Report for Donors 2021-22

for the financial period of 1st August 2021 - 31st July 2022

Cover image: Maria Motunrayo (2014, English) developed her first novel with advice from fellow author Jane Robinson (1978, English). See feature, p14.

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Remembering Our Sanctuary Celebration

Shamarke Dubow on Sanctuary and Somerville

Pen Friends: Jane Robinson and Maria Motunrayo

The Shirley Williams Fellowship in Politics

The Lord Bingham Law Scholarship

The Dawn of Grace: A New Album from Somerville College Choir

Meet Sarafina Otis, Medic and Thatcher Scholar

Library Spotlight: The Long, Long Life of Books

Andrew Wood on Climate Change and Viniculture

Meet Ritheka Sundar, OICSD Scholar

A Paradise Remembered: Susan Karamanian on her Holtby Corridor

Principal’s Welcome

BARONESS ROYALL of BLAISDON

Somerville’s finances rarely looked more precarious than in 1919. As the world emerged from the shadow of the Great War, the College found itself running at a deficit of £1,776.8s.6d, with the expectation of just £25 p.a. from its endowment.

This year, as we emerge from a similar crisis in world affairs, Somerville finds itself in better shape. Thanks to the excellent financial management of Treasurer Andrew Parker, a strong endowment has insulated us from the worst of the economic fallout (see Treasurer’s Report, p8).

And yet, as in 1919, the crisis took its toll and a hard road lies ahead. Somerville suffered £3.5m of lost revenue during the two years of the pandemic, and now faces a grim inflationary future exacerbated by climate change, war and instability.

In such a bleak environment, one might reasonably expect our supporters or our community to have spent the last year consolidating their positions and ignoring everything else. But that would be to forget that this is Somerville, a college with altruism and progressive values embedded in its DNA.

Faced with a world convulsed by suffering, our community did not hesitate. Our academics, students, staff and alumni have rallied across multiple fronts, devising new ways to address the most pressing crises of the day and breaking down the barriers that make Oxford seem inaccessible.

One of the most exciting examples of these projects is our work as a College of Sanctuary. Here we are updating our century-long commitment to defend the rights and education of refugees by offering scholarships to displaced young people, only 6% of whom at present enter higher education. Thanks to a phenomenal outpouring of support

for this cause, I can confirm that no fewer than four fullyfunded Sanctuary Scholars will join our existing Sanctuary Scholar next year, including two from eastern Ukraine, the region hardest hit by the current war.

Another indicator that we are delivering on our historic commitment to inclusivity is the College’s admissions figures. Progress here retains an impressive upward trajectory. Our percentage of state school admissions increased to 70.4% this year compared to the current university average of 66.5%, with year-on-year increases in admissions of BME students (19.7%) and students from socio-economically disadvantaged areas (14.8%). These numbers testify to a collective effort, but also the tireless work of our Access team, whose ability to run open days, school visits and access partnerships is directly enabled by your support.

Of course, once we get students to Somerville, our next challenge is ensuring they succeed. The pandemic made it clear that wellbeing is a vital, often overlooked piece of this puzzle, with successive lockdowns exacerbating both mental health and socio-economic divides. Recognising this situation, we allocated funds this year for the creation of an Inreach Officer to support under-represented students and improve student experience. Recent Somerville graduate, Orlá Lavery (2019, English) is our first Inreach Officer, and is already making great strides in the role.

Scholarships have always offered a pathway to academic excellence at Somerville. Thanks to our donors, we now

Photo by John Cairns.

have an ever-growing scholarship programme in College: this year, we awarded over 130 academic scholarships and exhibitions, increased our roster of Oxford India Scholars to 21 and Margaret Thatcher Scholars to 25, and inaugurated several new scholarships.

One of the most interesting of our new scholarships is the Bingham Law Scholarship. Dedicated to the memory of one of England’s finest jurists, Lord Bingham, by the preeminent Indian lawyer, Gopal Subramanium, it enacts a triangular flow of influence that will support a bright young lawyer through the BCL (see feature, p18). It is through such inspired giving that Somerville maintains an academic edge which this year included 47 undergraduate firsts, 8 Principal’s Prizes (for scoring in the top 10% across the university) and 23 postgraduate Distinctions.

Endowing the Fellowship is another means by which we secure academic excellence. I hope that Shirley Williams would have approved, therefore, when our Governing Body decided that the most fitting memorial to this paragon of liberal democracy would be to endow our Politics Fellowship in her name. Thanks to the support of friends at Westminster and from Shirley’s Oxford days, we were able to raise the £450,000 necessary, thereby ensuring that politics will always be taught at her former College. You can read an

interview with Professor McNay, our new Shirley Williams Fellow, on p16.

News of the first album in ten years by the Somerville College Choir is surely music to all our ears. My thanks, then, to Somerville’s great friend Virginia Ross (1966, International Studies) for enabling this uniquely Somervillian take on the traditional Christmas album. Featuring 20 festive works by modern female composers, including 11 world premieres, ‘The Dawn of Grace’ is both a resounding vindication of women writers and a rousing Christmas treat.

Finally, I am writing to you as Cop27 unfolds, following a summer of extreme global weather. Many of our academics and alumni are already in the vanguard of the fight against

climate change. This year, we added to their number by signing a new scholarship partnership with the Shroff family, who lead India’s largest civil law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. Created to nurture those law and public policy experts willing to address India’s most pressing issues, these scholarships will generate a pipeline of future leaders to address climate change and other problems.

We shall have need of our experts soon. They will be vital as we to respond to many challenges, including the climate crisis, with new infrastructure, new strategies and new hope. The next stage in our journey may be hard. But with you by our side, I know we shall find our way as we always have done: with intelligence and integrity. Thank you for supporting Somerville.

Orlá Lavery, Somerville's new Inreach Officer

Principal Jan Royall and Cyril Shroff

Principal Jan Royall with international climate lawyer Farhana Yamin (1983, PPE)

Jan Royall introducing the Celebration of Sanctuary panel. Photo Oxford Atelier

Development Director’s Report

SARA KALIM

Before sharing news of another memorable year at Somerville, I would like first to thank you. The stories you read in the following pages are there for many reasons – but most of all they are there because, once again, you trusted Somerville with your support.

No matter how many times we say it, it is impossible to overstate our gratitude for that trust. However small or large your gift, whatever form it takes, the bond of trust that gift confers is what drives us and guides us as we move forwards.

We have certainly all needed guidance at times this year. It was a period of great uncertainty in the world, from which Somerville was not, unfortunately, immune. The humanitarian tragedies in Afghanistan and Ukraine, as well as the inflationary crisis in the UK economy, have cast long shadows, impacting us all.

For our team, therefore, this year has been very much ‘A Tale of Two Somervilles’. My team and I have balanced our time between bright and joyful moments of community and celebration with the imperative

to safeguard College as far as possible against the hard times that are coming.

Fortunately, the last two years of pandemic taught us to cope with uncertainty and turn on a dime from in-person events to virtual ones. The year began, then, with our first ever virtual telethon, which saw our telethon

organisers manage students’ training and calls entirely via a dedicated online platform. This exciting new technology suggested intriguing opportunities for the future, while the excellent total of £250,000 will help recoup some of the losses suffered during the pandemic.

In December, responding to the rise of the Omicron variant, we decided to take our much-loved carol concert online. Moving readings from actors Calam Lynch (2013, Classics) and Sir Simon Russell Beale, as well as renditions of favourite carols from the Choir, ensured this event did not merely substitute for a lost engagement, but provided a unique opportunity to reconnect with College.

Open Days are back...

Friends reunited at the 1980-91 Gaudy

Of course, as wonderful as they are, these new technologies can never quite replace the experience of being together in-person. We were so grateful, then, that our Supporters’ Lunch was able to go ahead in February. Current and former students Sarafina Otis (2020, Medicine) and Louise O’Rourke (2014, Mathematics) spoke movingly to our supporters about their journeys to Oxford and experience on arriving. These speeches highlighted how vital your support is, not only in bringing students from under-represented backgrounds to Somerville, but enabling them to thrive once here.

Our next big event was the Spring Meeting and this was certainly one to remember, as we welcomed alumna Dame June Raine and Dame Kate Bingham to deliver joint keynote addresses. Hearing two of the

most important figures in the UK’s pandemic response reflect upon the agencies they led (the MHRA and Vaccine Task Force, respectively) was both a privilege and an eloquent reminder of Oxford’s seminal contribution to medical science.

Kate Bingham did not attend Somerville, but her mother Elizabeth did, and the entire Bingham family has long-established ties with the University. As such, we were honoured this year to help build on those connections with the announcement of the new Bingham Law Scholarship. On page 18, you can read an interview with the inaugural recipient of this scholarship, Alastair Ahamed (2016,

Law), as he reflects on the dedicatee of the Scholarship, Lord Bingham, its patron and our Foundation Fellow, Gopal Subramanium, and Oxford law more generally.

We have said goodbye to several cherished Somervillians this year. One of these was Shirley Williams, whose towering legacy we are commemorating through our newly endowed Shirley Williams Fellowship in Politics (see p16). We also lost the pioneering educator Professor Lalage Bown, whose kindness and humour will be as deeply missed as her advocacy for women’s educational rights (see p30).

One of the most profoundly felt losses to our community was that of Dame Fiona Caldicott, Somerville’s Principal from 1996-2010. It is difficult to do justice to a woman of such accomplishments. Dame June Raine perhaps said it best when she ended her tribute to Dame Fiona by saying, ‘We all wear a number of “hats” in our lives. Of my “hats”, the one I am proudest to wear is when I say today, “I am a Caldicott Guardian.”’ We cannot all claim that title, but such is surely the respect and admiration she commanded from all of us.

A significant act of fundraising for Somerville sports occurred in Trinity term. Following significant damage to their boat during Hilary Torpids, the Somerville Women Boat Club were reduced to borrowing the men’s boat

Dame Dr June Raine and Dame Kate Bingham at the Somerville Spring Meeting

Susie Dent (1983, Modern Languages) speaking at the inaugural Somerville Association Dinner, September 2022

The last two years taught us to cope with adversity and turn on a dime.

for the foreseeable future. This was a sorry state of affairs in the SCBC Women's centenary year, so we are very grateful to Caroline Lytton (1999, Physics) for generously donating the necessary funds to purchase a new boat.

As the year drew to a close, several events articulated the warm regard between College and its supporters. In early September, we held a Will Power Concert to thank those alumni who have elected to remember Somerville in their wills, with a wonderful piano concerto from the Somerville Music Society.

That same month the Somerville Association, led by new President Dr

Nermeen Varawalla (1989, DPhil Clinical Medicine), hosted its inaugural dinner. We also held the inaugural meeting of the Somerville College Cedar Circle, a new group established to recognise the loyalty of our regular donors, whose continued support enables College to plan effectively for the future and respond to urgent need in a timely manner. The founding members of the Cedar Circle met in September for a garden party with a talk by our Tutorial Fellow in English, Professor Fiona Stafford.

The one thing I haven’t mentioned here, because I know Jan is writing about it in her introduction, is the overwhelming support you have

shown for our sanctuary work. The exponential growth of the sanctuary scholarship programme and the amazing students now studying under them, make for perhaps my proudest memory of the past year.

To bring these brilliant young people to Somerville out of the trauma of war and prolonged statelessness offers new hope to us all, even as it fulfils a very old promise: Somerville College is here to include the excluded, offering the promise of an Oxford education to those who need it most.

Thank you for enabling us to keep that promise.

DAN MOBLEY, SOMERVILLE DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEMBER

All those involved with Somerville should be proud of its accreditation as one of the UK’s first University Colleges of Sanctuary. Supporting brilliant young scholars displaced by conflict is an exciting way of building on the College’s long history of expanding access to a brilliant education. As a new member of the Campaign Board, I am equally excited by the potential of the RISE programme to ensure we deepen our ability to attract and support the brightest students from every background, so College can remain a pioneer in tackling educational inequality and widening access to the amazing education and community so many of us have enjoyed.

Our regular donors' support enabled College to plan for the future and respond to urgent need.

Somerville Women's Boat Club celebrating their success in Summer Eights

Treasurer’s Report

ANDREW PARKER

After the last two years, in which Covid had a significant impact on college life and finances, 2021-22 was the year in which we began to emerge from the ravages of the pandemic. We had our students with us for the full academic year, teaching largely returned to face-to-face and we were able to return to a full catering and events offer, including our ever-popular weekly guest nights.

Additionally, our conference and commercial income returned to something like two-thirds of prepandemic levels, and the rent arrears which we had allowed to build up during lockdown to support our smaller family-run retail tenants began to recover. This is important because the basic financial model of a mixed Oxford college, like Somerville, is that the college’s share of student tuition fees covers just half of actual tuition costs, while student rents cover less than half of what it costs to provide accommodation and all the related college services.

In a college like ours which costs £10.5m a year to run, this means that just under £6m each year has to come from sources other than our students. Typically, this comes via income from the college endowment (£3m), shop rental income (£0.6m) and conferences and commercial events (£1.5m), with the remaining balance of c. £0.8m a year coming to us through our supporters.

It was heartening, then, to see the gradual recovery of our commercial and conference income this year. Conversely, the emergence of cost pressures as the year progressed, especially utility costs, was a concern. Without a fully recovered income stream from conferences and shop rents, we chose to limit the impact on unrestricted funds by drawing down more than normal from our endowment. Another vital help in breaking even was the support we received from the Somerville community, where donations held up well.

Sadly, we expect these rising costs to continue for some time, putting our finances under pressure for the next several years. In particular, rising inflation will exacerbate the permanent funding gap all universities face between £9,250 in fees and c. £18,000 in costs; in real terms, those fees are now worth £7,750, meaning Somerville now faces an annual shortfall of c. £10,000 per student, per year.

Fortunately, our endowment held up well this year, finishing at £94m and losing just £1.3m across the year following a £14m capital gain in the previous year. Mindful of the emerging inflationary pressures, we further secured our position by refinancing the Co-Op £10m loan, with an interest rate at LIBOR plus 1%, with a thirty year unsecured private bond with M&G, unsecured, at a fixed rate of 2.9%.

Looking forward, one of the leitmotifs of the years ahead is going to be the push to get our site as close to zero carbon as possible by 2035. With an eclectic mix of architectural styles and building technologies, and with all our buildings heated by gas boilers of various, but ever increasing vintages, this is no small logistical and financial feat. We are now in the early stages of plotting a course building by building, with the aim of starting the most significant interventions in the next few years.

Photo by John Cairns.

Solar panels on the Catherine Hughes Building

PROTECTING SOMERVILLE STUDENTS FROM THE RISING COST OF LIVING

Despite a core inflation assumption of 8% for the year ahead, UK maintenance grants only increased by 2.3% for the year 2021-22. In response to this disparity, we took the decision to hold our student rents as low as possible this year to insulate Somerville students from the rising cost of living. We limited our student rent increase to 5.5%, meaning that Somerville students now benefit from the second cheapest college rents in Oxford. This figure is probably not sustainable in the long term, but we thought it vital to limit the impact of rising costs on our students and their studies this year.

Current student Corinne Barker (2019, Physics). Photo John Cairns

Thanks FROM THE JCR

As the Christmas trees go up and Oxford becomes increasingly steeped in anticipation of the forthcoming festivities, it is evident that we have a lot to be thankful for, writes Mei Whattam (2021, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History), President of the Somerville College JCR.

For the vast majority of us, this year has finally marked a return to normality, if such a thing can be said to exist. The spirits of the JCR are high. We all feel so lucky to have enjoyed a full university experience alongside all of its associated opportunities without any of the restrictions that characterised the last two years.

However, we mustn’t lose sight of the continued impact and legacy of the hardships we experienced as a consequence of Covid-19. The shadow of the pandemic continues to loom large over the mental health of many individuals, and great thanks

must be extended to both the college and student Welfare Team that work tirelessly to support the members of our JCR during testing times.

The scope of your support goes so much further, however. The generosity of your funding across a range of disciplines and activities has provided the JCR with a vast range of opportunities for immense personal development, alongside facilitating the study of those who encounter financial hardship during their time at Oxford.

This support is felt by a significant proportion of my fellow students, with

over one in every five Somervillians receiving some form of aid during the course of the academic year and more than 130 academic scholarships and awards available to members of both Common Rooms. Nor is your help restricted to academic support. Rather, the generous Travel and Special Project Grants awarded to those seeking to broaden their academic horizons, alongside the numerous Development and Internship awards, have been incredibly beneficial to students seeking enrichment and the exploration of exciting future opportunities beyond university.

A particularly emblematic moment for me this term was the wonderful university wide BAME formal that was organised by our two JCR BAME officers, Minshu Gupta (2021, Medicine) and Tariq Saeed (2021, Biology). I feel incredibly grateful to have shared a meal honouring the beautiful diversity of our community with such aweinspiring and successful individuals; the atmosphere was electric, the feeling of warmth and celebration permeating every single interaction. What fills me with even more excitement is knowing that this is only the beginning. We have so much left to achieve this academic year, hopefully culminating in a return to Molly’s Library in Ghana in the summer of 2023.

