Newnham College Roll Letter 2022-23 by Newnham College, Cambridge

Newnham College Roll Letter 2022–23

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Newnham College Roll Letter 2022–23

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Contents Teaching & Research

Tackling big world challenges: postgraduate research

Making an impact: strategic philanthropy with Dr Shonali Banerjee

Nurturing nature: Dr Laurie Friday, sustainability in College and Fenland research

55 Scanning: the horizon – Professor Fiona Gilbert on the latest developments in AI The College Year 06

Highlights of the College year

The Principal’s year Alison Rose

The JCR President’s year April Wells

The MCR President’s year Aman Kang

List of Senior Members

in medical imaging 59

In contemplation of wellbeing: Dr Hannah Lucas on what medieval nuns can teach us about living well

Cake and connections: research networks and forums at Newnham

30 In Memoriam: Betty Boothroyd, Ann Phillips, Ian Du Quesnay, Joyce Wells 34

Good foundations

36 Opening doors: the Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research Programme 38 Newnham on University Challenge, 1963–2023

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The Alumnae Year

Highlights of the alumnae year

74 T he Roll President’s year Annette Spencer Fernando Manoso

76 S haping Newnham’s Future Alison Rose 79 D onation form 82 T he Women's Boat Race, 1973 and 2023 Vicky Singh and Sally Visick 86 What’s in a name? The story of Eva Smith Karin Horowitz

Alumnae news

Deceased Members of the Roll

Life stories

135 Donations, legacies and bequests 153 Alumnae A–Z 158 This place I know: Debbie Hodder

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SCULPTURAL PORTRAITS OF NEWNHAM

In this Roll Letter we highlight a selection of Newnham’s portraits in sculpture, chosen by the College’s Curator Laura Dennis. These works are displayed throughout the College; from corridors and teaching rooms, to the Library and gardens. They bring us face to face with remarkable individuals from College history, and chart the development of artistic styles and techniques for over a century. The artists featured include celebrated practitioners past and present, with works by renowned historic sculptors and prominent contemporary artists together contributing to the rich and unique cultural environment of Newnham today. 17 Isaline Horner by Gertrude Hermes. 22 Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere, statue of Millicent Garrett Fawcett by Gillian Wearing. 90 Mary Bateson by Edith Bateson. 96 Mathilde Blind by Edouard Lanteri. 134 Henry Sidgwick by Gilbert William Bayes. 152 Rosalind Franklin by Howard Bate.

The College Year

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Highlights of the College Year 2022 OCTOBER The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies started up their own YouTube channel (@skillitercentre6502), with a series called ‘Gems on Shelves’, showcasing highlights from the rare books and special collections.

Dr Sheila Watts was appointed as Senior Tutor following the retirement of Professor Liba Taub. Having worked for the College for more than 24 years as a Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages and as a Tutor, Sheila is well placed to assume the role.

Joan Armatrading visited Newnham to mark her Honorary Fellowship. With a career spanning five decades, Joan is one of the world's leading female singer/songwriters.

Below: Dr Sheila Watts.

Below: Joan Armatrading. Phil Mynott

The Hopkinson Sundial was reinstalled after full restoration. The sundial was donated to College as a memorial to Alice Hopkinson (NC 1895), who tragically died aged 23 together with her father and two of her siblings in a climbing accident in the Alps in 1898.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COLLEGE YEAR

NOVEMBER Dr Stephanie Smith, Director of Studies in Chemistry, was awarded the Terri Apter Teaching Prize for outstanding teaching in the Natural Sciences Tripos. Undergraduate MML student Rose Frith gave a well-received Pudding Seminar to an audience of academics, students and staff, showing what a great opportunity they are for students to practise public speaking and get feedback (see pp. 63—65 for more on Pudding Seminars). She shared her dissertation research on Leben? Oder Theater?, Charlotte Salomon's narrative cycle of paintings. Professor Julia Gog OBE (Queens’) gave the Gillian Vaisey Memorial Lecture on ‘Using Mathematics to Understand Pandemic Strategies’. Gillian Vaisey was a Research Fellow at Newnham from 1954 to 1957. The lecture series on ‘The Public Understanding of Mathematics and Science’ was endowed in her memory by Professor Anita Bailey (NC 1950).

DECEMBER At Christmas, beautiful handmade cards went on display from the bequest of writer and artist Olive Cook (NC 1931). Her archive, which came to Newnham in 2003, includes a large number of handmade greetings cards sent between Olive, her husband Edwin and other family members and friends. The display was cocurated by Newnham's archivist Frieda Midgley and Curator Laura Dennis.

Above: Handmade greetings card from the Olive Cook Collection, Newnham College Archives.

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Librarian Debbie Hodder retired after more than thirty years in the role. See p. 158 for Debbie’s reflections on the huge changes to the Library and to librarianship in that time. Assistant Librarian Eve Lacey took over the baton as the new College Librarian.

JANUARY

An article by Newnham PhD student in Criminology Klea Ramaj on the return and reintegration challenges of Albanian victims of human trafficking, based on her MPhil research, was cited extensively in reports by the Home Office and earlier by UNICEF. Read more about the impact our postgraduate researchers are making around the world on pp. 42—45.

Below: A snowman in the January snow.

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The devastating earthquake affecting Turkey and Syria prompted swift action by our students and Fellows, raising money for those affected or helping with the rescue. Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering Dr Sakthy Selvakumaran (NC 2015) took part in the rescue effort as part of her work with the charity Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters (SARAID). This was her first on-the-ground deployment after two years of training as an Urban Search and Rescue Technician and she was proud to be part of a team that rescued a 15-year-old girl from a collapsed building. Elif Yumru and Zeynep Olgun, both Newnham PhD students, together with Mehmet Doğar, a PhD student at Selwyn, organised the Cambridge TEV UK Educational Bursary, a special educational bursary fund for students in Turkey who had been affected by the earthquakes either directly or through their families. Dr Saleyha Ahsan, a PhD student at Newnham who has worked as a doctor in the affected area, organised a hybrid panel discussion involving a range of NGOs about humanitarian responses in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake.

FEBRUARY

Above: Sineidin O'Reilly-Williams. Below: Dr Sakthy Selvakumaran.

Sineidin O’Reilly-Williams joined the College as our first Wellbeing Advisor. She is a qualified counsellor with further training in Psychology, and has previously worked for Mind, the NHS and supporting homeless and addiction communities. At Newnham, she sees individual students and develops projects to improve student wellbeing, offer and advise on mental health support, and contribute to the existing health and wellbeing service.

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In a year that saw an incredible double Women’s Boat Race win for the Light Blues (see March), and excellent results for NCBC in Fairbairns and the bumps, Newnhamites excelled in many other sports and games. Top performers include a shared team in women’s football with Pembroke and with St John’s in mixed hockey, as well as teams in mixed lacrosse (with Corpus), netball and badminton. Second-year NatSci Judy Wang is ranked number 1 in the Chinese women’s league in Rubik’s Cube and holds six national records. Medical student Mary Adeniji (NC 2017) won a bronze in the long jump at the British Universities and Colleges Sport Outdoor Athletics Championships. And two Newnhamites swam the Channel with the University Open Water Swim team. Vet in training Evie Anema (NC 2018), the team's captain, and Jasmine Eden Gray (second-year MML), who is also in NCBC, took part in the relay swim against Oxford. Evie later undertook her first solo Channel swim in July, in 11 hours 14 minutes, making it the second fastest solo crossing of the year to date.

Left: The NC Netball team – back row, left to right: Shakira Ahmed, Poppy Culver, Olivia Houseman, Mia Farndon, Bella Grimes, Maddy Gordon-Finlayson, Arwa Fath. Front row, left to right: Olivia Wintersgill, Beth Campbell, Hope Campbell, Maureen Bartsch.

Darren Anema / Cameron Lackey

Above and right: Evie Anema in the Channel.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COLLEGE YEAR

MARCH

Newnham rowers made a significant contribution to Cambridge’s clean sweep in the Boat Race 2023. In the Openweight/ Lightweight Spare Coxed Four, Beth Taylor and Vicky Noci put in a strong performance to beat Oxford. On the Sunday, Hanna Prince captained the Blondie crew and Caoimhe Dempsey, the Women’s CUBC President, stroked the Blue Boat, beating Oxford by 3 lengths and 4.5 lengths respectively. There was strong NCBC support on the bank, notably from the crew who won fifty years earlier – see our feature on pp. 82—84.

Courtesy of CUBC

Below: The winning Women's Boat Race team.

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Professor Manali Desai (Sociology) was appointed to a new role in College as BAME Advisor. Her goal in the new position is to continue to foster an environment of mutual respect for everyone in Newnham.

APRIL The Jane Harrison Memorial Lecture was given by Katherine Harloe, Professor of Classics and Director of the Institute of Classical Studies at the University of London. She lectured on 'Beyond Jane Harrison: Re-evaluating Women’s Work in Archaeology, History and Heritage 1870–1950'.

Artist Erika Tan completed her art commission for the College’s 150th anniversary, ‘A Legacy for a Future Unknown’, with a moving image work, on view on screens in the College’s Dorothy Garrod Building. The sound element for this work was created by musician Marcella Keating (NC 2019) and features the voices of students at Newnham during the anniversary year.

Honorary Fellow and author Ali Smith (NC 1985) gave the inaugural A Room of One’s Own Lecture in Clough Hall on 23 April as part of the Cambridge Literary Festival. Inspired by Festival Founder and Director Cathy Moore and founding Honorary Patrons Ali Smith and Professor Dame Gillian Beer, the lecture is supported by the College and the Guild of Friends. Four Newnham students won places on the first Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research Programme. See our feature on pp. 36—37. PhD student Constanza Toro-Valdivieso’s research was featured in The Observer; her ground-breaking work on the way seals’ bodies respond to pollution has important implications for climate science and medicine.

Above: Charlotte Matheson.

MML finalist Charlotte Matheson was Director of the UK’s largest international student film festival, Watersprite, which celebrates the next generation of film and TV talent and aims to increase access for under-represented groups to careers in the media. The festival, held in Cambridge, was a great success, attracting entries from 106 countries and 4,000 attendees.

MAY The revolving summer house in the Pightle garden was restored by local carpenter Jamie Cakebread.

Wendy Evans

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COLLEGE YEAR

Left: Pightle summerhouse restoration. From left to right: Paul Anderson (Head Gardener), Jenny Morton (Fellow), Rae Langton (Fellow), Andrea Jenssen (Permaculture Garden Rep), Laura Huntzinger (MCR Rep) and Fran James (NC 1995) (Associate Fellow).

JUNE Curator of the art collections Laura Dennis investigated the College clocks with conservator Thomas Jackson. ‘It was great to have an insight into the workings of these fascinating objects and see how the design and mechanisms have developed over the centuries,’ says Laura. ‘I particularly liked this moon dial (pictured below) flanked by a lion and unicorn, from a beautiful historic longcase clock that we need to get ticking again!’

Laura Dennis

The Guild of Friends awarded its annual prizes of £150 to students who have made a significant positive contribution to College life, to Anna Freed (NC 2019), and current students Molly Leach, Sanah Kashyap, Dewei Kung and Ella Baragwanath. Recent Phyllis & Eileen Gibbs Travelling Research Fellows gave a series of fascinating talks about their research journeys. The Gibbs Fellowship was founded in 1970 from a gift made by Miss Eileen Gibbs (NC 1919) in her own name and in that of her late sister Phyllis (NC 1918). Both sisters enjoyed travelling for research purposes and Eileen wanted to give others the opportunity to do so. We heard from Dr Sertaç Sehlikoglu on imaginative landscapes of Islamist politics, Dr Janet Gruber on the HPV vaccine in Malawi and Dr Loubab Zedane on fog-harvesting adaptations in desert flora.

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Our MCR are contributing to work on legacies of enslavement at Newnham College through a lecture series. At this year’s event, following a presentation on Newnham’s recent research, visiting member and Melbourne University Professor Deirdre Coleman explored the continuation of forced labour across the world after the abolition of slavery, and its legacy today.

The student photo competition organised by the Communications Office drew to a close, with some fun, striking and professionalstandard entries.

Aurora Gao

College Lecturers Dr Felix Steffek (Law) and Dr Fulvio Forni (Engineering) were promoted to Professor, and Fellow Dr Letizia Mortara (Engineering Manufacturing) and College Lecturer Dr Adam Pellegrini (Natural Sciences Biological) to Associate Professor in the University.

Right: Photographers clockwise from top left: Aurora Gao; Scarlett Irons; Xin Xiong; Jung Chen;

Jessica Leng

Aurora Gao; Jessica Leng.

Scarlett Irons/XinXiong/Jung Chen

Aurora Gao

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JULY Postdoctoral Affiliate Dr Rebecca Dell has been appointed Assistant Professor at the Scott Polar Research Institute as the first woman to hold a full-time permanent academic position there. Her research specialises in using satellite imagery to monitor surface meltwater on Antarctic ice shelves, using remote sensing and machine learning. Dr Susan Walker FSA of the Ashmolean Museum and Wolfson College, Oxford gave the Joyce Reynolds Memorial Lecture, sharing her memories of the years 1988–1993, when she worked with Joyce in Cyrene, eastern Libya. The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies hosted a major international conference entitled ‘The Ottomans and Disorder’.

AUGUST The blue plaque at the Eagle pub in Cambridge, commemorating the announcement there of the discovery of the structure of DNA, was updated to give credit to the work of Rosalind Franklin (NC 1938), Maurice Wilkins and other scientists alongside Nobel Prize recipients Francis Crick and James Watson.

Laura Stevens

Right: Dr Rebecca Dell in the field.

SCULPTURAL PORTRAITS OF NEWNHAM

©The artist’s estate

Portrait of Isaline Horner (c. 1957) by Gertrude Hermes Isaline Blew Horner OBE (NC 1914), known to her friends as ‘Squizzie’, was a Pali Scholar and College Librarian from 1923 to 1936. Her 1982 Roll Letter obituary mentions that the bronze ‘reminds those who knew her of the rugged look of her later years’. This portrait is typical of Hermes’ work of the 1950s and ’60s; other examples in a similarly strong-featured style can be seen in the collections of the Tate and National Portrait Galleries.

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T H E P R I N C I PA L' S Y E A R

The Principal’s Year ALISON ROSE (NC 1980)

very underrepresented. We also admitted five Foundation Year students, making Newnham one of the first colleges to offer this new way of studying at Cambridge (see p. 34); as well as admitting 119 postgraduate students during the year, of whom thirty-seven are working for a PhD. Almost two-thirds of our postgraduates are international students, coming from twentyfive countries. They study a huge variety of subjects, from energy technologies to modern South Asian studies, bioscience enterprise to criminology (see pp. 42—45). Also in the autumn of 2022, there was a 19% increase in direct applications to Newnham, compared with an increase for the University of 5%. Of the offers we made, 75% were to Newnham first choice candidates. Many candidates Newnham put into the pool were offered places by other colleges, which is an indication of the strength of those who applied directly to us. Dr Sheila Watts, whom many of you will know as Director of Studies in MML since 1998, became Senior Tutor in September. I am extremely grateful to Sheila for the speed, skill and enthusiasm with which she has embraced her new responsibilities. Sheila and her team have helped students navigate the uncertainty caused by a marking and assessment boycott. This meant that only a third of our finalists received their degrees at General Admission on 30 June, an event which focused instead on celebrating the end of their studies. Other highlights of the year have been watching CUBC Women’s President Caoimhe Dempsey and Blondie Captain Hanna Prince

This has been the first full academic year when we have not had to talk regularly about Covid! I know that some of you are still suffering its effects, and we continue to see the impact on our students’ learning and mental health. It has been wonderful this year to experience the full range of events and activities that Newnham offers, from the inauguration of Joan Armatrading CBE as an Honorary Fellow in November to a Philippa Fawcett mathsthemed Family Day in July. Visitors, including alumnae, comment on the warmth and vibrancy of our interdisciplinary and intergenerational community. I am grateful to our Fellows, senior members, staff and students for all they do to provide that community for each new cohort. As I say each year at our graduation feast, it takes a lot of staff to support a student through College. Newnham does not judge itself solely by academic results. However, when all the results were finalised in October 2022, we were delighted that 95.9% of the 2022 finalists received a 2.1 or above – compared with the University average for women finalists of 92.8%. An impressive 39.3% of Newnham’s finalists received Firsts, compared with a 35.5% average for women in the University. This cohort and the academic staff who taught and accompanied them experienced the full rigours of the pandemic, so we are very proud of them all. In October 2022, we admitted 118 first year undergraduates. Of the UK students, 72.6% are from state schools. I am delighted that this year’s cohort includes eight mathematicians, as this remains a subject in which women are

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degasifying the estate is protecting the climate rather than our financial resources, but we remain committed to working towards carbon net zero. We were relieved to see the conference business start to pick up this year, and in particular to welcome students from the University’s Institute of Continuing Education undertaking a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business and language students on a summer school. Conference income is

captain their boats to victory in the Boat Races. Zaynab Ahmed has been Cambridge University Student Union President, impressing us all with her tenacity in getting the Collegiate University to think seriously about introducing a reading week. Our University Challenge team won many hearts with their good humour and teamwork in progressing to the quarter finals (see pp. 38— 40). Katherine Gregory won the Clare College Song Competition and Charlotte Matheson was Festival Director of the Watersprite International

‘Our University Challenge team won many hearts with their good humour and teamwork in progressing to the quarter finals.’ Alison Rose

essential to the College’s business model, and it is particularly satisfying when the conferences are also promoting education and learning. Delivering high-quality conferences is a team effort and we are delighted with the feedback our staff receive. Also in July, Cambridge welcomed its second female Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice. I look forward to working with her as she takes forward Cambridge’s mission, nurturing academic excellence, contributing to society in real and meaningful ways and finding ‘the ideas that change the world, the discoveries that upend conventional wisdom, the solutions to the world’s most intractable problems’.1

Student Film Festival. This is just a small selection of the many enriching extra-curricular activities which Newnham’s students undertake. Newnham appointed its first Wellbeing Advisor, Sineidin O’Reilly-Williams, in the winter, complementing the work of our Nurse in the Health Centre. In Easter Term, Sineidin helped students develop strategies for managing stress, anxiety and panic attacks during exams, and for dealing with results which might be less good than expected. We know she will play an important role in helping new starters make the transition to undergraduate or postgraduate study in October. Along with everyone else, our energy bills have rocketed this year. With renewable electricity prices also high, our commitment to

Taken from her inaugural address, 5 July 2023.

THE JCR PRESIDENT'S YEAR

The JCR President’s Year A P R I L W E L L S ( L AW )

My time on the JCR actually began in my first year, when I ran for Women and Non-Binary Officer (WNB). I was not very familiar with the intricacies of the JCR, but I knew my passion for feminism would guide me in the role. During my two terms as WNB Officer, I ran consent workshops, worked to improve College stock of feminist books, circulated information about night safety in Cambridge and, most importantly, heard the voice of the student body regarding changes needed in Newnham. It was this experience (alongside the appeal of picking my room first) that drove me to want to apply for the role of President, as I realised so much needed to be done to ensure that Newnham students were heard, but also that solutions were found and implemented. This has been the primary focus of the JCR throughout this year. I am proud to say that working with the rest of the committee and College management teams has enabled me to achieve all of my initial manifesto goals. I’ll pick three examples. First, the re-establishment of the Dorothy Garrod Basement Room as a fully accessible JCR space for events such as game nights, bops and quiet times with friends. Second, improving representation on the JCR with LGBT and BAME subcommittees, as well as a Green subcommittee. Finally, we have been working hard with College to secure low Buttery prices for students without compromising on quality (I know for a fact lots of my friends from other colleges think Newnham food – especially Saturday Brunch – is the best), and worked hard to improve formals for neurodiverse students who need greater choice, to include more of

our College community in this quintessential Cambridge experience. I am so excited to see what the next year will bring, as new officers bring original ideas and perspectives to the committee. I am so grateful for the opportunities this last year has presented. I have met some amazing people, in the committee, in the student body and beyond (at this year’s Commemoration) and have learnt so many skills which will help me in the future. We are so lucky in Newnham to have such a responsive committee and College Officers who are willing to listen to concerns and actively work to ensure things are made better for everyone who is part of our community. I also hope to meet many more alumnae soon.

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SCULPTURAL PORTRAITS OF NEWNHAM

Alan Davidson / © The artist’s estate

Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere (2018) — statue of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, by Gillian Wearing The statue of Newnham’s co-founder Millicent Garrett Fawcett on display at Parliament Square was created by Turner Prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing. It was commissioned following a campaign by the journalist Caroline Criado Perez which highlighted that fewer than 3% of statues in the UK are of women (not counting members of the royal family). The statue at Newnham is a small-scale version by the artist, with a design and materials inspired by the original.

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The MCR President’s Year A M A N K A N G ( P H D S T U D E N T, A R C H A E O L O G Y )

The past year has been busy, but good. Now that Cambridge has returned to a semblance of normality, Newnham has been a hub of social and academic activities, enriching our experience of what Cambridge has to offer. Members of the MCR Committee organised many fun and inclusive events, such as potluck meals for Diwali and Chinese New Year. The ever-enthusiastic Social Secretaries did not disappoint, ensuring that there were plenty of formal swaps and the infamous post-formal receptions. However, the highlight for many was the return of Newnham bops, after a long gap. We were also able to enjoy a very successful Garden Party in May week, themed Toile de Jouy, where the food was plentiful and the music enjoyable. We’ve also continued to advocate for the issues that impact postgraduate students the most. One example is the situation surrounding College accommodation for postgraduates at Newnham. At present, we are having productive conversations with College as to how we can improve the supply of postgraduate accommodation, thinking particularly about incoming freshers. Unfortunately, many new students have missed out on securing rooms in College for the impending academic year, leaving our community scattered across Cambridge. I am confident that, through mutual cooperation, we can provide a solution for this, and ensure that Newnham continues to be an attractive place for future postgraduates. I am also happy to say that, by working alongside the JCR, we were able to host Iftar in Clough Hall during the month of Ramadan.

This gave observing Newnhamites (and the wider community) the opportunity to come together and break fast. It is wonderful, too, to see further discussions arising from the Legacies of Enslavement Enquiry. One example of this is the talk hosted by the MCR Speaker Series Officer, delivered by Professor Deirdre Coleman. Her talk, entitled From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Legacies of Slavery and the Question of Reparation, continued the conversation within College about how best to deliver the facts about the past. This is just a snapshot of what the MCR has been up to outside of our academic commitments. I’m incredibly proud of the passion and enthusiasm I’ve witnessed thus far. I am confident that the incoming cohort will not only enjoy what Newnham has to offer, but will also be active participants in the change we are seeking to create in our community.

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Fellows and Senior Members during the academic year 2022-23

VISITOR

CLASSICS

Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge

Dr Carol Atack BSc (London), MA (Cantab), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

Dr Shushma Malik PRINCIPAL

BA (Bristol), MA (Bristol), PhD (Bristol)

Alison Rose MA (Cantab)

CRIMINOLOGY Dr Caroline Lanskey BA (Leicester), PGCE (Oxon), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

ECONOMICS

FELLOWS & SENIOR MEMBERS ENTITLED TO ATTEND GOVERNING BODY

Professor Helen Bao BA (Dongbei), MA (Dongbei), MA (Cantab), PhD (Hong Kong)

ENGINEERING ANGLO-SAXON, NORSE AND CELTIC

Dr Stephanie Adeyemo

Professor Judy Quinn

Constance Work Research Fellow, BEng (Swansea),

BA (Melbourne), MA (Cantab), PhD (Sydney)

PhD (Cantab)

Dr Fulvio Forni

ARCHAEOLOGY

BEng (Rome Tor Vergata), MEng (Rome Tor Vergata),

Dr Emma Pomeroy

PhD (Rome Tor Vergata)

BA (Cantab), MA (Southampton), PhD (Cantab)

Dr Thanuja Galhena BSc (Colombo), MPhil (Colombo), PhD (Cantab)

ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

Dr Letizia Mortara

Dr Charis Olszok

Laurea, Diploma di Maturita’ Scientifica (Bologna),

BA (Oxon), MA (SOAS), PhD (SOAS)

BSc (Bologna), PhD (Cranfield)

Dr Lucy Zhao

Dr Sivasakthy Selvakumaran

BA (Qingdao), MA (East China University of Science

MA (Cantab), MEng (Cantab), PhD (Cantab), CEng,

and Technology), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

MICE

FELLOWS & SENIOR MEMBERS

ENGLISH

Professor Yael Navaro

Dr May Hawas

BA (Brandeis), MA (Princeton), PhD (Princeton)

Dr Mezna Qato

BA (Alexandria), MA (AUC), PhD (Leuven)

BA (Chicago), MA (Chicago), MSt (Oxon), DPhil

Dr Hannah Lucas

(Oxon)

Newby Trust Research Fellow, BA (Oxon), MPhil

Dr Daniela Sanchez-Lopez

(Cantab), DPhil (Oxon)

Margaret Anstee Centre Fellow, BSc (Universidad

Dr Chana Morgenstern

Católica Boliviana), MA (Rotterdam), PhD (UEA)

BA (New College of California, San Francisco), MFA (Bard College), PhD (Brown) MA (Cantab), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

LAW Dr Sinéad Agnew

GEOGRAPHY

Dr Christina Angelopoulos

Dr Amy Morris

LLB (Dublin), MJur (Oxon), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (LSE) LLB (Athens), LLM (Edinburgh), PhD (Amsterdam)

Professor Emma Mawdsley

Dr Felix Steffek

Director of the Margaret Anstee Centre,

LLM (Cantab), First State Examination (Heidelberg),

MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

PhD (Heidelberg), Second State Examination (Hamburg), Habilitation (Hamburg)

HISTORY Dr Kate Fleet

LINGUISTICS

Postgraduate Tutor and Director of

Professor Katarzyna Jaszczolt

the Skilliter Centre, BA (SOAS), MA (Cantab), PhD

MA (Lodz), DPhil (Oxon), PhD (Cantab), MAE

(SOAS)

Dr Meg Foster

MATHEMATICS

Mary Bateson Research Fellow, BA (Hons) (Sydney),

Dr Eloise Hamilton

PhD (UNSW)

Old Students’ Jubilee Research Fellow, BPhil (Hons)

Professor Gabriela Ramos

(ANU), DPhil (Oxon)

BA (Universidad Católica del Perú), MA (Columbia),

Dr Orsola Rath Spivack

PhD (Pennsylvania)

MSc (Milan), MA (Milan), PhD (Open)

Dr Emma Perkins

Professor Maria Ubiali

MA (Cantab), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

BSc (Milan), MSc (Milan), PhD (Edinburgh), PhD

Dr Madeline Woker MA (LSE), MPhil (Columbia), PhD (Columbia)

(Louvain)

HISTORY OF ART Dr Amy Tobin

MEDICINE/VETERINARY MEDICINE

BA (York), MA (Courtauld Institute of Art), PhD (York)

MA (Cantab), MB ChB (Glasgow), DMRD (Aberdeen),

Professor Fiona Gilbert MRCP, FRCR, FRCPS, FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci

HUMAN, SOCIAL & POLITICAL SCIENCES

Dr Jane MacDougall

Professor Manali Desai

MA (Cantab), MB BChir (Cantab), FRCOG (London), MD (Cantab), MEd (Cantab)

BA (Michigan), MA (UCLA), PhD (UCLA)

Professor Jennifer Morton

Dr Liana Minkova

BSc (Otago), MA (Cantab), PhD (Otago), ScD

Kathleen Hughes Research Fellow, BA (KCL), MPhil

(Cantab), FRSB

(Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

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Dr Barbara Skelly

Dr Erica Watson

MA (Cantab), VetMB (Cantab), PhD (Cantab),

BSc (Calgary), PhD (Calgary)

CertSAM, DipACVIM, DipECVIM, MRCVS; European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal

PHILOSOPHY

Medicine, RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small

Dr Laura Caponetto

Animal Medicine

Sarah Smithson Research Fellow, BA (Catania),

Professor Helen Taylor

BA (Vincenzo Bellini Music Institute, Catania),

MA (Oxon), MBBS (London), MRCP, FRCR, PGCert

MPhil (Vita-Salute San Raffaele), PhD (Vita-Salute San

Med Ed (Cantab), FHEA

Raffaele)

Professor Rae Langton

MODERN AND MEDIEVAL LANGUAGES

BA (Sydney), PhD (Princeton), FBA, FAAAS, MAE

Professor Jenny Mander MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

PSYCHOLOGY

Dr Sheila Watts

Dr Abigail Bradshaw

Senior Tutor, MA (Dublin), PhD (Dublin)

Amy Whiteley Research Fellow, BA (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon)

MUSIC

Professor Claire Hughes

Dr Delphine Mordey

MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

BA (Oxon), MA (Oxon), MSt (Oxon), PhD (Cantab)

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY OFFICERS NATURAL SCIENCES

Alice Benton

Dr Ricarda Beckmann

MA (Cantab)

Ruth Holt Research Fellow, MSci (Imperial),

Sarah Carthew

DPhil (Oxon)

Development Director, BA (UEA), MA (Cantab)

Dr Barbara Blacklaws

Wendy Evans

Vice-Principal, BSc (Aberdeen), PhD (Cantab),

Domestic Bursar, MA (Cantab), Grad CIPD (Anglia

PGCertTLHE (Cantab)

Ruskin), PG Dip HRM (Anglia Ruskin)

Dr Timothy Hearn

Dr Laurie Friday

BSc (Birmingham), PhD (Cantab), MRSB, AFHEA

MA (Cantab), PhD (Exeter)

Dr Gabriella Heller

Deborah Hodder

Rosalind Franklin Research Fellow, BA (Pomona),

Librarian (until December 2022), MA (Cantab),

MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

MA (UCL), MCLIP

Professor Laura Itzhaki

Eve Lacey

MSc (Oxon), PhD (Cantab)

Librarian (from December 2022), MA (Cantab),

Dr Catherine Lindon

MA (UCL), MCLIP

MA (Oxon), MA (Cantab), PhD (London)

Christopher Lawrence

Professor Róisín Owens

Bursar, MA (Cantab), MSc (Durham), ARCM

BA (Dublin), PhD (Southampton)

Dr Sam Lucy

Dr Adam Pellegrini

Undergraduate Admissions Tutor, BA (Nottingham),

BA (Colgate), MA (Princeton), PhD (Princeton)

PhD (Cantab), FSA – Archaeology

Professor Christina Potter

Dr Holly Tilbrook

MSci (RHUL), PhD (RHUL)

MA (St Andrews), MLitt (St Andrews), PhD (Edinburgh)

FELLOWS & SENIOR MEMBERS

Niamh Tumelty

FELLOWS EMERITAE

Secretary of the Governing Body, BA (Maynooth),

Dr Lucy Adrian MA (Cantab), MA (Wisconsin),

HDip Ed (Trinity College, Dublin), MA (Cantab),

PhD (Cantab)

MSc Econ (Aberystwyth), MCLIP

Dr Patricia Altham MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab) Dr Claire Barlow MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab), FIOM3 Professor Mary Beard DBE, MA (Cantab), PhD

ASSOCIATE FELLOWS Dr Carol Cooper

(Cantab), HonDLitt (Bristol), FBA

MA (Cantab), MB BChir (Cantab), MRCP (London)

Dr Sarah Corbet MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab),

Claire Curtis

ScD (Cantab)

Co-President of the Newnham Associates,

Jean Gooder MA (Cantab) Dr Catherine Hills MA (London), PhD (Birkbeck) Deborah Hodder MA (Cantab), MA (UCL), MCLIP Irina Kirillova MBE, MA (Cantab) Professor Augusta McMahon BA (Bryn Mawr),

MA (Cantab), LLB (London)

Fran James MA (Cantab), VetMB (Cantab), DipACVS, DipECVS, DipACVSMR, MRCVS

MA (Chicago), PhD (Chicago)

Dr Ann Mullinger MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab) Professor Susan Owens OBE, BSc (UEA),

OTHER SENIOR MEMBERS

MA (Cantab), PhD (UEA), ScD (h.c.) (UEA), ScD (h.c.) (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm),

BYE-FELLOWS

FBA, FAcSS, HonMRTPI

Dr Tugba Basaran

Dr Rachael Padman BEng (Hons) (Monash),

MA (Berlin), MSc (Aberystwyth), PhD (Cantab)

PhD (Cantab)

– Criminology

Ann Phillips MA (Oxon)† Dr Susan Pitts MA (Cantab), MSc (Imperial),

Dr Claire Benn BA (Cantab), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

PhD (London)

– Philosophy

Dr Gillian Sutherland MA (Oxon), PhD

Dr Ruth Charles

(Oxon), FRHistS

MA (Cantab), DPhil (Oxon) – Archaeology

Professor Liba Taub BA (Tulane), MA (Chicago),

Professor Helen Firth

PhD (Oklahoma)

DM (Oxon), FRCP, DCH, FMedSci – Medicine

Professor Christine Watson BSc (Glasgow),

Dr Jenny Gibson

MA (Cantab), PhD (Imperial), FMedSci

BSc (Manchester), MRes (Manchester), PhD

Joyce Wells MA (Cantab)†

(Manchester) – Education

Dr Nazia Habib

PRIVILEGES OF A FELLOW EMERITA

BS (SUNY), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Cantab) –

Dr Terri Apter MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab) Harry Baker BA (Open), MSc (London Guildhall),

Management Technology

Dr Alexa Horner

DSc (Open)

MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab) – Admissions

Dr Lucilla Burn MA (Cantab), DPhil (Oxon), FSA Dr Janet Carter MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab) Dr Clarissa de Waal MA (Edinburgh), MPhil

Dr Ayesha Siddiqui BSc (Lahore), MA (University of Sussex), PhD (KCL) – Geography

(Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

Dr Yan Zhang

Ian Du Quesnay BA (Birmingham), MA (Cantab)† Katy Edgcombe MA (Cantab), MIMA

BSc (Yunnan), MA (Turin), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Cantab) – Economics

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Professor Susan Golombok BSc (Glasgow),

The Rt Hon The Baroness (Betty) Boothroyd

MSc (IOE), PhD (Institute of Psychiatry), MA (Cantab),

OM, PC, Hon DCL (London), Hon DLitt, Hon DUniv

FBA

(Open), Hon DCL (Oxon), Hon LLD (University of St

Frances Hazlehurst BA (Open), MA (Cantab) Dr Isabel Henderson OBE, MA (Aberdeen),

Andrews) †

Professor Jane Brown MA (Cantab), PhD

MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab), Hon FSA Scot

(Cantab)

Dr Pam Hirsch BA (CNAA), MA (Essex),

Dame Antonia Byatt Duffy CBE, DBE, MA

MA (Cantab), PhD (CNAA), Cert. Ed (Cumbria)

(Cantab), HonFBA, FRSL

Professor Jane Humphries CBE, BA (Cantab),

Anne Campbell MA (Cantab), CStat, Hon PhD

MA (Cornell), PhD (Cornell), FRHS, FAcSS, FBA,

(Anglia Ruskin)

