Girton College Newsletter 2019 by Girton College

Girton Development Newsletter of Girton College, Cambridge

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In this issue... Message from the Mistress The Mistress, Professor Susan J. Smith FBA, FAcSS, FRSE writes.

A Great Campaign On Target for 2022.

Executive Editor Deborah Easlick

Editor Emma Cornwall Design www.cantellday.co.uk Photography Phil Mynott, Tarik Ahmet, Jean-Luc Benazet, Susie Bromwich, John Calabrese,

Creating a Legacy Gifts in Wills are shaping the College now and for generations to come.

Ashley Carter, Emma Cornwall, Tamsin Elbourn-Onslow, Hannah James, Ingrid Koning, Ian Ollson, Hannah Sargent, Greg Sutton. Printer Sudbury Print Group Contact: The Development Office Girton College Cambridge CB3 0JG +44 (0)1223 766672/338901 development@girton.cam.ac.uk www.girton.cam.ac.uk The Editor would like to thank many colleagues, and particularly Cherry Hopkins, and Gillian Jondorf, for their support in the production of the Development Newsletter. Copyright in editorial matter and this collection as a whole: Girton College Cambridge ÂŠ 2019. Copyright in individual articles: ÂŠ March 2019 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be issued to the public or circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published.

Alumni Profiles Una Ryan (Zoology, 1963) and Charlie Siem (Music, 2005) share their recollections of Girton and thier lives beyond the College.

Girton150 Come celebrate with Girton as we mark 150 years of educational excellence.

Introduction

Message from the Mistress Professor Susan J. Smith FBA, FAcSS, FRSE With 2019 in full swing, Girton’s Fellows, students and staff are working hard to roll out a magnificent programme of events for the College’s 150th Anniversary. Every year is the anniversary of something, of course. So what is it about the sesquicentennial of the opening of the ‘College for Women’ that merits special attention, in a year that also marks 40 years since the admission of men? First, of course, Girton was the UK’s first residential institution for the higher education of women. Our foundation was path-breaking; part of an unstoppable movement that would help secure women’s full participation in economy, society, science, politics and the professions. Our endurance also bears witness to the foresight and generosity of successive generations of benefactors who supported, and still drive, the remarkable aims and ambitions of this College. That is all, quite definitely, worth celebrating! Secondly, Girton’s history is full of women, and more recently men, who have been first or best in their field, innovative in their thinking, and influential in civic life. When could be better than now to shed light on their myriad achievements, so many of which have been hidden or under-appreciated? For some highlights, check out our new timeline at www.Girton150.com. Remember too that Girton was the first of the women’s Colleges to go mixed. This has not made us any less a College for women. Rather, it has enabled us to be genuinely co-educational, to fly

new flags for inclusion, embrace all that widening participation means, and recognise that young people today are becoming their best selves in a nonbinary world. Last, but far from least, anniversaries have a knack of bringing people together, not only to reflect on the past and celebrate the present, but also, importantly, to create a vision for the future. We have already enjoyed a warm reception in New York, where we heard how our inspiring alumnae have shattered glass ceilings, and conspired with some ‘Seven Sisters’ counterparts to embrace all that the Colleges founded for women represent and aspire to today. Our next big event is in Singapore, where alumni and supporters from East Asia and Australasia will gather to reflect on Girton’s varied pathways to excellence. Then we have a UK ‘road show’ full of engaging talks and tours, culminating in an unmissable weekend-long festival on 28–30 June here at Girton itself. My personal ambition as the year unfolds is to meet and to hear from as many of you as possible, and to learn more about your experiences of, and views on, 150 years of excellence in diversity. That is not something I can achieve without your help, so be sure to book up at www.girton150.com/ events. For anything you miss, we will be posting stories, photographs, and news on all the main social and electronic media.

Professor Susan J. Smith In conclusion, I should mention that there are many different ways to join the anniversary effort. You can, for example, write something for the Archive on our ‘Your story; Girton’s story’ web pages. And it would be game-changing for tomorrow’s students if you were to join others in your year-group to raise funds for bursaries as part of our new ‘class gifts’ scheme. We also hope to build on the success of our Hong Kong colleagues in establishing a regional committee to fundraise for international studentships. If you would like to help, or receive information about any of these ideas, please get in touch with a member of the Development team. In the meantime, I hope that 2019 is a happy, healthy and prosperous year for you, and that you feel as pleased and as proud as I do in this anniversary year to be part of the great educational adventure that is Girton College.

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Better is Wisdom than Weapons of War

At the annual ceremony for the commemoration of Benefactors and Foundation Dinner in October 2018, Girton College was delighted to take possession of an exact replica of the suffrage banner carried by Girton and Newnham contingents in the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies’ procession on 13 June 1908, and in subsequent marches. The original ‘Cambridge Alumnae Banner’ was designed by suffragist and stained-glass maker Mary Lowndes and was worked on by Girton and Newnham students – the depiction of the iris represents Newnham and the daisies represent Girton. The specially handcrafted replica was created by Girtonian Annabel O’Docherty (Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, 1981), a specialist in historical dress and a professional theatrical costume maker. Annabel had to research historical techniques, materials and paints in order to make an authentic copy, although some of the original material was no longer available so she spent time sourcing suitable alternatives and even created her own paint. The creation of the banner was supported by a number of Girtonians and friends, to whom we are very grateful, and it is dedicated to the memory of Malcolm Mladenovic (Natural Sciences, 1980), Stephen Jacquest (Mathematics, 1980) and Hugh Barrass (Engineering, 1981).

‘The creation of the banner was supported by a number of Girtonians and friends, to whom we are very grateful’

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A Great Campaign – on target for 2022 Girton’s 150th Anniversary year is a landmark in realising our ambitions for the College. A Great Campaign is on target to complete by June 2022; already the impact of your magnificent support is felt within the College and clearly visible in the steady growth of permanent endowment which underpins our educational purpose.

The priorities for A Great Campaign are: • t o grow the capital of the unrestricted permanent endowment • t o endow at least twenty meanstested undergraduate bursaries; • t o establish at least five much-needed graduate scholarships; • t o complete the funding for twelve teaching and research Fellowships, in perpetuity. The past year has brought the Campaign close to two thirds of its £50 million target; the target comprises both donations and future legacy pledges. Girton’s people – who include undergraduates, graduate students, staff and Fellows – are at the centre of the College’s educational provision and therefore supporting them is the focus of A Great Campaign. In this issue we highlight our undergraduate students and a new initiative for Class Gifts during the Anniversary.

We thank everyone who has supported A Great Campaign.

Where Diversity Thrives

Where Inspiration Thrives 7 out of 12 Fellowships endowed in perpetuity

11 out of 20 Undergraduate Bursaries endowed in perpetuity

Where Originality Thrives 2 out of 5 Graduate Scholarships endowed in perpetuity

A GREAT CAMPAIGN

PROGRESS SO FAR Where Excellence Thrives £6.5M added to Unrestricted Permanent Endowment

65% of the Campaign target has been achieved

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Where Diversity Thrives Undergraduate Bursaries Since its Foundation, Girton has opened its doors to people with exceptional academic talent, from all backgrounds and circumstances, to give them a remarkable educational opportunity. Girton’s early pioneers opened up the future for generations of women and today the College remains a flagship for widening participation.

Stronger than ever, our commitment to access and inclusion has broadened to reflect the changing aspirations and attitudes of our time. The work undertaken by Girton’s Schools Liaison team with our link schools in the London Borough of Camden, the West Midlands, and locally at Swavesey and Cottenham, is an important part

of this educational mission, reaching over 7,000 young people, parents and teachers each year. For Girton to remain truly diverse and offer educational opportunity to all those who qualify for a place here, we must have the financial assistance available for those who need it.

Girton150 Anniversary Class Gifts Girtonians often tell us that their undergraduate experience was transformational and that there was a strong bond amongst classmates. This has guided our ideas for future bursary funding and in 2018 we successfully piloted a ‘Class Gift’ model, with the 1958, 1985 and 1990 matriculation years. As a result, four new undergraduate bursaries have been endowed by those ‘Class Gifts’. Each participating year group is led by a small group of ‘Class Champions’ supported by Girton’s Development Office. Supporters from many other year groups are now joining together to collectively fund their own bursary award, which will be named for their year. Their enthusiasm was fired at a ‘Class Champions’ event held at Lord’s in November, hosted by Mark Hanson (History, 1985). Sixteen matriculation years and fifteen subjects were represented amongst our 50 guests. We heard from Mark and from Dorothy Thompson (née Walbank, Classics, 1958), Champions of the 1985 and 1958 Class Giving respectively. They spoke about their endeavours to raise the funds needed to endow a bursary from amongst their classmates. But

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Jeff Gooch, George Cowperthwaite, Molly Hale, the Mistress, and Mark Hanson it was our undergraduates George Cowperthwaite (Mathematics, 2016) and Molly Hale (History, 2016), President and Vice-President of the JCR at that time, both bursary recipients themselves, who won the hearts and minds of everyone that evening. They spoke compellingly about what a bursary really means: ‘I could participate more in the life of the College, social and extracurricular activities, without having to worry so much about the cost’. There is no set model for the Class Gift. The 1958 group, led by Dorothy Thompson, began fundraising in 2008 after their 50-year reunion dinner. Since then 38 donors have contributed, with

a range of gifts from four-figure cash sums to much smaller, regular monthly donations given over a ten-year period. The 1985 group began just 18 months ago, and 22 donors have funded two Class bursaries. The 1990 group of just six donors completed their Class Gift only days before the Lord’s event and, since then, are now half way to their next bursary! The key to Class Gift success is committed leadership, a core of two or three Champions who have the enthusiasm, a bit of time and a mission to network! Many thanks to everyone who is participating in the Anniversary Class Gift.

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In their own words – what a bursary means to our students ‘I come from a poor immigrant background, attended a local primary school, and lived in a single room with a family of four. Although my family’s economic situation has improved significantly (enough for me to have my own room at GCSE and A level) my parents can only dream of supporting me at University. Despite being awarded the maximum student maintenance loan, the accommodation fees alone would take up most of that. I would have had to limit my spending on food and other necessities massively, and going out for a night with friends would simply be false hope. However, granted this bursary I need not worry about this and I am able to focus on academic work. I cannot express my appreciation in words for being allowed to study my subject in stress-free freedom.’ Zion Kim ‘The impact of the bursary generosity cannot be stressed enough. I can pay the rent and afford academic expenses associated with my degree. Your contribution allows me not to worry whether I will have enough money to travel home at Christmas. I am profoundly grateful for this gift and let me assure you that it is the best motivation to focus on my development here at Cambridge – both academic and extra-curricular – to

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Where Inspiration Thrives Thanks to your support, seven Teaching Fellowships are now fully endowed. Two more recently launched recognise the contribution of two inspirational women Juliet D’Auvergne Campbell joined the Foreign Office in 1957, just eight years after the Diplomatic Service fast stream was opened to women. She held prominent diplomatic roles in Europe and the Far East and served as British Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1988 to 1991, before coming to Girton as Mistress. She is also now a Life Fellow. The Juliet Campbell Fellowship is the latest in the series of posts which we hope will be endowed through A Great Campaign. The Fellowship will have an international research theme and could be focused on several related subjects and courses including: Economics, History, Human, Social and Political Sciences, Geography, and Law. The post-holder may specialise in any of these areas and will teach the core undergraduate syllabus in their subject, whilst undertaking research in an area of International interest. As Britain’s relationship with Europe is undergoing the greatest change in almost 50 years, it is timely to focus attention on greater insight and understanding of international matters. Following

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Girton’s ‘International Dinner’ at the Royal Overseas League in May 2017, at which Mrs Campbell was guest of honour, this fund has reached £342,000 of the £400,000 needed to complete the Fellowship. The Christine McKie Fellowship in Physical Sciences is also a current priority which, when funded, will complete the teaching team for Natural Sciences. Dr McKie (née Kelsey, Natural Sciences, 1949) was a greatly respected and admired member of College who, over 40 years, held a variety of College and University posts. Her teaching and research in the field of mineralogical crystallography takes an important place in Girton’s Natural Sciences story. The subject continues to be immensely popular at Girton and few degree qualifications could lead to such a diverse array of professional occupations amongst graduates. Dr Shaun Fitzgerald (Engineering, 1986), now Director of the Royal Institution (RI) and Fellow of Girton, hosted a Physical Sciences Dinner at the RI in January in support of the Christine McKie Fellowship. There remains just £42,000 of the £400,000 target to raise. By endowing specific teaching and research Fellowships, Girton will continue to attract world-class scholars. This will maintain academic excellence and underpin the student supervision

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Dr Christine McKie system for which Cambridge is internationally renowned. It will also ensure that, throughout their course, students at Girton are supported by dedicated, experienced teachers working in co-ordinated teams.