None of this could happen without your facilitation. On behalf of the JCR, thank you. I hope we keep on making you proud to be Somervillians.

JCR President Mei Whattam. Photo Jack Evans

Left: Members of the Somerville College JCR at the annual BAME Formal

TOGETHER WITH REFUGEES

In 2021, Somerville College updated its historic commitment to include the excluded by becoming a University College of Sanctuary alongside our sister college, Mansfield. Sanctuary Scholarships are a vital part of this new enterprise, guaranteeing a pathway to Oxford for bright students from sanctuary-seeking backgrounds. In 2022-23, thanks to the unwavering support of our donor community, Somerville was able to bring four new Sanctuary Scholars to Somerville. To mark this achievement, we hosted a Celebration of Sanctuary in November 2022 where our scholars and guests discussed the actions we can take to support refugee communities in accessing education.

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The event featured invaluable contributions from the following: Back row: (1) Erick Moreno Superlano, Sanctuary Scholar reading for an MSc in Migration Studies at Mansfield College; (2) Somerville College Principal Jan Royall; (3) Former Somali refugee and activist Sharmarke Dubow (2022, MPP); (4) TV presenter and humanitarian doctor, Dr Xand van Tulleken (1996, Medicine); (5) Lord Alf Dubs, author of the Dubs Amendment; (6) Somerville College Development Director Sara Kalim (1990, Classics); (7) Somerville Sanctuary Scholar and AfOx Scholar Mohammed Abdella (2022, MSc Refugee and Forced Migration Studies) Front Row: (1) Journalist and presenter Natasha Kaplinsky; (2) Mansfield College Principal Helen Mountfield; (3) Somerville College Sanctuary Co-Ordinator Niamh Walshe (2015, English and Italian). Inset: (1) Afghan children’s rights activist Freshta Karim (2016, MPP); (2) Ukrainian digital education researcher Andrianna Bashar (2022, MSc Digital and Social Education); (3) Ukrainian engineering student Illia Skarha-Bandurov (2022, MSc Applied Digital Health); (4) Somerville College Sanctuary Scholar Asif Salarzai (2021, History); (5) inaugural Somerville College Sanctuary Scholar Dr Marwa Biala (2020, MSc Radiation Biology)

CAN WATCH THE ENTIRE CELEBRATION OF SANCTUARY VIA THE FOLLOWING QR CODE:

A Place of Greater Safety

Sharmarke Dubow was a child refugee of the Somali Civil War who transcended statelessness to become a UN Human Rights Advocate and city councillor. Here he explains how his scholarship supported by a Somerville alumna represents not only the best way to prepare for the future, but connect with his past.

Being a refugee is hard for all the reasons you can imagine. It’s terrifying, uncomfortable and dangerous. But I don’t want to focus only on the negatives. I want to tell you about the human stories of connection and hope that got me through those years and inspired me on my path to becoming an activist.

For me, the story starts with my mother. Even when I was very small, in the period when we fled the war and took a boat to Mombasa, I saw how she never lost her compassion. She always spoke out against injustice, and spoke up for those who had less than we did. We came from a humble background, but through my mother I learned that I was born into a life that valued community and supporting others.

Through my mother I learned that I was born into a life that valued community and supporting others.

We moved through Kenya and Ethiopia for the next ten years. When I was 17 we made it to Egypt, where there was finally enough stability for me to participate in society. I found I had a lot of catching up to do. I finished high school and got my Bachelor’s in Business Technology.

It was also in Cairo that I began supporting my fellow refugees. I worked with several different NGOs and university-based migration centres at the grassroots level. Soon, I began to realise that refugees don’t just need food and shelter: we also require legal aid, housing justice, mental healthcare and, perhaps most of all, the chance to give something back to our new communities that last part is close to the heart of every refugee I’ve ever known.

The next chapter in my story began when I saw homeless people on the streets of Victoria in British Columbia, where I relocated in 2012. That might sound like a strange thing to say, but you must understand that I never imagined I would see such suffering on the streets of a “First World” country. The sight of people without access to shelter, sanitation or physical safety reminded me of my experiences in Utanga, the refugee camp outside Mombasa; in that moment, many of my preconceived notions about life in the West evaporated.

You could say that, if Cairo taught me the power of cities in creating support networks, Victoria taught me that even the wealthiest city contains a whole spectrum of lives on the margin. Once I grasped that, I wanted to fight for those marginal communities using all the skills I had learned helping refugees. Why wouldn’t I? We all wanted the same thing: a fairer society.

After five years working on community building projects, I received a letter in 2017 confirming that I was to be given Canadian citizenship, ending 20 years of statelessness. In the elections the

following year, I did two things: I voted for the first time, and I ran for office. I still can’t believe it, but somehow I was elected, becoming the city’s first Black councillor in its 152 year history.

That is why I wanted to come to Oxford: to pursue my dream of reading for the Master’s in Public Policy. Of all the university courses I researched, I admired the Oxford MPP the most for its emphasis on putting people at the heart of policy-making.

Strong women, kindness and a belief in education are once again the centre of my world.

Getting elected felt good, but there was no time to rest on my laurels. I had run for office to make Victoria more equitable and inclusive, and we had work to do. Over the next four years, we passed motions to make transit free, pushed for affordable housing initiatives and developed an equity lens to apply to all decisionmaking at City level.

Then, in 2021, I decided not to run for re-election. It was not that I had lost my love of city politics. Rather, I have always believed that, with the world changing so fast, continued education is vital if we want to carry on being effective activists.

My dream of reading for the MPP could not have become a reality were it not for Somerville and my Sanctuary Scholarship. Now I am here at Oxford, preparing for the next chapter in the work I must do, as well as providing a strong voice for refugees at Oxford.

Perhaps it should feel strange to be here, in a world so different from the one where my journey began. And yet I think my mother would have recognised this place immediately. After all, from the moment I arrived here, I have heard people talking about sanctuary and ‘including the excluded’, and all the portraits on the walls are of trailblazing women.

Somehow, my story has come full circle to a place where strong women, kindness and a belief in education are once again the centre of my world. And the story continues.

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Sharmarke speaking at Somerville College's Celebration of Sanctuary in November 2022. Photo Oxford Atelier

Pen Friends

The exchange of knowledge between different generations has long been a mainstay of Somerville life. Now this exchange is being galvanised by Somerville Connect, our dedicated alumni platform. Social historian Jane Robinson and newly-signed YA author Maria Motunrayo share two sides of the mentoring story.

Jane Robinson (1978, English)

It’s a wonder I ever became a writer. When I embarked on this career after leaving Somerville, I had no idea what it would involve practically, nor what the roles were of an agent, publisher or editor. Ignorance made me vulnerable. But then I met the best-selling historian Peter Hopkirk, who took me under

his wing. He gave me the confidence and know-how to get my first book commissioned – and once you’ve got one in the bag, it’s much easier to progress.

So when I heard about Somerville’s mentoring scheme, it seemed natural to somehow pass on the love. I entered my name on the register of alumni, and while waiting for a contact, began to fantasise about discovering the Next Big Thing in the writing world.

Maria soon got in touch. She explained that she was desperate to start writing; had plenty of ideas but no experience; ambition but no spare time; enthusiasm but no relevant expertise. We got on well and agreed to give it a go.

At this stage – before I’d read any of Maria’s work – I was terrified that I wouldn’t ‘get’ it. I rehearsed nice ways of saying thanks, but no thanks; we

were simply on different wavelengths, but I was sure her book would find a home somewhere… I needn’t have worried. As soon as her characters burst into my world, I was hooked. She’s brilliant.

We’ve shared regular Skype sessions throughout the three years since. A book has many stages from first draft to final publication, and I’m delighted to support Maria through them, and beyond. Although we’re from different generations, different backgrounds and write different genres, we share so much.

Mentoring is hugely enriching. Maria’s reignited my excitement about our profession. My whole family were overjoyed to hear of her success, even though they’ve not met. In fact, I’ve only met Maria face-to-face a couple of times – yet she and her characters feel like old friends. What a gift.

Maria Motunrayo (2014, English)

In 2019 I was itching to write an authentic children’s book, but had no clue how to go about it. I’d written opening chapters before, but then abandoned the story as soon as I got into it. I decided to give the Somerville Alumni Mentoring Network a chance after an email popped into my inbox. I remember writing a desperate introduction and clicking send, thinking it was destined for the void. Jane replied, saying she would like to Skype me so we could talk face-to-face.

I suspect we were paired simply because Jane’s an author, but we’re so different! At the time I was working for the dating app Bumble and was an aspiring children’s writer who hadn’t even written the first draft of a manuscript. Jane, meanwhile, is a

prolific feminist historian who has published twelve books. But it worked: having her different lens and vast experience of the publishing industry was incredibly insightful, and we had more in common than I imagined.

I didn’t have a manuscript, so the first thing Jane encouraged me to do was finish one. I really struggled; the only way I managed it was by speaking to Jane each week having sent her a chapter beforehand. I had gotten into storytelling by inventing stories for my

little sister at bedtime, so it made sense that writing chapters for Jane gave me the incentive to finish my manuscript.

In late 2019 I was feeling quite low after back-to-back rejections from competitions. Working fulltime, I couldn’t see how to finish the manuscript without extra time. Jane suggested doing a TEFL, as it would give me time after teaching to write, but I didn’t have the money to move abroad. That’s when Jane brought up the Alice Horsman Travel Scholarship. I doubted Somerville would consider my application valid, but I applied and won the award, and in January 2020 moved to Barcelona to work on my novel.

The impact of Jane’s friendship and mentoring has been huge. It has seen me move countries, overcome my imposter syndrome and, yes, achieve the big book deal I always dreamed of! That happened in January this year. I can’t name my publishers as they haven’t made the announcement yet. However, I can say it’s a two-book deal with a top UK company. I’m extremely passionate about diverse children’s literature so it feels amazing to be able to contribute to this.

I definitely want to be a mentor myself: that’s one of my goals as soon as the book’s out next August. Jane told me that she had her own mentor who supported her early career, and I can’t wait to continue this legacy. But even when I do get my own mentee, I’ll still need mentoring myself. I’ll always need Jane’s well-timed advice and unwavering support.

The Somerville Connect platform costs £6,000 per annum from the Somerville Fund. If you would like to support Somerville Connect or get involved as a mentor/mentee, please email development.office@some.ox.ac.uk

Although we write different genres, we share so much.

Jane and Maria. Photo Oxford Atelier

Standing on the shoulders of giants

When Shirley Williams died last year, there was no doubt at Somerville that the only proper way to memorialise this cherished alumna and giant of British politics was by endowing the Politics Fellowship in the college where her political career began.

Shirley Williams’ achievements are legion: first woman chair of the Oxford University Labour Club, co-founder of the SDP, leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Lords, acclaimed author and Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Shirley is also remembered for the unfailing compassion of her politics she was, as the saying goes, the best Prime Minister we never had.

Thanks to a warm outpouring of support from friends in Parliament and at Oxford, it is a pleasure to confirm that this year’s fundraising appeal to endow our Politics Fellowship in Shirley’s name was successful. The following interview therefore introduces readers to the inaugural recipient of the Fellowship, Professor Lois McNay, author of The Gender of Critical Theory and Somerville’s current Vice-Principal.

Professor Lois McNay in the Brittain-Williams Room at Somerville College. Photo Jack Evans

You specialise in the critical theory exemplified by Adorno, Habermas and Horkheimer. Can you please give a brief layperson’s introduction to this field?

Perhaps the easiest way to define critical theory is by saying how it differs from political ‘philosophy’. Political philosophers think it’s their job to define ideal notions of justice, equality or freedom what ‘ought’ to hold true. But critical theorists think that these ideals should be deduced from the ‘is’ of what's actually happening in the world, in particular from suffering, injustice and inequality. So, instead of devising a moral blueprint in advance and imposing it on the world, critical theorists believe it is important to start from grounded social critique of what is wrong and extrapolate outwards from there. The ‘ought’ and the ‘is’ remain in constant dialogue.

When you look at contemporary society through the lens of critical theory, what do you see?

I suppose, like everyone else, I see a world in an unusually turbulent state, aggravated by the rise of various anti-democratic trends. If I were to offer an analysis of that situation via critical theory, I’d probably start with The Dialectic of Enlightenment by Adorno and Horkheimer. Back in 1947, they argued that it’s dangerous to impute non-democratic tendencies solely to totalitarian regimes because that risked overlooking the potential for consumerism to depoliticise the individual under capitalism. Today, we’re seeing the partial vindication of that thesis: we have indeed sleepwalked into a globalised capitalist order which

is hollowing out democracy from within. Unfortunately, critical theorists would also argue that our current situation is near impossible to resolve because we’re hard-wired to express ourselves through consumerism. That explains our paralysis in the face of the climate emergency: over-consumption has locked us into a ‘cannibal capitalism’ that, if unchecked, can only end by undermining its own foundations.

That’s not very encouraging. Do the critical theorists offer us any hope?

Some do. In particular, the eminent philosopher Jurgen Habermas sees the possibility for change in humanity’s universal capacity for communication. He maintains that the ability to communicate offers a framework for thinking about justice and equality that starts in the real world and brings everyone to the table. Through such rational communication, Habermas suggests, we can acknowledge our differences as well as discover similarities, and thus transcend conflict and disagreement. It’s an old idea, really, but an appealing one, because it doesn’t depend on fanciful ideals dreamt up by theorists; it’s a potentiality already present in human behaviour.

As the inaugural Shirley Williams Fellow in Politics, can I ask for your reflections on Shirley Williams and how she impressed you as a modern political figure?

Well, first of all, I feel enormously honoured to be the beneficiary of this Fellowship. I admired Shirley for many reasons: her practical feminism; her decades-long prominence as one of

Most of all, I admire the way Shirley never lost her positivity or curiosity in life

only two women in leftist democratic politics; her ability to combine intellectual interests with political commitments in a way that is sadly rare these days. But most of all, I admire the way she never lost her optimism or curiosity. It’s all too easy to lose interest in other people as we get older, but even when I spoke to Shirley here at Somerville when she was in her nineties, it was clear she’d never lost that curiosity or openness. I will be privileged to try and carry some of that admirable spirit into my current role. Among this generation of students, who display a willingness to transcend dogmatic boundaries in pursuit of humane solutions that Shirley would recognise, I think it will be most welcome.

‘For me, the lessons of a life lived and shaped by Somerville, are these: think, write and read, always; live and work vividly, and bring your mind to bear on everything, from the tiniest practical problem to the widest social issue; respect the views of others, and of the past, but don’t let that stop you being awkward when you need to be. Argue for what you believe, and do it well.’

SHIRLEY WILLIAMS, BARONESS WILLIAMS OF CROSBY

Setting a precedent for scholarship

In 2019, Alastair Ahamed (2016, Law) received the university’s White & Case Prize for best performance in Company Law. Three years later, and newly qualified as a solicitor, he is back to study for the BCL as our inaugural Bingham Scholar.

I wasn’t sure what it would be like coming back to Somerville for the BCL. True, I had been returning to College fairly regularly since graduating in order to teach the Company Law paper, a practice I began the year I graduated. But travelling up for tutorials on a Saturday morning is very different to being a full-time student again.

I was completely surprised and delighted, therefore, to hear back in June that I had been awarded the inaugural Bingham Law Scholarship. It felt as if the College was extending a welcome of sorts, letting me know it was ready for me to come back more permanently.

It was also intriguing. I had never heard of this scholarship until the email arrived but I had certainly heard of the lawyer after whom it is named. Lord Bingham was without a doubt one of the greatest jurists of our age. Having served as Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and Senior Law Lord, Lord Bingham fundamentally shaped the development of the common law, and his lucid, and persuasive judgments are rightly familiar to any law student.

In the subsequent back and forth with College, I learned that my scholarship had been conceived and generously enabled by Mr Gopal Subramanium, former Solicitor General of India and a Foundation Fellow at Somerville. Having learned more about Mr Subramanium and subsequently having the pleasure of corresponding with him, I could see very clearly why he wanted to bring this scholarship to Somerville.

English legal practice is becoming increasingly specialised. However, Lord Bingham was one of the very few judges to sit as both Master of the Rolls (the highest ranking civil judge) and Lord Chief Justice (the highest ranking criminal judge). Indeed, the hallmark

Alastair Ahamed. Photo Jack Evans

of his judicial career is the variety of topics on which he gave judgment so authoritatively, ranging across criminal law, constitutional law, and commercial law. Similarly, Mr Subramanium has been involved in some of the most important disputes in India across an extraordinary breadth of fields.

The respect of these great lawyers not just for law and legal education, but the role of law in society helped me to understand that the rigours of legal academia, and a constantly critical eye

when thinking about the law, are vitally important for a career at the Bar.

