Girton College Newsletter 2022 by Girton College

Girton Development Newsletter of Girton College, Cambridge

GIRTON COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE

newsletter Spring 2022

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

A Great Campaign Thank you! Your support for A Great Campaign has been transformational.

Executive Editor Deborah Easlick Editor Emma Cornwall Design www.cantellday.co.uk Photography David Johnson, Oli & Co, Phil Mynott, Jeremy West, Ingrid Koning, Emma Cornwall Printer Sudbury Print Group Contact: The Development Office Girton College Cambridge CB3 0JG +44 (0)1223 766672/338901 development@girton.cam.ac.uk

Girton’s Future Energising the students of today to become the pioneers of tomorrow.

Creating a Legacy Gifts in Wills are transformative. One recent gift will nearly double the number of Postgraduate Scholarships Girton can offer.

www.girton.cam.ac.uk We 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 © 2022. Copyright in individual articles: © March 2022 Cover image: Students relaxing in the College grounds. 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 Helen Atkinson (Natural Sciences, 1978) and Dominic Brigstocke (Archaeology and Anthropology, 1979) discuss their time at Girton and their careers after graduation.

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Message from the Mistress Professor Susan J. Smith FBA, FAcSS, FRSE What can I say? You have completed A Great Campaign—Girton’s most ambitious fundraising effort since our Foundation in 1869. It is a wonderful, uplifting, game-changing achievement! Huge congratulations, and heartfelt thanks. Thank you to every single member of our remarkable alumni community for keeping in touch and cheering us on; to volunteers who offered professional skills, practical support, and inexhaustible energy. We are bowled-over too by your extraordinary buy-in—with cash gifts and legacy pledges—to this impressive collective effort. Some played key roles, forming the Campaign Board, organising local associations, rallying peers, and making leadership-level gifts for others to match. Others—over one third of you, an astonishing number—responded with a gift, driving home the fact that for our tremendous Campaign to succeed, every single donation, large or small, played its own crucial role. As George Eliot anticipated in an early letter to our Founders, we needed A Great Campaign to advance the ‘Great Scheme’ that is Girton, and not one aspect of this Great Campaign would have been possible without you! That is why I hope to have the privilege of greeting in person all those who have advanced this extraordinary journey, as members of the campaign or of the 1869 society, at our great ‘Thank-You’ extravaganza on July 9. What has our Great Campaign achieved? You can get a flavour of that from this newsletter; and more details will follow. For me, however, the signature for this Campaign is its support for our people—for the individuals whose vision and application, unfailing enthusiasm, hard

work and indefatigable spirit, make the College what it is. For example, Girton was founded for inclusion: they knew then, just as we know now, that diversity is a prerequisite for excellence. A Great Campaign has underwritten that excellence by endowing over 30 new undergraduate bursaries. You have made the ideal of widening participation real for untold generations of young people—brilliant scholars who might otherwise be excluded, simply because they are from low-income families. At the same time, higher education is nothing if not about inspiration—about rampant curiosity and wild imagination. For that our students need and deserve world-class teaching and learning. Thanks to A Great Campaign, we can now be sure, going forward, that we have a first-rate teaching Fellowship in place to galvanise and energise students in all the major subjects. You have fully funded six College posts and endowed the College component—the small-group teaching, the wider valueadded—of six College Fellowships for University lecturers. So, in all, you have underwritten twelve Official Fellowships. That is why Girton is a place where inspiration thrives. One of the special features of Girton is that all teaching and learning is infused by cutting-edge research. Our students occupy the very frontier of knowledge. That appetite for intellectual

adventure has encouraged us to grow the postgraduate school—an ambition advanced by A Great Campaign funding five partial postgraduate scholarships. We are also keen to support the early-career (postdoctoral) research community at Girton—a project similarly boosted by the newly-endowed Margaret Tyler Research Fellowship in Geography. No wonder Girton is a space where originality thrives! Girton, as you know, is above all a residential educational setting. This means that we can complement conventional subject-based learning with interdisciplinary thinking, and with wideranging creativity. In particular, during A Great Campaign we have hosted five newly-funded art residencies, four musicians in residence, and a mix of composers, poets and authors through other visiting schemes. Annually we manage a national poetry prize, and

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each term, thanks to your gifts, we offer vocal and instrumental lessons. The fruits of all this creativity literally sing out across the College. Girton’s particular residential setting moreover includes beautiful gardens, breath-taking grounds and some of the best on-site sports facilities in Cambridge. A Great Campaign has augmented all of this: what an extraordinary gift.

all donations have gone into the permanent endowment, generating funds each and every year, to support teaching, learning, research and allround personal development, while enabling Girton to achieve an array of other ambitious aims. That is why A Great Campaign is nearly as gamechanging for Girton as the foundation of the College itself.

The most remarkable thing about A Great Campaign, however, is that it leaves an enduring legacy. Practically

It has been an incredible journey and the future beckons. With that in mind, as I sign off on the Development Newsletter

for the final time, I want to thank you with all my heart for your kindness, friendship and support, and for your warmth and generosity towards Girton— still innovative, still pioneering, still fixed on creating a better, more inclusive, world. As the future for ‘the’ College founded for women unfolds, I feel sure that you, like me, will be animated by the immortal words of our founder Emily Davies who, after the first great push to 1875, wrote: ‘It has taken all of us to get so far. And it wants us all still’.

My dear Miss Davies, We strongly object to the proposal that there should be a beginning made ‘on a small scale’. To spend forces and funds in this way would be a hindrance rather than a furtherance of the great scheme which is pre-eminently worth trying for. Every one concerned should be roused to understand that a great campaign has to be victualled for. M.E. Lewes (pen name: George Eliot) 1867

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Thank you! Your support for A Great Campaign has been transformational In November 1867, author George Eliot (signing herself M. E. Lewes) wrote to Girton’s founder, Emily Davies; ‘A beginning made on a small scale’ she urged ‘would be a hindrance rather than a furtherance’ of the vision that would become Girton. An institution capable of transforming lives and changing the world needs ‘A Great Campaign’. Over the years, Girton has indeed provided a transformational experience to thousands of students. It seems only fitting then that, thanks to the generosity of Girtonians and our supporters, A Great Campaign has transformed the College’s finances. The Campaign has raised over £50 million, with £28.4 million received in donations, of which 78% have been

made to the permanent endowment. An estimated further £29.2 million has been pledged in future legacies. When we planned the Campaign in 2010 and launched publicly in 2012, we could not have imagined the response we would receive from our supporters. So many of you volunteered your time by coming to, and hosting, our events, and 3,895 of you gave a donation (an incredible 36% of all Girton alumni we are in contact with). Donations were received from all corners of the globe and over the course of the Campaign 2,026 of you became Members of A Great Campaign (donating £500 or more), and 468 of you let us know that you were remembering Girton in your

Will (becoming members of the 1869 Society). With your help we have completed the endowment of 13 Fellowships (in Biological Sciences, Economics, English, French, History, International Relations, Law, Pure and Applied Mathematics, Medicine, Modern and Medieval Languages, Physical Sciences, and a Research Fellowship in Geography), 32 undergraduate bursaries (including the 1958, 1970, 1982, 1985 and 1990 Class Bursaries) and 10 partial postgraduate scholarships (including the Joyce Biddle, Chan and Mok, and Hong Kong Founders’). In addition, almost £250,000 has been donated to provide hardship and wellbeing grants to our students, we have endowed a

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number of sports awards, supported the Choir and music at College and transformed the College site, building Ash Court, reshaping Campbell Court and replanting Honeysuckle Walk. The Campaign has also seen the genesis of a number of extraordinary creative projects, including (but not limited to) the Artist in Residence scheme, the Science into Arts Fellowship and the Jane Martin Poetry Prize.

game-changing, as the thanks of our students and Fellows show:

Simply put, A Great Campaign has been the most successful fundraising campaign in Girton’s history. For our students and Fellowship this has been

‘I would like to thank you wholeheartedly for your kind generosity and for affording generations of scholars the

‘Thank you for the bursaries I am receiving. If it wasn’t for financial support, I wouldn’t have been able to attend University. As a care leaver it was very stressful moving in with no financial support from home… I cannot stress how helpful this support is for me.’

possibility of conducting solid research (which is a good foundation for an academic career).’ ‘I and all our Law Fellows are hugely grateful for the generosity which established and continues to maintain this post. It is in consequence of this generosity that we are able to continue providing a world class education to the rising stars of the future, while working for the improvement of society through law that reflects the best of everyone.’ Tom Hawker-Dawson, Brenda Hale Official Fellow in Law.

This is all down to the generosity of our alumni and supporters. We could not have achieved all this for our students without you. Thank you, from all of us. 6

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Girton’s future Energising the students of today to become the pioneers of tomorrow Thanks to your generous support A Great Campaign has created solid foundations on which to build Girton’s future. There is still much more for us to do, however, to ensure that the opportunity to join Girton is available to all who are academically talented and wish to study here. This is the aim of our student support initiative and this year our priorities are: Ground-breaking initiatives to increase diversity. Girton is one of a small number of Colleges involved in both the University of Cambridge’s Foundation Year and STEM Smart pilot projects. These initiatives aim to help give even more young people the opportunity to study Arts, Humanities and STEM subjects at Girton by tackling educational disadvantage at secondary school level. In raising funds for our access initiatives, Girton will be able to continue its participation in these important and innovative projects and explore further ways in which we can break down barriers to higher education. Providing a financial safety net, in the form of bursaries and hardship grants, to every Girton student who needs this support. Each year, more of our students find themselves in need of financial help, either because they cannot otherwise afford to accept a place at Girton, or because, once here, they cannot afford to fully embrace all that Girton, and Cambridge, have to offer. As many of you are aware, the Girton experience can be life-changing, in part because of the wide range of intellectual, creative, and sporting opportunities available to students. By endowing more bursaries we can ensure that financial barriers to taking

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up a place at Girton are reduced. By increasing the endowment of our hardship grants we can help students who experience unexpected financial pressures whilst here or help them make the most of the opportunities offered by the College. Growing our postgraduate community. More and more careers now require the advanced knowledge and experience gained by a higher degree, and our postgraduate community has grown to reflect this. From teachers to lawyers to doctors to veterinary surgeons to engineers and, of course, future academics, the training and pioneering research undertaken by the postgraduate students of today is vital for the innovations needed by the world of tomorrow. Although student loans are now available to postgraduates from the UK, the cost of undertaking a postgraduate course is significant, and can be prohibitive, especially for an overseas student. Your support has

meant that postgraduate scholarships for talented candidates from Hong Kong and Singapore have been established. Girton is looking, however, to support more students, from even more areas of the world, such as Africa, Europe, and North America. By raising funds to support postgraduate scholars we can ensure the opportunity to undertake a Master’s or a PhD is available to the most exceptional candidates wherever they come from. Continuing to grow our unrestricted permanent endowment capital. The tremendous support received during A Great Campaign has led to a transformational growth of our restricted and unrestricted permanent endowment capital, building on the foundations that will help us secure Girton’s future. By growing the unrestricted permanent endowment capital even further, we will ensure that the College has the ability to successfully face whatever challenges the future may bring.

