Trinity continues to inspire us of all. Like so many alumni, I am immensely proud that Dame Sally Davies is Master of Trinity College ‒ from guarding the health of the nation, to ensuring the continued health of our College. This matters more than ever now. I believe many Trinity members can play a role and a part to help avoid and mitigate emergencies like this in future. Fellows and graduates of Trinity, and surely current scholars, have much to offer on the immense challenges ahead, of all kinds, on a global scale.
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Now, getting finally to the one job I am here to do. Even though we will not be here in person I know we will be doing this together wholeheartedly at this point in the proceedings. I ask you to raise your glass, be it virtual or real, and join me in toasting ‘The College’. Thank you!
Response on behalf of the College, by the Master, Dame Sally Davies, 12 March 2021 I thank Julia for her speech and for her wonderful toast to the College. Julia Gog OBE (1994, Mathematics) is David N. Moore Fellow, Director of Studies, and Professor in Mathematics at Queens’ College, University of Cambridge. She is also (as you have heard) a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and was awarded her OBE for services to academia and the COVID-19 response in 2020. We are grateful to her for giving her time to us today for the Question & Answer session later in this event. I also thank The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Lord Chartres (1965, History) for his address. Commemoration affords us the opportunity to pay tribute to our benefactors throughout the College’s long history, from the formative stages with Edward II and, of course, our founder, Henry VIII, through to the present day. On this occasion, we recognise our current and living benefactors too, and Trinity remains continuously grateful for the support of our Fellow Benefactors – supporters who, once admitted, enjoy many of the same privileges as Fellows
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