Financial Report

Our Financial Report The College’s audited accounts for the year ended 30 June 2018 show a pleasing increase in net assets from £144 million in 2017 to £152 million, thanks to an overall surplus for the year of £7.7 million. Funds under management at the year-end were nearly £95 million — up from £77 million the previous year. This includes not only the College’s permanent endowment and unspent loans, but also unrestricted and other reserves. This increase was due in part to the addition to the portfolio of the proceeds of the sale of Wolfson Court (see below) and the continuing strong performance of the College’s investment portfolio, which generated a total return of 7.0%, sadly not quite as good as last year’s 11.8%. Investment markets are, of course, cyclical; our investment strategy is designed to deliver around 6.2% p.a. total return over the long term. We were also very pleased to report donations and benefactions totalling £3.7 million, of which 90% went straight onto the College’s balance sheet as permanent endowment. This means that the generosity of donors and benefactors to the current campaign will benefit future generations of College members as well as current ones. Since the start of A Great Campaign, the College’s endowment, which includes restricted permanent funds for specific purposes (shown as ATF in Figure 1), as well as unrestricted permanent endowment capital funds for general purposes (shown as UPEC in Figure 1), has grown from £22 million to £51 million by a combination of investment returns and donations and benefactions. Within those totals, UPEC has grown from under £4 million to £15 million. This is a particularly important achievement, since the College has the freedom to allocate the investment income from this part of £60,000,000 the endowment to wherever it is most needed at the time.

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The overall financial effect of these changes, which will benefit the entire Girton community, will be to increase the amount of unrestricted income available to fund the College’s educational and charitable activities. Although the next five years will be a transition period, the College now has free reserves of £31.2 million (2016–17: £13.2 million) available both to manage the risks associated with this shift, and to consider further development under the master plan for the main site. To see a full set of accounts please visit: www.girton.cam.ac.uk/girton-community/college-accounts www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission

FIGURE 1: GROWTH OF ENDOWMENT (UPEC AND ATF) DURING A GREAT CAMPAIGN £60,000,000

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Legacy

Creating A Legacy The College is very grateful to those that have chosen to remember their time at Girton by making a gift in their Will. Their gifts become part of the College’s story, part of the fabric of the buildings and grounds, and part of the success of scholars and researchers for generations to come. Gifts in Wills have contributed close to half of the A Great Campaign total (£8.5 million of £19.3 million funds received). These gifts will also help us to withstand times of financial uncertainty and make the best use of future opportunities. In addition, a number of those who have notified the College of their intention to make a bequest have indicated a value (or an estimate of the pledge value) and these total over £13.5 million. This too is contributing to the A Great Campaign total. If you feel able to join this band of supporters in helping Girton to deliver its worldclass learning, teaching and research experience that is changing lives; where all-round personal development is valued alongside academic success; where spacious grounds and listed buildings provide a home-from-home; and where life-long friendships are forged – please do get in touch. The College recognises that such pledges and estimates are not legally binding but they help us to say thank you and find out more about the aspects of the College that are important to you.

Making a Gift in your Will You can choose to make a cash gift or donate a proportion of your estate (even 1% can make a big difference). Girton College is a registered charity (Registered Charity Number 1137541) so including the College in your Will may reduce your estate’s Inheritance Tax liability. When making a Will we suggest that you use the following wording:

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‘I give to the Mistress, Fellows and Scholars of Girton College, Cambridge (Registered Charity Number 1137541) [the residue of my estate] [_____ % of the residue of my estate] [the sum of _________] free of tax for the Unrestricted Permanent Endowment Capital of the College and I declare that the receipt by the Bursar or other authorised Officer of the College shall be good and sufficient discharge to my Executors.’ We recommend that you seek professional advice when making or amending a Will. Information regarding gifts in Wills, including information on planned giving for our US-based alumni and supporters, is available on our website: www.girton.cam.ac.uk/legacy. For a confidential conversation please contact the Development Director on +44 (0)1223 339893,

DID YOU KNOW? Since April 2012 those who leave at least 10% of their net estate to charity may be able to reduce the tax charged on the remainder of their taxable estate from 40% to 36%. d.easlick@girton.cam.ac.uk, or the Legacy Officer on +44 (0)1223 338901, e.cornwall@girton.cam.ac.uk.

Recognising your Generosity Should you choose to notify the College of your intention to remember Girton in your Will, you will be invited to join the 1869 Society; members receive a purple lapel pin and are invited to special events from time to time. By making a gift to Girton in your Will you are supporting a remarkable institution with a pioneering history and an exciting future – thank you for sharing our vision.

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Made at Girton Pippa (Girton 1969), Christopher, Joanna and Alison (Girton 1976) the children of Gillian Poulton (née Hunt, 1941) reflect on their mother’s life and her determination to make a difference. Dr Gillian Hunt (1922–2016) was expected to ‘come out’ as a debutante and marry, but the social implications of this life did not appeal. In 1940, a near-miss by a bomb, dropped near her home outside Cambridge, strengthened our mother’s resolve to choose a different pathway. Having never been taught any Physics or Chemistry, Gillian (Jill) worked hard to gain a place at Girton in 1941 to read Medical Sciences. She much enjoyed the ‘stimulating companionship of fellow students’. Away from the College she attended classes where the vast majority of students were male and the lecturers would address the audience as ‘gentlemen’. The men wore gowns which, at the time, women were not entitled to do, and comments were made when the women entered class. However, Jill remarked ‘I felt so privileged to be a student at Cambridge that this did not worry me in the least.’ Under wartime regulations she completed her undergraduate degree in two years before undertaking her clinical studies at the West London Hospital – only after being rejected from Guy’s Hospital, London where the then Dean responded ‘Women medical students? Over my dead body.’ The war meant hospitals were shorthanded so Jill’s duties extended to acting as a hospital porter, fire-watcher, and x-ray technician. Once past the halfway point of their clinical studies, if the hospital was short of doctors, the medical students were called upon as hospital locums, something our mother described as ‘excellent

experience for me, but not necessarily so for the patients.’ In 1949 Jill married psychologist Christopher Poulton and they bought a house in Cambridge. She juggled family life (four children, three of whom followed her into medicine, two via Girton College) with her professional work: a mixture of part-time appointments and research. Together with our father she undertook research on fatigue in junior hospital doctors and how sleep deprivation impaired performance. Their findings underpinned subsequent changes to the national guidelines for on-call rotas and the experience taught her much about how to do research, especially the importance of getting the statistics right. In 1970 Jill was asked to be an independent observer for an ongoing study, started in 1963, of 117 children treated for open spina bifida, a condition where a baby’s spine and spinal cord do not develop properly in the womb. The study followed the group from birth and became Jill’s major lifetime interest for almost 50 years, and Girton played a small role in helping Jill conduct her work by offering her a Bye-Fellowship from 1975–77. The long follow-up of this study enabled her to discover which patients were likely to survive, walk, function independently and have the best life outcomes, and resulted in some 32 publications. In an interview with her granddaughter, Rosalind McLean, for the BMJ, Jill talks about the struggles of conducting her research in her 70s and not being part of a research group: ’…I was never paid a salary. However, as it

Gillian Hunt in about 1950 was the only complete cohort of people with spina bifida followed up from birth I thought the research was so important I couldn’t stop.’ In 2012, aged 90, Jill was awarded her Cambridge MD on the basis of her published research. Her daughter Alison Poulton (1976) had her MD conferred at the same congregation making for a very memorable, and possibly unprecedented, occasion. Jill will be remembered as a kind, cheerful, loyal, much-respected wife, mother, doctor and member of her local community, and her memory lives on in her four children, 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Our mother felt Girton made her by giving her the chance to do Medicine (despite having had little opportunity to do much science at school), and to learn to think critically. Her gratitude is reflected in her support of the College, not least by remembering Girton in her Will so that other talented scholars may have the life-changing opportunity she so enjoyed.

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Cultural Heritage

Cultural Heritage Our many and varied collections are a fundamental part of the College. Artwork, furniture, rugs and clocks around the College; silver on display at dinners and events; museum collections in the Lawrence Room; and rare books and historical material in the Duke Building. All of this enriches daily life in College, promotes research and cultural appreciation and reveals the College’s history, which we especially look forward to celebrating in the College’s 150th year. We work hard to catalogue, display and preserve these collections and make them accessible to the College community and beyond. 2018 continued to see our collections used in a range of cultural and academic activities. Individuals and groups visited from all over the world; we took part in events such as Cambridge Open Studios; and the Lawrence Room collections were used as inspiration for the Humanities Writing Competition. We were particularly pleased to participate in the Art UK Sculpture project last year. In 2012 this project digitised oil paintings in public collections across the UK and, as a result, the College’s oil paintings are available to view on the Art UK website – www.artuk.org. This new project aims to do the same for the nation’s sculpture collections: in September, members of the Art UK team photographed the College’s sculpture. Although the collection is relatively small, it includes some beautiful pieces, such as the marble portrait bust of Josephine Butler by Alexander Munro. They should be available to view on the Art UK website in 2019. We were delighted to receive a replica of the Cambridge Alumnae Banner, made as a gift to the College by Annabel O’Docherty (ASNAC 1981), with financial support from her Girtonian friends (see page 4). We look forward to proudly displaying the replica in the 2019 celebrations.

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The new portrait ‘Libby Sheldon’, Emma Wesley and Professor Dame Gillian Beer As usual, the richness of our collections was particularly showcased by the annual series of talks at the September Alumni weekend. The Library talk, ‘A peek behind closed doors: the Founder’s Library at the Fitzwilliam Museum’ was given by Dr Suzanne Reynolds, Assistant Keeper of Manuscripts and Printed Books at the Museum. Suzanne explored the history of the Library, which was originally intended to house the manuscripts and printed books from Viscount Fitzwilliam’s bequest, such as the early 17th-century Fitzwilliam Virginal Book and the Hours of Isabella Stuart, circa 1431. However, the Library collections grew under different

Museum Directors, and Suzanne looked at some of the later additions, such as the extensive manuscript collections, as well as the Macclesfield Psalter. Suzanne then talked about projects to make these collections more accessible, such as the Cambridge Illuminations Research Project, as well as proposals to open the Library to the public. The Lawrence Room talk, ‘Posters, photos and prints: preserving paper heritage’ was given by Dr Nicholas Burnett, Chief Conservator at Museum Conservation Services at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. Nicholas spoke about his own work before exploring agents that cause paper to deteriorate, and how conservators deal with these,

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Emma Wesley speaking at the People’s Portraits reception

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Dr Suzanne Reynolds giving examples from his own career, including the damage caused by wood pulp backings and self-adhesive tapes and the more dramatic effects of floods and fire. Of particular interest was Nicholas’s description of how he and his colleagues had conserved the suffrage posters now on display in the Lawrence Room.

