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formed a small charity called Karenaid – named in honour of Burma’s Karen ethnic minority – they prefer to link up with on-the-ground organisations such as the International Rescue Committee, Malteser International and MĂŠdicins sans Frontières. Expressions of gratitude come in the form of modest, heartfelt gifts, such as a jar of honey or a woven shirt. ‘The people themselves are so inspiring. They possess a remarkable gentleness and fortitude. We’re lifted up by them.’ AUTUMN 2012 IN TOUCH

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PhD law student Katherine Grainger, left, already Great Britain’s most successful female rower, brought home gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Having won silver medals at Sydney, Athens and Beijing, Grainger and her rowing partner Anna Watkins captured gold in the women’s double sculls at Eton Dorney. The pair won in dominating fashion before

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King’s Policy Institute is building a bridge between academics and policymakers in the UK and beyond As Chair of King’s Policy Institute, Nick Butler, a former economic and business policy adviser to Gordon Brown, explains, one of the Institute’s major challenges is to cut through the myriad urgent issues to focus on areas where King’s can have most impact DƨHFWLQJ SROLF\ Ĺš:H FDQĹ›W GR everything,’ he says. ‘So we prioritise areas where there’s a good match between unresolved policy issues and King’s expertise.’ The Policy Institute was set up to provide a swift response to pressing political, economic and social issues, bringing King’s unbiased expertise to leading policymakers in the UK and beyond. With the eurozone in crisis, it’s no surprise that Europe is currently at the top of the agenda. Two current VHPLQDU VHULHV FRYHULQJ ĆŠQDQFH DQG defence and security, are providing unique opportunities for academics,

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SURĆŠOH RI ZKDW %XWOHU FDOOV Ĺš.LQJĹ›V hidden gems’. These include groups such as the International Centre for Security Analysis, led by Dr Joanna Kidd, which specialises in open source data gathering. ‘They’re doing great work, including on Iran and nuclear proliferation,’ Butler says. ‘Now we ZDQW WR ĆŠQG ZD\V WR DSSO\ WKHLU knowledge and skills beyond the academic arena.’ The Institute is keen to attract support for future projects. ‘The key criterion is a close match between our academic work and the interests of any external sponsors,’ says Butler. ‘Take Europe. So many jobs depend on what happens in the eurozone and there are PDQ\ RUJDQLVDWLRQV WKDW FRXOG EHQHĆŠW from a proper analysis of what’s happening there. That’s the kind of partnership we’re interested in.’ Butler is also looking to build links within King’s. ‘A big part of our remit is to reach out and work with people right across the College. Health, law – there are so many areas that overlap ZLWK SROLF\PDNLQJ 0\ WLPH DW 1R ʊʉ taught me the value of embracing new ideas and knowledge. That’s exactly what we’re doing at King’s – drawing on our collective expertise to shape the agenda and directly tackle some of the biggest issues facing us today.’ To learn more about the Institute, email Butler at nick.butler@kcl.ac.uk or Professor Uttley at muttley.jscsc@ defenceacademy.mod.uk

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The period immediately before, during and after birth is a critical window for future health. What happens to babies at this time can have a profound impact on the rest of their lives. For example, lack of oxygen around the time of birth – or birth asphyxia – accounts for about ʋʉ SHU FHQW RI DOO FHUHEUDO SDOV\ LQ WKH developed world. Heart disease and meningitis in the newborn period can cause brain damage, and autism and ADHD can also develop at this time. 7KH /RQGRQ EDVHG *DUƊHOG :HVWRQ Foundation has an impressive track record of supporting research in this crucial area and recently agreed to fund important research at King’s new Centre for the Developing Brain. The Centre is led by Professor David Edwards, who came to King’s in ʋʉʊʋ DIWHU WZR GHFDGHV DV KHDG RI WKH Weston Neonatal Research Group at Imperial College. Professor Edwards’ ZRUN KDV DOUHDG\ OHG WR WKH ƊUVW successful treatment for birth asphyxia, which is now in use throughout the

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but always took a particular interest in dentistry at King’s. ‘Maurice Wohl was always very aware of the excellent work of the Centre and the high regard in which it was held by its patients,’ says Nairn Wilson, former Dean of the Dental Institute. ‘Occasionally, patients would inadvertently telephone his business RĆŤFH WR DVN IRU GHQWDO DSSRLQWPHQWV or extol the Centre’s virtues. Maurice Wohl would always listen patiently and with amusement before putting them ULJKW EXW RQO\ DIWHU WKH\ KDG ĆŠQLVKHG RƨHULQJ WKHLU SUDLVH Ĺ› Now, the foundation’s trustees are building on that legacy by providing further generous support. The Maurice Wohl Chair in Primary Dental Care and Advanced Dental Practice will be named in perpetuity, while students

supported by the new Vivienne Wohl PhD Studentship will help to train general dental practitioners in research skills, as well as pursuing their own research. The Centre’s aim is to IRFXV RQ GHYHORSLQJ PRUH SUDFWLFH based clinical research and building a robust evidence base, enhancing both patient experience and outcomes. Strengthening the link between academics and practitioners is an essential part of the Dental Institute’s YLVLRQ RI D /RQGRQ EDVHG JHQHUDO practice research network that brings together researchers from across the UK and internationally. Working alongside practitioners will also create opportunities for research to take place LQ UHDO OLIH HQYLURQPHQWV ZKHUH the materials and techniques being developed will eventually be used.

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way I can,’ she says. ‘There are thousands of us alumni, and our gifts add up. So I feel that my bequest to my alma mater is the best way to give future generations of young people the same start in life that I had all these years ago and the same satisfying career that I still have.’ One of the misconceptions surrounding legacies is that it’s a means for only the wealthy to give – which simply is not true. Through the generosity and foresight of people like Sheila Doak, the cumulative impact RI OHJDFLHV LV VLJQLĆŠFDQW Legacies can support scholarships, medical and other research, student societies and a nearly endless range of projects that enrich students’ learning, research, cultural and career opportunities. Relatively small amounts of money make a tremendous GLƨHUHQFH ,Q ʋʉʊʊ IRU OHVV WKDQ eĘŽ ʉʉʉ VWDƨ DQG VWXGHQWV DW WKH

MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology were able to explore WKH OHDUQLQJ EHQHĆŠWV RI XVLQJ UHDO KXPDQ EUDLQ PDWHULDO LQ QHXUR anatomy teaching. Finally, legacy gifts to the College DOVR KDYH D ĆŠQDQFLDO EHQHĆŠW WR OHJDWRUV themselves. Under UK inheritance tax UHJXODWLRQV UHYLVHG LQ $SULO ʋʉʊʋ WKH WD[ WKUHVKROG LV eĘŒĘ‹ĘŽ ʉʉʉ $IWHU WDNLQJ into consideration the value of their home, car, savings, pensions and personal belongings, many people have an estate that exceeds this amount. By leaving a portion of their estate WR D QRQSURĆŠW RUJDQLVDWLRQ VXFK DV King’s, UK residents can reduce their inheritance tax burden. Financial planning is a personal matter. However, if you have questions about where to turn for planning help, please contact Legacy Manager Elena .XU\OHYD DW Ę?Ę? ʉ ʋʉ Ę?Ę‘Ę?Ę‘ Ę?Ę?ʉʉ RU legacy-info@kcl.ac.uk AUTUMN 2012 IN TOUCH