I started the BCL in October, and it’s been all I could have hoped for.

I study Corporate Finance Law, Corporate Insolvency Law, Restitution of Unjust Enrichment and Conflict of Laws, and I teach Company Law tutorials to a small group of excellent undergraduates. It’s hard work, but it’s also incredibly stimulating.

Without doubt, the best part of reading for the BCL is that I regularly find myself in a room with not just the cleverest law students from Oxford and Cambridge, but the cleverest lawyers from around the world. The advantage of bringing together so many excellent lawyers trained in different legal systems is the unparalleled opportunity it offers to engage in complex analysis and meaningful discussion of the law. Comparing different legal systems’ approaches to the legal issues we deal with is not just fascinating, but extremely important. Some of the most significant developments of English law have been made by reference to the legal experience abroad.

Lord Bingham himself had great respect for comparative learning, and I believe that Mr Subramanium would

also approve of the BCL’s ability to facilitate such expansive, far-reaching discussion. At the very least, it represents another important facet in my legal education, one which I shall hope to bring to bear in the next stage of my career.

In January, I will submit my applications for pupillage, hopefully starting in Autumn 2024. I am confident that the Oxford BCL will stand me in good stead in this process, and I feel deeply grateful and honoured to have received such support in pursuing it.

"My late husband, Tom Bingham, would have been delighted to learn of Mr Subramanium’s generous donation of a law scholarship at Somerville tied in with an internship at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, housed at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL).

Tom was not only a huge fan of BIICL but also of Hazel Fox, Somerville’s first Law Fellow and the influential Director of BIICL between 1982 and ’89. Many of Tom’s law books came to Somerville and he would have relished the thought that some of his books may have helped the winner of the scholarship who will start his legal career at the Bingham Centre."

I regularly find myself in a room with not just the cleverest law students from Oxford and Cambridge, but from around the world.

Gopal Subramanium

ELIZABETH BINGHAM, LADY BINGHAM OF CORNHILL

Lord Bingham

Songs of Change

Will Dawes is Somerville’s Director of Chapel Music and a member of the Grammynominated ensemble Stile Antico. He joins us here to tell the story of how our Choir recorded ‘The Dawn of Grace’, its first album in ten years and the first album by an Oxford college choir to feature only female composers.

Forgive my honesty, but I’m not the biggest fan of making recordings. It’s a high-stakes game requiring considerable time, effort, and expense. It’s also highly stressful: once you’ve begged and bribed everyone to commit to your three-day recording slot, you have to hope and pray no one gets ill and is on top form so you can capture the choir at their best.

That said, when a choir peaks and a project materialises which you know will capture the attention of musicians and alumni around the world, you can’t say no. Suddenly, all the effort and grey hairs seem worth it.

That was the situation in which I found myself in Michaelmas 2021. Every rehearsal made it clearer that we had

a special bunch of singers whose sound and energy we ought to capture for posterity. Just as importantly, we had struck upon a concept that we all felt would make us stand out in a marketplace flooded with repeat renditions of oft-sung Anglican choral works.

Our idea was to record a Christmas choral album, but using only pieces by women composers. Everyone agreed that the idea was interesting and potentially a first for Oxford. Even more importantly, it felt true to the spirit of our College and our Choir speaking both to Somerville's history of female empowerment and our own reputation for singing some of the most diverse music at Oxford.

The Somerville College Choir recording in Exeter College Chapel. Photo by Hugh Warwick

I spent the next few months investigating a huge number of potential composers and tracks to create a unique festive listening experience. The final programme we finally settled on was very exciting. With 20 works by women composers, including 11 world premieres and several composers working in nonliturgical traditions, it promised to infuse the timeless celebration of Christmas with new voices and energy.

In the new year, we received vital financial support from a long-standing friend of the Choir, Virginia Ross, which enabled us to set a recording date for just after Trinity Term. We duly met in Exeter Chapel while England roasted beneath the heatwave, thereby fulfilling one of the fundamental tenets of Christmas albums, which is that you should always record them in shorts and t-shirts with Christmas still a lifetime away.

I couldn’t be more pleased with the results. ‘The Dawn of Grace’ tells the story of Christmas with an openness and eclecticism that invites listeners of all faiths and none to celebrate the season’s themes of peace, goodwill and joy. It offers something to both the expert and casual listener, from reworkings of a Great Advent Antiphon (Pamela Decker’s ‘Veni, veni, Emmanuel’)

“Somerville College Choir is a leading performer of music by female composers. The sensitivity they have developed as a consequence enables Will and this talented group to move seamlessly from ethereal simplicity to a rich tapestry of harmonies. I am delighted that this progressive festive recording, ‘The Dawn of Grace’, will make the Choir's beautiful sounds widely available, so that more listeners can experience the musical joy of the season.”

to choral works that deploy layers of accumulating harmony to dramatize Advent’s progress from despair to joy (Abbie Betini’s ‘Behind the clouds’). English folkloric elements (‘Ivy, chief of trees’) sit alongside pieces that evoke the symmetry between faiths (Shruthi Rajasekar’s ‘Star of Rohini’), and there is plenty of room for classic Christmas treats, such as Janet Wheeler’s ‘Ding Dong Diggety!’ and Cecilia McDowall’s ‘Gaude et laetare’.

Advance notices on the album were good. But the real icing on the cake came in October, when we heard that ‘The Dawn of Grace’ had been selected as the Christmas Choice Album in the Christmas issue of BBC Music Magazine a ringing endorsement of our work.

We have since performed parts of the disc in Charlbury, the Church of St Mary Magdalen, Oxford, and the stunning surrounds of London’s Temple Church. And yet, for me, ‘The Dawn of Grace’ always feels most at home at Somerville, where this pioneering concept was born. I would like to extend my deepest thanks to everyone who made it possible: to my brilliant and collaborative allies in the Choir; to Virginia Ross for recognising the potential of the project; to Adrian Peacock, Dave Rowell and Resonus Classics for making us sound so good; and to everyone out there who listens to ‘The Dawn of Grace’ this Christmas. We hope you enjoy it.

‘The Dawn of Grace’ is available to stream now from all major platforms. Hard copies are available to order via choir@some.ox.ac.uk or from the Lodge.

VIRGINIA ROSS (1966, International Studies)

This album infuses the timeless celebration of Christmas with new voices and energy

Meet Sarafina Otis

THE MTST SCHOLAR SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT SOMERVILLE

Being financially secure means that I can think seriously about the future for the first time.

Fast forward three years and I’m in my final pre-clinical year at Somerville, and I couldn’t feel more at home. I suspect the collegiate structure is always good in that respect, but at Somerville it really does feel like a big college family (with Jan at the top, keeping an eye on us all!).

I also feel fortunate that Somerville is a true meritocracy. Since coming here, I’ve been awarded both a Margaret Thatcher Scholarship and a David Scourse Scholarship in recognition of academic achievement. With financial worries no longer a barrier to participation, I’ve been able to study harder than ever, securing proxime accessit to best overall performance in my Second Year exams.

Having made the long journey from a state school to studying Medicine at Oxford, Margaret Thatcher Scholar Sarafina Otis (2020, Medicine) explains why she’ll always seek to share the benefit of a Somerville education with others.

I grew up a short bus ride from Oxford, but sometimes it felt like a million miles.

I was studying at a state comprehensive in Milton Keynes. The teachers did their best, but resources were stretched. We understood that a successful application to read Medicine would be hard enough, but reading Medicine at Oxford was aiming too high.

The thing is, I really liked the academic focus of the Oxford medicine course. Hoping to find out more, I applied

for Target Oxbridge, an outreach initiative supported by Someville College to help students from African and Caribbean backgrounds experience life at Oxford. Through them, I was able to spend several days meeting academics, touring the colleges and getting a glimpse of what Oxford’s really like. Talking to current Black students was especially useful in debunking some of the stereotypes I’d picked up. Not long afterwards, I submited my application.

Being financially secure also means that, for the first time ever, I can think seriously about the future and participate in various career opportunities. This summer I fulfilled a long-held ambition to conduct public health research in a project with Somerville JRF Dr Shobhana Nagraj, evaluating the government’s Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme at sites throughout Oxfordshire. It was great to present my findings to community members and make recommendations to help tackle holiday hunger. Building on this work, I’m now undertaking a project reviewing breast cancer screening programmes in resource-low settings.

For all these reasons, I’m proud to call myself a Somervillian and am determined to share this privilege with others. I’m an Access Ambassador for Somerville and mentor students for Target Oxbridge. I even go back and speak at my old school where I’m always careful to tell students that Oxford is closer than they think.

Sarafina (l) with friends Sal and Leah.

Photo John Cairns

From Empires to Great Fires: The Long, Long Life of Books

As it changes hands over the decades and centuries, its different owners become part of the long life of the book. In gifting volumes to our care and stewardship, Somervillians ensure that their tale will go on for years to come as an academic resource. This is perfectly encapsulated by a recent legacy gift of a rare and historically significant book from alumna Sonia Anderson.

Sonia Anderson was a scholar of near eastern and diplomatic history whose talent was well recognised during her time at Oxford. Entering Somerville in 1962, she stayed after her undergraduate degree for a B.Litt. Her research centred on Sir Paul Rycault, the 17th century author, diplomat to the Ottoman empire and Consul of Smyrna (now Iznik), whose modern claim to fame is rather wonderfully based on being credited with introducing duvets to the UK.

On her death, Sonia generously bequeathed approximately 100 books relating to or by Rycault to our library, including a rare first edition of The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. The book is a long and detailed survey of the government and politics, religion,

Only 6 of the surviving first editions have painted plates as in this copy and military of the Ottoman empire written by the consul during his time in Turkey. It was a best-seller in its own time, and was also translated into French, Dutch, Polish, German, Italian and Russian.

Although the book is dated 1667, it was actually printed in the year before, just prior to the Great Fire of London this was quite the stroke of bad luck: most copies went up in flames. By Samuel Pepys’ reckoning, only 6 of the surviving first editions have plates which have been painted in, as in Sonia’s copy. The key to its popularity might have been these very engravings. There are drawings of turban makers, sword bearers, gardeners, confectioners and dervishes which capture the imagination.

This makes The Present State of the Ottoman Empire a precious academic resource. It is both a record of 17th century Ottoman Turkey, and, perhaps more importantly, a window into a growing European fascination with its culture. We are honoured that Sonia chose us to be its custodian adding another chapter to its long life.

Lessons from the Grapevine

With the help of travel grant funding from Somerville, fourth year DPhil student Andrew Wood (2017, Biology) travelled to Bordeaux this summer to broaden his thinking on climate change and wine through first-hand experience.

People often ask me why I base my research in Oxford, a city more recognised for its consumption of wine than any contribution to its production. My answer is generally to ask whoever posed the question if they know that that the vast majority of wine drunk in the UK comes from a single species, Vitis vinifera. Moreover, the near-endless variations in colouration, growth habit, structure and pruning style mean that

even experts have trouble telling varietals apart in the field.

As such, I tell them, I might as well be based here in Oxford as Bordeaux or the Napa Valley. It’s the data that matters.

Such an attitude can ruffle feathers. Wine-making is often held to be more art than science, with much of a wine’s distinction coming from

notions of uniqueness. But the great strength of Oxford science is that we apply fundamental techniques to applied problems. That is the essence of my PhD, in which I am seeking to determine the patterns linking changes in weather to changes in the quality and flavour of grapes across multiple varieties.

This method is correct in theory, but it’s a poor scientist who refuses new data. It was with this thought in mind that last summer I applied to Somerville for a Travel Grant and Catherine Hughes Grant to attend TerClim2022, the international wine and climate change conference in Bordeaux. While there, I thought I might also take the opportunity

Andrew Wood. Photo Jack Evans

to visit some vineyards and see firsthand how local vineyards are coping in the face of unpredictable weather conditions.

I was fortunate enough to be successful in both applications, and duly travelled to Bordeaux in July 2022.

TerClim was fantastic. After months of lockdown research, I was finally able to meet wine scientists from academia and industry, as well as fellow PhD students, and hear about their fascinating research. I learned about research projects across the world, from Australia to Germany, and from the tallest alpine mountains of Switzerland to the lowest valleys of Sonoma, California. The diversity of research was truly astounding, and led me to consider the placement of my own work within the rich tapestry of viticultural science.

Once I left the city, I was also able to explore the vineyards that make the region so famous. Bordeaux’s 110,000 hectares of vines blanket the landscape, from rolling hills to endless plains. From St-Emillion in the East to Médoc in the West, the vines were omnipresent, covering the vista as far as the eye could see. Walking through endless vineyards, I was able to contextualise my data analysis and computer modelling work in the real world and at last see with my own eyes exactly the things I am attempting to capture.

Even better, I was able to have conversations with growers and learn more about the seemingly endless range of variables affecting their wine, from soil and storage strategies to pruning styles. These conversations served to deepen immeasurably my appreciation of the centuries-old culture that I am working within, as well as sparking many new ideas which I have brought back to Oxford with me.

Back home at Somerville, I was discussing my trip to Bordeaux one evening with a fellow member of the MSR. He listened as I told him about the amazing variety of factors informing the development of these

wines. He’s a physicist and, after a moment’s thought, suggested that we might collaborate in using machine learning to accommodate these new data strands. We’re now collaborating together on this next phase of my research.

For me, this is the real beauty of Oxford: Somerville was kind enough to recognise the value of supporting my research and collegiate enough to make further collaboration possible.

Somerville was kind enough to recognise the value of supporting my research – and collegiate enough to make further collaboration possible.

The great virtue of being at Oxford is that we apply fundamental techniques to applied problems.

Barrel Hall

Changing the narrative for first-generation students

Ritheka Sundar is an Oxford-Gopal Subramanium scholar currently reading for her MSc in Economics for Development. A first-generation student, Ritheka is committed to building an empathetic society with reduced poverty, so that people from marginalised backgrounds in India have increased access to better opportunities and a brighter future.

Could you tell us a bit about your current research interests around women and agriculture under climate change? What inspired this interest and why do you think it is important?

Through my previous research [Ritheka received her BA in Economics from Chennai’s Stella Maris College], I understood that women’s lack of access and ownership of agricultural land continues to be a crucial constraint in farming. Their access is shaped by complicated legal procedures, posing difficulties in accessing extension and advisory services related to farming.

Climate change is a prevailing threat to the entire world but, more so, to the vulnerable communities such as women farmers in developing countries. Nevertheless, I believe that women farmers should not be seen as

mere vulnerabilities, but rather as agents of change who are capable of designing responses. For this, they need to be provided with mechanisms that support their innovations in the face of climate change, and this can aid in the creation of sustainable communities.

Given that marginalised communities in India bear the brunt of several environmental issues and this is only exacerbated by the effects of climate change, I am also interested in working at the intersection of caste and climate change.

Have you faced any specific challenges in pursuing higher education abroad?

Being able to join a top institution such as Oxford University was a dream of mine, but, more importantly,

it is an ode to my parents, who were not able to easily access education, to say the least. As a first-generation student, I have experienced what it means to not have access to certain resources that may be crucial but easily available only to those with social capital, such as upper castes in India.

Students from marginalised communities are at a disadvantage to those with social capital.

I am grateful to have had the support of my immediate family to pursue a master's degree and their story inspires me both to acquire knowledge within my field and extend support to students from marginalised and nontraditional backgrounds.

You have worked with organisations to improve higher education access of Indian students from marginalised social and economic backgrounds. Could you tell us a bit about the kinds of obstacles faced by these students and what can be done to mitigate them?

Students from marginalised communities are certainly at a disadvantage as opposed to those with social capital, since there is disproportionate access to key resources in the higher educational space. Students often find the process nerve-wracking and confusing especially when they do not have the right help. It is also very easy to give up on oneself when one does not have a strong support system.

I believe it is rather important for key players such as universities to set up a system to support and encourage students from marginalised backgrounds from the outset. At the same time, students who have had access to quality educational resources should do their part in imparting knowledge. In this regard, a few organisations such as Bahujan Economists, Project EduAccess,

Eklavya, and Accepted Consulting LLC, are actively bridging the accessibility gap by providing support to students from marginalised or nontraditional backgrounds.

Has your experience as a student in Oxford been significantly different from your previous experience in India? How have you managed the transition? My experience so far has been extremely different from my undergraduate education in India. Firstly, it is not simple to adapt to a new culture, unpredictable weather and different education system all at once! However, I think the differences do make the experience worthwhile.

The course is certainly challenging, but I think academic challenges are required to progress in the field. During stressful times, my classmates and I work together as a group and support each other through the process. As my professors keep reiterating, the best resources I’ve found are indeed my classmates it’s wonderful to listen to a variety of perspectives on a regular basis. I’ve also met some really great people at Somerville College and, after a long day’s study, it’s a good laugh with them that washes my worries away.

