for Selwyn College
Appeal Update, Spring 2020
GOING UP!
A new Library & Auditorium
£12.35m raised of £12.6m
A new Library & Auditorium for Selwyn College APPEAL UPDATE, SPRING 2020. THANK YOU! In the six months since we last wrote to you, a great deal has happened with our project to build a new Library and Auditorium. Not least has been the emergence of more than 300 new donors who have given nearly half a million pounds in new gifts – thank you! This means that, in total, we now have just £250,000 still to find before reaching our target of £12.6m. As you will read, progress on the building has been equally impressive, and it is now a permanent feature on the Grange Road skyline. With much of winter now behind us, the building is on time, on budget and it’s full steam ahead for completion towards the end of this year.
446
inscribed bricks
884 donors
£12.35m raised
60 80 inscribed
paving stones
inscribed chairs
Please help us to raise the final £250,000 by the end of March 2020 This is already the most successful public appeal in Selwyn’s history. We are aiming to complete our fundraising by the end of the current financial year – so those of you who wish to make a contribution have until 31 March 2020 – please join us. Although the deadline has passed to have an inscribed brick or paving stone, you can still have your name on a library or auditorium chair. All the information and forms that you need to make a donation of any size are included with this brochure, along with a reply envelope. All gifts can be spread over a number of years and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, we can usually claim Gift Aid as well.
82 individuals whose name will appear on the Principal Donors’ plaque (gifts of £10,000 or more)
How to make your gift Just complete the Inscription & Gift Form enclosed, and return to us in the envelope provided.
Thank you.
LIST OF DONORS Thank you to those who have already supported, or pledged to support, this important project, and to those who wish to remain anonymous. (As of 8 January 2020.)
1936 Mr C J Hinchcliffe 1939 Mr A W Laurie 1943 Mr T H Dixon 1944 Mr A P Brown Dr M J Smyth Mr M I D Sutherland 1946 Mr J R Belbin The Revd M C Lapage Mr R D Pope 1947 Mr J Crease The Revd Canon G G White 1948 Dr J A Bland Mr R J Harper Dr M W Pascoe Mr D R W Way 1949 Dr A G Dawrant Mr A R Stephenson 1950 Mr H J de Voil Mr W H Jones The Revd A F I Noble The Revd G M Rider 1951 Mr D M Boston The Revd Prebendary A R Bould Dr A J Dyer Mr J E Farr Mr R P Ground Mr K A Hearne Mr C Jones Dr H F Oxer Professor P Stanley Professor A M C Waterman Mr A J Watkins 1952 Mr P Lancaster 1953 Dr S L Geoghegan Mr C L Rice Mr M Sharrock Mr C I Trotz The Revd Prebendary P A Tuft Mr R G Warwick 1954 Mr B A Coe The Revd R G Fleming Mr D A Hammersley Mr D A Palgrave Mr N A Ratcliff 1955 Mr R G Baker Mr J C Beckett Dr A J Brown Mr P Harrison Mr D S Hutchinson