At the People’s Portraits reception Emma Wesley unveiled the latest addition to the collection, ‘Libby Sheldon’, explaining that they had met when Libby was working as a picture conservator at the Courtauld Institute. Emma was particularly drawn to the ordered pigments on Libby’s shelves, and she noted how the mug, which was Libby’s own, cuts across the order and reflects the playfulness in Libby’s eyes. Professor Dame Gillian Beer then gave a thought-provoking talk about sitting for a portrait, looking at the relationship between the artist and the sitter, and the idea that the sitter may not always see themselves as the artist has portrayed them. The Gardens talk, The Botanic Garden and Plant Biodiversity, was given by Dr Samuel Brockington, Curator at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens. Samuel talked about the important role that botanic gardens play in conserving threatened species, 38% of which are held in botanic gardens worldwide, before highlighting some of the challenges they face today. He noted that there are more botanic gardens in

the northern hemisphere than in the southern hemisphere – consequently there is more focus on temperate plants rather than tropical ones. Samuel also explained that in his role as Curator at a historical garden (the University Botanic Garden was founded in 1762), he must find a careful balance between preserving the heritage of the collections and ensuring they are kept scientifically up to date. Girton’s cultural heritage is hugely important to the College, and this year we are keener than ever to showcase it at the 150th Festival, at the 2019 September Alumni weekend, and in the Lawrence Room’s anniversary publication. We invite you to celebrate with us and hope to welcome you to some of our 2019 events. Hannah Westall Archivist and Curator

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Alumni Profiles

Alumni Profiles Una Ryan née Scully (Zoology, 1963) Glamorous in California’s sunshine, Una Ryan explains why she and her husband wanted to live close to the Golden Gate Bridge. Its rusty hue warned ships away in San Francisco’s fog during the Second World War; the bridge is a symbol of care and guidance. Professor Ryan, a global leader in life sciences fields including vascular biology, immunology and biotechnology, was born in modern-day Malaysia during that same war. As a consequence, her mother fled the former British colony and the family’s rubber plantation with an infant in tow. It took the pair some 18 months to return to bombed-out London. While Professor Ryan has no distinct memories from the time, the experience ‘had a huge effect on me,’ she recalls. Brought up largely by an influential aunt, and surrounded by her relative’s impressive friends, Professor Ryan says her upbringing shaped her perception of women’s capabilities. Her aunt’s circle included female doctors, dentists and missionaries, who worked through the difficulties of their duties with grit. The obvious needs of London’s most vulnerable stirred an early desire in Professor Ryan to help them. ‘I saw there was a great need to cure children,’ she says. After attending Bristol University for her undergraduate studies, obtaining a degree in Zoology, Professor Ryan then studied at Girton, leaving with a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology in 1967. ‘Girton was very important to me,’ she believes. ‘I had a female supervisor and that contributed to the sense

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that women could be good thought leaders and useful members of society.’ Intellectually the experience proved liberating, as she encountered ‘the kind of science that you don’t learn in textbooks’. Peering into the quivering secrets of a cell’s insides made Professor Ryan feel transported. Banter back and forth with Nobel Prize winners made her feel engaged. Her years at Cambridge included the first moment she looked down an electron microscope and the first instance she gazed up through a radio telescope. The universe and the body, the cosmos and the cell, comprise two of Professor Ryan’s greatest fascinations. ‘We are so beautiful on the inside,’ she reflects, ‘and so fragile from outer space.’ She says she returned time and again over the course of her career to discoveries she made during her research at Girton. Her particular focus at that time was on circadian rhythms in insects. America’s bright lights then beckoned. After studying angiotensin-converting

enzyme at the University of Miami, she took up a post at the institution’s School of Medicine. Then a position at Washington University in St Louis followed. Big business took note. Monsanto, then an agricultural and biochemical giant, made her a Director for Health Sciences. ‘In academia the focus is on the individual, it is your research or your publication,’ Professor Ryan emphasises. ‘But in business it is the power of the crowd and of the team.’ The shift suited her. ‘To make a drug which helps millions was the end of the equation for me.’ Professor Ryan has published papers on developing needed vaccines for both viral and bacterial diseases, as well as on cholesterol. (Her contributions earned her an OBE in 2002 and an Albert Einstein award in 2007.) And her eminent career has been peppered by positions in both the public sector and the private sector. ‘I think I probably made the greatest contribution, in terms of lives saved, when I was leading a public company,’ she concludes. Linking such work to her childhood, Professor Ryan explains that

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she was never ‘a Mother Theresa type’. Instead, practicalities mattered most. ‘I wanted to understand what could be done,’ she says. Professor Ryan has responded to pressing humanitarian needs in a variety of other important areas. From providing clean water in developing countries to ensuring the efficacy of cheap diagnostic tests, she has dedicated herself to improving conditions for others. She worries now that maternal health is falling from view as a development priority, and that women still have to walk miles to reach clinics. If she had her time again, however, she would focus on neuropathic pain. ‘We need solutions for the opioid crisis,’ she points out. More recently Professor Ryan has brought her expertise to Silicon Valley. The first woman to chair the Bay Area BioEconomy Initiative, where she pushed to increase the speed and efficiency with which clinical trials commence, she is now an

angel investor committed to funding women’s companies. ‘Tutoring and mentoring is good. But what women really need is money,’ she asserts. Given how much she learned herself from her time in business, she wants other to have the opportunity to do so too. The creativity behind her discoveries pours forth in other ways. Professor Ryan founded ULUX in 2015, an artistic enterprise where she creates images and silk paintings using enlarged electron micrographs of cells. Each one takes weeks of preparation: cryofixation or chemical fixation, dehydration, sectioning, staining, freeze fracturing and mounting. Grey initially, the images are then beautifully coloured. Professor Ryan has even created a special scarf for Girton’s 150th Anniversary (please see page 17). Created using the types of insect neurons she studied at Girton, the silk holds hues of green and brown. ‘Girton has been very much on my mind. There is great gratitude to it,’ she explains. ‘It crystallized my views that women can do anything.’

Asked for advice for young graduates today, Professor Ryan encourages them to remember the heritage and traditions of the College, and its academic rigour. She also values thinking independently. Professor Ryan has particular thoughts for her sex too. ‘Sometimes women now feel like they all have to be CEOs or run a country. They don’t. Just reach your potential,’ she advises. Thinking over her own achievements, Professor Ryan has a clear conclusion. ‘Always science was the muse,’ she says.

We are very grateful to Miranda Johnson (English, 2010) for writing this profile. Miranda is a correspondent for The Economist. Formerly reporting on scientific issues, then American politics and afterwards climate change, she is now based in Singapore and covering news in South-East Asia for the publication.

Charlie Siem (Music, 2005) Charlie Siem, violin virtuso and model, fell in love with the violin when he was just three, after becoming transfixed by his mother’s recordings of Beethoven. Some 30 years on, he tours worldwide and has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre and The Royal Albert Hall. He’s also played with contemporary artists such as The Who, Bryan Adams and Miley Cyrus. His passion for the violin was clear from a young age, but his parents neither of them musicians encouraged him towards a broader education. ‘They were never really sure that I‘d have a career as a violinist and nor was I, to be honest. But I just loved the violin.’ He

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went to school at Eton, before coming up to Girton in 2005 to study Music. From the age of 12 to 18, he studied the violin with internationally renowned Russian-Israeli violinist Itzhak Rashkovsky at the Royal College of Music. Despite his broader academic study, the violin was his focus throughout. ‘You have to be very narrow-minded because it’s very demanding to get to this high level. You have to establish it when your brain is developing: the finger patterns and the shaping of the hand muscles, you need to have that all programmed.’ After A-levels, it would have been natural to study at a conservatoire or music college. He had an agent and was starting to play concerts; at 16 he went on his first international tour. But, inspired by his older sister Sasha, a singer songwriter and composer, who had studied Music at Girton a few years earlier, he chose Cambridge and a Music degree. ‘The undergraduate degree is amazing. The courses they offer – nineteenthand twentieth-century musical history, as well as more practical and scientific applications, like writing fugues and studying the mechanics of sound and sound-waves, it’s all really fascinating.’ Sasha had flourished under Girton’s forward-thinking Director of Music, Martin Ennis, who was squarely behind Charlie’s decision to study at Girton. A one-time organ scholar at Christ’s College, Ennis has always combined his university life with a career as a performer and as an orchestral conductor. ‘He knew that I was really passionate about playing the violin. I was at the beginning of my career and thanks to his enthusiasm and support it was possible for me to balance the academic rigours of the course with studying the violin outside of the University.’

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Alongside undergraduate study and performing within the University, every month Charlie made the journey to Switzerland to study under the worldrenowned violinist and conductor Shlomo Mintz. With this exacting schedule, Charlie cut down on the journey time by exiting his ground floor room at College from the window, straight to the car park outside. There were many opportunities for him to perform within Cambridge. He remembers playing at West Road Concert Hall, Kettle’s Yard and pretty much all the Colleges. In 2006 he played what he describes as ‘the fiendishly difficult’ Henryk Wieniawski violin concerto No. 1 in a concert for Stephen Hawking at King’s College. It’s a piece that featured strongly at the start of his impressive career. Since Cambridge, he’s appeared with many of the world’s finest orchestras and chamber ensembles, including the Bergen Philharmonic, Czech National Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Moscow Philharmonic and London Symphony. He has worked with top conductors such as Charles Dutoit, Edward Gardner, Zubin Mehta and Sir Roger Norrington. His regular sonata partner is renowned pianist Itamar Golan. He is keen to bring classical music to new audiences and to this end has composed virtuosic variations of popular themes, performing with artists such as Bryan Adams, Jamie Cullum and The Who. Charlie’s career as a performer has been boosted by the publicity he receives from his parallel modelling career. Spotted by photographer Mario Testino after leaving Cambridge, he’s featured in campaigns for luxury fashion brands including Dunhill, Armani and Hugo Boss. ‘The more glamorous PR helped to drive my career as a violinist.’

At just 33 and with a busy and glamorous international lifestyle, Charlie has still found time to pass on his passion and knowledge for over a decade. In his teens he was made visiting professor at Leeds College of Music and now has the same role at China’s Nanjing University of the Arts. Masterclasses are central to these commitments and he’s given other masterclasses at leading music colleges around the world. ‘Of course, people at these classes are already engaged with music at a high level. But on a macro level, with music in general for young people and children, it’s an essential part of a curriculum. The arts do tend to get marginalised quite quickly because they can’t be applied in such a practical way. Music gets overlooked. But for me being able to switch on a light is as important has having a reason to switch it on in the first place, and that’s what music does for me.’ Charlie reflects on the important part that Girton and Dr Ennis played in his musical education and knows how critical it is that the College can continue to educate future generations. ‘I had a privileged education and there’s a responsibility to allow other people to enjoy that. We need to be able to maintain that possibility by looking after the place. You need to be reminded of it and need to remind others.’

We are very grateful to Pippa Considine (English/Law, 1985) for writing this profile. Pippa is a writer, editor and conference producer. She has contributed to The Times, Marketing Week, Campaign, The Daily Mail and produces the Televisual Factual Festival. She is also launching her own stationery business and is on the warpath to reintroduce real letter writing to a lost generation of emailers.

150th Anniversary

Girton150 Sometimes, they ask us why all this effort to celebrate Girton’s 150th Anniversary? Why the endless meetings, the careful planning, the time spent working on organisational detail? Why devote all this energy to a single celebratory year? We could say it is because of the series of incredible Anniversary Lectures, given by some outstanding alumni: Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado of Japan, the President of the UK Supreme Court, Baroness Hale, renowned physicist Dame Professor Pratibha Gai, Herman Narula the Improbable entrepreneur, and the UK representative to the UN in New York, Her Excellency Dame Karen Pierce. Or, indeed, because of the strong community of Girton alumnae and alumni who are so committed to the College, preserving its past and shaping its future with their generosity and wisdom. Our Asia reunion for example, to be held in Singapore from 12 to

14 April 2019, following a US launch in December 2018 in New York City, is already fully booked. We will meet many others at one of the numerous subject reunions and regional events, from Dublin to Edinburgh to London (via Leeds and Birmingham). And of course, we need look no further in the search for excitement, engagement, and reasons to celebrate, than to the ‘jewel in the crown’ of 2019: the Girton150 Festival (28–30 June 2019). So, why celebrate 2019? In the midst of all the debates, the exhibitions, the receptions, the meetings with friends old and new, this will be a chance to pause. To reflect on the radical history of the first UK College for women, founded

in 1869. To consider what it means to live up to this legacy today. To ask, how can we continue to be the pioneering College of inclusion in a changing educational landscape? What does it mean to offer a Cambridge experience that is open to all? We want you to be part of this conversation. Come, discuss with us, let loose your imagination, be challenged by our varied speakers and stimulating exhibitions. Have fun, enjoy the festivities, meet old friends and make new ones. We look forward to seeing you at Girton in 2019. Deborah Easlick and Simone Maghenzani, 2019 Co-Chairs

15O ANNIVERSARY COLLECTIONS To celebrate the Anniversary of the founding of Girton College, we are launching three new collections of merchandise in the next few weeks. Please visit: www.Girton150. com/merchandise, which will take you through to the Girton150 shop. Yelena Popova was born in 1978 in the Urals in Russia, and was artist-in-residence at Girton College in 2016–17. She has designed a beautiful ‘Yelena Popova’ Collection in Girton colours showing the growth of the College community over the last 150 years. Her tote bag, 1000 piece puzzle and limited edition print feature a unique, eye-catching design which will be a talking point – don’t delay as these will fly off the shelves! Our Classic Collection features anniversary-branded items including a mug flaunting ‘World’s Best Girtonian’, a stainless steel hip flask and elegant stationery! The third collection is exclusive to Girton College covering a diverse range from the first Lawrence Room book to a 100% silk scarf with original art by Girtonian Una Ryan (PhD Zoology) – the Mistress is wearing one on page 3! Items from the three collections can be bought online, or in person at the Porters’ Lodge at Girton College. Any piece will become a treasured memento celebrating this remarkable milestone in the history of your College.