Fellow Cliometrics Society

The Baroness (Jean) Coussins MA (Cantab),

Carolyn Leigh MA (Cantab) Dr Linda McDowell MA (Cantab), MPhil (UCL),

DUniv (Open), Hon FCIL (UCL)

PhD (UCL), DLitt (Oxon), FBA, CBE

Professor Patricia Easterling MA (Cantab), FBA Professor Dame Uta Frith DBE, PhD (London),

Professor Rosamond McKitterick MA

FRS, FBA, FMedSci

(Cantab), PhD (Cantab), LittD (Cantab), FRHistS,

Rosalind Gilmore CB, BA (UCL), MA (Cantab),

FAE

Hon RCM

Gabriele Reifenberg MA (Cantab) Dr Ros Ridley MA (Cantab), PhD (Institute of

Dame Jane Goodall DBE, PhD (Cantab) The Rt Hon The Baroness (Helene) Hayman

Psychiatry), ScD (Cantab)

GBE, MA (Cantab)

Professor Lisa Saksida BSc (Western

Dame Patricia Hodgson Principal 2006–2012,

Ontario), MA (British Columbia), MA (Cantab), MSc

CBE, DBE, MA (Cantab), Hon DSc (City), DU (Essex),

(Edinburgh), PhD (Carnegie Mellon)

LRAM

Dr Liz Watson BSc (UCL), PhD (Cantab)

Dr Brigid Hogan MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab), DSc

HONORARY FELLOWS

The Baroness (Ann) Mallalieu QC, MA

Marin Alsop BMus (Julliard), MMus (Julliard),

(Cantab), LLM

(Watson School of Biological Sciences), FRS

Dr Brenda Milner CC, GOQ, BA (Cantab), PhD

Hon DMus (Bournemouth)

(McGill), FRS, FRSC

Joan Armatrading CBE, BA (Open), Hon DMus (Birmingham), Hon DLitt (Aston), Hon DMus

Rabbi The Baroness (Julia) Neuberger DBE,

(RSAMD), DUniv (Open), Hon DLitt (West Indies), Hon

MA (Cantab)

Dr Mary Beth Norton BA (Michigan), MA

DMus (St Andrews)

(Harvard), PhD (Harvard)

Professor Jenn Ashworth BA (Cantab), MA (Manchester), PhD (Lancaster), PGCert (Lancaster),

The Baroness (Onora) O’Neill Principal 1992–

FRSL

2006, CH, CBE, MA (Oxon), PhD (Harvard), FMedSci, HonFRS, FBA

The Baroness (Joan) Bakewell CBE, DBE, MA (Cantab), Hon FBA

Dame Sue Owen CB, DCB, MA (Cantab), MSc

Clare Balding OBE, CBE, MA (Cantab) Professor Dame Mary Beard DBE, MA (Cantab),

Dame Fiona Reynolds CBE, DBE, MA (Cantab),

(Cardiff) MPhil (Cantab), Hon FBA, Hon ScD

PhD (Cantab), HonDLitt (Bristol), FBA

Professor Dame Alison Richard DBE, DL, MA

Professor Dame Carol Black Principal

(Cantab), PhD (Queen Elizabeth College), FAAAS

2012–2019, DBE, BA (Bristol), MA (Cantab), FRCP, FMedSci

FELLOWS & SENIOR MEMBERS

The Rt Hon Lady Vivien Rose of Colmworth,

Dr Lyuba Bozhilova MMath (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon)

DBE, PC, MA (Cantab), BCL (Oxon)

– Bioinformatics

Professor Patricia Simpson BSc

Dr Jean Campbell BSc (Sydney), PhD (Sydney) –

(Southampton), PhD (Paris VI), FRS

Toxicology

Ali Smith CBE, BA (Aberdeen), PhD (Cantab), Hon

Dr Jenny Carlsson BSc (Stockholm), MSc

DLitt (ARU), FRSL

(Chalmers), PhD (Uppsala) – Engineering

Professor Hayat Sindi BSc (KCL), PhD (Cantab) Professor Elizabeth Thompson MA (Cantab),

Dr Jen Coleman BSc (Southampton), MRes (KCL), PhD (KCL) – Oncology

PhD (Cantab), ScD (Cantab), FRS

Dr Rebecca Dell BSc (Durham), MPhil

Dame Emma Thompson DBE, MA (Cantab) Professor Janet Todd OBE, MA (Cantab),

(Newcastle), PhD (Cantab) – Polar Studies

Dr April Foster BSc (Manchester), PhD

MA (Leeds), PhD (Florida)

(Manchester) – Biology

Sandi Toksvig OBE, MA (Cantab), Hon PhD Claire Tomalin MA (Cantab), Hon LittD Professor Rosie Young GBM, GBS, CBE, JP, MD

Dr Katherine Kentistou BSc (Newcastle), MSc (Imperial), PhD (Edinburgh) – Genetics

Dr Yang Liu BEng (Xi’an Jiaotong University), PhD

(Hong Kong), Hon DSc (Hong Kong), Hon D Soc Sc

(Hong Kong) – Computer Science

(Hong Kong Shue Yan), FRCP, FRACP, Hon FHKAM,

Dr Julia Moreno-Vicente BSc (UAB), MSc

Hon FHKCP

(Nottingham), MRes (Southampton), PhD

Professor Froma Zeitlin BA (Radcliffe-Harvard),

(Southampton) – Oncology

PhD (Columbia), Hon LHD (Princeton)

Dr Elli Mylona BSc (Imperial), MRes (Imperial),

ROYAL LITERARY FUND WRITING FELLOW

Dr Carolin Sauer BSc (Manchester), PhD (Cantab) – Oncology

Claudine Toutoungi MA (Oxon), MA

Dr Anna Schroeder MMath (St Andrews), PhD

PhD (Imperial) – Molecular Biology

(St Andrews) – Pure Mathematics

(Goldsmiths), PGCE (Cantab), PgDip (LAMDA)

Dr Verena Stoeger BSc (Vienna), MSc (Vienna), PhD (Vienna) – Chemical Engineering

COLLEGE LECTURER – FELLOW OF ANOTHER COLLEGE

Dr Roser Vilarrasa Blasi BA (Barcelona), MA (Barcelona), PhD (Barcelona) – Genetics

Dr Carlos Fonseca BA (Stanford), MA (Princeton),

Dr Doroteya Vladimirova BA (Portsmouth),

PhD (Princeton)

MA (NBU), PhD (Cranfield) – Engineering

Dr Tara Windsor BA (Birmingham), MPhil

ASSOCIATE LECTURERS Dr Ágnes Föglein MA (FAU), PhD (Cantab) Dr Jossy Sayir MSc (ETH Zürich), PhD (ETH Zürich) Dr Cerian Webb BSc (York), MSc (Dundee), PhD

(Birmingham), PhD (Birmingham) – MML † Deceased

(Cantab)

POSTDOCTORAL AFFILIATES Dr Shonali Banerjee BA (George Washington), MSc (SOAS), PhD (Sussex) — International Development

Dr Amber Barton MBiochem (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), FHEA – Genetics

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In memoriam

a dancer, which added a touch of glamour to her image in politics. But to get into Parliament required resilience, as she was defeated in four by-elections before being elected in 1973 as the Labour MP for West Bromwich (later West Bromwich West). Betty was also a Member of the European Parliament, concurrently, from 1975 to 1977. In 1987 she became Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, before being elected Speaker in 1992. She served as Speaker until 2000, and a year later was made a Life Peer. By tradition, she sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. The motto of her Coat of Arms was ‘I speak to serve’.

THE RT HON THE BARONESS (BETTY) BOOTHROYD OF SANDWELL, OM, PC, HON DLITT 1929–2023, HONORARY FELLOW Betty Boothroyd became an Honorary Fellow of Newnham College in 1994, two years after she had become the first female Speaker of the House of Commons. The title of Honorary Fellow is conferred upon a woman of distinction and that clearly applied to Betty’s achievements in politics. Her appointment as the first woman Speaker overturned 900 years of parliamentary tradition. Despite the demands of her political career, she took the time to visit and join College celebrations, including our 125th anniversary in 1996. Principal Alison Rose (NC 1980) said: ‘I remember sitting in the officials’ box in the House of Commons, watching Betty Boothroyd in action, and admiring how she kept such good order with a firm yet always light touch. She was a pathfinder and a pioneer, and we are proud that she was one of Newnham’s Honorary Fellows.’ It was the culmination of an unusual career. Betty had started work as a shop assistant aged 13, after failing the 11-plus, and later worked as

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as College Archivist and was active in the Guild of Friends, including as Honorary Secretary. Mary Stewart, a Life Member of High Table and former Newnham Fellow, wrote to say: ‘I came to Newnham in 1967 as a very young College Lecturer in German (then Mary Cock), not yet having completed my Oxford D.Phil. I was excited but very nervous about joining and living in a new community. Many Fellows were friendly and welcoming, but Ann stands out in my memory: she was immediately warm, kind and funny, explained many of Newnham’s individual quirks to me, was always ready with advice or information, and with her gentle humour made everything strange and new to me feel easy and unproblematic.’ Dr Claire Barlow remembers Ann’s ‘gentle sense of humour’; she was ‘knowledgeable and interesting to talk with, quietly helpful and tactful in initiating me into the ways of College. When I became a Tutor, I would often enjoy the benefits of her sharp observations and her pragmatic and humane approach.’

ANN PHILLIPS 1930–2023, FELLOW EMERITA Ann Phillips’s connection to Newnham began in 1957, when she was appointed as Principal’s Secretary to Ruth Cohen. Ann had previously studied English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford and worked in publishing, including for Penguin and Cambridge University Press. She returned to publishing after her three-year spell as Principal’s Secretary, until asked to rejoin Newnham as a Tutor in 1966. So resumed what was to be her long and diverse career at the College. As well as a Fellow and Tutor of Clough Hall, she was initially Director of Studies in Theology. Her love of writing and publishing experience made her the perfect candidate when, four years later, she was asked to become College Librarian. A published poet, Ann was also author of several children’s books, including The Multiplying Glass (1981) and The Peace Child (1989). She chronicled the College's early struggle for existence, and growth as it achieved recognition, as editor of the highly successful Newnham Anthology (1979, 1988). After retiring, she retained a close connection

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attended in 2019. After his retirement in 2014, Ian was awarded Privileges of a Fellow Emerita and kept an active interest in the College, offering his support to his successors as Bursar. He also continued his academic research and writing. Tributes from former colleagues poured in on his death in October 2022. Domestic Bursar Wendy Evans said, ‘I will be forever grateful to him for his support and mentorship. He was witty and always had a twinkle in his mischievous eyes.’ As a former Senior Tutor, Ian particularly enjoyed working with Senior Tutors during his time as Bursar. ‘I admired and trusted him greatly, and am fortunate to have worked alongside him’, said Liba Taub. The last word is with Terri Apter, who wrote, ‘I find the world a colder and less colourful place without his wit, wisdom and warmth.’ Ian is survived by his wife Heather, daughters Anna and Eleanor, and grandson Charles.

IAN DU QUESNAY 1947–2022, BURSAR 2002–2014 Ian came to Newnham as Bursar having been the Senior Tutor of Jesus College for a decade, a rare (and possibly unique) example of such a transition. A natural manager, organiser and problem-solver, Ian was a Classicist at heart, having been Director of Studies in Classics at Jesus for 15 years. He was a specialist in Latin poetry, publishing on Virgil, Ovid, Horace and in particular Catullus (co-editing The Cambridge Companion to Catullus). A key voice in the wider Bursarial community, Ian made a big impact across the University, especially on significant IT projects such as CamCORS, CamSIS and the Rooms Management System. Here at Newnham he oversaw the completion of several major building projects including the final (somewhat problematic) stages of the Horner Markwick extension of the Library and the new Kitchen/ Buttery, as well as the building of the Clare Road flats and the purchase of the Grange Gardens flats. His final project was to set in train the process that would lead to the replacement of the Strachey Building with the Dorothy Garrod Building, the official opening of which he

Adapted from the obituary written by current Bursar Christopher Lawrence.

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get the credit she deserves for it.’ After their return to Cambridge in 1956 they continued to pursue their research in Naples during the summer months. In the 1970s they moved their summer base to the Laboratoire Arago, the Marine Biological Station of Banyulssur-Mer in southern France. On returning to Cambridge, Joyce supervised undergraduate students and demonstrated practical classes in Zoology. She was a tutor at Girton from 1967, before rejoining Newnham as Fellow and Senior Tutor in 1970. She held the Phyllis and Eileen Gibbs Travelling Research Fellowship in 1989, retiring from the Senior Tutorship only in 1995. Her unusually long tenure bears testimony to her extraordinary success in the role. In the words of Dr Gillian Sutherland, Joyce is remembered as ‘an individual of exceptional humanity and good judgement, acknowledged by other Senior Tutors in Cambridge as an exemplary role model.’

JOYCE WELLS 1930–2023, (FINLAY, NC 1948); FELLOW EMERITA; SENIOR TUTOR 1970–95 Coming to Newnham just before her eighteenth birthday, Joyce read Natural Sciences, specialising in Zoology, and was awarded the Edith Rigby Scholarship in 1951, followed by two years as a research student from 1951 to 1953. As a student she had lovely times acting with the Mummers and had an active social life, with her tutor complaining that her fines for being out after hours were excessive. It was noted by Phyllis Hetzel, writing in the Roll Letter on Joyce’s retirement, that her time as a student prepared her well for her duties as the Senior Tutor! On marrying Martin Wells, she went to work with him in the Stazione Zoologica in Naples and their first paper, ‘Tactile discrimination and the behaviours of blind Octopus’, was published in 1956, the first of many papers they published as a pair throughout their working life. In the preface to his 1962 book Behaviour in Cephalopods, Martin wrote that ‘A great deal of the work published under our joint names has been done by her, knowing quite well that as the wife of the senior author she would never

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Good foundations Newnham has always been at the forefront of ensuring higher education can be accessed by talented people of all backgrounds. Think of the Working Women’s Summer Schools of the twentieth century, and our successful schools outreach programmes. As one of eleven colleges hosting the first students in the University’s new Foundation Year programme, Newnham is yet again breaking boundaries. and allows students to get a taste of different arts and humanities subjects and what they’re all about. This has been great for the teaching staff too: it gives them a completely new way of approaching the subject and a chance to try things out that don’t fit within the normal Tripos structures. The teaching also focuses on skills, such as problem-solving and communication, that will give these students the best grounding for their future degrees. The first cohort arrived in Cambridge in October 2022, with five students at Newnham and forty-five at the other participating colleges. That means there is a good size group supporting each other within the College, but they all take part in College life exactly like the undergraduates. There is a mix of backgrounds and ages – some are mature students, and some are school leavers. There is quite a high proportion of care leavers, as well as people who've had disruptions to their life and education for a variety of reasons. There are quite strict eligibility criteria: the students have to have the potential to do well, and show that their education has been disrupted, whether through family circumstances, their own health, or their school context. Covid disruption is not one of those criteria: the focus is on longer-term issues.

Undergraduate Admissions Tutor Dr Sam Lucy (NC 1991) has been involved with the project from the very beginning. ‘Back in 2016 a group of us got together to start exploring the idea of a Foundation Year, because we were conscious that many people whose education has been disrupted for various reasons would benefit from an extra year to get ready to make the most of Cambridge.’ After a lot of research, the project got a boost in 2017 with the arrival of Stephen Toope as Vice-Chancellor. ‘Stephen spotted this and loved the idea, so he played a major role in fundraising for it. From the beginning, we knew the course had to be free, so there was a huge sum to raise to cover both the specialist teaching and the students’ living expenses.’ The Foundation Year is especially innovative in its focus on arts and humanities subjects. In the sciences, it’s quite clear which A-levels you need to do to come and study Natural Sciences or Medicine. But most pupils haven’t encountered Philosophy, Archaeology or Social Anthropology at school, and so they are less likely to apply for those subjects, which are not seen as immediately leading to a particular career path. As a result, recruitment to some arts and humanities courses is not as diverse as it could be. The Foundation Year is modular,

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but the teaching is delivered centrally by a dedicated full-time team. The whole programme is funded by philanthropy and amazingly the bulk of the funding came from just one couple: Christina and Peter Dawson, long-time supporters of the University. The first phase will last for five years, but the intention is to carry on beyond that and expand to other colleges. And there are other initiatives for promoting diversity in recruitment to maths, science and engineering. Newnham provides some funding for Cambridge University’s STEM Smart initiative, which provides 17 months of free tuition in maths, physics, chemistry and biology

The programme fills the educational gap, so that person can then thrive when they start their degree, at Cambridge or elsewhere. ‘We use interviews and assessments as part of the process, and that's a really important part. It enables you to see past the grades,’ says Sam. ‘Someone who has been a care leaver with a disrupted education might have shocking GCSEs, but when you interview them, you see they are actually really clever, and just need to be given that extra support and they will excel.’ If a student achieves 65% or over on the Foundation Course, they are able to continue at Cambridge. Those students will then have

‘Having passed the Foundation Year I feel confident in my academic ability going into Tripos, particularly for any modules that I might be relatively unfamiliar with and might have found intimidating before, as on the Foundation Year many of those turned out to be my favourites!’ Sophie, Foundation Year student

for students who have suffered educational disadvantage and are planning to study STEM subjects at university. In 2021/22, over 800 students took part in the weekly assignments and tutorials, with over 300 attending a summer school in Cambridge in August.

the advantage that they’ve already been here a year, so though they’re freshers they will feel comfortable already. Three of the Newnham students achieved distinctions, which means they were placed in the top 20% of the whole cohort. Sam is pleased that all applied directly to Newnham. ‘We did the interviews jointly, rather than just for our own colleges. We had about 250 applicants overall for the 50 or so places.’ Each student has a Director of Studies (at Newnham, that’s Sam) and a Tutor in College,

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Opening doors: the Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research Programme A brand-new programme for undergraduates, generously funded by Lord Laidlaw and the Irvine Laidlaw Foundation, provides hands-on experience of research, mentoring and leadership development.

The programme is open to first-year undergraduates on any course at Newnham, and some second-years on four-year courses. An incredible opportunity, it offers scholars two generous summer stipends, travel funding and a place at the annual international Laidlaw Conference held in October. Students undertake an independent research project, learn about research ethics and develop leadership abilities. A taster session for prospective applicants was held at Newnham during Freshers’ Week, organised by the JCR and led by Laidlaw Coordinator Dr Geneviève Young (NC 2019), followed by an information session at Fitzwilliam. Laidlaw CEO Susanna Kempe (NC 1984) spoke at the event, along with three former scholars from University College London and Trinity College Dublin. Dr Sam Lucy (NC 1991) also ran a session on ‘Approaching Academics’ to help support applicants in identifying supervisors for summer research projects. Four Newnham students were selected for the inaugural cohort, starting in April 2023: Jasmine Crosbie (Psychological and Behavioural Sciences), Caitlin McIntosh (Medicine), Anna Metzger (History) and Alex West (Philosophy). In total, the programme will recruit up to twentyfive students annually from four Cambridge colleges, with up to seven places available at Newnham.

A busy series of events kicked off in the spring with a leadership session led by Dr Steve Joy, Head of the Postdoc Academy at Cambridge; a workshop on conducting ethical research led by Dr Sinead Healy, the University’s Senior Research Governance and Ethics Coordinator; and a reception hosted by Principal Alison Rose for the scholars, their research supervisors and representatives from all four colleges. In June the scholars met Alex Stanley, Laidlaw’s General Programme Manager, who travelled from Montreal to meet the new UK and European cohorts. The students also completed an online Global Induction with a welcome from Lord Laidlaw and a full day workshop entitled ‘Understanding Self’. The distinguished mentors helping the students include Professorial Fellow Fiona Gilbert, Honorary Associate Karin Horowitz (NC 1978), Sian Kevill (NC 1979), Professor Melissa Leach OBE (NC 1982), and Dr Keri Wong (NC 2010). Over the summer, the students undertook their individual research projects – many for the first time. Some worked with academics at the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, while others undertook research in schools in Islington and Sheffield, and one explored ethno-religious and political identities in Fiji.

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Sarah Carthew, Development Director added, ‘College is enormously grateful to the Laidlaw Foundation for enabling this exciting initiative. I am also deeply grateful to Geneviève for her flair and determination in running this project from the start and for the help and support from the other colleges involved, especially Trinity Hall where Penny Hubbard has been so supportive.’

Above: Laidlaw Scholars, the first cohort; left to right: Jasmine Crosbie (NC), Ahmed Khan (TH), Lucas Wolman (TH), Lucia Laffan (TH), Alison Carless (ME), Jessica Chukwu (F), Caitlin McIntosh (NC), Jack Millar (TH) and Alex West (NC). Not pictured: Brodie Knight (F) and Anna Metzger (NC).

‘The world of academia and research can often feel daunting and impenetrable for students. The Laidlaw team at Cambridge opened so many doors for us. The programme has allowed me to develop academic skills and build valuable relationships’ Anna Metzger

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Fingers on buzzers... Newnham teams on University Challenge 1963–2023 This year’s Newnham University Challenge team attracted a lot of attention for their excellent performance getting through to the quarter-finals. The Sun reported Newnham was ‘the clear favourite’ of viewers and The Guardian listed the ‘animated conferring of Bethan Holloway-Strong’ as one of the highlights of the season. Fans praised the great atmosphere and collaboration in the team. by Maartje Scheltens (NC 1995), UC 1997.

‘My most impressive moment was when they played the music for the starter question, then immediately cut it off, because the volume was far too high. Despite this I buzzed in and correctly identified it as the music used for The Sky at Night. Unfortunately this was in the rehearsal so my triumph was not televised. We were beaten by – I think – Lady Margaret Hall, but it was very close, partly because of a scoreboard error, so (maybe because there were very few female competitors in that era) we were given a second chance a few weeks later. Unfortunately we were then soundly defeated by Queen's Belfast.’

Getting to the quarter-finals was in fact Newnham’s best performance on the show. Despite entering many times, we had never previously made it past the second round. Newnham entered a team for the very first season, 1962–3, which was the first Cambridge college and the first all-female team to win a round, as Miriam Margolyes, one of its members, proudly reported in the 1963 Roll Letter. Not only was 2022–23 the show’s sixtieth year, but it was also the last year presented by Jeremy Paxman. His wit will be greatly missed. Team captain Roma Ellis tweeted: ‘Omg they cut out Paxman saying “Speaks volumes!” to us only guessing alcoholic beverages for Bach's coffee cantata!’

Margaret Wood (NC 1976), UC 1978

Opposite top: This year’s quarter-finalists: Bethan HollowayStrong (NC 2019, English), Hannah Bowen (NC 2017, Modern Languages), Roma Ellis, captain (NC 2018, Philosophy) and Zhiyu Chen (NC 2018, History and Philosophy of Science). © ITV Studios / Lifted Entertainment

Opposite bottom: The first Newnham team, 1963. © ITV / Shutterstock

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Bethan told Varsity her appearance on the show ‘was genuinely the highlight of my degree’. Now working as Undergraduate Admissions & Outreach Coordinator at Caius, she was asked to speak at a school because the teacher was so impressed by the team. ‘He said that seeing us on the show demonstrated the value of all-female higher educational institutions to him – our diversity and collaboration, he said, showed what a supportive environment a place like Newnham could foster for its students. Going on the show was a dream come true for me, but I never imagined what a wide-reaching impact it could have.’ When your editor applied for the show in 1997, there was a sort of casting selection where photos were taken, as well as a general knowledge quiz. The producers are still keen to have female colleges on to address the gender imbalance. Even now, mixed institutions often send all-male teams or teams with just one woman. The lack of diversity is not the only controversy currently surrounding the show. Roma tweeted: ‘I 100% believe Oxford and Cambridge should compete as universities and not as individual colleges … it is totally unfair that two degree-awarding institutions take up 8+ of the places on the show, but also within Oxford and Cambridge, some colleges have much more of a history of appearing on the show and thus much more experience to draw on and knowledge of how to put together a team.’ Having finally reached the last stages, we can but hope that the next step is for an all-female team – ideally Newnham – to reach the final and win (Somerville’s 2002 win came after going mixed). The fan site www.blanchflower.org keeps stats on all University Challenge series, but admit to a number of gaps, where they are not sure of the teams and results. Do take a look if you appeared on the show, to check your broadcast is accounted for.

‘The main thing I remember is how lovely the producers behind the scenes were – they invited me back the following year to watch Newnham compete again. This sparked a direction of travel which ended up with me working in TV and building a career as a documentary producer – something I might never have managed without that experience.’ Charlotte Wasserman (NC 1995), UC 1996

‘We had a lovely time recording in Manchester with Bamber Gascoigne. We did very well in the rehearsal, soundly beating an Oxford team who, we guessed, had got into Oxford for their rowing prowess rather than their intellectual skills. In the actual recording we were up against an all-male UCL team. They gave several answers we knew, but had better hand-eye coordination in pressing the buzzers, so we lost.’ Catherine Slater (Malaiperuman, NC 1967), UC 1969

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‘We found Paxman very intimidating during the quiz, but very friendly at the drinks afterwards. What didn’t help was that we were on right after New Hall’s notorious lowest ever score, and watched them get trounced by Nottingham, 335–35, from the green room. This did make us more determined to prove that female colleges could do well, and we beat Liverpool that day in our first round. Because of their superior speed on the buzzer, however, Edinburgh beat us in our next episode.’

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Tackling big world challenges One of the factors that makes Newnham such a stimulating intellectual environment is the presence of a large, diverse body of postgraduate students who come from a wide range of educational systems and many different countries and whose research represents a huge gamut of intellectual endeavour. The research environment thus created provides a springboard for the exchange of ideas and fosters new ways of thinking and conceptualising while the international nature of Newnham’s postgraduate body adds a richness to the College community, writes Postgraduate Tutor Dr Kate Fleet.

Many of Newnham’s research students are engaged with and seek solutions to the global problems of today, problems that affect us all and impact the world we live in. At the forefront of their fields and producing cutting-edge research, these young scholars will undoubtedly make an impact on developments in the academic arena and beyond.

save a lot of material, reduce carbon emissions and cut costs.’ Chisom uses a scaled-down model to run experiments and numerical modelling to understand the interaction between soil and the foundation. ‘The aim is to understand the behaviour of the conventional concrete slab foundation, then propose solutions, such as more innovative shapes, varying the size and the depth to which the foundation is embedded; could deeper foundations reduce the size and cost? It’s exciting because I’m the first one to do it and the solutions are applicable across the world.’ The Schofield Centre (the University’s geotechnical engineering lab) is an international community of students and researchers and people bring ideas from their own countries, she says. ‘Relationships build because we share everything. Older students guide new students to prepare their first models and share tips to improve. We help each other out.’

Chisom Ifeobu from Nigeria is a PhD candidate in Engineering, focusing on onshore wind turbines’ foundations, where cutting costs could boost sustainable development in Africa. ‘I’m trying to make construction more efficient and cheaper so developing countries are more likely to adopt them. Currently, in the soil I study, a huge slab of concrete is needed to secure turbines in the ground. I believe if you can consider how the foundation behaves with wind loading you could

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‘Relationships build because we share everything. Older students guide new students to prepare their first models and share tips to improve. We help each other out.’ Chisom Ifeobu

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Sally Montgomery from Australia spent over a year living on Lord Howe Island for her Social Anthropology PhD studying human–environment relations on this World Heritage site. The island, off the east coast of Australia, is a unique ecosystem benefiting from robust environmental conservation efforts. Part of her focus was on issues including pollution, invasive species eradication and human uses of the environment. She said: ‘I’m exploring issues such as marine plastic pollution, environmental grief, population management and environmental science. The idea of belonging is a central question: what and who belongs, or not, on the Island? How can notions of belonging be understood more broadly to help answer questions about how humans may better coexist with natural environments? ‘My interest was spurred by my love for nature growing up in Australia, but I realised my passion for it in Cambridge. I arrived in 2020 so came straight into Covid. It was a hard start but eased by the sense of community and people I met; and inspiration from the department and Newnham College. Social anthropology really relies on trying to understand a culture, so I decided to do my research in a unique part of Australia and bring back to the Lord Howe Island community the international perspective that I have gained at Cambridge.’

‘I decided to do my research in a unique part of Australia and bring back to the Lord Howe Island community the international perspective that I have gained at Cambridge.’ Sally Montgomery

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Tamara Zambiasi from Brazil is a PhD candidate in Geography; her thesis is ‘Brazil in the global contra-flow: The privatisation of basic sanitation as an instrument for universalising access to water’. She’s looking at the finance and governance of water in Brazil: the way that states perceive ownership and the impact of the financial market on producing and delivering water; how it affects rights to water, investment in pipes and so on. Brazil has faced scarcity and droughts for many years, with restrictions for households, for instance in São Paulo. Last year legislation made it easier for private companies to get involved. Tamara said: ‘The UK is an interesting example for financialisation of water. I have found in Cambridge and other universities people who are looking at water management in Jakarta; and at renationalisation. I was struggling even to find literature before I came to Cambridge, but now I’m making these connections. Supervision makes a lot of difference in this process; my supervisor is Emma Mawdsley, who has helped me to be more critical.’

Noor Mazhar from Pakistan is doing her PhD with joint supervision from the Departments of Architecture and Geography. Noor is focusing on the formation of rental markets through incremental densification in Cape Town. Her research explores how planned density differs from actual density as households incrementally build, adapt, and repurpose their homes, and how different stakeholders engage with the process. She explains: ‘Under apartheid, Black people could not own homes in cities. Post apartheid, over three million houses have been provided to families that meet the qualifying criteria. 'However, there is a “gap market”, a group of people who earn too much to qualify for statesubsidised housing and too little to be able to obtain a mortgage. This group often live in rented dwellings built in the backyards of formally constructed homes. These are constructed in planned areas, but without approvals or permits, and often contravene building and planning regulations. It's not unique to South Africa but the scale there is unparalleled. The government is now encouraging backyard dwellings to formalise.’ Noor is still considering the contours of her research and values the support Newnham offers. ‘I really like the College system – a learning community with support available for everything.’

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Making an impact Innovative research at Cambridge’s Centre for Strategic Philanthropy is helping to transform effective giving in the ‘majority world’. Dr Shonali Banerjee shows how businesses and wealthy individuals around the world can use their resources strategically to change lives.

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It is perhaps a sign of how the corporate world is changing that the Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) is host to one of the top research centres on philanthropy. Business education is not just about the pursuit of profit and growth; in many ways the people working at CJBS are helping to make the world a better place.

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Newnham Postdoctoral Affiliate Shonali joined the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy at CJBS in early 2021, soon after it began. ‘I count myself incredibly lucky that this Centre sprung up right when I was finishing my PhD on philanthropy in the Global South,’ she says. With a background in the international development sector before moving into academia, Shonali, like the Centre itself, has a foot in both camps. Strategic philanthropy involves harnessing resources, both financial and non-financial, towards a collective goal and making sustainable long-term impact. Data on effectiveness and research on the best methods is key. The Centre was set up to help show how private capital can be used to enable ‘imaginative new solutions to some of the world’s greatest social and environmental challenges’, in the words of its Founding Patron, Emirati entrepreneur Badr Jafar (Churchill 1997). Most philanthropy research is focused on money going from richer to poorer countries, because these flows are easier to track. The Centre for Strategic Philanthropy is different. It’s not just about donating to the Global South – Shonali prefers the term ‘majority world’. ‘What we study is philanthropy for international development within and between countries in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia’, says Shonali. ‘These markets have been historically under-researched – on the one hand because of the distinctive lack of publicly available data such as tax records, and on the other hand because in many cultures charitable giving is not often spoken about openly. This means we don’t always know how the funding is flowing

‘The Centre was set up to help show how private capital can be used to enable “imaginative new solutions to some of the world’s greatest social and environmental challenges”’

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noticed that philanthropic actors who had never really thought about partnering with anyone before suddenly joined coalitions putting their resources together. Because people needed support on the ground immediately, and development support from Western countries slowed down significantly, local actors had to start working together effectively with governments, the civil society sector and other philanthropists,’ Shonali has found. ‘The lessons learned during that time are continuing, which is great to see.’ One big evolution right now in philanthropy is trust-based giving. Think of direct cash transfers, for example. You don’t tie down in advance how the money can be spent and beyond doing essential due diligence, you trust your local partners to make decisions. ‘It means you accept that local people know what the needs are on the ground. It’s part of the broader localisation and decolonisation agenda in international development. However, for funders, it’s been one of the more difficult

around. There are so many fascinating questions we try to answer. Is giving in these regions related to global initiatives like the Sustainable Development Goals? What roles are individuals playing?’ One recent case study Shonali has published is on the Tony Elumelu Foundation, based in Nigeria. It runs entrepreneurship training programmes across Africa, using a digital learning platform that provides a mini-MBA alongside mentoring. ‘The training programme is able to reach tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, which far exceeds the impact of just giving out start-up funding,’ says Shonali. The Foundation is co-founded and co-led by Tony’s wife Dr Awele Elumelu, and the majority of its team, including the last three CEOs, are women. Its Women Entrepreneurship for Africa programme is part-funded by the EU, and provides female-run start-ups with acceleration support and grants. Gender equality is an area where progress is quickly being made in the philanthropy sector: women are now leading

‘Progress in gender equality is quickly being made in the philanthropy sector: women are now leading several major foundations.’ Dr Shonali Banerjee things to adopt.’ All the Centre’s industry-focused research and reporting on trends, actions and outcomes in philanthropy is publicly available on its website. This is essential to Shonali and her colleagues. ‘We believe that containing this research in the ivory tower of academia is not actually helpful to anyone. In addition to revealing data and findings, we are not afraid to make suggestions or recommendations, so we know our research will have a direct impact. We also write our own case studies on

several major foundations from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia, and new investment channels are addressing the difficulty for women of obtaining bank loans in countries where they cannot legally claim their own property. Philanthropists and companies around the world see that there is a bigger picture at play; they want to get involved in the development of their communities and their countries. ‘One of the first big research reports we did was on philanthropy in the Global South during the COVID-19 pandemic,’ says Shonali. ‘We

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Anstee Fellow 2019–22). So it was natural to come to Newnham. I want to be where my people are!’ Unfortunately for us, but great news for Shonali, she took up a permanent position as Assistant Professor in International Development at Warwick in October 2023. ‘I am staying on as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre, so that I can carry on with the industryfacing work. And of course I will keep up with my friends at Newnham.’ Her affiliation with Newnham has been an eye-opener. ‘I most appreciate the fabulous access I have had to wonderful networks, not least my cohort of Postdoctoral Affiliates. I’m so pleased to have had the chance to be exposed to many different perspectives and connections.'

philanthropic organisations in the Global South to teach on CJBS’s Executive Education programme. That’s another way in which I am proud that we’re creating some real impact, because we’re training the people who will run these big foundations and want to give their money in a strategic way.’ Shonali’s attitude is a great match for the approach Newnham is taking to supporting young researchers. ‘Something I really appreciated about the College is that they care so much about making sure that the researchers are actually doing work that affects the world outside the University. I’ve been unofficially involved with Newnham for a while now, because I’ve worked with Professor Emma Mawdsley (Fellow and Director of the Margaret Anstee Centre) and Dr Jessica Sklair (Margaret

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A project to regenerate the Fens has brought Dr Laurie Friday’s career full circle after a life of bold changes of direction, cultivating relationships and sharing her enduring passion for the environment.