Ritheka with fellow OICSD Scholars. All images this page by Oxford Atelier

A Paradise Remembered

BY SUSAN L. KARAMANIAN

Susan L. Karamanian (1980, PPE) is Dean of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University College of Law in Doha, Qatar. She shares a story of enduring friendship recently commemorated by a plaque in Holtby Hall.

(e.g., expressing my naïve societal views based on my Western perspective) she let you know.

Behind her fierce nature, however, was a deeply caring side. Lucy frequently brought us together so it seems fitting that it her untimely death prompted the Holtby group to start meeting on a more structured basis. Over the years, we’ve had gatherings in Oxford, London, and Paris. We catch up, eat nice food, and visit local museums. Much, but also little, has changed since our Somerville days!

When asked what I value most about my time at Somerville, I unequivocally reply that it is the lifelong friendships I developed while living in Holtby Hall.

I arrived in Oxford on a crisp October morning in 1980 after a cross-Atlantic voyage on the QE II. Most of my time growing up had been spent in traditional, mixed gender settings in US schools. Yet, after getting my scholarship to Oxford, I was anxious to be in an educational environment in which being a woman was a non-issue; hence, I gravitated towards Somerville.

My expectation that my time at Oxford would be spent with the English was quickly dispelled: Holtby Hall, I learned, was for foreign students. I soon discovered I had a unique opportunity in Holtby to be with engaging women from around the world who were dedicated to their studies, and informed and fearlessly outspoken about the issues that mattered to them. The zeal of

Our corridor was nondescript, the doors plain, the hallway sterile, the shower temperamental –but, for us, it was a paradise.

my hallmates was matched only by their warmth. Joining us were two English women who became honorary Holtbyites. Our global family shared cups of tea, makeshift dinners, and conversations about politics, philosophy, our homes, and the latest college gossip.

In that first year, one Holtbyite stood out: Lucy Banda, the future Zambian democracy activist. Lucy never minced words. She was steadfast in her convictions. She knew everything, it seemed, and if you did or said something about which she disagreed

Last year, Sara Kalim (Somerville’s Director of Development) approached me with an idea: a plaque on our old corridor, commemorating our special group. My hallmates had no objections. The plaque was duly installed this spring.

I hope that the plaque prompts Somerville students to reflect on their time in Somerville. Yes, our corridor was nondescript, the doors plain, the hallway sterile, the shower temperamental but, for us, it was a paradise; a unique moment when we developed relationships that have stayed with us forever.

The Holtbyites hope to meet up next summer. This time it’s going to be Oxford, I suspect and, of course, we’ll be visiting Somerville.

Susan Karamanian (r) viewing the plaque with former Somerville College Principal Alice Prochaska

Firm friends - a recent meeting of the Holtbyites

Introducing

The Cedar Circle

Somerville’s Regular Giving Executive NIAMH WALSHE (2015, English and Italian) takes a moment to introduce our new giving circle, which thanks regular donors for their transformative support.

This year, we were delighted to launch our new Cedar Circle for all regular donors to Somerville. This new initiative aims to thank all our alumni and friends who give year on year. It recognises the loyal commitment of donors whose continued altruism enables the College to plan effectively for the future, invest in student support, and respond decisively to urgent need.

We named the circle for the Main Quad’s iconic tree, which epitomises the steadfast, caring nature of our regular donors. This particular cedar tree, the second that the College quad has enjoyed, was planted under Janet Vaughan’s leadership by Harold Macmillan in 1976, the same year Professor Dorothy Hodgkin was elected President of the British Institute for the Advancement of Science and Philippa Foot was elected to the British Academy. It has since seen five more Principals, the admission of men and the perturbations of life under a pandemic.

In the 46 years since Harold Macmillan planted our cedar, regular donations have enabled us to:

double on-site accommodation so that all students can live in College

fund the provision of a counsellor

weather the financial storm unleashed by the pandemic

commit unprecedented levels of discretionary support to students

The Cedar Circle's First Garden Party

The inaugural Cedar Circle garden party took place this September, providing the first of many opportunities to thank our regular donors and celebrate the tremendous impact of giving. I hope to see many of you there again next year!

SCBC

Women Back On The Water!

Following damage to the SCBC Women's boat during Hilary Torpids, our rowers were reduced to borrowing the men’s boat in the club's centenary year. Many thanks to Caroline Lytton (1999, Physics) for the swift and decisive aid that secured a new boat and got our women back on the water!

BECOME A CEDAR CIRCLE

DONOR:

A Gift to the Generations

We pay tribute to the extraordinary generosity of three Somervillians, who, in gifting a portion of their estate to the college, will make an impact spanning generations.

CHANGING THE WORLD THROUGH EDUCATION

Visionary educator Lalage Bown (1945, History) died on 17 December 2021, at the age of 94. Her life epitomised the values of our college: including the excluded, fighting for women, and changing the world.

Following her Somerville education and an MA in adult education in economic development, Lalage chose to head to West Africa. The region was

stricken by political instability in the wake of centuries of exploitation under European colonialism, and many adults lacked access to education, especially women.

Seeing the need to share the benefits of a Somerville education with some of the most underprivileged adults in the world, Lalage threw herself into extramural education. Between 1949 and 1980, Lalage taught at universities in Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria and Zambia, establishing programmes for adult and continuing education. She was particularly dedicated to empowering women through literacy, which she fought for tirelessly.

But perhaps her most significant legacy is her role in decolonialising the curricula of west African universities. Shocked and disappointed by the need to teach English poems in a programme of literature study dating to British rule, she felt African writers should be taught instead. In 1973, her anthology Two Centuries of African Literature was published. The book was the first of its kind, and immediately became a central text for adult education in the region. It was the first of many books written and edited by Lalage.

As a prolific author and writer, it is no coincidence that Lalage would use her gift to support Somerville’s library. The building itself encapsulates many of Lalage’s values: it was constructed to provide opportunities to women for education, railing against a society and set of historical circumstances which fiercely resisted the notion.

Lalage’s gift will be used to improve the library in accordance with its assessed critical needs and the wishes of our students, following a consultation with them. Whatever the future holds, one thing is a certainty: Lalage’s legacy as an educator and decolonising force, and her gift to future generations of Somervillians as they follow in her footsteps, will change the world.

Her life epitomised the values of our college: including the excluded, fighting for women, and changing the world.

Lalage in the traditional Busuuti dress which she was given in 1980 at the end of her time in Africa

Lalage Bown

GIVING TO THE COMMUNITY

Isabel Ada Leeming’s (née Forsyth, 1955, Biology) commitment to academic excellence and to serving her community will endure in her support for Somerville.

Isabel was a talented research scientist in agricultural endocrinology of whom Janet Vaughan was an early supporter. The Principal noted on Isabel’s graduation in 1962 that she was ‘one of the outstanding people in her generation in the University’.

Isabel's scientific career focused on the lactogenic activites of hormones in mammals. In 1980, she co-published The Hormonal Control of Lactation, which influenced research on the topic for decades to come. Isabel also discovered the role of placental lactogen in pregnancy in goats.

After retirement in 1994, Isabel served her community in a myriad of ways: volunteering in her local Oxfam bookshop; working in a local art gallery; and helping to raise £200,000 towards the conservation of a local Anglo-Saxon church. Her gift will continue to help others by supporting Somerville in the areas of greatest need, such as funding increased access and outreach efforts; helping students with the cost of living; or safeguarding our teaching for the future.

A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP

While Dr John Wells did not study at Somerville, he had a close friendship with us for 39 years – a friendship he marked with the gift of a legacy.

John was a physicist who worked in CERN after studying at Hertford and Wolfson colleges. In 1982, he took over Dame Carole Jordan’s teaching at Somerville for a year while she completed a Nuffield Fellowship, beginning many happy trips to the college during his 39-year association with the College. At the end of his tenure in 1983, he offered to fund the cataloguing of the Amelia Edwards collection of Greek and Roman pottery and continued to make small gifts to help the college, such as his 2019 donation of funds to create the display cabinet in Green Hall (which has been in constant use ever since).

A serious back injury in his youth led Dr Wells to retire from teaching aged 35, but his talent and love for his subject never wavered, and he continued to supervise Oxford

students while cultivating new passions in archaeology and history. He was wellloved by his family and friends for his kind, calm and generous nature not to mention his eccentric model railway and beloved Siamese cats. We will miss him very much, and treasure his generosity towards Somerville.

Legacy gifts have played a transformative role throughout the history of our College, and continue to do so. If you would like more information about including Somerville in your estate planning, please contact Sara Kalim – sara.kalim@some.ox.ac.uk

John Wells

Isabel Forsyth in 1955

The display case in Green Hall, the funds for which were donated by John Wells

THE GIFT OF A LEGACY

Names ordered by surname

EF F FF HF HRF

JRF

SRF ǂ

Emeritus Fellow Fellow Foundation Fellow Honorary Fellow Honorary Research Fellow Junior Research Fellow Senior Research Fellow Deceased

Dr Margaret Adams 1958 EF

Mrs Sarah Adkins (Holmes) 1984

Dr Gina Alexander (Pirani) 1953

Ms Susan Allard 1962

Ms Pauline Ashall 1978

Mrs Rosemary Baker (Holdich) 1962

Sir Christopher Ball

Mrs Laura Barnett (Weidenfeld) 1972

Dr Jennifer Barraclough (Collins) 1967

Dr Sarah Beaver (Wilks) 1970

Lady Bingham (Elizabeth Loxley) 1957

Mrs Carol Bird (McColl) 1990

Mrs Clare Bonney (Penny Tillett) 1964

Mrs Karin Bosanquet (Lund) 1951

Dr Margaret Bowker (Roper) 1955

Dr Doreen Boyce (Vaughan) 1953 HF

Mrs Anne Bradley (Greasley) 1966

Dr Jill Brock (Lewis) 1956 JRF

Mrs Kay Brock (Stewart Sandeman) 1972

Professor Fiona Broughton Pipkin (Pipkin) 1964

Professor Edwina Brown 1967

Dr Hilary Brown (Maunsell) 1954

Dr Paula Brownlee (Pimlott) 1953 HF

Mrs Glynne Butt (Merrick) 1962

Lady Cilla Butterfield

Ms Judith Buttigieg 1988

Mrs Ann Buxton (Boggis-Rolfe) 1971

Mrs Alison Cadle (Cowley) 1974

Ms Charlotte Caplan 1967

Mrs Sheena Carmichael (Inglis) 1960

Dr Christian Carritt 1946

Dr Margaret Clark (Sidebottom) 1967

Ms Marieke Clarke 1959

Mrs Anne Clements

Miss Fiona Clements 1990

Professor Jennifer Coates (Black) 1962

Dr Claire Cockcroft 1990

Mrs Denise Cockrem (Lear) 1981

Mrs Hilda Cole (Robinson) 1950

Miss Beth Coll 1976

Mrs Miranda Corben (McCormick) 1968

Dr Anne Coulson (Rowley) 1965

Ms Caroline Cracraft (Pinder) 1961

Mrs Ann Currie (Mansfield-Robinson) 1953

Mrs Janet Davies (Welburn) 1958

Mrs Patricia Davies (Owtram) 1951

Mrs Chia Dawson (Chang) 1964

Dr Daphne Drabble (Fielding) 1961

Mrs Nest Entwistle (Williams) 1952

Miss Rosalind Erskine 1967

Miss Rosemary FitzGibbon 1967

Mrs Penelope Gaine (Dornan) 1959

Ms Victoria Gibson 1976

Dr Barbara Goodwin 1966

Miss Charlotte Graves-Taylor 1958

Dr Andrew Graydon 1988

Mrs Jane Hands (Smart) 1981

Dr Janet Harland (Draper) 1952

Professor Pauline Harrison (Cowan) 1944

Miss Barbara Harvey 1946 EF

Miss Diana Havenhand 1986

Dr Deborah Healey (Smith) 1971

Mrs Lisette Henrey (Coghlan) 1959

Professor Dame Julia Higgins (Stretton Downes) 1961

Mrs Aileen Hingston (Simkins) 1973

Ms Mary Honeyball 1972

Mr John Horsman

Professor Judith Howard (Duckworth) 1966 HF Mrs Barbara Howes (Lowe) 1965

Mr David Hughes 2009

Ms Penny Hunt 1975

Mrs Nicola Hyman (Tomlinson) 1993

Dr Anne Isba (Lightfoot) 1964

Mrs Lucy Ismail (Deas) 1958

Miss Carol Jackson 1982

Mrs Sarah Jackson (Venables) 1966

Mrs Lynette Jeggo (Wilkie) 1966

Mrs Emily Johnson (Cooke) 1996

Mr Ian Johnson 1996

Dr Barbara Jones 1973

Mrs Clare Joy (Jwala) 1989

Mrs Gillian Keily (Gunner) 1953

Mrs Ann Kennedy (Cullis) 1947

Dr Racha Kirakosian 2010

Dr Meriel Kitson (De Laszlo) 1968

Miss Bridget Knight 1955

Ms Madeleine Knight

Ms Elizabeth Knowles 1970

Dr Loeske Kruuk (Kruck) 1988

Ms Venetia Kudrle (Thomas) 1966

Dr Kate Lay 1979

Mrs Penny Lee (Hooper) 1950

Professor Laura Lepschy (Momigliano) 1952 HF

Dr Louise Levene 1979

Dr Ruth Lister 1944

Miss Mary Low 1945

Miss Pat Lucas 1949

Mrs Vicky Maltby (Elton) 1974 FF

Professor Judith Marquand (Reed) 1954

Mrs Harriet Maunsell (Dawes) 1962 HF

Mrs Sheila Mawby (Roxburgh) 1962

Mrs Helen Mawson (Fuller) 1957

Dr Penny McCarthy (Gee) 1962

Mrs Jenny McKeown (Chancellor) 1961

Dr Elizabeth McLean (Hunter) 1950

Professor Kate McLoughlin 1988

Dr Minnie McMillan 1960

Dr Sophie Mills 1983 JRF

Mrs Judith Mitchell (Bainbridge) 1967

Dr Jacqueline Mitton (Pardoe) 1966

Ms Charlotte Morgan 1969

Miss Helen Morton EF

Dr Lynette Moss (Vaughan) 1958

Dr Fahera Musaji (Sindhu) 1990

Ms Hilary Newiss 1974

Ms Amelia Nguyen 2014

Dr Susan Owens 1990

Mrs Sue Pappas (Dennler) 1962

Ms Neeta Patel 1980

Mrs Kristin Payne (Maule) 1959

Dr Hilary Pearson 1962

Mrs Jane Peters (Sheldon) 1950

Ms Sally Prentice 1987

Mrs Niloufer Reifler (Marker) 1968

Ms Jane Robinson 1978

Mrs Giustina Ryan (Blum Gentilomo) 1954

Miss Linda Salt 1976

Professor Shelley Sazer 1988

Mrs Sue Scollan (Green) 1978 FF

Mrs Margaret Selby (Monitz) 1961

Ms Jane Sender (Nothmann) 1974

Professor Caroline Series 1969 HF

Mr George Shea

Mrs Susan Sinagola (Livingstone) 1976

Mrs Sandra Skemp (Burns) 1957 JRF

Mrs Alison Sloan (Goodall) 1978

Mrs Wendy Smith (Arnold) 1965

Mrs Clare Spring (Thistlethwaite) 1952

Mrs Ann Squires (Florence) 1962

Ms Sybella Stanley 1979

Mrs Felicity Staveley-Taylor (Roberts) 1986

Dr Alison Stewart (Lacey) 1988

Ms Jocelyn Stoddard 1976

Dr Vicky Tagart 1967

Mrs Jayne Thomas (Harvey) 1977

Lady Thomas (Valerie Little) 1955

Mrs Joan Townsend (Davies) 1955

Professor Meg Twycross (Pattison) 1954

Ms Judith Unwin 1973

Mrs Kate Varney (Leavis) 1958

Dr Shirley Vinall (Jones) 1965

Mrs Rhiannon Wakefield (Hogg) 1984

Ms Jenifer Wates (Weston) 1951

Dr Trudy Watt 1971 JRF

Ms Jacqueline Watts 1979

Mrs Jenny Welsh (Husband) 1952

Miss Pauline Wickham 1950

Dr Joan Wilkinson 1955

Mrs Margaret Williamson (Allott) 1956 Mrs Margaret Willis (Andrews) 1940

Mrs Margaret Windsor (Lee) 1957

Mrs Deborah Woudhuysen (Loudon) 1974 Miss Celia Wrighton 1992 Dr Sarah Young (Gbedemah) 1980 37 Anonymous Donors

Legacies received during the period 01.08.2021-31.07.2022

Mrs Audrey Faber (Thompson) 1944ǂ Miss Celia Clout 1951ǂ

Mrs Elizabeth Fortescue Hitchins (Baldwin) 1946ǂ

Mrs Marjorie Pattle (Whitter) 1942ǂ

Professor Jasper Griffinǂ Mrs Juliet Stockwell (Butler) 1958ǂ Miss Miranda Shea 1953ǂ Miss Jane Hands EFǂ

Miss Pat Ibbotson 1944ǂ

Ms Sheila Porter 1951ǂ

Baroness Williams of Crosby (Shirley Catlin) 1948 HFǂ

Legacy gifts have played a transformative role throughout the history of the College, and continue to do so.