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Alumni support continues to provide a rich mix of academic programmes and student activities. The Annual Fund, made possible through the generosity of alumni and friends, touches the lives of students on every campus, every year, making innovative academic programmes and popular student activities possible. Over the years, donors to the Annual Fund have brought music to the &ROOHJH LQWURGXFHG FXWWLQJ HGJH teaching techniques, helped students NHHS ĆŠW DQG HVWDEOLVKHG KLJK SURĆŠOH clubs – in short, some of the most enriching and memorable experiences for students. ,Q -XO\ WKH &ROOHJH DQQRXQFHG Ę‹Ę? Annual Fund grants, distributing more WKDQ eĘ‹Ę‹Ę? ʉʉʉ WR VWXGHQW RUJDQLVDWLRQV and academic programmes to improve curricular and extracurricular activities, SOXV DQRWKHU eʊʎʉ ʉʉʉ IRU VFKRODUVKLSV From women’s rugby to medical

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(QJOLVK ODQJXDJH QRYHOLVWV WR .LQJĹ›V helping to further establish the College as a hub for modern writing and performance. ‘Novelists at King’s will act as a creative resource for current students and academics at King’s, provide a focus for alumni engagement within the life of the College, and will reach out to the wider community,’ says Professor Andrew O’Hagan. ‘None of the London colleges has found a way to celebrate the art of writing as we can do here at King’s with this initiative, and I EHOLHYH LW ZLOO KDYH D ORQJ WHUP LPSDFW RQ RXU SXEOLF SURĆŠOH WR FUHDWH VXFK D platform.’ Students will be involved in designing the programme, liaising with novelists and organising the events.

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J^[ H[lZ Ij[f^[d :Wl_i 7A9 King’s, Theology, 1948 Stephen Davis was a POW for PRVW RI WKH ZDU +H OLYHG IRU ĆŠYH years in Stalag XXA, a complex with XS WR ʋʉ ʉʉʉ SULVRQHUV LQ 3RODQG KH ZRUNHG LQ WKH VWDODJĹ›V KRVSLWDO He studied theology after the war and became a priest in the Church RI (QJODQG LQ ʊʒʎʉ A lot of people were brought KRPH RQ ERDWV IURP 'XQNLUN I missed the boat. So the Germans caught me. I was made to march Ę?ʎʉ PLOHV LQ ʊʉ GD\V ZLWK QR IRRG QR ZDWHU QRZKHUH WR VOHHS

Then we packed into a cattle WUXFN WR 7RUXă LQ 3RODQG DQG the cattle trucks on the outside VDLG Ĺš'L[ FKHYHDX[ RX TXDUDQWH KRPPHVĹ› 7KDWĹ›V Śʊʉ KRUVHV RU Ę?ʉ PHQĹ› :H ZHUH ʑʉ PHQ 7KHUH ZDV RQO\ D OLWWOH WRS ZLQGRZ and everybody had to defecate and urinate in their boots and then tip it out the window. The place stank to hell. It was hideous. And it was one of the hottest VXPPHUV ZHĹ›YH KDG ĘŠĘ’Ę?ʉ It was absolute hell. )RUWXQDWHO\ , ZDV LQ WKH 5R\DO $UP\ 0HGLFDO &RUSV 6R , GLGQĹ›W have to go out and work with everybody else. The prisoners had

WR JR RXW LQ ZRUNLQJ SDUWLHV EXLOGLQJ URDGV IDUPLQJ DQ\WKLQJ Terrible jobs. Being in the Royal $UP\ 0HGLFDO &RUSV , JRW D MRE in this hospital. We had a commandant called Scarface. He had been a prisoner of war in England in the First World War. He was very friendly. The Gestapo came to VHDUFK XV HYHU\ VL[ PRQWKV He would come around before WKDW DQG LI ZH KDG DQ\ FKRFRODWH or cigarettes we’d give them WR KLP DQG KHĹ›G VWXƨ WKHP in his pockets and then bring it all back to us afterward. 6WHSKHQ 'DYLV GLHG Ę‹ĘŠ -XO\ ʋʉʊʋ

Please visit alumni.kcl.ac.uk/ WW2stories to read the complete reminiscences of the 15 alumni featured in the magazine and the wartime memories of the alumni listed below. The website also \[Wjkh[i cWdo WhY^_lWb¿ photographs. David Baker, Guy’s, Dentistry, 1945 Dr John Barham, King’s, Medicine, 1944 Dr Thomas Calverley, King’s, Electrical Engineering, 1940 Commander Clement Cambrook, King’s, Physics & Mathematics, 1944 :h =[eÚh[o 9Whh_[jj" St Thomas’, Medicine, 1947 Alwyn Carruthers AKC, King’s, Mathematics, 1945 Margaret Audrey (Dodds) Chadwick AKC, King’s, English, 1942 Joan Ellison, KCHSS, Household & Social Sciences, 1948

through into the basement. It just went sshhp, OLNH D ĆŠUHZRUN 7KHUH was a lot of surgical spirit amongst RWKHU WKLQJV ,W ZDV D WHUULĆŠF EOD]H DQG LW FXW WKH PDLQ FRUULGRU Rƨ so we didn’t know what was going on beyond that. We discovered that the bomb had FRPH ULJKW WKURXJK &ROOHJH +RXVH UHVLGHQFH TXDUWHUV DQG H[SORGHG LQ WKH ORQJ FRUULGRU ,W KDG H[SORGHG LQ WKH FRUULGRU XQGHUQHDWK alongside where they had built these VR FDOOHG ERPE SURRI WKHDWUHV This bomb had come down and H[SORGHG LPPHGLDWHO\ RXWVLGH WKH theatre. A couple of house surgeons ZHUH NLOOHG DQG VHYHUDO QXUVHV The patients in the theatre survived. But the house surgeons – one was Sir Bernard Spilway’s son. We tried to make ourselves useful. %\ WKLV WLPH DOO WKH SOXPELQJ DQG all the electrics were gone. Heating pipes and water pipes were all pouring water. We went into theatre DQG WKH VLVWHU VDLG Ĺš,I \RXĹ›UH JRLQJ WR KHOS WDNH VRPH GUHVVLQJV RXW ,I \RX clear those cupboards and take them down to somewhere safe. We can’t VWD\ KHUH ZHĹ›OO KDYH WR WDNH WKHP somewhere else.’ She was so cool. )URP WKHQ RQ 6W 7KRPDVĹ› FHDVHG WR H[LVW DV D KRVSLWDO :H QHYHU VDZ our hospital function as it should in our clinical years.