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Focus on Undergraduate Student Support Widening participation through Access Initiatives, Undergraduate Bursaries, and Hardship and Wellbeing Grants. Girton’s Access Initiatives Girton is proud to be a part of the University of Cambridge’s Foundation Year (a fully funded one-year course for students in the Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences) and STEM Smart (which provides free complementary teaching, resources, and mentoring for Year 12 students looking to read STEM subjects at university). These ground-breaking pilot schemes seek to offer a stepping stone to Cambridge for those who have experienced educational disadvantage, and form part of a considerable number of widening participation and outreach initiatives that Girton is involved with each year. Run jointly by a group of Cambridge Colleges, additional initiatives include ClickCambridge (which is aimed at UK-domiciled Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Arab (BPA)/ mixed BPA students who are in Year 12 or equivalent) and the West Midland Webinars (where we also collaborate with the University of Oxford). Our Admissions team continues to work closely with schools in our College Link Areas—the West Midlands and the London Borough of Camden. As a College we are involved in such a variety of access initiatives because we believe that the only way to remove the barriers which deter students from applying to the University of Cambridge is through outreach, the provision of accurate information, and the addressing of educational inequality. We want to always be able to take part in pioneering access initiatives, as and when they arise, without jeopardising our existing outreach programmes. Increasing support for our access work will allow us to react when we need to.

STEM SMART The STEM SMART (Subject Mastery and Attainment Raising Tuition) programme provides free complementary teaching, resources, and mentoring to UK state school students who have either experienced educational disadvantage or belong to a group that is statistically less likely to progress to higher education. Aimed at students who are considering reading Engineering or Physical Sciences at university, the programme builds on the teaching in mathematics and sciences already provided by their schools by offering extra resources including weekly online tutorials by Cambridge academics, small-group supervisions, Cambridge student mentors and a residential visit to College. This will enable these students to make successful applications to study STEM subjects at university, whether at Cambridge or elsewhere.

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Could you give today to help us fund the access initiatives of the future? Undergraduate Bursaries and Hardship and Wellbeing Grants: On average one in four of our undergraduate students receives a bursary. Those with annual household incomes of £25,000 or less are eligible for a full bursary of £3,500, with partial bursaries given on a sliding scale relative to household income. The number of Girton students in receipt of support is likely to rise further due to the expansion of the Cambridge Bursary Scheme. In response to recent research the maximum level of household income that means a student is eligible for a bursary has increased from £42,600 to £62,000. Alongside this change, students who have received free school meals are now eligible for an extra £1,000 per year on top of the full annual bursary of £3,500. Girton is committed to providing this support to anyone who is eligible. By endowing more undergraduate bursaries we can meet this commitment now and for generations to come. Over the last two years our hardship and wellbeing grants have provided vital support to students who have experienced unexpected financial hardship. The grants have funded mental health support and emergency trips home and, more prosaically, have given students the chance to embrace College life and join clubs and societies. By increasing the endowment for this fund, we will be able to help more students access emergency financial support when they need it. During A Great Campaign your support for these grants and our undergraduate bursaries—whether for our general undergraduate bursaries, for subject specific bursaries, or for our class gift bursaries—has been tremendous. Would you consider giving today, to help us continue to support these students, both now and in the future?

Foundation Year The Cambridge Foundation Year is a free and fully funded one-year residential course for students studying courses in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, which has been designed to offer a stepping stone to Cambridge for those ordinarily resident in the UK who have experienced educational disadvantage. During their year at Girton, students will not only broaden and deepen their knowledge in the arts, humanities and social sciences and be introduced to the ways students learn at Cambridge, but will benefit from the support and academic stimulation of being part of the Girton College community. On completion of the course, students will receive a nationally recognised Certificate of Higher Education, and we hope many will continue to a Cambridge undergraduate degree course. Students will also be supported in applying to degree courses at other universities.

Class Gift Bursaries We are so pleased that the number of year groups both joining this initiative and completing their bursary funding is growing year on year. Many congratulations to the Classes of 1970 and 1982 who have now successfully endowed their full bursaries! Our thanks also go to the two donors in these years who very generously provided matched funding. This year we are focusing on completing the bursaries from the following years: 1975, 1978, 1981 and 1983; and we continue to fundraise for more bursaries from the classes of 1958, 1985 and 1990. If you would like to discuss starting a class gift bursary for your year we would be very pleased to hear from you.

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Financial Report

Our Financial Report James Anderson, Bursar

The COVID pandemic continues to make its impact felt on Girton’s finances, and the year 2020–21 represented a major test for our operational and financial resilience. However, thanks above all to the generosity of alumni over the previous transformational decade, the College went into the pandemic in a position of financial strength. Notwithstanding all the headwinds, our balance sheet increased considerably over the course of the year, helped by some very generous legacy donations and an outstanding performance from our investment portfolio. The commitment and resilience of all of our community—with typical Girtonian fortitude—have also been key to getting through COVID, with teaching and non-academic staff making rapid and constantly evolving changes to the way we operate. This year was the second year to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic: it had a profound impact on all our activities and reduced our income very materially in a number of areas. Having been closed entirely during the Easter Term of the previous year the College site remained largely empty during the entirety of the 2020 Long Vacation. This meant that we were unable to conduct our usual extensive programme of commercial activities, including Girton Summer Programmes and Conferencing activities—a drop in revenue of about £1.6 million in total. The whole academic year was impacted, to a greater or lesser extent, by reduced occupancy across the main site and Swirles Court. The estate was configured into ‘households’—small groups of students sharing a kitchen and bathroom—so that the College could manage isolations to contain outbreaks of COVID. This meant that, at best, the College was about 80% occupied, a figure which dropped dramatically as a second lockdown was imposed covering the whole of Lent Term and the Easter vacation. In line with the rest of the collegiate university we did not charge rent to those students who had to be away, and this came at a cost of a further £1.2 million. Considerable efforts were undertaken to mitigate the impact on the bottom line. Several staff across almost all departments were furloughed for periods during the year, with significant efforts required from those on site to keep activities going even at a reduced level. We put the brakes on hiring. Large and many smaller maintenance projects were also postponed, with activity focused on ensuring the College remained a safe environment.

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We were fortunate that this exceptionally difficult year was balanced by extraordinary generosity in donation and legacy income, and in investment growth. A total of £6.9 million in donation income was accrued in the year—the highest ever achieved. The College also benefited from a record 20.1%, or £19.4 million, gain on its investments, as markets recovered strongly from the initial sharp negative impact of COVID, and as growth again began to be priced into global equities. The net result was therefore—somewhat paradoxically— to leave the College with its balance sheet in the strongest position it has ever been, with net assets of £173 million, investments of £118 million, the endowment and other restricted funds at over £70 million, and free reserves of nearly £34 million. Whilst this allows us to look forward with confidence, we cannot afford to be complacent. We expect further challenges from COVID—and now rising inflation—in 2021–22, a year in which the balance sheet will also reflect a major increase in the USS pension deficit; more work is required to modernise and improve the way the College works day to day; there is much to consider as we look at optimising our estate, including major decarbonisation initiatives; and we continue to look at building the support we can provide to our students and Fellowship in order to drive our core purpose of inclusive excellence in education.

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Annual Fund

Girton Telethon 2021 Our Telethons help us reconnect with Girtonians and raise funding for vital College initiatives. A huge thank you to all our alumni and supporters who took part in the 2021 Telethon in which over £285,000 was raised for Student Support and the Unrestricted Permanent Endowment Capital. Thanks to your generosity the 2021 Telethon has funded an Emily Davies Bursary in perpetuity, helping a Girton student in financial need every year. The campaign also increased the endowments for the Buss Hardship Fund, the Postgraduate Scholarships Fund and the Unrestricted Permanent Endowment Capital, which will help Girton plan for its future and continue to provide financial assistance to deserving students who would otherwise not be able to come to Girton.

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2021 Telethon Caller ‘I’ve found being a caller for Girton’s telethon to be exciting and rewarding. Sharing in the stories and memories of our alumni has given me a unique insight into the history of the College,

through the eyes of the individuals who helped to shape it! The experience has made me even prouder to be a member of our community.’ Niamh (Second Year undergraduate in Veterinary Science)

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Our Community Collage was completed by students, staff and Fellows during the Giving Day 2021. Completing the collage unlocked a £1,500 challenge gift

Giving Day 2021 On 14 and 15 October 2021 Girton ran its second Giving Day to raise funds for Student Support Initiatives. Over 36 hours the global Girton alumni community came together to make a difference to current and future students. An incredible £71,000 was

donated from almost 300 alumni and supporters. Thank you so much to everyone who got involved online and in the College.

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Legacy

Creating A Legacy As the College reflects on the completion of A Great Campaign, the astounding impact of Gifts in Wills must be highlighted. Nearly half of the support received during the Campaign (£13.4 million) came from Gifts in Wills. What has this meant for the College? In addition to growing our permanent endowment—giving the College a secure financial footing to start its next 150 years of delivering educational excellence—Gifts in Wills have helped to complete the endowment of 10 Fellowships, close to doubled the number of postgraduate awards available, endowed the equivalent of four undergraduate bursaries, boosted funds for the Choir, travel awards and College prizes, and added funds that help one of our most valuable resources, the Library and Archive, to thrive. Alongside this transformational support, the 1869 Society membership, which is extended to all those who have informed Girton they have included the College in their estate plans, has trebled over the duration of A Great Campaign. This expression of intention, to be realised over the long term, allows the College to plan confidently for the future and put in place ambitious strategies. This extraordinary support continues beyond A Great Campaign, and we will share with you more news of the

tremendous impact Gifts in Wills are having in future communications. If you are considering including Girton in your Will please know that every gift is appreciated, no matter the size, and every gift is acknowledged. For more information on how Gifts in Wills are helping Girton to deliver its world-class educational experience, please get in touch.

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.’

Making a Gift in your Will

Recognising your Generosity

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:

An invitation to join the 1869 Society is extended to all those who choose to notify the College of their intention to remember Girton in their Will. In addition to a purple lapel pin, members receive invitations to special events from time to time. The College recognises that letting us know your intention is not a binding commitment, and that circumstances can change, but it helps us to say thank you and find out more about the aspects of Girton that are important to you.

‘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

We recommend that you seek professional advice when making or amending a Will.

For a confidential conversation please contact the Development Director on +44 (0)1223 339893, or at d.easlick@girton. cam.ac.uk, or the Development Officer (Legacies) on +44 (0)1223 338901, or at e.cornwall@girton.cam.ac.uk. Information regarding Gifts in Wills, including information on planned giving for our US- and Canadian-based alumni and supporters, is available on our website: www.girton.cam.ac.uk/legacy. In remembering Girton in your Will you are supporting a unique institution which is transforming lives—thank you.