Somerville Will Power, our legacy society, honours the special effort and commitment made by alumni and friends who have pledged a legacy or planned gift to Somerville.

If you would like more information about including the College in your estate planning, please contact Sara Kalim –sara.kalim@some.ox.ac.uk

LIST OF DONORS

During the financial period 1st August 2021-31st July 2022

Alumni ordered by matriculation year

EF F FF HF HRF JRF SRF

ǂ

Emeritus Fellow Fellow Foundation Fellow Honorary Fellow Honorary Research Fellow Junior Research Fellow Senior Research Fellow Deceased

1930-1939

Dr Joyce Reynolds 1937 HFǂ

Mrs Catherine Eden (Sowerby) 1939ǂ

1940-1949

Mrs Susan Wood (Chenevix-Trench) 1942

Mrs Olive Bridge (Brown) 1944

Dr Mary Ede (Turner) 1944

Mrs Josephine Millar (Hamilton) 1945

Mrs Joyce Molyneux (Ormerod) 1945

Mrs Patricia Clough (Brown) 1946

Lady Fox (Hazel Stuart) 1946 HF

Miss Barbara Harvey 1946 EF

Miss Sheila Hill 1946

Lady Kirk (Elizabeth Graham) 1946

Dr Patience Barnes (Wade) 1947

Mrs Mary Shorter (Steer) 1947

The Hon Mrs Val Arnold-Forster (Mitchison) 1948

Mrs Mary Brettell (Bennett) 1948

Mrs Helen Sackett (Phillips) 1948

Miss April Symons 1948

Miss Marian Brown 1949

Professor Jenny Glusker (Pickworth) 1949 HF Dr Ruth Roberts (Greenhow) 1949 Mrs Mally Yates (Shaw) 1949

1950-1959

Mrs Hilda Cole (Robinson) 1950 Dr Bridget Davies 1950ǂ Mrs Penny Lee (Hooper) 1950 Dr Rosemary Moore (Filmer) 1950 Mrs Jo Murphy (Cummins) 1950 Mrs Jenny Newman (Hugh-Jones) 1950

Mrs Renate Olins (Steinert) 1950

Mrs Jane Peters (Sheldon) 1950

Mrs Nora Satterthwaite (Cable) 1950 Mrs Maureen Scurlock (Oliver) 1950 Dr Marie Surridge (Thomas) 1950

The Revd Canon Kate Tristram 1950 Miss Pauline Wickham 1950

Mrs Helen Bond (Wilman) 1951

Mrs Karin Bosanquet (Lund) 1951

Miss Barbara Cairns 1951

Mrs Patricia Davies (Owtram) 1951 Mrs Lindsey March (Miller) 1951

Mrs Dorothy Newton (Casley) 1951

Mrs Ann Paddick (Dolby) 1951

Mrs Corinne Petford (Chambers) 1951

Mrs Margaret Porter (Wallace) 1951 Mrs Vivienne Rees (Farey) 1951

Mrs Joy Thompson (Taylor) 1951 Mrs Lucia Turner (Glanville) 1951ǂ Mrs Judy Ward (McVittie) 1951

Ms Jenifer Wates (Weston) 1951

Mrs Cynthia Coldham-Jones (Coldham) 1952

Mrs Shirley Cordeaux Wilde (Legge) 1952

Mrs Pamela Egan (Brooks) 1952

Mrs Nest Entwistle (Williams) 1952

Mrs Isabel Heaman (Garner) 1952

Ms Shirley Hermitage (King) 1952

Mrs Anne Kirkman (Fawcett) 1952

Mrs Gillian Lawrence (Rushton) 1952

Dr Hilary Maitland (White) 1952

Mrs Isabel Roberts (Ferguson) 1952

Mrs Ann Schlee (Cumming) 1952

Mrs Jenny Welsh (Husband) 1952

Mrs Daphne Williamson (Gloag) 1952

Dr Gina Alexander (Pirani) 1953

Dr Doreen Boyce (Vaughan) 1953 HF

Dr Paula Brownlee (Pimlott) 1953 HF

Ms Nadine Brummer 1953

Mrs Susan Cronyn (Cooper) 1953

Mrs Ann Currie (Mansfield-Robinson) 1953

Miss Ann Gray 1953

Dr Marjorie Harding (Aitken) 1953

Mrs Felicity Hindson (Lambert) 1953

Professor Sally Humphreys (Hinchliff) 1953 JRF

Mrs Gillian Keily (Gunner) 1953

Mrs Katharine Makower (Chadburn) 1953

Mrs Penny Minney (Hughes) 1953

Mrs Ena Blyth (Franey) 1954

Dr Hilary Brown (Maunsell) 1954

Mrs Patricia Cocks (Charvet) 1954

Dr Nori Graham (Burawoy) 1954

Mrs Daphne Green (Fenner) 1954ǂ

Dr Birgit Harley (Capps) 1954

Mrs Sheila Harrison (Ashcroft) 1954

Dr Gillian Lewis (Morton) 1954

Dr Susan Lourenco (Loewenthal) 1954

Professor Judith Marquand (Reed) 1954

Dr Gill Milner (Sutton) 1954

Mrs Gwyn Pettitj (Coulson) 1954

Mrs Giustina Ryan (Blum Gentilomo) 1954

Dr Molly Scopes (Bryant) 1954

Mrs Anne Weizmann (Owen) 1954

Mrs Sally Marler (Turton) 1955

Mrs Elizabeth Rogers (Telfer) 1955

Professor Helen Ross 1955

Lady Thomas (Valerie Little) 1955

Mrs Sally Wheeler (Hilton) 1955

Mrs Gillian Yacomeni (Bruce) 1955

Mrs Paddy Crossley (Earnshaw) 1956

Mrs Gillian Diamond (Huggins) 1956

Mrs Shelagh Eltis (Owen) 1956

Mrs Carola Emms (Wayne) 1956

Her Honour Audrey Gale (Sander) 1956

The Hon Victoria Glendinning (Seebohm) 1956 HF

Professor Sonia Jackson (Edelman) 1956

Mrs Christine Parker (Gregory) 1956

Mrs Sheila Shield (Bateman) 1956

Mrs Margaret Thornton (Way) 1956

Mrs Frances walsh (Innes) 1956

Mrs Margaret Williamson (Allott) 1956

Lady Bingham (Elizabeth Loxley) 1957

Mrs Hyacinthe Harford (Hoare) 1957

Mrs Reziya Harrison (Ahmad) 1957

Dr Hilary Heltay (Nicholson) 1957

Mrs Susan Hilken (Davies) 1957

Mrs Mary Howard (Maries) 1957

Lady Johnston (Belinda Sladen) 1957

Mrs Helen Keating (Caisley) 1957

Mrs Valerie Kerrigan (Knox) 1957

Mrs Elizabeth Leach (Goddard) 1957

Mrs Heather Lynn (Green) 1957

Mrs Helen Mawson (Fuller) 1957

Mrs Margaret Southern (Browning) 1957

Mrs Shelagh Suett (Hartharn) 1957

Mrs Margaret Windsor (Lee) 1957

Anonymous 1958

Dr Margaret Adams 1958 EF

Mrs Patricia Allison (Johnston) 1958

Ms Fran Barker (Flint) 1958

Dr Jane Biers (Chitty) 1958

Mrs Rachel Britton (Scott) 1958

Mrs Mary Bromley (Richer) 1958

Dame Antonia Byatt (Drabble) 1958 HF

Professor Dame Averil Cameron (Sutton) 1958

HF

Dr Gill Cohen (Richards) 1958

Mrs Eileen Denza (Young) 1958

Mrs Bridget Dommen (Meade) 1958

Mrs Lucy Ismail (Deas) 1958

Dr Lynette Moss (Vaughan) 1958

Mrs Gillian Phillips (Hallett) 1958

Ms Judith Rattenbury 1958

Mrs Carol Rikker (Roberts) 1958

Mrs Christine Shuttleworth (de Mendelssohn) 1958

Ms Auriol Stevens 1958

Professor Frances Stewart (Kaldor) 1958 EF

Mrs Kate Varney (Leavis) 1958

Mrs Jennifer Wiggins (Walkden) 1958 Mrs Tessa Wilson (Seton) 1958

Dr Beryl Bowen (Lodge) 1959

Mrs Angela Costen (Lawrence) 1959

Mrs Maureen Douglas (Bowler) 1959

Professor Katherine Duncan-Jones 1959 EFǂ

Mrs Liz Finch (Gamble) 1959

Dr Lucy Gaster (Syson) 1959

Mrs Jane Gordon (Mackintosh) 1959

Mrs Lisette Henrey (Coghlan) 1959

Dr Hazel Jones (Lewis) 1959

Dr Liselotte Kastner (Adler) 1959

Mrs Margaret Kenyon (Parry) 1959 HF

Dr Ahilya Noone (Nehaul) 1959

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve (Onora O'Neill) 1959 HF

Mrs Kristin Payne (Maule) 1959

Mrs Cassandra Phillips (Hubback) 1959 Mrs Jane Robinson (Packham) 1959

Mrs Anne Seaton (Vernon) 1959

1960-1969

Anonymous 1960

Mrs Jenny Bagnall (Davey) 1960

Miss Priscilla Baines 1960

Dr Liz Berry (Brown) 1960

Dr Jennifer Bottomley (Smith) 1960

The Hon Mrs Helen Brown (Todd) 1960 Mrs Sheena Carmichael (Inglis) 1960

Mrs Margaret Davies (Thomas) 1960

Dr Tessa Dresser (Woolf) 1960

Ms Lydia Howard 1960

Mrs Janet Howarth (Ross) 1960

Dr Carol Huber (Saunderson) 1960

Dr Joyce Kay (Freeman) 1960

Mrs Susan Lloyd 1960

Mrs Sally Mellersh (Senior) 1960

Mrs Margaret Panter (Daughtrey) 1960

Miss Anne Pope 1960 JRF

Dr Rosemary Raza (Cargill) 1960

Mrs Corinna Redman (Page) 1960

Mrs Ann Shepherd (Scott) 1960

Mrs Elizabeth Smith (Shearer) 1960

Mrs Ellinor Angel (Goonan) 1961

Mrs Susan Anthony (Farrow) 1961

Dr Marlene Behennah 1961

Ms Jane Belshaw 1961

Miss Gladys Bland 1961

Ms Jennifer Bray 1961

Ms Anne Charvet 1961

Mrs Margaret Clements (Hirst) 1961

Ms Caroline Cracraft (Pinder) 1961

Miss Rhiannon Davies 1961ǂ

Dr Daphne Drabble (Fielding) 1961

Mrs Mary Evans (Edwards) 1961

Ms Diane Goldrei 1961

Mrs Naomi Hallan (Cohen) 1961

Miss Diana Handford 1961

Mrs Helen Lowell (Krebs) 1961

Dr Vivien Morris (Evans) 1961

Mrs Alison Neil (Williams) 1961

Miss Hilary Parkes 1961

Dr Hazel Richardson (Lyons) 1961

Mrs Susan Richardson (Holmes) 1961

Dr Irene Ridge (Haydock) 1961

Dr Peggie Rimmer 1961 JRF

Ms Lyn Robertson 1961

Mrs Margaret Selby (Monitz) 1961

Mrs Sanneke Sole (Pull) 1961

Mrs Jane Staples (Green) 1961

Mrs Jackie Wilson (Herbert) 1961

Ms Pauline Adams 1962 EF

Mrs Kath Boothman (Scott) 1962

Mrs Margaret Brecknell (Dick) 1962

Dr Gillian Butler (Dawnay) 1962

Mrs Glynne Butt (Merrick) 1962

Mrs Elizabeth Campbell (Nowell-Smith) 1962

Mrs Lesley Coggins (Watson) 1962ǂ

Ms Rosemary Dunhill 1962

Mrs Dianne Evans (Love) 1962

Mrs Angela Gillon (Spear) 1962

Ms Cynthia Graae (Norris) 1962

Ms Eve Jackson 1962

Professor Christine Lee (Pounder) 1962

Mrs Bernice Littman (Fingerhut) 1962

Mrs Harriet Maunsell (Dawes) 1962 HF

Dr Penny McCarthy (Gee) 1962

Mrs Lin Merrick (Stephens) 1962

Dr Hilary Pearson 1962

Mrs Jane Peretz (Wildman) 1962

Mrs Arlene Polonsky (Glickman) 1962

Mrs Stephanie Reynard (Ward) 1962

Miss Janet Richards 1962

Mrs Helen Roach (Beachcroft) 1962

Mrs Alice Sharp (Gilson) 1962

Miss Della Shirley 1962

The Revd Vera Sinton 1962

Dr Ginny Stacey (Sharpey-Schafer) 1962

Mrs Lesley Brown (Wallace) 1963 EF

Professor Margaret Clunies Ross (Tidemann) 1963 JRF

Ms Katie Gray (Beverley) 1963

Dr Mary Gregory (MacDonald) 1963 JRF

Mrs Ursula Gregory (Raeburn) 1963

Mrs Helen Haddon (Parry) 1963

Dr Carola Haigh (Pickering) 1963

The Revd Margaret Jones (Cook) 1963

Ms Gill Linscott 1963

Mrs Pamela Marsden (Robinson) 1963

Dr Judy Ricks (Coles) 1963

Ms Clare Roskill 1963

Dr Kirsty Shipton (Lund) 1963

Mrs Jean Ward (Salisbury) 1963

Dr Jilly Aarvold (Stanley-Jones) 1964

Miss Corinna Balfour 1964

Professor Fiona Broughton Pipkin (Pipkin) 1964

Mrs Deryn Chatwin (Price) 1964

Mrs Jo Christian (Hickey) 1964

Dr Margaret Cone (Beckham) 1964

Mrs Chia Dawson (Chang) 1964

Dr Judy Goldfinch (Oldham) 1964

Ms Sue Griffin (Watson) 1964

Mrs Jill Hamblin (Barnes) 1964

Ms Susan Hoyle 1964

Dr Anne Isba (Lightfoot) 1964

Mrs Julianne Jack (Rountree) 1964 EF

Ms Penny Jamrack 1964

Mrs Mary Keen (Keegan) 1964

Ms Christine O'Brien (Hauch) 1964

Dr Cilla Price (Pantin) 1964

Mrs Jenny Rambridge (Pares) 1964

Mrs Ruth Rostron (Treloar) 1964

Mrs Rosamund Salisbury (Wright) 1964

Dr Katherine Simmonds 1964

Ms Alison Skilbeck 1964

The Revd Canon Ann Slater (Hollowell) 1964

Lady Strathnaver (Eileen Baker) 1964

Dr Mary Walmsley 1964

Mrs Linda Wyllie (Akeroyd) 1964

Mrs Hazel Yates (Brown) 1964

Anonymous 1965

The Revd Professor Loveday Alexander (Earl) 1965

Dr Kate Badcock (Skerratt) 1965

Ms Sarah Bell (Radley) 1965

Mrs Alison Brech (Jones) 1965

Mrs Alicia Cansick (Carew-Robinson) 1965ǂ

Dr Sarah Cemlyn (Garstang) 1965

Ms Margaret Clare (Baldwin) 1965

Mrs Alison Corley (Downes) 1965

Dr Anne Coulson (Rowley) 1965

Dr Gillian Cross (Arnold) 1965

Mrs Christine Eagle (Burnside) 1965

Mrs Erika Fairhead (Morrison) 1965

Mrs Cherry Fang (Foo) 1965

Mrs Debbie Forbes (White) 1965

Mrs Sue Hastings (Edge) 1965

Mrs Caroline Higgitt (Besley) 1965

Mrs Barbara Howes (Lowe) 1965

Dr Anne Jacobson (Jaap) 1965

Ms Natalia Jimenez 1965

Dr Mary Jones (Tyrer) 1965

Mrs Hilary King (Presswood) 1965ǂ

Dr Helen Lewis (Goodman) 1965

Ms Ruth Meyler (Meyler Choy) 1965

Lady Morgan (Angela Rathbone) 1965

Mrs Maggie Pringle (Griffin) 1965

Dr Alice Prochaska (Barwell) 1965 HF Dr Tessa Sadler (Halstead) 1965

Mrs Diana Sallon (White) 1965

Mrs Tricia Savours (Jones) 1965

Dr Pauline Seymour 1965

Mrs Wendy Smith (Arnold) 1965 Dr Shirley Vinall (Jones) 1965

Professor Fenella Wojnarowska 1965 HRF

Anonymous 1966

Dr Marylee Bomboy 1966

Ms Anne-Marie Braun (Kelly) 1966

Mrs Carole Anne Brown (Leigh) 1966

Professor Dame Elan Closs Stephens (Roberts) 1966 HF

Professor Gail Cunningham (Pennington) 1966

Ms Suzanne Elcoat 1966 Ms Kathy Henderson 1966 Professor Judith Howard (Duckworth) 1966 HF