Just beyond the University lies a unique manmade landscape, with flat open fields crisscrossed by a complex system of lodes and drains. Designed by Dutch engineers more than 300 years ago, the fen drainage system turned this area of East Anglia into a thriving farming region. Keeping the land drained relies on a wide network of people to maintain the miles of canals and dykes, including farmers, engineers and a mole catcher (without whom, a deluge). Understanding the role of each, and the many other groups who live, work and visit the area, is a primary aim of a new collaborative project to future-proof the Fens landscape.

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to her original focus of research and reconnect with former colleagues and students. During Laurie’s third year reading Zoology at Clare, Newnham Fellow Sally Corbet’s ecology lectures inspired what has been an enduring passion, along with music. (Laurie is a talented horn player and played ‘all the time’ at university.) After gaining a First, Laurie’s PhD focused on pond life. Then she taught for a while, and wrote a guide to water beetles as well as papers on the ecology of underwater carnivorous plants. After postdoctoral research at the Museum of Zoology she joined Newnham as a Tutor in 1989 and then became a College Lecturer in Ecology. The realisation that she would not become a University Lecturer (as the post she had aspired to was to be abolished) later led to a bold career move, and the chance to show the relationshipbuilding skills which have proved so valuable ever since. She took a job as Head of the Graduate Registry, despite having no admin background, and had to rapidly learn on the job as she led a department of twenty-eight people. It was not easy: ‘I was dealing with graduate tutors and academics across the University, as well as helping the team turn around a huge backlog of applications.’ Laurie did turn the department around to quiet acclaim, but the 24/7 demands meant she had to pare back other commitments and resign from her Fellowship at Newnham. With the Graduate Registry in good shape, after seven years she took on a less demanding role, before coming back to Newnham when appointed Director of the Isaac Newton Trust, which supports early career researchers and gives research grants to departments and programmes in the University and Colleges. It was another bold move. ‘That’s another role I was appointed to when unqualified to do it. The story of my life! I was not a Professor, but I knew lots of people across the University by then. It has proved to be one of the best jobs in the world, giving away money

Climate crisis mitigation requires reconciliation of human activities with protection of the environment. At a regional level in the Fens the project aims to map, understand and then reimagine what is possible. It brings together fourteen departments from across Cambridge University, including Archaeology, Computer Science, Sociology and Plant Science. There are established researchers, PhD students and early career researchers; and Dr Laurie Friday is one of three programme managers at the project’s heart, in the Cambridge Centre for Landscape Regeneration, holding it all together. The project takes Laurie back to her roots; she has good connections in the area from her research on Wicken Fen: The Making of a Wetland Nature Reserve (1997), which was runner up for the Natural World Book of the Year award. Wicken Fen is one of the National Trust’s oldest reserves, and preserves a pocket of fen landscape as it was before drainage. Peatrich Fenland soil releases greenhouse gases when drained, while rising sea levels make the low-lying fields vulnerable to flooding. Raising the water table within the soil would offer one simple solution to cutting carbon emissions, but the importance of the area for food production shows the need for more creative thinking. ‘A third of England’s vegetable production comes from this area. It is nationally and internationally important,’ Laurie said. ‘Solutions lie with farmers, who have many ideas and projects of their own. We have to work with them and stand alongside them in communities. So as well as coordinating the University’s research, we engage with all these groups from farmers to Natural England, tourism groups and more, trying to understand how they work together and how we can make the most of their expertise and our own.’ An enduring passion For Laurie the project offers a chance to return

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‘A third of England’s vegetable production comes from this area. It is nationally and internationally important.’ Dr Laurie Friday

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Inspiring students Belinda is equally enthusiastic about reconnecting with Laurie whom she describes as the ‘bright spark’ from her time at Newnham – and she still uses what she learned in the Plant Science department every day. She is Director of Agri-TechE, a membership organisation that brings together farmers and growers with scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs committed to increasing the productivity, profitability and sustainability of agriculture. Innovation has transformed the fundamentals of farming. Instead of ploughing, which causes carbon loss, many farmers now sow seeds straight into the ground. Other initiatives help them monitor bird scarers and animal

to people who really need it. And as with the Cambridge Centre for Landscape Regeneration, it’s all about relationships with lots of people and being good at establishing trust, which is really important.’ Reflecting on her career, Laurie also pointed to the joy she felt being part of Newnham and in her work as a tutor, working closely with students. Those undergraduates include mature student Belinda Clarke (NC 1992), whom she was happy to meet again at a farming conference through the Fens project. ‘It’s great to see how my students have gone out into the world and done these great things. People keep cropping up. It was lovely to find with Belinda that we have come to work in the same area.’

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‘My cohort still talk about Laurie’s supervisions and how great she was, 30 years on. She was closer to us in age, so very relatable.’ Belinda Clarke

students really well. And I'm impressed at the important way Chris [the Bursar] and Alison have grasped environmental projects, putting heat pumps in old buildings where we would never have thought we could.’ The Environment Committee has overseen a range of initiatives to ‘green’ Newnham, including renewable energy and insulation projects in Eva Smith and Whitstead (see p. 89) So while Newnham’s world-class researchers focus on tackling global issues including melting polar ice caps and toxic metals ingested by seals, the College recognises that mitigating climate change is down to all of us. On her retirement, Laurie feels she is leaving the College in a good place. ‘I’m sorry to leave Newnham, but will keep in touch, as I am staying in the University for another year or so to see the Fens project through. Newnham has been a very important part of my life,’ she said.

movements using apps, rather than having to drive around huge farms; robots milk cows and even harvest soft fruits. For the Fens project, Laurie hopes to work with Belinda to help disseminate research, for instance on alternative crops which could help keep carbon in the ground. ‘It’s an exciting project. I’ve been really pleased to reconnect with her,’ Belinda said. Greening Newnham Laurie is passionate about the Newnham community and threw herself into College life in a great variety of roles, including Postgraduate Tutor, Acting Senior Tutor and Secretary to the Governing Body, as well as being a member of the Garden Committee and later the College Environment Committee. ‘Lottie and Paul [who lead the gardening team] have taken the gardens to a new level and engaged the

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Scanning: the horizon

After seeing ever more precise imaging and computer-aided technology improve the detection of disease, Consultant Radiologist and Professorial Fellow Fiona Gilbert is excited about the potential for Artificial Intelligence to transform medicine, but aware too of some of the risks.

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by analysing demographic data – incorporating shopping and eating habits, for example. We have a joint grant now with departments in maths, computer science, imaging and healthcare. Bringing together these multiple disciplines is where we’ve made the biggest advances in medicine. The challenge is that the algorithms are not perfect; they miss things and so the radiologist can lose confidence in them, and they can introduce bias into reading. For example, if an algorithm has been created in one particular ethnic population it may not work so well in a different country where the population is completely different or much more diverse. The implications of all this go much further; with medical records being digitised, we need to be very careful about how that data is used, with proper audit mechanisms in place. The algorithms are only as good as the quality of the data on which they were created.

What can AI do well in medicine? There is a lot of concern about AI, but in relation to medicine it has huge potential. I think it’s going to reduce our workload dramatically. Imaging is terrific because it’s digital data and so you can train algorithms to read it. I’ve been massively fortunate to be in the speciality of radiology, because over the last 30 years or so the technological improvements and advances have been phenomenal. Every year there’s something new to look at or learn about, or we apply a new technique and follow up a patient’s outcome. That’s been a thread all through my career, taking imaging technology and saying: does it make a difference? Before I came to Cambridge, I did a big study on computer-aided detection, where an algorithm will mark a suspicious area that might be a cancer on a mammogram (breast X-ray), to see whether this improves the human readers’ performance. We found it could be as good as the standard two readers, although we had a slightly higher recall rate. The team think this next generation of algorithms are probably a bit better, so they won’t end up recalling too many women, worrying patients unnecessarily and causing extra work. One of my PhD students did a retrospective study of mammograms, comparing the performance of commercial AI tools. All were good at early detection, which is key to patient outcomes. We held a meeting at Newnham with AI companies and experts and agreed a statement about what we should do to test AI tools, The Newnham Report, which is an important intervention in this area.1

What other areas are you looking at? With a grant from Cancer Research UK I’m looking at improving the breast screening programme for people with very dense breast tissue, where X-ray is not particularly effective. Could supplemental imaging techniques (whole breast ultrasound, a contrast mammogram or MRI examination) detect breast cancer earlier? We’re also doing a collaborative European study, MyPeBS, where we’re stratifying women according to risk and if they’re high risk we image them more frequently. There is a lot going on! What first drew you to radiology? I was an undergraduate in medicine in Glasgow and following my house jobs I did a year in oncology and was fascinated by imaging. I took a job in Aberdeen, which was one of the earliest places to do magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), trained in radiology and became a consultant after five years, just when the UK breast cancer

So what are the some of the challenges and risks? The greater use of AI calls for different skill sets, with more maths required in medical education, because more and more we will be reliant on and should be analysing big data. The existing data we have, if used effectively, can help shape health policy and how we deliver care,

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screening programme was starting. I really loved these exquisite pictures that were being produced. I’m a very visual person. I understand a disease better because I can see the extent of it in the imaging. During my career, the technology has got more and more sophisticated. MRI and CT scans are now phenomenal, we can see more and more detail.

Back Trial, thanks again to great supervision and mentoring. The trial was a multi-centre study looking at lower back pain and the influence of CT or MRI scans on patient outcomes. We found that after two years, the outcomes were the same whether the patient had had a scan or not. It shocked a radiology conference in Chicago, but in reality, back pain often gets better by itself. In some areas scanning is essential, but when resources are limited, you need to know what makes the biggest impact on patient care. Through that study I worked with statisticians and health service researchers and learned research methodology: how to collect

How did you move into medical research? I hadn’t done formal research training but fortunately various academics in Aberdeen took me under their wing and I learned the basics. Then I learned on the job working on the Scottish

Below: Fiona Gilbert (second from left) with some delegates at the Newnham AI conference 2022.

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and organise data, write up results and do presentations. It was like doing a PhD. After I’d worked on a few other major studies, I was appointed to the Chair of Radiology in Aberdeen – which was surprising to me and to my father, who was also a radiologist. They decided I had potential, so they invested in me. I sought expertise from top researchers in the medical school, and they helped me build an academic department.

energy connecting with people, and of course now as a senior woman I really want to make sure the younger ones coming through get the opportunities. One of the main things that really helped was that my husband was supportive. Family is terribly important to me and I’ve been very lucky: I have a son and two daughters, and when the children were little my husband’s parents helped to look after them. I would sometimes have to take them into the hospital when I was on call, fortunately not often. Now that my career has taken me south, my family lives within ten minutes' walk in London, which is fantastic.

‘It’s so important to invest time and energy connecting with people, and now as a senior woman I really want to make sure the younger ones coming through get the opportunities.’

What brought you to Cambridge? For many years I was building up the department as I brought my children up in Aberdeen. My husband was working several days a week in London and, as the children went away to university, eventually it was me and the dog in Aberdeen and everyone else down south. So when I was invited to apply for the Cambridge Chair, my husband Martin said, ‘Why would you not?’ I was very fortunate to be appointed 12 years ago. Then I joined Newnham and that means having a much greater connection to the University. My department is embedded in the hospital, so at Newnham I am able to enjoy the full opportunities that the University is able to offer, meeting other academics. You have this amazing expertise everywhere you turn. Newnham is so welcoming, irrespective of your background or the area in which you’re working. It’s a very positive, nurturing environment. I’m not going anywhere – although I am stepping down as Chair of Radiology, I will be working part-time as a Director of Research and Fellow Emerita of Newnham.

Fiona Gilbert You’ve touched on mentoring and support – how important has that been for you? When I started in research, I recognised that I knew nothing. As an undergraduate I had written a dissertation, with some literature searching and learning how to write a scientific article, but that was about the extent of my experience. I was hugely lucky that I found mentors: I recognised my shortcomings and my lack of skills, so I sought out people who would be willing to spend some time teaching me or working with me on collaborative projects. I was lucky, too, that I met lovely people in different organisations doing research and that often helps you progress, you know, if you make these connections with different people. I think it’s so important to invest time and

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artificial intelligence algorithms in breast cancer screening – A roadmap for international evaluation and implementation’, European Journal of Radiology 167: 111087 (October 2023).

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In contemplation of wellbeing

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Alone in her room and poring over texts, Dr Hannah Lucas can feel very connected to the lives of medieval women who withdrew from society to contemplate life, love and higher powers. The experience of lockdown added an extra dimension to her understanding of their cloistered lives, as she studied reading communities and contemplative practice through the writings of women. Hannah’s research is focused on how contemplative texts can inform critical practice, drawing on devotional writing, meditation and prayer. She makes a compelling case for the value of revisiting medieval literature as we face contemporary challenges to wellbeing. ‘Lots of medieval texts talk about the process of reading and understanding. The principles they cover – the need for attention; emphasis on process rather than outcome; a meditative approach to working – still seem so relevant. There’s a real need to find practices that will allow us to cope with the challenges of our fast-paced world, where there are so many distractions to attention.’ Her interest began as an undergraduate at Oxford, studying an optional paper on Therapeutic Reading in Middle English Literature. She came to Cambridge to study for an MPhil in Medieval Literature in which she studied Syon Abbey, a convent on the River Thames where the sisters were dedicated to

Newby Trust Research Fellow Dr Hannah Lucas explores what we can learn from medieval contemplative practice to support wellbeing and bring calm to our fast-paced lives.

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from 1342 to around 1416, had been isolated at a time when the plague ravaged the country. ‘It felt extremely relevant as I was in my own “cell” writing about Julian’s experience of illness and the pandemic of the Black Death; that made me feel more connected to the texts. She was describing a world that was in many ways so different to ours, but the text still offers insights very close to home and the veil felt very thin at that point. History felt at once very distant and very nearby.’

‘She offers an understanding of wellbeing that goes beyond physical health. It made me consider the relationship between contemplation and wellbeing, proposing spiritual seeking as a means to being “wele”.’ Dr Hannah Lucas

Hannah is now looking more broadly at the nature of wellbeing and the value of reading for wellbeing. She is particularly considering contemplation as an everyday, in-the-world practice, stretching beyond peak experiences like divine visions or revelations; and is exploring how medieval writers show that concentrated attention can dramatically shift the lived experience of, for instance,

Opposite page: statue of Julian of Norwich by David Holgate, west front, Norwich Cathedral. Photo by Haydn Blackey on Flickr. Reproduced under Creative Commons.

reading, meditation and contemplation. Being in a religious community or giving your life to the church was the only way women could enjoy the opportunity to engage in deep reading and advanced theological learning at the time. Although that sounds like a blissful life in many ways, the order also placed great emphasis on austerity alongside scholarship. Such deprivation was taken to an extreme by Julian of Norwich, the subject of Hannah’s DPhil back at Oxford. As an anchoress, Julian lived confined to a cell attached to St Julian’s Church in Norwich, to dedicate her life to God. After making a full recovery from an illness she wrote an account of the divine visions she had seen on her sickbed, now known as Revelations of Divine Love. This manuscript is the oldest surviving text by a woman in English. ‘I became intrigued by the way her visionary experience was connected to her experience of illness,’ says Hannah. ‘She offers an understanding of wellbeing that goes beyond physical health. It made me consider the relationship between contemplation and wellbeing, proposing spiritual seeking as a means to being “wele”. ‘Julian’s use of language really resonated with the themes of wellbeing I was encountering in my readings of twentieth and twenty-first century philosophy, from Heidegger onwards. There's the language of being at home in the world; Julian theologises about Christ as our homely home and sees God as her family. Her whole revelation is about love and she focuses on the nurturing God. It’s affective too, with attention to her emotional response to Christ.’ Hannah’s dissertation brought Julian’s texts into conversation with a post-Heideggerian phenomenology of health, to think through Julian’s insights into what it means to be at home in the world, and to live and die well. Writing it felt particularly resonant during the pandemic. Julian, who is believed to have lived

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for so long: the College with its history felt like the perfect place to continue her work. She joined as Newby Trust Research Fellow in autumn 2022. ‘It is such a privilege to be having conversations over lunch with fellow researchers, who are so welcoming and with such a strong ethos of community and camaraderie. The JRFs are all doing very different things, but it’s great to have a community of people at the same career stage. I’m a tutor and postgraduate mentor too so have that connection with students, which is very valuable. It’s great to contribute to a College that puts an emphasis on the wellbeing of its members. I am very grateful to Newnham and to the Newby Trust for supporting my research.’

pain and illness. She is examining how such practices might inform a theory of individual and communal wellbeing that could be put into practice, and sees a link with mindfulness and the scientific benefits of broadly contemplative practices – though she is also interested in the historical and theological specificities of these texts, and the problems with taking them out of context. Throughout her work Hannah has also been interested in subjectivity and where academic research interests begin. She was born in Botswana and spent her early years there, before her family moved to the Cotswolds, where she attended school in Cheltenham – a journey she feels likely influenced her writing on the idea of being at home: ‘These lived experiences orient us towards certain ideas.’ It’s been a pleasure for her to come to Newnham, after exploring female communities

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Cake and connections A quick review of the topics discussed at the termly Senior Members Research Forum shows the breadth of research interests across Newnham. The sessions touch on some of the major issues of our day, sharing in-depth insights to illuminate and inspire discussion. There have been sessions on ethnographic work with women in India; Neanderthal skeletons; legal borders and discrimination; how ecosystems respond to changing fire regimes; and Xenophon and the problematic legacy of Greek political thought. In the beautiful surroundings of the Principal’s Lodge, speakers have 30 minutes to present their research before questions and discussion, and then conversations continue informally over dinner. The Forum provides an opportunity to share original research and disseminate ideas to others, as part of the interdisciplinary ethos of the College. Junior members are also welcome to attend these sessions.

Newnham is a learning community where ideas are shared, research discussed and connections made across generations and academic disciplines. As well as informal networks, supervisions and conversations over meals, the College benefits from the Senior Members Research Forum and our much-loved Pudding Seminars. These regular events enable students, academics, alumnae and staff to learn from the rich expertise within Newnham, to the enrichment of all.

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Criminologist Dr Caroline Lanskey was asked to run the Senior Members Research Forum when she joined Newnham in 2019. ‘It grew out of a wish to share the rich diversity of research interests. A friendly informal event is the best place to hear about other people’s work and it helps us all make connections. That social dimension is really important,’ she says. In 2022 Professor Tina Potter shared news of the largest experiment in human history, the Large Hadron Collider, with hopes of a new discovery to help explain some of the mysteries of the universe. And Dr Hana D’Souza discussed human development and Down syndrome, and why complex interactions between elements such as motor ability and attention allocation should be at the core of research in this field. Caroline presented some of her own longitudinal research on children’s experience of paternal imprisonment, exploring stigma, mental health and factors that mitigate the negative impact, as well as reflections on the implications for criminal justice and social policy. She is also researching the criminalisation of migrant women and foreign national prisoners who can be deported if their sentence is more than twelve months. 'Very punitive if they have lived here all their life, as we saw with some of the Windrush cases.' ‘After my presentation I found that people who knew my research invited me to other things: Jenny Mander asked me to take part in postgraduate training for the Centre for Global Human Movement, which then led to further opportunities for speaking. Others put me in touch with students with relevant dissertation interests. That collaboration happens across the Forum,’ she said. Caroline's experience is typical and shows how helpful the Forum can be. The College also gives funding through Senior Members Research Support grants, which together with the connections between people and different disciplines fostered through the Forum can spark

all sorts of new opportunities. One such grant made it possible for Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering Dr Sakthy Selvakumaran (NC 2015) to assist with the rescue effort after the Turkish earthquake in 2023. Running in parallel with the Forum are Newnham’s unique Pudding Seminars, which started at the turn of the century and offer a chance for all members of College to present and discuss their work, including undergraduates, postgraduates, staff, Senior Members and occasional alumnae. The sessions are held on a Friday lunchtime, with the welcome accompaniment of a hot drink and cake. Dr Delphine Mordey, Director of Studies in Music, joined the group commissioning the seminars when she was a Junior Research Fellow in 2008 and has been running them ever since, lately single-handed. Pudding Seminars offer a friendly, encouraging space – particularly valuable for students who might be fairly new to presenting or to sharing complex ideas with a non-specialist audience. That doesn’t mean they are too cosy though: the seminars draw a knowledgeable audience who often have challenging questions, experiences to share or points to discuss. Delphine gives the example of Mahera Sarkar (JCR), who spoke about end-of-life care in a seminar titled Should a different approach be permitted for people who do not recognise brainstem death as death for religious reasons? ‘She had some very tough questions, but dealt with them very well and found that interdisciplinary feedback she was getting very valuable,’ Delphine says. People tend to present about something they feel passionate about, not necessarily academic research, and all members of the College community participate. Newnham’s Curator, Laura Dennis, often takes part to share the stories she is uncovering in the art collection with a wide audience. Other seminars have

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featured a member of the catering staff, Daisy Thurston-Gent, who is a slam poet, and gardener Jerome Viard reporting on his conservation work in South Georgia. Students have talked about charity work they undertook in the Long Vac. ‘I would not want to be prescriptive about topics. It is a space for any member of the College community to share what they are doing. There is so much exciting research and so many

activities taking place here that we would not otherwise know about. It is a really lovely way to find out about things outside your own field, like tropical butterflies’ responses to climate change, or comparing and contrasting in English and German,’ Delphine added. ‘And, of course, the presence of food and tea or coffee does make it a more relaxed experience. That cake is an essential element!’

‘It is a really lovely way to find out about things outside your own field, like tropical butterflies’ responses to climate change, or comparing and contrasting in English and German’ Dr Delphine Mordey

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Highlights of the Alumnae Year 2022

Members of the Sidgwick Society and their guests celebrated the Society’s relaunch with afternoon tea, a performance from the Bridge Quartet and a talk from Dr Gill Sutherland.

SEPTEMBER

The London Alumnae Group met for drinks at the Anthologist on Gresham Street.

In the Newnham Conversation, a key part of the University’s Alumni Festival, Onassis Classics Fellow Dr Shushma Malik and Fellow Dr Carol Atack discussed 'Classics Now in Cambridge and Beyond', drawing on their research to discuss questions raised by Classics today in the context of the vibrant Newnham Classics community.

The US Alumnae Committee awarded two travel bursaries after the Covid hiatus. After voting, the bursaries were shared by the winner Tara LeBlanc and two runners up, Ming Khan and Helen Yang. US alumnae met the winners at events organised in September in New York by Committee Member Alison Rowe (NC 1980) for Tara and in San Francisco by Committee Member Marianne O (NC 1984) for Helen and Ming.

Below: Alison Rose, Dr Carol Atack and Dr Shushma Malik.

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OCTOBER The Telephone Campaign contacted over 2,000 alumnae around the world to find out more about their lives after Newnham and raise awareness of our fundraising efforts. It raised £202,800.

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This year's Family Forum explored the theme of ‘Girls on the spectrum – navigating a neurotypical world and celebrating neurodiversity’. Autism campaigner Carly Jones MBE FRSA, Julie Bailey (NC 1990) and Steph Curtis, writer of the blog Steph’s Two Girls, spoke on these modern challenges. Alumnae dropped in for a festive afternoon of wreath-making.

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NOVEMBER The Newnham Associates delivered a Careers Event in November.

JANUARY

On 9 November the Hong Kong Alumnae Group held its first dinner at the Hong Kong Club since the pandemic, organised by Joyshan Kung (NC 1989) and attended by Development Director Sarah Carthew.

The US Alumnae Group welcomed Principal Alison Rose and Deputy Development Director Dr Emma Raccagni (NC 2000) on their visit to America. This was Alison’s first time meeting alumnae in San Francisco and Washington DC and she also returned to New York for the first time since Covid. There, they met alumnae at six different events, including receptions at the homes of Committee Members Margaret Campbell (NC 1966) and Dr Elizabeth Cropper (NC 1963), as well as Washington’s Cosmos Club and Cambridge in America’s offices, with thanks again to Dr Elizabeth Cropper. Alison and Emma loved meeting so many alumnae and reconnecting again in person. US alumnae were very pleased to enjoy some lively discussions and an update on developments at Newnham, Margaret tells us.

DECEMBER

The Cambridge Alumnae Group enjoyed a winter Formal Hall. ‘We went “low table” this year and had fun chatting with the students sat around us’, says organiser Jo Burch (NC 1983). Alumnae dropped in for a festive afternoon of wreath-making organised by Events Officer Kathryn-Anne Masters.

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Below: Alison and Emma with US alumnae at an evening reception hosted by Elizabeth Cropper in Washington DC.

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Associate Professor in Law and Fellow of Newnham College, Dr Sinéad Agnew, delivered the Catherine Seville Lecture on ‘Conscience in Private Law’ to a diverse audience from current students to High Court Judges. Sinéad is the inaugural Catherine Seville Lecturer in Law, and the event allowed an introduction to the many alumnae and donors who helped make this position possible, as well as being in memory of alumna, Fellow in Law, Lecturer and Vice-Principal, Dr Catherine Seville (NC 1984). Catherine’s relatives attended the event. Below: Members of the 1973 matriculation group at Commem.

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which allowed the renewal of old connections and the making of new ones – we were able to connect one group of alumnae with an interest in child psychology and another group with interests in land economy.’

Our Shaping Newnham’s Future Campaign launched with five simultaneous events attended by alumnae at Newnham, in York, Edinburgh, at the House of Lords and in Oxford. Read more about the campaign and the launch events on pp. 76—81.

MAY

The Newnham Young Alumnae Committee held a virtual meet-and-greet event for recent graduates to socialise and network.

The Modern and Medieval Languages Networking Lunch was hosted by Professor Jenny Mander (NC 1983) and organised by the Development team, with Baroness Jean Coussins (NC 1970), cross-bencher in the House of Lords and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Modern Languages, giving a powerful speech on how vital linguistic skills remain in a post-Brexit world. The event was attended by a number of MML alumnae, who networked with current students and gave advice on thriving in careers, from journalism to the charity sector.

We celebrated Commemoration Weekend with alumnae who matriculated in 1953, 1963, 1973, 1998 and 2013. The atmosphere in College on this spring weekend was buzzing. The AGM of the Roll was once again held in person and online. Dr Rebecca Dell gave the annual Roll Commemoration Lecture on using satellite imagery to map the surface meltwater on Antarctic ice shelves. Rebecca studied geography at Durham, before completing her MPhil at Newcastle and her PhD at the Scott Polar Research Institute.

The Cambridge Group walked to the River Cam to watch the May Bumps. ‘To be fair, there were only two of us in the end, but we ate enough picnic to have fed an entire rowing eight,’ says Jo Burch (NC 1983).

Members of the North Home Counties Alumnae Group met for a spring walk at Ashridge Estate. ’It was beautiful, sunny/rainy and there were bluebells,’ says organiser Jo Withers (NC 1984).

Meanwhile, the Singapore Group held a small dinner gathering, organised by Sharon Chin (NC 1996) and Eleanor Great (NC 1987), when Roll Committee President Annette Spencer came to visit. ‘We enjoyed a lively conversation comparing living and working in Singapore with the UK, and talking about College and Roll Committee news – all while enjoying the best of local seafood specialities, including the famous chilli crab,’ says Annette. ’I was reminded of the rich variety of careers and pathways our alumnae take, as well as the universal interest in what has changed in College and what is still the same.’

APRIL Alison Rose and Sarah Carthew visited alumnae in Hong Kong in mid-April. Due to Covid, this was Alison’s first ever visit there. She says, ‘It was wonderful to meet so many Hong Kong alumnae face to face and to catch up on their news. Joyshan Kung (NC 1989) hosted a dinner

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JUNE The Australian Alumnae Group held its first post-Covid event in Sydney. The group was delighted to meet guest of honour, Annette Spencer, and welcome her to Australia. ‘The Australian ladies had lots of questions and also shared wonderful stories about how they had come to be “down under” and where their careers had taken them,’ she says. ‘We exchanged favourite memories of our student days at Newnham (and there was much rejoicing that some of the older bathrooms and kitchens are being modernised!)’

Above: Annette meeting alumnae in Australia.

New York alumnae attended a book launch by Sarah Watling (NC 2008) for her book Tomorrow, Perhaps the Future: Writers and Outsiders in the Spanish Civil War. The Committee also welcomed two new members in 2023: Sarah Shevchik (NC 2001) and Lalitha Vaidyanathan (NC 1989). Sarah lives in New Canaan, Connecticut and is Senior Advisor and Director of Planned Giving for Silver Hill Hospital. She spent over 10 years with Cambridge in America, the US alumni relations and development office of the University of Cambridge and its Colleges. Lalitha lives in San Francisco and is a racial equity and social justice consultant. She was previously Managing Director at FSG.

JULY A great time was had at our Family Day for alumnae and staff. The theme was Mathematics, in tribute to the 75th anniversary of the death of celebrated Newnham mathematician Philippa Fawcett (NC 1887). Alumnae came to the event from all over the world – with one travelling from Dublin and others from Mauritius, Hong Kong and Dubai – to enjoy activities and lectures with a mathematical theme. ‘This was the first time I have ever attended one of these events and I must say it was absolutely outstanding – despite the weather's best attempts to ruin the day,’ an alumna emailed. ‘We were extremely impressed with the array and variety of things to make and do, though my five-year-old grandson is now firmly convinced that all ice cream must be free! It may take some time to disabuse him of this.’

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AUGUST A small group of members of the Cambridge Group, organised by Julie Wakefield (NC 1987), set out in Corpus Christi’s Punty McPuntFace for a summer’s evening picnic on the river, kindly chauffeured by the Porter’s son. They also met for their annual August picnic in the College Gardens. The group are onto their third Book Group meeting of the year, in the company of members of the MCR (who, very helpfully, seem to have had insider background knowledge on all the books chosen, says Jo Burch). They have been reading The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak, The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams and Trespasses by Louise Kennedy.

The winner of the US Alumnae Group’s 2023 travel bursary award is Wei Bi, PhD candidate in Infrastructure Resilience under Climate Change. Wei is working on an engineering project at Princeton and meeting Committee members and alumnae in New York, Boston and Washington this year as she pursues her research and travels in the US. Below: Family Day, July 2023.

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THE ROLL PRESIDENT'S YEAR

The Roll President’s Year ANNETTE SPENCER (NC 1988) and work for both the Roll and Associates was beautifully reflected in the many tributes to her. Pam epitomised everything good about Newnham, as a person, as a professional and through her contribution to the life of the College – and she will not be forgotten. In July I attended the Joyce Reynolds Memorial Lecture, representing the Roll and as a past undergraduate pupil of Joyce’s (she taught me Greek grammar during what was already meant to be her retirement). It was good to reflect on the positive influence women like Pam and Joyce have on us as individuals, and lovely to see so many Classicists and past and current tutors remembering this remarkable lady together. Looking forward to 2024 there is plenty to do: continuing the Shaping Newnham’s Future campaign and ensuring there is a strong community of volunteers to continue the Roll Committee’s work and perhaps fill those gaps where we do not currently have an active local alumnae group. I sign off with huge gratitude for the support of so many within College and across the alumnae community who help to keep us all connected with each other and back to Newnham – thank you.

Another twelve months on and it is time to reflect on my second full year as President of the Newnham Roll. It has been busy and eventful, with so many happy and uplifting meetings with alumnae in College and beyond. There was little time to take stock after the Festival of Arts, Science and Ideas in 2022 before we dived into supporting the Shaping Newnham’s Future fundraising campaign and plans for an ambitious launch event in March 2023, held simultaneously across five UK locations. This demonstrated the outstanding work our regional groups do, and we could not have produced five such memorable evenings of music and academic talks across London, Cambridge, Oxford, York and Edinburgh without these volunteers’ commitment. The greatest pleasure as Roll President is to meet and talk to so many different Newnhamites, across the generations and from all walks of professional and family life. Whether it’s informal social gatherings or more structured events like the Family Forum or Commemoration Lecture, the energy and passion of fellow alumnae is always inspiring. This year I took that opportunity further (literally) than before, meeting with our alumnae groups in Singapore and Sydney when my day job took me to Asia and Australia. I could not have enjoyed a warmer welcome or livelier conversations in both cities – and it confirmed that distance does not dilute our connections to College. There were some poignant moments in the year, too, especially the sad news that former Roll President Pam Alexander had passed away in April. Her outstanding public service career

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Shaping Newnham's Future: our development campaign An update by Alison Rose, Principal

As we reflect on 150 courageous years, we can celebrate the steps, big and small, that generations of Newnhamites have taken towards a better, fairer and safer world. Now we are working to create a better future for the generations to follow. Launch events We launched in March with five simultaneous events around the country – in York, Edinburgh, Oxford, at the House of Lords and, of course, at Newnham, and it was so lovely to see so many of you there. Each event featured a leading Newnham academic discussing their research, a lecture from a postgraduate student and a musical performance by a professional Newnhamite musician. We hope the events gave attendees a reminder of everything that Newnham has to offer.

Newnham has been at the vanguard of women’s education and we continue to strive to create an environment that welcomes and empowers students from diverse backgrounds, one that advances the research of women academics and supports students, while making our buildings fit for the future. With your help, our new fundraising campaign supports academic research and learning and ensures women from all backgrounds can access the world-class education offered by Cambridge University and thrive there. A key part of our vision to create a better future is to make sure the College is fit for purpose in the face of climate change, so we are committed to playing our part in the global drive to reduce carbon emissions.

Right: Impressions of the campaign launch at the Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford, with speakers Professor Jenny Mander (NC 1983), Dr Shushma Malik and Nazia Jassim (NC 2008) and musicians Francesca Moore-Bridger (NC 2002) and Sophia Ramnarine (NC 2016).

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The Shaping Newnham’s Future Campaign aims to raise £25 million by July 2026 to support generations of Newnhamites to come. Thanks to your generous support the campaign has made a great start, with £18 million raised so far, but there is much more to do.

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There are three main parts to the campaign. New Fellowships First, we wish to raise £7.5 million to support academic learning and research. Researchled teaching is at the heart of the Cambridge experience. Newnham provides much-valued extra funds for the cutting-edge work carried out by our academics. We are delighted that, thanks to the great generosity of our donors, we have already reached our target for creating a new permanent Early Career Fellowship in Engineering at Newnham. Plus, with a generous legacy from Anne Logue (Bolton, NC 1936) and a donation from her daughter Victoria Logue, we have co-funded a permanent University Teaching Officer post in Chemistry. This individual will also be the Anne Logue College Lecturer. Both these positions will start in October 2024. Another new position we are keen to create is in History. With the help of novelist and broadcaster Sarah Dunant (NC 1969), our History champion, we want to raise £1.5 million to co-fund a University Teaching Officer in History in perpetuity. The successful candidate will also be a College Lecturer and Director of Studies in History at Newnham.

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Student support (wellbeing, postgraduate studentships) £4.8m

How to give You can donate to the campaign by using the donation form opposite, online through our website, or by telephone – through our annual telethon or in person. You can choose which area you wish your money to go to or prioritise the area of greatest need. By signing a Gift Aid declaration you can increase the total we receive by 25% at no cost to you. All donations large or small are hugely appreciated by all of us at Newnham and will help support the generations of Newnhamites to come.

