fostered boys while still in full-time employment, and in later life enjoyed the company of many grandchildren – and of her beloved cats.

Geary. On 3 July 2008, Marjorie (1941 Mathematics). She attended Girton for one year only and was allowed a special examination 1942. A lifelong career at the Bank of England in London followed, first as Research Assistant in Economics and Statistics, later as Deputy Chief Clerk in the Economic Intelligence Department and on various forecasting committees for the Treasury. During the War she was a voluntary firewatcher and continued voluntary work for many years both for the WRVS and for old people’s welfare.

Goodwin. In September 2007, Jane (Lonsdale) MA (1948 Law). Exhibitioner and Sheldon Prize 1949 and Lilian Knowles Prize holder, 1950 and 1951. Sub-Editor, Butterworths (Law Publishers) 1952–54; computer assistant, Cavendish Laboratory (Radio-Astronomy Department), Cambridge, 1954–55; freelance legal editor 1963.

She married Eric Anthony in February 1954 and they had two sons, Thomas and Richard. She was involved in the local community including the Parish Council, Chair of the Residents’ Association, National Trust, in charitable work, politics, the Women’s Institute and the U3A. Gould. On 5 November 2007, Florence Elisabeth McGaw (Brown) MLitt (1951) Known as Elisabeth, she came to Girton as a Research Student working on psychological contributions to the study of literary evaluation. In 1951 she had graduated from the 117

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University of Aberdeen with First Class Honours in English and Psychology. She was an Associate of the British Psychological Society from 1954. Became an Assistant at the Applied Psychology Unit of the Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, 1953–56; Taught English at local private school (part-time), 1962–65; Research financed by Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, 1965–70; Educational Psychologist (part-time) for the Southampton Schools Psychological Service. She was co-author of a number of educational publications. Elisabeth married Colin Gould in June 1955 and they had two daughters.

Hall. On 18 January 2007, Frances Alayne (Edmonds) MA (1963 Geography). Market Research Trainee, Dickinson Robinson Group 1966–68, teaching at St Mary’s School, Tebury, 1970–72 and St Michael’s Primary School, Withyham, East Sussex 1972–74; worked in the family horticultural business 1979–83; teaching at West Meon Primary School, Hampshire from 1983 where she was Acting Head in 1989.

Hall. On 23 June 2008, Timothy Robert MA (1990 English). Obituary p. 000 Hamilton Jones, On 29 April 2008, Elizabeth Eileen (Foley) MA (1946 Modern and Medieval Languages). She was a secretary at the BBC, first in the London Transcription Service, then in the Latin-American Department. She began teaching French and Spanish in 1950 at St Michael’s, Limpsfield, Surrey and then at Brondesbury and Kilburn High School for Girls. She married Joseph in 1955 and they had four children, two daughters and twin sons. During most of her married life she continued teaching part-time and also gave private coaching lessons. She was also an active letter writer for Amnesty International, the World Development Movement and the Waverley Writers among others. She had three collections of poetry published: Apart from Sermons (1991), The Ides of March are Gone (1994) and Boadicea and the Baby Austin (2000).

Hanna. On 25 October 2007, Alwyn Margaret (Rowlinson) MA (1946 Mathematics, Economics). She first became a teacher in 1950 at St Mary’s School, Wantage, and married Dr Roger Hanna that same year. They had two children, Jill (Girton 1972) and Simon with whom she stayed at home for five years. From 1958 she started to teach again at a series of schools including: Ecole Internationale, Geneva; Faringdon Girls’ Grammar; Cheyney School, Oxford; Sexey’s School, Somerset and Badminton School, Bristol. She retired in 1977.

Hartley. On 5 May 2007, Helen Elizabeth MA (1938 Economics), College Exhibitioner 1939. After graduation she took up a post as Temporary Assistant Principal at the Board of Trade.

Isaac. On 12 November 2007, Freda (Sisney) (College Staff). Freda was a long-serving member of the secretarial team at Girton, which she joined in May 1968 as Secretary to the Senior Tutor. She progressed to become Head of the Tutorial Office, retiring from this post in September 1984. She will be remembered for her loyalty to those she served, her excellent shorthand, her ability to read the most illegible of scripts and for her calm humanity in the Office. Living throughout her married life in Girton village, where she raised her family, she was an active member of the local community.

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One of her passions was photography and, shortly before her death, she made the generous and highly appreciated gift of her photographic equipment to the College’s Bernie Lee Photographic Society. In 1947 she had married John Isaac, whom she met when they started work on the same day at the National Institute for Agricultural Botany. John’s death followed just ten days after hers, a testimony to the strength of their bond. Another link with the village has gone.

Karagiozov. On 14 July 2007, Lorna (Ferguson) BA (1960 Modern and Medieval Languages); PGCE (London) 1964.

Kerr. On 1 June 2007, Joan Margaret Thérèse (Gaspey) MA (1942 Classics) London University Institute of Education, 1945–46; London Teachers’ Diploma 1946. She took up at post as Classics Mistress at Croham Hurst School, Croydon, in 1946. Joan married Dr David Sinclair Kerr in July 1949 and they had a daughter and two sons.

Lander. In 2008, Rachel Stuart (Stephens) BA (1925 History). Married Lt Edward D L Lander, RNVR, DSC in 1935. He was reported missing in the Aegean, off Leros, in 1943, leaving her to bring up a daughter and two sons.

Lindon, Margaret Patricia Eleanor (Reed; formerly Hodgson) (1947 History). Obituary p. 130 Maybrey. On 20 January 2008, Ann Margaret MA (1956 Mathematics). An Exhibitioner and G E Mather Jackson Reserve Prize winner, Ann gained a Diploma in Numerical Analysis and Automatic Computing with distinction in 1960, for which she was awarded the Smithells Prize. She was a Research Assistant in the Mathematics Laboratory for the University of Cambridge for the next seven years. In 1967 she became a Lecturer in Computational and Statistical Science at Liverpool University where she remained until her retirement.

Mladenovic. On 14 August 2007, Malcolm Branislav MA (1980 Natural Sciences).

Obituary p. 131 Parry. On 3 February 2008, Ann Katharine BA (1942 Geography). A Cartographer for the Town and Country Planning Division of the Department of Health for Scotland from 1944. From 1961 she was the Assistant Editor of Chambers Encyclopedia.

Parsons. On 14 November 2007, Kathleen Laura (Scudamore) MA (1932 Mathematics).

An Emily Davies Scholar, she gained a First Class in Part II of the Mathematics Tripos. After graduation she trained as a teacher at the Institute of Education, University of London. Early teaching posts were at Brighton and Hove High School and at Copthall County School, Mill Hill, London. She married Reginald in 1941 and they had two sons. After bringing up her family she returned to teaching as head of Mathematics at St Mary’s Hall Girls’ school in Brighton.

Pennell. In December 2007, Ann Monica (Gent) BA (1947 Economics). She was a member of the University hockey, tennis and squash teams. She was briefly a trainee for the John Lewis Partnership before embarking on teaching posts at Victoria College, Cairo, a number of London primary and secondary schools, and finally Stanway School in Dorking. Ann married Bruce Pennell, an industrial chemist, in 1959 and they had three daughters and a son. Her sister Janice Bradshaw (Gent 1951) 119

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came up to Girton the year after Ann had graduated.

Philip. On 17 May 2007, Celia known as Sylvia (Titelbaum) BA (1937 Natural Sciences).

College Exhibitioner. After graduation she became Physics and Chemistry Mistress at the Princess Mary High School in Halifax. In 1944 she returned to London where her father lived, and taught at Camden School for Girls. She later moved into industry working as a Scientific Officer for Distillers’ Company, Scientific Information Officer for British Petroleum and for the patent agents D Young and Company. She married Norman in 1967. She was a member of the Advisory Committee for the Science Reference Library (British Library).

Pile. In 2007, Joan Marguerite (Crafter) (1935 Modern and Medieval Languages); Girton Research Grant 1938. She was awarded a Leverhulme Scholarship at the British Institute in Paris, 1939. On her return to the UK she became a Technical Assistant at the Imperial Bureau of Dairy Science in Reading and, in 1943, moved to work with Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) aircraft factory. She was Shop Steward for the Transport and General Workers’ Union. She married William (later Sir William) in 1948 and they had a son and two daughters.

Porritt. On 31 May 2008, Jessie Eleanor (1935 Modern and Medieval Languages).

Eleanor read French and German for Part I of the Tripos, but focused on Russian for Part II. This decision re-directed her life. Following wartime employment in Government censorship and then in the War Office, she was posted to the British Embassy in Moscow, where she stayed for three interesting and enjoyable years. It was in Moscow that she developed her love of the Russian people and literature.

She then transferred to the Russian Department of the United Nations, where she remained for the rest of her career, working in translation and as an interpreter in both New York and in Geneva. She continued with her translation work after she returned to Cambridge on retirement. Throughout her life Eleanor was always keenly interested in, and concerned for, everyone she met, regardless of their condition or walk in life.

Poulton. On 6 December 2007, Barbara Mary (Stead) MA (1941 Natural Sciences).

Barbara followed her mother Margaret (1910) to Cambridge – hers was a very Cambridge family with her father and brother both at Clare. She taught Chemistry at Varndean School, Brighton before moving to New Zealand where she was Head of Science at Woodford House School. She married Alan, a farmer, in 1951 and they had two daughters. They remained in New Zealand running their farm but from 1954 to 1969 Barbara also did local supply teaching.

Powell. On 25 June 2008, Diana Lorna (Carey) MA (1933 Natural Sciences). Diana, known as Lorna, came up to Girton to study medicine. Her friend and contemporary, Barbara Day (1933) introduced Lorna to her brother Bill and, following Lorna’s finals, she and Bill were married. During the war Lorna ‘dug for victory’, growing vegetables, and keeping chickens and a pig in her back garden, as well as helping with the local harvests. In 1948, Bill stepped down from the family firm and they moved to South Africa where he lectured part-time at the University of Cape Town and Lorna 120

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resumed her medical training. Lorna and Bill had always led an active life and taken adventurous holidays whenever possible but in 1951 Bill, who had always known that he had a weak heart, died suddenly, leaving Lorna with four young children. Her medical training had to be stopped for the second time and was never to be resumed.

She took a job as a laboratory technician at the Groote Schuur Hospital, and later as a science teacher at St Cyprian’s School in Cape Town. In 1957 she returned to England to be near relatives and taught at Port Regis School in Shaftesbury. When her eldest son also returned from Cape Town on completion of his University education Lorna moved ‘temporarily’ to Cambridge to be near him. Their house in Stapleford in fact became her home for the next 47 years. She worked at Addenbrooke’s Hospital as a Medical Technician until about 1965. In retirement, she continued to play tennis and golf, and was a member of the Cambridge Local Girton Association and the Cambridge Medical Society. She took many courses from the Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education and studied French with the University of the Third Age. Richardson. In 2007, Lily Kathleen known as Kay (Harrison) BA (1935 Mathematics).

She entered the professional and scientific class of the Civil Service in 1939, first as a Junior Scientific Officer and Technical Officer, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough 1939–45 and then Technical Officer, Ministry of Aircraft Production in London until 1951, at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Boscombe Down (1957–59), in London from 1959 to 1967 and finally again at Boscombe Down until her retirement in 1976. She married Anthony Richardson, an aeronautical engineer, in 1967. Throughout her working life she worked on aeronautical research and development. Kay was a generous benefactor to the College.

Riddett. On 23 February 2008, Janet Mary Caroline, known as Mary (Francis, formerly Fry) MA (1961 Economics; Law). She took her Law Society Final examinations at the College of Law, Guildford in 1965, and was articled in offices in Mitcham and Surbiton 1965–67. She was in private practice as a solicitor from 1967. In 1969 she was appointed Registrar at the Guildford College of Law. She married Michael Fry in 1964 and they had one son, Philip. They separated in 1982 and Mary married in 1984 Robin Riddett, a Lecturer in Law. She also worked as a Co-ordinator for CRUSE Bereavement Care and for the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre.

Rutt. On 17 September 2007, Joan Mary (Ford) MA (1938 English). Thérèse Montefiore Prize 1941. Her father was a valuer, and her brother an architect, which influenced her choice to train with the Society of Women Housing Managers. She was Assistant Housing Manager for Mitcham Borough Council and worked on a large estate dealing with the aftermath of air raids. In 1947 the Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius asked her to become joint general secretary of St Basil’s, a centre for those interested in promoting contact between the Anglican and Russian Orthodox Churches. It was through the Fellowship that she met her future husband Richard who, in 1953, became a missionary to Korea. For the next 15 years they met only when he came home on leave. She moved to teach English at the Channing School, Highgate, until finally joining Richard who had been appointed Bishop of Taejon. They were married 121

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in Hong Kong in 1969. She was soon appointed lecturer in English Literature at Sungsil University, Taejon. When they moved back to the bishopric of St Germans, Cornwall, in 1974, Joan became head of English at St Clare’s School, Penzance, finally retiring from teaching in 1979. There followed a period in the Leicester See and then the couple retired to Falmouth in 1990. There Joan became involved in MIND and the St Vincent de Paul Society.