Mr D L Mayer Dr M G Morris Mr R S Newberry 1956 Mr D K Bisatt Mr F M Broadbent Dr G R Clarke Professor Emeritus G E Connah Mr W D Easterbrook Mr C G J Emmins Mr C K Preston Mr R R Scott Mr H J Smeeton Dr R O C Summers Mr D E Tisdall Mr M K Wang Mr H S C Webber 1957 The Revd M J Balchin Mr D S Casstles Dr M Cousins Mr W J Crewe Mr A Fawley Mr J J Q Fox Mr J G Gaddes Dr S J Karran Mr J P Leonard Mr J J Love The Revd P Nicholas Mr G A I Owen Mr R T Weston 1958 Dr B E Beeston Mr J B Brenner Dr P H M Cooper Mr W A K Edmonds Mr W Grant Mr J M Hardwick Mr M C L Herring Mr R G Hood-Wright Mr D E N B Jones The Revd P L Sibley Professor D G Trelford 1959 Dr J W Baldock Emeritus Professor R M N Bell Mr D T Bryson Dr M Chown Dr K G Crook Mr W B C Evans Dr J R Griffiths Mr D S Grover Mr T W Hendy Mr C C Holmes Mr G S Hood Mr R E Jeffs Mr R J C Matthews Mr P J Milner Mr J D Ryan Mr R C Shipley Mr P R F White 1960 Mr T A Almond Mr M J Anderson
Mr P M L Bingley Mr R A Chatburn Mr G L Grant Mr D W Trimble The Revd Canon P K Warren Mr J C Wolters Mr G R Wynne 1961 Mr C S Aubury Professor C I Cullingford Mr P W Gibbs Dr R H B Grey Mr S A Otto Sir J A Shepherd Mr L A Smy Mr C P Trye 1962 Mr H M Adair Mr J Bamford Mr S A Burnett Dr B D Cutler Mr A R P De Mello Kamath Mr T S Goss Mr J R Harris The Very Revd K B Jones The Revd D F Mawson Mr J B McVittie Mr J F Place Mr C T Shepherd Mr D J Vinney Mr K Wade Dr J S Watson Mr G J Whybird 1963 Dr P N Addy Mr J K Ayre Dr B M J Barton The Revd Canon M C S Bever Dr M C Davis Mr D H Day Mr M J Dickinson Mr D Gethin Mr J A P Jones Mr R D W Lacey Professor G A Lane Mr C J Ling Mr M F Longhurst Mr B E Norman Mr R A P Rowland Mr R J Snelson Mr G C Strickland 1964 Dr P Cartwright Mr C A Clarke Mr S T Crompton Mr R H C Legard Mr J N Lyon Mr D H Moss Mr C B S Mujahid Dr N C Rowley Mr P M Wilkinson
1965 Professor E I Brodkin Dr D L Dolman Mr M J Drake Mr D P M Dutton Mr M A George Dr S T Picraux Dr G D S Price Dr D Rowley-Jones Mr N E Young 1966 Mr R G Agass Mr M G Baker Mr J Barnard Mr T H Bartlam The Revd Canon J M P Caldicott Dr P G Cleland The Revd D J Cowan Dr J W V Grant Mr R J Hagon Dr R N Hobbs Mr A C Jones Mr R J Price Dr P J Riley Mr D R Sherry Mr P L Tann Mr J A V Townsend Mr P A Tuthill 1967 Mr C J Bevan Mr G Z Brassay Mr M T Bruce Lockhart Dr P Coxhead Mr R G Davies Professor R A Harrison Colonel S A S Miller Mr C G Mottram Mr D A Richards Mr R B Shannon Mr A D Waterhouse Dr P L Williams 1968 The Revd D Barton Mr S P Berry Mr S J S Brown Mr A T Bull Dr F Cunliffe Mr P Finch Mr E G Haythorne Mr T Heath Mr F K J Jackson Dr R G W Kidd Mr C D Longhurst Mr R B M Quayle Mr S R Shaw Mr J K Taylor Dr E E Tepper Mr P R Thompson Mr R J Wade 1969 Mr P R Dale Mr D Forbes Mr I J Gaunt The Revd Canon N C Heavisides