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Girton150 Festival

10:30

11:00

Explore The Future with Professor Martin Rees

Global Fintech. A panel discussion

Girton Challenge with Dr Margaret Mountford: Round 1

11:30

12:00

Food and Drink 12:30

** Food and drink available to purchase

13:00

Family friendly activities,

13:30

readings and talks

Girton Challenge with Dr Margaret Mountford: Round 1

One Hundred Years of Women in Law. Lady Hale, Lady Arden and Dame Rosalyn Higgins in conversation

15:00

Girton Challenge with Dr Margaret Mountford: The Final and Trophy Presentation by Bamber Gascoigne

Tea Dances, including guided sessions

Break for lunch** Girton Poetry Readings

14:00

14:30

Portraits of All Kinds. A panel discussion

The Festival Lecture by Dame Karen Pierce

Early Music Concert

Girton's Radical History: The Early Years (1869 – 1924) with Dr Hazel Mills

The Future of Higher Education? A panel discussion led by Professor Stephen Toope, Vice-Chancellor

Live Performance of Blue Stockings in its original setting of Girton College

The Girton Community. A panel discussion

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The Secrets of the Lawrence Room. A panel discussion with Professor Marilyn Strathern

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Uncover the treasures of the Lawrence Room, explore the quiet retreat of the Library and discover more about the College’s history in the Archive.

Readings

Religion and Equality with Dr Rowan Williams

Uncover Girton’s Fellows’ groundbreaking research

Music

10:00

Women: Growing Older Gracefully? A panel discussion led by Dr Phil Hammond

Food Stalls**

Activities

9:30

Explore the estate, garden and People’s Portraits in self-guided tours. Guided tours will also take place at set times

Talks and Panel Discussions

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The highlight of the 150 Anniversary year will be our Festival from 28 to 30 June this year. Early Bird weekend tickets and Friday tickets have now sold o To view the full programme, including Friday’s BBQ, music (featuring the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama) Brass Band and comedy extravaganz the first version of Saturday and Sunday’s programme. The hardest thing is to choose what to do! Watch too for our Festival Stop Press for more details

Interval and Drinks Reception Lecture by Professor Caroline Humphrey

18:30

Girton Tales. Glimpses behind the scenes

Blue Stockings continues 19:00 Drinks Reception 19:30 20:00 22:00

Anniversary Supper Club evening with Provenance Kitchen and live music (pre-booked) Light Show Extravaganza and live music

00:00 – 1:00

Bar open in the new Cafe Bar**

Anniversary Formal Hall (sold out)

150th Anniversary

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From Diamonds to Dodos. Meet the Author, Julia Golding 

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Sport and Media: Turning the Tables Chapel Service with Girton College Choir

Meet the Girton Author, Christina Koning

Discover Suffragette Jiu Jitsu 

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Break for lunch**

Tea Dances with live music, including guided sessions 14:00

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Join the Girton Fire Brigade 

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An Anatomical Whodunnit. Professor Peter Abrahams on Anatomy and the Art of Michelangelo

Closing Ceremony

Reminiscences of Girton from the Church Times with Dr Malcolm Guite

Join the Suffrage Movement

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15:00

15:30

An Anatomical Whodunnit. Professor Peter Abrahams on Anatomy and the Art of Michelangelo

The Girton Peak, North East Greenland by Dr Fiona Cooke

Parade around the College in a March Through Time 

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16:00 Closing Ceremony

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17:00 Girton150 Birthday Afternoon Tea 17:30

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 Uncover Girton’s Fellows’ groundbreaking research

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Explore the estate, gardens and People’s Portraits in self-guided tours. Take part in a Treasure Hunt. Guided tours will also take place at set times. 

Discover Suffragette Jiu Jitsu 

Food Stalls**

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19th Century Parlour Music Concert

Water zorbing, human table football, birds of prey (with performances at 12:00 and 14:00), meet the ponies, archery, facepainting, circus skills 

Unveiling of the 2019 People’s Portraits painting

Join the Suffrage Movement 

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 Into The Inferno by Dr Clive Oppenheimer

Retro Gaming by the Centre for Computing HIstory, Cambridge 

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12:00

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Join the Girton Fire Brigade 

Concert by Queen Victoria’s Consort 11:30

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Joan Robinson: Iconoclast by Professor John Eatwell

Learn to ride a Penny Farthing 

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Suffragette or Suffragist?

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For further enquiries please email girton150@girton.cam.ac.uk or call +44 (0)1223 764935

Suffrage banner making 

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out but Saturday and Sunday tickets are still available! za, please visit: www.girton150.com events. Below is s on our keynote talks and activities.

150th Anniversary

The Girton150 Anniversary Symposium: Empowering Excellence The Harvard Club, New York, 8 December 2018 This symposium – the first formal celebration of Girton’s 150th Anniversary – provided a unique opportunity to explore the achievements and ambitions of the Colleges founded for women, with alumni and friends in the United States. After an introduction by the Mistress, the afternoon was split into two panel discussions. The first, entitled Glass Ceilings and Sticky Floors, focused on intersectionality recognising that today’s challenge is not only to enable women to flourish as equals with men, but to recognise the interplay of gender with sexual orientation, class, race, religion and more. Following a stimulating introduction by Dawn Airey, a high flying panel, including four Girton Alumnae in prominent leadership positions, concluded that the ’glass ceiling’ is far from shattered and the ‘sticky floor’ is still hard to clamber up from, especially for women of colour. Contrasting perspectives were put forward by lawyer Lee Suet Fern, Senior Director at Morgan Lewis; Nici Bush General

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Manager Mars Inc.; Elizabeth Stribling of Stribling Marketing; and Una Ryan, President of ULUX, a science/art company. Their views were augmented by prominent alumnae of Mount Holyoke College (the first of the Seven Sisters Colleges to be founded). For the second panel the Mistress of Girton was joined by the Heads of four of the Seven Sisters – our institutional counterparts in the USA, established between 1837 and 1889. The panellist were Elizabeth Bradley (Vassar), Kimberly Cassidy (Bryn Mawr),

Sonya Stephens (Mount Holyoke), Tomiko Brown-Nagin (the Radcliffe Institute) and they discussed the role of the Colleges founded for women in opening up distinctive Pathways to Excellence. Although each had taken a different route, their differences seemed far less important than their common ground. To view recordings of these panel discussions, and to read more about the event, visit: www.girton150. com/event/girton150-north-americacelebration/

See the back cover for upcoming Girton150 events! Visit www.Girton150.com for more details and bookings. Don’t delay as events are booking up fast!

Development

Girton Telethon 2018 The Girton College Telethons are vital in reconnecting with alumni, and raising awareness and funding for College initiatives. This year we called alumni in the spring and just before Christmas and the response was fantastic. The College is hugely grateful to all those who pledged their support to help Girton students both present and future.

£274,000

490

raised

donors

Emily Davies Bursary funded in perpetuity from the first 157 donors, helping a Girton student for every coming year!

£70,000

104

17%

raised for the Unrestricted Permanent Endowment ensuring that the College will have nearly £5,000 each year, in perpetuity, to direct to areas of need.

Londoners led the way with the most gifts by region.

of total funding for the Christine McKie Fellowship in Physical Sciences completed by 35 donors.

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31–35

323

new donors came on board – thank you!

year olds were the most generous age group, with a 77% giving rate

new contact details given so we can stay in touch.

Some of the topics discussed… Primate scientists, Girton’s beautiful buildings, previous telethon caller romances, wild swimming, Brexit, meningitis in pigs, children’s mental health, ceilidh bands, digging up the A14, Bitcoin, microbiology of Swiss glaciers, Shenzhen, modern feminist playwrights, kickboxing, food at Wolfie, renewable energy.

After growing up in Brazil, Lara came over to the UK for her secondary and sixth-form education in Camden, North London. It was here that she learnt about Girton through our outreach scheme HE+ and was inspired to apply. Lara is now in her second year, reading Human, Social and Political Sciences, and hopes for a future career in politics. She was a member of the Easter Telethon Campaign team. ‘The bursaries I have received from Girton have been really helpful in keeping me focused on my degree and not worrying as much about financial stress. They have assured me that I will be able to pay for my living costs for the whole academic year. As someone who worked on the Telethon Campaign I am really appreciative of these bursaries and how much alumni donors care about the College and the students who are here. Thank you so much for your contribution to Girton!’ Lara Parizotto, 2018 Telethon Caller

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Alumni Events

Alumni Events In 2018 the College hosted over 25 alumni events in Girton, London, Australia, the Far East and the US. More than 1000 alumni, Fellows, students and guests attended these events, which included an Anniversary symposium, lectures, concerts, cocktail receptions, reunion dinners and sports matches. These events simply would not be possible without the support and enthusiasm offered by the alumni to the events team, whether it is hosting, sponsoring, organising teams, or promoting the events to others. Particular thanks must go to Karen Fawcett (1982) and Yong Nang Tan (1980) in Singapore; Kevin Chan (1986), Franklin Heng (1980) and Chadwick Mok (1984) in Hong Kong; Dame Karen Pierce (1978) in New York, Mark Hanson (1985), Dr Guy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe (1990) at Slaughter and May, and Elizabeth Werry (1955) in the UK.

Law and Finance Event, at the offices of Slaughter and May, London 2018

Geography Society Dinner, 2018

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The Benefactorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Garden Party, 2018

Alumni Events

Girton150 Symposium in New York, 2018

Roll of Alumni Weekend, 2018

Girton Anniversary Class Gift Event, Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cricket Ground, 2018

Singapore, 2018

Hong Kong, 2018

70th Anniversary of Cambridge University women receiving degrees

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Prizes

Innovative thinking Prizes at Girton, funded by supporters

Mountford Arts and Humanities Communications Prize 2018 The challenge: to find an artefact from a museum, or a museum itself, that conveys SHAPE The winning abstract: ‘La Venere di Savignano’ – the Victoria Secret model from 25,000 years ago Ginny Bernardi (Classics, 2017) This Venus statue was found at Savignano sul Panaro in 1925. Sold to Giuseppe Graziosi for two quintals of grapes, it was taken to the Museo Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini in Rome, where it currently resides. 22.5 cm in height and thought to belong to the upper Palaeolithic era, it earns its fame by being evidence for the birth of art in Italy. It is particular because it is thought to display attributes of both sexes. The head and legs taper into conical shapes, whereas the bust, stomach and glutes are very developed. Venuses from this era are known for their sexual shape, linked to fertility and bounty, not just of women but of the Earth. Such an exaggeratedly voluptuous shape makes this statue seem so powerful that we are unsure whether she is meant to be representing

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Dr Margaret Mountford (Law, 1970) with the 2018 contestants a normal woman of that time, an ideal one or a goddess in her own right. This is also because knowledge of society at that time is limited. Nevertheless, this sort of shape was clearly admired in that era, because very many Venuses from it have been found sporting similar shapes.

My aim is to look at the shape of this Venus in comparison to the evolution of the ‘canonically beautiful shape’ and to the ideal beauty standards of the 21st century: what is now socially considered the shape to aim for, who determines it and should shape matter to us?

Prizes

Hammond Science Communication Prize 2018 The challenge: to present a scientific idea that conveys FLEXIBILITY The winning abstract: Flexible Fragments in Drug Discovery James Cory-Wright (Medical Sciences, 2013) The future of discovering new drugs to treat cancer, antibiotic resistance and genetic diseases relies on a flexible and multidisciplinary approach. Traditionally, pharmaceutical companies have used screening pipelines. Their approach was to use massive libraries of drugs and screen them against protein targets, which might include cancer proteins, bacterial proteins or genetically mutated proteins in the hope that one or a few of these drugs would inhibit the protein target and enter the next stage of drug development. However, this approach is too rigid because the drugs in these libraries lack flexibility and their systematic approaches are not tailored to the specific target. An alternative approach that addresses these criticisms is fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) and this has made a big impact.