Sales. On 29 December 2007, Katharine Georgina Mary (Adams) MA (1930 History).

She was awarded the Lilian Knowles Prize in 1933. After a London Teachers’ Diploma in 1934 she taught at Maynard Girls’ School, Exeter, 1934–36 and Francis Holland School, London, 1936–39. Following two years of war work at the Admiralty she returned to teaching, at Tottenham Grammar School for Boys 1942–44, then worked for H M Inspector of Schools until 1947. She had married William in 1946 and they had two sons and one daughter. Katharine remained active outside the home and was later Chairman of the Doncaster District Council Social Services Committee and a Justice of the Peace.

Shaw. On 27 June 2008, Margaret Johnson (Shaw) MA, OBE (1968 Law). Obituary p. 132 Simms. On 20 November 2007, Joan Anne (Popplewell) MA (1955 Moral Sciences).

Obituary p. 132 Slater. On 4 June 2008, Lucy Joan PhD DSc (1951). Obituary p. 133 Soper. On 20 May 2008, Betty Gwendoline Beresford (Henley) MA (1938 Classics).

Diploma in Education (Bristol) 1941. Senior Classics Mistress at Monkton Combe School for Boys 1941–44. In 1942 she married the Reverend Brian Soper, a Methodist Minister, and they had two sons and a daughter. Once the children were older she returned to teaching and taught at Bury Grammar School for Girls; she was Head of Classics and Sixth Form Tutor 1957–83. Accredited as Preacher in the Methodist Church, she belonged to a range of associations connected to Methodism, and had a particular interest in the Early Church. Her other interests included ballet and the history of costume.

Souster. On 18 December 2007, Marian Campbell (Nicholson) BA (1938 Classics).

Marian served as a radiolocation operator at Bawdsey Manor at the start of the Second World War, but she resumed her studies in 1940, ending with a First in Part II of the Tripos and the Alice Zimmern Memorial Prize in 1942. After graduation she taught Classics at the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School for Boys, Mansfield, and then at Walthamstow County High School. She married Jack Souster, a Surgeon-Lt in the RNVR, in 1945. On his demobilisation Jack became a medical missionary in Nigeria where Marian worked with him as well as teaching in Ilesha. They and their two daughters, Phoebe and Helen, then moved back in 1953 to Felixstowe, where Jack was a general practitioner until his retirement. Marian had two more children, William and John, but found time to take up writing. Between 1966 and 1988, writing as Marian Campbell, she had 14 radio plays broadcast by the BBC, many being repeated on the BBC Overseas Service and via national broadcasters in Australia, New Zealand 122

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and South Africa, as well as Holland and Germany. In retirement they moved to the West Country. Marian was widowed in 2003. Her son-in-law recalls that she ‘left a strong impression on everyone who met her’…and ‘liked nothing more than a good argument about matters of moral or political significance’.

Steel. In 2007, Jean Dorothy Hart BA (1937 Modern and Medieval Languages). A member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service between 1940 and 1946, she was District HQ Staff Officer (Education) on demobilisation. Jean worked as secretary variously at Bermondsey Service for the Disabled, the Accessibility Panel Disabled Living Activities Group, the Central Council for the Disabled and finally at the Cicely Northcote Trust. Jean retired in 1976. She was a generous benefactor of the College.

Taylor. On 19 February 2008, Mary (Biddulph, formerly Barclay) MA (1934 Modern and Medieval Languages). Obituary p. 135 Taylor. On 28 December 2007, Nancy Ethel MA (1932 English). After gaining a Diploma at the London School of Librarianship she worked in libraries in Hendon, Derby and Wakefield, moving on to be Branch Librarian at Middlesex County Library until 1941. Then she took her skills into another field, working for 43 years as an Indexer for ICI. She was then retained by them for a further two years after her official retirement. Throughout her life her interests were wide and her studies included literature, music, art and anthropology.

Thompson. On 3 February 2008, Jane Cecily MA (1937 Mathematics). Obituary p.

136 Venn. On 21 June 2007, Christine Mary (Hutt) MA (1946 Natural Sciences).Christine came up to Girton after having worked in the laboratories of the Chemical Inspection Department of the Ministry of Supply 1942–45 and at Allen and Hanbury, Ware, 1945–46. Affter her graduation she worked at the Department of Insecticides and Fungicides, Rothamsted Experimental Station to 1952. She then married Anthony in the Transvaal, South Africa, and they had four daughters. Her grandson remembers how she always spoke fondly of her time at Girton, where she gained blues for swimming and table tennis as well as being a member of CUMS and the Bird Club.

Wheeler. In 2007, Rosaleen Brigid (Kissane) BA (1943 Modern and Medieval Languages). After secretarial training she worked at Unilever House until she married Gerald in 1958. They had three sons, Patrick, Stephen and Philip. Hers was a strongly Girtonian family, with her sisters Barbara Kissane (1935) and Maire Cruickshank (1938), her niece, Clare Kissane (1978) and her son, Patrick (1982) all members of the College.

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temporarily restricted her academic progress but she returned to fuller time work in 1965. After a year with Dr Edwin Clarke at University College London and a course on the History of Science at Imperial College she obtained her MSc. For the next seven years she researched, mostly from home, for her PhD. She spent the years until her retirement in 1991 undertaking research in ophthalmology and making films on the history of sleeping sickness. Whilst she was suffering the later stages of Alzheimer’s disease, her husband Peter edited her PhD for publication as The Matter of Motion and Galvani’s Frogs, Rana Press 2000. They presented a copy to the College library.

Woodley. On 25 January 2008, Margaret Helen MA (1938 Mathematics). She was at Girton during the war, and after graduation went directly to work as a production engineer, making parts for Wellington bombers. The post-war reconstruction of industry created a demand for inspectors of factories and her experience made her well qualified for the task. She underwent two years of on-the-job training, focusing on industrial employees’ work experience, welfare and health rather than on production methods or conditions of work. She held various appointments in Northampton, Norwich, Preston and Leicester, then became a District Inspector for Brighton and then for Ipswich during the 1960s. When the Health and Safety Inspectorate was reorganised, she became Principal Inspector responsible for industrial organisations in Ipswich and most of Suffolk and North-East Essex – around 3,000 premises in total. She retired in 1980 and was pleased to be spending more time in her garden in Needham Market, listening to classical music and visiting friends in Denmark and Jordan. However, she still kept a practised eye on industrial complexes when she was on her travels. She was also a member of Soroptimist International, having been President of the Ipswich Club and the London Anglia Divisional Union of Soroptimist International. Margaret was a generous benefactor to the College.

We have also received from Cambridge in America, and from the Cambridge University Development Office, notices of the deaths of the following Girtonians: Dunbar. Greta Mary (Sugden) (1944 History) died in New Zealand about 10 years ago.

Lander. Rachel Stuart (Stephens) (1925).

Le Boutillier. Ursula (known as Una) (Lucas) (1923).

Todd. Jean Elizabeth (1946 Natural Sciences).

Wynne. In 2002 Margaret Ruth (Ellis) (English 1943).

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Obituaries

Unsigned obituaries have been written by members of the editorial team

Julie Ashcroft (Cooke, 1960–2008) Julie grew up in Sandbach, Cheshire, and came to Girton in 1980 to read Economics following a gap year working in a bank. She was an extremely popular member of a group of friends at Girton and we particularly remember her smile, her sense of fun and her laugh. She was always ready to welcome us in her room with a pot of tea and a tin of biscuits. Many intense political issues, as well as more frivolous topics, were discussed over tea in Julie’s room. She had a determined streak, reflected in her dedication and hard work with her academic studies. She developed a passionate interest in the politics of Poland around the time of the trade union uprising and Solidarnosc and she chose to write her dissertation on the subject. Apart from academic life, she had a strong desire for travel and adventure, spending her first summer vacation working on a BUNAC summer camp and travelling in the USA, coming back with many tales of her adventures. She was also a talented tennis player, playing for the College team and also patiently coaching her less talented friends.

After Cambridge, she qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers and Lybrand in London where she met her husband Jon. Her love of travel continued when they both went out to work in Australia for two years. They returned to the UK, married and had four children: Jack, Megan, Caity and Luke. Her children were her focus and her pride and joy. She was incredibly proud of them and encouraged their various talents and interests. She was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer six years ago which she fought with her typical determination and strength, including doing her own research into the latest treatments. During this time she concentrated on her making sure that the children had as many happy memories as possible. She leaves a big hole in the lives of her family and friends. She definitely lived her life to the full and packed a lot into her tragically short time. It’s hard to believe that she is no longer around, but we feel honoured to have known her and will cherish our memories of her.

Jane Elkins (Kenny) and Nicole Smith (Davis)

Mary Berry (1917–2008) Mary Berry, scholar, singer, and musical director of the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge died on 1 May, 2008. She had been born into a Cambridge academic family: the individual path towards which she directed that heritage was music.

Born on 29 June 1917, Mary was the youngest of the three daughters of Arthur John and Ethel Frances Berry. Arthur Berry had begun teaching chemistry at Downing College in 1911, later becoming University Lecturer and Vice-Master. Mary was educated at the Perse School for Girls and then spent a year studying with the composer Nadia Boulanger in Paris. By this time, she had already heard Gregorian chant sung at Solesmes, and it awakened a lifelong interest. In 1935 she began undergraduate studies at Girton, and was placed at the head of the class-list in the first-year examination; in 1937 she won the John 125

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Stewart of Rannoch Scholarship in Sacred Music.

For a generation born during the First World War, and now confronted with another, the prospects offered by adulthood might have seemed bleak indeed. But to lose heart was something of which Mary was not capable. In March 1940 she started her noviciate as a nun at the convent of Notre-Dame de Jupille (Liège); within two months fifty young novices had to flee before the advancing German army. There then followed a series of moves south via Toulouse and Madrid, and eventually to Lumar (Lisbon). There the sisters established a school. These wartime experiences brought strength to Mary’s vocation, and she made her final profession as an Augustinian Canoness Regular in 1945.

As a religious, she took the name Thomas More.

Over the next twenty years, nursing and teaching dominated her life. Moving between the mother house in Liège and Rome, Dijon and Paris, she juggled the management of infirmaries with music teaching. During this period she both studied and taught Gregorian chant, and it must have been in these years that her extensive knowledge of the chant repertory was so thoroughly built up. In 1962 she returned to Cambridge.

This decade was to be her last as a professed nun: increasingly she moved back into the academic world which had surrounded her as a child and developed a new place for herself within it.

In 1964 Mary began to work for a doctorate with Thurston Dart. Dart was at the centre of new directions in musicological studies in England, teaching many of those who came to be associated with the ‘revival of early music’. Together Dart and Berry developed a project on the performance of chant in the later middle ages and the sixteenth century.

By the time Mary was awarded the doctorate her commitment to full-time academic research and teaching had determined her ‘to live outside of her Community as a private person’. In 1971 she was elected to a Research Fellowship at Newnham College; that first research fellowship was followed by another, named in honour of Justine Bayard Ward. In these years of new-found freedom Mary wrote on many medieval and liturgical topics – notably contributing nineteen articles to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians as well as an extraordinarily sure-footed study of ‘The restoration of the chant and seventy-five years of recording’. By the mid 70s, Mary had developed her contacts with those monks at Solesmes responsible for studying musical palaeography and directing the choir. She was impressed by the research of Dom Eugène Cardine on Gregorian semiology, with all its ramifications for rhythmic interpretation of early chant notations.

Mary now developed her pedagogical talents in a scholarly manner, drawing on her knowledge of chant sources and notations. Indeed she understood her position in an academic institution as a means to advance her work as an animateur of the chant, explaining to others how to read the early notations, how to sing the complex melodic patterns of the most elaborate chants, how the chant sat within the liturgy. And thus was created in 1975 that organisation through which so many came into contact with her, the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge. In a real sense it is the thirteen recordings made with the schola (all on the Herald label) which constitute her published legacy. For she brought formidable skills to bear on the preparation and making of these recordings, 126

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able to handle chant performance in an historically appropriate manner – whether that related to Christmas in royal Anglo-Saxon Winchester or to a performance of Machaut’s Mass at Reims Cathedral (her last recording, made in 2006). And, in parallel to the monks of Solesmes in the early twentieth century, she sought out and exploited recording techniques at the cutting edge of sound technology.