Student support Our second focus is student support. There are two strands here. The first area of focus, following the University review on mental health and welfare in 2021, is to support our students’ mental health and wellbeing. Our new Wellbeing Advisor arrived in February 2023 and she is making a huge difference in helping to identify wellbeing concerns early and signpost to additional support where necessary. We want to raise £2 million as a permanent endowment dedicated to our wellbeing work. Second, many more students meet the standard to continue into postgraduate

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footprint and running costs. Achieving this with our Champneys buildings is something of a challenge, of course. It will take some years to achieve our vision of reducing our carbon emissions to net zero. The generous donations we received from Lynda Martin Alegi (NC 1970) and the Haverstock Charitable Trust were used to refurbish Peile and we thank them for their vision. So far this year we have also completed a full refurbishment of the Eva Smith postgraduate house and of Whitstead House, our largest refurbishment project yet, with our third air-source heat pump and solar panels (see p. 89). We are about to begin planning for the first project involving a Champneys Building. Kennedy, where many Directors of Studies and Tutors are based, has been long overdue for a complete refurbishment, which will help us utilise this lovely space more effectively to support our academics in their teaching, pastoral and research work. We will also learn lessons about insulating and de-gasifying a heritage building, which will help us plan for the rest of the Champneys estate. Raising another £8.5 million to create a total fighting fund of £10 million will enable us to continue to shape a green future for Newnham.

studies than are able to source funding, so funding postgraduate scholarship programmes is another key theme in our campaign. We want to attract postgraduate students from all backgrounds to Newnham, and so add to our vibrant community. We can achieve this by being able to offer more postgraduate studentships, including building up our funding for students from underrepresented minority ethnic backgrounds. This means we can play a key role in developing highly qualified young women able to enter business and industry, as well as academia. If you have contacts in business or with charity foundations who you think might be interested in funding a postgraduate scholarship at Newnham, do get in touch with our Development Director. At the time of writing, the campaign has raised £1 million to fund a number of new postgraduate scholarship programmes. These include the HS Chau Foundation Scholarship Programme and the Onassis Special Scholarship Programme for Women in Humanities. The HS Chau Foundation Scholarship aims to support academically outstanding female PhD students studying STEMM at Newnham, from any part of the world, who are contributing to society by producing intellectually rigorous research that makes a positive difference to the academic community and beyond. Meanwhile, the Onassis Special Scholarship Programme for Women in Humanities will establish a postgraduate scholarship programme for international students studying Classics-related subjects at Newnham. The first scholarship will be awarded in October 2024.

Thanks to our donors It is vital for us to give back to our donors and show how much your support is appreciated. Our Principal’s Circle Dinner took place in September 2023 and we are also planning an event in June to celebrate the campaign's progress as well as one in Bath in 2025 to show our appreciation. I will also be visiting the US, Hong Kong and Singapore again during 2024 to meet our alumnae there. However, we know that these are difficult times financially for many of us and every gift we receive is enormously valuable to us. Thank you so much for your generosity.

Greening Newnham Many of you will remember chilly nights spent in our older, beautiful – but often draughty – rooms in College. We want to help improve the energy efficiency of our buildings, making them greener, warmer and reducing our carbon

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'That wonderful feeling...

...when everything comes together' Vicky Singh (Markham, NC 1971), President of the Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club (CUWBC) 1973–4 and Sally Visick (NC 1972), fellow member of the 1973 crew, report on their team’s reunion in a bumper year of rowing victories for Cambridge women.

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Left: The 1973 crew on the water. Right: The 1973 crew celebrating, photographed by Sally Visick’s mother. Left to right: Laura, Sue F, Liz, Sue W, Vicky, Catti, Sally; kneeling: Jane; hidden: Caroline, with coaches (left) Graham Zanker (Caius 1970) and (right) David Maxwell (Jesus 1970).

Vicky Singh, the 1973 President, writes: The Women’s Boat Race of 1973 was held at Cambridge and was well covered by the local press. We even made the Home page of the Times (as opposed to the Sports page) but only one parent came as a supporter with a colour print roll in her camera. Newnham Archive now possesses a treasure trove of colour prints of race day, thanks to Mrs Visick. Colour photos make events look very modern and the early seventies were a turning point in the recording of social history in that sense. Attitudes were also changing. It became more socially acceptable to row and to coach women, and the support of the then President of Cambridge University Boat Club (CUBC), Chris Baillieu MBE, was a key factor that year. Newnham didn’t have its own boat house in 1973 and 50 years on it still hasn’t. We used to change in the bike sheds of the Trinity First and Third boathouse and CUWBC’s two VIIIs were given rented rack space inside, maintained and repaired by Frank, their gruff but kindly boatman. Thanks to the efforts of our coach, we were later allowed upstairs in the boathouse to change in the toilets – amongst the spare beer barrels – but in those days we were never invited inside the hallowed portals of the CUBC boathouse.

What connects an Anglican-ordained GP, a landscape architect who crewed a yacht from Tahiti to Southampton, a former teacher farming in Rajasthan, a guinea pig for highaltitude research in Canada, an Honorary Canon of Southwark Cathedral, a Roman Catholic counsellor who has cycled to Spain on a tandem, a water-divining OU academic, a corporate lawyer and the first woman portfolio manager of the NYSE-listed Japan Fund? And why would these nine women in their seventies reunite after nearly 50 years? The answer is that they all beat Oxford in CUWBC’s 1973 Boat Race, the last crew to be selected from Girton, New Hall and Newnham before Churchill, King’s and Clare admitted women from 1972 and the dynamics of selection changed for ever. In 1973 six women were from Newnham, two from Girton and one from New Hall, and so they share that extra bond of having been in all-women colleges and experienced being tolerated on the Cam rather than being entitled to it. Four days before the 2023 Boat Races, seven of the nine gathered on the hard at Putney for a 50th anniversary reunion. Some had not met since the 1970s, a few had remained more closely in touch and only two were unable to be there in person but participated via video.

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What a difference 50 years makes in terms of training and technology: a carbon fibre shell with aerodynamic wing riggers and sophisticated telemetry feeding back via a small screen on each athlete’s stretcher; women who have the fitness, skill, physical and mental resilience to row over 4.2 miles; and a squad with equal access to top class facilities, coaching and technical support. It’s a far cry from rowing on the Cam in 1973 (races were held on alternate years on the Isis): the distance was 1,200 metres up the Long Reach, the longest straight section where side by side racing was possible; changing facilities were primitive; and while we may have done some running (none of us could quite remember), there was no weight-training that year; that came later. Our coaches were students: David Maxwell (Jesus) who went on to win World and Olympic silver medals with the GB VIII and Graham Zanker (Gonville and Caius). Graham, who acted as umpire and timekeeper

In 1973, I sent a handwritten letter to Sir Eric Drake, then Chairman of BP and father of another independent-minded coach, to suggest he present a trophy for women to race for at Henley. The prompt typed reply addressed to Miss Markham reads: I simply would not dare, even if I myself thought it was right, to offer a trophy for competition on the lines you suggest... Much as I favour exciting sociological advance, I don’t think I am the chap, such is my innate conservatism, to promote this particular one, and I am afraid you will have to count me out. That was typical of the general attitude to women’s competitive rowing in 1973 among the older generation and so to be contacted, as former President of CUWBC, by an official of the newly united joint CUBC club enquiring how my crew was celebrating its 50th Anniversary, was unprecedented to say the least.

‘Some things don't change: the love of the sport, the escape that is being on the water and the camaraderie developed when you train as a group.’ Sally Visick

for our race, recalls being pestered for our time by Philip Howard of The Times, while Oxford had yet to finish. But some things don’t change: the love of the sport, the escape that is being on the water (some of us still row), the camaraderie and relationships that are developed when you train as a group and that wonderful feeling when everything comes together – eight people rowing as a perfect unit and the boat running like a dream. It may not last very long or happen very often, but it is nonetheless unforgettable. Siobhan Cassidy, interim chair of the Boat

Sally Visick continues: Conditions on the water on 22 March 2023 were perfect for training and viewing. After a warm welcome by CUBC personnel, we boarded Amaryllis, the magnificent 50-foot river launch originally built for CUBC in 1928 and now, although no longer owned by the club, always made available for the week leading up to the races. Amaryllis and her skipper, Dan Wood, treated us to grandstand views of both the Blue Boat and Blondie as they warmed up before doing two starts and two minutes at full pressure, observed by head coach Paddy Ryan and his assistant.

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Race Company, joined us on Amaryllis and Chris Baillieu came to say hello when we came ashore. We were able to linger in the sunshine, chatting to the women of the Blue Boat crew and having our photograph taken with them by the CUBC photographer, before decamping to a nearby pub for a convivial lunch with video linkups to Rajasthan and Cambridgeshire. From 1972 onwards, there was an increase in the number of mixed colleges, in which the women’s boat club members had rights and access to equipment and enthusiastic coaches. Numbers of women rowers took off and now it is estimated that 40% of all registered rowers nationally are female.

The first Henley Women’s Regatta was held in 1988. It is live-streamed around the world and well supported both nationally and internationally. Henley Royal Regatta introduced a sculling event over the full course in 1993 and from 2021 has had ten events for women. To be welcomed and given equal access to Amaryllis for a reunion event shows the progress made, thanks to sponsors and funders insisting on parity between men and women and to the impressive achievements of British women at national, international and Olympic rowing events. In 2023, all the Cambridge crews, men and women, completed a clean sweep against Oxford, a perfect postscript to our reunion. Some of the content of this article has previously appeared on heartheboatsing.com.

Members of the 1973 crew with this year’s crew. Back: (cox) Laura Nottingham (Smith, NC 1971), (str) Liz Rounce (Smith, Girton 1971), (6) Sue Westmacott (Clarke, NC 1972), (5) Caroline Clarke (Fletcher, Girton 1971), (4) Sue Fenton (Wrenn, NC 1971), (2) Sally Visick (NC 1972), (bow) Catti Moss (NC 1972), (sub) Carol Williams (Darwin) of 1973 crew; Absent (7) Jane Kingsbury (Woods, New Hall 1969), (3) Vicky Singh (Markham, NC 1971). Front: (cox) James Trotman (Sidney Sussex) (str) Caoimhe Dempsey (NC) (7), Claire Brillon (Fitzwilliam), (6) Isabelle Bastian (Jesus), (5) Freya Keto (St Edmund’s) (4) Jenna Armstrong (Jesus), (3) Alex Riddell-Webster (Murray Edwards), (2) Rosa Millard (Trinity Hall), (1) Carina Graf (Emmanuel). Photo courtesy of CUBC.

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What's in a name? The story of Eva Smith

by Karin Horowitz (NC 1978), Honorary Associate 86

W H AT ' S I N A N A M E ?

I lived in Eva Smith House for three years when I came to Newnham in 1978 to read English as an affiliated student and then stayed on to do a PhD. I never gave a moment’s thought to who Eva Smith was during the time I lived there.

It was only several decades later, when I embarked on a project to celebrate Newnham’s 150th, that I found myself drawn to the challenge of uncovering the person the house was named after. Together with a fellow student who I met at Eva Smith House, Leanne Grega, and a colleague and friend from Historic England Heritage Schools, Kate Argyle, we set out to research Eva’s life and contributions to Newnham. The building that was to become Eva Smith House, originally called College House, was built around the start of the twentieth century on Grange Road. Grange Road had previously been known as Parallelogram Road, a name whose suitability will become evident as this story unfolds. Eva Mary Smith was born in 1885 and matriculated in 1904. One of only sixteen women studying Mathematics, Eva came sixteenth among men and women in Part I of the Mathematics Tripos in 1907. She was the only female ‘wrangler’ (student achieving a First in the Mathematics Tripos finals), a formidable achievement. In Part II she was the only female student and took a II.ii. After graduating, she spent a year at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania in 1908. When she returned to the UK, she held a series of teaching posts, became a headmistress and then the Principal of Edge Hill Training College (now Edge Hill University), which had opened in Liverpool in 1885 as the first non-denominational teacher training college for women. She was a Newnham Associate from 1909 to 1925, and died in Cambridge in 1961. Eva was Principal of Edge Hill when its Durning Road premises were destroyed in a German bombing raid on 28 November 1940. A direct hit killed 166 people and Churchill called it the ‘worst single incident of the war’ in terms of loss of life. Smith was caught up in her own personal battle against ill health and deteriorating eyesight at this time, culminating in her retirement in 1941. In retirement she lived in a flat in Cambridge where she enjoyed tending plants and flowers.

Above: Eva Mary Smith. Left: Karin Horowitz in the door of Eva Smith House, c.1978.

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She was most remembered for her commitment to developing the well-rounded character of her students: ‘I find the things that stand out in my mind about Miss Smith are her rapid thinking, her mathematical power of selection, her courage and initiative under changes that were truly upheavals. Her outlook in the training of students was chiefly, I think, the sense of responsibility which she insisted they should develop, her concern for their spiritual and cultural welfare and the trusteeship which she felt we had for our material environment.’ (Edge Hill College Magazine, 1961)

Eva Smith left the residuum of her estate to Newnham College including her flat and many of its contents, as well as various investments. College Archivist Frieda Midgley adds that Eva’s possessions were sold at a time when ‘plans were afoot to purchase 16 Grange Road and convert it to graduate accommodation’. As the house was named after Eva, ‘it seems reasonable to infer that her benefaction was channelled into this project.’ It was a project which fulfilled the vocation of Eva Smith in developing a sense of responsibility and self-sufficiency in her students. The 1964 Roll Letter explains its novelty as a new kind of student house: ‘In October 1963, a Newnham experiment began; number 16 Grange Road was opened as Eva Smith House for graduate students of the College. Nine research and postgraduate students live here. There is no resident Senior Member or housekeeper – the residents rent the rooms from the College and work out their own way of life, doing their cleaning, cooking and housekeeping themselves. The experiment seems to be an enormous success. The house and garden are delightful, the rooms interestingly furnished and there is freedom and independence without loneliness or landlady trouble.’ ‘Freedom and independence without loneliness’ – or indeed landlady trouble! – was exactly what Eva Smith House offered its residents. Having lived there 14 years after the project was launched, I can vouch for that and for the continuing success of the experiment. Every named building has its own story to offer if we dig deep to discover it. What’s in a name? is an apposite question indeed. Eva Smith’s personal qualities and aspirations were transformed into a living experience that would support decades of Newnham students to come, in developing that ‘sense of responsibility’ which she devoted her life to nurturing in others. Newnham’s ongoing trusteeship of the material environment has been recently demonstrated in the sympathetic renovation of Eva Smith House in response to student feedback and their desire for modern interiors rather than the eclectic – and for some, endearing – mix of new and old furniture that was there when I arrived. Research into the identity of Eva Smith was undertaken by Kate Argyle from Historic England Heritage Schools, supported by guidance from Dr Gillian Sutherland and work undertaken by Frieda Midgley, Newnham’s archivist, and Dan Copley, archivist at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk.

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Greening Eva

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The complete refurbishment of Eva Smith House was completed in November 2022 as part of our Greening Newnham work to reduce carbon emissions and improve the efficiency of College buildings. The house now sports a state of the art air-to-water heat pump and has been fully insulated. Drone infrared imaging was used to assess heat loss from the building. In a thermogram, of which this is an example, brighter colours from red to yellow indicate greater heat and infrared radiation is being emitted, while purples and dark blue/black indicate cooler temperatures. The photo (bottom left) shows the heat loss from the roof has been addressed by new insulation.

Top left: A student room in Eva Smith after refurbishment.

Whitstead: The success of the work on Eva Smith House was followed in the summer of 2023 with work on Whitstead, where all the rooms were stripped back to brick and the ceiling to expose the roof joists, to allow for new insulation of all internal walls and ceilings. Doubleglazed leaded conservation windows were installed, along with another air-source heat pump, with underfloor heating throughout. Energy-efficient white goods, low flow showers and dual flush toilets were installed.

Car charging points: UK Power Networks installed a new power cable from the sub-station on Gonville and Caius sports field across Clare Road in spring 2023, ready for the installation of six electric vehicle charging points in the Tennis Court car park area.

New greenhouses and rainwater harvesting: Two new greenhouses have been constructed in the College gardens with eight water butts to collect rainwater from their roofs, along with automated heating, ventilation and misting (watering) systems which will reduce water use and heating costs.

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Portrait of Mary Bateson (1898) by Edith Bateson Mary Bateson (NC 1884) was a historian and suffrage activist. Her parents Anna and William helped found Newnham, which she joined as a student, later becoming a teacher then Fellow. Mary’s younger sister Edith studied painting and sculpture at the Royal Academy Schools under Edouard Lanteri (whose portrait of Mathilde Blind is featured on p. 96). Edith’s portrait of Mary was given to the College by their mother.

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Alumnae News All alumnae are warmly invited to share their news, whatever it may be. We would particularly welcome more news of everyday life.

1940s

Barbara read modern languages at Newnham and is a prominent historian of Islamic art. This year she has also published a book, Treasures of Herat: Two Manuscripts of the Khamsah of Nizami in the British Library (Gingko Library, Chicago, 2022), and three articles. .............................................................................

Patience Purdy (Fairbairn, NC 1947) published her autobiography Engineers and Women Changed the World in 2022 aged 94. She was the first female student to graduate with a Cambridge Engineering degree. Patience said, ‘my life has been interesting and unusual, particularly with regards to women, science and engineering, and my recent book covers the changes I've seen across the 20th century.’

Jane Corbett (NC 1959) published her novel A Corsican Tale (Beggar Books, 2022), together with a reissue of her Young Adult novel, Out of Step, set in the late 1980s. Both novels take place on the wildly beautiful island of Corsica. .............................................................................

1950s

Michelene Wandor (Samuels, NC 1959) published her first novel Orfeo’s Last Act: A Novel in Two Parts. Michelene read English at Newnham and has enjoyed an illustrious career as a playwright and author of short stories, poetry and journalism.

Shirley Booth Blancke (Booth, NC 1954) received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Historical Commission of Concord, Massachusetts, where she lives. Shirley, who retired four years ago as the Curator of Concord Museum, spent forty years amassing the data to tell 10,000 years of local Native American history up to the seventeenth century. ............................................................................. Anna Rist (NC 1955) published a book coauthored with her husband, Professor John Rist: Confusion in the West: Retrieving Tradition in the Modern and Postmodern World (Cambridge University Press, 2023). .............................................................................

1960s Miriam Margolyes OBE (NC 1960) appeared on the cover of Vogue for the first time, aged 82, in celebration of Pride month. ............................................................................. Honorary Fellow Dr Jane Goodall (NC 1961) has her own Lego tribute and Barbie doll. The celebrated primatologist, who pioneered the study of chimpanzees and read Natural Sciences in the 1960s, has also inspired a new Apple TV series, Jane's Animal Adventures.

Dr Barbara Brend (NC 1959) was honoured in October with a special issue of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society dedicated to her.

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Mary Beard (NC 1973) received the Times Higher Education Outstanding Achievement Award. .............................................................................

Celia Haddon (NC 1962) shares with us her news: ‘At the age of 77 in 2021, I published my first ever peer-reviewed articles in Anthrozoos: ‘Love in Cold Blood: Are Reptile Owners Emotionally Attached to Their Pets?’ and ‘Being Your Cat: Inside Your Feline’s Mind.’ .............................................................................

Sheila Hayman (NC 1974) is directing a film about the life of Fanny Mendelssohn, the sister of celebrated composer Felix. Sheila, a Newnham Associate, writer and novelist, is Fanny Mendelssohn's three times great-granddaughter and the film was produced by an all-female crew. .............................................................................

Christina Hardyment (NC 1964) published The Serpent of Division (Haugetun, 2022), the first in a series of novels about Geoffrey Chaucer’s granddaughter Alyce. .............................................................................

Observer music critic Fiona Maddocks (NC 1974) has published an account of composer Rachmaninoff’s life in exile in America, after fleeing the Russian Revolution with his family in 1917. Fiona wrote Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile (Pegasus Books, 2024) during the Covid lockdown to mark fifty years since his death. .............................................................................

Kathleen Earley (NC 1967) ran a series of online garden talks this year on behalf of the Historic Roses Group. ............................................................................. Patricia Hewitt (NC 1967) is advising the government on new Integrated Care Boards. .............................................................................

Dr Elizabeth Drayson (NC 1976), Emeritus Fellow in Spanish at Murray Edwards, held a solo exhibition of her paintings of Spanish historical figures at Murray Edwards (formerly New Hall). .............................................................................

Honorary Fellow Professor Elizabeth Thompson (NC 1967) has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society. Elizabeth was an undergraduate and graduate student at Newnham, as well as Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics (1981–5). She is a distinguished scholar of statistical genetics.

Jane Houng (NC 1977) attended the Hong Kong Book Fair this month to promote her new book Under Lion Rock, which explores the life of a Hong Kong boy in the 1970s who escapes domestic violence through music. .............................................................................

1970s

Heather Self (NC 1977) received a Lifetime Achievement Award in this year's Tolley's Taxation Awards. Heather retired in June 2022 as an accountant and tax advisor. She is now applying to do an MA in English, having completed a challenge to see all of Shakespeare’s plays live. .............................................................................

Dr Ianthe Maclagan (NC 1971) has published Bread & Henna (Journey Books, 2023), an account of the time she spent doing social anthropology fieldwork in a small highland town in Yemen in the early 1980s. ............................................................................. Ivana Partridge (Shott, NC 1972) retired from her post as Professor in Composites Processing at the University of Bristol in May 2022 and gave a keynote lecture on ‘Approaches to Composites Toughening – a Perspective’ at the 22nd European Conference on Composite Materials in Lausanne in June 2022. .............................................................................

Shahina Ghazanfar (NC 1978) has published Plants of the Qur’ān: History and Culture (Royal Botanic Gardens, 2023). It is the first book to explore the history of the plants in the Qur’ān. Shahina is a recipient of the Gibbs Travelling Fellowship. .............................................................................

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Lucy Raitz (NC 1978) published her translation of Un Amour de Swann (Swann in Love) with Pushkin Press in November 2022, to coincide with the centenary of Proust’s death (18 November 1922). She writes, ‘I hope some of my fellow Newnhamites may want to read it, especially those who remember Ann Duncan with affection and gratitude.’ .............................................................................

Ataqam, translated from Azerbaijani’ in Enriching the Global Literary Canvas: Celebrating Less Translated Languages, a special issue of The AALITRA Review: A Journal of Literary Translation (October 2022). .............................................................................

Sarah Breeden (NC 1987) has been appointed Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. The Newnham Associate has worked at the Bank since leaving Newnham.

Dame Emma Thompson (NC 1978) was nominated for a Leading Actress BAFTA for her role in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. .............................................................................

1990s

Ann Radmore (NC 1979) was awarded a CBE for services to the NHS in the 2023 New Year’s Honours List.

The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP (NC 1991) was appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on 7 February 2023. .............................................................................

1980s

Newnham Fellow Dr Sam Lucy (NC 1991) was interviewed by ITV Anglia and Look East about a new exhibition of seventh-century artefacts found in Trumpington in 2012. The face of a young Anglo-Saxon woman who was buried there was reconstructed and featured. .............................................................................

The Reverend Canon Sarah Foot (NC 1980) was appointed Dean of Christ Church, Oxford – their first female Head of House. Sarah read Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Newnham and was a Fellow at Gonville and Caius before joining the University of Sheffield and later Oxford, where she has been Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History since 2007. There are now two Newnhamites as Head of House in Oxford and two in Cambridge: our own Alison Rose and Professor Pippa Rogerson, the Master of Caius (both also NC 1980). .............................................................................

Dr Elisa Moreno (NC 1992) writes: 'I am retiring from the practice of clinical medicine after fourteen years of work as a psychiatrist and transplant specialist. I am now pursuing a career as a life and executive coach. I would love to be working with women who are seeking to live their most fulfilled lives! I am working with those who are in transition in some area of their lives; those who wish to clarify their values and live a life which resonates with their values. It's extremely gratifying work.' .............................................................................

Alison Cork (NC 1982) was awarded an MBE in the 2023 New Year’s Honours List for services to female entrepreneurship. ............................................................................. The inaugural A Room of One’s Own Lecture in honour of Virginia Woolf’s essay was given by novelist Ali Smith (NC 1985) as part of the Cambridge Literary Festival. .............................................................................

Tessa Clarke (NC 1994), chief executive and co-founder of the app Olio, gave a TEDTalk in New York on the power of the sharing economy. The app enables users to prevent food waste by sharing food with their communities. Launched in 2015, it has since enabled six million people worldwide to share 66 million portions of food.

Anne Thompson-Ahmadova (NC 1986) translated Parisian Days by Banine (Pushkin Press, 2023), and published the article ‘Mints by

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Úna Monaghan (NC 2002) has been appointed Lecturer in Sound and Music Computing at Queen's University Belfast. Úna, who read Natural Sciences, also released her album Aonaracht, an album of new compositions in January 2023. Aonaracht, an Irish composite term for solitude, soloism or singleness, is a collection for solo traditional musicians and computer, combining traditional Irish with experimental electronic music. .............................................................................

Piper Terrett (NC 1994) returned to Newnham, working in communications and development, and is delighted to be back in her old stomping ground. ............................................................................. Maartje Scheltens (NC 1995), freelance editor of the Roll Letter, made her non-fiction debut with the essay ‘Endurance’, published in Granta (summer 2023). ............................................................................. Twenty-five years after she first dreamt about doing it, former Newnham Director of Communications Harriet Truscott (NC 1996) has completed an MA in Creative Writing at UEA, receiving a first class degree. She is now living in northern Spain and working on a verse novel based on the life of seventeenth-century poet Anne Bradstreet. .............................................................................

Rhiannon Adam (NC 2004) was selected as part of the crew for the dearMoon expedition, run by Elon Musk's SpaceX. The photographic artist, who studied English, says, ‘We are due to undertake a lunar orbital mission aboard SpaceX’s starship... the first time civilians have ever been into deep space!’ ............................................................................. Dr Emma Perkins (NC 2004) joined Melvyn Bragg and guests on BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time, discussing the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) whose charts offered an unprecedented level of accuracy. .............................................................................

Dr Katherine Firth (NC 1997) has been named the inaugural Head of Lisa Bellear House, an accommodation hall at the University of Melbourne, the only building at the University named after an Indigenous woman. Lisa Bellear (1961–2006) was a ground-breaking Indigenous poet, photographer, broadcaster, activist, city councillor and academic; a Minjungbul, Goernpil, Noonuccal, South Sea Islander woman; and a member of the Stolen Generation. .............................................................................

Dr Eve Poole (NC 2004) was awarded an OBE in the January Honours List for services to Education and to Gender Equality. ............................................................................. Julia Rampen's (NC 2008) new novel The Bay (Saraband, 2023), loosely based on the real tragedy that happened in Morecambe Bay, won the NorthBound Book Award. ‘The novel is set in a fictional town on the edge of Morecambe Bay, a place I have visited since I was a child, as my grandparents lived there,’ Julia says. .............................................................................

Artist Juliette Losq's (NC 1997) work featured in two exhibitions this summer: X – Contemporary British Painting at Newcastle Contemporary Art and the annual exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy.

Sarah Watling (NC 2008) launched her new book Tomorrow Perhaps the Future: Writers and Outsiders in the Spanish Civil War (Knopf, 2023) at events at the National Arts Club in New York and at the NYC home of fellow alumna Alison Rowe (NC 1980). The book presents portraits of extraordinary writers, artists and journalists

2000s Jenn Ashworth (NC 2000) was among five writers shortlisted for the National Short Story Award. Her latest novel is Ghosted: A Love Story (Sceptre, 2022), which was shortlisted for the Portico prize.

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– women who were ‘hungry for adventure’ and eager to make their name.

Blogger Sitara Bartle Davies (NC 2017) has recently launched a new podcast, ‘Snippets with Sitara’, which aims to 'spread the light of everyday stars, whether it is an Olympian, entrepreneur or simply someone who has followed their dreams'. She is keen to have Newnham alumnae feature as guests and can be contacted at sitara_bartle@live.co.uk. .............................................................................

2010s Georgia Billing (NC 2010) says: ‘I’m writing to share some happy news: my engagement to Mr Michele Reina in November 2022, and that we also welcomed our son, Dante Reina, into the world in March 2023.’ .............................................................................

Geography postgraduate student Sophie Thorpe (NC 2017) organised a day-long conference at UCL entitled 'Geographies of Hope' in May 2023. The conference brought together speakers including artist-researchers Lucy Sabin and Dr Sabrina Chou, Newnham’s Professor Emma Mawdsley, writer Anita Sethi, artist and educator Jake Lever and zero-carbon architect John Christophers.

Sukey Sleeper's (NC 2011) solo painting show Wet Land ran in August–September 2023 at The Lido Stores in Margate. The show brought together a collection of works made in response to the New River, an artificial waterway that runs from Hertfordshire to London that has been supplying the city with fresh drinking water for over 400 years and ends in Stoke Newington, near where Sukey lives. ............................................................................. Jess Grimmel (NC 2015) announces her engagement. Her fiancé Callum Ward (Pembroke 2015) proposed during a visit to Newnham in February 2023. ............................................................................. Dr Felicity McDowall (NC 2015) featured in a video interview with education service Twinkl. The Evaluation Officer for Oxford University's Gardens, Libraries and Museums spoke about her career and work in Archaeology as part of a STEM outreach project for young people. ............................................................................. Zsofia Szlamka (NC 2016) is seeking to connect with alumnae for her start-up, AMKA Counselling: ‘AMKA Counselling is a social enterprise driving organisational change for a wellbeing-first culture at work. We are looking to connect with fellow alumnae who would be open to sharing with us how they experience mental health at work. Your input will contribute to our efforts in shifting organisations' mindset about the importance of mental health at work.’ She can be contacted at amkacounselling.com.

SCULPTURAL PORTRAITS OF NEWNHAM

Portrait of Mathilde Blind (1898) medallion by Edouard Lanteri Mathilde Blind was a poet, translator and writer whose bequest to Newnham endowed a scholarship for students of language and literature. This memorial medallion was produced two years after her death and is a version of the circular portrait on her marble monument at St Pancras Cemetery. Edouard Lanteri, the French artist of the monument and medallion, came to London in the 1870s. He was an important teacher of sculpture and influenced British artists through his modern romantic style.

DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE ROLL

Deceased Members of the Roll We are sorry to have been notified of the following alumnae having passed away. Page numbers are given below for alumnae whose life stories are published in this issue.

1940s Jean Neal (Banks, NC 1940) on 26 March 2022

Olga Kennard (Weisz, NC 1942) on 1 March 2023 Ruth Odell (Licence, NC 1942) on 13 December 2022 (p. 120) Irene (Jean) Head (Allison, NC 1943) on 23 September 2022 (p. 114) Hilary Temple (Aston, NC 1943) on 10 March 2023 Margaret Whitby (Jerwood, NC 1943) on 26 September 2022 (p. 132) Margaret Barton (Graham, NC 1944) on 3 April 2023 Elisabeth Poisson (Dresel, NC 1944) on 12 October 2022 Katharine Draper (Paterson, NC 1945) on 16 January 2023 (p. 109) Virginia Howe (Frith, NC 1946) on 6 June 2022 (p. 115) F Margaret Mundie (Russell Johnson, NC 1946) on 11 September 2022 Joan (Joy) Preston (Fisher, NC 1946) on 17 March 2023 Patricia (Pat) Stapleton (Cruxton, NC 1946) on 1 May 2022 (p. 128) Kathleen (Mary) Armstrong (NC 1946) on 21 December 2022 (p. 101) Margaret Franklin (Simpson, NC 1946) on 27 January 2023 Norma Rinsler (Lee, NC 1946) on 10 May 2023 (p. 124) Elizabeth (Carol) Carlisle (Hutt, NC 1947) on 10 March 2023 Inez (Pat) Goode (Smeed, NC 1947) on 10 January 2023 Millicent Munro Harrap (Munro, NC 1948) on 23 October 2022 Constance Rollett (Millward, NC 1948) on 27 September 2022 (p. 126) Joyce Wells (Finlay, NC 1948) on 29 March 2023 (p. 33) Ann Garstang (Hawk, NC 1949) on 18 January 2023 Pamela Gould (Allin, NC 1949) on 5 August 2023 Judith Tallents (Goodison, NC 1949) in 2023 (p. 129) Deborah Kent (Trower, NC 1949) on 20 February 2023 Helen Langemann (Higson, NC 1949) in December 2022 (p. 117) Mary Osborn (Keller, NC 1949) on 7 February 2022

1950s

Anne Lewis (Davis, NC 1950) on 1 March 2023 Rose Pockney (Kerrigan, NC 1950) in 2022 Dilys West (Birch, NC 1950) on 18 April 2023 (p. 131) Barbara Clague (Cowin, NC 1951) on 21 September 2022 (p. 106) Betty Lowe (Preston, NC 1951) in October 2022 Luiche (Gioietta) Petravic (Kuo, NC 1951) on 24 June 2023 (p. 122) Sheila Shinman (Harris, NC 1951) on 22 June 2023 (p. 127) Patricia Sledge (Sear, NC 1951) on 11 June 2023 Lucy Hall (Anderson, NC 1952) on 29 March 2023 Aparna Basu (Mehta, NC 1953) on 3 December 2018

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Margaret de Maine (Moodie, NC 1953) on 9 August 2022 (p. 108) Hilary Magnay (Hutchinson, NC 1953) on 10 February 2023 Dorothy Jameson (Wild, NC 1954) on 10 August 2022 Renee (Elizabeth) Nurser (Kimber, NC 1954) on 23 April 2023 Jean Steyn (Pollard, NC 1955) on 1 March 2023 Anne (Valerie) Marr (Stevenson, NC 1955) on 20 November 2022 Veronica Walker (Newcombe, NC 1955) on 9 April 2023 Angelyn A. Konugres Coupounas (Konugres, NC 1956) on 27 July 2023 (p. 116) Ann Roberts (Wilkinson, NC 1956) on 11 January 2023 Susan (Sue) Oxbury (Gardiner, NC 1956) on 16 September 2022 (p. 121) Eleanor Jellett (Lennard, NC 1958) on 23 August 2022 Jane Cooper (Westwood, NC 1958) on 12 October 2022 (p. 107) Gillian Wagstaffe (Arksey, NC 1958) on 18 December 2022 Sally Wyllie (Lowe, NC 1959) in December 2022 Phyllis Guthardt (NC 1960) on 29 June 2023 Josephine Haslewood (NC 1960) in 2022 (p. 113) Susan Drucker-Brown (Drucker, NC 1961) on 1 May 2023 Susan Walkden (NC 1962) on 23 October 2022 Keren Butler (Scorer, NC 1962) on 12 February 2023 (p. 105) Alison Ferguson (Simpson, NC 1962) on 7 April 2023 Patricia Robinson (Hughes, NC 1963) in May 2023 (p. 125) Jennifer Poole (White, NC 1963) on 24 September 2022 Joanna Bosanquet (NC 1965) on 16 July 2022 (p. 104) Stella Green Machado (Green, NC 1965) in 2022 Jancis Wiles (Baldwin, NC 1966) on 31 August 2022 (p. 133) Diane (Di) Haigh (NC 1968) on 31 July 2022 (p. 111) Penelope (Pen) Haile (NC 1969) on 14 February 2023

1970s

Beverley Hodson (NC 1970) on 27 July 2023 Elisabeth (Lissie) Evans (NC 1971) on 5 March 2023 (p. 110) Pam Alexander (NC 1972) on 7 April 2023 (p. 100) Anne Laffey (NC 1973) in April 2022 Ellen Rice (NC 1973) on 5 April 2023 (p. 123) Anna O’Donovan (NC 1974) on 26 December 2022 (p. 119) Catherine (Kate) Vincent (NC 1975) in 2023 Henrietta Norman (NC 1975) in 2022 (p. 118) Sarah Parker (NC 1975) on 23 August 2022 Nicola Baxter (NC 1976) on 29 January 2023 (p. 103) Sally Banwell (Manson, NC 1977) on 3 October 2022 (p. 102)

1980s

Carole Twining (NC 1985) on 26 August 2022 (p. 130)

2000s

Victoria Hall-Hulme (NC 2008) on 2 September 2022 (p. 112)

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PAM ALEXANDER

To all these Pam brought her formidable professional and leadership skills, building bridges across the public, private and voluntary sectors with the aim to deliver better outcomes for sustainable urbanism and economic development. Pam was an extraordinary networker with a wonderful smile. She had a close group of women friends going back to DoE days who remained hugely important throughout her life. Newnham too remained a place of great significance for her and she was strongly engaged as President of the Roll Committee between 2015 and 2018, an Associate and Honorary Associate. She was passionate about the importance of leadership roles for women and was an inspiration to many who are currently leaders of their organisations. She played a key role in organising TEDxNewnham in 2018. She loved choral singing, music and theatre. Within the family she had an extraordinary ability to connect with her step-grandchildren through her sense of fun and understanding of what makes the perfect birthday present. She will be an abiding inspiration for them.