Miss Ann Humphries (Tross) 1966 Mrs Sarah Jackson (Venables) 1966 Mrs Lynette Jeggo (Wilkie) 1966

Dame Emma Kirkby 1966 HF

Ms Venetia Kudrle (Thomas) 1966 Ms Felicity Luke (Crowther) 1966

Mrs Caroline Macpherson (Bacon) 1966

Dr Angela Mills 1966

Dr Jacqueline Mitton (Pardoe) 1966 Ms Margaret Newens 1966 Mrs Alexandra Nicol (Marr) 1966 Mrs Kate Nightingale (Wilson) 1966

The Revd Kay Osborn 1966

Professor Elizabeth Reid 1966 Miss Viv Robins 1966

Mrs Sue Robson (Bodger) 1966

Ms Virginia Ross 1966

Dr Ilona Roth 1966

Mrs Helen Stammers (Tritton) 1966

Dr Janet Stanworth (Kemp) 1966

Mrs Judy Staples (Bennett) 1966

Dr Mary Warren (Fay) 1966 JRF

Dr Judy Wigfield (Knights) 1966

Ms Anne Winyard (Williams) 1966

Ms Helen Wise 1966

Mrs Rosemary Wolfson (Reynolds) 1966

Mrs Vanessa Allen (Lampard) 1967

Miss Carolyn Beckingham 1967

Ms Rachel Berger 1967

Mrs Miggy Biller (Minio) 1967

Professor Edwina Brown 1967

Dr Jill Challener 1967

Dr Freddie Crane (Williams) 1967

Dr Liz Danbury 1967

Mrs Angela Davies (Holdich) 1967

Mrs Sue Dawes (Cooper) 1967

Miss Rosalind Erskine 1967

Mrs Joanna French (Raeburn) 1967

Ms Sarah Hale (Watkins) 1967

Dr Helen Hammond (Heywood) 1967

Ms Anne Kern (Merdinger) 1967

Professor Sally McClean 1967

Ms Maria McKay 1967

Mrs Judith Mitchell (Bainbridge) 1967

Ms Chris Robb 1967

Mrs Sarah Roberts (Hancock) 1967

Lady Scarlett (Gwenda Stilliard) 1967

Mrs Rosamund Skinner (Forrest) 1967

Mrs Pam Somerset (Morgan) 1967

Mrs Rosemary Swatman (Cox) 1967

Dr Vicky Tagart 1967

Mrs Alison Wilson (Jeffrey) 1967

Dr Penny Wilson 1967

Mrs Susie Worthington (Middleditch) 1967

Mrs Helen Barnard (Ratcliffe) 1968

Ms Judith Barnes 1968

Lady Beatson (Charlotte Christie-Miller) 1968

Mrs Olwen Bell (Lloyd) 1968

Ms Moira Black 1968

Miss Ros Carne 1968

Mrs Freda Chaloner (White) 1968

Mrs Miranda Corben (McCormick) 1968

Mrs Lesley Futcher (Harrison) 1968

Mrs Angela gillibrand (Parry) 1968

Mrs Hilary Gunkel (Smith) 1968

Professor Carole Hillenbrand 1968 HF

Dr Meriel Kitson (De Laszlo) 1968

Dr Terry Macdonald (Bowe) 1968

Mrs Clare Matthews (Davies) 1968

Ms Jo Moffett-Levy (Moffett) 1968

Professor Leslie O'Bell (Claff) 1968

Mrs Niloufer Reifler (Marker) 1968

Ms Janet Roberts (Wittler) 1968

Dr Ann Rolinson 1968

Ms Sonja Ruehl 1968

Mrs Lynne Sable (Kelly) 1968

Professor Ruth Schwertfeger 1968

Dr Sara Turner (Greenbury) 1968

Dr Betsy Wiggins (Fumagalli) 1968

Dr Jenny Wright (Allan) 1968

Miss Louise Amery 1969

Mrs Jackie Andrew (Turner) 1969

Mrs Julie Baddeley (Weston) 1969

Mrs Patricia Baskerville (Lawrence-Wilson) 1969

Ms Gill Bennett (Randerson) 1969

Ms Jacky Clements 1969

Dr Anne Davies 1969

Ms Penny Deacon 1969

Mrs Caroline Delbaere 1969

Miss Christine Denwood 1969

Mrs Annie Dobell (Champagne) 1969

Mrs Rachel Fletcher (Toynbee) 1969

Mrs Katherine Fricker (Young) 1969

Ms Laura Gascoigne (Warner) 1969

Dr Julia Goodwin 1969

Dr Sophia Hartland (Storr) 1969

Dr Jana Howlett (Dorrell) 1969

Dr Janet Kennedy (Harrison) 1969

Dr Sophie McCormick (Williams) 1969

Ms Charlotte Morgan 1969

Professor Glynis Murphy (Phillips) 1969

The Revd Elizabeth Pearce (Earl) 1969

Dr Jill Pipe (Pritchard) 1969

Mrs Yolanda Powell (Radcliffe-Genge) 1969

Dr Judith Sear (Partington) 1969

Professor Caroline Series 1969 HF Dr Angela Smllwood 1969

Dr Lorna Stuart (Bennett) 1969

Mrs Elizabeth Thorne (Westbrook) 1969 Miss Jay Young 1969

1970-1979

Anonymous 1970

Anonymous 1970

Mrs Juliana Abell (Fennell) 1970

Ms Maggie Ainsley 1970

Mrs Helen Anderson (Thumpston) 1970

Mrs Ann Barlow (Jones) 1970

Dr Sarah Beaver (Wilks) 1970

Dr Eleanor Broomhead (Harries) 1970

Dr Alison Callaway 1970

Mrs Sarah Danby (Sherrard) 1970

Dr Helen Dunstan 1970

Miss Judith Fell 1970

Ms Felicity Goulden 1970

Ms Gillian Greenwood 1970

Mrs Wendy Holmes (Beswick) 1970

Mrs Ruth Jolly (Foote) 1970

Ms Patricia Kearney 1970

Dr Gill Lawrence 1970

Ms Rowena Loverance 1970

Dr Sabina Lovibond 1970 JRF

Mrs Janet Matcham (Milligan) 1970

Dr Meg Norman (Griffin) 1970

Mrs Nneka Okeke (Osakwe) 1970

Dr Joanna Parker (Martindale) 1970

Mrs Grania Phillips (De Laszlo) 1970

Ms Hilary Puxley 1970

Dr Sharon Seltzer 1970

Ms Christabel Shawcross 1970

Professor Christine Slingsby 1970 Dr Jenny Spurgeon (Paul) 1970

Professor Hilary Tompsett (Gigg) 1970

Ms Carolyn White 1970

Anonymous 1971

Mrs Jill Bowman (Watkins) 1971

Mrs Philippa Bridge (Barrett) 1971

Mrs Ann Buxton (Boggis-Rolfe) 1971

Mrs Jeanne Carrington (Flood) 1971

Professor Kathleen Coles 1971

Ms Sue Dixson 1971

Dr Chris Fletcher (Moerder) 1971

Mrs Clara Freeman (Jones) 1971 HF

Mrs Elizabeth Harbord (Harris) 1971

Dr Deborah Healey (Smith) 1971 Dr Shabu Karimjee 1971

Dame Mary Keegan 1971 HF Mrs Jean Littlewood (Sandham) 1971

Dr Penelope Mackie 1971 Ms Jehan Magdi 1971 Mrs Stephanie Martin (King) 1971 Dr Jody Maxmin 1971 Mrs Sally Patmore (Wiseman) 1971

The Revd Dr Alison Peden (White) 1971 Mrs Liz Railton (Nisbet) 1971

Dame June Raine (Harris) 1971 HF Dr Penelope Rapson (Eltis) 1971

Mrs Manya Romano-Wayne (Romano) 1971

Ms Mary Saunders (Dauman) 1971 Mrs Pat Sellers (Burns) 1971

Ms Robyn Spencer (Gee) 1971 Lady Stanhope (Jan Flynn) 1971 Mrs Helena Taylor (Chicken) 1971

Dr Dilys Wadman 1971

Dr Trudy Watt 1971 JRF

Ms Sarah Wedderburn 1971

Miss Amy Weir 1971

Anonymous 1972

Ms Gillian Bastow 1972

Dr Erica Beck (Wilkinson) 1972

Mrs Kay Brock (Stewart Sandeman) 1972

Professor Michele Calos 1972

Dr Chi Davies (Mbanugo) 1972

Dr Gillie Evans 1972

Mrs Alison Evens (Brown) 1972

Dr Susan Farnsworth 1972

Mrs Eleanor Fuller (Breedon) 1972

Professor Joanna Haigh 1972 HF

Ms Mary Honeyball 1972

Mrs Val James (Jacobs) 1972

Dr Scarlet La Rue (La Rue Edber) 1972

Ms Ottilie Lefever (Sefton) 1972

Ms Jane Lethem 1972

Mrs Cathy Marriott (Long) 1972

Dr Liz McDougall (Webster) 1972

Ms Dot Metcalf (Metcalfe) 1972

Professor Fatemah Moghadam 1972

Mrs Nicky Ormerod (Callander) 1972

Ms Karen Richardson 1972

Dr Natasha Robinson 1972

Mrs Deborah Rohan (Hickenlooper) 1972

Dr Joanna Seddon (Callinicos) 1972

Miss Ruth Sillar 1972

Mrs Bobbie Sunderland (Craven) 1972

Professor Mary Tiles 1972

Mrs Liz Watson (Jones) 1972

Professor Wisia Wedzicha 1972

Ms Louise Whitaker 1972

Anonymous 1973

Anonymous 1973

Anonymous 1973

Ms Jill Barelli 1973

Mrs Jane Clarke (Morgan) 1973

Professor Hannah Cotton-Paltiel 1973

Dr Pauline Davies (Hodkinson) 1973

Ms Helen Demuth (Gaworska) 1973

Mrs Karen Dixon 1973

Mrs Jane Foster (Morris) 1973

Dr Alison Furnham (Green) 1973

Professor Penelope Gardner-Chloros (Chloros) 1973

Dr Elizabeth Grayson (Thomas) 1973

Ms Barbara Habberjam 1973

Mrs Isabella Harding (Wallace) 1973

Mrs Aileen Hingston (Simkins) 1973

Mrs Anne Ireland (King) 1973

Mrs Rachel Miller (Sims) 1973

Ms Krystyna Nowak 1973

Mrs Elly Pearce (Hartwell) 1973

Professor Anne Redston 1973

Mrs Janet Rogers (Ersts) 1973

Ms Susan Scholefield 1973

Dr Hazel Thomas 1973

Miss Ruth Thomas 1973

Ms Judith Unwin 1973

Mrs Judith Wainwright (Paton) 1973

Ms Hilary Walters 1973

Ms Victoria Younghusband 1973

Anonymous 1974

Ms Rachel Anderson 1974

Ms Sophie Balhetchet 1974

Mrs Alison Cadle (Cowley) 1974

Miss Ruth Crocket 1974

Ms Beth Crutch 1974

Dr Mary Elliott 1974

Mrs Linda Garvin (Clews) 1974

Miss Marie Ann Giddins 1974

Dr Tina Green 1974

Mrs Ruth Harris (Lodge) 1974

Mrs Clare Hatcher (Lawrence) 1974

Ms Olwyn Hocking 1974

Mrs Alison Jones (Emmett) 1974

Mrs Rachel Kent (Paterson) 1974

Dr Agnes Kocsis 1974

Mrs Lucy Kowol (Moore) 1974

Ms Monique Krohn (Rubens) 1974

Miss Margaret MacDonald 1974

Mrs Vicky Maltby (Elton) 1974 FF

Ms Alison Mathias 1974

Her Honour Judge Moir (Judy Edwardson) 1974

Ms Susan Morris 1974

Mrs Janie Smallridge (Wright) 1974

Mrs Gail Sperrin (Kyle) 1974

Dr Elizabeth Theokritoff (de La Briere) 1974

Mrs Janice Tibble (Fidler) 1974

Mrs Erica Wildgoose (Budgen) 1974

Mrs Deborah Woudhuysen (Loudon) 1974

Dr Amy Bernstein (Daunis) 1975

Miss Christine Blacklin 1975

Dr Joy Boyce 1975

Mrs Romy Briant (Frampton) 1975

Ms Vicky Carnegy-Arbuthnott (Carlstrand) 1975

Mrs Hilarie Chester (Jackson) 1975

Dr Judith Collier 1975

Ms Judy Corstjens (Gilchrist) 1975

Mrs Francesca Currie (Kay) 1975

Ms Claire Dillon 1975

Mrs Sarah Elliott (Nicholls) 1975

Mrs Marianne Godfrey (Morgan) 1975

Mrs Alyson Gregory (Roberts) 1975

Mrs Suzan Griffiths (Green) 1975

Ms Eleanor Harre 1975

Ms Joanna Haxby 1975

Ms Jayne Huntley (Digby) 1975

Mrs Mary-Jane Jeanes (Zwar) 1975

Mrs Juliet Johnson (Adams) 1975

Ms Marcy Kahan 1975

Mrs Amanda Kaye-Wright (Beckett) 1975

Miss Christine Mead 1975

Mrs Jane Nicholson (Wilkinson) 1975

Dr Sarah Parish (Williams) 1975

Mrs Jo Pearson (Lane) 1975

Mrs Fiona Sewell (Torrington) 1975

Mrs Jane Shepherd (Booth) 1975

Miss Sian Skerratt-Williams (Williams) 1975

Mrs Ruth Slesiona (Gainford) 1975

Professor Janet Soskice (Martin) 1975 JRF

Mrs Ann Stephenson-Wright (Wright) 1975

Ms Catherine Sullivan (McEniry) 1975

Ms Kate Williams 1975

Anonymous 1976

Ms Leila Abu-Sharr 1976

Mrs Josephine Appelgren (Turner) 1976

Mrs Penelope Baines (Lord) 1976

Ms Hilary Bates 1976

Ms Sarah Chambers 1976

Mrs Clare Colacicchi (Clutterbuck) 1976

Miss Beth Coll 1976

Mrs Anne Cowan (MacKay) 1976

Ms Catherine Darcy 1976

Mrs Angela Dean (Britton) 1976

Ms Frances Dewhurst 1976

Dr Cathy Elliott (Mills) 1976

Ms Lesley Fidler 1976

Mrs Gaynor Fryers (Smith) 1976 Mrs Fin Gowers (Clarke) 1976

Professor Lorna Hutson 1976 HF

Dr Jane Macintyre 1976 Ms Lesley McCallum 1976 Mrs Jenny Meader (Heseltine) 1976

Dr Latha Menon 1976

Mrs Jane Millinchip (Davenport) 1976 Mrs Rosie Oliver (Rogers) 1976 Mrs Robin Reeves Zorthian (Reeves) 1976 Miss Linda Salt 1976

Mrs Philippa Schofield (Cash) 1976

Dr Julia Smith 1976 Ms Jocelyn Stoddard 1976 Dr Jasmine Tickle (Hussain) 1976

Mrs Jane Trewhella (Carpenter) 1976 Ms Dominique Vaughan Williams 1976 Mrs Anne Williams (Kenyon) 1976 Mrs Annabelle Woolf (Spooner) 1976

Anonymous 1977

Mrs Jane Bell (Gilman) 1977

Mrs Sheila Bulpett (Thomson) 1977 Ms Cortina Butler 1977

Ms Susan Catchpole 1977 Mrs Elaine Clements (Burnham) 1977 Mrs Katherine Coates (Cooke) 1977