Friends and students of Mary will remember her as a gifted teacher who spoke with tremendous clarity and command, a quiet determination underlying a warmth of manner. While it is for her services to Plainsong and Gregorian chant that she was awarded the Papal Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 2000 and the CBE in 2002, her life had taken numerous other paths before she was able to settle serenely into bringing scholarly knowledge and liturgical experience to bear on musical performance at an age when most people retire.

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Eirlys Cullen (Roberts) 1911–2008 Eirlys will always be best known for her editorship of Which? But she was also widely regarded as the main force behind the growth in the 60s and 70s of the movement for increased consumer information and protection in both the UK and Europe.

She came up to Girton from Clapham High School to read Classics. A highlight of her undergraduate years was her friendship with Jacob Bronowski, then researching for his PhD. When Laura Riding, Robert Graves’s lover, ‘invited him, and necessarily me’ to stay with them in Mallorca, Eirlys was to help Graves with the classical background for I, Claudius, although she always modestly claimed that he already knew more about it than she did.

After a spell as a sub-editor with the Amalgamated Press she spent the War working in military and political intelligence and then undertook public relations for UNRRA’s Albanian mission. The ten years from 1947 were spent working for the Information Division of the Treasury, an experience which helped to build her interest in communication with, and protection of, the consumer. Her main outlet for this was writing freelance articles on consumer affairs for the Observer. These she researched by visiting manufacturers and talking to their technicians whom she found ‘ surprisingly, but helpfully, indiscreet’.

In 1958 she was appointed Head of the Research and Editorial Division of the emergent Consumer Association where she remained for almost twenty years, most of that time as Deputy Director. It was she who created the brisk, straightforward style of their magazine Which?, demonstrating it through her own column ‘Eirlys Roberts writes’, and insisting that her staff use ‘concrete nouns, short paragraphs and short Anglo-Saxon words’ – in part possibly a legacy of her Girton Classical training. There was certainly something of the vocative in her insistence that the readers be always addressed as ‘you’.

From the outset Eirlys ensured that Which? campaigned and broke new ground. Her 1962 report on seat-belts led to wide publicity and eventual Government legislation, and her 1963 supplement on contraception caused public outcry. In 1966 she published her own book Consumers, and growing consumer reliance on Which? and its offshoots meant wider recognition for Eirlys. She was awarded the OBE in 1971, and appointed Chief Executive of the Bureau of European Consumer Associations from 1973 as well as a member of the 127

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Economic and Social Committee of the EEC. A year later she was appointed as a member of the Royal Commission on the Press and when it reported in 1977 she was awarded the CBE. That was the year in which she officially retired, but ‘retirement’ allowed her the time to set up ERICA (European Research into Consumer Affairs) of which she remained Chair until 1997.

She was a keen fell-walker and enjoyed cooking for her friends. She had married John Cullen early in the war but the marriage was short-lived.

Joyce Evans (Martin, 1929) 1911–2008 Joyce exemplifies the many inter-war Girtonians who would claim that they ‘never had a career’ and yet, throughout their lives, used their scholarship and natural talents in ways that made a real difference to the lives of many. She read English at Girton as one of F R Leavis’s first pupils and found his ‘minute analysis of the Word, [and] his strong and abundant antipathies, made up an intoxicating draft’. However, always of independent mind, she concluded in the same letter to the New Statesman, ‘Surely the fact that he has changed his taste not at all in 25 years suggests an arrest somewhere in the development of that sensibility which he so rightly urged us to preserve and nourish.’ It was her great skill to ‘preserve and nourish’ those sensibilities in all her pupils, whatever their age or background.

After Girton she taught English in two girls’ schools but, by the time of her marriage in 1939, she was Lecturer in English at Edge Hill Training College. With a young family she turned to part-time tuition at the Women’s Educational Association (WEA), the start of a lifelong commitment to the education of adults.

After the War she expanded from her WEA classes, teaching also for the Woolwich Arsenal branch of the Co-operative Society. Her students were people who were then called ‘housewives’ and her topics broadened from literature to architectural history, the nineteenth century, and the wider arts, education, politics and medicine, but often with a special focus on women’s roles. She was always inspired by what individual effort could accomplish, knowing in detail the lives of many reformers and pioneers, not just in relation to suffrage or education but in areas such as prison reform, the stage, and literary and philosophical concerns of all kinds. She loved to convey the difference that knowledge, and a command of words, could make to the appreciation of life. She quickly developed a loyal following of eager essayists.

Pupils she never lacked: she gave classes in HM Prison at Maidstone, and conducted correspondence courses with merchant seamen while, each summer, doing meticulous marking of O level and, later, GCSE English scripts. She had a number of articles published in the Journal of Education, Adult Education and the Times Educational Supplement – mostly on the subject of adult education.

Ever a socialist advocate and active member of many local committees, she stood once as Labour candidate in local elections, though in a heavily Conservative area. She was a subscriber to the Left Book Club, a keen supporter of the former Fawcett Library for women and a devotee of Jane Austen. Her daughter, the present Mistress, and her granddaughter, Barbara, followed her to Girton.

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William Frankel (1917–2008) William Frankel was introduced to the College by Risa Domb (obituary 2007) and elected to an Honorary Fellowship in 2000. Although he will be best remembered for the transformation of the Jewish Chronicle under his editorship he had no previous experience of journalism nor any training. He was brought up in near-slum conditions in the East End of London, his Polish immigrant parents struggling to survive. Life opened up for him when he passed the entrance examination to the local grammar school and began to experience an entirely new academic and social world.

One year into the war he moved to Cambridge to escape the bombing and took the opportunity to read law at the London School of Economics, then also evacuated to the city. He qualified as a solicitor and practised for some years but, at the early age of 31, he was offered the unlikely chance of the editorship of the Jewish Chronicle, a post he then held until his retirement in 1977, although he stayed on as Director until 1994.

He had possibly the ideal combination of skills for an editor: an open but forensic approach to every major issue, an extensive circle of friends in high and cultured places and an ability to attract and retain talented writers. Under his editorship the Chronicle moved from sectarian to national standing, becoming a campaigning and intellectual journal with a world-wide readership.

In his retirement he wrote two books: Israel Observed, an Anatomy of the State (1981), one of the clearest expositions of the organisation of the state of Israel, and an autobiographical memoir, Tea with Einstein and other Memories (2006). He treasured his links with University and College and after his death his widow wrote to the Mistress: ‘of all William’s activities, nothing compared to his coming up to Girton and once again being part of the Cambridge community…he felt that the University changed his life’.

Tim Hall (1970–2008) Music was in Tim’s blood, and it is through his compositions, performances, and their later relation to the power of healing therapies that many will remember him. Tim was classically trained on piano, violin and viola from the age of five, but it is his self-taught bass guitar, one of his greatest passions whilst at Girton, that many will remember. He formed and played in several bands, performed and recorded music for drama productions, in orchestras and smaller groups.

The elder of two brothers who shared a happy and lively childhood, Tim’s passions were always literature and poetry, combined with his passion for music. Out of these grew a sensitive and compassionate man, with a seeming ability to achieve anything to which he truly put his mind. It was this focus and determination that took him to Girton to read English.

Tim appeared to have at least four personas at Girton. Some will remember the extrovert bassist, bewigged and in loud flowered shirts, playing as part of the Led Zeppelin tribute band, ‘Nana’s Bolus’. It was from this that he derived his performing name, Tim ‘Paul’ Hall - after John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin’s bassist. Others will remember the sensitive and thoughtful friend, who at any time would engage, non-judgementally, over challenging 129

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situations that faced them. Senior members will recall the serious but popular president of the JCR who worried about rising student debt and tried to explain to College Council how he would extract the JCR from the financial quagmire he had inherited. Others again knew Tim as a committed and talented student of literature who wrote poetry, and regularly submitted high-quality essays of real originality. These were all aspects of the Tim we knew, and yet perhaps they were only a fraction of who he was, for there was a much deeper side to Tim that only a few of us had the opportunity to experience and understand.

Following Girton, Tim had a successful career in the financial market as a corporate banker, where he specialised in utilities and energy. His expertise and determination to expand his banking knowledge enabled him to become a Director at the Royal Bank of Scotland. At the same time, he continued to nurture his musical abilities with new compositions, performances and recordings. Tim also developed, through self-learning, many of his spiritual interests and skills in alternative healing practices, including Reiki, Theta Healing and mediumship. He wrote and shared a variety of pieces that many still use today in their own healing practice.

When all was going well for him he suddenly had to deal with tragedy. His wife, Louise, became pregnant, but in December 2005, she gave birth very prematurely to twin girls. The babies lived for less than ten minutes each and died in Tim’s arms.

This tragic event had a catastrophic impact on both Tim and Louise, and on their relationship. From then on Tim’s life-struggle began to overwhelm him, and he developed a deep depression. At times he seemed to be winning his battle, back at work with plans for his future, his music and the healing power he so loved to share, but ultimately the loss of the twins, his separation from Louise and the harshness of their divorce, was just too much for him. They left him a broken man. Tim took his own life on 23 June 2008.

On his website, http://www.timpaulhall.com, his friends will find details of an album of his piano recordings and several of his other compositions including Twins; surely a fitting epitaph.

Margaret Patricia Eleanor Lindon (Reed) 1928–2007 Pat, who was professionally known as Pat Hodgson, was one of the pioneers of modern picture research. After school at Cheltenham Ladies College she read History at Girton and joined the Picture Post Library when it was sold to the BBC on the closure of the magazine in 1957. Before the term ‘picture researcher’ had even been coined, she worked as a ‘picture classifier’ to the brief of Charles Gibbs-Smith of the Victoria and Albert Museum, who created the world’s first indexing system for photographic pictures.

She remained with the Library when it became the Radio Times Hulton Picture Library but left in the mid 1960s to join the Design Centre. Subsequently she was for many years a freelance picture researcher and built up her own historical picture library which she ran from her home in Richmond, Surrey.

Pat was the author of twelve books including Early War Photographs: 50 Years of War Photographs from the Nineteenth Century (Osprey, 1974); War Illustrators (Osprey, 1977); Witchcraft and Magic (Wayland, 1978); and five social history books for school libraries published by Batsford in the 1980s. At the time of her death she had just completed a book 130

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about Theodore and Mabel Bent, nineteenth-century archaeological explorers, and there are hopes now that some of that work will be posthumously published. As a freelance she did a considerable amount of work for the Robin Wade Design group, providing pictures and exhibition texts for many museums including the Florence Nightingale Museum; the Museum of Rugby, Twickenham; and the Tower Museum, Derry. She also did stills research for a number of TV programmes including the 13- part BBC series, Soldiers.

After an earlier marriage to civil servant James Hodgson, Pat married Dr Robert Lindon in 1980. He died in 2004.

From Cambridge days on, Pat remained a vivacious and loyal friend. An accomplished painter, she was also a leading member of the Richmond Film Society and of the town’s Tennis Club. At Girton she was captain of the college table-tennis team. As a member, I recall that, as one of the few colleges to play ‘ping-pong’, we were told that if we played Oxford we would get a half-blue. We never held it against her, but on the day we were supposed to do that, Pat ‘forgot’ to tell us – because she was going out on a hot date.

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Malcolm Mladenovic (1961–2007) Malcolm was not a man to notch up achievements for his curriculum vitae. Instead, he paid attention to living life with integrity, quiet enjoyment and good fellowship, and it is for that reason that he is remembered with such affection by so many.

Malcolm overcame major challenges to attend Girton: his father and elder brother both died when he was a child, and, from his home town of Tamworth, he was the only person in his year to reach Oxbridge.

He read Part I Natural Sciences before moving into the then-novel field of Information Technology, but it was the breadth of his interests outside his academic pursuits that lay behind the sudden and unexpected increase in attendance at the lectures in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (ASNAC), as he persuaded so many other non-ASNAC students to join him. He was a member of both Jomsborg (the University Fantasy Society notable for those true devotees who sported twelve-foot orange scarves) and the CU Science Fiction Society, but what he enjoyed most was lengthy, wide-ranging and vigorous discussion over strong tea with good friends. He regularly met Girtonians living around London to maintain that tradition.

After graduating, Malcolm worked first in software development at ICL before he was head-hunted by ARM to work on RISC processors. He continued to get enormous pleasure all his life from the intellectual pursuits in which he had immersed himself at Girton, and could be found reading anything from philosophy to his beloved science fiction.

He had been in hospital for three months following a stroke at work in the Spring of 2006 but appeared to have almost recovered when he had a heart attack in his sleep just over a year later. His funeral was packed with friends and colleagues, with a large group from the College. Two quotations from the service combine to give an accurate portrait of Malcolm.

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for appearances; the main consideration for him was always: is it interesting and/or worthwhile? And if he thought it was, that was enough.

He was a companionable, humorous, intelligent, patient man and, when occasion presented itself, a kind one too. He was always late for everything, but he will be remembered with huge love and affection. It was a pleasure to have known him.