Dr Jack Fine, Guy’s, Medicine, 1948 Harold Fletcher, King’s, Mechanical Engineering, 1945 Hedley Grabaskey, Guy’s, Dentistry, 1944 Reg Grant, A_d]Êi" ;d]_d[[h_d]"¿'/*+ Dr Leslie Hale, A_d]Êi" Peebe]o"¿'/*& Dr Bill Jeanes, Guy’s, Medicine and Dentistry, 1943 James Kirkwood, Guy’s, Dentistry, 1945 Alec Leggatt, King’s, Civil Engineering, 1948 Denis Mace, Guy’s, :[dj_ijho"¿'/). Dr Betty Mather, KCSMD, Medicine, 1950 Dr Oliver Musgrave, King’s, Chemistry, 1949 The Revd John Ouless, AKC, Theology, 1949 Denis Reid, Guy’s, Dentistry, 1945 Dr Thomas Richards, KCSMD, Medicine, 1945

Dr Tony Sampson, KCSMD, Dentistry, 1940 Margaret Thresh, Normanby College School of Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy, 1948 Anthony Titford, King’s, Civil Engineering, 1939 Dr Walter Walker AKC, King’s, Theology, 1942 Professor Robert Walton, Guy’s, Medicine, 1945 Dr Robert Welch, St Thomas’, Medicine, 1945 M[ Wbie _dl_j[ oek je l_i_j Lest we forget, W m[Xi_j[ Å mmm$ a_d]iYebb[Yj_edi$eh]%mWhc[ceh_Wbi Å Yecc[cehWj_d] ijkZ[dji WdZ ijWÚ m^e beij j^[_h b_l[i _d (&j^ Y[djkho YedÔ_Yji$ 9h[Wj[Z Xo A_d]Êi 7hY^_l[i WdZ j^[ Kd_l[hi_jo e\ j^[ J^_hZ 7][" _j YedjW_di X_e]hWf^_YWb _d\ehcWj_ed WXekj j^ei[ ^edekh[Z ed mWh c[ceh_Wbi WYheii j^[ 9ebb[][ YWcfki[i$

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National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The Maudsley Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry will lead studies in neurosciences and mental health. The academic drivers include specialists in cardiovascular disease, haematology, haemato-oncology, liver disease and diabetes, along with psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience experts. Consequently, the CRF will serve a wide range of clinical and academic interests. ‘The ethos of King’s Health Partners is that the best patient care will come from clinical care which is integrated with academe,’ says Alan McGregor, Professor of Medicine at King’s College London, Campus Dean for Denmark Hill and the Director of the Wellcome Trust CRF. ‘All of XV ZLOO EHQHĆŠW IURP ZRUNLQJ WRJHWKHU :H DV DFDGHPLFV can enhance the academic performance of the two NHS 7UXVWV DQG WKHLU VWDƨ 2XU 1+6 SDUWQHUV EULQJ FRQVLGHUDEOH clinical expertise and skill and will ensure that issues such as governance are managed appropriately.’

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Being diagnosed with hepatitis C two summers ago was a big shock to Joan Thomas, 51. She’d been experiencing hot sweats, dry skin and a fuzzy brain but thought this was due to the menopause. After diagnosis, Joan was referred to the liver clinic at King’s College Hospital in September 2010. It was then that she mWi eĂš[h[Z j^[ Y^WdY[ to participate in clinical trials of two new drugs. ‘Of course, I had concerns,’ she says. ‘I was going to be testing out drugs that hadn’t yet been tested fully. Also, I was worried which group I’d be put in. I wanted to go for it, so I didn’t want to go in a low-dosage group, or the control group that had a placebo! ‘But it was very well organised and I was regularly monitored. For example, when my white blood count dropped, it was picked up straight away.’ Being on the trial was hard work and @eWd ikĂš[h[Z Xej^ physical and emotional i_Z[ [Ăš[Yji$ 8kj" i^[ says, it was worth it. The new drugs worked and her viral load has gone from almost nine million to negligible. She is now cured. Joan adds: ‘What would have made the experience even better would have been an automatic referral to a specialist community organisation such as the Hepatitis C Trust, m^_Y^ eĂš[hi ceh[ holistic, practical non-medical support. But overall, I’m so glad to have been given the opportunity of being part of the trial. I’d like to say a big thank you to King’s and especially to my wonderful liver nurse, Gin.’ AUTUMN 2012 ,1 728&+ 27

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The CRF will consist of three main areas. The Experimental Medicine Facility (EMF) will have an intensive care unit for brain-injured patients. It will be equipped with the very latest neuro-imaging and EEG technology, enabling researchers to study brain function as well as brain structure, and will have a virtual reality suite for investigating patients with behavioural disorders. The Cell Therapy Unit (CTU) will be the largest single purpose-built cell- and gene-based therapy unit in Europe. &HOO DQG JHQH WKHUDSLHV RƨHU FRQVLGHUDEOH WKHUDSHXWLF potential, says Professor McGregor. ‘But to date they have under-delivered. There’s been a lot of hype and not a lot of end output – partly because the biology is very complex but also because you need the capacity to do the studies. The CTU will provide capacity for such therapies, as well as routine but complex clinical treatments such as bone marrow transplantation. But we will also be developing novel stem cell and gene-based therapies. Currently, those programmes have either been in a test tube with human cells or in animal models. We are now getting to the stage where people are utilising gene and stem cell treatments in humans.’ And thirdly, commercially sponsored trials will also ĆŠQG D KRPH LQ WKH &78 Ĺš7KHUH LV D PDMRU SUREOHP LQ WKH UK at the moment in attracting and sustaining clinical commercial trial activity,’ says Professor McGregor. Ĺš7KDW LV D UHĆŞHFWLRQ RI ERWK WKH FRVW RI GRLQJ FOLQLFDO WULDOV in the UK but also the capacity. That’s why we’ve created a purpose-built, high-quality facility that meets the expectations and criteria of the pharmaceutical industry.’ However complex the science and technology, the aim of the CRF is simple – to help develop better treatments for patients. The virtual reality suite, for example, may sound like a Star Trek-style fantasy, but it’s actually a hugely practical tool. ‘For example, you could study people who are frightened of animals,’ explains Professor McGregor. ‘You could expose them to animals in the suite and see how they react and then you could modify their behaviour and, hopefully, help them.’ The College is already a major centre for neurosciences, and it’s hoped that the quality of the research will match the quality of the new building, resulting in even better outcomes for patients. ‘In King’s College Hospital, we have one of the best performing acute stroke units in the country,’ says Professor McGregor. ‘We can carry out novel, interventional assessments and treatments in the (0) 7KH YHU\ ĆŠUVW H[SHULPHQWDO PHGLFLQH VWXGLHV LQ WKH facility, when it opens, will actually be in stroke medicine, using the neuro-imaging facilities of the EMF.’ The CRF is already partially open and the partners are aiming to have the entire building fully operational by April Ę‹Ę‰ĘŠĘŒ 6R WKH PHVVDJH LV WKLV LWĹ›V DQ H[FLWLQJ DQG IUXLWIXO time to be a clinical researcher in King’s Health Partners. ‘I want to advertise widely to the very active academic and clinical community to ensure that they realise what a fantastic facility we have, what huge potential there is to work in it and that much of this work will be subsidised by WKH FRQVLGHUDEOH ĆŠQDQFLDO VXSSRUW IURP WKH 1,+5 Ĺ› VD\V 3URIHVVRU 0F*UHJRU Ĺš:H ZLOO KDYH WKH VWDƨ VWDWH RI WKH art equipment and facilities to allow investigators to carry out studies that they previously only dreamed of being DEOH WR GR ZLWKRXW KDYLQJ WR UDLVH VLJQLĆŠFDQW IXQGLQJ themselves. It is a fantastic opportunity.’