1954–20 23 (NC 1972 )

Pam read Geography at Newnham, graduating in 1975, following which she fast-streamed into the Department of the Environment. Housing was her passion, and by 1992 she was Head of the Housing Associations Division. In 1994 she left the Civil Service to become Deputy Chief Executive of the Housing Corporation and, in 1997, Chief Executive of English Heritage, notably making Stonehenge accessible for the celebration of the summer solstice. She then moved to become Chief Executive of the South East England Development Agency. She led for all the Regional Development Agencies on innovation, science and universities and cochaired the national Women’s Enterprise Task Force. She was awarded an OBE for services to regeneration in South East England in 2012. She regarded herself as an urban geographer and applied this knowledge to subsequent non-executive roles in the private sector at Crest Nicholson and Crossrail; to bodies such as the Peabody Housing Association, Covent Garden Market Authority and the Mayor’s London Legacy Development Corporation; and to small innovation organisations.

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of Health and Social Security, and 1975 became the District Nursing Officer for the City and East London, responsible for a group of hospitals in what was one of the poorest areas of London. Mary enjoyed life. In her youth she had many happy skiing holidays and later went sailing in Overlord, a 1936 Bermudan sloop. She was particularly fond of Shetland and spent several holidays visiting friends there. In retirement Mary lived in Beaminster, Dorset where she was involved in many local organisations. Mary was a Quaker and was a Director of two of their schools, Leighton Park and Sibford. She moved to sheltered accommodation in Sherborne in 2002 and once again joined many local groups. Latterly she found it increasingly hard to care for herself and spent her last year in a care home where she died peacefully. She will be much missed by her many friends.

19 27–2022 ( N C 1946 )

My godmother, Kathleen (Mary) Armstrong, was born in Barton-upon-Irwell, the second of four children of Alfred, a headteacher, and Edna, who had been a secretary before her marriage. Mary attended Bolton School during the War. She remembered being late forty times because the train timetable was affected by the bombing of Manchester, and walking across the fields to school with a group of pupils. Mary won a scholarship to Newnham and graduated in Mathematics in 1950. She had always wanted to be a nurse, but her parents thought this was a waste of her degree, so she trained to be a solicitor. She was only the second woman to be registered as a solicitor in Somerset. Mary worked for several firms in Cambridge and London before joining Harbottle and Lewis in 1962. However, Mary still wanted to be a nurse and in 1964 she took the bold step of resigning as a solicitor and joined St Thomas’ Hospital as a trainee nurse. Once qualified she was quickly promoted to Sister and from there moved to be Matron of Newmarket Hospital. She also worked as a Nursing Officer at the Department

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SALLY BANWELL

difficult puzzles and games, crosswords and extensively researching her family tree back to the seventeenth century. In 2012 Sally became one of the founder members of the Parkinson’s Dance Group, established in Bournemouth to help those affected by movement and speech disorders. Sally threw much of her energies into this therapeutic form of exercise as well as helping to fund the group and promote its value more widely across the country. When we (her family) think of Sally, we remember the fun we had – her keen sense of humour, her razor-sharp intellect (winning nearly every word game!), her kindness and care for others, the immense joy she took in her family, her incredible bravery in the face of her progressive disease and her determination to keep going. Her family and her sisters all miss the clever, kind and lovely person she was.

1958–20 22 (MANSO N , N C 197 7 )

Sally was born in Hertford, the third of four girls. She was an outstanding mathematician, kind, popular (a school prefect at Wycombe Abbey before her final year) and strong at sport, often rising at 5 AM to row for her College. She won an Exhibition to Newnham to read engineering and took an MSc with Distinction after her MA. Sally loved sailing and met her future husband Tony on a friend’s yacht in Cornwall. They married in 1980 and lived all their married lives in Bournemouth. After a short spell teaching Maths at a local school, and working as a software engineer, children followed: Alison and twin boys Simon and Guy. Her children, for which she was firmly the anchor, were her great pride: Sally’s unwavering dedication to them has been a huge influence on all their successful and varied lives. When family commitments allowed, Sally returned to work, enjoying a long career as a software engineer for a library systems company. In 2006, Sally was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, which gradually, and cruelly, changed her lifestyle. Bit by bit, activities were limited but Sally would always fill her hours with cooking, elaborate embroidery and knitting, crazily

Tony Banwell (husband)

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NICOLA BAXTER

Through them she became actively involved in a number of charities and not-for-profit organisations including Down’s Syndrome Norfolk, Family Voice Norfolk and the Special Olympics in swimming and gymnastics. She would raise funds, organise events and lend her fierce editorial skills to newsletters and publications. Most of her life was lived in her beloved home county of Suffolk, moving across the border to Norwich in 2014, into a house just near the cathedral. When she was diagnosed late in 2022 with terminal gall bladder cancer that had already spread beyond help, she texted, ‘I’ve had a brilliant life with almost no regrets.’ I will be forever grateful that we tripped over each other at Jean Gooder’s welcoming party. It was she who maintained contact with Newnham over the decades. Her intellectual curiosity, scepticism and wide-flung interests made her the best company, and she died far too young.

19 58 –20 23 ( N C 1976 )

I first met Nicola at Jean Gooder’s 1976 sherry party to welcome English freshers to the College. Nick, as I would know her, was sporting these very large owlish glasses and was hovering on her own near Jean’s impressive bookshelves. ‘Do you think she’s read them all?’ I asked. Her arched eyebrow of a response launched a lifetime’s friendship. Our Cambridge experiences were markedly different. I went to parties while Nick listened to Radio 4 in her room. She chose Medieval options while I took to the Novel and its relationship to the Enlightenment. But we remained friends throughout, and once we left, became close. Nicola’s career started in educational publishing and soon took her to the world of children’s books, at which she excelled. Soon she launched her own editorial and packaging company, authoring over 100 titles in her own name and packaging/ghost-writing at least the same number again. She then started a family of her own, on her own. Kizzy (born 1996) and Shane (born 1999 and adopted by Nick in 2002) would be the crowning glory of her many achievements.

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groups and the London Medical Orchestra. For many years she was the Orchestra’s Treasurer and took on much of the administration. Her mother, Camilla, lived nearby. Gradually Joanna found herself doing more and more for her. With the help of a carer Joanna got her through the years of Covid until eventually Camilla died after a fall at the age of 100. We all hoped that finally Joanna would enjoy her new-found freedom to travel and play more music but sadly she was diagnosed with acute leukaemia within a month of her mother’s death. She survived for nine months under the expert care of the team at University College London Hospital. She was remarkably stoical and uncomplaining, even though she had several long periods of isolation in hospital at a time when visitors were restricted due to Covid. She died peacefully in the Belsize Park Marie Curie Hospice directly across the road from her flat.

1946–2022 ( NC 19 6 5 )

Joanna followed her mother Camilla Bosanquet (Ricardo, NC 1939) and aunts Angela (NC 1935) and Kate (NC 1931) to Newnham. She read Philosophy and was awarded a Newnham College Graduate Scholarship. She went on to a DPhil at Somerville College, Oxford. She enjoyed postgraduate life in Oxford but gradually realised that there was no endpoint to her thesis, which was an exploration of the difference between ‘wanting and intending’. On leaving Oxford she worked for the Camden Housing Department. In 1986 she enrolled in the Chancery Lane College of Law and qualified as a solicitor. In the late 1990s she joined Goodman Ray, a London firm of solicitors renowned for their work with children. Joanna loved her work there and never fully retired. Joanna’s home was a flat in Belsize Park, London. She never married but maintained close links with her family and was very much a hands-on aunt and great-aunt. Her frequent children’s tea parties are remembered for the vast choice of colourful biscuits and cakes on offer. She played the flute well, both in chamber

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early music and, indeed, were on our way into a concert by the Academy of Ancient Music in West Road when she had the severe stroke from which she never regained consciousness, dying ten days later. Besides this we enjoyed walking in the hills (the Lakes and Peaks) and on the Cornish cliffs, and also running a large garden. Keren was also very active in the Society of Friends (Quakers) and took on a number of roles there. We have three grandsons.

194 3 –2023 ( SCO R E R , N C 196 2 )

Keren was born in Sheffield into a Quaker family, and went to school at Sheffield Girls’ (a Girls’ Day School Trust school) and then to Peile Hall at Newnham to read Natural Sciences. She met me, her future husband Jo (Queens’ 1961), at Young Friends (Quakers) at the start of her first term and we quickly discovered that we shared a love of early music, which was then just taking off in Oxford and Cambridge, and went to many concerts together. We became engaged in the spring of 1963. During her third year she was Senior Student in Peile. We were married in August 1965, shortly after she graduated. We continued to live in Cambridge, with Keren working as a University Assistant in the Cavendish Laboratory to support us while I completed my PhD. Later, Keren moved from the Cavendish to the Department of Metallurgy, where she was one of the very few women. She stopped formal work to have our family (Anwen and Meg), but then went back to Metallurgy (now the Department of Materials Science) and continued there until her retirement. We shared our continuing love of

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BARBARA CLAGUE

Barbara returned to college in the 1960s to study Sociology in London. She went on to lecture in Social History and then turned to education management, running a department at Bromley College in South London and becoming something of an authority on social work training. She moved from her college role to become the CEO of CAIPE, an organisation promoting inter-professional teaching whereby, for example, social work professionals and healthcare staff could be taught training modules at the same time while studying for different degrees. Barbara was also very active in supporting community, healthcare and educational organisations. She was either a non-executive director or otherwise worked for the Prisoners’ Wives, the Voice of the Child in Care, Queen Mary’s Healthcare Trust, Blackheath Conservatoire and Sydenham High School. In 2004 she was awarded an MBE for services to education and the community in south-east London.

1932–20 22 (COWIN, N C 195 1)

Barbara was born in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents were based there as her father was a District Veterinary Officer. During the Second World War she returned to England, where she was looked after by her aunt and started school in Whitehaven in Cumberland. After her parents returned from Africa they moved to the Isle of Man and Barbara attended the Buchan School in Castletown where she became Head Girl. She was a good athlete and particularly enjoyed swimming. She was recognised for her bravery after she entered the sea to try to save a drowning man she had spotted struggling from the shore. She read History at Cambridge in the 1950s and earned a Blue swimming for the university. She enjoyed her time at Newnham immensely and afterwards remained in touch with several College friends including Joan Bakewell, Gillian Comins and Claire Tomalin. She married a Manxman, David Clague, in the Isle of Man, but they decided to move to London to start their married life together. Barbara had two boys there and lived the rest of her life in Blackheath.

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JANE SUSAN COOPER

(NC 1952), and their friendship was lifelong. In each new posting, Jane sought a Christian Community with whom she could worship and a communal need she could help with. Notable among these was visiting, with food, clothing and treats, a camp of beggars in Tabora, Tanzania, which mercifully was taken in hand by Mother Theresa’s Missionaries of Charity. Jane loved craft work. She made clothes and furnishings, knitted, did patchwork and spinning. Her last work, a brilliant patchwork blanket of knitted squares, she gifted to her grandson James and his fiancée, who marry this year. Jane died of tumours in her brain; dearly loved and greatly missed by her family and many friends.

1940 –2022 ( WE ST WO O D, N C 1958)

Jane read English and Theology at Newnham, and gained a PGCE at the Institute of Education in London, where she met Malcolm who was studying to teach English as a Foreign Language. They married in 1962, and taught in Tanzania, where both their children were born, until 1969. With the British Council they then lived and worked successively in Nigeria, Malaysia, Germany, Senegal and Belgium. Jane was a great reader, and especially loved children’s books. In Munich she found her perfect literary home in the International Children’s Library, and decided to do a Diploma in Librarianship at Aberystwyth so she could work there officially, which she did from 1986 to 1988. Her own library included most of the books of the Victorian children’s author Mrs Molesworth, and Jane wrote and published a finely researched biography of her, which won the Harvey Darton Award of the Children’s Books History Society in 2004. Jane was a committed Christian, and was significantly helped in her spiritual life when her Director of Studies at Newnham introduced her to Sister Verena, Community of the Holy Name

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University while Paul worked in the Computer Science Department there. In 1976–7, when Paul received a Humboldt Scholarship for research collaboration in Germany, Margaret volunteered as a Research Worker at the Diabetes Research Unit at Schwabing Hospital in Munich. Margaret and Paul made two trips to South Africa. On the latter, they also visited Paul’s brother in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, where law and order was rapidly deteriorating. Together they worked to get the family relocated to the United States. After Paul died in 1999, Margaret moved to Bellingham, Washington, to be closer to her family in Vancouver. There she served her community through volunteer work until her health failed. She did not want a funeral but would be delighted that her story as a woman scientist was shared with fellow members of Newnham.

MARGARET MARION DE MAINE 1930–20 22 (MOODI E , N C 195 3 )

Margaret graduated with honours in Chemistry from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada in 1951. She was the top student in Arts and Science that year, and won awards and national scholarships for study abroad. After her master’s degree she came to Cambridge to start her PhD in Radiochemistry under the direction of Professor Alfred G. Maddock (1917–2009). She completed her PhD thesis in two years and received her degree in 1955, but stayed on as a postdoc for another two years. She loved her time in Cambridge and kept in touch with Dr and Mrs Maddock by phone until they died. Margaret convinced two other UBC women, Lenore McEwan and myself, to go to Cambridge University for further studies. The three of us shared a flat and dined in Newnham once a week. A year before leaving for Cambridge, Margaret had met Paul de Maine. They married after Margaret completed her PhD. Paul moved from one postdoc position to another in the US, with Margaret taking part-time research or teaching positions in the same area. In 1968 she joined Steve Benkovic’s research group in the Chemistry Department at Pennsylvania State

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KATHARINE DRAPER

in the South Pare mountains with no electricity and snakes in the cupboards. They ran a famous study looking at malaria elimination, which included the largest survey conducted in East Africa in the 1950s. The programme was deemed very successful and a visiting administrator from the Colonial Office said, 'Malaria is beaten' – although sadly this turned out not to be true. After this they moved to Nigeria, returning to the UK in the early 1960s to live in Kent. By this time they had two daughters with another coming along soon. Once the children were at school, Katharine returned to medicine, working first in family planning, and in family planning and community health in South London. She was dedicated to her patients and continued working until she was 72. Katharine was an extraordinary woman who led an extraordinary life and is remembered by many with great love.

19 27–2022 ( PAT E RSO N , N C 1945 ) Strong, wise, warm, energetic, adventurous, generous, sociable, a raconteur, intelligent, interested in everyone and everything – these are just some of the ways that Katharine Draper (née Paterson), who died in October 2022 at the age of 95, has been described. She read Medicine at Newnham and was just one of ten women among an intake of 200 medical students. At times this was challenging. The mostly male lecturers were uncomfortable with the women examining naked male patients. Their solution to this was to find blind men for the clinical sessions. Katharine loved her time at Newnham and made many lifelong friends. And the war was over, the lights had come back on and suddenly life was brighter and more fun. She completed her medical training at St George’s Hospital and after qualifying worked as a junior doctor in the newly established NHS, first in London and then Coventry. While working there she met Christopher Draper, who had just been appointed to head a five-year research programme on malaria in Tanganyika. They married swiftly and set off on a Union Castle boat to East Africa. They lived there very happily

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Goodbye lissie Uve joined the upstairs committee The city above A place of love Or maybe nothing And Im sure ud have something To say about that, Especially today And like James u probably With no apology With no delay Say what you mean In any scene Even if it hurts a bit Opinions at the dinner table split But who cares U never got scared And I enjoyed knowing what u thought U fantastically held court A quick mind Combined With a conviction For cryptic fiction U loved to tell a story Oh the glory Of what my parents did before me So take a bow Farewell for now U were louder than the stage show of life And who knows what is after this life I hope you deafen everyone in heaven As you enter in splendour And please be witty In the holy city.

ELISABETH MARY (LISSIE) EVANS 195 2–2023 ( NC 1971) Lissie studied Architecture, one of only two Newnhamites to do so in our year. After Cambridge she worked on housing in London, the Caribbean and Norway, but in her thirties she retrained as an osteopath. There she found her professional calling, with a special interest in working with babies and children. We all met very early on in our Newnham careers, most of us on our first night at our Sidgwick Hall Tutor’s welcome party. Lissie was always keen to go out and try everything Cambridge had to offer, so off we all went on our bikes to all sorts of eclectic lectures, events and parties. She was very independent and one of a kind, but also great fun and a very loyal friend. After a stroke in June 2022, she was supported by her women friends until the end, particularly her Newnham friends. We can think of no better tribute than to include a poem (opposite) written by Cat Utting, the daughter of another close friend:

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leading practice Allies and Morrison (architects of Newnham’s Rosalind Franklin building), where she contributed to major projects including the refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall. In 2007 she was appointed Head of Design Review at the government’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, evaluating important planning applications. Back at Allies and Morrison she co-authored Fabric of Place (2014) and worked at the firm’s Cambridge office until 2017. In parallel she was an active Director of Studies at Trinity Hall and supporter of Newnham College. With undiminished energy and determination, and despite impaired mobility, during the pandemic Di set up and ran ‘What To Do Today?’, a programme of online studios for creative collaboration, with over 100 participants. Di’s architectural enthusiasm was reflected in the house she and William designed in Cambridge, and in both her children’s choice of Architecture as a career. She had an exceptional gift for friendship and remained in touch with numerous friends, colleagues and students, leaving a legacy of buildings, writings and affection.

194 9 –20 22 ( N C 1968)

Architecture was a constant presence in Di’s life. She grew up in a house designed by her architect father in Kendal, and would do her homework in the office of the architectural practice he founded. Ambitious as ever, Di won a place to study Architecture at Newnham in 1968. After qualifying, Di worked with top London practices HKPA (architects of the University Centre) and Foster Associates (architects of the Law Faculty building). Returning to Cambridge, she researched activity patterns in primary schools and began architectural teaching. In 1977 she married fellow Architecture student William Fawcett. In 1982, their young family moved to Hong Kong, where Di taught Architecture at Hong Kong University. In Cambridge again from 1985, Di divided her time between family commitments, teaching in the Department of Architecture, small-scale architectural practice and a study of the Arts & Crafts architect M. H. Baillie Scott, which led to a monograph and an exhibition at Kettle’s Yard in 1995. By 1996 her children were more self-reliant and Di began full-time work in London at the

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marked by a characteristically witty and vivacious speech from Victoria. It is testament to her courage that we all remained so hopeful throughout what would be her final year. Vicki dealt with the challenges of living with bowel cancer with honesty and good humour, holding court (and even a hen party) from her hospital bed. She loved to travel and was determined not to waste a minute of the time she had. We all treasure the memories of a Caribbean holiday with her last February. We will remember Victoria as the funniest – and the most fun – person in any room. We miss her every day, but know she would want us to follow her spirited example.

1989–2022 ( NC 2008)

To know Victoria, and to be welcomed into her circle after meeting her in our first week at Newnham, was a gift. Fiercely intelligent, Vicki thought, said and questioned, where others were too anxious to do so. At Cambridge, she embraced myriad facets of student life, from representing the university at skiing and Newnham at netball, hockey and rowing, to singing in a choir (and down the corridors, from Clough to Old Hall and even, on occasion, in the library). She managed all this alongside her academic studies, graduating with First Class Honours in Land Economy. After a successful period working in finance, Vicki undertook a master’s degree in Psychology, later finding her calling as a leadership consultant focussed on venture capital founders. It is fitting that she ended up championing people, given her magnetic personality. Though Vicki had the talent for making friends wherever she went, she valued her relationships deeply: she was a beloved daughter, sister, niece, cousin, friend and wife to Angus. Their wedding day, just a few weeks before she passed away, was bursting with love and laughter,

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JOSEPHINE HASLEWOOD

After her mother died in 1995, Josephine, by now essentially blind, remained in her familiar home living alone and independently for another twenty-five years, supported by loyal friends and the local church community. She continued to teach French and German privately, travelled widely with friends across Europe, the USA and India, and was active in the local community as school governor, member of the church pastoral care team and bereavement counsellor. She lived life to the full, refusing to be thought of as blind. Covid and the lockdown in 2020 affected her profoundly and brought her independent life to an end. A series of debilitating mishaps necessitated transfer to a local nursing home, where she died in June 2022, serene and uncomplaining. Josephine bequeathed the residue of her estate to Newnham College to establish the Josephine Haslewood Endowed Fund to help support students researching some aspect of French language or literature.

1941 –2022 ( N C 1960) Josephine was a well-travelled, highly proficient, respected and loved teacher of French and German. She lived her whole life in the house where she was born, in Bournville, Birmingham, sustained by a profound and active Christian faith. Her lifelong steadfast determination and linguistic abilities were an inspiration to all who knew her. She was an only child who excelled at school and gained an exhibition to study French and German at Newnham, graduating in 1963. However, while there, three tragedies struck which moulded her subsequent life: her father died unexpectedly in her first term; her fiancé was killed in a motorcycle accident (after this she never married); and she discovered she had an eye condition that would inexorably destroy her sight. She went on to teach French and German at Edgbaston High School, Birmingham from 1964, rising to Head of Modern Languages in 1970. However, failing sight led to her relinquishing this post in 1978; subsequently she used her language skills creatively and flexibly (private tuition, examining, translating, adult education, etc.).

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(IRENE) JEAN HEAD

to acknowledge or grasp before. A pride, not only for myself, not only for earlier Cambridge women, but for all women over the centuries unable to reach their potential in an unchallenged patriarchal society.’ Jean thought deeply throughout her life, and found the peace she needed in the Cotswolds. We quoted from one of her own poems on her grave, in the natural burial ground where she now lies, surrounded by the wild flowers, grasses, trees and the birds she so loved:

1925 –2022 ( ALLISON , N C 1943 )

Jean was at Cambridge from 1943 to 1949, but it was not until 1988 – when she, with nearly 1,000 other women, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of degrees for women – that she wrote that the weekend had given ‘a value to her Cambridge years unknown by me before’. Only in hindsight did she truly value herself and recognise her worth. By the end of her first year at Newnham, she was awarded a Mary Ewart Scholarship. In later re-reading of letters from Professor Harry Goodwin after she ceased being his research assistant, she realised she most likely could have stayed on in Cambridge, helping to pioneer his newly emerging field of study, continuing her research into the importance of lowland peat and many other passions. Her recording of her life includes many cuttings, contemporary letters and memories. One photo in her book, marked ‘Recognition’, is of Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother, visiting Cambridge on 21 October 1948, to receive the first degree conferred on a woman. Jean wrote, ‘The 1998 weekend [gave] me a pride in a part of my life I was unable

‘Outer rhythm quietens, Inner stillness: present moment: Eternal, now.’ Much missed by her friends, son Martin, daughter Al, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Martin Head (son)

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working in the university bookshops and bringing up her five children. She moved to Cambridge in 1974 when Jeremy took up a new position to administer the establishment of the University's School of Clinical Medicine. Virginia resumed her early career, teaching English Language, Classics and Classical Civilisation to various levels at St Andrew's Tutorial Centre and The Cambridge Centre for Sixth Form Studies. She also undertook freelance proofreading and editorial work for Cambridge University Press, her largest assignment being to proofread the New Cambridge Paragraph Bible. Virginia enjoyed 63 years of marriage to Jeremy until his death in 2016 and is survived by her five children and ten grandchildren.

19 27–2022 ( FR I T H, N C 1946 )

Virginia was born in Madras, where her father served in the British Indian Army. Her early schooling was in England, but at the outset of the Second World War she travelled to Montreal with her Canadian mother, while her father was a prisoner-of-war in Singapore. She returned to England in 1941, surviving a treacherous Atlantic convoy voyage, to attend Cheltenham Ladies College (where she was Head Girl) and thereafter as a Scholar to read Classics at Newnham. While at Newnham, Virginia won a Blue for cricket and half-Blues for lacrosse and fencing, and she also met her future husband, Jeremy Howe, a history undergraduate and choral scholar at St John's. After completing her degree, Virginia taught Classics at three different schools. She married Jeremy in 1953 and the following year they set off together to live and work in West Africa. She spent ten years in Africa, where she taught English and lectured at The Gambia's Teachers' Training College. Before returning to England, she wrote the words for The Gambia's national anthem, set to music composed by Jeremy. Virginia spent the next decade in Birmingham,

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ANGELYN A. KONUGRES COUPOUNAS

College in 1946 and earned a master’s degree at the Los Angeles County Hospital at the University of Southern California Medical School in 1948 with a focus on blood transfusion medicine. For the next nine years, she directed the Los Angeles County blood bank. With a research fellowship, she came to Cambridge and, in 1959, became the world’s first recipient of a PhD in immunohaematology, a field so new that it did not yet have a name. Dr Konugres studied under Dr Robin Coombs, the renowned immunologist, discoverer of the Coombs test used for detecting antibodies in various clinical scenarios, such as Rh disease and blood transfusion. Dr Konugres and Dr Coombs maintained a lifelong friendship until Dr Coombs’ passing in 2006. Dr Konugres was an active alumna of Newnham, returning to visit the College many times throughout her life.

1923–2023 ( KONUG R E S , N C 1956 )

Dr Konugres was a pioneering scientist who led a life of purpose and dedication to science, medicine, family and community. The world’s first recipient of a PhD in immunohaematology, discoverer of two rare blood types and a longtime Harvard Medical School faculty member, Dr Konugres was recognised internationally as an authority on haemolytic disease of the newborn, neonatal blood diseases and transfusion therapy. She authored the book Eradication of Hemolytic Diseases of the Newborn as well as many articles for medical and scientific journals. She was an early proponent of and contributor to the development of an antigen for the protection of newborns against haemolytic anaemia – the Rh immune globulin (RhoGAM) antigen. Before RhoGAM, haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn due to Rh(D) incompatibility was a major cause of foetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. RhoGAM has saved millions of babies’ lives worldwide since its widespread adoption in the 1960s. Dr Konugres graduated from Colorado

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HELEN MARGARET LANGEMANN

specifically on the role of amino acids for neurotransmission in connection with diseases such as Parkinson’s and Encephalomyelitis, and similar fields. Despite being widowed at an early age, she very much enjoyed her retirement, taking care of her huge garden and her cats, and travelling regularly, either to visit friends and family, or taking part in field trips to study plants or animals. She also had time for her many hobbies such as playing the recorder, going to the theatre and concerts, and swimming. In her late eighties her health began to deteriorate due to lymphoma and the onset of dementia. She passed away peacefully on 16 December 2022.

1931 –2022 ( HI GSO N , N C 1949)

Helen Higson was born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1931. Her parents were both chemists. During the War, she and her family moved to Canada, where her father was involved in research into heavy water. Upon returning to the UK before the end of the war, she attended Hawnes School for Girls in Bedfordshire. She went on to win a scholarship to Cambridge, and read Natural Sciences at Newnham, completing her education with a PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1955. She subsequently took on jobs as a research chemist for Shell PLC in Woodstock near Sittingbourne, and as a chemistry teacher in Sleaford. In 1960, she married Albert Langemann, a Swiss chemist whom she had met while both were studying for their PhDs at Cambridge, and moved to Basel in Switzerland. The couple had two children, a son, born in 1961 and a daughter, born in 1963. In 1969, she began working for the Department of Research at Basel’s Cantonal Hospital (now University of Basel) in the field of biomedicine, a job she held for over thirty years until the age of seventy. Her lab’s research focus lay on neurobiology,

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HENRIETTA NORA ‘HETTA’ NORMAN

suffered changed her life forever, and her work was subsequently restricted to repairing china – although her love of oriental art and archaeology continued. One of her interests was the Japanese art of Kintsugi: putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold so the breaks are emphasised, not concealed. It creates a new and unique and resilient piece of art, a metaphor for her own life. After the accident, church became a place of solace for her. Her other solace was her dogs, first Leo and then Sebbie, and the days spent walking them on Tooting Common. Hetta was fearless, confident, feisty and never ever dull. She was a very dear friend, daughter and sister, and is greatly missed.

1956–2022 (NC 1975 )

Born in Uganda, and educated in Kenya, Yorkshire and Suffolk, Hetta studied Archaeology and Anthropology at Newnham. Forever proud of being a Cambridge graduate, and of achieving a Cambridge half-Blue in fencing (Suffolk Ladies Champion, no less), she also loved student life – and was the life and soul of every party she attended. Following Cambridge, she completed a postgraduate degree in Oriental Studies at SOAS in London, becoming an expert in Chinese archaeology. Her working life began at the Imperial War Museum, where she helped organise exhibitions. This was followed by a spell in publishing at Academic Press, before joining PA Consultancy as a recruitment consultant. After leaving Cambridge for London, she became the founding organiser of an annual June (not May!) Ball at the Arts Club in Dover Street. The balls were a great success and helped launch bands like Harvey and the Wallbangers. Her career at PA Consultancy was taking off when, in 1984, she had an accident on her adored Vespa scooter. The head injury she

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ANNA O’DONOVAN

MBA. She worked for CAD, Cambridgeshire Council and Cambridge University Press, and taught briefly at Bedales. Her colleagues praise her clear thinking, common sense, determination and dynamism. Politically Anna was a Liberal, pragmatic rather than romantic. She had a rational outlook, marvelling that people could believe in, say, astrology. But once that was established, she would tolerate any view that didn’t harm anyone else. Anna recovered totally from an oral cancer in 1998. A recurrence in 2020 went well initially, but untreatable secondaries developed. She accepted this gracefully, thankful for the twentyfive extra years she’d had with our son David, of whom she was immensely proud. She is sorely missed.

19 56–20 22 ( N C 1974)

Anna enjoyed telling people her father was the son of a Catholic priest and watching a question form in their eyes, if not lips. She spent her teen years in Jersey, from where her mother had been evacuated during the War. Jersey College for Girls declared a half-day holiday when Anna received her Cambridge offer, although it could not support Maths and Physics A-levels. For these she attended lessons at a nearby boys’ school. Her half-sister Mary Anne (NC 1960) had also attended Newnham and predeceased Anna by a year. She formed several lifelong Newnham friendships. I was a Trinity contemporary and we bonded over sheep-stealing! A Varsity handbook from that time depicted King’s Chapel from the Backs with sheep in the foreground. For reasons now unclear, we kidnapped one of these, punted it downriver and released it in Trinity Great Court. From partners in crime to life partners was a short step. Anna applied her fierce intelligence widely, driven by a desire to improve the way things were run. She followed her Maths degree with a masters in Control Engineering, and later an

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RUTH MARY ODELL

In November 2022, a few weeks before her death, Ruth attended a lunch at Newnham. Despite the fact that she was recovering from a chest infection, she regaled all with stories from her student days. After her death, the Principal wrote, ‘It was a truly memorable encounter; to chat to someone who had vivid memories of Newnham during the War, before women could be awarded full degrees, and who was one of the pioneering women doctors.’ In 1998 Ruth had returned to be retrospectively awarded her full degree. Ruth was highly accomplished, and on top of her achievements in science at school, was Head of Games, and later a Cambridge Blue in netball (she is pictured above in her Cambridge Blue netball blazer). She maintained all her interests into old age, such as gardening, acting as a church deacon and solving cryptic crosswords daily. Her love of sport gave her huge pleasure, and she attended keep fit classes right up until a week before her death.

1923–2022 ( LICE NC E , N C 1942 )

Ruth Odell was a fiercely independent woman, known for her kindness, high standards, intelligence, ‘no nonsense’ approach to life and her active energy until the end. At her family memorial lunch held at Newnham shortly after her death, two days before what would have been her hundredth birthday, her extended family gathered, including her eight greatgrandchildren. They were pleased to be at Newnham, where Ruth studied Medicine and Natural Sciences. Growing up in Walthamstow in London, she attended the local girls’ school, Walthamstow High School. So unusual was it for a pupil to become a doctor, the headline of a report in the local newspaper in 1947 read ‘Holiday for High School to Celebrate Old Girl’s Success’. She had just been appointed Junior House Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital, London. She also worked as a doctor in some of the very early family planning clinics in London, pioneering this aspect of medicine. Throughout her life, she continued her work, interspersed with raising three girls and caring for her husband Jack (also a doctor) after a stroke.

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SUSAN MARY OXBURY

surgical treatment of their severe epilepsy. The aim was to contribute towards predicting seizure outcome and possible unwanted effects. She was a leading authority in the field with an international presence and published widely. Her work was much influenced by that of Professor Brenda Milner FRS (NC 1936) whose department at the Montreal Neurological Institute she visited several times. She travelled abroad to meetings once or twice a year, and in particular much enjoyed annual meetings of the International Neuropsychology Symposium. I (John) first met Sue in 1958 in Cambridge. We entered the Oxford Neurology Department in the same year, married in 1966 and retired together in 2000. Sue enormously enjoyed the next nineteen years before her first cancer emerged. With great delight she devoted herself to our three daughters and five grandchildren. She created two gardens that we much enjoyed, painted with considerable skill, cooked and entertained with panache, and we travelled. She was wonderful and we all miss her so much.