The Hon M H Laing The Most Revd B C Morgan Commodore R C Pelly Professor S A Petersen Mr J E Rose Mr C J Shaw Mr P B Venn Mr M C Warburton Mr P Whiteman 1970 The Revd H O Alby Mr J P Burgon The Revd Dr N P Henderson Sir S H W Hughes Mr S J Hughes Mr P G R Lloyd Dr P D Marshall Mr J A Rudofsky Mr M A Seaman Mr S K Towsey Mr R C Wainwright 1971 Mr D J Aspinall Mr S J Chatwin Mr J Fletcher Dr R R Harris Mr G D G Master Mr A G M McEwan Mr D W Skinner Dr J D Taylor Mr G P Tyler Dr C J Wales Mr J P Wearing 1972 Mr C S Anderson Mr C S Craig Dr R P T Davenport Hines Mr M A Emly Mr S K Lewis Mr K R Nuttall Dr S Paetke Mr G G A Pentecost Mr C A Walsh 1973 Mr G S Allcott Mr S Cambridge The Revd Dr A J Craig Mr W J G Daniel The Revd D B England Dr A R Galazka Dr N K Harrison Mr G Mann Mr D J Markham Dr C G Newton Mr F B Pike Mr P B A Renshaw Mr J E B Roberson Mr A M Stevens Mr A G Wade Mr P J d’A Willis
Dr P A Winston Dr P G Wood 1974 Mr P A Brooks Mr M D Gledhill Mr E B Lambourne Mr A E Macfarlane Mr H A Rayment Dr P N Stidolph Mr D N Tatlock Mr A Todd Mr O J Traylor Dr N J C Tyler Mr D H Waters 1975 Mr R J Dickinson Mr R W L Edwards Mr M E Garbett Mr R G Hollingdale Mr B J Hornsby The Revd R R J Lapwood 1976 Mrs R A Boyle Mr S K Butcher Mrs C C Carey Matts Ms C C Coates Mrs J C Cribb Ms A M Donoghue Mr J A C Greaves Mr C S Hyatt Dr G E Jones Mrs L C Jones Miss L F Jones Mr G P Keattch Dr S M Kilfeather Dr A S McNelly Miss F J Morrison Mr F Nation-Dixon Mr P New Dr W R Pitt Mr I G Stanley Mr N A Swinnerton Dr S J Thornton Dr B W H Tolley Mrs K D Weber Mr H E Weston Miss C B A Whalley Mrs R J Wilshaw 1977 Miss B A R Allen Miss S Ashby Mrs F M A Barlow Mrs C Campbell Mrs S E M Collins Miss L H Dupré Mr N M Evans Mr J M Featherby Dr A J R Hudson Mr M N Maggs The Revd M F Manley Mr P A Manning Mrs F M Marsh Miss R E O’Connell Dr T R Perrior Ms G E Phillips Mrs A Sinclair Mrs J M Thomas 1978 Mrs J M S Abel Smith The Revd T R Albin Mr P R Bennell Mr A F Bolton
Ms L A Cawthra Mr S R Evans Dr S E Foster Mr N F C Gale Dr A M Hardy Mr M J Lum Mrs H A Metcalf Dr B Morgan Mr R H O’Neill Mr G D Quarry Mr N C W Ralph Mr R A Reed Ms G R Saunders Mr I Thomas Mrs D C Tucker Mrs H N J Tudor Ms V A Ward Ms J Y Whitehouse 1979 Ms K Bosher Mr K S Brown Mrs S C Cootes Mrs J V Davison Professor C A G Deadman Mr E M Harley Mr L A Hopkins Mr H J Morgan Miss H M Nixseaman Mrs J C Reast The Revd A J Wadsworth 1980 Mr K C Chatfield Dr M J Chatfield Mr G H Davies Miss K M Fernie Dr P S Jarrett Mr S G Nash Mr J T H Root Mrs C M Scott Mr D A Shaw 1981 Mr D N Boothroyd Mr J C P Calladine Mrs S J Chao Ms A Davis Dr J M Dinwoodie Mr D M England The Venerable M Gorick Mr D A Horton Mrs M V S Blackman Mr K K Ng Mr M J E Peppitt Mrs S M Peppitt Mr M J J Svoboda Miss S J Woodward 1982 Mr R Bassil Dr N P Byott Mr P Elder Mrs B W Foden Miss J A Gilliver Mrs S E J Greenbank Mr D A Greenbank Captain M C Grenfell-Shaw Dr C Hales Dr A P Harrington Professor A M Hollis Mr A J T Low Mr S B Offen Dr C J Podmore