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through a scholarship programme targeting the best and EULJKWHVW ĘŠĘŽ RI WKHVH VFKRODUVKLSV ZLOO EH UHVHUYHG IRU students resident in Hong Kong or mainland China. 7KH GRQDWLRQ KDV EHHQ ZHOO UHFHLYHG E\ WKH H[LVWLQJ VWXGHQW ERG\ VD\V -LOOLDQ /HH D ODZ XQGHUJUDGXDWH DQG 3UHVLGHQW RI WKH .LQJĹ›V /DZ 6WXGHQW &RXQFLO 6KH KDLOV WKH scholarships as both ‘an incentive for students to constantly seek to improve themselves’ and ‘much-needed assistance to students, especially in this current economic climate’. /HH DOVR EHOLHYHV WKH GRQDWLRQ UHĆŞHFWV ERWK WKH FXOWXUDO diversity within the student body and King’s global standing. ‘As an Asian myself, I think that this will put .LQJĹ›V LQ D GLƨHUHQW OLJKW FRPSDUHG WR RWKHU (XURSHDQ law faculties and will bring in a lot more students from Asia in the future.’ 0U 3RRQ LV *URXS ([HFXWLYH &KDLUPDQ RIbWKH Dickson Group of Companies and is well-known for his philanthropic support of education and healthcare. Ĺš0\ GRQDWLRQ UHĆŞHFWV D VKDUHG HQWKXVLDVP ZLWK WKH GLVWLQJXLVKHG /DZ )DFXOW\ DW .LQJĹ›V WR VHW QHZ VWDQGDUGV in legal education and research,’ Mr Poon said at the JLIWĹ›V DQQRXQFHPHQW LQ +RQJ .RQJ bĹš2XU XQLTXH IRFXV on transnational law will groom the future leaders needed to guide an increasingly connected world.’ Also speaking at the announcement, the Principal, 3URIHVVRU 6LU 5LFKDUG 7UDLQRU VWDWHG Ĺš7KLV eĘ?ʉ PLOOLRQ project has only been made possible thanks to the H[WUDRUGLQDU\ YLVLRQ RI 'LFNVRQ 3RRQ 7KH FUHDWLRQ RI 7KH 'LFNVRQ 3RRQ 6FKRRO RI /DZ LV D PLOHVWRQH DFKLHYHPHQW LQ WKH ʊʑʉ \HDU KLVWRU\ RI .LQJĹ›V &ROOHJH /RQGRQ DQG ZLOO RSHQ D QHZ HUD RI DFDGHPLF RSSRUWXQLW\ Ĺ› 7KH LQYHVWPHQW ZLOO IXQG VHYHUDO LQLWLDWLYHV LQFOXGLQJ a regular Davos-like transnational law conference, a major legal meeting for all the top contributors to create a global FRQVHQVXV DQ H[HFXWLYH 0%$ VW\OH //0 SURJUDPPH and a distinguished visitor series. ‘We will have to show ourselves to be worthy of the investment that has been made in us, worthy of the fabulous physical setting in which we now work, worthy of the lofty ambitions that the Dickson Poon project has set IRU XV Ĺ› VD\V 3URIHVVRU 0DFNOHP Ĺš7KHUH LV QR GRXEW LQ P\ PLQG WKDW WKH 6FKRRO RI /DZ WKDW ZH DOO KROG LQ RXU PLQGĹ›V eye is capable of this.’

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Celebrating London From brewing the perfect cup of oolong to exploring the Bank of England, our amazing city and its traditions headlined this year’s Alumni Weekend

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Tea, Dickens and a stunning addition to the Strand Campus highlighted this year’s Alumni Weekend, a three-day FHOHEUDWLRQ RI /RQGRQ 0RUH WKDQ Ę?ʉʉ DOXPQL DQG IULHQGV attended, making it the College’s most VXFFHVVIXO ZHHNHQG \HW $OXPQL IURP ĘŠĘ? FRXQWULHV DQG HYHU\ FODVV \HDU IURP ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę? ʋʉʊʋ ZHUH UHSUHVHQWHG DV ZHOO DV PHPEHUV IURP WKH FODVV RI ĘŠĘ’Ę?ʉ Friday’s events were especially popular and included a tour of the Imperial War Museum and an after-hours visit to the Museum of London, where alumni learned about Charles Dickens’s relationship with the city that served as his home DQG LQVSLUDWLRQ The much-discussed stunning addition was Somerset House East Wing, now renovated to its RULJLQDO VSOHQGRXU The Georgian landmark houses The Dickson Poon School of

Law, which made the East Wing tours particularly appealing to law alumni, who recalled decades of students toiling LQ OHVV WKDQ VSHFWDFXODU IDFLOLWLHV Ĺš,Q ĘŠĘ’ĘŽĘ? ZKHQ , ĆŠUVW EHFDPH a student, the building was, well, GLƨHUHQW YHU\ GLƨHUHQW , ZRQĹ›W VD\ it was dilapidated – that’s the wrong ZRUG ,W ZDV FRPSDUDWLYHO\ SULPLWLYH but in a rather nice way,’ said David 'XQORS /DZ ĘŠĘ’ĘŽĘ? Ĺš7KH (DVW :LQJ is a tremendous improvement, and I hope it has enhanced the students’ DELOLW\ WR OHDUQ Ĺ› His law classmate Rochelle Gelman QRZ 6KDSLUR UHFDOOHG WKH VFKRRO having a twisting staircase leading to the VSDFH ZKHUH WKH\ KDG WXWRULDOV Ĺš,W ZDV so narrow you couldn’t pass each other,’ VKH VDLG Ĺš, ZLVK , ZHUH D VWXGHQW QRZ Ĺ› -RKQ +RGJVRQ /DZ ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę‹ DGGHG Ĺš(YHQ ZKHQ , ZDV KHUH ĘŠĘ’ĘŽĘ’ Ę?Ę‹ WKH VLWXDWLRQ ZDV ULGLFXORXV :H ORRNHG at Somerset House and thought, Ĺ?:H RXJKW WR KDYH D VOLFH RI WKDW Şś The Twinings tea-tasting workshop drew a large crowd, with alumni