1937–20 22 ( GA R D I N E R , N C 1956 )

Sue was born in Hereford, educated at Malvern Girls College and matriculated in 1956 having declined the offer of an Oxford scholarship because she favoured Newnham. She read Mathematics first, then Experimental Psychology where she was much influenced by Professor Oliver Zangwill. She greatly enjoyed Newnham and made lifelong friends. After graduating she trained in Clinical Psychology at Oxford, followed by a brief period at the Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases. In 1965 she was appointed to start a clinical neuropsychology service within the Oxford Neurology Department. She developed a sub-department for adults and children, with teaching and research, directed towards diagnosis and monitoring treatment. Her gift of listening patiently and observing made her a shrewd general neurological diagnostician. She became an NHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Clinical Neurology at Oxford University. One of her main interests was the use of neuropsychology in the preoperative

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GIOIETTA KUO PETRAVIC

Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb, embarking on careers in physics where they were often only a hallway apart. They returned to England in 1961, first working at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy. Years later, Gioietta took a position as Research Fellow at St Hilda’s College, Oxford. Settling in the small town of Abingdon, they began to raise two sons. In June 1977, Gioietta took up a position at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Summer road trips across the Alps were traded for road trips across the Rockies. In retirement, Gioietta’s academic focus drove her to author many independent papers, ranging in topics from energy to climate change, published in academic journals. Gioietta began hospice care in mid-June, happy to be at home with family, and passing away gracefully in her sleep following an evening of laughter and ice cream. Her husband of 64 years, Marijan, was as always at her side.

1933–2023 ( KUO , N C 195 1)

Gioietta, age 13, boarded the ocean liner SS Champollion in Shanghai, China in January of 1947. Travelling with her two brothers, she arrived in Marseille, France two months later. Living between cultures would become a part of her. Her father, living in Paris, had sent for his three children to join him. In her early years, Gioietta’s family had lived in Chengdu where she led an idyllic childhood of rickshaw rides to school and briefly even a panda bear as a pet. Gioietta would go on to live in France, England, Yugoslavia and the USA. Even in her twenties she thought herself too Westernised to be Chinese, too European to be English, too English to be French. Starting Badminton School with only twenty words of English, she found academic comfort in maths and sciences. Four years later she enrolled at Newnham aspiring to be a nuclear physicist in a field where women were rare. Always a brilliant student, she went on to earn her PhD in Physics at the University of Birmingham. During her PhD studies she also met her future husband, Marijan Petravic. They both joined the

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ELLEN ELIZABETH RICE

innumerable reviews. She was appointed to a Junior Research Fellowship at Wolfson College, Oxford in 1978, and progressed to a Senior Research Fellowship and membership of the Governing Body in 1988, serving for seven years as Appeals Administrator and ten as Domestic Bursar. She taught the Alexander the Great option for the University, tutored and examined, did a stint as Senior Pro-Proctor and was a member of the University Delegacy for Military Instruction. We met at Wolfson (Oxford) in 1978, and for many years she took me each spring to explore the remains of ancient civilisations around the Mediterranean and beyond. In the summers she would accompany me as I carried out my geological, and our oenological explorations of France.

19 51–20 23 ( N C 1973 )

Ellen was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. She attended the Ellis School in Pittsburgh, where her fascination with Greek and Latin began. She gained a BA Summa Cum Laude double major in Latin and Greek in 1973 at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, was admitted to Newnham later that year and gained a BA in Classics two years later. In 1975 she moved to Somerville College, Oxford, where she obtained her PhD on ‘The Pompe of Ptolemy Philadelphus by Kallixeinos of Rhodes’ in 1980. It was published by Oxford University Press in 1983. In the late 1990s, Ellen was approached by Sutton Publishing to contribute biographies of Alexander the Great and Cleopatra to their Sutton Pocket Biographies series. Alexander was first published in 1997, with a second edition in 2004; there was a Greek version, one with a cover at least in Chinese, and a version published in Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro in 2005; in all there were seven editions. Cleopatra was published in 1999. Otherwise there were biographies in Who Was Who in the Greek World, publications on ancient Rhodes (notably the grottos), texts of Rhodian family monuments and

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NORMA SYBIL RINSLER

personal and generous act, to which one brings one’s whole self, but as invisibly as possible. Norma was a generous, persistent and very skilled teacher. When my father had a stroke at seventy, she spent hours with him, day after day, teaching and encouraging him until he spoke and walked again. Their contented retirement meant holidays in their caravan. They were always avid concertgoers. After my father’s death in 2019 she remained strong and incisive, completing the Times crossword daily and offering her quietly passionate love to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Sharp-minded until the last day, she died peacefully on 10 May 2023. Alas.

1927–20 23 (LE E , NC 1946 )

Norma Rinsler belonged to a generation who paved the way for modern women to be both mothers and successful professionals. Early on, she balanced a young family with teaching; eventually at King’s College London. At that time, even clearly brilliant academic women were not promoted – it took years to gain tenure. However, a new head of department brought a rapid rise to Reader, then Professor. Her administrative and personnel skills meant that she became Vice-Principal of the College and then Dean of the University Faculty of Arts. Her interests were wide: a major achievement was to secure for King’s the archive of the Adam International Review – priceless original artwork and manuscripts by key figures of the twentieth century. She sub-edited Modern Poetry in Translation. The French Government named Norma Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques in 1989 for contributions to French culture. Translation: she loved the right word in the right place, the way a teacher can fade out as the pupil becomes more confident. Translation: a supremely intellectual, yet

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PATRICIA (PAT) ROBINSON

management, rising to Principal Administrator in Swindon. Later she married Francis Robinson (Trinity 1963) and had her children Andrew and Eleanor. Once they were teenagers, she qualified as a teacher and taught Economics at Lady Eleanor Holles school in Hampton, where she was much appreciated by pupils and staff and rose to be Head of Department. After she retired, it took a total of three teachers to do what Pat had managed alone. Pat was a loyal and kind friend, as witnessed by her concern for others. Talking with the residents of the local nursing home gave them and her a great deal of pleasure. She was president and treasurer of the University of London ladies’ luncheon club, respected for her blunt practicality. She met with us regularly and her sudden death was a shock to all, especially as we had met up so recently. We shall miss her.

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Pat was a long-standing friend to her Clough group and had enjoyed keeping in touch with visits and trips over sixty years. Just a few days before she died, she attended our sixtieth reunion and enjoyed seeing old friends. Despite a serious, chronic illness, she outdid the medical prognosis by surviving more than fifty years. She had an excellent career as a teacher and would have made a good hospital manager, but marriage and motherhood took over for a while. Pat attended Stevenage Girls’ Grammar School and was accepted to Newnham only to find she was at the head of a waiting list. Thankfully, someone failed to attend at the start of term, so she arrived to read Economics, only missing Freshers’ week. She played Ladies’ Varsity hockey and developed a lifelong love of music. In the last long vac she joined an archaeological expedition to investigate a Roman/Carthaginian settlement, Leptis Magna, not only driving a Land Rover, but also working as chief cook and treasurer; the accounts were immaculate, accurate and, above all, balanced. She started her career in NHS hospital

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CONSTANCE EVELYN ROLLETT

a job as a social worker and completed an MA in Sociology. She and John were great travellers, both for scientific conferences and holidays, mostly in the sunnier parts of Europe. After John died in 1995, she became an adventurous traveller and hugely enjoyed visits to places like Turkey, Syria, Egypt and Russia. She sustained a keen interest in politics, poetry and music. She sang in a local choral society most of her life and frequented the opera. Later in life she joined the U3A participating in walking, poetry, opera and gardens. She will be greatly missed by family and friends.

1930–20 22 (MILLWA R D , N C 1948)

Constance grew up in a working-class family in Leeds. She was evacuated to nearby Otley during the War and enjoyed the village and her host family. Thanks to minimal bombing, she was able to return home and attend Lawnswood grammar school where she did well, especially in languages. She made an extended visit to Paris in 1946 as a sixth-former. As she put it, ‘I would rate French bourgeois cuisine the best and the one I am most likely to turn to’, and her family was eternally grateful for that. She won a place at Cambridge to study Modern Languages, after which she took jobs in London that included a short stint with MI6. She met John Rollett in a church choir at home during his PhD. Having decided to marry after he had already left for a postdoc position at Caltech in Los Angeles, the journey to the States in 1953 was an adventure. They returned to the UK for John to take up a position at Oxford University. Of their four children, Anthony and Helen survive her and Mark and Penny pre-deceased her. She took classes in Sociology and did research from which she published 'Population and Family’ in a book on social statistics. She then found

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SHEILA MARGARET SHINMAN

She studied for her doctorate at Brunel University and became an Honorary Associate Lecturer, and her first book, A Chance for Every Child, based on her PhD research, was published in 1981. Her deep involvement in Home Start and Home Start International from the 1970s onwards included the publication of Family Album in 1994 and many research papers written and delivered during the 2000s. Widowed in 2003, Sheila proved herself an independent traveller, going to Canada, the USA, Israel and Ireland on many trips. She also developed strong local bonds with community groups from her home on the Yorkshire moors, being a Trustee for some, and found entertainment with her budgie Toby who spoke ‘English, French, German, Yiddish and Chaffinch’ as he would tell visitors. A keen and talented botanist, pianist and thespian, Sheila lived life to the full, enjoying her garden, her friends and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is much missed by many.

19 27–2023 ( HA R R I S , N C 195 1)

Sheila was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Though both her parents came from Hull and the town (as it then was) and Yorkshire always had a strong pull on the family, they moved to Cambridge where Sheila went to school. She graduated from King’s College, London, in English, French and History in 1950 and then studied at Newnham. She worked at a Swiss finishing school (Charlie Chaplin’s daughter Geraldine was one of her pupils). Travelling again she met her husband to be, Sidney Shinman, in then Yugoslavia in 1955 and they were married for nearly fifty years. They were both avid supporters of CND and Sheila supported War on Want and Save the Children charities and was a member and Elder of Uxbridge Friends for many decades. They had two daughters, Susan and Ann, and it was as a young mother in the suburbs that Sheila developed her passion for early childhood socialisation and development. She was instrumental in the development of PPA (Pre School Playgroups), and later of NCMA (National Childminding Association, now PACEY), being a busy Researcher/Advisor in that organisation.

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PATRICIA ANN STAPLETON

both moving to Associated Rediffusion, one of the new ITV companies, which launched that year. While covering Wimbledon she told me how nice it was, on breaks, to watch the tennis and eat strawberries. In the late fifties my mother left Rediffusion to start a family and we moved to Charmouth in 1969 to run a hotel. After my father died, she enthusiastically served on the Parish Council and the village committees of the British Legion, Wrens Association and the Dorset Cambridge Society. She was a founding member of Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre and volunteered there for many years. My mother was a glass-half-full person who took every opportunity that presented itself, and so led a rewarding and rich life. She is irreplaceable and sorely missed.

1924–20 22 (CRUXTO N , N C 1946 )

Leaving school in 1943 my mother served in the Women's Royal Naval Service before coming up to Cambridge to study Natural Sciences. She loved Newnham, enjoyed May Balls and found time to take up rowing, being part of the ladies crew who beat Oxford in 1948. She supported the light blues enthusiastically every year. After graduating my mother was a reluctant teacher, complaining that her male colleagues were more childish than the boys. So when, in 1951, a job at Pye in Cambridge came up, both the work and a return to the city attracted her. Pye were developing television technology, quite familiar to a former Wren radar mechanic who started as a graduate apprentice but soon became a development laboratory engineer. The small research department was friendly and inclusive. My mother was lucky enough to demonstrate Pye apparatus in Brussels, Copenhagen, Milan, Baghdad and New Zealand. She visited the Festival of Britain, demonstrated an early videophone in 1952 and watched their pioneering coverage of the Coronation in colour. My parents met at Pye and married in 1955,

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JUDITH TALLENTS

once there she switched to Agriculture. The College wasn't entirely happy, as it was the early years of women being awarded degrees and they very definitely wanted scientists. However, for her it was a good move; wartime shortages had influenced her. She wanted to produce good food, with care, for others and so she remained involved in Agriculture for most of her life. She always treasured her time at Newnham, remembering the friends she made there with great affection right up until the end; she was the last of her group to go.

19 29 –2023 ( G O O D I SO N , N C 1949)

Judy had an unusual childhood. At the outbreak of the Second World War, she refused to be evacuated to America so was one of only a handful of children remaining in Highgate. Living at the top of the hill she saw the War unfold below her, watching the planes of the first air raids come up the Thames. Her father coached her in defensive machine gun tactics for when the Germans came up the High Street. She sat on the roof of the public conveniences for a whole night, watching London burning in the Blitz. Food and consumables of any sort were scarce and life was mostly very dull. So, for her, Cambridge was hugely liberating, even though the War had been over for several years. Her contemporaries were interesting people who, though studying diligently, also felt the need for fun and enjoyed life to the full. It was a unique mix; some students were very much older than her, having been to war. Ex-commandos viewed the College locking the gates at night as an amusing challenge. Judy was an all-rounder academically. She had places at the Slade to study art and Newnham to study Natural Sciences, though

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representations of non-rigid registrations of medical image’.

CAROLE TWINING (1964–2022; NC 198 5 )

She was appointed Lecturer in 2006 and was highly regarded by her students and colleagues. It was her absolute delight to get two ladies from Muslim backgrounds through their doctorates and awarded PhDs. She knew how hard it was for women to achieve success in maths and science. Carole and I met in 2005 and we bonded over a love of Doctor Who (Tom Baker being the best), travel in Antarctica and science fiction. We got married in 2008 and our biggest argument in seventeen years together was about the history of concrete (we had been watching Time Team). We said it gave our marriage a ‘firm foundation’. We enjoyed travelling round the UK and cruises to Norway, Greenland, Iceland and once round the Baltic. Carole retired in 2020 and we enjoyed life together in lockdown for two years. Carole was planning a PhD in Pure Mathematics with the Open University, but she died of sepsis in Yeovil ICU after a short illness. She is greatly missed.

Carole, born and bred in Bristol, showed an early love for Maths and Physics. She played hockey for her school and was very competitive and fierce; traits that stood her in good stead in later life. She attained a BA in Physics from St Hugh’s, Oxford, did the Maths Tripos at Newnham and her PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics at University of Liverpool. At Cambridge, she took up arms in the fight for lesbian, gay and women’s rights, attending marches in London – against the government of the day. Carole did postdoctoral work at Oxford and took up a post as researcher in Medical Imaging and Computer Science at the University of Manchester in 1999. There she was part of a team that won international prizes: 1. The Image Metrics prize for outstanding contribution to model-based computer vision; 2. B est paper at the 7th European Conference on Computer Vision; 3. Runner-up for the Francois Erbsmann Prize for the paper ‘Constructing diffeomorphic

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time felt able to challenge conventional thinking. Later she enjoyed stimulating an interest in Physics in the less able pupils at a secondary school, but it was a poor substitute for what might have been – nevertheless her three children were a joy to her. After John retired, they enjoyed exploring unconventional ways of collective living, with a community called Little Gidding. A flat in Colwyn Bay went some way to answering her sense of hiraeth. They also followed their joint passion for the environment and simple living, chiming with Dilys’s love of thrift. The integrity and passion with which Dilys lived are a testament to the quality of her origins and education. She described her time at Newnham as among the happiest years of her life.

1931 –2023 ( B I RCH, N C 1950)

Dilys’s Welsh name and roots were a source of enduring pride, and where her heart was: ‘the hiraeth is never far away’. She was born in West Kirby in the Wirral, across the estuary from the Welsh hills she grew to love. Her mother was a confectioner, the oldest child of Nell who was Welsh, and the matriarch of the house in which Dilys grew up. The family had very little money, but Dilys later described her childhood as ‘idyllic’. Dilys won a scholarship to the local grammar school and to Newnham, where she studied Physics and Chemistry and met John, her husband. She was probably more intelligent than he was, but this was the 1950s, and women were mostly expected to be wives and mothers. Although John had a successful career as a university lecturer and researcher, Dilys was not so fortunate, and I think it telling that her leaving testimonial from Newnham described her as ‘extremely well qualified for teaching science in a school’ – no mention of an academic career! It is ironic that John might have happily stayed at home to look after the children while Dilys pursued a career in Physics, but neither at that

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orchestra for almost forty years. During holidays to Europe over many years she and Dad collected a large quantity of antiquarian music which was for them to play, but it has now been donated to the Western Music Library as the Drs Whitby Music Collection. After hearing about Margaret's death, the director of the library wrote, ‘I especially appreciate your mother's concern that the books and scores be useful to new generations of musicians. Margaret wanted them to share in the magic of music-making with others.’ Mum loved her home and garden and enjoyed nothing more than when her friends could come over and enjoy tea and interesting conversations. She maintained a steadfast love for her children which seemed to grow as she aged. She died peacefully at home in her 97th year, predeceased by her husband James in 2016. She is much loved and forever missed by her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

1925 –2022 ( JE RWOO D , N C 1943 )

Margaret studied Medicine at Newnham during the War. At Cambridge, Margaret got a half-Blue in field lacrosse and met her husband James singing with the Cambridge University Madrigal Society. She attended her degree ceremony in 1948 with her mother-in-law Lady Ethel Whitby (Murgatroyd, NC 1917). Jim and Margaret had three children while she worked part-time. Jim and Margaret emigrated to Canada in 1971. After requalifying, Margaret continued her medical career working in the Public Health Family Planning Clinic and the Pain Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital for twenty years. Margaret had a great love of music which she and Jim shared. During her first pregnancy she learned to play the cello, which became a lifelong love, both in orchestras and playing chamber music. In London, Ontario they established a regular string quartet with close friends that they continued for the rest of their lives. Margaret was a founding member of the Fanshawe College Orchestra in the 1970s, which became the London Community Orchestra. At that time she became the volunteer manager, continuing in that role while playing in the

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nudged her ever active mind into other avenues including writing a splendid book on eponyms (Hidden Fame) and Bridge. She undertook an advanced diploma in Family History through Oxford University and wrote in an engaging way about her own family, on which she undertook extensive research. Later in life she lamented that she could not 'do more' with her children and five grandchildren, but she often amused them with witty poems and stories and followed their activities closely. Intolerant of her limitations she was fiercely independent and was delighted when hospital appointments in person became phone calls during the pandemic, saving much time. She had a warm and kind personality with a deep emotional intelligence and was much loved by her family and many friends.

1947–2022 ( BA L DWI N , N C 1966 )

Jancis was born in Lincoln on Christmas Day 1947 to Raymond Baldwin, a pathologist, and Mabel (née Ellwood); Julian was her older brother. After science A-levels she read Economics, graduating in 1969. Afterwards she joined the Bank of England's Economic Intelligence Department until 1973. In July 1971, Jancis married Mark, a medical student. Anticipating the need for a 'portable' career, Jancis did the Law Society exams by correspondence course and then articles at Woodford and Ackroyd in Southampton, being enrolled as solicitor in 1976: she then worked for Biddle & Co in London. After two children, Anna and Crispin, she set up a legal practice from home. In 1990, then in Cardiff, Jancis joined the Education Legal Group in the Welsh Assembly Government until she retired, returning to London in 2008. Jancis's life from about 2000 was coloured by a slowly progressive neuromuscular disorder. This caused a gradual eclipse of various skills and abilities – such as singing (CUMS Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, London Oriana Choir), quilting and embroidery – but also

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Portrait of Henry Sidgwick (1905) by Gilbert William Bayes Alongside his academic work, Newnham’s co-founder Henry Sidgwick was active in the business of the University and as a philanthropist. He married Eleanor Balfour, who became the College’s second Principal. Gilbert Bayes was a prominent British artist of the time. His interest in colour shows through in the use of bright blue lapis lazuli in the piece. At the V&A, the room charting the creative process of sculpture is named after him.

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Donations, legacies and bequests These gifts were received from alumnae during the College’s financial year 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023. Thank you. Donations received after 30 June 2023 will be recorded in the next Roll Letter. + Denotes the donor has passed away * Indicates gifts received through Cambridge in America (CAm)

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Dr Anne Logue + (Bolton, NC 1936) Miss Nesta Phillips + (NC 1939) Mrs Kathleen Riches + (Dixon, NC 1938)

Professor Meg Alexiou (Thomson, NC 1958) Mrs Christabel Ames-Lewis (Keith-Roach, NC 1959) Professor Sylvia Barnard (NC 1959)* Mrs Joan Barraclough (Ronald, NC 1952) Mrs Thomasina Beck (Jeal, NC 1954) Mrs Claire Biggart (Moore, NC 1951) Mrs Jocelyn Blackburn (Cockcroft, NC 1953) Dr Shirley Blancke (Booth, NC 1954)* Mrs Daphne Boddington (Fischer-Webb, NC 1958) Mrs Rachel Boulton (Gresford Jones, NC 1957) Dr Barbara Brend (NC 1959) Professor Janet Burroway Ruppert (NC 1958)* Dame Antonia Byatt (Drabble, NC 1954) Mrs Josephine Campbell (Gilbey, NC 1958) Mrs Janet Ceasar (Green, NC 1953)* Mrs Christine Chown + (Hannah, NC 1959) Dr Eleanor Clarke (Bray, NC 1950) Mrs Ruth Clarkson (Powell, NC 1954) Dr Kay Clymo (Luck, NC 1956) Mrs Diane Cox (Williams, NC 1959) Mrs Effie Crompton (Marshall, NC 1955) Rev. Christine Crompton (Kilgour, NC 1958) Dr June Crown (Downes, NC 1956) Mrs Joan Cull (Ross, NC 1952)

1940s Mrs Barbara Dalton + (Elphick, NC 1946) Mrs Katharine Draper + (Paterson, NC 1945) Dr Rosemary Ellwood (Hayball, NC 1949) Miss Mary Gladstone + (NC 1943) Mrs Helen Jones (Stephenson, NC 1943) Dr Helen Langemann + (Higson, NC 1949) Mrs Janet Longden (Lloyd, NC 1948) Dr Margaret Mauldon (Capron, NC 1948)* Mrs Meg McPherson + (Green, NC 1948) Dr Ruth Odell + (Licence, NC 1942) Mrs Diana Phillips (Hakim, NC 1948) Mrs Joy Preston + (Fisher, NC 1946) Mrs Joan Rudd-Jones (Newhouse, NC 1943) Mrs Pat Stapleton + (Cruxton, NC 1946) Miss Helen Walker + (NC 1947) Mrs Rachel Warden (Hudson, NC 1949) Rev. Marion Warman + (NC 1940) Mrs Joyce Wells + (Finlay, NC 1948) Mrs Frances Wolferstan + (Kenchington, NC 1949)

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Mrs Elisabeth Davies (Leedham, NC 1955) Mrs Brenda Davies (Owen, NC 1958) Mrs Jill Day (Mapley, NC 1953) Miss Anne Dennier (NC 1951) Mrs Margaret Dougherty (Waghorn, NC 1955) Mrs Anne Duncumb (Taylor, NC 1950) Mrs Ruth Dunlop (Codd, NC 1959)* Mrs Constance Elliott (Webb, NC 1956) Mrs Marjorie Evans (Ashwell, NC 1956) Mrs Julia Evans (Sykes, NC 1958) Mrs Helga Farnsworth (Remy, NC 1952) Mrs Ursula Farquharson-Roberts + (Hancox, NC 1952) Ms Beatrice Goldie (Sachs, NC 1955) Mrs Jean Gooder (Charlton, NC 1953) Miss Jean Goose (NC 1957) Miss Janet Gough (NC 1959) Miss Meryl Gover (NC 1958) Mrs Judith Grimditch (Walls, NC 1959) Mrs Daphne Groat (Butterwick, NC 1958) Mrs Ann Hall (Stickland, NC 1956) Ms Judith Halnan (Allison, NC 1953) Mrs Jean Hammerton (Taylor, NC 1952) Miss Jill Hancock (NC 1954) Mrs Anne Harris (Hughes, NC 1954) Miss Jean Harrison + (NC 1952) Mrs Bridget Henisch + (Wilsher, NC 1950) Dr Shirley Hill (NC 1951) Mrs Virginia Hole (Adam, NC 1956) Mrs Brenda Hopkin (Clayson, NC 1954) Mrs Olwen Howard (Jenkins, NC 1955) Mrs Val Humphreys (Williams, NC 1954) Emeritus Professor Sonia Jackson (Edelman, NC 1953) Mrs Anne Jackson (Chapman, NC 1959) Mrs Deborah Jeffs (Bevan, NC 1951) Dr Mary Jewell (Cockcroft, NC 1950) Miss Brenda Jillard (NC 1951) Mrs Pat Johnson (Armstrong, NC 1956) Mrs Pippa Kilgour (Johnson, NC 1959) Mrs Jill Kowszun (Poyner, NC 1955) Mrs Mary Lambell (Dicker, NC 1957) Dr Pamela Langlois (Stent, NC 1958)* Ms Sarah LeFanu (NC 1971)

Mrs Ruth Lock (Pembrooke, NC 1957) Mrs Judith Lund (Hill, NC 1954) Professor Ruth Lynden-Bell (Truscott, NC 1956) Miss Mary Machen (NC 1953) Mrs Anne Mathews (Wilcock, NC 1955) Professor Berry Mayall + (Standing, NC 1955) Ms Jean McKenzie (NC 1952) Mrs Rosemary Melling (Lee, NC 1956) in memory of Berry Mayall (Standing, NC 1955) Mrs Mary Mirchandani (Hoyle, NC 1957) Mrs Janet Mordike (Green, NC 1957) Miss Margaret Morrell (NC 1955) Mrs Jennifer Moss + (Hume-Rothery, NC 1953) Dr Hilary Muirhead (NC 1955) Dr Barbara Mullock (Stevens, NC 1952) Miss Jacqueline Muscott (NC 1956) Miss Janet Newell (NC 1957) Mrs Anne Newton (Walker, NC 1958) Dr Alison Newton + (Hinds, NC 1950) Dr Pamela Nightingale (Bottoms, NC 1957) Mrs Sue Oxbury + (Gardiner, NC 1956) Professor Heather Palmer (Bloom, NC 1957)* Mrs Fay Pascoe (Yelland, NC 1954) Mrs Jane Payne (Robinson, NC 1958) Mrs Patricia Peckham (Hughes, NC 1958) Dr Ruth Piatkus (Glynn, NC 1958) Mrs Bernice Read (Reeve, NC 1950) Mrs Anne Renard (Matthews, NC 1956) Mrs Audrey Richards (Jarratt, NC 1959)* Mrs Carol Riddington (Timberlak, NC 1958) Mrs Jo Rushton (Twemlow, NC 1956) Mrs Heather Russell (Brown, NC 1957) Mrs Enid Sage (Hirst, NC 1950) Dr Pat Salaman (Burkett, NC 1957) Mrs Rosalind Scott (Allen, NC 1959) in memory of Christine Chown (Hannah, NC 1959) Mrs Alice Sennett (Haworth, NC 1953) Dr Marjorie Sharp (Hill, NC 1955) Mrs Celia Skrine (Travis, NC 1957) Mrs Gill Stevens (Everall, NC 1957) Mrs Elizabeth Summers (Forster, NC 1952) Mrs Fiona Sutcliffe (Forbes, NC 1953) Mrs Antonia Till (Clapham, NC 1957) Miss Elizabeth Tucker (NC 1955)

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Miss Julia Burden (NC 1968) Ms Margaret Campbell (NC 1966)* Mrs Christine Canham (Jones, NC 1960) Mrs Diane Carr (Golton, NC 1963) Mrs Kathleen Carter (Matchett, NC 1966) Dr Krystyna Chabros + (NC 1966) Miss Mary Clark (NC 1965) Mrs Margaret Clements (Hirst, NC 1964) Dr Sue Coad (Denton, NC 1965) Mrs Sandi Cobb (Rogers, NC 1968) Mrs Jan Cobley (Lowe, NC 1969) Mrs Marie Collister (Pirquet, NC 1967) Dr Frances Cook (Binney, NC 1965) Mrs Jill Cotgrove (Storey, NC 1967) Mrs Jacqueline Cove-Smith (Morgan, NC 1961) Miss Celia Craig (NC 1967) Mrs Jo Cundy (Boyd, NC 1964) Professor Louise Cuzner (MacLeod, NC 1960) Miss Sara Davies (NC 1968) Mrs Margaret de Fonblanque (Prest, NC 1963) Mrs Janet de Luca (Mears, NC 1964) Ms Jenny Desoutter (NC 1964) Miss Moira Dick (NC 1968) Mrs Christine Drewienkiewicz (Bailey, NC 1967) Mrs Susan Eden (Rees, NC 1961) Mrs Katy Edgcombe (Padmore, NC 1963) Miss Margaret Edwards (NC 1961) Mrs Wendy Ellicock (Hadfield, NC 1968) Mrs Mary Emerson (Thomson, NC 1962) Mrs Kate Emerson (Booth, NC 1968) Mrs Jenny Etheridge (Hanson, NC 1962) Mrs Rosemary Evans (Ellis, NC 1961) Mrs Eileen Evers (Short, NC 1968) Dr Ann Farebrother (Fox, NC 1961) Dr Gill Farnsworth (NC 1963) Ms Sally Field (NC 1966) Ms Amanda Finlay (NC 1968) Mrs Marie Finnis (McNally, NC 1962) Mrs Barbara Fireman (Mollett, NC 1962) Mrs Ros Flinn (Johnston, NC 1965) Mrs Mary Francis (George, NC 1967) Mrs Anna Franks (Yarrow, NC 1968) Dr Christine Fraser-Moodie (Beasley, NC 1965) Dr Peggy Frith (Harvey, NC 1967)

Mrs Ann Tusa + (Dowson, NC 1956) Mrs Janet Upward (Hutcheon, NC 1958) Mrs Gillian Wagstaffe + (Arksey, NC 1958) Dr Mary Walbank (Hoskins, NC 1956)* Dr Helen Walker (NC 1958) Mrs Sandra Wall (Hearnshaw, NC 1956) Mrs Myriam Warburton (Rozenblum, NC 1955) Mrs Celia Wells (Cox, NC 1954) Mrs Meg Weston Smith (Milne, NC 1952) Mrs Hilary Whitaker (Stevens, NC 1956) Mrs Judy White (Webster, NC 1951) Ms Barbara Windle (NC 1959)

1960s Miss Elizabeth Abbott (NC 1960) Mrs Lesley Aers (Inglis, NC 1965) Mrs Julie Aldridge (White, NC 1967) Mrs Mary Appleyard (Maurer, NC 1968) Emeritus Professor Anne Ashford (NC 1962) Mrs Gillian Ashmore (Oxenham, NC 1968) Professor Rosemary Ashton (Thomson, NC 1969) Dr Hilary Baker (NC 1965) Dr Lisa Barber (Farrer, NC 1961) Ms Helen Barber (Mironoff, NC 1965) Mrs Margaret Barker (Thomas, NC 1963) Mrs Margaret Barnet-Lamb (Parry, NC 1969) Mrs Frances Barnwell (McKnight, NC 1967) Mrs Janet Batchelor (King, NC 1965) Mrs Anne Bell (Robinson, NC 1964) Dr Shirley Beresford (NC 1967)* Mrs Jacqueline Birks (Stimpson, NC 1965) Mrs Angela Blackburn (Bowles, NC 1963) Mrs Janice Bolton (Faithfull, NC 1967) Mrs Gill Booth (Harvey, NC 1965) Mrs Jane Boynton (Lyons, NC 1961) Mrs Ruth Brazier (Pappenheimer, NC 1962)* Dr Helen Brittain (Sanders, NC 1965) Ms Sally Brodhurst (NC 1968) Mrs Rosemary Brook-Arbiter (Brook, NC 1964) Mrs Sarah Brown (Dean, NC 1962) Ms Ruth Brown (NC 1966) Dr Alice Browne (NC 1966)* Mrs Katherine Bryant (Chesshyre, NC 1965)

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Dr Pauline Frost (Gibson, NC 1962) Miss Sophy Gairdner (NC 1960) Mrs Sonia Gilderdale (Shelmerdine, NC 1965) Ms Carol Goulden (NC 1967) Ms Sally Greaves (Doherty, NC 1966) Dr Judy Greaves (Robinson, NC 1969) Mrs Charlotte Green (Sebag-Montefiore, NC 1963) Mrs Priscilla Green (Jenkins, NC 1969) Mrs Margaret Gregory (Fletcher, NC 1968) Miss Caroline Griffith + (NC 1963) Ms Avril Groom (NC 1967) Ms Celia Haddon (NC 1962) Miss Dorothy Haile (NC 1964) Miss Jane Hardy (NC 1964) Mrs Janet Harris (Northover, NC 1961) Dr Hatty Harris (NC 1966) Mrs Anne Harrison (Scruby, NC 1964) Mrs Sue Harrison (Read, NC 1969) Dr Hilary Hart (Jones, NC 1962) Miss Josephine Haslewood + (NC 1960) Mrs Celia Hawkesworth (Williams, NC 1961) Dr Felicity Heal (Chandler, NC 1964) Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt (NC 1967) Mrs Marie Hildyard (Jephcott, NC 1961) Dr Tanya Hoare (Palmer, NC 1964) Mrs Vivienne Hodges (Beddoe, NC 1962) Mrs Stephanie Hodgetts (Adler, NC 1963) Ms Mary Hoffman (NC 1964) Mrs Caroline Hope (Bush, NC 1965) Miss Pattie Horrocks (NC 1968) Mrs Susan Hothersall (Ford, NC 1964) Professor Deborah Howard (NC 1964) Mrs Jill Howie (Wilson, NC 1964) Professor Jane Humphries (NC 1967) Mrs Joan Hunt (Ferguson, NC 1965) Dr Margaret Hunt (Jenkins, NC 1966)* Mrs Valerie Imber (Syson, NC 1964) Miss Felicity Jackson (NC 1967) Professor Patricia Jeffery (Chambers, NC 1965) Mrs Lesley Jenkins (Haines, NC 1967) Mrs Nalini Jeyapalan (Silva, NC 1962) Mrs Alison Johnson (Steel, NC 1960) Mrs Jane Jones (Luscombe, NC 1969) Mrs Gillian Judd (Graves, NC 1960)

Mrs Pam Judkins (Cluff, NC 1966) Dr Elizabeth Kennedy (Lapovsky, NC 1962)* Mrs Jenny King (Greatwood, NC 1960) Mrs Catharine King (Boyce, NC 1966) Dr Linda Kirk (NC 1962) Dr Christine Kirk (Humphreys, NC 1967) Mrs Sibella Laing (Dorman, NC 1967) Mrs Jennifer Leitner (Yates, NC 1963)* Ms Jean Liddiard (NC 1962) Ms Sue Limb (NC 1965) Ms Margaret Ling (NC 1967) Mrs Susan Llewellyn (Stiassny, NC 1964) Mrs Janet Locke (Glass, NC 1960) Dr Louise London (NC 1966) Professor Gillian Lovegrove (Lowther, NC 1961) Mrs Hilary Lowson (Balsdon, NC 1968) Mrs Sandra Luscombe (Luff, NC 1965) Dr Anne Lyon (Butland, NC 1967) Mrs Elizabeth MacFie (Evans, NC 1963) Mrs Jean MacInnes (Toulmin, NC 1969) Dr Rachel Malloch (Wood, NC 1968) Mrs Patricia May (Harrington, NC 1964) Mrs Lucy McCullagh (Pearce, NC 1967) Dr Elizabeth McDowell (NC 1966)* Mrs Susan Meacock (Hodge, NC 1962) Miss Eliza Mellor (NC 1968) Mrs Judith Metcalfe (Pilling, NC 1968) Mrs Valerie Meyers (Froggatt, NC 1960)* Mrs Catriona Mill (Smith, NC 1967) Miss Alda Milner-Barry (NC 1966) Mrs Clare Monkhouse (Newth, NC 1964) Lady Judy Moody-Stuart (McLeavy, NC 1960) Professor Valerie Morgan (Hopkinson, NC 1962) Ms Margaret Moss (NC 1964) Mrs Libby Mountford (Ingate, NC 1965) Dr Penny Murray (Tomlinson, NC 1967) Lady Anne-Marie Nelson (Hall, NC 1960) Emeritus Professor Jinty Nelson (Muir, NC 1961) Mrs Lindsay Nevin (Greer, NC 1969) Mrs Jane Nicolov (Hibbert, NC 1968) Miss Christine Northeast (NC 1967) Professor Judith Okely (NC 1969) Mrs Rachel O'Leary (Hambridge, NC 1968) Professor Judy Owen (Hunter, NC 1969)