Karl Romain (Medical and Veterinary Sciences, 2015) gives his sevenminute presentation Flexibility is key to the success of FBDD. Instead of using large libraries of drugs, FBDD employs small flexible fragments of molecules. These flexible fragments bind proteins in multiple different conformations and at different sites. Flexible linkers can then be used to link the fragments together, producing drugs. The ability to link fragments together massively reduces the starting

library size enabling a flexible screening programme to be used and find the best candidates to become drugs. Starting with a smaller fragment can result in drugs that bind more tightly to protein targets resulting in fewer sideeffects. In this talk I will explain with examples from recent research and my own research how flexibility is crucial to the future of drug discovery.

Jane Martin Poetry Prize 2018 National competition for young and gifted poets aged 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;30 years This prize was founded by Professor Sir Laurence Martin in memory of his daughter, Jane Martin, who read Classics at Girton from 1978 to 1981 and had a love of poetry. The judges, Adrian Poole and Jeremy Noel-Tod,

were greatly impressed by the work of Nina Powles and Dominic Leonard and awarded them first and second prize respectively. You can read their poems at: www.girton.cam.ac.uk/prizes/janemartin-poetry-prize

The winners Nina Powles and Dominic Leonard

The College is very grateful to Dr Margaret Mountford, Dr Phil Hammond and Professor Sir Laurence Martin for their support and enthusiasm.

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Sport

Alumni Match 2018 The weather was mercifully kind for the annual Alumni vs Students Football match this year, with no sign of the ice, wind and snow that had affected recent weeks. It was a high-scoring match with the alumni team lifting the Fran MalarĂŠe mug for the second year in a row. The final score was 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4. Many thanks to the captains and coordinators, Joe Pennell (2012), Gideon Levitt (2012), James Ballantyne (2012), Tom Virgo (2016), and all the players for their efforts in arranging the fixture.

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Donors

Donors to the College 2017â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18 Girton is extremely grateful to all the following for their support. Donors from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018 are listed below; donors from July 2018 will be listed next year. In addition to those listed below, our thanks also go to all donors who wish to remain anonymous. * The participation rate is the percentage of living, addressable alumni making a gift within the financial year. Names in italic type indicate a legacy. Class of 1934 Miss J Macaulay Class of 1935 Miss N Curry Mrs J Westwood (Murrant) Class of 1936 Anonymous Class of 1938 Miss K Auty Class of 1939 Mrs J Abraham (Cole) Class of 1940 Dr M Brown Mrs R Winegarten (Aarons) Class of 1941 Anonymous Dr M Rees (Jones) Class of 1942 Mrs P Churchill (Harwood) Miss M Evans Mrs A Finch (Dickson) Mrs A Sinnhuber (Daubercies) Mrs M Warburg (Hawker) Class of 1943 Anonymous Miss C Jayne Miss E McCreath Mrs A Nowell (Giles) Dr J Trusted (Turner) Class of 1944 Anonymous Mrs M Child (Bond) Miss O Searles Mrs V Williams (Grubb) Class of 1945 Miss M Chevallier Mrs J Humphreys (Bosomworth) Mrs H Kingsley Brown (Sears) Mrs M Oakley (Macmahon) Class of 1946 Anonymous Mrs L Grant (Belton) Class of 1947 Anonymous

Mrs P Bollam (Waterhouse) Mrs R Collins (Mottershead) Mrs M Conn (Sumner) Mrs R Felton (Holt) Professor H Francis (Wright) Miss J Henderson Mrs J A Jolowicz (Stanley) Mrs P Wilson (Knight) Class of 1948 Anonymous Dr S Beare (Reed) Mrs M Clark (Ronald) Dr I Ferguson (McLaren) Mrs R Knox (Vesey Holt) Mrs M Marrs (Lewin) Mrs P Marsh (Holland) and Mr D Marsh Miss B Megson Dr M Rendel Mrs B Sanders (Camplejohn) Mrs S Tyler (Morris) Class of 1949 Anonymous Mrs A Atkinson (Barrett) Mrs M Bryan (Grant) Mrs E Bullock (Pomeroy) Mrs J Cartwright (Edmonds) Miss J Harington Mrs M Hodgkinson (Wass) Dr S Kaplow (Briscoe) Professor V Minogue (Hallett) Dr J Orrell (Kemp) Dr V Pearson (Mercer) The Baroness Perry of Southwark (P Welch) Dr M Snook (Butler) Mrs B Stacey (Smith) Mrs A Thomas (Kendon) Dr M Tiffen (Steele-Perkins) Dr V van der Lande Class of 1950 Anonymous Dr J Attfield (White) Professor V Bowell Mrs R Dams (Bailey) Mrs D Dennis (Hinnels) Mrs N Gibson (MacLeod) Mrs M Hanton (Lumsden) Dr A Henderson (Rankin) Miss S Lesley Mrs A Michaels (Isenstein) Mrs M Owen (Baron) Mrs M Robson (Hulme) Mrs J Schofield (Plowman) Mrs S Stanley (Wright) Mrs J Towle (Barbour) Mrs S Turner (Davis)

Class of 1951 Anonymous Dr R Bailey (In memory of Mrs R Bennett (Appleton, 1951) Miss C Crump Mrs J Gordon-Cumming (Cleave) Dr M Howatson (Craven) (In memory of Mrs R Bennett (Appleton, 1951) Mrs O Linehan (Fitzpatrick) Mrs M Macey (Denton) Ms S Marsden (Marsden-Smedley) Mrs A Oldroyd (Holloway) Dr M Saveson and Professor J Saveson Mrs G Scales (Grimsey) Miss B Stephenson Mrs P Ward (Nobes) Miss P Winterton Mrs V Wootten (Cadbury) Mrs H Wright (Minginsqa) Dr E Wyatt Class of 1952 Anonymous Mrs C Bar-Yaacov (Stonehill) Dr S Bolt Dr M Bull (Huse) Dr M Bullen Miss J Butler (in memory of Miss M Gregory 1952) Mrs A Carey (Patrick) Mrs J Foord (Greenacre) Lady Foster ( K Bullock) Miss M Gregory Miss R Hadden Mrs R Harris (Barry) Mrs J Hurst (Kohner) Mrs J Lovegrove (Bourne) Mrs B Marshall (Golding) (in memory of Miss M Gregory 1952) Mrs C Maxtone Graham (Tannert) Mrs S Neish (Smith) (in memory of Miss M Gregory 1952) Mrs P Ross (Davies) Mrs N Schaffer (Thomas) Mrs J Tyrer (Montagu) Mrs I Wiener (Pollak) Class of 1953 Anonymous Mrs S Alderson (Heard) Mrs W Arnold (Joyce) Mrs A Attree (Chapman) Dr M Barnes (Sampson) Mrs B Bishop (Baker) and Colonel D Bishop Mrs P Breitrose (Martin) Mrs E Britton (Prichard) The Revd L Brown Mrs M Buxton (Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien)

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Donors

Dr E Dobie (Marcus) Mrs G Hakki (Ahmed) Dr E Hardcastle (Grant) Miss O Harper Dr P Hill (Harper) Mrs K Larkin (Gibson) and Mr M Larkin Mrs J Marshallsay (Hall-Smith) Dr H Morgan (Retter) Mrs J Ogborn (MacKereth) Mrs B Plummer (Lobb) Mrs J Round (Baum) Mrs J Shipley (Leeman) Mrs E Silva (Barratt) Class of 1954 The Rev H Catton (Middleton) Mrs C Coleman (Whiten) Dr M Cox (Whichelow) Miss A Day Mrs E Fenwick (Roberts) Mrs A Franklin (Glossop) Mrs J Jordan (Hogbin) Dr E Lovett (Hardy) Miss M McNulty Lady Nicholls of Birkenhead (J Thomas) Miss S Rumble Mrs H Silk (Wallace) Mrs D Stallard (Randall) Mrs F Strong (Ranger) Ms M Swanwick (Richardson) Mrs M Wilson (Entwistle) Dr P Wittmann (Curry) Mrs D Woolley (McGrath) Class of 1955 Anonymous Dr S Adam (Merrell) Mrs R Allen (Green) Mrs J Anstice (Williams) Mrs P Bainbridge (Lawrence) Mrs J Barker (Cotton) Miss B Bowden Mrs J Cardell Lawe (Cardell) Mrs R Edwards (Moore) Mrs D Geliot (Stebbing) Mrs M Goodrich (Bennett) Dr B Hammerton (Mann) Mrs J Hamor (Wilkinson) Mrs P Hanage (Sandford) Dame Rosalyn Higgins (Cohen) Lady Insall (L Moss) Mrs C McLean (Lithgow) Mrs G Parr (Loft) Mrs A Preston (Walmsley) Mrs D Thorp (Galbraith) Mrs S Threlfall (Jackson) Mrs C Vigars (Walton) Mrs J Walker (Brown) Dr V Warrior Mrs E Werry The Rev T Witter (Lock) Class of 1956 Participation rate 30% Dr M Abel Mrs J Barrett (Fountain) Mrs J Burrows (Woodd) Lady Cassidi (D Bliss) Mrs F Clark (Mill) Mrs M Clarkson (Lightburne) Dr J Davies (Dadds) Ms W Hellegouarcâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;h (Thomas) Mrs P Hooker (Warren) Dr G Jondorf (Moore) Mrs M Pedlar-Perks (Tillett) Mrs M Poole (Smith)

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Dr M Rossiter Dr F Simpson (Zuill) Lady Swinnerton-Dyer (H Browne) Mrs M Thorpe (Perry) Mrs R Treves Brown (Harding) Ms M Vincent Mrs K Wills (Wright) Mrs A Wright (Miller) Class of 1957 Participation rate 27% Anonymous Professor J Ashworth Dr M Davies (Owen) Dr G duCharme (Brown) Dr L Kennard (Brown) Mrs J Kenrick (Greaves) Dr M Laurie Dr E Poskitt Ms R Rattenbury Mrs V Roberts (Chapman) Miss M Smith Dr E Vinestock (Morrison) Mrs V Wood-Robinson (Ginman) Mrs P Youngman (Coates) Class of 1958 Participation rate 44% Anonymous Mrs A Bean (Steer) Mrs J Blackburn (Saunders) Miss J Corser Mrs A Eccles (Chib) The Revd Canon Dr R Edwards (Phillips) Mrs C Gascoigne (Ditchburn) and Mr B Gascoigne Lady Gass (E Acland-Hood) Mrs H Greenstock (Fellowes) Miss C Haworth Mrs J Hawtin (Knight) Mrs D Hobden (Hutchings) Mrs A Holland (Telling) Dr G Lachelin Dr J Lloyd (Muir-Smith) Miss K Lo Ms R Niblett Mrs K Norman (Redwood) Mrs J Pardey (Stoker) Mrs C Paulson-Ellis (Brunyate) Mrs J Prescott (Palmer) Professor F Rhoads (Secker) and Dr G Rhoads Dr J Rizvi (Clarke) Mrs R Ross (Fincher) Mrs C Stewart (Custance) Mrs B Stocks (Martin) Dr D Thompson (Walbank) Mrs G Victory (Ebrahimzadeh) Class of 1959 Participation rate 43% Anonymous Mrs G Armitage (Dover) Mrs S Beasley (Brown) Dr M Bent (Bassington) Mrs D Boatman (Coles) Mrs G Chadwick (Offen) Dr E Courtauld (Molland) Mrs J Dandliker (Cheng) Dr A Deveson (Richards) Mrs S Diggle (Chapman) Lady English (J Milne) Ms J Fairwood (Wood) Mrs A Foat (Goldup) Mrs V Hall (Heard) and Mr J Hall Mrs C Hopkins (Busbridge) Miss S Landen