learning about the history of tea-making and how varieties such as oolong and EODFN WHD GLƨHU IURP RQH DQRWKHU 7KH session included a slurping competition, as attendees learned the correct way to HYDOXDWH WHD ,W KDG WR EH UHVROYHG WKURXJK D VOXUS Rƨ ZLWK 5REHUW 0XOODOO\ )UHQFK ʋʉʉĘ? ZLQQLQJ Speaking at Saturday’s lunch, the Principal, Professor Sir Richard Trainor, thanked everyone for the many ZD\V WKH\ VXSSRUW .LQJĹ›V +H highlighted the Annual Fund, which in ʋʉʊʋ KDV DZDUGHG PRUH WKDQ eĘ‹Ę‹Ę? ʉʉʉ WR FR FXUULFXODU DQG DFDGHPLF SURMHFWV ‘I hope that coming back here today has brought back memories of encouragement and inspiration,’ WKH 3ULQFLSDO WROG DWWHQGHHV Ĺš<RX DUH always welcome to visit the campus WKURXJKRXW WKH \HDU Ĺ› You can see more photos from this year’s Alumni Weekend at Alumni Online, alumni.kcl.ac.uk. Hold the date for next year’s Alumni Weekend – King’s: your global passport – VFKHGXOHG IRU Ę? Ę’ -XQH Ę‹Ę‰ĘŠĘŒ

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Reunion Award, for contributions in bringing together the alumni community

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Greek Play

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Can’t see your country on the list below? Would you like to volunteer as a country contact? For details on getting in touch with a country contact, please visit DOXPRƨ#NFO DF XN UK ALUMNI SUBJECT GROUPS AKC Alumni Group Peter King (Law, 1970) Bar Society Bahar Ala-Eddini (Law, 2007) Chemistry and Physics Rob Edwards (Chemistry, 1970) Dental Alumni Association Warren Birnbaum (KCSMD, Dentistry, 1971) Geography Joint School Society Jo Crocker (Geography, 1956) King’s College Construction Law Association (KCCLA) Joe Bellhouse (Construction Law, 1996) King’s College London Engineering Association (KCLEA) Graham Raven (Civil Engineering, 1963) Law Alumni Group Robin Healey (Law, 1968) Theology & Religious Studies Giles Legood (Theology & Religious Studies, 1988)

OTHER UK GROUPS <ehc[h IjWÚ Barrie Morgan (former =[e]hWf^o ijWÚ King’s Alumni Theatre Society (KATS) Kos Mantzakos (German & Modern Greek, 2001) Queen Elizabeth College Association Dr Sally Henderson (QEC, Biochemistry PhD, 1980) Southampton & Hampshire Tope Omitola (Mathematics, 1994) Student and Alumni Boat Club Rachel Fellows (current student)

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THE NUMBER OF ALUMNI IN EACH AREA THAT WE HAVE A COUNTRY CONTACT LISTED 43 01: Angola Alumni in Region: 1 02: Argentina 56 03: Australia NSW 333 04: Australia QLD 108 05: Bahamas 31 06: Bangladesh 76 07: Belgium 644 08: Brazil 243 09: Brunei 109 10: Canada 1014 11: Chile 72 12: China Beijing 256 13: China Shanghai 115 14: Croatia 26 15: Cyprus 636 16: Denmark 159 17: Egypt 105 18: France 1663 19: Germany Berlin 310 20: Germany Bonn 178 21: Germany Munich 208 22: Grand Cayman 14 23: Greece 1824 24: Hong Kong 1470 25: Hungary 54 26: India Delhi 183 27: India Mumbai 108 28: Indonesia 74 29: Iran 115 30: Ireland 815 31: Israel 141 32: Italy Milan 137 33: Italy Rome 136 34: Japan 549 35: Kenya 141 36: Kuwait 64 37: Malaysia 978 38: Mauritius 87 39: Mexico 106 40: Netherlands 339 41: New Zealand 254 42: Nigeria 323 43: Norway 220 44: Pakistan 462 45: Portugal 305 46: Qatar 38 47: Saudi Arabia 224 48: Singapore 1000 49: Slovakia 37 50: South Korea 322 51: Spain 796 52: Switzerland 417 53: Syria 27 54: Taiwan 313 55: Turkey 226 56: UAE 210 57: USA Boston Area 551 58: USA Chicago 59 59: USA New York Tri-State 1160 60: USA Philadelphia 61 61: USA San Francisco 98 62: USA Southern California 183 63: USA Southern Tri-State 247 64: USA Washington DC Area 609 65: Vietnam 22

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It sounds like an Agatha Christie plot: a bungled break-in, an arsenic-laced teapot, the unexplained death of an innocent man. Nearly 50 years on, Chelsea College’s ‘murder in a teacup’ case remains a mystery. Alumnus Keith Shaw (Chelsea, Chemistry, 1968) shares his memories of those dark days.

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King’s College London Association KCLA is the alumni association IRU DOO IRUPHU VWXGHQWV VWDƨ DQG IULHQGV of King’s and the colleges with which LW KDV PHUJHG $OO DOXPQL DUH encouraged to participate in KCLA’s work by attending events DQG YRWLQJ LQ LWV HOHFWLRQV .&/$ will hold its next Annual General Meeting and elections on )ULGD\ Ę‹ 1RYHPEHU ʋʉʊʋ Patron $UFKELVKRS 'HVPRQG 7XWX ).& 7KHRORJ\ ĘŠĘ’Ę?ĘŽ 07K ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę?