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Margaret Johnson Shaw 1919–2008 Margaret Shaw came to Girton to read Law as a mature student in 1968 when she was 49. Born in 1919, she was educated at Gloucester High School for Girls and served in the WRNS during the Second World War. In 1941 she married John, who was serving in the Royal Navy, and they lived in Rugby for several years, moving with their two daughters to Thriplow, near Cambridge, in 1951 when John joined the Cambridge University Electrical Engineering Department. They lived in Thriplow until 1994, when they moved into Cambridge, and were amongst the originators in 1968 of the Thriplow Daffodil Weekend, a very popular annual event for which local residents open their houses and gardens to raise money for charitable causes.

Margaret arrived at Girton at the onset of a period of turbulence for universities to which Cambridge was not immune. Forthright in manner and conservative in views, she had little patience with demonstrators, but she formed good relationships with her fellow Law students, in whose lives she took a kindly interest, and with her supervisors, some of whom were very much younger than she was. After graduating she read for the Bar, but she found examinations difficult and the Bar Finals proved to be too high a hurdle. Instead, she channelled her energies into local government, becoming a member of Cambridgeshire County Council and serving as its Chairman from 1977 to 1979. She was also involved with the police and the fire service; she was the first woman to chair the National Police Authority, and was a much respected Chairman of the National Joint Council for White Collar Workers in Local Government from 1984 to 1985. She was appointed OBE in 1984 for her services to local government. A staunch member of the Conservative Party, she was very active in local politics, especially at general election times.

Margaret and John, who became a Fellow of Wolfson College, were generous entertainers and tireless workers for a variety of good causes, notably the King George Fund for Sailors (now Seafarers UK). A large congregation gathered at St George’s Church, Thriplow, for Margaret’s funeral, at which Bishop Peter Walker paid tribute to her gift for friendship and her dedication to public service.

Cherry Hopkins with Jeremy Murray, Churchwarden of St George’s Church, Thriplow

Joan Anne Simms (Popplewell) 1918–2007 Joan Simms was an expert in Primary Education and long-serving Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College. She was born into a Yorkshire farming family, trained as a Froebel teacher and took the University of Birmingham’s Diploma in the Psychology of Childhood. She then joined the staff of Homerton College as a lecturer in Primary Education. Since a degree 132

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rather than a diploma was felt to be necessary to a lecturer, she enrolled at Girton in 1955, as a mature student, to read Moral Sciences (comprising Philosophy, Psychology, Ethics and Logic). As the only student in her year reading this subject, and living out of College, she found the experience rather lonely and stressful. She gained her BA in 1958 and from 1958 to 1965 she was Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Saffron Walden College.

In the year that Lucy Cavendish was founded she moved to the Cambridge Institute of Education as a Tutor in Primary Education. She enjoyed teaching the students there and found them very stimulating: many were already holders of responsible posts and went on to have distinguished careers in education both in this country and abroad.

By chance, soon after taking her degree, she had met Dr Kathleen Wood-Leigh who had introduced her to the ‘Dining Group’ that later led to the foundation of Lucy Cavendish.

She was impressed by the dedication of the Founding Fellows and found the concept of a college for ‘older’ women immediately appealing, especially after her experience at Girton.

In 1970, she became Lucy Cavendish’s first Director of Studies in Education. She later wrote: ‘Little did I know how the pattern of my life from then on was going to diversify and fructify, nor how close a member of the college I was to become.’

She felt enormously privileged to see Lucy Cavendish develop from Approved Society (1965) to its Royal Charter in 1997, and to work with five Presidents. When she first joined the college in 1970 it was extremely poor and had only recently moved into Lady Margaret Road. Unable to afford to get decorators in, Joan and her husband donned overalls and painted parts of the house themselves. In the 1970s she became a Senior Member and in 1975 Recorder of the Roll. Then, in 1980 she was appointed Fellow and Steward. Her precision and her interest in objects and settings made her perfectly suited to the post of Steward and I have happy memories of our collaboration over making an illustrated catalogue of the college’s valued objects in 1989.

Not only was Joan a meticulous colleague, she was also a delightful companion and a modest and most generous friend to the college. On the death of her husband she gave money to fund a Schoolmistress Fellowship, since transformed, with her agreement, into a College Prize for Education.

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Lucy Joan Slater 1922–2008 In July 1939, at the end of a four-month tour of Britain, jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins was due to give his last concert, in Portsmouth, when his pianist decided at short notice to go home to Sweden a day early. A talented local seventeen-year-old jazz pianist volunteered to sit in. She was Lucy Slater, who did not go on to a career as a jazz pianist but trained as a mathematician, and is now recognized as an important early pioneer in the field of Computer Science, and particularly in the development of statistical computing.

Her first degree in mathematics and music (1944) and second in pure and applied mathematics (1947) were taken at University College, Southampton, as an external student of London University. Her first PhD (1951) was from Bedford College, London. She then moved to Cambridge and the reasons for that move are best told in her own words:

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In 1947 the Schroedinger equation was the great thing—that was the solutions of the hydrogen atom. You couldn’t calculate it; it was taking the Americans years to calculate even a tiny little equation. They were letting off those early atomic weapons without any knowledge about how big a bang they were going to make! Why they didn’t blow up half of America is a mystery. They were also considering the hydrogen bomb, yet couldn’t solve the hydrogen equations for which I had managed to produce some theoretical solutions. I was then told about this machine they were going to build at Cambridge. I thought, ‘That’s a good idea,’ because doing sums was the great obstacle that was holding everything up and, as I had a year’s grant spare, I went to Cambridge in 1951. It was just curiosity; there wasn’t anything else driving me except wanting to get real numbers into these theoretical equations before somebody blew the world up.

At Cambridge she joined the new University Mathematical Laboratory working with Maurice Wilkes, later Professor Sir Maurice Wilkes FRS, taking part in the very early days of Computer Science. She also joined Girton, where she was awarded an MT Meyer Studentship in 1952. She gained her Cambridge PhD in 1953 for her work on hypergeometric functions and for this she was awarded the College’s Gamble Prize, although she had by then already left Girton for a Research Fellowship at Newnham College. Her PhD and subsequent research in the field were published in two major CUP books: Confluent Hypergeometric Functions (1960) and Generalized Hypergeometric Functions (1966). For these and other publications she was awarded the degree of ScD in 1968.

On completion of her Newnham Fellowship in 1956 she was appointed, on the recommendation of Professor Wilkes, Research Officer in the newly-founded Department of Applied Economics, in order to take charge of their computing unit. Here she started her ground-breaking work on statistical computing. EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) was the machine that she had come to Cambridge to work with and again her own words describe the experience best: EDSAC 1 was a rather recalcitrant sort of computer. Sometimes the valves rose up in their seats and got loose, overheating. So you just gave it a hearty kick, and sometimes that got it going again. We also had a lot of trouble with things setting on fire because the engineers kept joining bits on without calculating whether there were any power supplies available to feed these things. But they were good times, and we had a lot of fun.

There was that feeling that we were doing something new. I imagine the astronauts felt the same – being on unknown territory, and not knowing what’s going to happen next.

That was the peak of my life.

In 1962 she was appointed Head of the Computing Unit, a post she then held for the next twenty years, until her retirement. She saw the development from EDSAC 2 to Titan, which gave the first University-wide access to main-frame computing, and then to the first Acorn personal computers. From 1956 to 82 she also worked with the Nobel Prize winning economist Sir Richard Stone on the ‘Programme for Growth in the British Economy’, and also with Professor Kaldor who advised Harold Wilson on Government policy. During this period she developed the first practicable software for space–time economics; she published part of this work in her six-volume Programme for Growth (1962–65). From 1965 to 67 she took sabbatical leave to help establish the computer laboratory at the University of Essex.

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Lucy never lost her Lancashire roots, nor her accent. She made few concessions to Cambridge society and was proud to revert to her roots on retirement, applying her intellect and skills in new areas that combined her interests in health and genealogy. She had suffered from heart problems towards the end of her University career and, because her father had died from heart failure at the early age of 39, she began to study her ancestry. This spread to the application of her computer expertise in the wider field of genealogy which became the focus of her later life. She published over 120 papers on family and local history. Her mother was a Dalton, so Lucy joined the Dalton Genealogical Society, becoming its secretary, and then joint editor of the Society’s journal. She also researched and wrote a detailed inventory of the interments, many famous, in the Cemetery of the Ascension on Huntingdon Road, very near the College, where she herself is buried.

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Mary Taylor (Biddulph, formerly Barclay) 1917–2008 Mary’s career as an actor in theatre, film and television came about quite unexpectedly, prompted by the landlady of her London lodgings. She had come up to Girton in 1934 to read Modern and Mediaeval Languages and went on to Bristol University where she obtained her Teaching Diploma just a year before the outbreak of WWII. In the gathering storm she applied to the Civil Service but they initially turned her down. She nevertheless moved to London, finding herself lodgings with Ivor Novello’s mother who, apparently in return for having her gin bottles put out at night, taught her to play the piano and to sing. This teaching must have been successful because, almost immediately, Mary was not only managing a private recording studio but playing the piano in the new landmark HMV store in Oxford Street. When she was finally accepted by the Economic and Defence Department of the Colonial Office she worked in censorship and by 1941 had risen to the rank of Assistant Principal. She then married Richard Barclay, a BBC film editor, and decided to develop her natural talents through formal study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. There she was awarded the Poetry Society’s Lady Margaret Gold Medal for Verse Speaking. She also performed with ENSA, taking part in shows for the troops and munitions workers.

After the War she and Richard moved to Canada, where she acted as Mary Barclay – by then her established stage name – in both theatre and film. She moved on to the USA and a Broadway success, with Agatha Christie’s The Hollow, which led in turn to other Broadway roles and then appearances on US television, notably in Florence Nightingale.

The couple returned to Britain in 1956. In the 1960s she appeared for eighteen months in the television serial Crossroads playing the overbearing mother-in-law Stella Dane before asking the producers to kill her off. Mary then had significant film roles in The Revolutionary (1970) with John Voight, the controversial Sex and the Other Woman (1972), and A Touch of Class (1973) with Glenda Jackson and George Segal. Television credits included Dixon of Dock Green, Steptoe and Son, and Spy Trap, concluding with the twoyear run of Secret Army (1977–79) set in wartime Belgium. Richard died in 1985 and she married David Taylor in 1987.

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Jane Cicely Thompson 1919–2008 According to a 1965 feature headline in the Guardian newspaper, ‘Women’s place is in the nuclear power station.’ The woman it referred to was Cicely Thompson who was then the only female senior engineer in the nuclear industry. She had already completed three nuclear plants, was working on the design of Dungeness and was very active in encouraging young female engineers through the Women’s Engineering Society.

Cicely did not set out to be an engineer. She read Mathematics at Girton but, on graduating, she joined the Leicester Electricity Service where she surveyed and tested turbines and helped to design an extension to the generating station. She always appreciated the solid practical grounding that this gave her, writing later, ‘Whatever you do you must learn fundamentals.’

After a brief spell at Fulham power station she joined the British Electricity Authority to design a new power station, with her office based in Kingston upon Thames. In 1955 she attended a course on nuclear power stations offered by Borough Polytechnic, and the following year she joined the Nuclear Power Group where her ability and professionalism quickly gained the respect of everyone with whom she worked. She was renowned for bringing order out of chaos through having mastered all the facts of any problem before she met her colleagues.

Probably her greatest contribution to the industry was her time on the project team responsible for Hinckley Point B nuclear power station. The company acknowledged that the fact that it was one of their most successful operations owed a great deal to Cicely’s contribution. Beyond her project work she was an active member of the Women’s Engineering Society, eventually serving as President. She did much to raise the status of women in engineering, chairing the Second International Conference of Women Engineers, and she encouraged young women into the engineering profession, notably during her time on the Cambridge University Women’s Appointment Board.

She was also a talented musician, playing the cello in chamber groups and with her local Symphony Orchestra in Surbiton. Her colleagues felt that her calm and courteous manner perhaps meant that she did not receive the full credit that she deserved in the industry. She was awarded the MBE in 1980.

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Roll Diary of Events 2008–09 Saturday 21 February 2009: Geographical Society Dinner Invitations will be sent out by the Development Office Thursday 26 February 2009: Alumni Formal Hall All alumni and their guests are invited to join the Fellows and current graduates in residence in a Formal Hall. If you would like to attend, contact the Alumni Officer for further details. Places are limited so early application is advised. Those living in the Cambridgeshire area, London, Home Counties and South East may receive further notification by email around a month before if there are still places available.

Saturday 21 March 2009: MA Dinner Held on the evening of the MA Congregation – contact the Alumni Officer for more details.

Friday 3 April 2009: Reunion Dinner for who matriculated in 1994 and 1999 Invitations will be sent out by the Alumni Officer.