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A Gift with a Global Reach Family, friends and colleagues of Rosalie Crawford (née Duckitt) 1930–2020 describe her as intellectually curious, meticulous, a cryptic-crossword fan, and an avid traveller—journeying to all corners of the globe learning about different cultures, flora and fauna. Rosalie was born in Hong Kong and a few years later her family moved to Shanghai. Her life changed quite dramatically after the outbreak of World War Two when on 8 December 1941, shortly before Rosalie’s 11th birthday, the Japanese Imperial Army entered and took control of the British and American parts of Shanghai. Rosalie and her family were taken prisoner and became internees in Yangchow C Camp, north of Shanghai. Life in the camp was difficult due to cramped living conditions, harsh weather, a poor diet and limited sanitation. The internees made the best of the situation—a makeshift health clinic and a school were established, and Rosalie attended regular lessons. She also recalled her father taking part in amateur dramatics to provide entertainment for the camp residents. In 1945 the camp was liberated and Rosalie and her family returned to the UK where they settled in Yorkshire. Rosalie resumed her formal education (which had not suffered during her internment) at Cheltenham Ladies’ College and then gained a place at Girton in 1949, initially to read Economics before switching to Law—a subject which would become a lifelong passion. In addition to making lasting friendships at Girton, she gained Blues in cricket and hockey. After graduation Rosalie embarked upon a career in law, moving to Carlisle where she qualified as a solicitor. She remained at the same firm for her whole career and in true pioneering Girton spirit she became the first female partner at Cartmell Mawson and Main, as it was then known. Here she specialised in Conveyancing, Wills,

Trusts, and Probate. Her work was meticulous. She had an eye for detail and was renowned for her ability to unravel complex points of law. Rosalie was also a very good teacher, eager to help others and pass on her understanding of the law. Outside of her work, Rosalie loved to travel. Her adventures took her to Europe, North and South America, Australia, the Middle East and Far East, the foothills of the Himalayas and back to China and Hong Kong, all the while extending her knowledge of places, history and plants. At home her garden was her pride and joy, and she was known as a voracious reader with a thirst for knowledge. In leaving a transformational gift to the College in her Will Rosalie will be enabling talented scholars to pursue their own intellectual passions. Each year, brilliant postgraduate applicants are unable to take up their offers, or are deterred from applying at all, owing to a lack of funding. Rosalie’s generosity will be used to leverage partnership funding and it will nearly double the number of

Rosalie Crawford on her graduation day Postgraduate Scholarships Girton can offer. Partnership funding has been sought in the Humanities and Sciences, at Master’s and PhD level, and for students both from the UK and abroad. This will mean Girton can welcome and support more postgraduate students than ever before. Their specialist knowledge and research is in great demand and so, with this gift, both students and society will benefit. In the words of the Postgraduate Awards Committee Chair, Dr Sophia Shellard-von Weikersthal, ‘This generous gift is transforming Girton’s ability to offer funding to academically outstanding and promising postgraduate students from a very diverse and international background, enhancing Girton’s efforts to widen participation. The Rosalie Crawford Scholars will strengthen our postgraduate community and greatly enrich the vibrant academic life at Girton.’

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Cultural Heritage

Cultural Heritage 2021 has been another strange year for us, as we all strove to become used to living and working with the pandemic. However, we have continued to work both on-site and remotely, caring for and managing the College’s collections. We were particularly pleased in May when the Archive was able to re-open to researchers, and in September when the People’s Portraits exhibition also re-opened to visitors. Although our opening hours remain limited, we are delighted to have people back on-site enjoying the College’s collections once more. At the time of writing, unfortunately, we still have not been able to re-open the Lawrence Room, but we hope that this will be possible in the near future. In the meantime, work continues to progress on the Lawrence Room’s new catalogue; and work has also started on sourcing new catalogue software for our other collections. These catalogues will make the management and care of our varied collections much easier to oversee and organise. As usual, the variety of our collections was celebrated by the annual series of talks at the September Roll of Alumni Weekend. Once again this was a virtual event and, although it was sad not to be able to meet in person, the online format did allow more people from all around the world to join us. It was also possible to include additional elements for some of the events, and all the talks and these additions can still be accessed online: www.girton.cam. ac.uk/events/roll-alumni-weekend The Library Talk, Florence Bell – the ‘housewife’ with X-ray vision, was given by Dr Kersten Hall (Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds). Florence Bell (1932) was an x-ray crystallographer who worked with William Astbury. Dr Hall explored how her work led her to make the very first structural studies of DNA and, with Astbury, produce an early model of DNA. Although elements of their model were incorrect, Bell’s most important achievement was the clear

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Louisa by Frances Bell (RP) demonstration that DNA had a regular ordered structure. Dr Hall argued that by showing that x-rays could be used to show DNA’s structure Bell helped pave the way for all those who came after her, such as Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick.

Dr Kate Spence (Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and a Fellow of Emmanuel College) gave the Lawrence Room Talk, Working from home in Egypt in the Second Millennium BC: Interpreting the role of work and rest in the houses of Amarna.

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Elizabeth Welsh

Egyptian Headrest

Florence Bell Dr Spence took the Lawrence Room’s Egyptian headrest as her starting point to explore the domestic architecture of Amarna, and how Amarna’s inhabitants lived and worked in their houses. She looked at how comfort was not equally distributed throughout the house, exploring how the houses were set up for social encounters according to a strict hierarchy of status. She drew comparisons with how many of us had been working in our homes during the current pandemic, with the result that our homes were no longer the private sphere we were used to. The People’s Portraits Reception was introduced by the Mistress and Benjamin Sullivan (RP). Then Luke Syson (Director and Marlay Curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum) spoke on By Women, Of Women. The talk, based on the Fitzwilliam’s exhibition

Women: makers and muses, explored the relationship between the artist and the sitter, and especially what happens when both are women. The Zoom format then allowed the audience to enjoy a pre-recorded tour of Frances Bell’s (RP) studio in which she unveiled the latest addition to the collection, Louisa. It was fascinating to see Frances’ workspace and hear her talk about her work and the portrait of Louisa. She had asked Louisa, a fellow artist and one of her oldest friends, to sit for her in 2019 when she wanted to experiment with dual light. However, she explained that she now saw the portrait as one of friendship, of a fellow artist, and of an enjoyable time when they both took time out of their busy lives to reconnect. The Q&A session picked up on the themes of artists painting artists and the importance of non-commissioned projects. The digital format also allowed a discussion between Frances and Louisa about the portrait to be included. Dr Hazel Mills (College Historian) gave the garden talk, Elizabeth Welsh’s garden. In the centenary year of her death, this talk celebrated Elizabeth

Welsh, Mistress 1885–1903, and the College’s first Garden Steward 1883– 1903. It was Miss Welsh’s vision and imagination that saw the creation of many of the most-loved features of the Girton gardens today. Dr Mills charted how the stark grounds that surrounded the College were slowly transformed by Miss Welsh, with additions such as the pond, Honeysuckle Walk, the orchard, and the woodlands walk. Dr Mills also touched on the possible influences that may have informed Miss Welsh’s vision for the gardens. Also included was Maureen Hackett’s (Junior Bursar) tour of Miss Welsh’s garden, A Magical and Gracious Gift. We are indebted to all our speakers for shining a spotlight on some fascinating aspects of our wide-ranging collections. We very much hope to welcome you back for the 2022 Roll of Alumni Weekend, whether it is a virtual or an in-person event, for more illuminating talks.

Hannah Westall Archivist and Curator (Pictures)

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Alumni Profiles

Alumni Profiles Helen Atkinson née Bavister (Natural Sciences, 1978) By Pippa Considine (Law/English, 1985) Professor Dame Helen Atkinson is wearing bright yellows and reds when I meet her on Zoom. She’s found herself a space in a room with empty desks to speak to me through her laptop, after delivering a hybrid presentation (live and online) at Cranfield University, where she is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the School of Aerospace, Transport Systems and Manufacturing. If there is such a thing as a digital aura, hers is one of enthusiasm and wisdom. When she received her damehood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2021, it was for services to engineering and education. These twin passions were fuelled at university. ‘I feel that I owe a huge amount of who I am today to the experience I had at Girton.’ In the Buckingham Palace citation she is described as ‘one of the UK’s foremost engineering leaders’. She says, with self-deprecating charm, that the honour was ‘a delightful surprise’. ‘Dame’ is a title that, in her case, crowns a story of grit and determination, driven by a zest for life. ‘For someone from my background, with both parents leaving school at 16, and as the first in my family to go to university, it is a most amazing thing.’ It was a rare moment for Helen’s girls’ grammar school, when the mathsand science-loving sixth-former was invited for an interview at Cambridge. Her headmistress warned her that other candidates might seem more confident, but she should ignore this

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and just be herself. Interviewed by the late Dr Christine McKie, then Director of Studies in Physical Sciences, Helen had not aced her subject entrance papers, but she shone on the general paper and the College offered her a place. ‘I think one of the things that Girton is—and was—really good at, is spotting people with potential from less traditional backgrounds,’ she says. ‘I could see a number of fellow Girtonians in my year, where the College had seen the potential and enabled us to have an absolutely brilliant foundation. ‘Cambridge gave me confidence. It was very challenging and I flourished in that environment, partly because of the intellectual framework, but

also because I was with a group of fellow students at Girton, from state schools, who all had high ambition.’ In the physics labs there were roughly ten women and more than 100 men. She remembers that when she and her fellow Girtonians didn’t understand something, they would keep asking. ‘We learnt, because we were prepared to admit that we didn’t understand, we plugged away and then—eventually— you’d get the light-bulb moment. We were very determined, persistent and mutually supportive as a group.’ Starting out as a Natural Scientist in 1978, the last year before the College turned co-educational, she remembers the change in tempo and practical changes when half of the new intake

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were men. The baths on her corridor became decorously separated by panels, so a third-year woman could be chatting with a first-year man in the next-door cubicle. ‘As the last all-girls year, we had such a fantastic time. When the men joined, they did bring a different dimension.’ She laughingly remembers one of them introducing a sheep, from the nearby field, into the corridor. Between her Part I and Part II, the Tripos system at Cambridge had allowed her to change emphasis from Physics to Metallurgy and Materials Science. ‘You look down a microscope and see these amazing shapes and colours—and they all mean something. It is aesthetically stunning. The strength of a metal is determined by the shape of the crystals and how they fit together, and how the metal structure behaves when it is stressed is all determined by this fundamental microstructure. I found that fascinating.’ Inspired by her new focus, she graduated from Girton with a First and went on to complete a PhD at Imperial College, working with the Harwell Atomic Energy Authority in Oxfordshire, ‘surrounded by fantastic scientists and engineers’. It was after this that she ‘accidentally’ became an educationalist. In her mid-twenties, she and her clergyman husband, Richard, decided to move to a tough parish. They went to live in the heart of a council estate in Sheffield, with more than its fair share of arson and anti-social behaviour. Here, Helen ‘threw herself on the job market’, finding work at Sheffield Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University), and then at Sheffield University; roles that allowed her time to care for their three young children. Sheffield was ahead of the curve with flexible employment and she was one of the first academics to be promoted to Senior Lecturer and then to Reader as a part-timer.