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Hall of residence memory: Lightfoot Hall mystery

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For the latest information about all of our alumni groups go to alumni.kcl.ac.uk

In June, King’s celebrated the ODXQFK RI &RQQHFW86 LWV ĆŠUVW international alumni mentoring programme, with a series of events LQ %RVWRQ 1HZ <RUN DQG :DVKLQJWRQ '& ZKHUH PDQ\ RI WKH Ę‹Ę? ConnectUS mentoring pairs met IRU WKH ĆŠUVW WLPH The ConnectUS programme is designed to facilitate connections between recent graduates and those

more established in their careers, and to help alumni who might EH ƊQGLQJ WKH ƊUVW VWHSV LQ WRGD\śV FRPSHWLWLYH MRE PDUNHW FKDOOHQJLQJ As well as one-on-one meetings, the programme also includes opportunities for all participants to get together, creating an ideal forum for networking and enabling recent graduates to gain a valuable insight into the

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FDUHHUV RI RWKHU DOXPQL If you are based on the East Coast of the US and would like to be involved in the next round of the US mentoring SURJUDPPH VFKHGXOHG IRU VSULQJ Ę‹Ę‰ĘŠĘŒ SOHDVH VHH DOXPQL DF XN FRQQHFW86 IRU more information and application IRUPV Watch this space for news of mentoring programmes in other parts of the world! AUTUMN 2012 IN TOUCH

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Keith Ritchie

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Malcolm Crundwell

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Jonathan Lovett

0HGLFLQH DQG 6XUJHU\ ʊʒʑʊ 5HWLUHG $SULO ʋʉʊʋ DIWHU ʋʋ \HDUV DV D consultant child psychiatrist in the 1+6 ,QWHQGLQJ WR UHWXUQ WR DQ adolescent love – painting!

Lorna Speid

3KDUPDF\ ĘŠĘ’Ę‘ĘŒ My company, Speid & Associates, is working in the area of biosimilars and contributing to the development of regulatory systems for developing PDUNHWV

Lisetta Flower-Hill (now Lovett)

Guy’s

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Thomas Madden

Veronica Ambrose (now Ferguson)

0HGLFLQH ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę? Co-investigator in the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation, DW WKH &KLFDJR &HQWHU

0HGLFLQH ĘŠĘ’Ę‘ĘŒ Full-time ophthalmologist at Imperial &ROOHJH /RQGRQ 6XUJHRQ RFXOLVW WR +0Ĺ›V KRXVHKROG 6WLOO NHHSLQJ EHHV DQG KRUVHV

Anusha Arasu

0HGLFLQH ʊʒʒʊ Moved from consultant post at Luton and Dunstable Hospital to neonatal consultant post at King’s College +RVSLWDO Zaki Kanaan

'HQWLVWU\ ĘŠĘ’Ę’Ę? Have just been awarded ‘UK 'HQWLVW RI WKH <HDU ʋʉʊʋś DW WKH SUHVWLJLRXV 'HQWDO $ZDUGV

Harry Oxer

0HGLFLQH ĘŠĘ’ĘŽĘ? I was at Cambridge, then at King’s College Hospital Medical School from ĘŠĘ’ĘŽĘ? Ę‘ , ZDV KRQRXUHG WKLV \HDU WR EH appointed as a Member of the Order of $XVWUDOLD $0 ,Ĺ›P VWLOO ZRUNLQJ consulting and teaching, and still indulging in my hobby of piloting my RZQ VDLOSODQH , KDG P\ ʑʉWK ELUWKGD\ this April, to my amazement! Hannah Troop Bowen

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E Farley

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Ian Dunn

0HGLFLQH ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę‘ Retired from general practice in May to DYRLG WKH RQFRPLQJ SHUIHFW VWRUP

John Lloyd-Jones

0HGLFLQH ĘŠĘ’ĘŽĘ? Chairman of the Council of the British +RURORJLFDO ,QVWLWXWH ʋʉʉʑ ʊʉ 3UHVLGHQW ʋʉʊʉ ĘŠĘ‹ Brian Pound

0HGLFLQH ĘŠĘ’Ę?ĘŒ Family physician, psychotherapist and K\SQRWKHUDSLVW $VVRFLDWH SURIHVVRU at the University of Victoria School of 1XUVLQJ FRQVXOWDQW LQ LQYHVWLJDWLYH DQG IRUHQVLF K\SQRVLV SDLQ WKHUDSLVW DW WKH %XUQ 8QLW 5R\DO -XELOHH +RVSLWDO Michael Lavelle

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Puppets and paediatrics Dr Ranj Singh

Get Well Soon, a new television series presented by paediatrician Dr Ranj Singh (Medicine and Pharmacology, Ę‹Ę‰Ę‰ĘŒ DLPV WR HQOLJKWHQ &%HHELHVĹ› young audience about health and PHGLFDO LVVXHV 7KURXJK WKH XVH RI music, games and puppet characters, it will help children to understand their bodies and see the medical world as an HQYLURQPHQW LQ ZKLFK WKH\ IHHO VDIH ‘I have been involved in the media for a few years now,’ says Dr Ranj, ‘mainly in an advisory or “couch GRFWRUĹž UROH ZKHUH , JHW DVNHG IRU D PHGLFDO RSLQLRQ RQ YDULRXV VXEMHFWV I came up with the original concept for Get Well Soon and co-developed LW ZLWK .LQGOH (QWHUWDLQPHQW ,W KDV given me the chance to use my medical experience in a fun and entertaining way and the perfect opportunity to marry my passion for health promotion LQ FKLOGUHQ ZLWK P\ PHGLD ZRUN Ĺ› Dr Ranj has worked at both King’s College Hospital and Evelina &KLOGUHQĹ›V +RVSLWDO DW 6W 7KRPDVĹ› ‘The best thing about working with

kids in the healthcare setting is that they have a remarkable ability to deal with DQG RYHUFRPH LOOQHVV 7KH\ EULQJ RXW WKH best in people and it’s not uncommon for people to go that extra mile for their SDWLHQWV 8QIRUWXQDWHO\ WKHUH LV D YHU\ sad and serious side to it and you can’t KHOS EXW JHW HPRWLRQDOO\ LQYROYHG

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King’s College London NHE Ahlers

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Jeremy Joel

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Emel Rochat

)UHQFK ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę’ , KDYH DQ ROG ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę? RU ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę? SKRWRJUDSK of the French Honours students plus VWDƨ LQFOXGLQJ 3URIHVVRU 'HQLV 6DUUDW 2QH RI WKH VWXGHQWV LQ LW LV 5REHUW *LEVRQ ODWHU D SURIHVVRU Also Bill Wittnall, who has written in In Touch. Muriel Dover (now Curtis)

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+LVWRU\ ĘŠĘ’ĘŽĘ? A background in historical studies FDQ KDYH ZLGH DSSOLFDWLRQV , DP currently engaged on archaeological LOOXVWUDWLRQ PDLQO\ ĆŠQGV +DYLQJ been encouraged by working as a volunteer on-site by the Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society, I successfully completed a week-long module for this subject at Birkbeck College, London VHOI IXQGHG $JDLQ DV D YROXQWHHU I organised an art conservation programme for Frome Museum, including fundraising and engaging superb conservators to rescue three badly damaged Georgian SRUWUDLWV 7KH PDJQLĆŠFHQW WUDQVIRUPDWLRQ MXVWLĆŠHV DOO WKH HƨRUW and anxiety!