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Mrs Barbara Palmer (Boot, NC 1961) Dr Margaret Parmée (Clarke, NC 1965) Professor Linda Paterson (Tibenham, NC 1962) Miss Kate Patterson (NC 1969) Mrs Avril Pedley (Uden, NC 1962) Ms Pamela Perrott (Sharp, NC 1962)* Mrs Sue Perutz (Gray, NC 1969) Mrs Janet Pickering (Lewis, NC 1961)* Dr Janet Porter (NC 1965) Mrs Judy Potter (Chippendale, NC 1963) Dr Cecilia Powell (Poulter, NC 1963) Mrs Judith Pugsley (Mappin, NC 1963) Dr Judith Purver (Olding, NC 1966) Mrs Elizabeth Ransom (Gee, NC 1968) Mrs Valery Rees (Apley, NC 1965) Dr Sally Reynolds (Wyon, NC 1966) Professor Alison Richard (NC 1966)* Mrs Susan Richardson (George, NC 1964) Miss Jane Ritchie (NC 1968) Dr Shelagh Rixon (NC 1966) Mrs Susan Roome (Riddick, NC 1966) Mrs Ursula Ross (Levy, NC 1964) Dr Catharine Roth (Prince, NC 1967)* Ms Sue Rudd (NC 1964)* Mrs Betty Sandars (Yielder, NC 1961) Miss Jill Saudek (NC 1965) Mrs Rachel Schicker (Parks, NC 1963) Dr Angela Scholar (Sweet, NC 1960) Mrs Marian Scott (Scott-Telford, NC 1966) Mrs Viv Sebborn (Miller, NC 1965) Dr Agnes Segal (Henderson, NC 1969) Mrs Isobel Shaw (O'Beirne, NC 1962) Dr Lynn Shaw (Flory, NC 1963)* Ms Helena Simon (NC 1966) Ms Anne Singer (Hallgren, NC 1965)* Professor Mary Slack (NC 1967) Mrs Catherine Slater (Malaiperuman, NC 1967) and Mr Gordon Slater Professor Angela Smith (Hookham, NC 1962) Dr Judy Smith (Fullard, NC 1962) Mrs Carolyn Smith (Buckley, NC 1968) Mrs Linda Smither (Bromberg, NC 1966) Ms Jane Snowden (NC 1969) Mrs Pat Southworth (James, NC 1961)

Dr Janet Spence (Blakey, NC 1968) Dr Rosie Spencer (Stewartson, NC 1967) Mrs Sarah Squire (Hutchison, NC 1968) Mrs Jenny Staples (Lester, NC 1965) Professor Anne Stevens (Ross, NC 1961) Mrs Sally Stopford (Woodman, NC 1962) Mrs Jacqui Stother (Mott, NC 1964) Miss Martha Street (NC 1969) Mrs Jenny Stroud (Stephenson, NC 1963) Miss Claire Sullivan (NC 1960) Ms Jan Sutch Pickard (Sutch, NC 1963) Mrs Sidney Syson (Welsh, NC 1966) Mrs Liz Taylor-Jones (Cooper, NC 1960) Mrs Celia Thomas (Barratt, NC 1962) Professor Elizabeth Thompson (NC 1967)* Dr Anne Thomson (NC 1969) Professor Mary Thorpe (NC 1966) Professor Janet Todd (Dakin, NC 1961) Professor Judith Todd Copley (Booth, NC 1969)* Dr Pam Tomlin (Hayes, NC 1965) Mrs Susan Vine (McCall, NC 1960) Mrs Joy Virden (Webber, NC 1964) Mrs Emma Wagner (Johnstone, NC 1968) Mrs Elizabeth Walder (Rose, NC 1969) Mrs Mary Walker (Winteler, NC 1968) Ms Ann Ward (Slee, NC 1960) Mrs Kate Watkins (Reed, NC 1965) Mrs Daphne Watson (Corr, NC 1960) Mrs Ann Webbley (East, NC 1968) Dr Jane Weller (Weller, NC 1966) Ms Norma White (NC 1960) Miss Carolyn White (NC 1962) Mrs Liz Whittle (Sampson, NC 1966) Mrs Patricia Wightman (Taylor, NC 1962) Mrs Sue Willan (Ross, NC 1967) Professor Faith Williams (Wright, NC 1963) Mrs Sue Williams (Sharpley, NC 1965)* Mrs Hilary Willmer (Dimmock, NC 1960) Mrs Judith Wilsher (Proudfoot, NC 1960) Ms Anne Winstanley (NC 1969) Dr Ann Woodward (Heard, NC 1966) Miss Averil Wootton (NC 1963) Mrs Anne Wright (Hobbs, NC 1961) Dr Helen Wright (Reed, NC 1962)

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Ms Linda Coe (NC 1975) Mrs Andy Collins (Simcock, NC 1970) Mrs Julia Collins (Headington, NC 1974) Ms Catherine Collis (NC 1971) Miss Ginny Collyer (NC 1977) Dr Sue Colwell (NC 1970) Ms Frances Connelly (NC 1973) Dr Jane Cope (NC 1972) Miss Emma Corke (NC 1978) Dr Jenny Craig (Hawkings, NC 1978) Ms Helen Crayford (NC 1971) Mrs Joanna Crowe (Stewart, NC 1972) Mrs Catherine Cruickshank (Acquah, NC 1972)* Miss Jenny Davenport (NC 1972) Ms Kate Davenport (Hackett, NC 1976) Mrs Jayne Davies (Whyman, NC 1976) Mrs Catharine Davies (Freer, NC 1977) Ms Hilary Davies (NC 1978) Mrs Caroline Davis (Neal, NC 1976) Mrs Lindsey Davis (Locke, NC 1978) Mrs Janet Day (Edwards, NC 1971) Ms Gwyneth Deakins (NC 1976) Dr Tanya Deavall (Rogers, NC 1979) Ms Jane Dennis (NC 1972) Mrs Susan Dennis (Berry, NC 1972) Ms Vivienne Cogbill (Dews, NC 1971) Mrs Anthea Dickson (Hendry, NC 1974) Mrs Janet Dixon (Amos, NC 1970) Miss Elizabeth Dobson (NC 1972) Dr Louise Dolan (NC 1979) Ms Sara Drake (NC 1975) Miss Amanda Edwards (NC 1971) Mrs Edwina Ehrman (Johnson, NC 1971) Dr Anne Eldred (Taylor, NC 1976) Miss Jane Ellison (NC 1977) Mrs Lucy Elphinstone (Reynolds, NC 1976) Ms Liz Erett (Wallis, NC 1977) Mrs Pauline Evans (Whalley, NC 1977) Mrs Chrissy Facon (Cottrell, NC 1974) Dr Isobel Falconer (Nye, NC 1974) Mrs Jane Ferretti (Murray, NC 1971) Mrs Jean Filtness (Smith, NC 1970) Mrs Rhiannon Finamore (Bell, NC 1978) Dr Jane Fitzgerald (NC 1975)

Dr Wendy Yates (Hill, NC 1965) Dr Helena Young (McCrone, NC 1963) Dr Gill Yudkin (Isaacs, NC 1961)

1970s Ms Rowan Adams (Adams, NC 1977) Miss Jeannine Addinall (NC 1970) Ms Pam Alexander + (NC 1972) Dr Chris Algar (NC 1970) Dr Joanna Amick (Hawthorne, NC 1975) Ms Ann Arscott (NC 1976) Dr Annie Ashman (Ashman, NC 1978) Dr Felicity Ashworth (NC 1972) Professor Maggie Atkinson (Cragg, NC 1975) Dr Cecilia Bainton (Elliott, NC 1973) Ms Jo Baktis (NC 1972) Mrs Jinty Balch (Milne, NC 1971) Ms Imogen Barford (NC 1979) Miss Dinny Barker (NC 1970) Dr Joanna Bauldreay (NC 1976) Mrs Sylvia Baylis (Long, NC 1977) Mrs Ellen Bianchini (Birley, NC 1977) Mrs Liz Bickley (Pyle, NC 1979) Mrs Jennifer Blanch (Baker, NC 1975) Professor Julia Boffey (Waddleton, NC 1972) Mrs Hilary Bosworth (Suddards, NC 1973) Dr Jennifer Brailsford (NC 1977) Miss Anne Braithwaite (NC 1972) Mrs Romy Briant (Frampton, NC 1971) Ms Liz Bridge (NC 1970) Lady Angela Bridges (Collinson, NC 1974) Dr Pauline Brimblecombe (Wald, NC 1973) Dr Alison Brown (NC 1974) Dr Rosemary Burton (NC 1971) Ms Chrissie Calvert (Wells, NC 1971) Dr Amaryllis Campbell (NC 1975) Dr Elaine Carter (NC 1972) Mrs Jane Casey (Roberts, NC 1979) Dr Sarah Chacko (Willcock, NC 1976) Miss Adele Charles (NC 1971) Miss Charlotte Chesney (NC 1973) Mrs Antonia Christie (Woodthorpe, NC 1977) Mrs Sarah Cobb (Pryor, NC 1979)

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Lady Ros Floyd (Arscott, NC 1970) Dr Judith Ford (NC 1972) Ms Jane Fransella (NC 1970) Mrs Amanda Gardner (Stewart, NC 1979) Dr Elizabeth Garry (Kilkenny, NC 1978) Mrs Carolyn Gibbs (Lindsey, NC 1978) and Professor Michael Gibbs Professor Mary-Louise Gill (NC 1974)* Dr Ros Given-Wilson (NC 1974) Lady Patricia Glennie (Phelan, NC 1972) Ms Clare Gorst (NC 1971) Mrs Sarah Gould (Copeman, NC 1977) Mrs Ruth Grant (Allwright, NC 1977) Mrs Abbie Greene (Webber, NC 1979) Ms Ruth Greenwood (NC 1979) Mrs Jessica Gress-Wright (Shapiro, NC 1978) Mrs Julia Griffiths (Wetherell, NC 1972) Ms Fanny Greber (NC 1973) and Dr Lloyd Raines* Dr Janet Gruber (NC 1976) Ms Clare Hadley (NC 1977) Mrs Kay Hall (Harper, NC 1978) Ms Gill Halliday (NC 1975) Ms Gail Ham (NC 1975) Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton (Driver, NC 1973) Dr Clare Hamon (NC 1974) Mrs Griselda Hamway (Heppel, NC 1975) Mrs Fiona Hanstock (McEwen, NC 1974) Dr Kate Hardy (NC 1979) Mrs Lesley Harling (Adam, NC 1970) Dr Christine Haseler (NC 1977) Mrs Heather Head (Otridge, NC 1972) Mrs Petra Herzig (Rogers, NC 1975) Dr Wendy Hirsh (NC 1971) Mrs Lydia Hirst (Pesate, NC 1976) Mrs Bridget Hobson (Main, NC 1976) Mrs Deborah Hodges Maschietto (Hodges, NC 1976) Dr Elizabeth Holloway (Jamieson, NC 1976) Dr Lai Ngoh Hooi (NC 1977) Professor Susanna Hourani (NC 1975) Mrs Penny Hubbard (Street, NC 1979) Mrs Anne Hudson (Rowse, NC 1970) Dr Christine Ingram (Thomson, NC 1973) Mrs Brenda Jacobmeyer (Burton, NC 1973)

Mrs Phyllida James (Dixon, NC 1978) Professor Dame Anne Johnson (NC 1971) Mrs Jennifer Johnson (NC 1974) Miss Charlotte Joll (NC 1973) Mrs Olivia Jones (Webley, NC 1979) Dr Theresa Jones (NC 1970) Mrs Jill Jones (Entwistle, NC 1975) Miss Caroline Kean (NC 1978) Mrs Nicola Keane (Creagh, NC 1979) Mrs Margaret Kelly (Crawford, NC 1974) Ms Sian Kevill (NC 1979) Mrs Susan Kew (Steele, NC 1973) Dr Sue Kinder (Kirkup, NC 1974) Dr Jackie Kirk (NC 1970) Ms Barbara Kirschten (NC 1972)* Ms Vivien Kitteringham (NC 1971) Ms Sally Kynan (NC 1971) Mrs Bridget Langridge (Bryant, NC 1972) Ms Naomi Laredo (NC 1974) Mrs Sally Laurence Smyth (Coussins, de Ste. Croix, NC 1971) Mrs Caroline Lawrence (Weiss, NC 1977) Mrs Kathy Lazenbatt (Mellor, NC 1973) Dr Liz Lightstone (NC 1977) Ms Denise Love (NC 1970) Ms Kathy Love (NC 1974) Ms Jane Lydbury (NC 1972) Ms Fiona Maddocks (NC 1974) Miss Barbara Magid (NC 1979)* Mrs Elizabeth Manning (Neish, NC 1979) Ms Hazel Marsden (NC 1971) Ms Het Marsh (NC 1978) Dr Ellen Martin (NC 1973)* Ms Liz Martin (NC 1974) Ms Lynda Martin Alegi (Watt, NC 1970) Ms Gabrielle Maughan (Green, NC 1973) Mrs Rachel Mayers (Trevett, NC 1975) Dr Fiona McCullough Fells (NC 1974) Ms Wendy McFee (NC 1973)* Mrs Christine McIntosh (Murphy, NC 1979) Ms Liz McLeod (NC 1973) Ms Jo McMahon (NC 1972) Ms Annie McManus (NC 1971) Mrs Sally McMullen (Croft, NC 1978)

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Dr Jill Millar (NC 1971) Ms Noonie Minogue (NC 1976) Mrs Barbara Moir (Hughes, NC 1974) Mrs Jo Morley (Hayes, NC 1978) Dr Jane Morris (NC 1971) Ms Heather Morris (NC 1972) Mrs Liz Moyses (Jessop, NC 1974) Mrs Gillian Mundy (Turner, NC 1976) Professor Sheila Murnaghan (NC 1973)* Dr Caroline Murray (Thorpe, NC 1970) Dr Linda Neal (NC 1971) Dr Catherine Neale (NC 1973) Dr Fiona Neall (NC 1977) Dr Liz Newbronner (NC 1979) Ms Helen Nicholson (NC 1972) Ms Carol Norfolk (Ward, NC 1978) Mrs Maggie Norman (Spencer, NC 1971) Mrs Helen Norman (Drake, NC 1972) Mrs Helen Norris (Chapman, NC 1976) Dr Chris Oates (Archer, NC 1970) Mrs Jenny Orton (Schwarz, NC 1971) Miss Gaye Osborne (NC 1974) Ms Jennifer Owen (NC 1972) Miss Kate Owen (NC 1975) Dr Julia Palmer (NC 1975) Ms Barbara Pankhurst (NC 1975) Dr Elizabeth Peers (NC 1976) The Right Reverend Joanna Penberthy (NC 1978) Mrs Jane Penson (Thompson, NC 1972) Mrs Beatriz Pessoa de Araujo (Baker, NC 1979) Mrs Alice Phillips (Alban, NC 1979) Mrs Alison Phillipson (Jones, NC 1971) Mrs Alyson Philp + (Wareham, NC 1975) Professor Penny Probert Smith (Horsburgh, NC 1971) Mrs Sheila Pugh (Scott, NC 1977) Mrs Ann Radmore (Davenport, NC 1979) Ms Sita Ramaswami (NC 1971)* Dr Barbara Randall (NC 1973) Ms Catherine Rawson (NC 1975) Dr Sally Read (NC 1979) Mrs Linda Reed (Penny, NC 1972) Ms Andrea Reid (NC 1977) Dame Fiona Reynolds (NC 1976)

Lady Biddy Ridley (Passmore, NC 1970) Dr Valerie Robinson (Harpin, NC 1971) Dame Vivien Rose (NC 1979) Mrs Sue Russell (Winderam, NC 1971) Ms Judith Russell (Fisher, NC 1974) Mrs Tina Ruygrok (Basu, NC 1973) Miss Veronica Schwarz (NC 1978) Mrs Janys Scott (Allen, NC 1971) Dr Joy Scurr (Richardson, NC 1973) Mrs Carol Seigel Eccleshare (Seigel, NC 1975) Ms Heather Self (Dowdeswell, NC 1977) Mrs Diane Seymour-Williams (Wilson, NC 1978) Dr Janet Simkin (NC 1975) Mrs Penny Simms (Williams, NC 1972) Dr Penny Simons (Brill, NC 1979) Miss Judith Siporin (NC 1977)* Mrs Vicky Smith (Browne, NC 1973) Dr Deb Smith (NC 1974) Professor Julia Smith (NC 1975) Mrs Deborah Smith (Freeman, NC 1977) Dr Alison Snape (NC 1978) Professor Miriam Solomon (NC 1976) Ms Susan Spindler (NC 1974) Ms Deborah Spring (NC 1972) Mrs Karen Staartjes (Fielder, NC 1975) Ms Helen Staddon (NC 1979) Miss Ruth Stanier (NC 1973) Ms Victoria Stark (NC 1971) Miss Kate Stein (NC 1977) Professor Dr. Anne Stephenson (NC 1973) Professor Susan Stepney (NC 1976) Ms Pam Stirling (NC 1971) Miss Susan Stoughton-Harris (NC 1976) Mrs Anne Stoye (Merrilees, NC 1972) Mrs Kathryn Strachan (Duncan, NC 1976) Miss Clare Strak (Hamersley, NC 1970) Miss Brigid Sutcliffe (NC 1977) Dr Krystyna Swirydczuk (NC 1971)* Dr Judith Talbot (Cook, NC 1978) Dr Gwen Tanner (NC 1979) Dr Virginia Taylor (NC 1970) Dr Penny Thexton (NC 1973) Mrs Helen Thompson (Boutwood, NC 1976) Mrs Jane Thorp (Fraser, NC 1975)

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Mrs Diane Ashby (Wheeldon, NC 1980) Dr Tanya Basu (NC 1987) Mrs Justine Belton (Wood, NC 1988) Mrs Esther Bennett (Cook, NC 1980) Mrs Sheila Bennett (Wearmouth, NC 1981) Mrs Elizabeth Bennett (Cox, NC 1985) Dr Zara Bieler (Holmes, NC 1989) Mrs Jill Bithell (Priestley, NC 1987) Mrs Mary Bolton (Thompson, NC 1984) Mrs Lydia Bosworth (Clatworthy, NC 1989) Mrs Gill Brackenbury (Huddart, NC 1982) Ms Sarah Breeden (NC 1987) Miss Sarah Briggs (NC 1986) Miss Maxine Briggs (NC 1987) Dr Mary Brodey (Bettey, NC 1984) Mrs Felicity Broom (Read, NC 1980) Mrs Caroline Brown (Tuckwell, NC 1982) Miss Carole Brown (NC 1988) Mrs Andrea Brown (Stacey, NC 1989) Mrs Kate Bruges (Farara, NC 1981) Ms Joanna Buckenham (NC 1980) Miss Diana Buckley (NC 1988) Ms Ali Burdon (NC 1988) Ms Georgina Burge (NC 1989) Dr Julia Burkett (Aked, NC 1983) Mrs Fiona Byrd (McLeod, NC 1986) Mrs Sarah Caffyn (Wergan, NC 1980) Ms Jane Campbell (NC 1981) Miss Claire Campbell Smith (NC 1981) Dr Ruth Charles (NC 1987) Dr Emma Chojnowska (Nate, NC 1983) Mrs Vicky Chung (Hancock, NC 1983) Mrs Kathryn Clapp (Watson, NC 1988) Mrs Fiona Clark (Dziegiel, NC 1981) Miss Verity Coates (NC 1984) Dr Laura Cohen (NC 1982) Ms Ruth Colenso (NC 1985) Mrs Jane Collins (Nelson, NC 1980) Dr Felicity Cooke (NC 1981) Mrs Belinda Copland (Walsh, NC 1985) Dr Rosie Crabtree (NC 1981) Dr Lucy Crispin (NC 1986) Mrs Sara Crouch (Pennington, NC 1982) Mrs Kirsten Cummins (Allan, NC 1989)

Mrs Jane Tilley (Corby, NC 1975) Dr Sarah Tinkler (NC 1979) The Rev Caroline Titley (Baker, NC 1976) Miss Nicola Turner (NC 1973) Professor Cherry Tweed (Moore, NC 1976) Miss Emma Udwin (NC 1978) Dr Yvonne Underhill (Terry, NC 1975) Ms Claire Vane (Lurie, NC 1975) Mrs Alison Walker (Clarke, NC 1970) Miss Kathy Walz (NC 1974)* Miss Hilary Warburton (NC 1976) Dr Margaret Ward (Johnson, NC 1970) Professor Lucy Wedderburn (NC 1979) Ms Janet Wheeler (NC 1975) Dr Nicky Whitaker (NC 1970) Mrs Charlotte Wickham (Matthaei, NC 1975) Miss Heather Wignall (NC 1979) Dr Clare Wilkie (NC 1972) Dr Lucy Willer (Grove, NC 1978) Mrs Frances Williams (Johnson, NC 1970) Dr Frances Williams (NC 1976) Dr Susan Williams (Walpole, NC 1979) Mrs Jane Willott (Biddell, NC 1976) Dr Sarah Wilmot (NC 1978) Miss Hilary Wilson (NC 1970) Miss Anne Wilson (NC 1979) Ms Paula Wittels (NC 1974) Mrs Susi Woodhouse (White, NC 1971) Miss Alinda Woodrow (NC 1979) Dr Jo Wright (Setchell, NC 1976) Professor Joanna Zakrzewska (NC 1977)

1980s Prof Melissa Aaron (NC 1986) in honour of Richard Beadle* Mrs Andrea Abraham (Potter, NC 1981) Dr Gillian Acum (NC 1984) Dr Elizabeth Alam (Shaw, NC 1984) Mrs Marie Allen (White, NC 1980) Mrs Sally-Ann Angel (Enoch, NC 1980) Dr Sophy Antrobus (Gardner, NC 1988) Dr Linda Arch (NC 1982) Mrs Elizabeth Armitage (Robertson, NC 1986)

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Mrs Joanna Currie (Williams, NC 1982) Ms Katherine Dailinger (NC 1989)* Dr Jane Dancer (NC 1981) Mrs Alison Davies (Curtis, NC 1984) Ms Katharine Dexter (NC 1986) Miss Belinda Dodd (NC 1983) Mrs Anna Dowler (Tims, NC 1987) Ms Caroline Drake (Boalch, NC 1982) Ms Katie Driver (NC 1987) Dr Kirsten Duckitt (NC 1983) Dr Anna Duckworth (NC 1982) Dr Helen Duncan (Wood, NC 1981) Mrs Melanie Duncan (Powell-Shedden, NC 1987) Dr Jenifer Dye (NC 1987) Ms Jo Eames (NC 1983) Mrs Jenny Elliott (Biddle, NC 1981) Professor Penny Endersby (Corran, NC 1988) Ms Jenny Evans (NC 1980) Mrs Helen Evans (Riley, NC 1987) Ms Caroline Field (Siddons, NC 1981) Dr Laurie Flentye (NC 1982)* Ms Louise Rutter (NC 1989) Revd Sarah Foot (NC 1980) Mrs Emma Fowler (Kelly, NC 1989) Mrs Cath Fox (Harrison, NC 1981) Dr Nia Francis-Scrutton (Roberts, NC 1980) Miss Linda Gaal (NC 1980)* Ms Gill Gardiner (NC 1982) Mrs Julie Gardner (Etchingham, NC 1988) Mrs Caroline Gardner (Burrows, NC 1988) Mrs Anna Garland (Howatt, NC 1984) Mrs Carolyn Garner (Hopkins, NC 1982) Ms Elizabeth Gee (NC 1980) Dr Louise Gibbs (Dickson, NC 1982) Ms Sally Gimson (Malcolm-Smith, NC 1983) Mrs Alison Glen (McIntosh, NC 1982) Ms Shoshana Goldhill (Rosenfeld, NC 1980) Mrs Judith Gott (Lee, NC 1986) Ms Rachel Goult (Grafham, NC 1989) Dr Ruth Grady (NC 1987) Ms Eleanor Great (Great, NC 1987) Ms Debbie Green (NC 1984) Dr Jackie Hall (NC 1984) Professor Henrietta Harrison (NC 1986)

Mrs Carolyn Harrison (Burns, NC 1987) Mrs Lucy Hartley (Sheils, NC 1986) Ms Susan Haslam (Kenyon, NC 1981) Mrs Margaret Hastings (NC 1982) Ms Rachel Hatton (NC 1987) Mrs Eileen Hepworth (Gillibrand, NC 1982) Mrs Vicki Hind (Forrest, NC 1983) Ms Caroline Hobbs (NC 1981) Mrs Kathy Hodder-Williams (Wood, NC 1983) Mrs Eleanor Holloway (Weightman, NC 1983) Mrs Alison Hopper (Poxon, NC 1986) Ms Christine Hore (NC 1984) Ms Gill Houston (NC 1980) Ms Christine Howard (NC 1989) Miss Claire Hutchison (NC 1988) Dr Helen Jacobsen (NC 1980) Mrs Sumi Jeffrey (Bagchi, NC 1987) Dr Sarah Jewitt (NC 1986) Ms Libby Johnson (NC 1980) Mrs Caroline Johnson (Freyer, NC 1982) Mrs Claire Johnston (Ramsden, NC 1988) Dr Clare Jones (Strong, NC 1989) Professor Laurie Kaplan (NC 1988) Ms Fiona Kelly (NC 1985) Ms Susanna Kempe (NC 1984) Mrs Alice Kilner (Olliver, NC 1986) Dr Bobbie King (Morris, NC 1981) Mrs Kirsteen King (White, NC 1989) Miss Jane Ladlow (NC 1989) Mrs Priscilla Lai (Leung, NC 1985) Dr Helen Lambert (Wiener, NC 1983) Mrs Claire Lannon (NC 1989) Mrs Clare Lavender (Dickson, NC 1983) Ms Andy Leary (NC 1986) Miss Vickie Lee (NC 1986) Ms Al Levett (NC 1984) Mrs Sibby Lewis (Salter, NC 1987) Mrs Lyn Lindsay (Burgess, NC 1982) Mrs Jane Lowe (Roberts, NC 1983) Miss Jennifer Lowe (NC 1984) Mrs Krishna Mahavadi (NC 1982)* Mrs Carmen Malaree (Garces, NC 1987) Mrs Frances Marshall (Batty, NC 1987) Professor Gail Marshall (NC 1988)

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Dr Kirsty McLaren (NC 1988) Dr Julie McLeish (King, NC 1981) & Professor Tom McLeish Mrs Elizabeth Meadows (Manley, NC 1989) Dr Penelope Meakin (Coxon, NC 1981) Mrs Shefalika Mehta (Agarwal, NC 1986) Mrs Jane Metter (Lipton, NC 1980) Ms Lydia Meyler (Osmond, NC 1980) Ms Laura Miller (Miller, NC 1989) Ms Tess Moffett (NC 1988) Dr Alice Morgan (NC 1980) Dr Ann Morgan (Willcocks, NC 1980) Mrs Rachel Morgans (Elsy, NC 1989) Mrs Lucy Mori (Malein, NC 1985) Ms Popsy Morrison (Ghandour, NC 1987) Dr Mei Ng (NC 1987) Mrs Clare Normand (Threlfall, NC 1985) Ms Marianne O (NC 1984) Ms Maureen O'Donoghue (NC 1983) Ms Sally O'Neill (NC 1980) Mrs Charlotte Ostoja-Petkowska (Dahms, NC 1984) Dr Sophie Otton (NC 1986) Mrs Janet Pack (Ray, NC 1984) Mrs Sally-Ann Paine (Turrell, NC 1984) Mrs Gabrielle Parikh (Downing, NC 1984) Mrs Penny Parker (Dyson, NC 1981) Mrs Dominica Parry (Pullen, NC 1986) Dr Deepa Parry-Gupta (Gupta, NC 1987) Ms Katharine Parsons (NC 1988) Mrs Heather Pentney (McCallum, NC 1984) Dr Jane Perera (Critchley, NC 1982)* Mrs Hazel Petty (Day, NC 1983) Mrs Liz Pickard (Finney, NC 1980) Dr Liza Pickett (Everett, NC 1980) Mrs Claire Plackett (Parker, NC 1982) Ms Felicity Poirier (Lincoln, NC 1988) Mrs Kate Porteous (Pickup, NC 1985) Dr Faieza Qasim + (NC 1980) Mrs Jacqueline Rashbass (Davidson, NC 1984) Mrs Clare Reid (Brooke, NC 1988) Mrs Jayne Rendell (Hamilton, NC 1981) Ms Elizabeth Renshaw (NC 1987) Mrs Louise Robertson (Walker, NC 1989)

Mrs Elaine Robinson (Burkinshaw, NC 1981) Dr Catherine Rohll (Brodey, NC 1984) Dr Deborah Rooke (NC 1981) Ms Alison Rose (NC 1980) Ms Alison Rowe (Jonas, NC 1980)* Mrs Katharine Rowe (Wilson, NC 1986) Mrs Sophie Rowe (Rowlatt, NC 1988) Ms Reshma Rughwani (NC 1987) and Mr Ravi Pherwani* Ms Julie Runacres (Newton, NC 1980) Ms Emma Rushton (NC 1981) in honor of Dr M Mullinger* Mrs Amanda Rupp (Joyce, NC 1987) Ms Katie Rutter (NC 1984) Dr Alison Sansome (Rhind, NC 1982) Miss Elizabeth Schneirov (NC 1983)* Mrs Sally Seed (Rand, NC 1981) Dr Annabel Sharp (Deutsch, NC 1985) Mrs Helena Sikorski (Boas, NC 1989) Mrs Jacqui Simpson (NC 1985) Mrs Debbie Singleton (Featherstone, NC 1986) Mrs Julie Smith (Grimwade, NC 1980) Mrs Emma Soares (Howe, NC 1987) Mrs Annette Spencer (Wrigley, NC 1988) Ms Harriet Stack (NC 1981) The Ven. Dr Jane Steen (Bastin, NC 1983) Mrs Helen Steers-Mardinian (Steers, NC 1981) Mrs Clare Stevenson Hamilton (Pooley, NC 1988) Mrs Anne Stopford (Patrick, NC 1982) Mrs Helen Sullivan (Batchelor, NC 1984) Dr Jo Sutton (Reynolds, NC 1989) Mrs Rosalind Swede (Shaw, NC 1983) Mrs Gabrielle Taylor (Dorland, NC 1984)* Ms Lucy Thorpe (NC 1982) Mrs Angela Tjay Mazuri (Grady, NC 1981) Mrs Frances Tosdevin (Stanford, NC 1980) Mrs Rebecca Triggs (Farris, NC 1986) Mrs Jackie Tyler (Gray, NC 1989) Ms Jenny Urwin (NC 1987) Ms Judith Varley-Evans (Belch, NC 1988) Dr Yasmin Vawda (NC 1983) Dr Katie Vinen (NC 1984) Ms Kersti Wagstaff (NC 1980) Dr Rachel Ward (NC 1981)

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Dr Rachel Cartlidge-Eighan (Cartlidge, NC 1990) Dr Edwina Casebow (NC 1999) Dr Jo Cecil (NC 1990) Dr Sarah Celard (Bunn, NC 1995) Mrs Fiona Chalk (Steele, NC 1992) Dr Carmen Chan (NC 1991) Dr Nicola Chan (NC 1993) Dr Emily Clark (NC 1998) and Mr Ron Biava* Ms Suzanne Coles (NC 1990) Miss Beth Coll (NC 1994) Dr Sarah Collinge (NC 1994) Mrs Ruth Craib (Earl, NC 1993) Mrs Kate Crawley (Ward, NC 1991) Mrs Jackie Crockford (NC 1997) Mrs Jane Cull (Foster, NC 1992) Miss Rebecca Dawson (NC 1997) Mrs Phillippa De’Ath (Pyatt, NC 1999) Dr Laura Dean (NC 1995) Ms Gabriela Dhir (NC 1998) Dr Aimee Di Marco-Kwasnicki (Di Marco, NC 1997) Mrs Edda-Jane Doherty (Weal, NC 1996) Mrs Amy Driver (Thomson, NC 1992) Dr Naomi Dyer (Foster, NC 1999) Ms Anna Egan (NC 1992) Ms Rebecca Eldredge (NC 1995)* Mrs Imogen Ellis (Thomas, NC 1999) Dr Jane Essex (Essex, NC 1995) Ms Rachel Foster (NC 1998) Miss Susan Fowler (NC 1998) Dr Liz Fox (NC 1994) Mrs Sarah Frost (Lee, NC 1990) Mrs Caroline Gilbertson (Wakeling, NC 1998) Ms Amanda Gill (NC 1993) Mrs. Hannah Godfrey (Godfrey, NC 1996) Ms Caroline Godkin (NC 1993)* Dr Cristina Gonzalez (NC 1999)* Mrs Sophie Goodall (Labram, NC 1998) Mrs Clara Gouldsbrough (Drummond, NC 1997) Mrs Karina Govindji (Ishani, NC 1995) Miss Heidi Ha (NC 1990)* Mrs Sophie Hammond (Bomford, NC 1992) Ms Annabel Hargreaves (Deuchar, NC 1993) Mrs Rachael Hayek (Dickie, NC 1995) Dr Kathrin Hicks (Buhr, NC 1994)

Dr Rachel Warren (NC 1982) Mrs Charlotte Westwood-Dunkley (Westwood, NC 1984) Mrs Rosemarie Whitaker (Nickerson, NC 1986) Ms Sophie White (NC 1983) Mrs Anne Williams (Paris, NC 1980) Ms Sarah Wilson (NC 1984) Mrs Sarah Windsor-Lewis (Montgomery-Smith, NC 1983) Mrs Carol Winterburn (Bent, NC 1981) Ms Sarah Woolven (NC 1981) Dr Barbara Wyllie (NC 1986) Dr Sarah Wyllie (NC 1988) Miss Winnie Yeung (NC 1989)* Dr Anna-Mary Young (NC 1985)