Mrs Rachel Coates (Lucas) 1977

Miss Sally Davenport 1977

Ms Cindy Gallop 1977

Dr Linda Hardy 1977

Mrs Caroline Jarrett (Sankey) 1977

Mrs Merryn Kent (Wills) 1977 Dr Kate Lack (Taylor) 1977ǂ

Miss Catherine Lorigan 1977 Miss Hilary Manning 1977

Mrs Anne Marriott (Clarence-Smith) 1977 Mrs Mary McConnell (Norton) 1977

Dr Julia Nehring 1977

Mrs Susan Ott (Congdon) 1977

Ms Hilary Pettit 1977

Ms Susan Reigler 1977

Miss Margaret Robertson 1977

Ms Madeleine Ruehl 1977

Dr Alexandra Schaapveld (Cook-Schaapveld) 1977

Mrs Julie Skipworth (Deegan) 1977

Mrs Rachel Waters (Hetherington) 1977

Mrs Lesley Watts (King) 1977

Ms Kati Whitaker 1977

Anonymous 1978

Professor Jane Aaron 1978

Ms Miranda Allardice 1978

Ms Libby Ancrum 1978

Miss Kim Anderson 1978

Ms Pauline Ashall 1978

Mrs Joanna Bell (Priest) 1978

Mrs Sally Blenkinship (Owen) 1978

Dr Angela Bonaccorso 1978

Mrs Liz Brockmann (Madell) 1978

Dr Virginia Brooke (Brember) 1978

Mrs Katrina Crossley (Clapham) 1978

Ms Anna Economides 1978

Mrs Sally Elliott (Heath) 1978

Ms Fiona Freckleton 1978

Dr Elizabeth Gladstone (Hare) 1978

Mrs Helen Harkness (Lyon) 1978

Mrs Ruth Hazel (Grieves) 1978

Dr Yuki Konii 1978

Ms Jill Longmate 1978

Mrs Margaret McKenna (Wylie) 1978

Professor Michele Moody-Adams (Moody) 1978 HF

Professor Christine Nicol (Frank) 1978

Dr Jacqueline Phillipson (Williams) 1978

Dr Rebecca Pope 1978

Ms Annette Rathmell 1978

Ms Jane Robinson 1978

Mrs Sue Scollan (Green) 1978 FF

Ms Kim Severson 1978

Mrs Alison Sloan (Goodall) 1978

Mrs Diane Smith (Lightowler) 1978

Mrs Pat Wales (Bagley) 1978

Professor Teresa Webber (Russill) 1978

Mrs Clare Whittaker (Potter) 1978

Mrs Katie Baker (Green) 1979

Mrs Alexa Beale (Little) 1979

Mrs Jenny Bennet (Caldwell) 1979

Ms Dona Cady (Millheim) 1979

Miss Penny Chapman 1979

Mrs Judith Dingle (Martin) 1979

Mrs Chrissie Ellis (Tooze) 1979

Dr Emma Godfrey (Godfrey-Isaacs) 1979

Dr Diane Gray (Paterson) 1979

Ms Jennifer Haverkamp 1979

Mrs Gail Higgins (Hudson) 1979

Dr Katherine Innes Ker (Jones) 1979

Ms Mary Kirk 1979

Dr Kate Lay 1979

Professor Dame Angela McLean 1979 HF

Mrs Joy Morris (Lecky-Thompson) 1979

Mrs Rachel Parker (Nicholls) 1979

Mrs Margaret Robertson 1979

Ms Hazel Ryan (Smith) 1979

Ms Sybella Stanley 1979

Dr Elaine Tudor 1979

Mrs Elizabeth Waggott (Webster) 1979

Mrs Karen Willis (Harley) 1979

Miss Liz Wilmott 1979

1980-1989

Anonymous 1980

Mrs Elizabeth Barnes (Niblett) 1980

Ms Debbie Beckerman 1980

Mrs Jane Bluemel (Boorman) 1980

Ms Nancy Brown (Freeman) 1980

Dr Margaret Casely-Hayford 1980 HF

Ms Ruth Crawford 1980

Ms Andrea Davison 1980

Mrs Elizabeth Freedman (Allsopp) 1980

Mrs Mary Giles (Puntis) 1980

Mrs Claire Hayes (Lines) 1980

Ms Anne Heal 1980

Mrs Ruth Irons (Harris) 1980

Miss Dinah Jones 1980

Professor Susan Karamanian 1980

Ms Betsy Kendall 1980

Mrs Daphne Leck (Bigmore) 1980

Mrs Anne Locke (Hill) 1980

Mrs Debbie Megone (Barker) 1980

Mrs Kerry Monaghan Smith (Monaghan) 1980

Mrs Susan Mortimer (Perry) 1980

Mrs Jill Moulton (Ford) 1980

Ms Neeta Patel 1980

Mrs Jacky Rattue (Roynon) 1980

Mrs Jane Redley (Popplewell) 1980

Mrs Carole Rumsey (Austin) 1980

Mrs Judith Shepherd (Bos) 1980

Mrs Jackie Stopyra (Oliver) 1980

Ms Alexia Tye 1980

Mrs Sharon White (Duckworth) 1980

Mrs Jane Wickenden (Stemp) 1980

Dr Sarah Young (Gbedemah) 1980

Dr Anasuya Aruliah 1981

Ms Hazel Barton 1981

Dr Sally Browne (Mellor) 1981

Ms Jennifer Bruce-Mitford 1981

Ms Sara Burnell 1981

Mrs Denise Cockrem (Lear) 1981

Dr Ursula Cox (Nicholls) 1981

Mrs Heather Cunningham (Sharp) 1981

Miss Sue Elliott 1981

Mrs Naomi Emmerson (Fletcher) 1981

Mrs Rosey Gardiner (Proctor) 1981

Dr Fiona Gatty 1981

Mrs Jane Hands (Smart) 1981

Ms Jenny Ladbury 1981

Ms Catherine McLoughlin 1981

Mrs Rachael Nichols (Warner) 1981

Miss Cambria Tortorelli (Smith) 1981

Dr Louise Wilkinson (Thurston) 1981

Professor Mary Lou Zeeman 1981

Anonymous 1982

Ms Kathryn Bourke 1982

Mrs Judith Crosbie-Chen (Crosbie) 1982

Mrs Fiona Evans (Carley/McLeod) 1982

Mrs Kate Ferguson (Banner) 1982

Ms Nina Formby 1982

Dr Christine Franzen 1982 JRF

Dr Catherine Higham (Clarke) 1982

Miss Carol Jackson 1982

Mrs Cathy McDonnell 1982

Ms Anneli Mclachlan (Harvey) 1982

Ms Dora Neo 1982

The Revd Frances Nestor (Benn) 1982

Ms Catherine Royle 1982 HF

Mrs Wendy Seago (Lucas) 1982

Mrs Julia Walsh (Hope) 1982

Ms Laura Wilson 1982

Ms Sue Coote (Challans) 1983

Mrs Nicky Gentil (Jenkins) 1983

Ms Susan Hyland 1983 Mrs Kate Irvine (Dix) 1983 Dr Sophie Mills 1983 JRF

Mrs Julia Nisbet-Fahy (Nisbet) 1983

Mrs Jacqueline Todd (Steers) 1983

Mrs Jane Toogood (Bradley) 1983

Mrs Sarah Adkins (Holmes) 1984

Mrs Christina Bayly (Hindson) 1984

Professor Dawn Bazely 1984 JRF

Mrs Dara Beaulieu (Christopher) 1984

Ms Susan Bright 1984

Ms Melanie Essex 1984

Ms Robyn Field 1984

Mrs Jennifer Goosenberg (Bollinger) 1984

Ms Antoinette Jackson 1984

Mrs Helen Jones (Newsam) 1984

Ms Andrea Lyons 1984

Mrs Jo Magan (Ward) 1984

Mrs Cathy Reid-Jones (Reid) 1984

Mrs Clare Roberts (Austen) 1984

Professor Claire Shepherd-Themistocleous (Shepherd) 1984

Miss Elizabeth Stubbs 1984

Ms Caroline Totterdill 1984

Mrs Rhiannon Wakefield (Hogg) 1984

Professor Shan Wareing 1984

Dr Alison Warry 1984

Mrs Susanna Winter (Ellis) 1984

Mrs Yvette Bannister (Darraugh) 1985

Mrs Caroline Barr (Windsor) 1985

Mrs Janine Coulthard (Bailey) 1985

Ms Beverly Cox 1985

Mrs Fiona Freely (Say) 1985

Ms Amanda Goodman 1985

Dr Julia Griffin 1985

Mrs Emma Knight (Giles) 1985

Mrs Gill Lakin (Barber) 1985

Mrs Anna McGowan (Heselden) 1985

Ms Nina Molyneux 1985

Dr Caroline Morrell 1985

Miss Jacqueline Schaebbicke 1985

Ms Jane Willis 1985

Mrs Robyn Wright (Payne) 1985

Dr Fiona Andrewartha (Haworth) 1986

Miss Rachel Belsham 1986

Mrs Katharine Finn (Morgan) 1986

Mrs Beccy Johnson (Wallace) 1986

Professor Joan Loughrey 1986

Ms Lucy Morrison (Duncan) 1986

Miss Sian Snelling 1986

Dr Jackie Watson 1986

Mrs Emma Wattam (Goddard) 1986

Mrs Catherine Woods (Hood) 1986

Anonymous 1987 Anonymous 1987

Anonymous 1987

Mrs Sarah Chambers (Horton-Jones) 1987

Mrs Jo Donnachie (Featherstone) 1987

Mrs Jane Follows (Hughesdon) 1987

Mrs Alysoun Glasspool (Owen) 1987

Ms Lisa Gygax 1987

Dr Jennifer Mathers (Jenkins) 1987

Ms Jackie Orme 1987

Dr Thuy Phung 1987

Miss Pri Pinnaduwa 1987

Ms Sally Prentice 1987

Mrs Rachel Renshaw (Perella) 1987

Dr Liane Saunders 1987

Dr Clara Seeger 1987

Ms Emma Sky 1987

Mrs Natalie Smith (Nurock) 1987

Dr Mira Tewari 1987

Mrs Rachel Tothill (Burns) 1987

Miss Philippa Wright 1987

Dr Julia Aglionby 1988

Ms Talya Baker (Cohen) 1988

Dr Jaine Blayney (Bell) 1988

Mrs Rebecca Briscoe (Copsey) 1988

Ms Judith Buttigieg 1988

Mrs Stephanie Friend-Smith (Friend) 1988

Ms Katie Ghose 1988

Dr Andrew Graydon 1988

Mrs Alex Hems (Bailey) 1988

Mrs Alexandra Lawrence (Haywood) 1988

Professor Kate McLoughlin 1988

Dr Jane Meaden (Willoughby) 1988

Ms Andrea Minton Beddoes 1988

Mrs Sara Nix (Field) 1988

Mrs Rachel Owens (Fox) 1988

Lady Poole (Anna Poole) 1988

Mrs Tamsin Roques (Sylvester-Bradley) 1988

Ms Kate Ryle 1988

Professor Emma Smith 1988

Dr Alison Stewart (Lacey) 1988

Miss Helen Thomas 1988

Mrs Rachel Wintour (Sylvester) 1988

Mrs Eileen Wyatt 1988

Anonymous 1989

Miss Jo Ball 1989

Ms Ayla Busch 1989

Mrs Rachel Byford (Leach) 1989

Mrs Sophie Forsyth (Wallis) 1989

Mrs Sharon Gould (Rowland) 1989

Miss Mary Hasnip 1989

Mrs Clare Joy (Jwala) 1989

Mrs Claire Long (Jameson) 1989

Mrs Fiona Mayhew (McCallum) 1989

Ms Auriol Miller 1989

Mrs Roberta Schwartz (Levy) 1989

Mrs Sian Thomas Marshall (Thomas) 1989

Dr Nermeen Varawalla 1989 JRF

Dr Kathryn Walters 1989

1990-1999

Dr Shahnaz Ahmad 1990

Dr Mukulika Banerjee 1990

Dr Nilanjana Banerji (Roy) 1990

Dr Alice Carter (Drewery) 1990

Dr Claire Cockcroft 1990

Mrs Emma CROSS (Rich) 1990

Mrs Abigail Gayer (Macve) 1990

Ms Amy Halliday (Linenthal) 1990

Mrs Sara Hannan (Maynard) 1990

Miss Eugenie Hunsicker 1990

Mrs Sara Kalim 1990 F

Mrs Kasia Kilvington (Johns) 1990

Ms Samantha Knights 1990

Mrs Angela Kotlarczyk (Quigley) 1990

Ms Sally Mitcham 1990

Miss Rachael Pallas-Brown 1990

Dr Sophie Pilkington 1990

Mrs Christine Riddington (McLean) 1990

Miss Rebecca Stubbs 1990

Professor Sophie Thomas 1990

Ms Nicola Williams 1990

Ms Fleur Yerbury-Hodgson 1990

Ms Basma Alireza 1991

Viscountess Clement de Grandprey (Wensde Smedley) 1991

Mrs Nina Copping (Booth-Clibborn) 1991

Ms Zoe Cross 1991

Mrs Arabella Freeman (Smith) 1991

Dr Jo Freeman (White) 1991

Ms Antonia Hardy 1991

Ms Julie Hopkins 1991

Mrs Emma Ingall (Gordon) 1991

Ms Katie Jackson 1991

Mrs Miranda Jollie (Oakley) 1991

Mrs Kay Kiggell (Adam) 1991

Mrs Barbi Mileham (Cecchet) 1991 Miss Pascale Palmer 1991 Ms Janita Tan (Patel) 1991 Ms Clara Waissbein 1991

Anonymous 1992

Ms Alex Bigland 1992

Dr Anne Bishop 1992 Mrs Clare Bone (Swinburn) 1992 Ms Clara Farmer 1992

Mrs Julia Hall (Fitzhugh) 1992

Dr Joanna Hart (Edmonds) 1992 Mrs Sarah Newman (Goddard) 1992 Ms Natasha Phillips 1992

Mrs Linda Scott (Love) 1992 Mrs Melanie Watson (Hinkins) 1992

Miss Celia Wrighton 1992 Ms Barbary Cook 1993 Mrs Cathy Godfrey (Lewis) 1993 Mrs Jo Greenslade (Harford) 1993 Mrs Alexandra Hatchman 1993 Mrs Nicola Hyman (Tomlinson) 1993 Mrs Helen Jolliffe (Archer) 1993 Miss Vickie Le Masurier 1993 Mrs Hannah Manning (Short) 1993 Mrs Joanna May (Froggatt) 1993 Mrs Esther Moffett (Schutzer-Weissmann) 1993 Mrs Helen O'Sullivan (Hunter) 1993 Dr Becky Parker (Green) 1993 Mrs Vicky Price (Snell) 1993 Mrs Louise Rouch (Williams) 1993 Miss Sara Stepney 1993 Ms Sarah Watson 1993 Mrs Rosamund Akayan (Brown) 1994 Mrs Daphne Alexander (Chrysostomides) 1994 Dr Christian Bottomley 1994

Mr Trevor Bradbury 1994 Mrs Jo-Anne Breckon (Swales) 1994

Mr Phil Collington 1994

Mrs Emily Forrest (Freedland) 1994 Mr Richard Forrest 1994

Mrs Marianne Gregson (Earl) 1994

Ms Anne Madden 1994

Ms Winnie Man 1994

Mr Dan Mobley 1994

Dr Caroline Paskell 1994

Ms Eleni Potamianos 1994

Mrs Fiona Powell (Meldrum) 1994 Miss Victoria Russell Drechsler (Russell) 1994 Mr Sonny Sandhu 1994

Mr Kallol Sen 1994

Ms Zoe Trinder-Widdess 1994 Dr Falk Tschirschnitz 1994

Mr Andrew Whitworth 1994

Anonymous 1995

Mr Chris Bland 1995

Professor Christopher Bruner 1995

Dr David Buttle 1995

The Revd Tim Carter 1995

Mrs Florence Collier (Coupaud) 1995

Mr Jason Gray 1995

Mrs Emily Hammer (Carlisle) 1995

Mr Richard Hartshorn 1995

Mrs Jo Howard (Cooper) 1995

Mr Frank Hyman 1995

Professor Rachel Isba 1995

Dr Nicola Nice (Lindsey) 1995

Mrs Reena Shah (Malde) 1995

Dr Bradley Strauchen-Scherer 1997

Ms Anna Tweedale 1995

Dr Niels Kroner 1996

Mr Karim Ladbon 1996

Mr David Lewsey 1996

Mrs Vanessa Luedecke (Kelly) 1996

Mrs Catherine Marke (Wren) 1996

Ms Kirsty McShannon 1996

Mr Daniel Mikkelsen 1996

Mrs Victoria Noble (Dugdale) 1996

Dr Lynette Nusbacher (Aryeh) 1996

Mr Peter Robertson 1996

Mr Eduard Ruijs 1996

Mr Alan Saunders 1996

Mrs Eleanor Smith (Reid) 1996

Mr Terry Stickland 1996

Dr Xand Van Tulleken 1996

Mr David Willman 1996

Mr Stephen Abletshauser 1997

Miss Sarah Barker 1997

Mr Chris Barron 1997 Dr Gemma Bramley 1997

Mr David Brooks 1997 Mr Omar Davis 1997 Dr Gordon Hamilton 1997 Mr Daniel Harris 1997