Mary Austin

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(QJOLVK ĘŠĘ’ĘŽĘ‹ Appeared earlier this year in the ĆŠOP The Iron Lady with Meryl 6WUHHS 6KH ZDV D MR\ EXW DODV PRVW of my contribution ended up on WKH FXWWLQJ URRP ĆŞRRU Ronald Friar

‘Never underestimate the power of play’

I recall the History Department, the Rugby Club, the Athletics &OXE *HRƨ (OOLRW EHLQJ DOPRVW WKH ZKROH WHDP DQG ƊQDOO\ +DOOLGD\ +DOO LQPDWHV 0\ WKUHH FKLHI IULHQGV of these days have sadly passed on, but there may be others who UHPHPEHU PH

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Wayne Thomas

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Royal Society fellowship awarded Professor Ian MacLennan

Professor Ian MacLennan (Guy’s, 0HGLFLQH ĘŠĘ’Ę?ĘŽ KDV EHHQ DZDUGHG the distinguished Fellowship of the 5R\DO 6RFLHW\ $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH society’s commendation, Professor MacLennan ‘has made several landmark contributions to immunology and especially to our XQGHUVWDQGLQJ RI DQWLERG\ SURGXFWLRQĹ› ‘I am glad to be associated with the Royal Society,’ says Professor 0DF/HQQDQ Ĺš,W SURPRWHV KLJK TXDOLW\ research and the understanding of science both nationally and LQWHUQDWLRQDOO\ ,W LV SOHDVLQJ WR receive this recognition from my VFLHQWLĆŠF SHHUV Ĺ› Much of Professor MacLennan’s research has focused on how an antibody that protects against infection is produced, and the way cells that produce antibodies that bind to the body’s own tissues – autoantibodies – DUH HOLPLQDWHG ‘Almost nothing was known of the cellular, let alone the molecular, basis of antibody production, when , ZDV D VWXGHQW DW *X\Ĺ›V 7KHUH ZDV evidence that lymphocytes might be involved, but they way in which they led to antibody production was totally REVFXUH Ĺ› KH VD\V Ĺš0RVW RI WKH

common diseases that we associate now with autoimmunity – like UKHXPDWRLG DUWKULWLV DQG W\SH ĘŠ GLDEHWHV Ĺ˜ ZHUH UHFRJQLVHG DV FOLQLFDO HQWLWLHV With increasing understanding of the mechanisms that regulate recognition between self and non-self, there is KRSH WKDW VSHFLĆŠF WUHDWPHQWV RI DXWRLPPXQLW\ ZLOO EH GHYHORSHG Ĺ› An emeritus professor at the University of Birmingham MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Professor MacLennan has no intention RI DQ LGOH UHWLUHPHQW Ĺš, VWLOO ĆŠQG UHVHDUFK fascinating and I continue to get my ZRUN SXEOLVKHG :K\ VKRXOG , UHWLUH so long as I have time to walk in the high hills, where I can mull over my thoughts?’ And what has been most inspirational to him over the course of his career? ‘The appreciation that there is much more to be found out while respecting, EXW TXHVWLRQLQJ WKDW ZKLFK KDV DOUHDG\ EHHQ GLVFRYHUHG Ĺ› Professor MacLennan

Alan Thomas

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Norman Vaughton

*HRJUDSK\ ĘŠĘ’Ę?ĘŠ Following a career as a geologist in Jamaica, an educationist in England and Papua New Guinea and then as a therapist and property developer, I am now enjoying my UHWLUHPHQW 5HFHQWO\ UHWXUQHG IURP an expedition through the North East Passage from Murmansk to $QDG\U

Roger Paige

7KHRORJ\ ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę’ Recently published 7KH &KRLU *LUOV and Other Stories, my fourth collection RI VKRUW VWRULHV 1RZ ZRUNLQJ RQ D ĆŠIWK William Reed

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Richard (John) Lewis

7KHRORJ\ ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę? Recently published Sampans and 6DƨURQ &DNH based on my grandfather’s diaries from his years in Cornwall and China, ĘŠĘ‘Ę?Ę‹ ʊʒʎʉ

Stephen Carter

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(QJOLVK ĘŠĘ’Ę?ʉ Still running the Travelling Theatre, FULFNHW XPSLULQJ DQG VFRULQJ ,Q WRXFK with English Department FRQWHPSRUDULHV IURP ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę? Ę?ʉ Trevor Stubbs

7KHRORJ\ ĘŠĘ’Ę?ʉ 6LQFH ʋʉʉʒ , KDYH EHHQ LQYROYHG LQ the regeneration of Bishop Gwynne Theological College in Juba, South 6XGDQ $IWHU WZR \HDUV DV LQWHULP administrator, we appointed a new ORFDO SULQFLSDO , DP QRZ WKH LQWHUQDWLRQDO OLQN SHUVRQ , ZRXOG ORYH to hear from anyone interested in Sudan RU 6RXWK 6XGDQ Peter Barnett

7KHRORJ\ ĘŠĘ’Ę?ĘŠ $IWHU ĘŒĘ’ \HDUV DV DQ $QJOLFDQ SULHVW I have retired – along with my wife Mary – to our former holiday home LQ *RZHU :DOHV :H OHG WKH 3LOVGRQ &RPPXQLW\ LQ 'RUVHW IRU ĘŠĘ‘ \HDUV and founded the Pilsdon at 0DOOLQJ &RPPXQLW\ LQ .HQW 0DU\ VSHQW ʋʉʊʊ Ę‹ UHFRYHULQJ IURP OHXNDHPLD Lister Tonge

7KHRORJ\ DQG 5HOLJLRXV 6WXGLHV ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę? I became Dean of Monmouth 1HZSRUW &DWKHGUDO LQ 0DUFK following a phone call from the %LVKRS 7KHUHĹ›V D KXJH DPRXQW WR do to catch up with this energetic diocese and to become of some XVH LQ WKLV FLW\ ZKLFK KDV VXƨHUHG KXJH GHFOLQH Jane Wallbank (Dowie) (now Reynolds)

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Alan Mason

(QJOLVK /DQJXDJH DQG /LWHUDWXUH ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę? Following my retirement from Hacettepe University in Turkey LQ ʋʉʊʋ , KDYH EHHQ DĆŤOLDWHG ZLWK Baskent University, which is a young and vibrant centre of learning and UHVHDUFK ,W LV ZLWK GHHS UHVSHFW DQG ZDUP DƨHFWLRQ WKDW , UHPHPEHU P\ WXWRU DQG VXSHUYLVRU 5HJ +LOO DW .LQJĹ›V

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Andrew Skinner

%LRFKHPLVWU\ ĘŠĘ’Ę?ĘŽ After graduating, I worked as a science technician at Portsmouth 3RO\WHFKQLF WKHQ .HZ *DUGHQV , PRYHG WR WKH %ULWLVK &RXQFLO LQ WKH PLG ʑʉV DQG to Roehampton Institute (now 8QLYHUVLW\ LQ ʊʒʒʉ ĆŠUVW LQ SODQQLQJ then as academic secretary, now as GHSXW\ XQLYHUVLW\ VHFUHWDU\ :RXOG ORYH to hear from King’s contemporaries in ELRFKHPLVWU\ RU )UHQFK