Ms J B C Strudwick Dr D R Tooth Mrs A C Triossi Mr S C Williams 1983 Mrs Y F Beardmore-Gray Ms E H Carey Professor S J S Chataway Professor S K Clark Mr M A Coker Mr A M Coleman Dr J A Hailey Mr T D W Jackson Miss C L Maddox Mrs K G Parry Lieutenant Colonel H A Simpson 1984 Mrs J C Baker Mrs A P Bulmer Dr A J R Bushby Mrs L S Elder Ms J K Fordham Mr A R Harley Mr J J Kistler Mr K S Lee Mr C H Newman Mr S K Randall Mr A D B Rimmer Mr C A E Spicer Mr P J Thacker Mr N J Whittle 1985 Mr A K Chandaria Mr M A J Colyer Dr R M Cottam Mrs V I Emmett Mr C Godsmark Mrs K E Godsmark Mr D C Heale Dr A J Jones Mr G A L Low Professor A Philpott 1986 Mr H D Cardozo Mr T J Cutts Mr J A Ferrar Mrs R L Ferrari Mr N P Howard Mr J K P McCaffrey Dr F J F McLauchlan Ms I D Muller Mr M H Sims Dr S Targett Mr C A Tattersfield Miss F B Tennyson Mr P N B Yeung 1987 Mr G S Boyle Mrs R Cairns Mrs J Smith Mr D Wolfson 1988 Dr R Beier Mr M W N Edgar Mr T D Emmerson Mrs V J Emmerson Mr M Q Farley Mr A P Hammacott Mr R K Hawley Dr P J Keown Mr M H Lloyd
Mr S J McDonald Mr S J Smith Ms G S Whitty Collins Mr H W Wood 1989 Mr J R Cable Mr J K C Cheung Mr E E Dix Perkin Mrs F C Dix Perkin Mrs C E Farley Mr P D Ryan The Revd J W Stewart Dr J C Y Welch 1990 Mr S D Bhattacharya Father J E Davies The Revd Dr G Gakuru Dr N M W Haggett Mr J W K Leong Mr D J Partridge Mrs S C Partridge Mrs S K Pointon Mrs S S Syed Dr M Vindlacheruvu 1991 Mr J N Abdey Dr N J Bell Mr J F L Birbeck Mr P Blackburn Ms L A Brailsford Dr W Chen Mr P N Dyke Dr J M Ellery Mr N P Fletcher Mr A Goodwin Dr R Grover Mr B R D Jones Mr P Lynn Mr P A Maxwell Mrs C H McCarthy Mr R J Milla Ms L M Newberry Ms E C Nott Mrs E C Othen Mr C M Pitcher Mr J K Ratcliffe Mr D P Sellen Mr B N Slingsby Ms S H Walters Ms L S Wood 1992 Mr A J Bailes Mrs C L Brooks Dr S Fairhurst Mr J D P Gibbons Mr D W Griffiths Dr P N Jones Ms M A Kalaugher Dr J Kim Mr C M M Leung Professor J T Llewellyn Mrs A C Lock Mr S C Low Dr E C McClure Dr M D Outram Mr P J Patel Dr D G Reavell Dr A L Rich Dr M D Rich Mr R J Ross Mrs S Suri
Mrs K Swainson Mr I R Tillotson Mr J A Webb 1993 Dr E M Bell Mr B J M Board Mr R A J T Chaffey Mr P R de Verneuil Smith Miss H L L Foo Ms S J Landray Mr D J Popplewell Mrs J P Stearn Mr T C Tse 1994 Dr M S Bingham Mr J C Fairburn Mr G Konaris Dr G D J Morton Mr S M Routledge Mr M G Thurgood Mr A A Youatt Dr J L Youatt 1995 Ms R Becker Mr S G A Becker Mr H A Dowlen Mrs J V Mulcahy Dr C E Mulligan Mrs C L F Rhodes 1996 Mr C J Aird Mrs H R Aird Dr R W Neville Mr R G Thexton 1997 Dr D Baraldi Mrs M L Boyes Mr M B Clark Mrs A K Croke Mr A M Fraser Mr J J Walsh Dr L J Zolfaghari 1998 Mr A Ballester Mr J B Bole Dr P D Bright Mr S C Buxton Mr T W E Goose Mr M J Janzarik Mr A P P O’Tuairisg Dr K Sedlenieks Mrs A E Styles Mr T R Styles Dr M Yamazaki 1999 Miss L A Brookes Mr T Catchesides Mr M F Coffin Mr J J P Higgs Ms T M C Houghton Dr S S Ramloll Mungaroo Dr G Wastlbauer 2000 Mr D E Arden Mr D G Cockayne Mr V D Dhokia Mr O H Jones Mrs C E Lipscomb Mrs L M K McBirnie Mrs H M Moffatt Ms A B Morgan Dr J M Quayle
