Alumni news

USA

Congratulations to James P. Farwell (1971) on the publication of The Corporate Warrior: Successful Strategies from Military Leaders to Win Your Business Battles, which is based on interviews with officers including General David Petraeus, General Sir Richard Shirreff, and Admiral James Stavridis, and applies military precepts of strategy and leadership to the business world. Order at: amzn.to/3rvVRYt

France

On March 11 2022, Dr Jean Khalfa (e1994) gave a special lecture to the Cambridge Society of Paris, ‘Wifredo Lam and 20th century livres d’artiste’, at the Amphithéâtre Marie Curie. Following the talk, Trinity alumni including Society Secretary Tony Banton (1975) enjoyed dinner with Dr Khalfa and Executive Director of Alumni Relations & Development Bill O’Hearn. Special thanks to Christian de Juniac (1971) for his support for the dinner. cambridgesocietyofparis.com

GLOBAL Alumni news

UK

Sir Laurie Bristow (1983) has been elected tenth President of Hughes Hall and will take up the post in October 2022. Congratulations to Helen Morgan (1993), who was elected the Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire in December 2021. Congratulations to David Nicholson (1983) who competed in the Ironman World Championships in St George, Utah, on 7 May 2022. He completed the 3.8km swim in an icy lake, 180km bike course in fierce winds, and an extremely hilly marathon in 38°C heat.

Italy

Sumita Singha OBE RIBA (1988) has been appointed Visiting Professor at Politecnico di Milano in 2021–22, delivering a groundbreaking course on ‘Women in Architecture’.

Hungary

Péter Juhász (2014) was recently appointed to the Order of Malta, in the junior grade of ‘Donat’, in recognition of his work with the homeless in the UK (Cambridge and Oxford).

Thailand

Dr Sakonwan Kuhaudomlarp (2010) of the Department of Biochemistry, Mahidol University, received the 2021 Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists Young Scientist Award (Female), and she will be part of the Squash team representing Thailand in the Asian Games 2022 in September.

China

Chris Brown (1984) has been appointed Honorary Professor at the Heilongjiang University of International Trade and Economics. He is focusing on the prospects for regional trade with East Asia, covering north-east China, Japan, the Koreas and the Russian Far East.

New Zealand

Dr Chris Moyes (1964) was appointed Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health in the New Year Honours 2022, for research into the epidemiology of Hepatitis B and multiple vaccine trials leading to a very early adoption of universal infant vaccination in New Zealand in the 1980s, and his subsequent role as medical director of the Hepatitis Foundation New Zealand.