7HZNHVEXU\ 6FKROD &DQWRUXP :RXOG love to meet up with other King’s graduates in the Peterborough area and regain contact with those who also studied English in those bygone years ĘŠĘ’Ę?Ę‘ Ę‘Ę‹ David Rogers

Nigel Banks

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*HRJUDSK\ ĘŠĘ’Ę‘Ę‹ Now working as a transitional minister assisting struggling churches in the East 0LGODQGV 6XH DOVR KDV D QHZ UROH DVVLVWLQJ WKH H[DPV RĆŤFHU LQ D EXV\ DFDGHP\

Stephen Spencer

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Richard Hillier

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Michael Markham

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Kirsten Singleton (now Singleton-Watson)

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3K\VLRWKHUDS\ ʋʉʉĘ? Continue to work as a locum physiotherapist and love doing the jobs no one else wants! Fourth book published, 7KHUDSHXWLF 6WUHWFKLQJ Helen Murphy

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/DZ ʋʉʉʎ I am very excited to be practising in my favourite area of law, namely stamp taxes, after a few years taken in the industry to develop some common sense of the business variety, which I am now putting to very good use in developing a market-leading tax practice! Martin Booth

0DWKHPDWLFV DQG &RPSXWHU 6FLHQFH ʋʉʉĘ? 7KH 5HLFKHQEDFK 3UREOHP a novel about Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, due to be published by Lion +XGVRQ WKLV DXWXPQ Robert Fellows

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Angela Fergus (now Fergus-Stallard)

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Laura Gray

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Dougie (Douglas) Mackay Lisette Le Hur (now Sturt)

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Barzan Sadiq

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Donald Craig

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Radford Dagnall AKC 7KHRORJ\ Ę”ĘœĘ–Ęœ Edward Eates /DZ Ę”ĘœĘ–Ęœ Audrey Turner (latterly Tate) AKC *HRJUDSK\ 0DWKHPDWLFV Ę”ĘœĘ—Ę“ Mr John Williams &LYLO (QJLQHHULQJ Ę”ĘœĘ—Ę“ Rt Revd Bishop Ambrose Weekes FKC 7KHRORJ\ Ę”ĘœĘ—Ę” James Rolland 0HFKDQLFDO (QJLQHHULQJ Ę”ĘœĘ—Ę— Dr Antony Essex-Cater 0HGLFLQH Ę”ĘœĘ—Ę˜ Ronald Ayerst &KHPLFDO (QJLQHHULQJ Ę”ĘœĘ—Ę› Emeritus Professor Michael Barnett &KHPLVWU\ Ę”ĘœĘ—Ę› Dr Dennis Thompson &KHPLVWU\ Ę”ĘœĘ—Ęœ Donald Carpenter AKC )UHQFK Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę“ Revd Edgar Hornsby 7KHRORJ\ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę“ Peter Care *HRJUDSK\ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę”

Revd Canon Eric James FKC AKC

KCSMD :h : M @ HWZYb_Ăš[ 0HGLFLQH Ę”ĘœĘ–Ęš Dr Joyce Grant (latterly Elsom) 0HGLFLQH Ę”ĘœĘ—Ę™ Dr Harold Cantwell 0HGLFLQH Ę”ĘœĘ—Ę› Dr James Hobbs 0HGLFLQH Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę” Dr Bernard Poole 0HGLFLQH Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę— Dr Christopher Goodwill 0HGLFLQH Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ęš Andrew Eyles 'HQWLVWU\ Ę”ĘœĘ™Ę— Dr John Bostock 0HGLFLQH Ę”ĘœĘ™Ę™ Dr Christopher Wallace 0HGLFLQH Ę”ĘœĘ™Ęš Dr Nigel Minett 0HGLFLQH Ę”ĘœĘ›Ę”

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John Mumford +LVWRU\ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę” Revd John Patrick 7KHRORJ\ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę” Maria Barb (latterly Randall) &KHPLVWU\ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę– George Knapp 6SDQLVK Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę– Roy Thomas AKC (OHFWULFDO (QJLQHHULQJ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę– Reginald Browning /DZ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę— John Andrews AKC +LVWRU\ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę˜ Kenneth Waller AKC &ODVVLFV Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę˜ Leslie Owen +LVWRU\ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę™ Lord St. John of Fawlsley /DZ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ęš Revd Francis Madge AKC 7KHRORJ\ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę› Sister Margaret Murdock *HRJUDSK\ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę› Malcolm Pine &ODVVLFV Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ę› Simon Nugent &ODVVLFV Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ęœ Revd Alfred Tedman AKC 7KHRORJ\ Ę”ĘœĘ˜Ęœ The Very Revd Dean John Lang 7KHRORJ\ Ę”ĘœĘ™Ę“

Judge, benefactor, friend Judge John Toulmin CMG QC FKC

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the Student Union to be so well run Ĺ˜ TXLWH DQ DFFRODGH LQ VXFK WRXJK WLPHV which its President later attributed in large part to ‘Jean’s calm and upright VWDQFH DQG PDWXULW\Ĺ› $IWHU JUDGXDWLRQ 3KLOOLSV TXDOLĆŠHG DV a teacher and went on to become Principal of Portsmouth Teacher Training College, the youngest head of DQ\ VXFK HVWDEOLVKPHQW LQ WKH 8.

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interpretation of an English professor: sporting smartly pressed trousers and a corduroy jacket with WKH UHTXLVLWH HOERZ SDWFKHV He continued, ‘If you would be kind enough to FDVK D FKHTXH IRU eʎʉ , ZRXOG EH PRVW JUDWHIXO Ĺ› Ĺš$QG \RX GRQĹ›W KDYH DQ\ LGHQWLĆŠFDWLRQ"Ĺ› VDLG $QGUHD Ĺš1R ,Ĺ›P DIUDLG QRW ,WĹ›V LQ WKH UHQWDO FDU Ĺ› KH UHSOLHG Ĺš7KLV PDWWHU LV UHDOO\ XUJHQW &RXOG \RX FDVK WKH FKHTXH ULJKW QRZ"Ĺ› Andrea asked, ‘Which of your daughters is sick?’ Ĺš0\ \RXQJHVW Ĺ› KH DQVZHUHG Ĺš1RZ ZLOO \RX KHOS me or do I need to speak with your manager?’ ‘Actually,’ Andrea said, ‘I’m going to call my PDQDJHU ULJKW QRZ EHFDXVH , WKLQN \RXĹ›UH D IUDXG Ĺ› ,W WXUQV RXW WKDW VKH ZDV FRUUHFW Ĺ˜ KH ZDV D IUDXG :KDW WLSSHG KHU Rƨ" MICHAEL KIRKHAM

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