Mrs K Lawther (Cameron) Mrs B MacKenzie Ross (Horgan) Mrs A Montgomery (Hurrell) Mrs M Morgan (Stallard-Penoyre) Mrs H Nicholls (Cameron) Professor C Oppong (Slater) Mrs J Paine (Smith) Mrs L Ruffe (Cuppage) Mrs J Staniforth (Nebel) Professor S Szuchet Mrs P Thompson (Reed) Mrs D Turner (Greenaway) M Vaizey (Stansky) Class of 1960 Participation rate 32% Anonymous Mrs A Bowker (Bennett) Dr D Devlin Mrs L Eshag (Lewis) Mrs C Field (Lander) Mrs M Field (Chisholm) Mrs B Gardner (Brennan) Mrs C Georghiades (Robinson) Dr A Hamblin (Peel) Dr V Haynes Mrs F Hebditch (Davies) and Mr M Hebditch Mrs J Herriott (MacLean) Dr C Kent (Beckett) Dr A McDonald (Lamming) Miss F Mills Dame B Ogilvie Mrs E Siddall (Stone) Mrs C Thomas (Warne) Mrs S Thomson (Dowty) Mrs E Walker (Saunders) Dr M Walmsley Ms C Webb Mrs M Woodall (Evans) Class of 1961 Participation rate 33% Anonymous Mrs M Benjamin (Keith-Lucas) Mrs C Brack (Cashin) Mrs K Brind (Williams) Dr A Conyers (Williams) Mrs S Cox (Crombie) Mrs J de Swiet (Hawkins) Mrs C Kirkby (Billingham) Mrs L Merriman (Megarry) Miss B Nevill Professor C Nyamweru (Washbourn) Mrs A Richards (Brown) Ms A Robertson Dr E Rowley (Russell) Mrs L Scott-Joynt (White) Mrs R Sjolin (Brooking) Mrs S Smith (Jenkins) Mrs S Smith (Tyndall) Mrs J Standage (Ward) Professor A Thompson Dr R Toms (Peregrine-Jones) Mrs S Wilson (Waller) Reverend Professor F Young (Worrall) Class of 1962 Participation rate 24% Anonymous Dr J Bainbridge Mrs R Binney (Chanter) Mrs D Bond (MacFarlane) Professor J Brown Dr L Challis (Lincoln) Miss A Darvall Miss H Greig

Donors

Dr R Morley (Doling) Dr L Pollard (Robertson) Professor I Rivers (Haigh) Mrs B Salmon (Shaw) Miss P Simpson Mrs W Tucker (Jones) Mrs J Way (Whitehead) Class of 1963 Participation rate 26% Anonymous Lady J Atkinson (Mandeville) Dr J Braid (Slater) Dr E Burroughs (Clyma) Mrs P Cooper (Lilley) The Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond (B Hale) Mrs S Hill (Gleeson-White) Mrs F Jervis (MacMahon) (In memory of Ms S Beauman (Kinsey-Miles 1963) Mrs C Lane (Emus) and Dr G Lane Mrs H Langslow (Addison) Mrs B Mansell (Wulf) Dr U Ryan (Scully) Mrs M Stoney Dr P Taylor (Francis) Class of 1964 Participation rate 21% Anonymous Mrs C Ansorge (Broadbelt) Dr J Baldock (Cottrell) Mrs C Beasley-Murray (Griffiths) Mrs M Berry (Hughes-Owens) The Rev A Bradbrook (Turner) Mrs R Canning (Harris) Miss D Crowder Ms I Freebairn Dr A Garner (Appleton) Dr S Hollingshead-Fox (Hollingshead) Ms V Horsler (Sheen) Mrs J McManus (Edwards) Mrs R Oliver (Armistead) Dr R Osmond (Beck) Dr H Robinson (Taylor) Mrs P Shaw (Northcroft) Mrs C Thorp (Kenyon) Ms G Turton Class of 1965 Participation rate 26% Anonymous The Rt Hon Lady Arden (M Arden) Mrs J Campbell-Howes Dr D Challis (Pennington) Lady Craufurd (G Russell) Miss M Creer Mrs P Eaton (Mills) Ms J Gardiner Dr J Mallison (Hallowes) Mrs M Medlicott (James) Mrs F Novitski (Wood) Dr R Page (Wight) Dr S Paskins (Brown) Mrs P Sharp (Monach) Professor A Sinclair (Lees) Dr A Tyndale Professor V van Heyningen (Daniel) Ms M Watkins (Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dowd) Mrs D Wells (Bousfield) Class of 1966 Participation rate 23% Anonymous Mrs L Andrews (Scott)

Dr E Capewell (Aldridge) Miss F Corrie Mrs L Curgenven (Charlton) Mrs H Davies (Waters) Professor A Finch The Baroness Hamwee (S Hamwee) Mrs B Hird (Holden) and Mr A Hird Miss M Leeson Dr A Lishman Miss D Millward Professor L Milne Mrs S Shields (Robinson) Dr R Smith (Loewenthal)

Mrs V Honeyborne-Martins (Honeyborne) Mrs M Innes (Woods) Dr G Monsell (Thomas) Professor E Nesbitt Mrs A Perry (Blackwell) Miss A Plackett Mrs Z Skinner (Jones) Dr B Taylor (Slimming) Mrs K Ward (Mee) Mrs S Watson (Head) Dr J Wilson (Trotter) Ms C Wright Mrs R Yule (Sanders)

Class of 1967 Participation rate 20% Anonymous Dr P Chadwick Mrs L Chesneau (Jacot) Mrs K Coleman (MacKenzie) Miss M Day Dr E Emerson Dr P Ford Mrs F Garland (Coutts) Mrs F Johnson (Lewis) Mrs J Lloyd (Pawson) Mrs D McAndrew (Harrison) Mrs B Moran (Jones) Ms H Moss Dr C Nutton (Clements) Dr P Price Mrs A Rowe (Helliwell)

Class of 1970 Participation rate 18% Anonymous Mrs C Avery Jones (Bobbett) Miss A Bell Mrs A Brackley (Butler) Mrs B Coulson (Chambers) Professor Dame A Dowling Ms E Guppy Mrs S Hargreaves Professor M Haycock Miss L Howie Dame Zarine Kharas Ms R Koo Dr S Lawton (Marsh-Smith) Miss P Mander Ms R Martin Mrs V Martin (Bennett) Dr J Melia (Gibson) Dr M Mountford (Gamble) Ms J Nockolds Dr R Siddals Miss M Wooldridge

Class of 1968 Participation rate 30% Anonymous Dr A Blackburn Dr E Bowling Dr L Braddock Ms S Burrows-Goodwill (Burrows) Mrs V Challacombe (Brousson) Mrs H Chown (Benians) Ms J Crimmin Dr K Crocker (Tombs) Dr J Cross Miss S Cubitt Miss M Cutler Dr H Falk Ms H Goy (Corke) Dr G Harte Professor R Jenkins (McDougall) Ms E Klingaman Mrs D Knight (Watson) Dr M Lovatt (Screech) Ms H Mandleberg Dr A McLean Ms J Mercer (Clarke) Ms S Minter Mrs A Moore-Gwyn (White) Professor D Outram Mrs S Penfold (Marshall) Professor H Ritvo Dr F Smith (Rankin) Mrs H Swallow (Symes) Ms J Thompson Class of 1969 Participation rate 25% Anonymous Dr C Bell (Howe) Miss S Blacker (Brenton) Dr R Burley (Heritage) Mrs R Dickens (De Courcy) Mrs L Emery (Crick) Ms M Friend Dr A Griffin (Ryder)

Class of 1971 Participation rate 17% Anonymous Mrs A Brown (Mark) Dr H Caldwell (Burtenshaw) Mrs V Chiesa (Wilkie) Dr F Clifton-Hadley (Christian) Dr A Cobby Mrs A Cowley (Bazin) Miss L Fluker Mrs K Jenkins (Kubikowski) The Revd K Kirby Mrs J McKnight (Ruddle) Dr K Morgan (Moore) Miss J Palmer Mrs H Papworth (Garson) Ms T Smallbone Dr H Taylor Mrs J Tierney (Briggs) Mrs G Waters (Cutmore) Dr S Wright (Heywood) Class of 1972 Participation rate 17% Anonymous Mrs H Asbury (Jephcott) Mrs J Bell (Spurgin) Mrs S Cooper (Vale) Miss C Cullis Ms S Dawson Dr P Dodgson-Katiyo (Dodgson) Dr A Edmonds Miss G Edwards Ms J Hanna Ms A Hey Ms B Hines (Fejtek) Mrs J Hope (Bentley) Dr A Overzee (Hunt)

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Donors

Miss S Pargeter Ms V Platt Mrs D Reynolds (Bevin) Mrs C Stoker (Porter) and Mr A Stoker Ms D Sutherland Miss O Timbs Mrs S Walker (Wren) Mrs R Whatmore (Robertson) Class of 1973 Participation rate 19% Anonymous Mrs A Bamforth (Burgess) Dr M Davies Ms L Duffin Dr L Dumbreck (Devlin) Dr C Fine (Cheal) Mrs B Ford (Seeley) Mrs R Griffiths (Guy) Dr S Jones Mrs V Knight (Hammerton) Dr A Lyon (Butland) Mrs N Miller (Thomas) Ms J Muller Finn (Muller) Dr C Murray (Thorpe) Dr A Owen Rabbi S Sheridan (Romain) Mrs A Stainsby (Sutton) Mrs J Terrington (Jones) Dr S Tilby (Wharton) Ms P Wade (Wellburn) Class of 1974 Participation rate 17% Anonymous Lady Baker (H Sharrock) Mrs M Bonsall (Shaw) Mrs C Borrill (Pateras) Dr J Clayton (Gardner) Dr S Dyson Miss D Farley The Rev Dr A Ferris (Thacker) Dr E French (Jacques) Ms J Fuller Ms E Hanson (Robinson) Mrs A Jackson (Jones) Dr D Lamb Mrs C Mitcheson (Ramshaw) Ms M Morris Dr C Morrison (Page) Ms J Portal (Bowerman) Miss K Refson Miss A Rhodes Mrs C Robertson (Derbyshire) Dr H Trusted Dr R Whaley Mrs A Whipp (Smith) Class of 1975 Participation rate 24% Anonymous Ms F Anderson (Wells-Thorpe) Mrs C Barlow (Shakespeare) Dr S Black (Hollis) Miss F Boyers Dr J Coates (Whatley) Ms A Davidson (Jones) Professor F Doyle Mrs S Finlay (Perry) Ms J Hayball Dr M Jubb Ms C Kerridge Dr G Kilner (Benbow) Miss J Mann Mrs S Mead (Chan) Mrs C Mitchell (Teall)

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Dr R Nye (Painter) Mrs S Palmer (Hull) Her Honour Judge I Parry Dr R Rayner (Talbot) Mrs N Richardson (Clark) Mrs J Robertson (Dowie) Professor V Sanders Dr K Saunders Professor S Springman Miss A Stebbing Professor P Tyrrell Ms F Werge Class of 1976 Participation rate 27% Anonymous Dr C Anderson (Aston) Mrs E Barrott (Stosic) Dr C Bryce (Ford) Mrs P Cakebread (James) Mrs L Davies (Cooper) Dr B Mensch and Mr M Evans Ms J Ferrans Dr M Fiorotto Ms D Fuertes (Kay) Mrs A Jenkinson (Sims) Mrs E Jones (Dando) Miss M Knowles Mrs S Maunder (McVicar) Mrs G Millinger (Aston) Mrs S Morgan (Richardson) Ms H Morrison Ms S Riedhammer (Sharp) Dr A Roberts Dr C Robinson Dr Y Roe Mrs M Rutterford (Williamson) Ms M Seers Dr S Seymour (Taylor) Mrs A Shrubshall (Horton) Mrs J Smallwood (Smith) Miss E Wade Dr K Wheeler Mrs H Wright (Peacock) Class of 1977 Participation rate 24% Anonymous Mrs S Ballingall (Sampson) Mrs C Bromhead (Smith) Dr C Brown Dr B Burin Mrs J Collyer (Kiwana) Mrs A Coulton (McWatters) Dr C Davis Dr R Dyer (Snelling) Mrs S Fromson (Hubert) Mrs C Hesketh (Castle) Dr J Hughes Ms R Jones Mrs N King (Cowell) Mrs N Lanaghan (Hamilton-Russell) Ms K Littlewood Miss J Main Thompson Dr L Pillidge (Robinson) Professor S Rowland-Jones Mrs B Schouten (Edwards) Mrs P Somervell (Holt) Miss S Stephens Professor H Thomas Ms C Topliff Mrs L Turner (Gemmell) Mrs G White (Lupton) Mrs J Wiggett (Tyler) Ms S Woodall Mrs G Woon (Doubleday)