Mr N J F Sandars Ms E H R Sidwell Dr M J T Stubbington Mr S J White 2001 Dr E M d Castro e Silva Dr B T C Frank Dr K P Kopper Mrs R H McGhee Mrs T C Russell Ms C P Sugarman Banaszak 2002 Mrs L M R Arnold Mrs M K Fisher Mr D C Holland Mrs S V K Newton Dr N Parton Dr Y Saatchi Dr M Seppel 2003 Mr R N Bavishi Dr A M Dai Mr J R Galton Ms M C Herlihy Dr P M Hoi Mr W D Macleod Professor Dr A Maier Mr P J May Dr C Ortiz Dueñas Dr M Rodosthenous Balafa Dr D Trocmé-Latter Dr D Zhu 2004 Dr G C Barndollar Ms R E Cooper Mr S J Dougan Hyde Dr R S Samant Dr E A Turner Mr J P Turner 2005 Dr A D Beale Mrs J Beale Miss E J Blakeley Mr T R P Chadwick Mr M L Cullen Mrs H R Dods
Dr E S LaBuzetta Dr L J Littlefield Dr S R Littlefield Mr P M McGarry Dr A P McLaren Ms C L Norman Ms J Riggs Dr M Shaunak Ms S T N Yeung 2006 Dr A A Berman Mrs E K Inkester Dann Mr J F Western Dr H Wu Mr H Xu 2007 Group Captain J Alexander Mr T J Alldred Dr E A O Freer Miss S Grieves Dr E E Hesketh Dr W Hu Miss E R Johnstone Dr L L McNeilly Dr T R R Pintelon Dr E R Sanders Dr P J Wilkinson 2008 Mr A J A Cohen Mr S L Cribb The Revd Dr A G Curtis Miss K E Forbes Miss C M Funatsuki Mr J E Lincoln Dr C C Seneschall Mr L A Sharpin Dr R J D Siddall Miss R Teo Mr J W G Willis 2009 Dr M Deneckere Miss L A John Mr M Kudo Miss P E J Naylor Dr M G Powell 2010 Ms S B Ab-Rahman The Revd Dr S P A Edmonds
Photo by Barnes Construction
View through Library (2nd floor)
Ms E L Gait Mr C T Hutton Mr A A Jkoshi Mr H A T Jones Mr J M Steadman Dr A Steinforth Miss I S White 2011 Ms A C Escobedo Dr X Huang Mr Z Mao Mr D I G Morris 2012 Mr J R Heseltine Mr K C Patel Mr C J Wallace 2013 Mr Z Gu Mr J S Heeg Mr P G A Sammut 2014 Mr P E Boothroyd Miss Z Gong Miss R J P Sturge Mr Y Zhang 2015 Miss E J Harper Dr R M A Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh Miss J C Offley Mr R Parthipan Mr S E Thomas Mr J Zhou 2017 Miss A Xia 2018 Mr J Barker Fellows, Honorary Fellows and Former Fellows Mr P L Agar Dr D A Beauregard Dr J R Benson Professor W R Brock Dr A N Chester Mr D H Chin (1986) Mr K J Coutts (1968) Mr R Cripps Professor A G Davies
Dr C D Dobson (1957) Mr N J A Downer Professor K J Ellis Dr S M Eves Dr J Gardner The Venerable D C Garnett Dr A J Gebauer Professor P R Grant (1957) The Rt Revd R M Hardy The Rt Revd Lord Harries of Pentregarth Sir David Harrison (1950) Emeritus Professor D W Holton Professor Sir Colin Humphreys Professor R P Johnson Dr A V Jones Professor K Jones (1973) Dr J H Keeler Dr S L Kenyon Slade (1991) Mr J H C Laurie (1978) Dr W A Laurie (1969) The Hon Sir Clive Lewis Professor I A McFarland Professor A M S McMahon Professor A P J Middelberg Dr W Morton Mr R Mosey Professor D E Newland (1954) Mr J N Newton (1973) Mr M Nicholson Professor V Nutton (1962) Dr D R O’Donnell Dr J A O’Sullivan Professor E Royle Dr S O Sage Professor J K M Sanders Dr M Seccombe Dr D L Smith (1982) Dr P L Spargo (1980) Dr M J Tilby Mr S R Tromans (1975) Dr R H Whitaker (1957) Professor J S Whitehead Dr L B Wilcox Dr B J Williams (1977) Dr C A Woodford The Most Revd and Right Hon, The Lord Archbishop of York (1974) Dr J M Young (1957) Friends of Selwyn College Dr A K Adams Mrs D Barnes Dr J J Barnes P Berney-Smith Mrs R Blackburn Ms E L Bond Mrs C Butcher Miss L Chagla Dr J Chalk Mr D P Charters