Saturday 25 April 2009: Roll Committee Meeting There will be a meeting of the Roll Committee in the Chapel Box Room on Saturday 25 April 2009 at 10.30 a.m.

Saturday 25 April 2009: World War II Survey event An afternoon event for Girtonians who matriculated before 1945. Invitations will be sent out by the Roll Office.

Saturday 25 April 2009: Medical Reunion Dinner Invitations will be sent out by the Development Office Thursday 21 May 2009: Alumni Formal Hall As above (26 February 2009) for details.

Saturday 11 July 2009: Garden Party, Annual General Meeting and associated events Before the Garden Party, Friends of the Library will be hosting their annual event at 11 a.m. in Old Hall on Saturday 11 July. Dr Lynn Hulse, Archivist for the Royal School of Needlework, Hampton Court Palace, will give an illustrated talk about Girton’s Reception Room embroideries within the wider context of the work and history of the Royal School of Needlework. Friends, Patrons, alumni and guests are warmly welcome.

Owing to the popularity of the ‘hands-on’ display of our finest Book of Hours (15thcentury Flemish) at the 2008 Garden Party, as a result of which some people were unable to see it, we shall repeat that display in 2009, The book will be in the Littler Reading Room between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Roll members from all years are invited to the Roll Garden Party, which includes a Buffet Lunch, from 12.00 noon to 4.30 p.m. in the Fellows’ Rooms with access to Emily Baker Court, Old Kitchens Conference Rooms and Woodlands Court. There will be a Raffle organised by the Cambridge Local Girton Association. Tennis and Croquet

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and other games will be available. Bring your own sports equipment. Spouses, partners, children, friends and relatives are warmly welcome.

The Annual General Meeting of the Roll will be held at 2.15 p.m. in Old Hall. The Guest Speaker after the A.G.M. will be Rosalyn Higgins, DBE, QC (Cohen 1955).

Dame Rosalyn, who is an Honorary Fellow, has been a member of the International Court of Justice since 1995, and its President from 2006. The title of her talk is, ‘The work of the International Court of Justice in a changing world’.

Saturday 12 September 2009: 1979 Alumni Reunion Dinner Invitations will be sent out by the Alumni Officer.

Saturday 19 September 2009: Reunion Dinner for those who matriculated in 1984 and 1989 Invitations will be sent out by the Alumni Officer.

Saturday 26 September 2009: Roll Committee Meeting There will be a meeting of the Roll Committee in the Chapel Box Room on Saturday 26 September at 11.15 a.m.

Saturday 26 September 2009: People’s Portraits Reception The Friends of the People’s Porraits will be holding a Reception to receive a new portrait for the People’s Portraits at Girton Exhibition in the Fellows’ Rooms at 4 p.m. The Reception is open to all alumni attending the Roll Weekend events.

Saturday 26 September 2009: Roll Weekend/Roll Dinner The Roll Dinner next year is open to all Roll Members, though those who matriculated in the following years might be particularly interested in organising reunions: 1949, 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. If you would like help contacting your year group, to suggest a reunion, the Alumni Officer would be pleased to help.

The Guest Speaker will be Dr Joan Oates (Lines 1950). She was one of the first Fulbright Scholars and her research was based on Ancient Mesopotamia (Iraq). She was appointed an Assistant Curator in the Metropolitan Museum in New York (1954) but returned to England in 1957. She and her husband excavated in Iraq in the 1950s and 1960s, returning to Cambridge in 1969. She was made a Fellow and Tutor (1971) and became a Life Fellow (1995) after over 20 years as Director of Studies in Archaeology and in Oriental Studies, and College Lecturer in Archaeology. Her work in the Near East has involved, inter alia, two well-known sites, Nimrud (the 9th–8th century capital of Assyria) and, since 1980, Tell Brak, the largest ancient city in Northeastern Syria where she is still excavating.

The title of her talk is, ‘Chance and Design, a Life in Archaeology’. The talk will focus on her early years at Girton and Nimrud (where Agatha Christie was among those present) and how both travel and the Near East have changed over the years.

The events on Saturday 26 September 2009 have been arranged to coincide with the Cambridge University Alumni Weekend: details of which will be sent out separately by the University Alumni Office (or check their website http://www.foundation.cam. ac.uk).

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Contact details: Eileen Rubery, Registrar of the Roll:

roll@girton.cam.ac.uk

Alumni Officer, Development Office:

development@girton.cam.ac.uk

Website address for Roll information:

www.girton.cam.ac.uk/roll

800th Anniversary Celebrations College Anniversary events in bold type – University Anniversary events in italics.

Events in Cambridge and at Girton College, to celebrate Cambridge University’s 800th Aniversary. 2009 is also the College’s 140th Anniversary. Individual invitations to these events will be sent from Michaelmas 2008 to Girton’s alumni and friends. For University events information, please go to www.800.cam.ac.uk/ PROGRAMME 27 February 2009:

College event: Founders’ Memorial Lecture by Professor Henrietta Moore, the new William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology. She is a former Director of the Culture and Globalization Programme at the London School of Economics.

5 March 2009:

International Women’s Day. A seminar in London on the topic ‘Preferential treatment? Gender out of step’, at which Girton’s Visitor, Baroness Hale, will be keynote speaker.

11 July 2009:

College event: First Anniversary Dinner for the Girton Campaign.

17 July 2009:

College event: Second Anniversary Dinner for the Girton Campaign.

18 July 2009:

University Anniversary event: Summer Garden Party at the Botanic Garden.

22 July 2009:

University Anniversary event: A major concert of Cambridge musicians and music in London. Ticket information is obtainable only through the University.

3 November 2009:

College event: Anniversary Celebration Concert at the Goldsmiths’ Hall, City of London. Including musicians from College and the Chapel Choir, with the London Mozart Players.

18–21 November 2009:

University Anniversary event: Winter Light Finale with the City Council, featuring prominent University and College buildings.

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College plans are also in train for the following events 19–20 March 2009: Girton alumni event in Singapore, hosted by the Mistress.

Details to be confirmed.

20–27 March 2009: Girton alumni event in Hong Kong, hosted by the Mistress.

Details to be confirmed.

3 April 2009: 1994 and 1999 Reunion Dinner.

June 2009: The Mistress will host Girton alumni events in New York and Boston. Details to be confirmed.

12 September 2009: 1979 Reunion: Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the admission of male undergraduates.

19 September 2009: 1984 and 1989 Reunion Dinner.

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College Donors 2007–08 The College is extremely grateful to all the following for their support. Donors from 1 August 2007 – 31 July 2008 are listed below; donors from August 2008 will be listed next year.

Mrs J Abraham (Cole 1939) Mrs O Abrahams (Rutherford 1943) Dr S Admam (Merrell 1955) Miss S Adam (2003) Mr A Addis (2002) Mrs C Addis (Dewar 1978) Dr S Aguilar (1992) Dr P Ahlberg (1982) Ms D Airey (1981) The Hon Mrs J Alchin (Hankey 1950) Mrs S Alderson (Heard 1953) Mrs A Alexander (Coulton 1955) Miss L Allen (1997) Miss S Allen (1939) Dr E Almond (Robinson 1999) Ms F Anderson (WellsThorpe1975) Mr J Andrews (2002) Mrs L Andrews (Scott 1966) Dr K Anipa (1993) Mrs J Anstice (Williams 1955) Mrs S Arbenz (Hatfield 1953) Mrs P Aris (Heesom 1957) Mr R Armstrong (1988) Dr S Arstall (Leach 1966) Mrs H Asbury (Jephcott 1972) Professor J Ashworth (1957) Mrs A Aspin (Crouch 1934) Mr M Atherton (1997) Mrs A Atkinson (Barrett 1949) Sir Anthony Atkinson Lady Atkinson (J Mandeville 1963) Mrs C Attewell (Fish 1970) Dr J Attfield (White 1950) Mrs A Attree (Chapman 1953) Dr A Auchnie (1975) Mrs S Austin (Ladyman 1971) Miss K Auty (1938) Mrs A Aveling (Green 1959) Miss D Bagaglia (1997) Miss J Bailes (1997) Mrs A Bailey (Clarke 1979) Mrs C Bailey (Crick 1978)

Mrs J Bailhache (ArrowsmithBrown 1940) Dr S Bain (Stanley 1961) Mrs P Bainbridge (Lawrence 1955) Mrs H Baker (Sharrock 1974) Mr N Baker (1994) Mrs S Baldwin (Wainwright 1979) Dr N Ball (1941) Mrs A Ballingall (Sampson 1977) Miss K Balls (2001) Mrs S Bankes (Thorniley 1985) Mrs J Barker (Leske 1975) Miss K Barker (1946) Miss H Barnes (1998) Dr M Barnes (Sampson 1953) Mrs J Barrett (Fountain 1956) Mrs E Barrott (Stosic 1976) Mrs K Bartlett (Watson 1964) Mrs J Barwick-Nesbit (Nicholson 1979) Mrs C Bar-Yaacov (Stonehill 1952) Mr N Bason (1998) Mrs A Bassett (James 1945) Miss P Bassi (1998) Mr C Basson (1985) Miss A Bayona Font (1998) Ms A Bazin (1971) Mr S Beale (1990) Dr R Beare (1954) Dr S Beare (Reed 1948) Mrs C Beasley-Murray (Griffiths 1964) Mrs F Beauchamp (Money 1943) Mr A Bedros Hadjian (1995) Mr P Beer (1997) Miss A Bell (1970) Ms A Bell (1988) Dr H Benbow (1976) Dr V Bennett (F 2001) Mrs A Berg (Hollis 1992) Mr J Berger (1998)

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Mr G Beringer Mrs M Beringer (Powell 1973) Dr M Berry (1935) Lady Bett (C Reid 1956) Mrs D Bickley (Hurn 1960) Miss B Biedermann (1942) Mrs Z Biggs (Kharas 1963) Mr P Bilton (1993) Miss K Bingham (1999) Mrs R Binney (Chanter 1962) Miss J Blackaby (1936) Mrs J Blackburn (Saunders 1958) Miss S Blacker (Brenton 1969) Mrs B Blackwell (Clucas 1970) Mr D Blake (2004) Mrs D Blamire (Giffard 1944) Dr A Blandford (Francis 1976) Dr C Blincoe (Tricker 1976) Mrs D Boatman (Coles 1959) Ms H Boatman (1989) Mrs P Bollam (Waterhouse 1947) Mrs M Bonsall (Shaw 1974) Mrs C Borrill (Pateras 1974) Dr P Boston (1978) Mrs M Bott (Haugaard 1973) Mr T Boughton (1995) Miss B Bowden (1955) Mrs G Bowden Mr S Bowie (1999) Mrs A Bowker (Bennett 1960) Mrs P Bowring (Soppet 1968) Dame Ann Bowtell (Kewell 1957) Dr V Bowtell (Shepherd 1969) Miss F Boyers (1975) Mrs J Boyle (Moore 1953) Ms Y Boyle (1972) Mrs C Brack (Cashin 1961) The Revd A Bradbrook (Turner 1964) Mrs M Braddock (Weale 1943) Mr R Bradford (1992) Mr D Bradnum (2000) Ms J Bradshaw (1990)

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Dr J Braid (Slater 1963) Mrs W Brandon (Holt 1953) Dr M Branthwaite (1953) Mrs E Bray (Trowell 1949) Ms C Bream (Wright 1969) Mr P Bream (1985) Ms A Brice (1979) Mrs M Briggs Mr P Briggs Miss R Briggs (1995) Mrs M Bright (Abel 1956) Mrs J Broadbent (Lewis 1979) Mr N Brooks (1998) Mrs P Broomhead (Wagstaff 1944) Mrs A Brown (Mark 1971) Mr B Brown Dr C Brown (1977) The Revd L Brown (1953) Dr M Brown (1940) Dr S Brown (1965) Mrs S Brown (Anderson 1976) Mrs C Brown Janeway (Brown 1962) Mrs M Bruce (Kitchen 1937) Miss P Bruce (1948) Mrs M Bryan (Grant 1949) Mr R Bryan (1998) Miss F Bryson (1998) Ms J Buck (1989) Mr E Buckley (1997) Mrs R Buckley (Williams 1948) Mrs N Budd (Hill 1992) Dr B Bullard (1954) Mrs E Bullock (Pomeroy 1949) Miss R Bullock (1995) Miss K Bunnell (1998) Dr I Burch (1964) Dr B Burin (1977) Mrs A Burley (Snow 1954) Mrs J Burridge (Saner 1980) Dr E Burroughs (Clyma 1963) Miss J Butler (1952) Dr E Butterworth (1997) Ms J Caddick (Roberts 1979) Mrs N Cade (McCubbin 1968) Mr P Cameron (1984) Mrs J Campbell (1991) Mr N Campbell (1979) Mrs C Campion-Smith (Gerrard 1964) Mrs R Canning (Harris 1964) Ms R Cantor Mrs E Capewell (Aldridge 1966)