Class of 1978 Participation rate 26% Anonymous Mrs R Anderson (Naish) and Mr J Anderson Dr A Beckham (Roberts) Dr M Chambers Mrs S Conolly (Ruch) Mrs S Crawford The Rev Dr M De Quidt (Williamson) Mrs G Dodd (Andrewes) Ms J Elton Professor C Ennew Mrs S Ferris (Hanley) Mrs N Fielding (Creedy) Miss L Fleminger Mrs A Francis (Fairbairn) Mrs J George (Peterson) Ms G Hammond Ms A Harding (Moore) Mrs A Higgs (Beynon) Ms B Hill Ms K Knight Mrs A Masters (Elms Neale) Dr J Mitchell (Stebbing) Dr A Mynors-Wallis (Lloyd-Thomas) Mrs S Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mahony (Bigg) Mrs S Routledge (Blythe) Mrs S Shrimpton (Lightfoot) Mrs S Smith (Wildash) Ms S Tate Lady Turing (N Simmonds) Miss A Weitzel Mrs L Wortley (Greenhalgh) Class of 1979 Participation rate 25% Anonymous Dr E Bambridge (Davison) Mrs J Barwick-Nesbit (Nicholson) Ms J Caddick (Roberts) Mr N Campbell Dr T Child (Skeggs) Mrs K Clay (Swift) Ms J Drinkwater Mrs J Edis (Askew) Dr A Gemmill Mr J Gower Ms S Haggard Dr S Hales Dr K Hammersley (Horner) Ms C Hanks (Boag) Miss J Hewett-Cooney (Hewett) Ms S Hewin Mrs P Howell Evans (Woodhouse) Miss L Jerram Mrs M Lewis (Wallington) Mr J Longstaff Mrs A Lowe (Alexander) Dr J Martin (Hewitt) Mr N Pears Professor M Power Mr S Prew Mr S Richardson The Rev E Robertson (Savage) Ms V Ryan Dr P Schaffner and Ms P Schaffner Dr J Sears Mrs A Sheil (Simpson) Mrs S Waller (Skelland) Mrs F Weston (Simpson) Dr C Young Class of 1980 Participation rate 24% Anonymous Miss M Archer

Donors

Mr P Berg Mr P Bernstein Dr H Blackburn (Egan) Mrs L Bowen (Dennis) Mr J Doyle Professor M Fewtrell Mr S Firth Mrs A Fyffe Reverend S Gill Ms S Hall (Hetherington) Mr D Hollingworth Mrs S Lancashire (Marr) Dr N Land Dr I Laurenson Mrs M Marsh (Scopes) Dr K Marwick Mr C Milne Mrs K Pugh (Burton) Mr D Recaldin Mr Y N Tan Mr I Teague Ms P Treacy Dr C Vize Mrs H Wilderspin (Chatters) Dr R Wrigley Class of 1981 Participation rate 12% Anonymous Mr G Counsell and Ms A Reece (1981) Ms C Edwards Dr P Hammond Mr N Harvey Mrs R Hyde (Riley) Mr A Lane Mrs Y Maxtone-Smith (Maxtone-Graham) Mr R McAllister Dr K Miller Mr P Patel Ms F Smith Mr M Smith Mrs R Stileman (Cremer) Mrs A Whitaker (Rundle) Class of 1982 Participation rate 16% Anonymous Professor J Cassell Ms L Davy Ms K Fawcett Mr P Fitzalan Howard Mr S Fox Mrs E Hess (Bannan) Mr M Holt Mrs S Hood (Probert) Mr S Hood Mrs K Ip (Jopson) The Revd Canon Professor C Methuen Mr S Namasivayam Professor C Proudman and Miss S Major (1982) Miss M Quinn Mrs J Raffle (Lobell) Mr H Roberts Miss P Robinson Mr A Simpson Ms L Simpson Class of 1983 Participation rate 12% Anonymous Mr T Bass Mrs Y Benoit (Pyndiah) Dr R Bewley Ms A Chapman (Sayles) Mr C Christopher

Mr C Gibbs Mr L Høegh Mrs A House (McNiff) Professor M Lindsay Mr C Main Ms C Orchard (Brind) Mr J Pike Mrs R Rawnsley (Schofield) Dr K Steward Ms F Van Dijk Mr D Wittmann and Mrs S Wittmann (Abesser) (1983) Class of 1984 Participation rate 13% Anonymous Mr D Acres Mr P Cameron Ms L Cattermole Watkins (Cattermole) Dr T Crickmore (Bartram) Ms E Drew Mrs C Dwyer (Williams) Professor M Gale Mr A Jackson Mrs L Mann (Rentoul) Mr C Mok Mrs D Morrison (Restall) and Mr A Morrison (1985) Mrs S Peatfield (Charles) Dr L Power Dr I Smith Ms H Strong Mr M Walker Mr P Williams Class of 1985 Participation rate 20% Anonymous Mrs P Armitage (Scott-Moncrieff) Dr R Averill Dr S Bankes (Thorniley) Mr C Basson Dr C Bradley Mr P Bream and Mrs J Bream (Sharp) (1988) Mrs H Butler (Penfold) Dr D Cara and Dr M Cara (Blake) (1985) Mrs K Collins (Scrivener) Mrs P Considine Ms M Hackett Mr M Hanson Mr F Heng Dr R Hyde Ms A King Mrs R Lewis (Davies) Professor D Mead Mr T Ramoutar Ms P Roberts Dr C Seward Dr D Smith Ms M Sng Mrs E Strachan (Hill) Mr M Torevell Miss S Williams Mr C Woodford Mr R Woods Class of 1986 Participation rate 21% Anonymous Mrs D Banerji (Urwin) Dr C Beton Mr M Brierley Mr K Chan Mrs S Croft (White) Dr S Edwards Mr D Fielding

Mr G Freeman Mr S Haywood-Ward Mr R Lewis and Mrs R Lewis Clarke (1985) Ms C Liassides Dr S Lishman Mr A Pymer and Dr C Wernham (1986) Mr R Rayward Ms M Romanello (McAllen) Dr P Shah Mrs A Sharp (de Labauve d’Arifat) Dr W Simonson Mr A Simpson Dr N Storer Dr W Tam Mr S Walker Dr E Wang Mr K Watson Ms K Whiting (in memory of David Watkins (1986) Class of 1987 Participation rate 10% Anonymous Mr M Anderson Mr R Bayall (Buaal) Mr T Britton Mr S Close Ms R Jayasundera and Mr R Day (1987) Dr L Fallon Mr K Galloway Mr P Groombridge Dr R Makarem Ms S Maxwell (McCollough) Mr J Oatley and Mrs J Oatley (Moriarty 1987) Professor S Panda Class of 1988 Participation rate 18% Anonymous Mrs J Ancel (Hatem) Mr C Ayerst Ms C Bardon (Heslop) Ms A Bown Ms A Gamble (Bell) Ms F Graham Mr G Green Mr M Hutt Mr M Keady Dr S Kebbell Mrs A Little (Jacobson) Dr P Logan Dr J Malt Dr J Marshall Mr N Morgan Mr R Moss Mr M O’Brien Mrs A Orsi (Knight) Dr J Rippin Mrs G Riviere (Pollard) Mr J Short Ms J Sundaralingam Mr J Taylor Mr J Tothill Dr T Wong Ms A Young Class of 1989 Participation rate 14% Anonymous Dr C Allen (Murray) Dr D Bell Miss J Buck Mrs N Bush (Seed) Mrs S Caldwell (Colley) Mrs R Cowin (Clark)

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Donors

Ms C Greenwood Mr D Henderson Mr J Howling Dr J Jacobs Ms S Jones (Griffith) Mrs R Moore (Batte) Ms M Nash Ms N Guest and Mr D Riddell Mr A Ridley Ms C Rushton Mrs C Seward (Stanley) Class of 1990 Participation rate 12% Anonymous Dr J Bates and Mrs J Bates Mr S Beale Mr M Hallett Mrs G McPherson (Hunter) Miss V Milner Mrs G Motte (Crowley) Dr G O’Keefe Mr D Poppleton Mr N Purser Dr K Rutherford and Dr S Rutherford (Whitby) (1990) Dr M Stidworthy Mr T Taylor Mrs J Treutenaere (Amos) Ms L Wagner Dr H Wong Class of 1991 Participation rate 14% Anonymous Mrs K Bass (Newbury) Mr P Bottome Mr S Bradley Mr J Creighton Mr M Davidson Mr R Goodhead Dr G Hamilton Dr S Hayward Mr P James Ms C Kendal (Currie) Mrs P King (Smart) Mr S T Lim Mrs P Martin (Hall) Dr D Ramm Mr A Redfern Mr J Rouse Mr T Southern Dr S Wallace

Class of 1993 Participation rate 13% Anonymous Mr G Arnold Mr T Barnes Mr W Collins Dr A Curry Mr I Furlonger Mrs S Galbraith (Smith) Dr J Glasson Ms R Kerr Mr K Meghjee Mrs C Moore (Hemsworth) Mr J O’Sullivan Mrs S Parsons (Relf) Mr N Sartain Mr D Semal Mr H Stokes Mr R Till Mrs A Tobin Ms R Whippman Mr G Williams Class of 1994 Participation rate 10% Anonymous Dr A Blaxter Paliwala Dr T Courtney Dr C Crowe Mr C Hulatt Mrs S Huxley-Reynard (Edgar) Dr A Kells Ms C Maugham (Hibbitt) Mr L McLernon Dr J Midgley Mr S Payne Mr E Pugh Dr G Somayajula (Bradbury) Mrs A Thomas (Disbury) Mr H Thomas Mr B West and Mrs E West (Kelley) (1994) Class of 1995 Participation rate 9% Anonymous Mr T Boughton Mr S Davidson Mr A Every Miss A Jacobs Mr L John Miss I Lloyd Webber Mr P Ryland Miss L Shackleton Dr L Shaw Dr A Thurrell

Class of 1992 Participation rate 14% Anonymous Dr S Aguilar Dr M Athenes Mr D Batchelor Professor J Bibow Mr R Bradford Dr E Chesneau Mr M Cheung Mrs J Geldart (Kelly) Mr J Geston Mr O Haffenden Mrs R Hourston (Madden) Mr K Limbajee Mr J Marsh Mr A McCready Mr S McMurray Mr R Paterson Mr T Percival Mr A Poulson Dr C Themans-Warwick

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Class of 1996 Participation rate 13% Anonymous Dr L Bannister Dr K Best (Smith) Miss C Chan Mr M Cobley Mr C Deacon Mr K Gan Miss A Gee Mr P Glover Mr A Gregorio Mr S Ho Miss L James Mrs H Mackinlay (Bradley) Mr O Ming

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Mrs L Nielsen Board (Dean) Mr D Rhys Mrs B Richards (Goodridge) Ms C Roberts Ms J Rogan (Oldham) Mr R Smith Class of 1997 Participation rate 18% Anonymous Miss L Allen Mr J Anthony-Edwards (Anthony) Ms K Bana Mr P Beer Miss M Bingham-Walker Mr E Buckley Dr E Butterworth Mr C Cheung Mr A Chisholm Ms E Cox Mr M Cullingford Mr E Gatfield Mrs C Gruffudd Jones (Mulliss) Mr R Hakes Mr P Hall Mrs C Hawes (Slevin) and Dr J Hawes (1997) Mrs A James Mrs H Morrison (Sheard) Mr T Murphy Mr J Naylor Dr K Nelson (Duffin) and Mr S Nelson (1997) Mrs E O’Reilly Mr T Poon Mr N Robinson Mr P Rutland Dr J Schonfield Dr M Shaw-Champion Mrs C Shimakawa-devitt (Devitt) Mr M Sidhom Ms J Smith Mr C Tuohy Mr C Vickers Class of 1998 Participation rate 16% Anonymous Dr A Bayona Font Dr N Brooks Mr R Bryan Mrs F Bryson (Davies) Miss K Clark Mr P Cornmell Dr T Craggs Mr G Dobson and Mrs A Dobson (Ambrose) (1999) Mrs P Frowde (Barclay) Mr J Gilberthorpe Mrs S Holt (Merrigan) Ms K Kennedy (Laver) Professor K Niglas Mr J Parker Miss R Pope Mr G Redman Mrs C Smith (Thomas) Ms V Stevens Ms K Tymieniecka Mr J Vali Ms K Wood Mr J Woolf Class of 1999 Participation rate 10% Anonymous Mr S Bowie Miss L Bullock Miss T Collier