Mrs I Chin Mr A J Culshaw Ms H Davenport Mrs C Dawson Mr P A Dawson Mr M R G Dodd Mr M Donlan & Mrs I Donlan Mr J & Mrs S Downey Mrs K Dunne Ms K Dyer Dr N S Egnal Mr J Emmett Mr A H L Fisher Mrs K Fitzgerald Mr A R Flather Ms C Frost Mr M Fudeuchi Professor F Gilbert Mrs F Harper Mr M Hesketh Dr J D S Hodgson Mr M Hutton Mrs J Johnson Mrs J Jones Mr E Kelsall Mrs S Kelsall Mr J Kimbell Mrs J Knopoff Mr G Lazar Mr G A Lindsay Mr A Lockwood Mr S Lutzmann Mr F Mayne Mrs K Mayne Mrs C M McDonald Professor W C McGrew Mrs J C McLelland Mme I Metais Ms U Michel Mr C Mills Mrs T T Moylan Mrs D Netschert Professor E W Nye Mr L Oakes & Mrs W Oakes Mrs A Osborn Dr P Phull Mrs H E Pitt Mrs J Richards Mrs R Rugg-Gunn Mrs C M Smith Mr S M H Smith Mrs K Speciale Mrs S Stamford Mrs I B Stephens Mr N D Thomas & Mrs E Thomas Miss P Thomson Dr T Thuraisingham Mrs J Twentyman Mrs J Wallace-Tarry Mr E Walters Mrs W C Wang & Mr C Zhang Mr J H Wardle Mrs V Waters Mrs J E Wheeler Mrs F Wilson Mrs A Wright Mr O Wright Renée (Mrs Percy) Young
Photo by Richard Morgan
Built to last One of the most successful features of the first
two phases of Ann’s Court has been the use of
distinctive, high quality materials that embellish the construction and help provide continuity
and cohesion with the historic buildings of Old
Court. The Library and Auditorium, like phases
1 & 2 of Ann’s Court, is designed by Porphyrios
Associates, and will make extensive use of natural stone, brick and metalwork. The stone is sourced
from the same quarry used for the previous phases,
and the Saxon Red Multi bricks are handmade and specified so that the blend and bonding is
similar to the existing buildings. The metalwork
to the windows, doors and lanterns is in a bronze metallic finish. Overall, the scale and detailing
of the Library and Auditorium will appear
significantly larger than the existing residential buildings, making this new building a striking
and impressive addition to the Selwyn estate.
Sample panel under construction on-site showing the interaction between stone and brickwork
Luke Hughes ‘Downing’ library chair
High quality Library Furniture from Luke Hughes Selwyn’s new Library will have 24 hour access and be open for
business almost every day of the year. We needed to identify
furniture that would be modern, stylish and comfortable – but
robust enough to deal with extensive daily use for the next 50
years – and still be looking good. The designer and manufacturer that impressed us the most was Luke Hughes, the founder and
CEO of this specialist firm that bears his name. Luke’s team, based in Covent Garden, have designed and made furniture for libraries
in the UK and around the world. Remarkably, his furniture is in 60
Oxbridge colleges – so Selwyn will be in very good company. The ethos of the firm is simply to create a strong connection between
the architecture of the building and the furniture within – and
we believe the understated elegance of Luke Hughes’ designs will perfectly complement the architecture of Selwyn’s new Library.