Her husband’s work then took him to Leicester and she found a post at Leicester University, becoming a Professor (still part-time) and then full-time Head of the Department of Engineering and subsequently Graduate Dean for the whole University. Atkinson’s career in academia might have started with a chance event, but it’s her natural home. ‘In fact, if you cut me through, you’d find someone who is deeply academic by nature.’ Her current role at Cranfield, with its status as a postgraduate public research university specialising in science, engineering, design, technology and management, has involved important work with industry, including projects involving the future of aviation and sustainable manufacturing. To do this she has built relationships with manufacturers, including Rolls Royce and BAE Systems. The citation for her recent damehood focuses on this work: ‘She has made a tremendous impact in this role, cultivating key strategic partnerships with major industrial companies.’ Helen has been a role model for women in STEM. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the highest honour for an engineer in the UK; when she was elected in 2007, she was one of 29 women fellows, alongside 1400 men. She was the first woman President at the Engineering Professors’ Council, which represents engineering in higher education throughout the UK. There is still work to be done to bring more women into the profession. ‘The dial has shifted only a bit since I was at Cambridge in the late 1970s and early 1980s,’ says Helen. ‘The number of professional engineers that are women was between 5 and 10 per cent. Now it’s closer to 15 per cent.’ Atkinson chairs the Royal Academy of Engineering’s multi-million pound ‘This

is Engineering’ project, a social media campaign sponsored by a series of major industrial partners, which aims to encourage more young people to consider engineering as a career. The tailored content, with short films profiling an array of engineers, targets children before they make A level choices. Three years into this long-term initiative, the content has had over 50 million hits by young people with an almost equal split between girls and boys. Educating people to be engineers, but also instilling confidence in their abilities, are uppermost priorities for Helen. ‘I believe absolutely passionately in the power of education’, she says. ‘You expand your mind through being challenged. ‘I fundamentally owe my career to the way I was stretched at Girton and Cambridge and I strongly believe in the concept of giving people the potential to flourish. ‘Certainly, I have made financial contributions to Girton and friends from my cohort have done the same. Because we all saw the difference that it made to us.’ Whilst at university she was given a Caroline Haslett scholarship ‘which made a real difference.’ Dame Caroline Haslett, born in 1895, was an electrical engineer and inspirational champion of women’s rights. Helen also won the John Bowyer Buckley and Thérèse Montefiore prizes: ‘what would now be regarded as tiny amounts of money, but they made a massive difference to someone like me, where there wasn’t a background of affluence.’ What would she say to someone starting out at Girton today? ‘Grasp every opportunity to broaden your experience, enjoy what you’re doing and, whatever you do, put 110% of yourself into it.’

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Alumni Profiles

Dominic Brigstocke (Archaeology and Anthropology, 1979) By Mark A. Walsh (English, 1997) You may not know Dominic Brigstocke by name, but you will definitely have heard of his work. That’s a bold claim to make at the beginning of a profile, but it’s hard to imagine anyone growing up in Britain from the 90s onwards who hasn’t heard of Steve Coogan, or Caroline Aherne, or Dawn French, or Armando Iannucci. Or Jonathan Ross or Clive James or Olivia Colman or Sally Phillips. Dominic has worked with them all. His directorial credits read like a roll call of some of the most influential comedy shows of the past 30 years: Alan Partridge, The Mrs Merton Show, Smack the Pony, Green Wing, Horrible Histories … the list goes on. Considering all that, you could forgive Dominic if he were somewhat full of himself. But it’s a beaming, friendly grin that comes through the screen when we connect for our interview. He has a comfortable, confident manner, though he does worry about the angle of his camera—not surprising for a multiBafta-award-winning director. It quickly emerges that Dominic puts a lot of his success down to a kind of iron determination. Dominic was born in Nigeria in 1960, ‘One of the last children of the colonial era’, as he puts it. His father worked as a colonial administrator but it is his mother who seems to have given him his ‘pig-headedness’. Dominic’s father bought an 8mm camera to film his mother disembarking from the plane in Nigeria (they had met in London). It would prove a fateful piece of fun. His mother took a shine to the camera and would film great chunks

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of the upbringing of her four children. ‘I found this fascinating. She let me use her old camera, so I started making films when I was 11. I’d always found film and theatre performances absolutely riveting. At a very early age I had an urge to do this and my parents planted that seed completely by accident.’ The family moved back to England in 1963, and Dominic was sent to boarding school at 7. He hated it. ‘I didn’t like a moment of it, but it does teach you independence and self-reliance.’ After finally knuckling down at school to get ‘much better than expected’ grades, he met with the headteacher about applying to read Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge. ‘He said, “I’ve had a letter from Girton; they’re taking men for the first time. Why don’t you give that a try?”’ That first year with men in the College was a fairly extraordinary environment, Dominic remembers. ‘Not all the women were pleased to see men admitted,’ Dominic adds. ‘A few

obviously were a bit peeved that their bluestocking, pioneering women’s college had been ruined. And in a sense, it had.’ Dominic threw himself into College life. He joined the JCR Committee as Social Secretary, played for the first Girton men’s rugby team (players were so scarce they had to borrow footballers to make up numbers), helped run the Film Society, started a mobile disco, and staged a production of an Ibsen play. In fact Dominic’s extensive involvement in extracurricular activities drew the attention of his ‘extremely patient’ Director of Studies, Dr Joan Oates, who advised that he needed to make more of an effort if he were to obtain his degree. Girton was not the only exciting place to be in Cambridge in the late 1970s. The likes of Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Tilda Swinton and Emma Thompson were all at the University. Dominic was starstruck. ‘It was inspiring, they were clearly stars at that age.’ Dominic wanted to be involved, but ‘it was far too intimidating’.

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Instead, it was a chance meeting with a fellow Girtonian that gave him the necessary push. Sandi Toksvig sat next to him in a lecture one day and they started to chat. He told her he wanted to work in theatre or films. ‘She said, “Oh, funnily enough that’s what I want to do”,’ Dominic recalls. Toksvig invited Dominic to help with her show at the Edinburgh Fringe. He then worked at the festival every year for some six years, eventually running his own venue and gaining invaluable experience. At the same time, he kept applying to the BBC. It would become another marker of his determination. After five or six failed interviews, he was asked what he would do if rejected again. Dominic told them he would just try anew. ‘They gave me the job! I think it was just to stop having to see me again,’ he laughs. After completing an apprenticeship, Dominic left the BBC for the independent sector, eventually working with Jonathan Ross, Clive James and Barry Norman, and on The Crystal Maze. Then he got a call about a new project. It was to work with another rising young star: Armando Iannucci. The idea was to convert his radio show, created with an up-and-coming comedian, Steve Coogan, into a TV programme.

guest in the final episode there was some head scratching about how to continue—resulting in perhaps one of the greatest lost scripts in British comedy. As the story goes, they decided to do something different with Alan’s second series: a sitcom. ‘They spent six months writing the first script of I’m Alan Partridge, and by the end they were so bored of it, they threw it away,’ Dominic says. ‘But I read it, and it was genius. It was absolutely hilarious,’ he insists. ‘My biggest mistake in life was throwing the script away. It would be gold now.’ As it turned out, Iannucci and Coogan decided on an anarchic creation process for I’m Alan Partridge, with just rough ideas for the storyline of each episode and scripts emerging through rehearsal and improvisation. Dominic, the director, remembers moments of panic, not knowing the night before what would be filmed the next day. ‘Armando is relatively undisciplined, and I mean that in a creative and positive way; his methods of working are totally chaotic,’ Dominic says. ‘That’s why his work is always fresh and different and interesting.’

At first, Dominic demurred—he had already been offered the chance to direct an ITV sketch show—but he was about to get another piece of good advice. ‘They said, “I think you ought to do this. I think it might turn out to be quite good.”’. The programme, of course, was Knowing Me, Knowing You … With Alan Partridge. ‘It was the thing that made my comedy career,’ Dominic chuckles. ‘It’s a good job I was persuaded to do it.’

What emerged was a seminal moment in British comedy. Iannucci asked Dominic to give the programme a documentary feel and I’m Alan Partridge had what was for a sitcom a highly unusual four-walled set with handheld cameras within the set. Coogan would try to learn his lines while getting his makeup done; in front of the audience sometimes he’d lose his place and flip forward during a scene, throwing the other actors for a loop. ‘It had a sense of genuinely being improvised in front of the audience because nobody was absolutely sure what was going to happen,’ Dominic says.

Iannucci and Coogan were commissioned to make a second series of the show, but after Alan killed a

Partridge was a triumph. Nowadays, the influence of the naturalistic, documentary-style comedy is clear

to see in a wave of sitcoms that followed, including The Office and The Royle Family. Coogan and Caroline Aherne, already good friends, fed off each other. ‘The connection between Partridge and The Royle Family is very direct. They were watching each other’s shows.’ Dominic was also behind the camera for one of the most famous lines in British comedy, when Aherne’s Mrs Merton character asks magician’s assistant Debbie McGee, ‘What first attracted you, Debbie, to the millionaire Paul Daniels?’ By now Dominic was an established comedy director, working on a slew of critically acclaimed series such as Smack the Pony and Green Wing, and directing shows for Harry Enfield, Smith and Jones, Armstrong and Miller, and many others. In the 2010s, he was one of the masterminds behind adapting the Horrible Histories set of books, created by Terry Deary. ‘We were very ambitious from the beginning. We wanted to make something Pythonesque. We loved Life of Brian and The Holy Grail. We were inspired by comedy history of the past, so we looked at the stoning scene from Life of Brian and the leeches scene from Blackadder. And we showed it to the writers and said, “That’s what we want to do.” We thought we were going to have to make stuff up, but actually history is so ridiculous,’ he adds. Dominic directed four of the first five series and was behind the camera again for the 2019 Horrible Histories film. Unlike other projects, where he was tasked with bringing into reality somebody else’s vision, this time Dominic was centrally involved in the development of the idea, much of it set in Iron Age Britain. ‘It was my baby, and I’m very proud of it,’ he says. ‘And it’s the first time I’ve put my degree to any practical use in my entire career.’

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Prizes

Innovative thinking

Prizes at Girton, funded by alumni and supporters Jane Martin Poetry Prize 2021 National competition for young and gifted poets aged 18–30 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, Rosa van Hensbergen and Seán Hewitt, were greatly impressed by the work of Sam Harvey and Louis Klee and

awarded them first and second prize respectively. You can watch the winners give a special reading of their winning poems at: www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/ national-jane-martin-poetry-prize2021-winners-are-announced

Zoom snippet from the Jane Martin Poetry Prize presentation evening

Mountford Arts and Humanities Communications Prize 2021 The 2021 Mountford Arts and Humanities Communications Prize was postponed to a later date.

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Prizes

Hammond Science Communication Prize 2021 Restrictions meant that for the first time the Hammond Science Communication Prize took place online. Current students were invited to give a 10-minute presentation on a scientific idea that conveys the theme FRAGILITY. The winning abstract:

Can we believe everything we perceive? Scarlett Sinclair (Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, 2019)

Zoom snippet from the Hammond Science Communication Prize presentation evening

Our perception of reality relies on processing and interpretation of sensory signals; however, the reality individuals construct is fragile in many ways. From phantom pain to placebo effects, errors in interpretation, and even in processing, cloud the true nature of the world around us. One such demonstration is the fragile nature of human memory. Questioning our memory is often disconcerting, we intrinsically trust our memory to be accurate and truthful. Memory allows for recollection of the past, processing in the present, projection to the future and holds expectations of everyday phenomena. Memory also reflects the interconnective plight of consciousness and cognitive control making its fragility also interconnected with errors

in general cognition. These errors are seen in many settings, with false memories potentially being generated in eyewitness testimonies and even in therapeutic situations. Such occurrences highlight memory’s vulnerability to external suggestions, which may play on cognitive biases such as cognitive dissonance. An individual’s anatomy may also play a role with brain structures such as the paracingulate sulcus being linked to the misremembrance of information sources, demonstrating the possible individual basis of reality monitoring and variability in memory fragility. Investigating how we construct the world around us demonstrates how reality can be easily damaged and questions if we can believe everything we perceive.