Dr D Cara (1985) Mrs J Cardell Lawe (Cardell 1955) Mrs A Carey (Patrick 1952) Mr P Carr (1995) Mrs V Carroll (Jordan 1954) Dr M Carter (Cumming 1953) Professor J Cassell (1982) Dr B Castleton (Smith 1967) Dr P Chadwick (1967) Dr P Chaloner (1970) Mrs J Chamberlain (Stenner-Evans 1960) Miss C Chan (1996) Mrs M Chandler (Baker 1954) Lady Chandler (L Buxton 1951) Dr A Chapman (Peter 1950) Miss V Chatterton (2001) Mrs L Chesneau (Jacot 1967) Ms G Chester (1969) Miss M Chevallier (1945) Mrs M Child (Bond 1944) Dr P Child (Skeggs 1979) Mrs A Chillingworth (Duff 1961) Mrs K Chilton (Anderson 1963) Lady C Chilver (C Grigson 1948) Mr A Chisholm (1997) Mrs S Chivers (CampbellFerguson 1961) Mrs H Chown (Benians 1968) Mrs P Churchill (Harwood 1942) Miss S Churchill (Shields 1971) Mrs M Clark (Ronald 1948) Mr S Clark (2003) Ms I Clarke (1990) Mrs R Clarke Mrs M Clarkson (Lightburne 1956) Mrs K Clay (Swift 1979) Mrs K Clay (Cambell 1932) Dr J Clayton (Gardner 1974) Mrs J Clitherow (Goodier 1948) Mr S Close (1987) Dr A Cobby (1971) Mr R Coffey (1998) Mr B Coffin (1999) Dr A Cogan (1988) Dr L Coggins (1973) Miss A Collings (1994) Mrs R Collins (Mottershead 1947)

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Mr W Collins (1993) Mrs J Collyer (Kiwana 1977) Miss J Congdon (1948) Mrs S Conolly (Ruch 1978) Mrs P Considine (1985) Dr A Conyers (Williams 1961) Dr F Cooke (1989) Mrs R Coomaraswamy (De Fonseka 1969) Mr C Coombs (2000) Dr A Cooper (Cooper 1987) Miss R Cooper (1943) Dr H Cope (Wynne 1974) Mrs E Coppin (Coyle 1995) Mr P Cornmell (1998) Mrs H Cornwell (Lord 1951) Mrs B Coulson (Chambers 1970) Mrs A Coulton (McWatters 1977) Dr E Courtauld (Molland 1959) Dr T Courtney (1994) Mr J Cowell Mrs T Cowen (Castling 1981) Ms E Cox (1997) Mrs L Cox (Page 1968) Dr M Cox (Whichelow 1954) Dr R Cox (1988) Mr I Craggs (1980) Mr T Craggs (1998) Mrs M Craig (MacCoby 1974) Mrs R Cranfield (Bole 1943) Mrs C Cranley (Clifton 1988) Ms S Crawford (1948) Mr J Creighton (1991) Mrs P Crick (Wright 1954) Dr T Crickmore (Bartram 1984) Mr S Cridland (1994) Dr J Crisp (Crisp 1969) Mrs C Critchley (Harding 1942) Dr C Crocker (Tombs 1968) Mrs S Croft (White 1986) Professor C Cross (1952) Dr J Cross (Dawson 1968) Mr R Crosthwaite (2001) Miss D Crowder (1964) Mr I Crowe (1980) Miss C Crump (1951) Mrs M Cundall (Pritchard 1942) Dr D Cunningham (Yeates 1967)

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Mrs L Curgenven (Charlton 1966) Miss G Curnow (1953) Professor E Curran (1948) Dr A Curry (1993) Miss N Curry (1935) Mr E Cyster (1996) Mr B Damerell Miss S Daniell (2001) Miss J Dannatt (1947) Dr F Darbyshire (1992) Mrs D Darke (Meyer 1951) Miss A Darvall (1962) Mrs P Dauris (Butterworth 1958) Mr M Davidson (1991) Mr S Davidson (1995) Mrs H Davies (Waters 1966) Dr J Davies (Dadds 1956) Mrs J Davies (Mould 1973) Mrs J Davies (Lankester 1953) Dr M Davies (1973) Mrs M Davies (Owen 1957) Mrs R Davies (Womersley 1942) Miss S Davies (1944) Mrs S Davies (Phillips 1967) Mrs A Davies-Jones (King 1985) Dr C Davis (1977) Mrs J Davis (Crane 1982) Miss M Davis (1944) Dr C Dawson (Firth 1962) Ms S Dawson (Dawson 1972) Miss A Day (1954) Dr M De Miranda (1989) Mrs J de Swiet (Hawkins 1961) Mr C Deacon (1996) Miss L Dean (1996) Mrs M Deane (Hunt 1943) Dr J Dear (1985) Mr D Deitz (2004) Mr F Demmer (1993) Mrs D Dennis (Hinnels 1950) Mrs H Dennis (Oldham 1986) Mrs D Derome-Asen (Derome 1968) Mr S DeVile (1985) Dr D Devlin (1960) Miss M Deyes (1948) Mrs S Diggle (Chapman 1959) Mrs L Dixon (Moffatt 1954) Dr E Dobie (Marcus 1953) Miss D Dobney (1941) Mr G Dobson (1998) Ms G Dobson (1985)

Miss S Dobson (1977) Mrs G Dodd (Andrewes 1978) Mrs C Doggart (Voute 1959) Dr J Dolby (Horton 1943) Mr C Donnelly (2005) Ms C Donnelly Mrs P Dossetor (Willmott 1963) Mrs M Double (Robinson 1950) Miss S Dow (1999) Mrs D Downes (Slow 1956) Mrs P Downes (Sterry 1962) Mr J Doyle (1980) Mrs B Drabble (Knowles 1993) Mr A Drysdale (2002) Mrs G du Charme (Brown 1957) Miss C Dube (2001) Miss C Duckworth (2000) Ms L Duffin (1973) Mrs J Duncan (Salmon 1946) Mrs A Durbin (Outhwaite 1950) Miss G Durkin (2001) Dr J Dusinberre (F 1980) Mr W Dusinberre Dr S Dyson (1974) Professor S Dyson Mrs P Eaton (Mills 1965) Mrs A Eccles (Chib 1958) Mrs J Edis (Askew 1979) Dr A Edmonds (1972) Ms C Edwards (1981) Miss G Edwards (1972) Ms C Egan (1977) Mr L Egglesfield (1994) Ms C Elias (Carpenter 1980) Mrs J Elkins (Kenny 1980) Ms M Elliott Mr T Elliott (2001) Dr E Emerson (1967) Mr D Emmens (1999) Professor C Ennew (1978) Mrs S Ereira (Frederick 1962) Mrs L Eshag (Lewis 1960) Miss C Evans (1948) Miss M Evans (1942) Mr A Every (1995) Mrs A Falconer Mrs J Falloon (Goddard 1948) Dr N Farah (1995) Miss K Farmer (2001) Miss S Farmer (2000)

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Mr A Farquhar (2002) Mrs R Felton (Holt 1947) Mrs E Fennell (Farleigh 1950) Mrs E Fenwick (Roberts 1954) Dr I Ferguson (McLaren 1948) Ms J Ferrans (1976) Mrs R Ferrari-Alfons (Ferrari 1969) Dr M Fewtrell (1980) Mrs C Field (Lander 1960) Mr D Fielding (1986) Mrs N Fielding (Creedy 1978) Lady Fielding (S Harvey 1966) Mrs A Finch (Dickson 1942) Professor A Finch (1966) Dr C Fine (Cheal 1973) Mr M Finer (2001) Mrs S Finlay (Perry 1975) Mrs B Finney (Cook 1960) Mr P Fitzalan Howard (1982) Mrs J Fitzgerald (Hollis 1964) Mrs E Fleet (Sainsbury 1961) Mrs E Fleming (McCool 1972) Mrs A Foat (Goldup 1959) Dr W Foell Mrs J Foord (Greenacre 1952) Mrs D Ford (ColeHamilton 1950) Mrs M Forsman Mrs S Forster (Hawley 1966) Professor H Francis (Wright 1947) Ms V Freedman (Gale 1987) Mrs E Freeman (Rogers 1967) Mr G Freeman (1986) Ms J Fulton (1999) Mr I Furlonger (1993) Miss F Gaetani (2000) Mrs S Galbraith (Smith 1993) Mr K Galloway (1987) Ms M Ganado (1964) Ms J Gandee (1986) Dr S Ganly (1977) Mrs B Gardner (Brennan 1960) Mrs V Garner (Clague 1932) Mrs J Garrett (Brown 1947) Mrs C Gascoigne (Ditchburn 1958) Miss J Gaskell Miss A Gee (1996) Mrs D Geliot (Stebbing 1955) Mrs J George (Peterson 1978) Mrs E Gershuny (Sadie 1968) Mr C Gibbs (1983)

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Dr P Gibson (1979) Mrs J Gilbraith (Southern 1955) Miss S Gill (1999) Dr S Gilleghan (1982) Mrs S Gillie (Noble 1962) Mrs J Gimlette (ConstantinisBunn 1982) Mrs A Glanvill (Howe 1977) Mrs P Glanville (FoxRobinson 1962) Miss F Gledhill (1975) Mrs A Glenny (Sparks 1947) Miss V Gollancz (1944) Mr R Goodhead (1991) Mrs M Goodrich (Bennett 1955) Mrs I Goodwin (Simon 1942) Mrs A Goosey (Alexander 1957) Ms H Goy (Corke 1968) Dr S Graffam (Horton 1974) Mrs L Grant (Belton 1946) Mr C Grassie (1980) Miss H Gray (1947) Mrs H Gray (Swan 1973) Mrs R Gray (Buxton 1948) Mrs P Green (Hammond 1934) Mrs J Greene Miss B Greeves (1965) Mrs N Greeves (Morgans 1939) Miss H Greig (1962) Mrs K Grey (1997) Ms G Griest (1954) Dr A Griffin (Ryder 1969) Dr P Griffin (1986) Mrs S Griffith (Greenfield 1974) Mr R Griffiths (2002) Mr K Grocott (1979) Mrs T Groom (Jordan 1968) Mr P Groombridge (1987) Mr D Grove Mrs K Guinand-Gerard (Gerard 1988) Mrs H Gullace (Keeble 1954) Mrs A Gulland (James 1947) Dr A Gurner (1976) Mr S Hacking (1984) Mrs L Hagues (Sharpe 1996) Mr R Hakes (1997) Mrs G Hakki (Ahmed 1953) Dr S Hales (1979) Dr A Hall (1995) Mrs A Hall (Richards 1953) Ms F Hall

Dr J Hall (Biggs 1957) Mr T Hall (1990) Mrs V Hall (Heard 1959) Mrs F Hallworth (Whiston 1974) Mrs C Hamaoui (Keep 1987) Ms C Hamborg (2001) Mrs K Hambridge Mr C Hamilton (1987) Ms C Hamilton (1982) Ms P Hamilton (Hamilton 1969) Mrs E Hamilton-Jones (Foley 1946) Dr B Hammerton (Mann 1955) Mrs J Hammond (Haffner 1957) Dr P Hammond (1981) Mrs J Hamor (Wilkinson 1955) Ms J Hanna (1972) Mrs S Hargreaves (1970) Miss J Harington (1949) Mrs E Harker (Brennan 1999) Mrs M Harper (Flemming 1974) Miss O Harper (1953) Mrs R Harris (Barry 1952) Miss V Harris (1965) Mr A Hartshorne (1992) Mrs P Hawker (Gregory 1941) Mrs S Hawkins (Oldfield 1977) Miss C Haworth (1958) Mrs D Hay (Whittaker 1974) Mrs M Hay (Barker 1964) Professor M Haycock (1970) Mr S Haywood-Ward (1986) Mrs F Hebditch (Davies 1960) Miss S Hedley Lewis (1999) Ms A Hedrich (1993) Mrs I Heldt Mme W Hellegouarc’h (Thomas 1956) Mrs A Helliwell (Barnes 1942) Dr A Henderson (Henderson 1980) Mr D Henderson (1989) Miss J Henderson (1947) Mr F Heng (1985) Mrs C Hennock (Wood 1978) Miss S Henson (1994) Mrs D Henwood (Schroeder 1950) Mrs C Heptonstall (Smith 1943)