We’re delighted to offer our supporters the chance to sponsor a Library Chair that will bear an engraved plaque with an
inscription of your choice (see enclosed forms for details). We
can’t promise Luke’s furniture will be there forever – but it will probably outlast most of us reading this.
Photo by Luke Hughes
Photo by Richard Morgan
It’s been an unusually wet last few months in Cambridge, but fortunately this has not impacted on the progress of the building construction, which is firmly on schedule. Since our last update the team from Barnes Construction have achieved the following:
Progress since September 2019 ü Excavated basement ü Concreted foundations for columns ü Installed drainage ü Concreted basement floor slab ü Concreted columns to support the ground floor slab
ü Concreted perimeter walls ü Concreted the ground floor slab ü Installed waterproofing within the basement Concrete columns supporting the ground floor slab
ü Installed the structural steel frame
Photo by Richard Morgan
ü Insulated and screeded within the basement ü Installed basement walls ü Installed floors to the 1st and 2nd floor ü Installed stairs to all levels ü Started infilling between the structural steel frame and form window openings
ü Started brick and stonework ü Installed roofing members Looking ahead Between March and June 2020 we aim to: • Continue brick and stonework • Install walls to 1st and 2nd floor • Install windows Installed stairs to all levels
• Install mechanical pipework and electrical wiring
HOW ALUMNI AND FRIENDS ARE HELPING The Donald Welbourn Reading Room Donald Welbourn was a distinguished Fellow of Selwyn College (1955–2009) and a key pioneer of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM). His work made a major contribution to the establishment of Cambridge University as the principal centre for CADCAM research and his teaching inspired generations of students. One of whom – Robin Jeffs (SE 1959), a Fellow Benefactor of Selwyn College – has made an extremely generous gift to the appeal, and requested that the second floor Library Reading Room be known as the Donald Welbourn Reading Room, in honour of his teacher’s exceptional contribution to Selwyn and to Cambridge.
ISHMAEL Bob Shannon (SE 1967) provided one of the more unusual brick inscriptions we received. It simply reads ISHMAEL. Bob explained, “I feel I owe a debt of gratitude to Herman Melville and Moby Dick, which is one of those works of fiction that can haunt you. The first three words, ‘Call me Ishmael’, are an arresting and formidable start to the novel, which goes on to deal with some of literature’s biggest themes. It seemed appropriate to have this name on a wall of the new Library…”
Photo by Nic Marchant
Donald Welbourn
Congratulations to the 1991 Year Group for their fantastic achievement in raising £100,000 for the Paddy Smith & Tony Hitch 1991 Study Room. Members of Paddy’s family are very pleased and touched that the 1991 year has raised money in order to name a room in memory of Paddy and Tony.
Robin Jeffs
Wen-Jen Chen (SE 1991) was inspired by the Professor Ken Wallace Room
If you’re thinking of leaving a bequest to Selwyn and would like to help the college maintain its new library in the future, we would be pleased to earmark your legacy for this purpose, or for the purchase of books and other other library needs. Please contact the Development Director, Mike Nicholson, for more information: mgn24@cam.ac.uk, 01223 330403.
Development & Alumni Relations Office: Selwyn College, Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DQ, UK
If you have any queries, please contact Erin Bond, Development Manager, 01223 767846 development@sel.cam.ac.uk Registered Charity No. 1137517
Cover photo by Richard Morgan
“My decision to make a donation was driven by the information in the last appeal update regarding the Professor Ken Wallace Room. Ken was my PhD supervisor, and I would not have had an opportunity to study at Cambridge University and become a member of Selwyn without his help. I look forward to paying tribute to Ken in the room named after him one day in the near future. I am confident that the new library and auditorium project will provide a better environment for many generations.”
A legacy for the library?