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

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Alumni Events

Alumni Events In 2021 we continued, where possible, our schedule of alumni events online. Our virtual events included: • The annual Law and Finance Networking Reception with keynote speaker Baroness Denise Kingsmill (Archaeology and Anthropology, 1965). • T he Medics and Vets Symposium which featured alumni, Fellows, and current student speakers from the Medical and Veterinary Sciences. • The Fruits of the Vine: a celebration with Girton Fellow in Chemistry, Dr Alex Thom, Sophia Bergqvist (Geography, 1978), Master of Wine Sarah Jane Evans (Classics, 1972) and Dr Simone Maghenzani, Fellow in History and the Fellows’ Wine Steward. • T he presentation of the 2021 Jane Martin Poetry Prize to the two winners, Sam Harvey and Louis Klee.

•R oll of Alumni Weekend with an array of fascinating talks, panel discussions, a concert, and the unveiling of the latest addition to the People’s Portraits collection. Video recordings of many of these events can be viewed on the Event Archive on the Girton website: www. girton.cam.ac.uk/events-archive

It would not be possible to hold these events without the support and enthusiasm offered by Girtonians to the events team, whether it is hosting, sponsoring or promoting the events to others, and we would like to thank all our wonderful speakers and contributors for their help in making the occasions so successful.

We were delighted that later in the year we were able to host some in-person events such as the annual Commemoration of Benefactors Ceremony and Foundation Dinner and the Alumni Formal Hall in October. We very much hope to host the majority of our 2022 events in-person but we will also try to keep a virtual aspect to the events to involve alumni who are unable to travel to attend in-person events whether in the UK or globally.

•V irtual Reunion Drinks hosted by the Mistress for those matriculated in 1961, 1971, 1981 and 2011.

Medic and Vets Symposium

Roll of Alumni Weekend

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Wine Tasting Event

Foundation Dinner

Donors

Donors to the College 2020–21 Girton is extremely grateful to all the following for their support. Donors from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 are listed below; donors from July 2021 will be listed next year. In addition to those listed below, our thanks also go to all donors who wish to remain anonymous. Names in italic type indicate a legacy. Class of 1928 Lady Clark (M White)

Professor H Francis (Wright) Dr P Talalay (Samuels)

Class of 1934 Miss A Duke

Class of 1948 Dr I Ferguson (McLaren) Mrs M Marrs (Lewin) Dr M Rendel Mrs S Tyler (Morris)

Class of 1938 Miss K Auty Miss M Elliott Class of 1939 Mrs J Abraham (Cole) Class of 1940 Mrs I Wainwright-Snatt (Snatt) Mrs R Winegarten (Aarons) Class of 1942 Mrs A Sinnhuber (Daubercies) Class of 1943 Dr D Thompson (Webb) Class of 1944 Mrs M Child (Bond) Mrs V Williams (Grubb) Class of 1945 Mrs J Humphreys (Bosomworth) Mrs H Kingsley Brown (Sears) Class of 1946 Mrs L Grant (Belton) Class of 1947 Mrs P Bollam (Waterhouse) Mrs R Casson (Pearey) Mrs R Collins (Mottershead)

Class of 1949 Mrs A Atkinson (Barrett) Mrs A Bond (Avery) Mrs M Bryan (Grant) Mrs J Cartwright (Edmonds) Mrs M Hodgkinson (Wass) Mrs R Howell (Griffin) Dr C McKie (Kelsey) Professor V Minogue (Hallett) Dr J Orrell (Kemp) Dr V Pearson (Mercer) Baroness P Perry (Welch) Dr M Snook (Butler) Dr M Tiffen (Steele-Perkins) Dr V van der Lande Class of 1950 Dr J Attfield (White) Professor V Bowell Mrs A Michaels (Isenstein) Mrs M Owen (Baron) Mrs J Schofield (Plowman) Mrs J Towle (Barbour) Mrs S Turner (Davis) Class of 1951 Dr R Bailey Miss C Crump Dr M Howatson (Craven) Ms S Marsden (Marsden-Smedley) Mrs A Oldroyd (Holloway)

Dr M Saveson and Professor J Saveson Mrs G Scales (Grimsey) Mrs P Ward (Nobes) Mrs H Wright (Minginsqa) Class of 1952 Miss J Butler Mrs A Carey (Patrick) Mrs J Foord (Greenacre) Lady Foster (K Bullock) Miss R Hadden Mrs R Harris (Barry) Mrs J Hurst (Kohner) Mrs J Lovegrove (Bourne) Mrs S Neish (Smith) Mrs J Roskill (Cooke) Mrs P Ross (Davies) Mrs N Schaffer (Thomas) Mrs M Souter (Baker) Mrs M Trotman (Pocock) Mrs J Tyrer (Montagu) Mrs I Wiener (Pollak) Class of 1953 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) The Revd L Brown Mrs E Cooper (Gray) Dr E Dobie (Marcus) Dr B Evans (Morgan) Mrs Y Evans (Stowe) Miss O Harper Mrs K Larkin (Gibson) and Mr M Larkin Miss E Llewellyn-Smith Mrs J Marshallsay (Hall-Smith) Mrs J Round (Baum) Mrs S Turner (Pascal)

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Donors

Class of 1954 The Rev H Catton (Middleton) Mrs C Coleman (Whiten) Ms A Day Mrs E Fenwick (Roberts) Mrs J Jordan (Hogbin) Dr E Lovett (Hardy) Miss S Rumble Mrs H Silk (Wallace) Mrs D Stallard (Randall) Mrs F Strong (Ranger) Ms M Swanwick (Richardson) Dr M Whichelow Baroness J Whitaker (Stewart) Dr P Wittmann (Curry) Mrs D Woolley (McGrath) Class of 1955 Dr S Adam (Merrell) Mrs R Allen (Green) Mrs J Anstice (Williams) Mrs P Bainbridge (Lawrence) Mrs J Barker (Cotton) Mrs J Lawe (Cardell 1955) and Mr J Lawe Mrs R Edwards (Moore) Mrs D Geliot (Stebbing) Mrs M Goodrich (Bennett) Professor B Griffin-Dougall (Smith) Mrs J Hamor (Wilkinson) Mrs P Hanage (Sandford) Dame Rosalyn Higgins (Cohen) Mrs M Levett (Ward) Mrs C McLean (Lithgow) Mrs A Preston (Walmsley) Mrs D Thorp (Galbraith) Mrs S Threlfall (Jackson) Mrs F Trotman (Slemen) Mrs C Vigars (Walton) Mrs J Walker (Brown) Dr V Warrior Mrs D York (Macdonald) Class of 1956 Mrs J Barrett (Fountain) Mrs J Burrows (Woodd) Lady D Cassidi (Bliss) Mrs F Clark (Mill) Dr J Davies (Dadds) Ms W Hellegouarc’h (Thomas) Miss S Maxwell Mrs M Pedlar-Perks (Tillett) Mrs M Poole (Smith) Dr M Rossiter Dr F Simpson (Zuill) Lady Swinnerton-Dyer (H Browne) Mrs R Treves Brown (Harding) Ms M Vincent Mrs K Wills (Wright) Mrs A Wright (Miller) Class of 1957 Professor J Ashworth Dr M Davies (Owen) Dr G duCharme (Brown) Mrs J Hammond (Haffner) Mrs A Harris (Collis) Mrs J Kenrick (Greaves) Mrs S Martin (Mason) Dr E Poskitt Ms R Rattenbury Mrs V Roberts (Chapman) Dr E Vinestock (Morrison) Mrs V Wood-Robinson (Ginman) Mrs P Youngman (Coates)

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Class of 1958 Mrs A Bean (Steer) Mrs J Blackburn (Saunders) Mrs E Clifford (Harding) Miss J Corser Mrs A Eccles (Chib) The Revd Canon Dr R Edwards (Phillips) Mrs C Gascoigne (Ditchburn) 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) Mrs A Kenning Massa (Kenning) Dr G Lachelin Mrs S Lawrence (Reeder) Mrs D Lindsay (Gent) Dr J Lloyd (Muir-Smith) Miss J Marsh Ms R Niblett Mrs K Norman (Redwood) Mrs J Pardey (Stoker) Mrs C Paulson-Ellis (Brunyate) Mrs S Pigott (Megaw) Ms C Pountney Mrs J Prescott (Palmer) Professor F Rhoads (Secker) and Dr G Rhoads Mrs J Ridley (Ames) Dr J Rizvi (Clarke) Mrs R Ross (Fincher) Mrs C Stewart (Custance) Class of 1959 Mrs G Armitage (Dover) Mrs A Aveling (Green) Mrs S Beasley (Brown) Dr M Bent (Bassington) Mrs D Boatman (Coles) Mrs E Bridger (Bewes) Mrs G Chadwick (Offen) Dr E Courtauld (Molland) Mrs J Dandliker (Cheng) Dr A Deveson (Richards) Mrs B Guest (Cuthbert) Mrs V Hall (Heard) and Dr J Hall Mrs C Hopkins (Busbridge) Ms S Landen Mrs K Lawther (Cameron) Mrs B MacKenzie Ross (Horgan) Mrs A Montgomery (Hurrell) Mrs M Morgan (Stallard-Penoyre) Mrs H Nicholls (Cameron) Mrs L Ruffe (Cuppage) Mrs P Thompson (Reed) Mrs D Turner (Greenaway) Class of 1960 Mrs A Bowker (Bennett) Dr D Devlin Mrs L Eshag (Lewis) Mrs C Field (Lander) Mrs M Field (Chisholm) Mrs B Gardner (Brennan) Mrs F Hebditch (Davies) Mr M Hebditch Mrs J Herriott (MacLean) Mrs D Lopez-Ferriero (Ravenscroft) Mrs C McCormick (Barlow) Mrs E Siddall (Stone) Mrs C Smith (Webster) Mrs U Sparrow (McDonnell) Mrs S Thomson (Dowty) Mrs J Thorpe (Oakley)