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Mrs M Herbertson (Rigg 1949) Mr D Heryett (1982) The Revd C Hetherington (Bourne 1971) Miss S Hewin (1979) Mr F Hewitt Mr J Hewitt (2003) Mrs K Hewitt (Hewitt 1977) Dr S Hewlett (1964) Dr A Heyne-Chatzilamprou (Heyne 1995) Miss C Hibbitt (1994) HE Judge R Higgins (Cohen 1955) Mrs A Higgs (Beynon 1978) Mrs M Hill (Bell 1945) Ms B Hines (Fejtek 1972) Mrs J Hird (Harmer 1949) Mrs S Hirom (Wells 1962) Dr S Hirst (1994) Miss J Hitchcot (1971) Mr S Ho (1996) Mrs S Hobbs (Wall 1972) Mrs D Hobden (Hutchings 1958) Mrs P Hobhouse (Chichester-Clark 1948) Ms J Hobson (Gerrish 1965) Dr J Hockaday (Fitzsimons 1947) Mrs M Hodgkinson (Wass 1949) Miss L Hodson (1999) Mrs A Holland (Telling 1958) Dr O Hollings (Stone 1948) Dr S Hollingshead-Fox (Hollingshead 1964) Mr D Hollingworth (1980) Mrs M Holloway (Copple 1950) Mrs S Holmans (Edge 1955) Dr J Holt (1983) Miss J Honey (1951) Mrs R Hood (Simmons 1949) Mr S Hood (1982) Dr H Hooley (Spooner 1982) Mrs A Hooper (Tyszkiewicz 1956) Lady Hopkin (D Whitaker 1940) Mrs C Hopkins (Busbridge 1959) Miss A Horry (2001) Mrs J Houghton (Rumsey 1965)

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Mr T Houlton (2002) Mrs A House (McNiff 1983) Miss A Howard (1971) Miss C Howatson (1980) Dr M Howatson (Craven 1951) Miss S Howell (1997) Miss K Howes (1994) Mr J Howling (1989) Mrs S Hoxter (Solomon 1943) Mr C Hulatt (1994) Mrs J Hull (Mee 1957) Mrs J Humphreys (Bosomworth 1945) Mr A Hunt (1999) Mrs W Hunt (Hunt 1946) Mrs J Hurst (Kohner 1952) Dr J Hutchinson (Baker 1939) Mr M Hutt (1988) Mr I Hylands (2001) Mr U Inamete (2001) Mrs C Ingham Clark (Parsons 1977) Mrs K Ip (Jopson 1982) Mrs H Ireland (Charnock 1967) Dr S Irons (1984) Dr L Irwin (1995) Mrs B Isaac (Miller 1955) Dr M Ives (1962) Miss L Ivey (2002) Mr A Jackson (1984) Mr E Jackson (2001) Miss A Jacobs (1995) Mr S Jacquest (1980) Ms K Jahn (1996) Mrs H James (Stark 1973) Mr P James (1991) Miss F Jivraj (1995) Mr L John (1995) Mrs B Johnson (Durant 1951) Mrs V Johnson (Howell 1942) Mr M Johnstone (1995) Mrs J Jolowicz (Stanley 1947) Ms A Jones (1977) Mrs E Jones (Dando 1976) Miss M Jones (1934) Ms P Jones (1970) Ms S Jones (Griffith 1989) Mr T Jones (1998) Mrs J Jordan (Hogbin 1954) Mr O Jordan (1997) Professor L Jordanova Ms V Joynson (1986) Dr M Jubb (1975)

Miss A Kaler (1999) Dr S Kaplow (Briscoe 1949) Mrs R Katz (Horwich 1965) Mrs S Kay (Clarke 1951) Ms H Keen (1975) Mr J Kellas Mrs C Kellock (Hall 1976) Miss C Kelly (1979) Dr R Kelsh (1983) Mrs C Kerr (Fillmore 1945) Dr C Kerslake (1965) Miss E Khadun (2003) Professor K Khaw (1969) Miss D Killick (1950) Dr J Kinder (Stott 1972) Mrs A Kindersley (Karminski 1946) Mr J King (1991) Mrs J Kingsley (Schofield 1955) Mrs H Kingsley Brown (Sears 1945) Miss S Kipling (1967) Mr Z Kipling (1998) Miss K Kirby (1971) Ms E Klingaman (North 1968) Miss K Kneller (2000) Mr J Knibbs (2001) Miss J Knight (1944) Mrs V Knight (Hammerton 1973) Mrs E Knott (Wynn 1932) Miss M Knowles (1976) Dr L Koczy (1994) Professor K Kong (1979) Dr S Krauss (1994) Dr G Lachelin (1958) Mr J Ladyman (1997) Miss D Lam (2003) Miss D Lamb (1974) Dr L Lamb (Baker 1995) Miss M Lamb (1952) Dr N Land (1980) Mrs J Lane (Pickford 1981) Mr M Larkin Mrs D Larrissy (Pickard 1939) Dr I Laurenson (1980) Mr G Lavarack (1996) Miss K Laver (1998) Dr R Law Mrs K Lawther (Cameron 1959) Dr J Lebus (Harvey 1969) Mrs D Lees-Jones (Nayler 1954) Miss M Leeson (1966) Mr M Lenel (1991)

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Miss B Lewis (1998) Mr J Lewis (1980) Mrs M Lewis (Wallington 1979) Mr R Lewis (1986) Mrs R Lewis Clarke (Clarke 1985) Ms C Liassides (1986) The Revd M Light (Thaine 1973) Miss S Lightburne (1946) Mrs J Lindgren (Beck 1952) Dr M Lindsay (1983) Mrs A Linklater-Betley (Linklater 1952) Mrs A Little (Jacobson 1988) Miss E Littler (1994) Dr J Lloyd (Muir-Smith 1958) Mrs S Lock (Walker 1948) Dr M Lovatt (Screech 1968) Mrs J Loveday (Prendergast 1955) Mrs C Love-Rodgers (Love 1992) Mrs A Lowe (Alexander 1979) Professor J Lowe (Denner 1974) Ms D Lowther (F 1994) Miss S Luke (1996) Dr A Lyon (Butland 1973) Dr M Lyon (1943) Ms A MacFarlane (1983) Miss M MacGlashan (1957) Mrs N MacLaren (Malvin 1941) Dr T Madej (1973) Professor M Maekawa (Nakanishi ) Dr E Main (2002) Miss J Main Thompson (1977) Dr R Makarem (Makarem 1987) Mrs B Makinson (Boulter 1974) Ms F Malaree (F 2000) Mrs E Malden (Willday 1953) Dr J Mallison (Hallowes 1965) Dr J Malt (1988) Miss R Mandal (2001) Ms H Mandleberg (1968) Miss J Mangold (1935) Professor J Mann (F 1972) Mr K Mann (1986) Ms D Manolas (1991) Mrs I Marica (Boeglin 1946) Dr J Marks (F 1977)

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Dr A Marlow (Sheppard 1970) Mrs C Marlowe (Worsley 1970) Ms S Marsden (MarsdenSmedley 1951) Mr D Marsh Mr J Marsh (1992) Ms J Martin (1978) Mrs P Martin (Hall 1991) Mrs W Maslin (Dean 1974) Dr C Mason (1976) Mr C Mason (1980) Miss M Mason (1942) Mr T Massingham (1995) Mr D Master (1984) Mrs A Masters (Elms Neale 1978) Mr M Masud (2002) Ms M Mather (1944) Ms A Matthews (1986) Mrs M Maunder (Glover 1959) Mrs S Maunder (McVicar 1976) Mrs Y Maxtone-Smith (Maxtone-Graham 1981) Mrs D Mayes (Law 1948) Mrs R Maynard (Simmons 1988) Ms J McAdoo (Hibbert 1962) Mrs D McAndrew (Harrison 1967) Ms J McCarthy Mr A McCready (1992) Dr A McDonald (Lamming 1960) Professor D McDuff (Waddington 1967) Mr R McDyre (2003) Mrs A McFee (Mills 1958) Mr J McIntosh (1999) Mrs W McKenzie (Diggins 1967) Dr C McKie (Kelsey 1949) Dr J McKnight (1971) Miss P McLaren (1999) Ms J McLarty (1982) Mrs D McLaughlin (Ford 1946) Mr L McLean (2000) Mrs G McPherson (Hunter 1990) Mrs J Meacock (Owen 1966) Dr J Meakins (1972) Mr J Meenowa (2001) Miss B Megson (1948) Mr H Melikian

Sir James Mellon Dr B Mensch (1976) Dr E Metcalfe (Davies 1939) The Revd Canon C Methuen (1982) Mrs A Miles (Jones 1948) Mrs M Milkman (Friedenthal 1949) Mrs A Miller (Gilchrist 1962) Mrs I Miller (Spoor 1955) Mrs N Miller (Thomas 1973) Mr P Miller (1988) Mr C Milne (1980) Miss V Milner (1990) Mrs J Minett (Minett 1970) Professor V Minogue (Hallett 1949) Miss G Minter (1955) Ms S Minter (Minter 1968) Mrs C Mitchell (Teall 1975) Mr J Mitchell (2003) Mr A Mohamedbhai (2000) Mrs A Molloy (Taylor 1972) The Countess of Sandwich (C Hayman 1962) Mrs L Montgomery (Alexander 1964) Mrs C Moore (Hemsworth 1993) Mr S Morales (1996) Mrs B Moran (Jones 1967) Miss D Morgan (1976) Mr J Morgan (1999) Mrs M Morgan (Bryant 1948) Mrs M Morgan (StallardPenoyre 1959) Mrs A Morley (Edwards 1949) Miss S Morphet (2000) Mrs G Morrell (Timms 1967) Ms A Morris (Frew 1972) Mrs F Morris (Milner 1974) Ms M Morris (1974) Mrs R Morris (Bowes 1999) Ms H Morrison (1976) Mrs C Moseley (Hanson 1956) Mrs J Moseley (Wolff 1953) Dr G Moss (Watson 1950) Mrs J Mothersill (Brock 1945) Mr E Mottley (2002) Dr J Moyle (1939) Ms N Mukhtar (1999) Ms C Mulcare (1996) Miss C Mulliss (1997) Mr T Murphy (1997)

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Mrs B Murray (Cobb 1971) Miss J Murray (2001) Dr A Mynors-Wallis (Lloyd-Thomas 1978) Ms E Navasargian (2001) Miss B Nevill (1961) Dr C Neville Smith (Smith 1940) Mrs H Neville-Towle (Duguid 1977) Mr R Newbould (1991) Mrs L Newton (Davy 1982) Ms R Niblett (1958) Miss T Nicholls (1979) Mrs D Nicholson (Hilton 1960) Mrs J Nightingale (Langley 1960) Professor M Nisbet (Fowler 1969) Miss A Norman (2000) Mrs B Norman (Welch 1944) Mrs K Norman (Redwood 1958) Ms M Norwich (O’Brien 1971) Mrs A Nussey (Nussey 1966) Mrs C Nutton (Clements 1967) Ms M O’Brien (1981) Mrs P O’Driscoll (Thrower 1973) Mrs V Offord (Wheatley 1960) Mrs J Ogborn (MacKereth 1953) Mrs J Ogilvie (Howard 1936) Mr J Okin (1981) Mrs S Oldcorn (Winstanley 1961) Miss J Oldham (1996) Mrs A Oldroyd (Holloway 1951) Mrs E Olive (Morris 1945) Mrs J Olive (Tutton 1957) Ms S O’Mahony (Bigg 1978) Mr J O’Neill (1982) Mrs C Orchard (Brind 1983) Dr G Orrell (Kemp 1949) Mrs B Orton (1999) Mrs J Orton (Sturgess 1963) Mrs R Osborn (Lenton 1939) Dr C O’Sullivan (1996) Mr J O’Sullivan (1993) Mrs K Otter (Knight 1978) Mrs M Overington (King 1963) Dr A Owen (1973)

The Roll 2008

Mrs M Owen (Baron 1950) Mr E Owles (1999) Mrs A Page (Savory 1945) Mrs C Pain (Mann 1933) Miss J Palmer (1971) Mrs M Palmer (Cooper 1964) Mrs S Palmer (Hull 1975) Mrs J Pardey (Stoker 1958) Miss B Parker (1936) Mrs H Parker (Atkinson 1967) Mr J Parker (1998) Mr N Parker (1995) Mrs G Parr (Loft 1955) Mr S Paterson (1994) Mr J Payne (1990) Mr S Payne (1994) Dr S Paynter (1990) Mr N Pears (1979) Dr V Pearson (Mercer 1949) Mrs S Peatfield (Charles 1984) Mrs K Peissel (Lynn 1982) Mrs S Penfold (Marshall 1968) Miss J Petrie (1967) Mrs M Philip (Ferguson 1962) Mrs V Philp (Thompson 1967) Mrs S Pigott (Megaw 1958) Dr L Pillidge (Robinson 1977) Mrs M Pinsent (Bowen 1944) Mr R Pitcher (1997) Miss A Plackett (1969) Mr M Pocock Mr Y Ponnighaus (1999) Dr D Poole (1979) Mrs M Poole (Smith 1956) Mr D Poppleton (1990) Miss E Porritt (1935) Miss A Porter (1997) Mr W Potten (1993) Mr M Potter (1990) Mr A Poulson (1992) Mr R Poulson Dr L Power (1984) Mr S Prew (1979) Mrs M Proud (Oswald 1938) Ms S Puddefoot (Perry 1954) Mr E Pugh (1994) Miss J Pullon (1939) Mr N Purser (1990) Ms P Putnam (2000) Mrs H Quinlan (Baxter 1953) Mr T Radcliffe (1996) Mr J Rae-Smith (1982) Mrs J Raffle (Lobell 1982) Dr R Ramsay (1976)