Donors

Mr J Cooper-Colliander (Cooper) Mr D Emmens Mr A Holland and Mrs K Holland (Crosby) (1999) Dr N Jennings Mr P Marshall Mr J Morgan Mrs R Morris (Bowes) Dr R Orr Mr E Owles Mrs C Paine (Andrade) Mrs S Read (Gill) Mr H Rowntree Miss N Rump Dr G Williams Class of 2000 Participation rate 11% Anonymous Mr D Bradnum Mrs S Bradnum (Degge) Mrs C Bright (Wright) Dr C Duckworth Ms P Giaiero Mrs C Hempsall (Dovey) Mr R Karia Mr T Kerswill Miss A Lawrence Mr J Panchaud Dr H Park Ms P Putnam Mrs K Seed (Butlin) Mr G Shuker Dr D Smith Mr T Sneddon Mrs A Speicher (Pepple) Mr B Speight and Mrs H Speight (Haggie) (2000) Mr T Wey Class of 2001 Participation rate 14% Anonymous Miss C Abbott Miss B Cain Mr D Cash Miss S Daniell Ms K Davis Miss G Durkin Miss R Dyer Mr T Elliott Miss K Ellison Mr P Gomersall Mr P Hempsall Dr U Inamete Mr J Meenowa Ms E Navasargian Mr S Rath Dr V Samuels (Instone) Ms E St. Matthew-Daniel Dr D Stretton (Marshall) Mr N Thornton Mr R Wright Class of 2002 Participation rate 16% Anonymous Mr J Beeson Dr D Black Miss G Bryce Miss K Charles (In Honor of Roger and Mary Lee Charles) Mrs G Chen Mrs S Cooney (Cooper) Miss H Craik Mr D Das

Mr S de Haas Mr A Drysdale Mr T Elson Dr S Gnanakumaran Mr J Hogg Mrs P Hook (Tudor) Mr T Houlton Mr Z Lamdin Mr K Merrett Ms N Osborn Mr J Ottal Ms A Outhwaite Mrs A Pacitti (Riddoch) Dr K Ponomareva Mr M Schneider Mr M Schwingenheuer Miss S Stewart Mr T Taylor Mr J Turner Mr S West Mrs L Wherity (Hare) Mr T Yates Class of 2003 Participation rate 12% Anonymous Mrs J Cobbett (Jones) Mr A Darnton Miss M Ferdous Miss A Goddard Mr J Hewitt Mr M Hughes Mrs G James (Hancock) and Mr R James (2003) Mr A Kumar Dr P Man Mr A Mugan Mrs C Murrells (Clifton) and Mr J Murrells (2003) Mrs S Saeed (Adam) Mr B Stimmler Mr W Wang Dr M White Mr J Woods Reverend J Wright Class of 2004 Participation rate 10% Anonymous Mr A Ainsworth Mr M Beckett Mr M Birmingham Mrs E Bridge (Kawashima) Mr D Deitz Mr V Handa Mr A Leung and Miss V Moss (2004) Mr O Lewis and Mrs R Lewis (2004) Mr P Martin Dr A McMinn Mr S Murray Dr E Owen Mrs P Samioti Mr A Stanchina Mr J Waiting Dr I Walker (Sides) Dr L Walker Mr T Wieladek Mr K Wong Dr T Wood Class of 2005 Participation rate 15% Anonymous Mr J Anderson Mr L Andrews Dr P Brett

Miss K Caro Dr N Culshaw Mr C Donnelly Dr O Falconer Mr M Forsman Mrs K Gosling (Below) and Mr M Gosling Mr P Hall Mr L Jones Miss C Kellas Miss M Lavin Mr E Livingston Miss D Luo Ms C Murdoch (Nichols) Mr S Mutter and Miss N Jocelyn (2005) Mrs J Naseman (Bromage) and Mr B Naseman (2007) Mr W Norris Mr R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien Mr W Prior Dr D Rees Mr R Sands Miss K Scotter Mrs J Sheard (Gulliver) Dr R Stutt Dr W Szlachta Mr W Walters Class of 2006 Participation rate 13% Anonymous Mr R Ahmed Ms E Alekseeva Mr N Anandakumar Miss R Anthony Mr S Antill Dr A Baxter (Brown-Kerr) Mr M Beevor and Mrs L Beevor (Foan) (2007) Mr S Cowen Dr K Gaston Mr J Gray Miss N Hamilton Mr J Hosier Miss L Iredale Mr T Keen Mr O Patey Mr B Ramsay Mrs K Russell (Tinslay) Dr L Sun Mr B Travers Mr H Wong Class of 2007 Participation rate 15% Anonymous Mr D Adams Mr C Ainsworth-Patrick Miss E Bowen Miss W Chan Mr T Gault Mr S Hayes Mr T Ithell Miss E Karatufek Miss R Langton Mr S Ngan Miss J Nutter Mr O Nzelu Mr F Perez Cutino Miss S Rodriguez Miss K Saar Dr S Smart Mr A Smith Miss R Smith Mr D Tang Mr B Treloar Mrs A Vora (Shah) Mr M Vroobel

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Donors

Class of 2010 Participation rate 7% Anonymous Dr I Beh Mr A Campbell Dr B Cooke Dr A Gonzalez Oyarce Mrs K Green (Walton) Dr A Guzman de la Fuente Mr B Katz-Crowther (Katz) Mr R Kilcoyne Ms T Pan Mr C Scutt Dr A Stead Mr M Thoma Miss E Walters

Mr D Vyravipillai Mr S Wait Miss L Walden Dr T Williams Mr A Young Class of 2008 Participation rate 11% Anonymous Mr S Bhattacharjee Mr E Button Mr M Duyzend Miss N Epaminonda Mr L Fletcher Miss C Ford Mr J Freedman Mr M Jones Mr C Kelly Mr N Khabirpour Mr C Lynn Mr J McKeown Mr N Mead Mr R Patel Mr R Pavesi Miss H Phillips Mr N Rosa Mr G Shankar Mr J Smith Mr D Spencer Miss E West Mr J Wong Mr P Woollins

Class of 2011 Participation rate 5% Anonymous Mr A Adeoye Mr M Bauer Mr C Fletcher Miss R Boardman Miss C Gibbons Mr T Hawker-Dawson (Dawson) Mr J Tong Mr I Yate Ms B Zheng

Class of 2009 Participation rate 10% Anonymous Miss N Baroudi Mr L Bates Mr P Brook Miss R Butterfill Mr P Chand-Bajpai Miss H Clark Miss S Hale Ms L Hassell-Hart (Hassell) and Mr S HassellHart (Hart) (2009) Mr T Hellier Mr E Hillary Mr K Hughes Miss M Kang Dr M Lam Mr S Probyn Mr J Streather

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Class of 2012 Anonymous Miss H Davies Dr A De Ville Miss I Fuell Mr T Lefley Miss J O’Reilly Mr S Rayner Ms H Smith Mr P Thomson Class of 2013 Miss M García Villamil Class of 2014 Mr M Albada Mr A Ali Class of 2018 Dr E Hart and Mr A Hart

Fellows, staff and supporters1 Dr D Barden Mr R Bennett Mr A Blake Mr P Briggs Dr J Chojecki Mr F Clowes Professor S Dyson Dr J Evans (in memory of Dr S Ganly, 1977) Sir L Fielding Professor R Godby Professor L Gumpel Dr J Harker Mr W Harker Mr P Hawke-Smith Dr G Johnson Professor K Kong Dr A Lynch Ms D Lowther Ms F Malaree and Mr R Wielechowski (2002) Mr M Mesquita da Cunha and Ms C Cardon de Lichtbuer Mr M Morgan Mr N Peacock Ms Y Popova Ms J Reynolds Mr M Roberts Mrs L Scott and Mr C Scott Mr D Shelley Mr J Shepherd Mr A Smith Mrs P Smith Ms J Stone Miss V Thompson Dr J Thurston Mrs J Varney Mr W Walker Ms J Wilkinson Mr W Winfield Organisations Cambridge Local Girton Association Easy Fundraising Literature Cambridge London Girton Association Mead Family Foundation Orbis Investment Advisory Limited Slaughter and May The Jaffa Foundation The Fuel Trading Co Ltd 1

Who are not also alumni

Meet the Team Deborah Easlick, Development Director. Deborah is responsible for the College’s Development Campaign, long-term fundraising strategy, major giving and all aspects of College alumni relations and development.

Anne Greenwood, Development Officer. Anne manages the busy administrative hub of the office. She is also the PA to the Development Director and is assisting with the international anniversary celebrations.

d.easlick@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 339893.

a.greenwood@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 764821.

Emma Cornwall, Alumni and Legacy Officer. Emma oversees the College’s alumni events and communications, and supports Girton’s various alumni associations. She also has responsibility for the College’s legacy-giving programme.

Tamsin Elbourn-Onslow, Development Officer. Tamsin is responsible for the Annual Fund giving programme which includes the telephone campaign and the forthcoming Anniversary Giving Week, as well as Development events.

e.cornwall@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 338901. Susie Bromwich, Development Manager. Susie is an ambassador for A Great Campaign; she is contacting Girton’s wider community in support of the Campaign’s Anniversary phase, focusing on major giving. Together with the team, her work also includes plans for the Girton150 celebrations. s.bromwich@girton.cam.ac.uk +44(0) 1223 338992. Hannah James, Development Officer. Hannah is responsible for all aspects of gift administration. She also conducts background research for development campaigns and alumni events. h.james@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 764821.

t.elbourn@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 765685

Deborah Easlick

Emma Cornwall

Susie Bromwich

Hannah James

Anne Greenwood

Tamsin ElbournOnslow

Ingrid Koning

Benji EaslickShoolman

Ingrid Koning, Development Assistant. Ingrid assists with all aspects of our many alumni and supporters’ events, as well as keeping the database up to date and providing administrative support to the office. i.koning@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 764935 Benji Easlick-Shoolman, Development Assistant. Benji assists all members of the team especially with regard to helping with the events programme and maintaining the database. alumni@girton.cam.ac.uk +44(0)1223 765833

How we use your data We are committed to protecting your personal information and being transparent about what information we hold. The information you provide to the College together with publicly available data will be held and processed in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The data will not be circulated in any other way without your permission. Girton College likes to keep in touch with all our alumni and supporters and the data provided will be used by the College for alumni relations and fundraising purposes. These may include publications, alumni surveys, appeals and the marketing of alumni events and services. Communications may be sent by post, telephone or electronic means. You have the right to object to the use of your data for any of the above purposes and you can opt out of all communications from the College by contacting the Development Office: development@girton.cam.ac.uk or +44 (0)1223 766672. Please read our full data protection statement for alumni and supporters at: www.girton.cam.ac.uk/gdpr

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Events Calendar 2019 Details of all events are available by emailing development@girton.cam.ac.uk or by visiting the Alumni and Supporters section of the College’s website www.girton.cam.ac.uk. For 150 Anniversary events calendar please see www.Girton150.com/events

12–14 April

19 June

Singapore

Girton College

25 April

28–30 June

Girton College

27 April

14 September

Girton College

2 May

21 September

Asia Pacific Girton150 Celebrations

Jane Martin Poetry Prize

Medical and Veterinary Society Symposium and Dinner

Girton150 The Visitor’s Lecture by The Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond

May Week Concert

Girton150 Festival

Alumni Reunion Dinner for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009

Alumni Reunion Dinner for 1986, 1987, 1988 Girton College

Girton College

11 May

Classical Society Event

28 September Library Talk

Girton College

14 May

Girton150 The Founders’ Enterprise Lecture by Herman Narula Girton College

18 May

28 September

Lawrence Room Talk Girton College

28 September

People’s Portraits Talk Girton College

Girton150 Celebration in Dublin Trinity College

28 September

Roll of Alumni Weekend Concert

19 May

Girton College

Royal College of Physicians

28 September

Girton150 Celebration in Edinburgh

23 May

Alumni Formal Hall Girton College

Roll of Alumni Dinner to include reunions for 1959, 1969 and 1979 Girton College

29 September Gardens Talk

15 June

Girton College

May Bumps Marquee Caius Meadow

Development Office The Development Office Girton College Cambridge CB3 0JG +44 (0)1223 766672/338901 development@girton.cam.ac.uk www.girton.cam.ac.uk

Girton College Newsletter 2019

Articles inside

A Great Campaign

Alumni Profiles

Creating a Legacy