Dr M Walmsley Dr R Warren (Copping) Ms C Webb Mrs M Woodall (Evans) Class of 1961 Dr S Bain (Stanley) Mrs S Barkham (Ratcliffe) Mrs M Benjamin (Keith-Lucas) Mrs H Blair (Tunnard) in memory of Anne Robertson (1961) Mrs C Brack (Cashin) Mrs K Brind (Williams) Dr N Coldstream (Carr) Dr A Conyers (Williams) Mrs S Cox (Crombie) Mrs J de Swiet (Hawkins) and Dr M de Swiet in memory of Anne Robertson (1961) Professor D Edwards Mrs E Gordon (Shanks) Mrs C Kirkby (Billingham) Miss B Nevill Dr C Nyamweru (Washbourn) Mrs H Sage (Galbraith) Mrs L Scott-Joynt (White) Mrs S Smith (Jenkins) Mrs S Smith (Tyndall) Mrs J Standage (Ward) Professor A Thompson Dr S Thompson (Stallworthy) Dr R Toms (Peregrine-Jones) Mrs G Verschoyle (Kent-Lemon) Mrs S Wilson (Waller) Reverend Professor F Young (Worrall) Class of 1962 Dr J Bainbridge Mrs R Binney (Chanter) Mrs D Bond (MacFarlane) Reverend Professor J Brown Miss A Darvall Mrs P Glanville (Fox-Robinson) in memory of Ms A Robertson 1961 Miss H Greig Professor C Hillenbrand (Jordan) Mrs J McAdoo (Hibbert) Mrs A Miller (Gilchrist) Professor I Rivers (Haigh) Mrs B Salmon (Shaw) Ms H Strouts Mrs J Way (Whitehead) Class of 1963 Lady Atkinson (J Mandeville) Dr J Braid (Slater) Dr E Burroughs (Clyma) Mrs P Cooper (Lilley) Mrs M Deelman (Hall) and Mr H Deelman Mrs S Hill (Gleeson-White) Mrs B Mansell (Wulff) Mrs M May (Hesketh) Dr U Ryan (Scully) Mrs M Stoney (Wild) Dr P Taylor (Francis) Mrs J Wakefield (Dawes) Mrs J Wymer (Marriott) Class of 1964 Mrs C Ansorge (Broadbelt) Mrs C Beasley-Murray (Griffiths) Professor K Beckingham The Rev A Bradbrook (Turner) Dr J Bull (Taylor) and Dr H Bull Mrs C Campion-Smith (Gerrard)

Donors

Miss D Crowder Mrs A de Lotbiniere (Dent) Mrs P Dickson (White) Ms I Freebairn (Freebairn-Smith) Ms M Grech Ganado (Ganado) Mrs G Harrison (Cross) Mrs A Lyne (Rozelaar) Mrs J McManus (Edwards) Dr R Osmond (Beck) Dr H Robinson (Taylor) Mrs P Shaw (Northcroft) Mrs C Thorp (Kenyon) Ms G Turton Class of 1965 Mrs J Campbell-Howes (Oliver) Dr D Challis (Pennington) Dr S Delamont Dr P Eaton (Mills) Ms J Gardiner Dr J Mallison (Hallowes) Mrs A Mason (Harroway) Dr R Page (Wight) Dr S Paskins (Brown) Dr M Picton (Jones) Dr D Russell (Bonner) Mrs P Sharp (Monach) Professor A Sinclair (Lees) Mrs A Swallow (Wright) Dr A Tyndale Professor V van Heyningen (Daniel) Mrs G Webster (Runnicles) Mrs D Wells (Bousfield) Dr M Whalley (Bramley) Class of 1966 Mrs L Andrews (Scott) and Mr D Grossman Mrs A Bueno de Mesquita (McCormick) Dr E Capewell (Aldridge) Miss F Corrie Mrs L Curgenven (Charlton) Mrs H Davies (Waters) Professor A Finch Mrs B Hird (Holden) and Mr A Hird Dr M Leeson Dr A Lishman Miss D Millward Professor L Milne Mrs S Shields (Robinson) Dr R Smith (Loewenthal) Class of 1967 Dr R Beal-Preston (Guy) Professor V Broughton (Nice) Dr B Castleton (Smith) Dr P Chadwick Mrs L Chesneau (Jacot) Mrs K Coleman (MacKenzie) Miss M Day Dr L Emerson Dr P Ford Mrs E Freeman (Rogers) Dr N Gibbons (Bole) Dr F Hughes (Harrison) Mrs H Ireland (Charnock) (in memory of Oscar and Isobel Charnock) Mrs J Lloyd (Pawson) Mrs D McAndrew (Harrison) Dr C Nutton (Clements) Miss M Parker Professor P Price Ms M Thomas Mrs B Walker (Fogg) and Mr W Walker Miss B Wimett

Class of 1968 Dr A Blackburn Dr E Bowling Dr L Braddock Mrs V Challacombe (Brousson) Mrs H Chown (Benians) Mrs A Craze (McCrone) Ms J Crimmin Dr K Crocker (Tombs) Dr J Cross Miss S Cubitt Dr P 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 Mrs V McGlade (Whitney) Dr A McLean Mrs J Mercer (Clarke) Ms S Minter Professor D Outram Mrs S Penfold (Marshall) Professor A Petch Dr F Smith (Rankin) Ms J Thompson Class of 1969 Miss S Blacker (Brenton) Ms M Friend Dr A Griffin (Ryder) Mrs V Honeyborne-Martins (Honeyborne) Mrs M Innes (Woods) Professor K Khaw Dr G Monsell (Thomas) Professor E Nesbitt Professor M Fowler Mrs B Patterson (Cleaver) Mrs A Perry (Blackwell) Miss A Plackett Mrs A Roberts (Mangham) Mrs D Sichel (Ferguson) Mrs Z Skinner (Jones) Dr B Taylor (Slimming) Mrs K Ward (Mee) Mrs S Watson (Head) Dr C Weber (Bell) Mrs M Winfield (Richards) and Mr W Winfield Ms C Wright Mrs R Yule (Sanders) Class of 1970 Mrs C Avery Jones (Bobbett) Miss H Barton Mrs A Brackley (Butler) Dr P Chaloner Mrs B Coulson (Chambers) Ms E Guppy Professor M Haycock Professor M Haycock Ms C Haydon Deschenaux (Haydon) Ms P Jones Dame Zarine Kharas Dr S Lawton (Marsh-Smith) Miss P Mander Mrs V Martin (Bennett) Dr J Melia (Gibson) Mrs E Mendes da Costa (Lipscomb) Dr M Mountford (Gamble) Ms J Nockolds Lady Phillips (A Broomhead)

Professor H Prentice (Gautby) Dr R Siddals Dr A Thackray Miss M Wooldridge Class of 1971 Mrs A Brown (Mark) Dr H Caldwell (Burtenshaw) Ms V Chamberlain Dr A Cobby 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) Mrs D Schuchart (Kane) Dr H Taylor Mrs J Tierney (Briggs) Mrs G Waters (Cutmore) Dr S Wright (Heywood) Class of 1972 Mrs H Asbury (Jephcott) Mrs J Bell (Spurgin) Miss C Cullis Ms S Dawson Dr A Edmonds Miss G Edwards Mrs F Gilbert (Tipping) Ms J Hanna Ms A Hey Ms B Hines (Fejtek) Mrs J Hope (Bentley) Mrs J Hughes (Des Clayes) Mrs F Manning (Andrew) Dr A Overzee (Hunt) Miss S Pargeter Ms V Platt Mrs D Reynolds (Bevin) Mrs C Stoker and Mr A Stoker Miss O Timbs Mrs S Walker (Wren) Mrs R Whatmore (Robertson) Professor J Winch Miss B Wright Class of 1973 Mrs A Bamforth (Burgess) Mrs G Bargery (Hetherington) Dr M Davies Ms L Duffin Dr L Dumbreck (Devlin) Mrs C Fine (Cheal) and Dr B Fine Mrs B Ford (Seeley) Mrs H Gray (Swan) Mrs A Griffiths (Evans) 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) Ms L Sampson (Whiddon) Mrs A Stainsby (Sutton) Dr S Tilby (Wharton) Mrs P Wade (Wellburn) Dr D Weissman (Chimicz) Ms L Wootton

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Donors

Class of 1974 Lady Baker (H Sharrock) Dr A Blum Mrs M Bonsall (Shaw) Mrs C Borrill (Pateras) Mrs H Bryant (Smith) Dr S Dyson Miss D Farley The Rev Dr A Ferris (Thacker) Dr E French (Jacques) Ms J Fuller Ms S Gwilliam Miss A Heffernan Mrs A Jackson (Jones) Mrs R Mifsud (Moore) Mrs C Mitcheson (Ramshaw) Mrs F Morris (Milner) Ms M Morris Dr C Morrison (Page) Ms J Portal (Bowerman) Miss K Refson Miss A Rhodes Mrs C Robertson (Derbyshire) Dr J Scutt Dr H Trusted Mrs J Walshe (Foster) Mrs A Whipp (Smith) Class of 1975 Ms F Anderson (Wells-Thorpe) Dr S Black (Hollis) Ms F Boyers Ms G Carey Dr J Coates (Whatley) Ms A Davidson (Jones) Dr F Doyle Mrs S Finlay (Perry) Ms F Gledhill Ms J Hayball Dr G Herridge (Chopping) Mrs N Husain (Ahmed) Dr M Jubb Ms C Kerridge Miss J Mann Mrs P Matthews (Johnson) Dr R Nye (Painter) Mrs S Palmer (Hull) Judge I Parry 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 Ms A Whichcord Class of 1976 Dr C Anderson (Aston) Mrs E Barrott (Stosic) Dr C Bryce (Ford) Mrs P Cakebread (James) Dr H Clarke (Benbow) Ms J Ferrans Ms D Fuertes (Bartelt) Mrs S Grant (Jump) Mrs G Hayward (Mitcheson) Mrs A Jenkinson (Sims) Mrs E Jones (Dando) Ms M Knowles Mrs G Millinger (Aston) Ms D Morgan Mrs S Morgan (Richardson)

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Ms H Morrison Mrs R Reid (Aston) and Mr A Reid 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) The Revd Susanna Singer (Kent) Mrs J Smallwood (Smith) Dr K Wheeler Mrs H Wright (Peacock) Mrs N Wynne (Cox) Class of 1977 Dr P Boston Mrs C Bromhead (Smith) Dr C Brown Dr B Burin Mrs J Collyer (Kiwana) Mrs A Coulton (McWatters) Dr R Dyer (Snelling) Ms C Egan Mrs S Fromson (Hubert) Miss M Gaskin Mrs A Glanvill (Howe) Mrs C Hesketh (Castle) Ms R Jones Mrs N King (Cowell) Mrs N Lanaghan (Hamilton-Russell) Dr L Pillidge (Robinson) Professor S Rowland-Jones Dr C Scanlon Mrs B Schouten (Edwards) Mrs P Somervell (Holt) Ms 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 Mrs R Anderson (Naish) and Mr J Anderson Mrs G Andrewes Dodd (Dodd) Dr A Beckham (Roberts) Mrs S Conolly (Ruch) Mrs S Crawford The Rev Dr M De Quidt (Williamson) Ms J Elton Professor C Ennew Mrs S Ferris (Hanley) Mrs N Fielding (Creedy) Mrs A Francis (Fairbairn) Mrs J George (Peterson) Miss S Graham-Campbell Ms G Hammond Dr I Henderson Mrs A Higgs (Beynon) Ms B Hill Dr I Howlett (Shaw) Ms K Knight Mrs G Marshall (Wilson) Mrs A Masters (Elms Neale) Dr J Mitchell (Stebbing) Dr A Mynors-Wallis (Lloyd-Thomas) Professor C Poppi Mrs S Routledge (Blythe) Mrs S Shrimpton (Lightfoot) Dr L Smith