Mr E Ramsden (1990) Mr A Ramsey (1983) Mr C Randall Dr J Randall-Carrick (Randall 2001) Mrs J Randall-Smith (Cockburn 1971) Mrs B Rathbone (BrightSmith 1952) Mrs R Rawnsley (Schofield 1983) Mr R Rayward (1986) Mr C Ready Mr D Recaldin (1980) Dr P Recaldin (Sneddon 1981) Mr G Redman (1998) Ms A Reece (Reece 1981) Miss K Refson (Refson 1974) Lady (Michaela) Reid (Kier 1953) Dr C Relf (Light 1963) Dr M Rendel (1948) Mrs J Reville (Sansome 1971) Mrs D Reynolds (Bevin 1972) Miss E Reynolds (1997) Dr E Rhodes (1934) Miss G Riani (2002) Mrs A Richards (Brown 1961) Mrs G Richardson (Jones 1961) Mrs J Richardson (1979) Mrs K Richardson (Harrison 1935) Dr L Ridler-Wall (Wall 1972) Ms S Riedhammer (Sharp 1976) Dr J Rippin (1988) Mr A Ritter (1982) Professor H Ritvo (1968) Dr J Rizvi (Clarke 1958) Dr A Roberts (1976) Mrs J Robertson (Dowie 1975) Dr C Robinson (Murphy 1976) Dr J Robinson (Callow 1943) Mr N Robinson (1997) Mrs J Rodden (Wilkins 1955) Dr Y Roe (1976) Mrs A Rogerson (McMullan 1980) Mrs M Romanes (Gee 1938) Mrs J Roskill (Cooke 1952) Miss K Ross (1986) Mrs P Ross (Davies 1952) Mrs R Ross (Fincher 1958) Dr M Rossiter (1956)

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Mrs J Round (Baum 1953) Mr J Rouse (1991) Mrs S Routledge (Blythe 1978) Ms C Row (1998) Mr H Rowntree (1999) Mr M Roy (1990) Mrs P Roynon (Beard 1956) Mr P Rutland (1997) Mrs M Rutterford (Williamson 1976) Dr U Ryan (Scully 1963) Miss S Ryder Dr V Samarasinghe (Perera 1970) Mrs B Sanders (Camplejohn 1948) Professor V Sanders (1975) Mr N Sartain (1993) Mrs J Saunders (Todd 1952) Dr W Savage (Edwards 1953) Mrs M Sawyer (Mugliston 1962) Mrs N Schaffer (Thomas 1952) Mrs J Schofield (Plowman 1950) Dr J Schonfield (1997) Mrs J Schouten (Drew 1995) Miss D Scott (1937) Mrs S Scott (Wiltshire 1954) Mrs L Scott-Joynt (White 1961) Mrs S Seacroft (Holmes 1966) Miss V Seal Miss O Searles (1944) Mrs S Seddon (ProudlockDunbar 1941) Miss M Senior (1940) Mr P Shah (2003) Miss A Sharma (2001) Mr N Shave (2002) Ms L Shaw (Jones 1975) Mrs D Shaw-Stewart (Lewis 1949) Mrs M Sheil (Simpson 1979) Mr O Shibli (2001) Mrs J Shipley (Leeman 1953) Mrs S Shrimpton (Lightfoot 1978) Mrs A Shrubshall (Horton 1976) Mrs E Siddall (Stone 1960) Dr R Siddals (1970) Mr M Sidhom (1997) Mrs S Simms (Thaike 1950) Dr F Simpson (Zuill 1956)

Annual Review 2008

Miss B Sims (1997) Professor A Sinclair (Lees 1965) Mrs A Sinnhuber (Daubercies 1942) Dr A Skipper (Brown 1983) Mrs B Sloman (PilkingtonRogers 1944) Ms P Smart (1942) Mr A Smith Dr D Smith (1985) Mr D Smith (2000) Dr F Smith (Rankin 1968) Dr I Smith (1984) Miss J Smith (1997) Dr L Smith (Smith 1978) Mrs P Smith Dr R Smith (Loewenthal 1966) Miss R Smith (1998) Miss R Smith (1997) Mr R Smith (1996) Mrs S Smith (Jenkins 1961) Miss C Somerset (1952) Mrs P Somervell (Holt 1977) Dr J Sondheimer (Matthews 1941) Mrs P Souter (Baker 1952) Mr N Sparks (1985) Mrs A Speicher (Pepple 2000) Mr B Speight (2000) Mr J Spencer (1991) Ms E Spohn (1986) Dr L Spooner (Wallace 1974) Mr N Spooner-Harvey (2000) Professor S Springman (1975) Mrs P Spurgeon (Down 1951) Mrs B Stacey (Smith 1949) Mrs A Stainsby (Sutton 1973) Mrs D Stallard (Randall 1954) Mrs J Stancomb (Cooper 1961) Mrs J Standage (Ward 1961) Mrs S Stanley (Wright 1950) Mr M Starr (2000) Mrs E Stead (Odom 1944) Miss A Stebbing (1975) Professor A Stent (1966) Mrs J Stephenson (Lindeck 1951) Mr C Stewart (1998) Mrs C Stewart (Custance 1958) Miss S Stewart (2002) Mrs R Stileman (Cremer 1981) Mrs N Stockler Mrs B Stocks (Martin 1958) Mr H Stokes (1993)

Mrs S Stoltman Mrs F Strong (Ranger 1954) Mrs H Strouts (1962) Mrs E Strudwick (Stemson 1932) Mrs J Struthers (McMurran 1945) Mrs H Style (Holman 1973) Mrs L Suess (Williamson 1976) Mrs H Swallow (Symes 1968) Mrs M Swanwick (Richardson 1954) Mrs J Syer (Vallat 1960) Miss R Sykes (1971) Miss K Symons (1977) Dr S Tam (1986) Dr E Tanner (1948) Mr A Taylor (1991) Miss H Taylor (2000) Ms K Taylor (Taylor 1993) Ms S Taylor (1974) Mr T Taylor (1990) Ms R Teale (1989) Mrs M Terry (Hort 1932) Mrs J Tesh (Bowker 1942) Mrs A Thomas (Kendon 1949) Mrs E Thomas (Porter 1938) Mrs J Thomas (Hodge 1942) Dr A Thompson (Nagarkar 1972) Mr N Thompson (1987) Dr B Thomson (Bland 1955) Miss M Thomson (1965) Mrs S Thomson (Dowty 1960) Dr V Thorne (Stanton 1963) Mrs C Thorp (Kenyon 1964) Mrs D Thorp (Galbraith 1955) Mrs J Thorpe (Oakley 1960) Mrs M Thorpe (Perry 1956) Mrs S Threlfall (Jackson 1955) Mr A Thurrell (1995) Mrs M Thursby-Pelham (Williams 1982) Mrs J Tierney (Briggs 1971) Dr S Tilby (Wharton 1973) Mrs A Tilley (Christophers 1950) Ms C Tilley (Thomson 1983) Miss A Tobin (Tobin 1993) Miss E Todd (1946) Dr R Toms (PeregrineJones 1961) Mrs J Tong (Creasey 1957) Mrs C Tongue (Gwilliam 1969)

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Mr J Tothill (1988) Mrs J Towle (Barbour 1950) Dr G Tozer-Hotchkiss (Tozer 1975) Miss P Treacy (1980) Mrs J Treutenaere (Amos 1990) Mrs R Treves Brown (Harding 1956) Mrs M Trotman (Pocock 1952) Dr J Trusted (Turner 1943) Ms M Trusted (1974) Mr A Tuck (1994) Ms L Tugwell (1990) Mrs D Turner (Greenaway 1959) Mr J Turner (2002) Miss R Turner (1999) Mrs S Turner (Davis 1950) Miss K Tymieniecka (1998) Dr A Tyndale (1965) Mrs M Tyndall (Blench 1936) Mr A Tyrer (1988) Dr P Tyrrell (1975) Mr J Vali (1998) Dr V van der Lande (1949) Ms F Van Dijk (1983) Professor V van Heyningen (Daniel 1965) Mr S van Lieshout (2000) Mr R Vann Jones (1991) Mrs R van’t Hoff (Cooper 1943) Mrs J Varley (Costain 1946) Mrs S Vernon (Schapiro 1964) Mrs M Vessey (Higginbotham 1935) Mr C Vickers (1997) Mrs G Victory (Ebrahimzadeh 1958) Mrs P Viles (Tempest 1952) Ms M Vincent (1956) Dr E Vinestock (Morrison 1957) Dr C Vize (1980) Mrs C Von Abendorff (Dodd 1941) Mr J Wade Mrs M Wade (Mallinson 1950) Lady Waley-Cohen (J Nathan 1938) Mrs J Walker (Brown 1955) Mr M Walker (1984) Mr S Walker (1986) Mrs S Walker (Carroll 1974) Mrs S Waller (Skelland 1979)

The Roll 2008

Dr M Walmsley (1960) Dr E Wang (1986) Mrs K Ward (Mee 1969) Mrs P Ward (Nobes 1951) Dr R Warren (Copping 1960) Miss S Warren (1946) Dr V Warrior (1955) Dr C Warwick (1992) Mrs A Waters (Evans 1967) Mr C Watling (2001) Dr P Watney (Lachelin 1950) Mrs A Watson (Glasscock 1982) Mrs J Way (Whitehead 1962) Mrs S Weatherhead (Wallace 1976) Mrs C Weaver (Mansfield 1988) Ms C Webb (1960) Mrs H Webb Ms A Weir Miss A Weitzel (1978) Mrs M Weitzel (Leigh 1946) Mrs D Wells (Bousfield 1965) Ms F Werge (1975) Mrs E Werry (1955) Ms A West (1997) Mr B West (1994) Mrs E West (Kelley 1994) Mrs J Westwood (Murrant 1935) Mr T Wey (2000) Dr R Whaley (1974) Mr A Whall (2000) Mrs R Whatmore (Robertson 1972)

Mrs C Wheeler Mr P Wheeler (1982) Mrs R Wheeler (Kissane 1943) Mrs A Whipp (Smith 1974) Mrs A Whitaker (Rundle 1981) Mrs G White (Lupton 1977) Mr P White (1992) Mrs M WhittingtonSmith (Lutz 1941) Mrs L Wiegand (Partridge 1987) Mrs I Wiener (Pollak 1952) Mrs H Wilderspin (Chatters 1980) Mrs A Wilkins (Cooper 1951) Dr J Wilkinson (1986) Mrs E Williams (Gossop 1961) Mr G Williams (1993) Mrs K Williams (Edge 1949) Dr R Williams (1962) Miss S Williams (1985) Mrs V Williams (Grubb 1944) Dr J Wilson (Trotter 1969) Mrs M Wilson (Entwistle 1954) Mr O Wilson (1994) Mrs P Wilson (Knight 1947) Dr S Wilson (1945) Mrs S Wilson (Waller 1961) Mrs M Winckler (Sigwart 1967) Mrs R Winegarten (Aarons 1940) Mr W Winfield Dr A Winter (Nye 1957)

Mrs R Wintle (Frye 1953) Ms E Wissels (van Nieuwenhuizen 1976) Miss M Wissler (1941) Mr R Witter (1999) The Revd T Witter (Lock 1955) Mr D Wittmann (1983) Mr A Wood Ms S Woodall (1977) Mr C Woodford (1985) Miss M Woodley (1938) Ms J Woolcock (Lister 1972) Mr J Woolf (1998) Mrs D Woolley (McGrath 1954) Mrs G Woon (Doubleday 1977) Mrs V Wootten (Cadbury 1951) Mrs H Workman (Turner 1948) Ms M A Worzala Ms M E Worzala Ms F Worzala Sell Mrs L Wright (Watts 1996) Mr R Wright (2001) Dr E Wyatt (1951) Mrs N Wynne (Cox 1976) Ms R Yard (1985) Mr T Yates (2002) Mrs D York (MacDonald 1955) Ms A Young (1988) Mrs P Youngman (Coates 1957) Mrs R Yule (Sanders 1969)

We should like to thank the following organisations for their support: Cambridge Open Studios The London Girton Association The Queen of Peace Community

Our thanks also to all those donors who prefer to remain anonymous.

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