Mr Tim Knipe 1997

Mr Dan Lester 1997

Miss Elizabeth Mance 1997

Mr Alex Miller 1997

Mr Sam Newhouse 1997

Mr Raj Nihalani 1997

Ms Katerina Potamianos 1997

Miss Kate Rennoldson 1997

Dr Claire Rosten (Popper) 1997

Dr Oliver Rosten 1997

Mr Erich Scherer 1997

Dr Natalie Shenker 1997

Miss Rosie Sudol (Jenkins) 1997

Mr Michael Sweeney 1997

Ms Kirsten Valder 1997

Mrs Lorraine Antypova (Perry Williams) 1998

Ms Kathryn Bonnici 1998

Dr Mary Fairclough 1998

Mr Upkar Gata-Aura 1998

Mr Peter Gibb 1998

Mr Peter Jolly 1998

Dr Hiromi Kinoshita 1998

Mr Daniel Levy 1998

Ms Louisa Radice 1998

Mrs Hannah Capgras (Gold) 1999

Mr Tim Cheung 1999

Dr Kate Good (Cooper) 1999

Ms Kelly Gowers 1999

Ms Emma Haight 1999

Mrs Jennie Hook (McMillan) 1999

Mr Stuart Hook 1999

Mr Ferdy Lovett 1999

Mr Max Luedecke 1999

Mrs Caroline Lytton (Smith) 1999

Mrs Anna Mayadeen (Ryan) 1999

Ms Laura McMaster 1999

Miss Catherine Overton 1999

Mr Matt Potter 1999

Mr Ben Salter 1999

Mrs Ruth Sidhom (Greenwood) 1999

Ms Jo Venkov 1999

Mr Paul Waite 1999

2000-2009

Mr James Ballinger 2000

Mrs Tara Ballinger (Reeves) 2000

Dr Anthony Catchpole 2000

Dr Alistair Fair 2000

Mr Nicolas Geiger 2000

Mrs Jennifer Goldsack 2000

Mrs Emily Harvey (Wentz) 2000

Miss Isabelle Hung 2000

Mr Tony Marsden 2000

Mr Mark Pearson 2000

Mr Richard Stedman 2000

Dr Josh Yiu 2000

Mr Adam Cannell 2001

Mrs Hannah Cannell (Smith) 2001

Mrs Aimee Donnison 2001

Dr Kenneth Kar 2001

Ms Alice Mckay Hill 2001

Ms Rachel Sales 2001

Mr Matthew Scaife 2001

Mrs Antonia Stirling (Lee) 2001

Mrs Sarah Thomas (Lumsden) 2001

Mr Kaj Thuraaisingam 2001

Mr Christopher Vessey 2001

Mr Alexander Webb 2001

Mr Caradog Williams 2001

Anonymous 2002

Mr Frank Clarke 2002

Ms Annabel Gaba 2002

Dr Kezia Gaitskell 2002

Dr Rotraud Hansberger 2002

Mr Tom Jenkins 2002

Mr John Laird 2002

Mrs Sophie O'Shaughnessy (Penny) 2002

Mr Nicholas Bell 2003

Dr Caitlin Callaghan 2003

Mr Lei Chen 2003

Miss Natalie Feary 2003

Mr Thomas Hodson 2003

Mr Lee Thomas 2003

Mr Kai Yang 2003

Miss Eleanor Broughton 2004

Dr Rachel Brown 2004

Ms JJ Chen 2004

Dr Phil Gemmell 2004

Mr James Hrastelj 2004

Ms Karin Lai 2004

Professor Dr Tobias Langenhan 2004

Ms Cerys Manning 2004

Ms Beth Seaman 2004

Ms Zoe Sprigings 2004

Mr Alexander Starritt 2004

Mr Mark Torok 2004

Mr Mark Wassouf 2004

Anonymous 2005

Dr Helen Ashdown (Davis) 2005

Dr David Broadbent 2005

Ms Emily Chiswick-Patterson 2005

Mr Edward Fuller 2005

Ms Michelle Goulty 2005

Mrs Kei Kei Lam 2005

Mr Dave Marshall 2005

Miss Catherine Miller 2005

Dr Beth Pearson 2005

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Mr Sean Smith 2005

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Anonymous 2009

Anonymous 2009

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Anonymous 2011

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2020 Onward

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Fellows

Dr Margaret Adams 1958 EF

Ms Pauline Adams 1962 EF

Dr Doreen Boyce (Vaughan) 1953 HF Mrs Lesley Brown (Wallace) 1963 EF Dr Paula Brownlee (Pimlott) 1953 HF

Dame Antonia Byatt (Drabble) 1958 HF

Professor Dame Averil Cameron (Sutton) 1958 HF

Dr Margaret Casely-Hayford 1980 HF

Professor Dame Elan Closs Stephens (Roberts) 1966 HF

Professor Katherine Duncan-Jones 1959 EFǂ Lady Fox (Hazel Stuart) 1946 HF Mrs Clara Freeman (Jones) 1971 HF

The Hon Victoria Glendinning (Seebohm) 1956 HF

Professor Jenny Glusker (Pickworth) 1949 HF

Professor Joanna Haigh 1972 HF

Miss Barbara Harvey 1946 EF

Professor Carole Hillenbrand 1968 HF

Professor Judith Howard (Duckworth) 1966 HF

Professor Lorna Hutson 1976 HF

Mrs Julianne Jack (Rountree) 1964 EF

Mrs Sara Kalim 1990 F

Dame Mary Keegan 1971 HF

Mrs Margaret Kenyon (Parry) 1959 HF

Dame Emma Kirkby 1966 HF

Mrs Harriet Maunsell (Dawes) 1962 HF

Professor Dame Angela McLean 1979 HF

Professor Michele Moody-Adams (Moody) 1978 HF

Miss Helen Morton EF

Dr Hilary Ockendon (Mason) EF

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve (Onora O'Neill) 1959 HF

Dr Alice Prochaska (Barwell) 1965 HF

Dr Frank Prochaska SRF

Dame June Raine (Harris) 1971 HF

Dr Joyce Reynolds 1937 HFǂ

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Principal) F

Ms Catherine Royle 1982 HF

Mr Kevin Scollan FF

Mrs Sue Scollan (Green) 1978 FF

Professor Caroline Series 1969 HF

Dr Nicholas Shea SRF

Professor Frances Stewart (Kaldor) 1958 EF

Mr Gopal Subramanium FF

Professor Angela Vincent EF

Professor Fenella Wojnarowska 1965 HRF

Former JRFs

Professor Dawn Bazely 1984 JRF

Professor Margaret Clunies Ross (Tidemann) 1963 JRF

Dr Christine Franzen 1982 JRF

Dr Mary Gregory (MacDonald) 1963 JRF

Professor Sally Humphreys (Hinchliff) 1953 JRF

Dr Sabina Lovibond 1970 JRF

Professor Andrea McDowell JRF

Dr Sophie Mills 1983 JRF

Miss Anne Pope 1960 JRF

Dr Peggie Rimmer 1961 JRF

Professor Janet Soskice (Martin) 1975 JRF

Dr Nermeen Varawalla 1989 JRF

Dr Mary Warren (Fay) 1966 JRF

Dr Trudy Watt 1971 JRF

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Friends of Somerville

Dr Michael Ashdown

Mrs Tracey Backshall

Mr Simon Backshall

Mr Richard Barker

Ms Karen Barker

Mr Peter Bennett-Jones

Ms Jane Booth-Clibborn

Mrs Sarah Botcherby

Professor Paul Brand

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Ms Dorothy Brook

Dr Brendan Brown

Mr Mark Burch

Mr Bob Carnell

Mrs Janet Clayton

Mr Edward Clayton

Sir Nicholas Clegg

The Lord Clement-Jones

Mrs Toni Coffee

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Mr Liam Conroy

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Mr Jonathan Dimbleby

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Mr Nick Drewe

Mr Andrew Duff

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Ms Lynne Featherstone

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Baroness Garden of Frognal

Ms Melissa Gemmer-Johnson

The Lord Glendonbrook

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Baroness Hamwee

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Ms Mary Leonard

Mrs Maro Limnios (Papathamos) Mr Robert Lister Mrs Sue Lister

The Rt Hon. the Lord Mandelson Mrs Jessica Mannix Ms Jane Mansbridge

The Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

Mr Laurence Mate Professor Andre McLean Mr Tom McNally Mr Ajay Mehta Mr Malcolm Miller Dr Simon Mitton

The Rt Hon. the Lord Newby Mr John Nicoll Dr Yoko Odawara

Mr John Orr

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The Rt Hon. the Lord Owen Sir Alan Parker Ms Pamela Paton Mr Robert Pidgeon Mrs Yvonne Pidgeon Mr Antony Poppleton Dr Sarah Poppleton

Professor Dr Robert Putnam Mrs Bernie Quinn Baroness Randerson Mrs Penny Roberts Mr Russell Roberts Ms Hannah Robinson

DONOR IN MEMORY OF

Dr Marylee Bomboy 1966

Professor Alyson Bailes 1966 HFǂ

Ms Venetia Kudrle (Thomas) 1966 Professor Alyson Bailes 1966 HFǂ

Mrs Josephine Millar (Hamilton) 1945 Mrs Pat Beesley (Mears) 1945ǂ

Professor Edwina Brown 1967 &

Dr Brendan Brown Mrs Irene Brown (Goodman) 1939ǂ

Mr Bob Carnell Mrs Shirley Carnell (Mair) 1954ǂ

Professor Jasper Griffinǂ Dr Miriam Griffin EFǂ

Dr Margaret Adams 1958 EF Dr Cathy King JRFǂ

Mr Laurence Mate

Ms Dorothy Brook

Professor Mavis Mate (Howe) 1953ǂ

Mrs Elly Miller (Horovitz) 1946ǂ

Mr Malcolm Miller Mrs Elly Miller (Horovitz) 1946ǂ

Ms Tamar Wang Mrs Elly Miller (Horovitz) 1946ǂ

Mr Russell and Mrs Penny Roberts Mr Jonathan Roberts 2010ǂ

Mr Richard and Mrs Heather Scourse Mr David Scourse 1999ǂ

Mr George Shea Mrs Shirley Shea (Ashton) 1952ǂ

Mr Alexander Starritt 2004 Mrs Ingrid Starrittǂ

Mr John Upton Mrs Francesca Upton (Ricketts) 1955ǂ

Mr Stephen Robinson

The Lord Rogers of Riversideǂ

Mr Hemant Sahai

The Lord Sainsbury of Turville

Mrs Heather Scourse

Mr Richard Scourse

Mr Peter Seah Lim Huat

Dr Elizabeth Sharp

Baroness Sheehan

Mr Jai Shroff

Ms Adelene Smith

Mr Alexander Smith

The Revd Canon Mark Soady

Somerville MCR

Mrs Deborah Southwell

Ms Carole Stone

The Lord Stoneham of Droxford

Mrs Jennifer Summerfield

Ms Jo Swinson

The Lord Lee of Trafford Mr Peter Truesdale

Mr Rafael Umbert

University of Oxford Law Faculty

Mr John Upton

The Lord Vallance of Tummel

The Lord Verjee

The Rt Hon. the Lord Wallace of Saltaire Mr Piers Wander

Ms Tamar Wang

Dr John Wellsǂ

Ms P Whitehead

Ms Rebecca Williams

Ms Mary Williams

Ms Caroline Wilson

Ms Lucy Wilson

Professor The Hon Robin Wilson

Mr Chris Wiscarson

Ms Hazel Woolfson

Mr Sarosh Zaiwalla

2 Anonymous Donors

Companies and Trusts

Adam Matthew Digital

Barbara Cairns Trust

Barclays Bank Plc Capita Group Plc

CROWDFUNDING

We would also like to thank everyone who donated to our crowdfunding projects between 1st August 2021 and 31st July 2022.

The Access Fund and the Shirley Williams Fund

Don't Leave Me As I Am Charity Fund

Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust Goldman Sachs Google

Hamish & Sophie Forsyth Charitable Trust Immersion Capital Jeet and Kuki Charitable Foundation McKinsey & Company, Inc Moyola Charity Nomura International plc Rumi Foundation

Sandra Homewood Funerals

ST Telemedia

The Michael Bishop Foundation Tibra Capital UPL Limited Willbury Group

Thank you to our growing group of leaders providing Matched Funding opportunities for key projects

Ms Basma Alireza 1991

Ms Libby Ancrum 1978 and Mr David Skinner

Lady Beatson (Charlotte Christie-Miller) 1968

Ms Moira Black 1968

Mr Thomas Bolt

Ms Ayla Busch 1989

Ms Judith Buttigieg 1988

Mr Alan Connery 1994

Mrs Janine Coulthard (Bailey) 1985

Mr Omar Davis 1997

Mrs Sophie Forsyth (Wallis) 1989

Mrs Clara Freeman (Jones) 1971 HF and Mr Michael Freeman

Mrs Jo Greenslade (Harford) 1993

Ms Lynn Haight (Schofield) 1966

Mrs Emily Harvey (Wentz) 2000

Mrs Eugenia Hibbs

Mrs Tisa Hibbs and Mr Billy Hibbs

Mrs Margaret Kenyon (Parry) 1959 HF and Mr Christopher Kenyon

Dr Niels Kroner 1996

Mr Max Luedecke 1999

Ms Nadine Majaro (Pilgrim) 1975

Mrs Vicky Maltby (Elton) FF 1974

Mrs Harriet Maunsell (Dawes) 1962 HF

Dr Jacqueline Mitton (Pardoe) 1966 and Dr Simon Mitton

Ms Charlotte Morgan 1969

Ms Hilary Newiss 1974

Mr John Nicoll

Mr Raj Nihalani 1997

Dr Alice Prochaska (Barwell) 1965 HF

Mrs Nicola Ralston (Thomas) 1974 HF

Ms Ceiri Roberts (Simister) 1975

Ms Virginia Ross 1966

Mr Sonny Sandhu 1994

Mrs Sue Scollan (Green) 1978 FF and Mr Kevin

Scollan FF

Mrs Pam Somerset (Morgan) 1967

Ms Sybella Stanley 1979 and Mr Paul Zisman

Mrs Sian Thomas Marshall (Thomas) 1989

Dr Ruth Thompson 1971ǂ

Mrs Sarah Whitley 1977

The Government of India

The Somerville City Group

The Somerville JCR

The Somerville London Group

by John Cairns.

THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS

The Principal and Fellows would like to thank all those who have given their time and commitment to the College during financial year 2021-22

‡ = Chairs and Vice-Chairs

Development Board Members

Ms Ayla Busch 1989 ‡

Ms Sybella Stanley 1979 ‡

Ms Basma Alireza 1991

Ms Judith Buttigieg 1988

Mrs Sophie Forsyth (Wallis) 1989

Ms Lynn Haight (Schofield) 1966

Dr Niels Kröner 1996

Ms Vicky Maltby (Elton) 1974 FF

Mrs Nicola Ralston (Thomas) 1974

Honorary Development Board Members

Mr Tom Bolt

Dr Doreen Boyce (Vaughan) 1953

Mrs Paddy Crossley (Earnshaw) 1956

Mrs Clara Freeman (Jones) 1971

Mrs Margaret Kenyon (Parry) 1959

Ms Nadine Majaro 1975

Mrs Harriet Maunsell (Dawes) 1962

Ms Hilary Newiss 1974

Mr Roger Pilgrim

Mrs Sian Thomas Marshall (Thomas) 1989

Campaign Board Members

Mr Omar Davis (1997)

Ms Emma Haight (1999)

Mr Dan Mobley (1994)

Mr Sundeep Sandhu (1994)

Somerville Association Committee

Professor Baroness Alison Wolf 1967 ‡

Mr Tim Aldrich 1994

Ms Isabel Ireland (2013)

Mrs Jo Magan (Ward) 1984

Ms Hilary Manning (1977)

Ms Pia Pasternack 1982

Ms Virginia Ross 1966

Mr Joe Smith (2013).

Mrs Frances Walsh (Innes) 1956

City Committee

Ms Judith Buttigieg 1988 ‡

Mr Tom Allsup 2000

Mr Barnaby Geddes-O’Dolan 2010

Ms Sara Glenister 2006

Ms Helena Powell (2008)

Mrs Nicola Ralston (Thomas) 1974

Mrs Clare Whittaker 1978

Ms Cordelia Witton 2006

Mr Bernardo Zang 2011

Lawyers Committee

Ms Sheena Singla 1994 ‡

Dr Michael Ashdown

Mrs Emily Forrest (Freeland) 1994

Mr Tim Knipe 1997

Mr Neil McKnight 2002

Ms Hayley Smith 2003

London Committee

Ms Caroline Totterdill 1984 ‡

Ms Kim Anderson 1978

Ms Bev Cox 1985

Ms Ruth Crawford 1980

Mrs Rachel Kent (Paterson) 1974

Ms Jenny Ladbury 1981

Ms Krystyna Nowak 1973

Ms Eleanor Sturdy (Burton) 1984

Mrs Sarah Wyles (Ryle) 1987

Medics Committee

Dr June Raine (Harris) 1971 ‡

Dr Mary Jane Attenburrow 1980

Ms Farah Bhatti 1984

Dr Kate Good (Cooper) 1999

Dr Susanna Graham-Jones 1968

Professor Christine Lee 1962

Ms Natalie Morris (Shenker) 1997

Dr Natasha Robinson 1972

Dr Nermeen Varawalla 1989

Professor Wisia Wedzicha 1972

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