Mrs S Smith (Wildash) Ms C Tacon Dr N Turing (Simmonds) Miss A Weitzel Class of 1979 Mrs J Barwick-Nesbit (Nicholson) Mrs T Brotherston (Nicholls) Ms J Caddick (Roberts) Mr N Campbell Dr T Child (Skeggs) Mrs K Clay (Swift) Mrs J Edis (Askew) Dr A Gemmill Dr P Gibson Mr R Haffenden Dr S Hales Miss J Hewett-Cooney (Hewett) Ms S Hewin Mrs P Howell Evans (Woodhouse) Miss L Jerram Ms L Lee Mrs M Lewis (Wallington) Mr J Longstaff Dr J Martin (Hewitt) Mr N Pears Professor M Power Mr S Richardson The Rev E Robertson (Savage) Ms I Ruhemann Dr P Schaffner Dr J Sears Mrs A Sheil (Simpson) Mrs S Waller (Skelland) Dr G Warner Mrs F Weston (Simpson) Dr C Young Class of 1980 Miss M Archer Mr P Berg Mr P Bernstein Dr H Blackburn (Egan) Dr R Bliss Professor A Bourke Mrs L Bowen (Dennis) Mrs J Burridge (Saner) Mrs J Cambidge (Dryden) Dr Z Conway Mr I Craggs Mr J Doyle Mr N Eades and Dr J Fox Eades (Fox) (1981) Professor M Fewtrell Mr G Freeborn Mrs A Fyffe Reverend S Gill Mrs J Haines (Huggins) Mrs S Hall (Hetherington) Mr D Hollingworth Mrs S Lancashire (Marr) Dr N Land Dr I Laurenson Mrs G Lewis (Merrett) Mr J Lewis Dr W Munro Mrs K Pugh (Burton) Mr D Recaldin Mr I Teague Ms P Treacy Dr C Vize Mrs H Wilderspin (Chatters)

Donors

Class of 1981 Miss E Barnard Mr G Counsell and Ms A Reece (1981) Mr M Dowle Miss C Edwards Ms M Fraser Dr P Hammond Mr N Harvey Mrs R Hyde (Riley) Mr A Lane Mrs Y Maxtone-Smith (Maxtone-Graham) Mr J Okin Mr P Patel Ms F Smith Mr M Smith Mr S Thornton Mrs A Whitaker (Rundle) Class of 1982 Mr D Bullinger Professor J Cassell Ms L Davy Ms K Fawcett Mr P Fitzalan Howard Ms R Hancock Mr D Heryett Mr M Holt Mrs S Hood (Probert) Mr S Hood Mrs K Ip (Jopson) Miss S Leong Mr H McLachlan The Revd Canon Professor C Methuen Mrs K Peissel (Lynn) Professor C Proudman Miss M Quinn Mr J Rae-Smith Mrs J Raffle (Lobell) Mr H Roberts Ms L Simpson Ms M Wyatt Class of 1983 Mrs Y Benoit (Pyndiah) Dr R Bewley Mr C Gibbs Miss W Holden Dr J Holt Mrs A House (McNiff) Ms J Kirrane (Cronan) Professor M Lindsay Mr D Mabbott Mr C Main Mrs F Napier (King) Mr A Persianis Mrs R Rawnsley (Schofield) Professor M Rubin Ms F Van Dijk Ms R Williams (Tudor Williams) Mr D Wittmann and Mrs S Wittmann (Abesser) (1983) Class of 1984 Mr D Acres Mrs S Atkinson (Thomas) Ms S Burles (Rowe) Brigadier P Cameron Ms L Cattermole Watkins (Cattermole) Dr T Crickmore (Bartram) Ms E Drew Mrs C Dwyer (Williams) Dr J Edwards and Mr M Gibbon Professor M Gale Miss S Gregory-Jones

Mr A Jackson Mr C Mok Mrs D Morrison (Restall) and Mr A Morrison (1985) Mrs S Peatfield (Charles) Dr L Power Mr P Williams Class of 1985 Mrs P Armitage (Scott-Moncrieff) Dr L Barnardo 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) Mr R Chatburn Mr A Collerton Mrs K Collins (Scrivener) Mrs P Considine Ms M Hackett Mr F Heng Dr R Hyde Ms A King Professor A Knobler Mrs R Lewis (Davies) Professor D Mead Professor J Morgan Mr T Ramoutar Ms P Roberts Ms J Simmonds Professor D Smith Ms M Sng Miss S Williams Mr C Woodford Class of 1986 Mrs D Banerji (Urwin) Mr K Chan Mrs V Cole (Joynson) Mrs S Croft (White) Dr S Edwards Mr D Fielding Professor R Godby Mr S Haywood-Ward Mr R Lewis and Mrs R Lewis Clark (Clarke) (1985) Ms C Liassides Mr A Pymer and Dr C Wernham (1986) Mr R Rayward Dr P Shah Dr W Simonson Ms E Spohn Dr N Storer Dr E Wang Ms M Wernick (Sherman) Ms K Whiting Class of 1987 Mr M Anderson Mr R Bayall (Buaal) Mr S Close Mrs N Dennison (Martin-Smith) Dr L Fallon Mr K Galloway Ms R Grace (Jayasundera) Mr P Groombridge Mr R Logue Dr R Makarem Ms A Maxted Ms S Maxwell (McCollough) Professor S Panda Dr G Siriwardena

Class of 1988 Ms C Bardon (Heslop) Mrs A Gamble (Bell) Ms F Graham Dr M Hutt Professor S Iyengar Mr M Keady Dr S Kebbell Mrs A Little (Jacobson) 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 Taylor Mr J Tothill Ms A Young Class of 1989 Dr D Bell Miss J Buck Mrs R Cowin (Clark) Dr T Cutts Ms C Greenwood Ms N Guest Mr D Henderson Mr J Howling Ms S Jones (Griffith) Mr M Khalid Mrs R Moore (Batte) Mrs F Mussio (Gonsalves) Ms C Rushton Mrs C Seward (Stanley) Mr C St. John Class of 1990 Dr K Adams (Heathcote) Dr M Armstrong and Mrs S Armstrong (McGrath) (1990) Mr S Beale Mr M Hallett Mrs S Mcloughlin (Wheatley) Mrs G McPherson (Hunter) Miss V Milner Ms A Ngoh Mr D Poppleton Ms M Riches (Stanton) Dr M Stidworthy Ms L Wagner Dr H Wong Class of 1991 Mrs K Bass (Newbury) Mrs R Beech (Moss) Mr S Bradley Mr R Goodhead Dr G Hamilton Dr S Hayward Mr S Irvine Mr P James Mrs C Kendal (Currie) Mr S Lim Miss D Manolas Mrs P Martin (Hall) Mr R Mun Mr J Murphy (1991) Dr D Ramm Mr A Redfern Mr J Rouse Mr T Southern Dr S Wallace

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Donors

Class of 1992 Dr S Aguilar Mr D Batchelor Dr J Bibow Mr R Bradford Dr E Chesneau Miss N Cleal Mr J Geston Mr O Haffenden Mrs R Hourston (Madden) Mrs R Iren (Gediz) Dr M Jarvis Mr K Limbajee Mr J Marsh Mr A McCready Dr S McKeown Mr S McMurray Professor S Phillips Mrs L Sabharwal (Hill) Professor C Themans-Warwick (Warwick) Dr D Thurley Class of 1993 Mr G Arnold Mr T Barnes Mr C Choi Mr W Collins Mr I Furlonger Mrs S Galbraith (Smith) Ms L Irish (Davey) Ms R Kerr Dr F Makki Mr K Meghjee Mrs C Moore (Hemsworth) Mrs S Parsons (Relf) Mr W Potten Professor N Sartain Mr D Semal Mr H Stokes Ms K Taylor Mr R Till Mrs A Tobin Mrs J Waters (Hook) Mr G Williams Class of 1994 Dr A Blaxter Paliwala Dr T Courtney Dr C Crowe Miss N Hollingsworth Mr C Hulatt Mrs S Huxley-Reynard (Edgar) Dr A Kells Dr K Locherer Mr S Lodh Dr R Lynch (Tregonning) and Dr A Lynch Ms C Maugham (Hibbitt) Mr L McLernon Dr T Oh Mr S Payne Mr E Pugh Dr G Somayajula (Bradbury) Mrs A Thomas (Disbury) Mr H Thomas Mr O Wilson Class of 1995 Mr T Boughton Mrs E Coppin (Coyle) Mr S Davidson Mr A Every Mr P Grinspan and Miss H Lam Dr S Iyengar Mr L John

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Dr J Polton Mr P Ryland Miss L Shackleton Dr L Shaw Dr A Thurrell Classs of 1996 Dr L Bannister Dr K Best (Smith) Mr M Cobley Mr C Deacon Mr D Edwards Mr P Glover Mr A Gregorio Mr S Ho Mr E Inglis Miss L James Mrs A Keen (Neale) Mrs H Mackinlay (Bradley) Dr C Mulcare Mrs L Nielsen Board (Dean) Mrs B Richards (Goodridge) Ms C Roberts Mr A Sen and Mrs C Sen (Brown) (1995) Mr R Smith Mr S Tappin Mrs C Wookey-Evans (Wookey) Class of 1997 Miss L Allen Mr J Anthony-Edwards (Anthony) Mr P Beer Miss M Bingham-Walker Dr E Butterworth Mr A Chisholm Ms E Cox Mr M Cullingford Mr E Gatfield Mrs C Gruffudd Jones (Mulliss) Mr R Hakes Dr P Hall Mrs C Hawes (Slevin) and Dr J Hawes (1997) Dr L Hulatt Mr J Naylor Dr K Nelson (Duffin) and Mr S Nelson (1997) Mrs E O’Reilly (Reynolds) Mr R Pitcher Mr T Poon Mrs C Roberts (Maskell) Mr P Rutland Professor J Schonfield Dr M Shaw-Champion Mr M Sidhom and Mrs R Sidhom Ms J Smith Mr M Walsh Class of 1998 Dr N Brooks Mr R Bryan Miss K Clark Mr P Cornmell Dr T Craggs Mr G Dobson and Mrs A Dobson (Ambrose) (1999) Mrs B Galvin (Lewis) Mr J Gilberthorpe Mrs S Holt (Merrigan) Professor K Niglas Mr J Parker Dr L Pickering Miss R Pope Mr G Redman Mrs E Robinson (Hunt) Ms C Row

Mrs C Smith (Thomas) Ms V Stevens Ms K Tymieniecka Mr J Vali Mr J Woolf Dr X Yuan Class of 1999 Dr E Almond (Robinson) Ms C Brennan Miss L Bullock Miss T Collier Mr J Cooper-Colliander (Cooper) Dr E Cornwall Mr D Emmens Mr A Holland and Mrs K Holland (Crosby) Dr N Jennings Mr J Lark Mr R Lewis Mr P Marshall Mr J Morgan Mr M Morgan Mrs R Morris (Bowes) Dr R Orr Dr B Orton Mr E Owles Mrs S Read (Gill) Miss N Rump Dr G Williams Class of 2000 Mr D Bradnum Mrs C Bright (Wright) Miss D Daly Dr C Duckworth Ms P Giaiero Mrs F Hall (Gaetani) Mrs P Heasman-Walsh (Heasman) Miss A Lawrence Mrs L Lawrence (White) Mrs N Pallikaropoulos (Pachiti) Mr G Sankar 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) Miss K Urell Mr T Wey Class of 2001 Ms S Adler Miss B Cain Mr D Cash Ms S Collinson Miss S Daniell Ms K Davis Mr T Elliott Miss K Ellison Mrs A Gaston (Sharma) Ms V Granell Marx Ms E Hall Mr P Hempsall and Mrs C Hempsall (Dovey) (2000) Dr U Inamete Mr J Knibbs Mr J Meenowa Mr T Mosher Mr M Namdarkhan Miss K Saville Dr D Stretton (Marshall) Mr N Thornton Dr D Veldhuis