1990s Dr Mary Argent Katwala (Argent, NC 1995) Mrs Tracy Armitage (Myint, NC 1996) Mrs Amy Atkinson-Ward (Ward, NC 1996) Ms Emma Austin (NC 1990) Ms Clare Balding (NC 1990) Ms Katy Barnes (NC 1998) Dr Carolyn Barshay-Szmidt (NC 1995) & Mr Ben Barshay* Mrs Claire Bennett (NC 1993) Miss Charlotte Berrow (NC 1994) Miss Vicki Birch (NC 1996) Mrs Sarah Blomfield (Hartley, NC 1990) Dr Kerry Boardman (Relph, NC 1997) Mrs Katrina Bond (Cox, NC 1996) Miss Emma Bowman (NC 1992) Ms Katie Breathwick (NC 1991) Mrs Mary Brooking (Chapman, NC 1993) Mrs Jo Brown (Gammie, NC 1996) Dr Trudi Buck (NC 1991) Mrs Charlotte Bullock (Reece, NC 1990) Dr Helen Burgess (Poyner, NC 1997) Ms Laura Burnett (NC 1995) Ms Lucy Bushill-Matthews (NC 1990) Miss Emma Bussey (NC 1994) Mrs Zoe Butler (Ridley, NC 1990) Mrs Caroline Cake (Gledhill, NC 1992)

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Miss Christine Hill (NC 1999) Ms Emily Hirst (Hirst, NC 1997) Ms Julia Hoggett (NC 1993) Mrs Rachel Horsford (Finneron, NC 1990) Ms Saskya Huggins (NC 1990) Dr Aoife Hulme (Mulhall, NC 1999) Mrs Rebecca Hunt (Hunt, NC 1994) Mrs Victoria Hunter (Manby, NC 1996) Miss Lorrie Ip (NC 1998) Dr Julia Jackson (Lennon, NC 1996) Ms Fran James (NC 1995) Ms Claire Jeffs (NC 1991) Miss Tabitha Jenkins (NC 1996) Dr Ffion Jones (NC 1992) Miss Rebecca Jones (NC 1993) Mrs Angela Keogh (Freeman, NC 1992) Ms Georgina Kon (NC 1998) Mrs Beverly La Ferla (NC 1996) Ms Caroline Lamont-Smith (NC 1994) Miss Amy Lau (Lau, NC 1992) Ms Sarah Lavelle (NC 1990) Dr Sophie Lawrance (Strong, NC 1992) Mrs Katie Lee (Dickson, NC 1995) Mrs Kelly Lee (Wright, NC 1995) Ms Rachel Leitch-Devlin (NC 1993) Ms Rebecca Leong (NC 1992) Miss Sophie Linton (NC 1993) Mrs Debra Logan (Jackson, NC 1998) Dr Natalia Lozovsky (NC 1995)* Mrs Isilule Lungalang (Lang, NC 1993) Mrs Lucy Lynch (Wilson, NC 1992) Dr Fiona MacCallum (NC 1991) Mrs Joanne MacFarlane (Ganley, NC 1995) Ms Claire MacKenzie (NC 1994) Mrs Emily MacKintosh (Spence, NC 1998) Mrs Faryal Maggs (Khattak, NC 1999) Ms Sam Mardell (NC 1993) Mrs Louise Marston (Morrow, NC 1997) Miss Elinor Mathieson (NC 1991) Mrs Bridget Matthews (NC 1998) Dr Katrina Mayson (Blandy, NC 1992) Dr Melanie McCullagh (NC 1991) Mrs Rosie McTavish (Bond, NC 1999) Miss Samantha Mercer (NC 1996)

Dr Danielle Miller (Taylor, NC 1992) Mrs Sonja Mitchell (Whittle, NC 1997) Dr Philippa Moore (Baines, NC 1996) Miss Annabel Morgan (Lawrence, NC 1998) Mrs Anna Morgan (Sloan, NC 1998) Ms Beth Morrey (NC 1996) Miss Elizabeth Morris (NC 1993) Mrs Catherine Mungall (Tighe, NC 1996) Dr Ileana Naish-Guzman (NC 1999) Mrs Hannah Nesbit (Babor, NC 1993) Mrs Nina Odhams (Pickett, NC 1997) Ms Irene Omaswa (NC 1995) Mrs Eleanor O'Shea (Casey, NC 1994) Miss Alexandra Owen (NC 1996) Dr Sally Parnell (Washbourn, NC 1997) Miss Sophie Paul (NC 1991) Mrs Frances Perry (Burgess, NC 1998) Dr Laura Perry (NC 1996) Miss Suzie Pool (NC 1993) Dr Tamsin Poole (Hodgetts, NC 1995) Dr Laura Pugsley (NC 1995) Mrs Haley Ramsden (Tam, NC 1993) Dr Catherine Rea-Lyon (Rea, NC 1993) Mrs Jenny Reavell (Etty-Leal, NC 1994) Mrs Eileen Ritchie (Logan, NC 1995) Miss Karen Robinson (NC 1996) Dr Antonia Ruppel (NC 1998) Dr Kanchana Ruwanpura (NC 1997) Dr Kate Salmon (Maresh, NC 1998) Mrs Emily Sam (Brittain, NC 1999) Dr Athena Scaperdas (NC 1990) Mrs Laura Shield (Comber, NC 1996) Mrs Jo Siddle Brown (Siddle, NC 1994) Ms Ellie Simons (NC 1991) Ms Kate Simpson-Holley (NC 1993) Mrs Holly Skeet (Webb, NC 1994) Dr Merry Smith (NC 1993) Miss Fiona Smith (NC 1993) Dr Renuka Sornarajah (NC 1992) Mrs Michaela Southworth (Brown, NC 1994) Mrs Polina Sparks (Bakhnova, NC 1993) Mrs Rhoda Steel (Ogan, NC 1998) Miss Chantal Stein (NC 1998) Dr Tessa Stone (Niblett, NC 1991)

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Dr Victoria Bostock (NC 2001) Ms Becky Bradley (Bishop, NC 2000) Ms Nicola Buckley (NC 2003) Dr Xiaonan Che (NC 2006) Mrs Lorna Clarke (Stevens, NC 2003) Mrs Katherine Claxton (Guiver, NC 2002) Dr Ginna Closs (NC 2001)* Miss Eleanor Coen (NC 2004) Dr Lizzie Coker (NC 2008) Miss Bethany Condron (NC 2006) Mrs Emma Cox (Handbury, NC 2001) Mrs Becky Crawford (Cupit, NC 2008) Miss Michelle Cross (NC 2002) Ms Lucy Cundliffe (NC 2002) Ms Gemma Dalton (NC 2005) Ms Julia D'Arcy (NC 2005) Miss Sophie Davies (NC 2009) Ms Jenny Delaney (NC 2000)* Ms Katie Dougan-Hyde (Hyde, NC 2005) Miss Tracy Du (NC 2009) Miss Katie Duffell (NC 2008) Mrs Shanae Eastland (Boyns, NC 2006) Ms Polly Ehrman (NC 2004) Ms Rebecca Feldman (NC 2003) Miss Jess Ford (NC 2008) Ms Sarah Fuller (NC 2002) Miss Amelia Garnett (NC 2008) Miss Rebecca Gemmell (NC 2008) Dr Liz Gloyn (NC 2001) Ms Anna Goulding (NC 2007) Mrs Eleanor Gower-Pimenta (Gower, NC 2004) Mrs Christina Grant (NC 2009) Miss Michelle Green (NC 2005) Miss Jacqueline Greenwood (NC 2002) Mrs Jia-Yan Gu (NC 2004) Dr Kathryn Hall (NC 2005) Miss Daisy Hall (NC 2006) Ms Maria Haughton (Sedelnikova, NC 2004) Ms Ellie Hayes (NC 2006) Miss Bee Heller (NC 2005) Mrs Laura Henderson (Clark, NC 2000) Mrs Thea Holford (Wilson, NC 2002) Mrs Emily Holton-Walsh (Walsh, NC 2008) Miss Helen Hoogewerf-McComb (NC 2009)

Ms Lucy Stoy (NC 1998) Mrs Kimberly Summe (McCoy, NC 1992) in honour of Catherine Seville* Professor Emma Sutton (NC 1995) Ms Emma Taylor (NC 1993) Mrs Sarah Taylor (Harrison, NC 1994) Mrs Emily Temple (Weir, NC 1998) Ms Carol Thompson (NC 1991) Professor Hannah Thompson (NC 1992) Ms Elisabeth Traugott (NC 1991) Ms Cat Tully (NC 1994) Mrs Franni Vincent (NC 1993) Dr Arani Vireswer (Nitkunan, NC 1993) Dr Carrie Vout (NC 1991) Ms Antonia Wade (NC 1995) Dr Elisabeth Wadge (NC 1993) Ms Celia Walden (NC 1995) Dr Hannah Walford (NC 1995) Ms Sarah Wallace (NC 1996) Mrs Christine Walls (Smith, NC 1994) Ms Charlotte Wassermann (NC 1995) Mrs Elizabeth Westlund (Griffiths, NC 1990) Mrs Karen Whitlock (Fletcher, NC 1995) Ms Sarah Wilder (Dowden, NC 1998) Dr Mary Wilson (NC 1990) Ms Flora Wilson (NC 1995) Miss Anna Wishart (NC 1998) Dr Heather Wolfe (NC 1993)* Mrs Claire Wolseley (Harvey, NC 1991) Miss Cecilia Wong (NC 1998) Dr Sally Wood (NC 1994) Ms Ji-Sook Yoon (NC 1996) Dr Johanna Ziegler (NC 1999) Miss Joanna Zinaberg (Solomon, NC 1993)

2000s Dr Becky Anderson (NC 2005) Ms Kylie Ansbro (Steven, NC 2004) Mrs Laura Appleton (Rouse, NC 2007) Mrs Sarah Louise Aykuta (Mascie-Taylor, NC 2001) Mrs Kirsty Bell (Naylor, NC 2001) Mrs Alice Berry (NC 2002) Miss Ruth Blackshaw (NC 2009)

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Dr Alexa Horner (NC 2005) Mrs Katie Howard (Bevis, NC 2000) Ms Emma Hunter (NC 2005) Miss Philippa James (NC 2008) Miss Joanna Jarman (NC 2003) Dr Zahra Jawad (NC 2000) Mrs Zoe John (Taylor, NC 2006) Mrs Amber Jones (Marson, NC 2001) Miss Helen Jones (NC 2003) Miss Alice Keen (NC 2002) Ms Shireen Khattak (NC 2001) Dr Do Young Kim (NC 2008) Miss Shirley Lau (NC 2009) Miss Olivia Lee (NC 2009) Mrs Saoirse Leonard (NC 2005) Ms Anna Lintner (NC 2004) Miss Helen Lomas (NC 2004) Dr Jenny Long (NC 2001) Dr Claire Ma (NC 2004) Miss Victoria Mackay (NC 2005) Mrs Hannah Madsen (Lovett, NC 2003) Dr Jesmeen Maimaris (Maleque, NC 2000) Miss Louise Marchant (NC 2000) Miss Elena Marshall (NC 2004) Miss Louise Marshall (NC 2008) Miss Sinead Martin (NC 2006) Mrs Victoria Maynard (Batchelor, NC 2000) Miss Zoe McBride (NC 2007) Miss Nel McDonald (NC 2008) Miss Patricia McGill (NC 2000) Miss Grainne McGread (NC 2008) Miss Rachael Mell (NC 2005) Mrs Lizzie Miere (Lawrenson, NC 2004) Miss Naomi Miles (NC 2007) Miss Daisy Mitchell (NC 2008) Dr Florine Morrison (de Haas van Dorsser, NC 2002) Miss Freya Morrissey (NC 2005) Miss Hannah O'Sullivan (NC 2003) Miss Hannah Pack (NC 2009) Dr Sarah Pallas (Wood, NC 2001)* Miss Roseanna Pendlebury (NC 2008) Miss Diana Pilkington (NC 2000) Dr Judith Plummer-Braeckman (NC 2008)

Miss Victoria Poole (NC 2001) Dr Eve Poole (NC 2004) Miss Kirsty Potter (NC 2007) Miss Kate Pumfrey (NC 2008) Dr Emma Raccagni (Beddoe, NC 2000) Dr Agalya Ramanathan (Sivakumar, NC 2009) Dr Libby Richards (NC 2005) Miss Katherine Roberts (NC 2004) Mrs Eleri Robinson (Jones, NC 2004) Ms Bryony Robinson (NC 2007) Ms Selina Russell (Gough, NC 2002) Miss Charlotte Russell (NC 2006) Mrs Magda Rutkowska (Zurkowska, NC 2008) Mrs Sarah Scott (Morley, NC 2001) Dr Frances Scott (NC 2007) Miss Mary-Ann Sebborn (NC 2001) Miss Nicola Shadbolt (NC 2008) Mrs Lucy Shaw (Harrison, NC 2002) Mrs Rachel Sheridan (Chadwick, NC 2008) Ms Sarah Shevchik (Turner, NC 2001)* Mrs Ruth Shin (Innes, NC 2007) Dr Amita Shortland (NC 2008) Mrs Ruth Sibley (Carter, NC 2009) Mrs Lucy Simson (Spray, NC 2006) Mrs Helen Smith (Webb, NC 2003) Dr Maya Stavisky (NC 2005) Miss Emily Stennett (NC 2008) Mrs Lottie Sugden Heron (Heron, NC 2004) Dr Imon Sultana (NC 2004) Mrs Laura Tane (Birkinshaw-Miller, NC 2008) Ms Naomi Tarawali (NC 2008) Miss Krithika Theyagarajan (NC 2008) Mrs Amy Thompson (Healey, NC 2000) Ms Hannah Tildesley (NC 2006) Mrs Naomi Tiley (Herbert, NC 2003) Miss Hannah Tilston (NC 2007) Miss Madeleine Traylor (NC 2004) Dr Kani Varshneya (NC 2008) Dr Anna Watkins (Bebington, NC 2001) Miss Sarah Watling (NC 2008) Mrs Siobhan Westbrook (Lambe, NC 2001) Miss Helen Whimpanny (NC 2007) Mrs Amelia Williams (Raymond, NC 2001) Mrs Kim Williams (Johnson, NC 2002)

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Miss Shirley Liu (NC 2015) Miss Georgia Lowe (NC 2014) Miss Rachel Meunier (NC 2012) Ms Robyn Moates (NC 2010) Dr Kaysia Molenda (Wasilewska, NC 2011) Miss Fionnuala Morris (NC 2013) Miss Elishna O'Donovan (NC 2013) Mrs Hannah Palmer (Dunnett, NC 2014) Miss Sofia Papaspyropoulou (NC 2016) Ms Aleks Pedraszewska (NC 2013) Miss Jasmin Rees (NC 2015) Miss Anna Reynolds (NC 2013) Miss Roxana Rosca (NC 2011) Ms Isabella Rosner (NC 2015) Miss Éilis Rowan (NC 2017) Ms Laura Russell (NC 2010) Mrs Linda Savin (NC 2014) Miss Marija Scekic (NC 2010) Ms Fern Schofield (NC 2012) Ms Annie Scourfield (NC 2014) Miss Jenni Scurr (NC 2013) Miss Rachael Shannon (NC 2012) Ms Imogen Shaw (NC 2014) Miss Asiya Siddiqua (NC 2013) Mrs Imogen Smazanovich (Butler, NC 2012) Ms Emma Smith (NC 2019) Miss Vicky Smyth (NC 2016) Miss Georgina Spittle (NC 2012) Miss Miranda Stewart (NC 2010) Ms Judith Swinhoe-Standen (NC 2010) Ms Maariyah Syeda (NC 2011) Miss Vee Tames (NC 2018) Dr Maria Thompson (Preuss, NC 2011) Miss Melissa Van Doorselaer (NC 2010) Miss Clare Williamson (NC 2011) Miss Sarah Wong (NC 2012) Dr Mengying Xia (NC 2014)

Mrs Lucy Williams (Osborne, NC 2005) Mrs Grace Wise (Neal, NC 2002) Ms Emily Woodhouse (NC 2008) Mrs Amy Ye (Ng, NC 2005) Dr Dawn Yu (NC 2007) Ms Linda Zhou (NC 2009)*

2010s Miss Yousra Ahmed-Salim (NC 2012) Ms Katie Akers (NC 2012) Miss Cat Bar (NC 2015) Miss Sitara Bartle (NC 2017) Miss Sarah Basemera (NC 2011) Miss Meghan Bird (NC 2015) Ms Hettie Blohm (NC 2015) Miss Anastasia Bogatyreva (NC 2010) Ms Fran Brandon (NC 2011) Ms Evie Button (NC 2012) Miss Feilun Cao (NC 2014) Ms Emma Charlesworth (NC 2015) Ms Tiffany Chow (NC 2012) Miss Ophelia Crawford (NC 2010) Ms Louisa Dales (NC 2014) Miss Agnès de Varine (NC 2012) Miss Oonagh Devitt Tremblay (NC 2018) Dr Jenna Dittmar (NC 2012) Miss Fiona Dobson (NC 2015) Miss Sophie Farthing (NC 2012) Miss Cait Findlay (NC 2016) Miss Hele Francis (NC 2011) Dr Jessie Fyfe (NC 2015) Dr Fang Wen Gan (NC 2011) Miss Henriette Garmatter (NC 2010) Miss Ella Griffiths (NC 2011) Miss Lea Hampton-O'Neil (NC 2010) Ms Chloe Harris (NC 2011) Miss Camilla Harris (NC 2011) Miss Molly Hindhaugh (NC 2014) Dr Josephine Holt (NC 2012) Ms Merryn Hughes (NC 2017) Mrs Ruth Ingleby (Wheatley, NC 2010) Ms Emma Karslake (NC 2012) Miss Sangida Khan (NC 2012)

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Senior Members and supporters of the College Eleanor Hamilton Educational Trust Maureen Bateman Charitable Trust The Chicago Community Foundation* Laidlaw Foundation Onassis Foundation Friends and family of Dr Nina Wedderburn (Salaman, NC 1947)

Mr Keith Baxter Ms Lindsey Charlesworth Ms Solina Chau Mrs Katharine Cheney Professor Dr Catherine Dobias-Lalou Mr Colin Edgar Dr Michael Gifford Drs. Constantine & Sophia Goulimis Professor Norman Hammond in honour of Dr Jean Wilson MBE (NC 1964) Professor Percy Hammond, husband of the late Babette Hammond (White, NC 1936) Ms Jill Hanna Mr Sebastian Haywood-Ward Ms Claire Hotz de Baar in memory of Alison Hotz de Baar (Cook, NC 1968) Ms Rachel Isherwood, in memory of Chris Isherwood (Outhwaite, NC 1965) Mr Ian Kemp Robin Lindsey and Jane Lindsey in honour of Dr June Lindsey (Broomhead, NC 1941) Ms Victoria Logue in memory of her mother Dr Anne Logue (Bolton, NC 1936) Canon Dr Judith Maltby, Former Senior Member Mrs Anne Moorehead Dr Alan Munro, husband of the late Mary Munro (Robertson, NC 1957) Mr Guy Newey Professor Yoko Odawara Mr Graham Pratten, husband of the late Hazel Pratten (Pinner, NC 1960) Professor Ian Pyle, husband of the late Margaret Pyle (Pugh, NC 1952) Ms Gabriele Reifenberg, Senior Member Ms Catherine Repp Dr Anne Summers Professor Froma Zeitlin, Senior Member* Pfizer Foundation* Dunsmore Charitable Trust The Baker Charitable Trust

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Portrait of Rosalind Franklin (1961) by Howard Bate RA Chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin (NC 1938) made vital contributions to the understanding of DNA, viruses, coal and graphite. In 1994 Newnham was given a portrait bust of Rosalind Franklin that had originally been commissioned by Dr Mair Livingstone. The work has recently been conserved and is on display next to the Rosalind Franklin Building and is visible from Sidgwick Avenue.

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Alumnae A–Z Everything you need to know While every effort has been made to ensure information was correct at the time of going to press, practical arrangements may be subject to change. Please contact the Roll Office (01223 335757 or email roll@newn.cam.ac.uk) or consult the website for the latest information.

A LUMNAE G ROUPS The following groups are currently active and would love to hear from you! If you would like to set up your own group in an area that isn’t currently covered, please contact the Roll and Development Office.

SCOTLAND Christine Ayton (Macleod, NC 1977) cmaytons@btinternet.com WESSEX Amanda Nobbs (Mullarkey, NC 1979) amanda@pajm.co.uk

UK CAMBRIDGE Jo Burch (NC 1983) joannaburch1964@gmail.com

YORKSHIRE Liz Newbronner (NC 1979) liz@newbronner.com

GLOUCESTERSHIRE Please contact the Roll Office to be put in touch with this group.

INTERNATIONAL

LONDON Elizabeth (Libby) Richards (NC 2005) libby_richards@hotmail.com

AUSTRALIA Melissa Fisher (NC 1996) mfisher@ninewentworth.com.au

MANCHESTER Sadly, the Manchester Association of University Women was wound up in 2022.

HONG KONG Joyshan Kung (Lam, NC 1989) newnhamhk@gmail.com

NORTH HOME COUNTIES (HERTS/BUCKS/BERKS) Joanna Withers (Gurney, NC 1984) jo@redholme.com

SINGAPORE Eleanor Great (NC 1987) and Sharon Chin (NC 1996) egreat@mac.com; sharon.w.chin@gmail.com

OXFORDSHIRE Kathy Hodder-Williams (Wood, NC 1983) kathy@hodder-williams.com

USA Margaret Campbell (NC 1966) margaret.campbell1@verizon.net

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A SSOCIATES

C OMMEMORATION

This incredible group of sixty alumnae from all walks of life supports the College by offering careers support to students and recent graduates, helping with events for current and future Newnham students, acting as subject points of contact and organising occasional social meetings. If you like the sound of being a Newnham Associate, why not apply? All alumnae are eligible to apply to join – you just need to be enthusiastic about the future of Newnham and able to give some time. We elect new Associates at the Annual General Meeting every November: you would be expected to serve for five years with a likely renewal for a second five years. For more information see www.newnhamassociates. org. The current Co-Presidents of the Associates are Amy Atkinson-Ward (NC 1996) and Xiangyu Sheng (NC 2012).

Commemoration is one of the most special occasions in the College year. Alumnae celebrating their 70th, 60th, 50th, 25th or 10th matriculation anniversary are invited back in spring to enjoy a range of activities in College, and the Commemoration Dinner, which recognises and thanks our Founders and Benefactors. The next Commemoration Weekend will be 23–24 March 2024.

D ATA P ROTECTION Newnham College will use your data to manage and develop the ongoing relationship between you and Newnham as part of our lifelong community of scholars, including keeping in touch with you, keeping up to date on your achievements and engaging with you on how you can continue to contribute to College life and otherwise support Newnham. It will not divulge it to a third party (other than to recognised alumnae groups and to agents contracted by Newnham for particular alumnae-related projects). You have the right to inform us at any time if you do not wish your data to be used for any of these purposes. Please see our full Data Protection Statement on the website: www.newn.cam.ac.uk/alumnae/keeping-in-touch/ data-protection, or request a written copy from the Roll and Development Office.

B OOK OF REMEMBRANCE The Book of Remembrance can be found in the College Library. Each page carries, in wonderful penmanship, a memorial to a past alumna. It has been the tradition that a friend of the person to be remembered, a group of alumnae, or the family, makes a donation of at least £150. This will first cover the costs of the inscription, and any surplus up to £150 will be placed in the Roll Remembrance Fund. This fund ensures that we can record, without charge, a tribute to any current student (or graduate within the previous five years) who passes away. Any donations received in excess of £150 in memory of a particular person will be used to purchase books for the Library. Should anyone wish to take up this opportunity, to remember a College friend, mentor or Fellow, please contact the Roll and Development Office.

D ONATIONS Newnham has an incredibly generous community of supporters and your gifts, no matter the size, really do make a difference. With your help we are preserving Newnham as an outstanding place of education for generations to come. For more information on giving to Newnham please visit

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newn.cam.ac.uk/alumnae/giving-to-newnham. We are always delighted to talk through your options; please email development@newn.cam. ac.uk or phone +44 (0)1223 338213.

Associates who, after completing their maximum ten-year term, have opted to continue their active involvement with the College. They aim to support the Associates in their objectives and act as a network of alumnae with an exceptionally strong and diverse experience base, who represent part of the institutional memory of the College.

E VENTS The College hosts regular alumnae events, including talks, dinners, networking lunches and garden parties, which are advertised by email, post and the website. Alumnae will also receive invitations to specific events based on their location, subject and matriculation year. For hosting an event at Newnham, see Using Newnham as a Venue.

I NFORMATION AND U PDATES Please contact the Roll and Development Office if you would like to let us know about a change of address or any other information.

I RIS C AFÉ

F AMILY F ORUM

The Iris Café, just off the Porters’ Lodge, is open to all in the daytime, all year round, serving delicious and great value drinks, snacks and light lunches. It’s become extremely popular as a place to socialise and work. We love to see alumnae using it to catch up, but please do check the website first to check the opening hours, which change in and out of term.

The Family Forum, organised by Hannah Plews (NC 1995) and Ruth Shin (NC 2007), is a discussion forum for all those interested in contemporary issues affecting families. Invited speakers and audience members all participate in the events, whether live or online, providing for a lively and thoughtful discussion.

L EGACIES

G UILD OF F RIENDS

Many members choose to remember the College in their will, either with a gift of a capital amount, or a percentage or share of the residue of their estate. There is no need to rewrite your will if you already have one – simply add a codicil. Our legacy brochure provides further information and examples of wording. This can be accessed online at www.newn.cam.ac.uk/alumnae/givingto-newnham/giving-in-your-will, or contact the Roll and Development Office to request a copy by post. We recommend you also seek professional advice when writing your will.

The Guild of Friends Committee manages a fund made up of donations given specifically to support the life of the College, broadly defined. It awards large and small grants to the College, JCR and MCR and to individual students, for special projects, events, travel or improvements.

H ONORARY A SSOCIATES The Honorary Associates are former Newnham

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While alumnae are normally welcome to visit and work in the Library during staffed hours, please contact librarian@newn.cam.ac.uk to check current arrangements for access. The Library is delighted to receive copies of publications by alumnae, or donations of books or funds to acquire books and to support special projects such as rare book conservation.

The Roll Remembrance Fund is invested as part of the College portfolio, and brings in a small income which can be used for the following purposes: a) for grants to present or past students for financial distress or special research work; b) t o make up any shortfall in funding for the calligraphy in the Remembrance Book, and to replace the book when it is full; c) in association with the costs of memorials, flowers or programmes.

L OST A LUMNAE Over the years we have unfortunately lost contact with some of our alumnae and would very much like to hear from them again. If you are in contact with any alumnae who have not heard from us for a while, or who are concerned that they may not be on our mailing lists, please encourage them to make contact with us via roll@newn.cam.ac.uk, and we will gladly update their contact details. Please note that we cannot use contact details provided by a third party, however sure you are that the alumna would like to hear from us.

R EUNIONS We hold two official reunion events per year, a September one coinciding with the University Alumni Festival (55th, 40th, 30th and 20th matriculation anniversaries), and Commemoration (q.v.).

R OLL AND D EVELOPMENT O FFICE – CONTACT You can phone the Office on 01223 335757, or email roll@newn.cam.ac.uk. If you are coming to College, please let us know; we are always delighted to say hello to visiting alumnae.

M ERCHANDISE/ C OLLECTIBLES Newnham produces a varied range of memorabilia, from postcards to scarves and mugs. These are often on sale at alumnae events, or to see the current selection and to order, visit www.newn.cam.ac.uk/about/merchandise/.

R OLL C OMMITTEE The Roll Committee represents the lifelong, mutually supportive connection of all Newnham alumnae – including all current and former students, Senior Members, Principals and nominated College Officers. The Committee contributes ideas and helps to organise events, celebrations and initiatives within the College, in the UK and around the world. It meets twice

N EWS & OBITUARIES If you would like to submit an item of news for the Roll Letter, share a memory or submit an obituary for a Newnham member, please write to The Roll Editor or email roll@newn.cam.ac.uk.

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a year, in spring and September. Elections take place each spring and, as members may only serve for up to two 3-year terms, there are regular vacancies. Just email the current President, Annette Spencer (Wrigley, NC 1988) via roll@newn.cam.ac.uk if you are interested in becoming a member of the Committee.

Y OUNG A LUMNAE The Newnham Young Alumnae group was set up in 2014 to connect recent graduates (aged 35 and under) through social and networking events. They provide young alumnae with access to peer support and networking in an informal and friendly setting. To join, please contact youngalumnae.newnham@gmail.com.

S IDGWICK S OCIETY The Sidgwick Society is a group made up of alumnae who have let us know that they have made a legacy pledge in their will to Newnham College. Members of Newnham’s Sidgwick Society are invited to special events to thank them for their support.

Z ZZZ… S LEEPING IN C OLLEGE Outside of term, rooms (from double en-suite rooms in the Dorothy Garrod Building to some of the more ‘classic’ rooms you may have lived in yourself) may be booked via accommodation@ newn.cam.ac.uk. Alumnae receive a 10% discount.

U NIVERSITY A LUMNI F ESTIVAL The Alumni Festival Weekend is hosted annually in the autumn by the University of Cambridge. At Newnham we invite back specific yeargroups to celebrate the anniversary of their matriculation. For more information please visit the College website.

U SING N EWNHAM AS A V ENUE We can facilitate a range of events for up to 150 guests, from corporate conferences and academic lectures, to weddings, dinners and away days. Alumnae receive a 10% discount. For up-to-date information, visit www.newn.cam. ac.uk/conferences, or contact the Conferences & Events team at conference@newn.cam.ac.uk.

V ISITING THE C OLLEGE Alumnae are always welcome to visit and enjoy the buildings and grounds.

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This place I know... Debbie Hodder on Newnham Library.

a digital vehicle for search and discovery. I was appointed Librarian at Newnham College Librarians have needed to re-define our Library in 1992 and for over thirty years it has skills and adapt them to new environments: been my professional home, writes Debbie digitisation of materials; desktop access to Hodder. It’s a place I love – always yielding resources; the delivery of services beyond the up new materials, new stories, offering new traditional ‘space’ of the library. possibilities for thought and intellectual Co-operation with other libraries through exploration; always open to development, while staff training and the development and delivery mindful of its history. of new services has helped enormously. We There is an internal window at the west work closely with our colleagues across the end of the Horner Markwick Library Building University, in other college libraries, faculty (2003) which gives a glimpse through to the and departmental libraries and the University ‘old’ part of the library with its beautiful blue Library. I am proud of and white barrel-vaulted how Newnham Library ceiling decorated with staff continued to the emblems of early support the Fellows European printers. and students through Above this internal the extraordinary window hangs a replica circumstances of the of the banner carried pandemic and beyond. on suffrage marches by I am very grateful Newnham and Girton to Newnham students in the early for supporting years of the twentieth my professional century. development This window serves Debbie Hodder throughout my thirty as a connector between years as College old and new – offering Librarian. I inherited a very special library and glimpses and inviting movement from one part the College’s Library Committee encouraged of the Library to the other. It’s been important and guided me towards keeping it as relevant, for librarians to appreciate this interplay up-to-date and useful as possible. When it between old and new. Libraries have had to became apparent that this would require change, develop and adapt. Developments in computerisation have transformed (and a new library extension in the early 2000s, continue to transform) the concept of the I became part of a team of Fellows and College card-index paper-based library catalogue into Officers working to make that happen. My role

‘It has always been a pleasure for me to think about how best to provide a welcoming, helpful, useful and inspiring college library for our students.’

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It has always been a pleasure for me to think about how best to provide a welcoming, helpful, useful and inspiring college library for our students. It’s a job I’ve loved doing. I retired from my post in 2022, but am honoured to be retaining my links with the College as a Fellow Emerita, maintaining contact with my colleagues in the College and the library world, and taking the opportunity to explore libraries as a reader.

was to write a brief to architects, help oversee that brief in its development and subsequent realisation, and assist the College in providing the best possible library for the future (as well as a temporary library over the two years of the building project). The Horner Markwick library extension was built at the right time, in the right place, and has served us well as academic libraries have become increasingly ‘hybrid’ (offering good and ready access to online resources and physical books from the same desk). It is also, I believe, a beautiful college library space, integrating the old and the new in a way that is calm, inviting and inspiring.

Debbie Hodder in front of the library window. Photo by Fernando Manoso.

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Editors Sara Gaines (Director of Communications) Dr Maartje Scheltens (NC 1995; freelance editor) Editorial Board Sarah Carthew (Director of Development) Lindsey Charlesworth (Roll and Development Office; editor, Life Stories) Professor Emily Clark (Tulane University) Cait Findlay (Young Alumnae) Frieda Midgley (Archivist) Dr Emma Pomeroy (Fellow) Alison Rose (NC 1980; Principal) Annette Spencer (NC 1988; President of the Roll) Dr Sheila Watts (Fellow) Thanks also to all the Fellows and staff of Newnham College and to Joan Barraclough (NC 1952) for proofreading. Design: Paul Oldman at Smith (www.smithltd.co.uk) Printing and mailing: Sterling Solutions Packaging: 100% home compostable potato starch. Please check local kerbside collections.

The Roll and Development Office Newnham College Cambridge CB3 9DF Tel +44 (0)1223 335757 www.newn.cam.ac.uk Cover photo by Dasha Tenditna. Endpapers: Buttery windows (detail) by Beverly Byron, Prisms Glass Design, 2005. Photos by Fernando Manoso.

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Save the date!

Alumnae Events 2024 Personal invitations will be sent out for events marked with *. Further details of all events will be shared by email nearer the time. 11 March Newnham and Bletchley Park Exhibition Launch Sally Waugh, Gill Sutherland and Frieda Midgley are curating an exhibition on the role of Newnham alumnae at Bletchley Park. The exhibition will run until 24 March. Keep an eye on the website for exhibition opening times and events associated with this. 23-24 March Commemoration Weekend* This year, we are welcoming alumnae who matriculated in 1954, 1964, 1974, 1999 and 2014 to join us for Commemoration Weekend at Newnham. 25 May Sidgwick Society Event* We thank all those who have informed us of their intention to remember Newnham in their wills at the annual Sidgwick Society event.

22 June Campaign Celebration Marking 140 years of Newnham’s extended gardens, we welcome all alumnae and their families back to Newnham for a day of activities celebrating our new campaign Shaping Newnham’s Future, set in our beautiful gardens. All welcome. 6 September Principal’s Circle Dinner* We thank all those who have given £50,000 or more by hosting a dinner in College. 23 September – 7 October Telephone Campaign Our Telephone Campaign creates a sense of connection and community between our current students and alumnae, who generously share their own experiences of life at and beyond Newnham. It also plays a crucial role in raising funds for a variety of important areas across College, especially the major themes of our new campaign, Shaping Newnham’s Future.

Are your contact details up-to-date? If you need to update your contact information, please contact the Roll and Development Office.

27–29 September Alumni Festival* We will be extending a special invitation to alumnae who matriculated in 1969, 1984, 1994 and 2004 to return to Newnham during the University’s Alumni Festival, for a special weekend of alumnae events and a dinner. 12 October Family Forum This lively forum offers a chance to explore complex issues affecting families and to learn from experts in specific fields. All welcome. 1 December Music for the Festive Season The Raleigh Society’s specially chosen repertoire of classical and modern music is guaranteed to make you feel merry and bright. All welcome.