Donors

Mr R Wright Class of 2002 Mr J Beeson Mr C Birchall Dr D Black Miss G Bryce Mrs G Chen Miss H Craik Mr S de Haas Mr T Elson Dr S Gnanakumaran Mr J Hogg Mrs P Hook (Tudor) Mr T Houlton Mr S Hudson Dr H James Ms M Lee Ms N Osborn Mr J Ottal Mrs A Pacitti (Riddoch) Mr M Schneider Mr M Schwingenheuer Miss S Stewart Mr T Taylor Mr J Turner Dr S West Mrs L Wherity (Hare) Class of 2003 Mrs J Cobbett (Jones) Mr A Darnton Miss A Goddard Mr J Hewitt Mrs R Hill Mr A Kumar Miss J Lau 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 The Rev’d J Wright Class of 2004 Mr M Birmingham Miss C Cooley Mr D Deitz Mr J Dhanji Mr P Dower and Mrs E Dower (2007) Mr R Durkin Dr O Gbinigie Mr V Handa Mrs C Huang (Falter) Mr A Leung and Mrs V Leung (Moss) (2004) Mr O Lewis and Mrs R Lewis (Amos) (2004) Mr P Martin Mr S Murray Dr E Owen Mr R Stanchina Mr T Wieladek Mr Q Wong Dr T Wood Class of 2005 Mr L Andrews Dr P Brett Ms K Caro Mr J Clarke Dr N Culshaw

Mr C Donnelly Ms R Easterbrook Mr M Forsman Mrs K Gosling (Below) and Mr M Gosling (2005) Mr P Hall Mr L Jones Miss C Kellas Miss D Luo Mrs J Naseman (Bromage) and Mr B Naseman (2007) Mr R O’Brien Dr D Rees Mr D Ryder-Cook Mrs J Sheard (Gulliver) Dr R Stutt Mrs M Waddington (Lavin) Mr W Walters Mrs K Woodland (Scotter) Class of 2006 Mr R Ahmed Ms E Alekseeva Mr S Antill Mr C Bauermeister Dr A Baxter (Brown-Kerr) Mr S Cowen Dr K Gaston Mr J Gray Miss N Hamilton Mrs L Haywood (Iredale) Mr J Hosier Dr T Medeiros Mr O Patey Mr B Ramsay Mrs K Russell (Tinslay) Ms I Simmonds Dr L Sun Dr M Sweeney Mr M Thomas Mr B Travers Mr C Webb Mr E Wong Class of 2007 Mr D Adams Mr C Ainsworth-Patrick (Patrick) Mr N Caldwell Miss W Chan Mrs E Corpe (Bowen) Mr T Gault Mr S Hayes Mr T Ithell Miss R Langton Miss S Miller Mr A Mullins-Smith Miss J Nutter Mr O Nzelu Miss S Rodriguez Miss R Smith Mr D Tang Mrs S Thum-Bonanno (Wilkins) Mr M Vroobel Mr S Wait Mr A Young Class of 2008 Dr J Aris Chandran Mr H Bradley Ms M Csibra Mr R Dhillon Miss N Epaminonda Mr D Feist Mr L Fletcher

Mrs C Horne (Ford) Miss N Jaglom Mr M Jones Mr N Khabirpour Ms D Levy Mr C Lynn Mr J McKeown Mr N Mead Mr R Patel Miss H Phillips Mr N Rosa Mr G Shankar Mr D Spencer Ms C Wennersten Miss E West Mr J Wong Mr P Woollins Dr C Yong Class of 2009 Miss N Baroudi Mr P Brook Ms R Butterfill Pace (Butterfill) Mrs B Cook (Tyrie) Mr W English Miss C Hardy Ms L Hassell-Hart (Hassell) and Mr S HassellHart (Hart) (2009) Mr T Hellier Mr S Hewitt Mr K Hughes Miss M Kang Mr C Lockwood Mr S Probyn Miss N Shah Mr A Stikonas Mr J Streather Mr B Webb Mr A Wessely Class of 2010 Dr I Beh Mr A Campbell Mrs K Green (Walton) Dr A Guzman de la Fuente Mr X Hu Mr B Katz-Crowther (Katz) Mr R Kilcoyne Mrs M Mitra (Johnson) Ms T Pan Ms V Ravikumaran Mr C Scutt Mr M Seow Mr M Thoma Miss E Walters Class of 2011 Mr J Bews Mrs C Bingham (Booker) Ms N Bird Miss L Garms Mr J Harvey Mr V Jurkevicius Mr E Lee Dr S Mizera Mr E Poliakov Dr H Radke Dr W Sloper Mr J Tong Mr V Udra Mr R Weedon Miss L Whiteley Mr I Yate

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Donors

Class of 2012 Dr I Ba Ms T Banner Miss H Davies Miss L Dunsmore Miss G Fisher Dr T Gemunden Mr B Glassberg Mr Y Kader Mr T Lefley Mr W Nott Mr M Pipan Mr S Rayner Ms H Smith Mr P Thomson Dr J Yun Dr G Zeng

Miss C Faith Mr D McGough Mr M Steele Ms R Vidhlaejandi Mr B Wigmore Class of 2015 Mrs R Eatough (Dunn) Miss W Ma Class of 2017 Ms J Allen Class of 2018 Miss E Absalom Mr W Harden-Chaters Miss J Riley Mr T Watts

Class of 2013 Mr J Allen Mr C Cutinha Miss C Foot Miss M García Villamil Ms M Hawkins Mr A Malyali Mr L Schmieding Miss F Taylor Mr B Ward

Fellows1, staff and supporters Mr N Allen in memory of Mrs E Allen (Browne) (1936) Mr E Allwright in memory of Mrs M Allwright (Rudkin) (1942) Mr S Ansell in memory of Elizabeth Ansell (Ray) 1967 Dr D Barden Mr T Blake Mr P Briggs Ms S Bryan in memory of Anne Robertson (1961) Professor J Campbell Mr P Chan Professor S Dyson

Class of 2014 Mr E Bilclough Miss C Carlisle Mr M Coley Mr R Copeland

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Dr J Evans in memory of Sarah Ganly (1977) Friends and family in memory of Mrs D Boatman (Coles 1959) Ms F Gandy Mr D Hitchin in memory of Janet Hitchin (Muston) (1955) Professor D James Mr T Kennedy-Grant Ms D Lowther Professor E MacRobbie Ms F Malaree and Mr R Wielechowski (2002) Professor Sir Laurence Martin Mr N Peacock Mr N Poole-Wilson Professor D North Ms J Reynolds Mr N Sivakumar Mr A Smith Anonymous—for Margaret Smith (Jackson) 1951, and for Rachel Campbell (Smith) 1982 Mrs P Smith Professor S J. Smith (Mistress) in memory of Betty and Arthur Smith Mr S White in memory of Diana Farley (1974) Mrs J Williams Dr E Worzala Organisations Cambridge Local Girton Association Easy Fundraising London Girton Association The Portland Fuel Group of Companies 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. d.easlick@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 339893. Tamsin Elbourn-Onslow, Development Manager. Tamsin is an ambassador for College’s fundraising campaign with a focus on major giving. t.elbourn@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 765685

Hena McGhee, Development Officer. Hena is responsible for the Annual Fund giving programme, which includes the telephone campaign, direct mails and the Giving Day. h.mcghee@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 338992 Ingrid Koning, Development Officer. Ingrid manages the College’s annual programme of networking, social and educational events designed to engage alumni, students, Fellows and donors, as well as keeping the database up to date and providing administrative support to the office.

Emma Cornwall, Development Officer (Alumni Relations and Legacies). Emma oversees the College’s alumni events and communications, and supports Girton’s alumni associations. She also has responsibility for the College’s legacy giving programme.

i.koning@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 764935

e.cornwall@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 338901

b.easlick-shoolman@girton.cam.ac.uk +44(0)1223 765833

Hannah James, Development Officer. Hannah is responsible for all aspects of gift administration. She also conducts background research for development campaigns and alumni events, and is developing our stewardship programme.

Benji Easlick-Shoolman, Development Assistant. Benji assists all members of the team, especially in arranging events and maintaining the database.

New Starter! Tom Hammond, Development Officer. Tom He will be supporting Deborah Easlick and Hannah James in their work with the College’s benefactors, and assisting Deborah with her responsibilities in College. He read History at Pembroke College and enjoys learning languages and visiting museums. Before coming to Girton, Tom worked on fundraising for two Cambridge Colleges and a medical research charity, and on campaigns and policy for the UK European Movement and the Japan Foundation. t.hammond@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 766672

h.james@girton.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 766672

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 338901. Please read our full data protection statement for alumni and supporters at: www.girton.cam.ac.uk/gdpr

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Events Calendar 2022 Please find below a list of our current events schedule. If you plan to attend an event or simply visit the College please check our Visitor Policy for the latest guidance and up-to-date details on our event plans. This information is available by visiting www.girton.cam.ac.uk/covid19/college-guidance on the College’s website or by emailing development@girton.cam.ac.uk We very much hope that the events scheduled in 2022 will be able to go ahead but please note that all events are still subject to official Public Health guidelines and changes may still be made. To ensure you receive your invitation, and the latest news and information, please update your contact details www.girton.cam.ac.uk/update-your-details

1 April

10 September

MA Congregation and Dinner for 2015 matriculants Girton College and Senate House Cambridge

Alumni Reunion Dinner for 1980,1981 and 1982 Girton College

10–19 April

17 September

US Alumni Visit Washington DC and New York

Alumni Reunion Dinner for 1989, 1990 and 1991 Girton College

29 April MA Congregation and Dinner for 2014 matriculants (postponed from 2021) Girton College and Senate House Cambridge

24 September

29 April

24 September

Spring Gardens Walk Girton College

Library Talk Girton College

Lawrence Room Talk Girton College

5 May

24 September

Jane Martin Poetry Prize Girton College

People’s Portraits Annual Reception Girton College

14 May

24 September

Frank Wilkinson Memorial and Economics Reunion Dinner Girton College

Roll of Alumni Weekend Concert Girton College

24 September

20 May MA Congregation and Dinner for 2013 matriculants (postponed from 2020) Girton College and Senate House Cambridge

Roll of Alumni Dinner to include reunions for 1960, 1961, 1962, 1970, 1971 and 1972 Girton College

25 September

26 May

Gardens Talk Girton College

Alumni Formal Hall Girton College

15 October

21 June May Week Concert Girton College

Commemoration of Benefactors and Foundation Dinner Girton College

2 July

18 October

Alumni Reunion Dinner for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010, 2011, 2012 Girton College

Autumn Gardens Walk Girton College

27 October

8–9 July End of A Great Campaign Celebration for donors and supporters (by invitation only) Girton College

Alumni Formal Hall Girton College

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 2022

Articles inside

Creating a Legacy

Our Financial Report

A Great Campaign

Alumni Profile: Helen Atkinson

Alumni Profile: Dominic Brigstocke