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Ring TrueIssue 17 Spring 2014 From the president Ring True 4 | Notes and news FROM THE EDITOR

This issue of Ring True will be the last one before our College’s 50th Anniversary

Peter Dowling year in 2015. It is therefore fitting that Karen Stephenson, our Development Director, describes the various activities and events planned so far and, at the same time, seeks suggestions and input from the Wolfson community worldwide (see page 10). The newsletter of Wolfson College Otherwise, this edition follows the by Cambridge 5 | meet the college now well-established format of a mixture of news, profiles of a number of Wolfson From the President...... 3 members and more on life at the College. I am most grateful to all those who Notes and News...... 4 have contributed to this issue, be it by Meet the College...... 5 writing or by providing helpful advice Culture and Sport...... 8 and suggestions. WCSA News...... 9 Alumni and Development News...... 10 Recently I was asked by our Senior Wolfson in 50 words...... 11 Members to give them a presentation Wolfson’s Gardens...... 12 at their Termly meeting about how the Future Events...... 12 College publications (Ring True and The Wolfson Review) work and what I do as Front Cover: Wolfson students in the Sundial Garden. Editor. I presented a brief overview of Cover photograph: Stephen Bond how our publications have evolved over Design: H2 Associates, Cambridge the ten years that I have been editing

9 | WCSA news them, but I fear I didn’t really convey the joy and satisfaction I personally (or presumably any other editors) gain from an editorial role. It is a great way for me to remain engaged with the wide range of activities at Wolfson, and to have closer contact with an interesting cross-section of our members.

Conrad Guettler [email protected]

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From the President Professor Sir Richard Evans reflects upon the diversity of Cambridge College Heads of Houses and Wolfson’s outward-looking approach to part-time students. Karen Stephenson

professor Sir Richard Evans

y the time you read this, I will have B reached the half-way point in my Presidency of the College – hard to believe, but the time has gone by incredibly fast, always the case when you’re enjoying yourself. The College Statutes nowadays prescribe a seven- year term for the President, in common with those of most Cambridge Colleges: we live in a rapidly changing educational, cultural and financial

environment and bringing in someone Laws Tom new every few years to provide a fresh perspective has become standard Cambridge Colleges have long ceased co-operation with English Heritage; the practice in both the great Collegiate to be the introverted and inward-looking new interdisciplinary Master’s Programme Universities. institutions some of them once were. in Sustainability Leadership, aimed at Since its foundation in 1965, Wolfson top business executives from many Heads of House these days come has always looked beyond Cambridge different sectors of the economy; and the from many different walks of life: to make contacts with the world outside MSt in Applied Criminology and Police recent appointments in Cambridge academia. One of the most exciting Management, which attracts senior police include a senior BBC executive, a top aspects of my time as President of officers from all over the world. management consultant, a leading Wolfson has been the experience of manager in the National Health Service, hosting a wide range of new part-time Talking to the students taking these the Chief Executive of Oxfam, and a graduate courses that bring professionals courses, it’s clear they value and enjoy leading QC, as well as distinguished in many fields into the College for a few their connection with the College and academics. The variety of backgrounds weeks every year. These include the MSt continue to feel a strong sense of loyalty ensures that the Collegiate University in Building History, inaugurated by the to it after they graduate. We now host gets the benefit of a huge and diverse Department of Architecture in 2011 in over 300 part-time graduate students range of experience from many different and continue to be open to approaches fields, and while commitment to Talking to these students, it’s clear they from the directors of new part-time academic ideals is indispensable, people value and enjoy their connection with the courses across the University. They who have reached the top of their College and continue to feel a strong sense make a valuable addition to our core profession outside academia usually of loyalty to it after they graduate. complement of 500 full-time graduate learn fast, and would not be applying and 175 full-time undergraduate students; for the job if they were not enthusiastic another aspect of Wolfson’s openness to supporters of science, learning and the world. education.

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notes and news

Notes and News

PRESS FELLOWS Ahmad Idris, Assistant News Editor of in reporting on the increasing flow the English-language daily The Star, and of investment from China and In the Easter Term, Wolfson will again Cindy Yeap, Assistant Editor for Corporate Russia into assets and be hosting a number of Press Fellows. and Capital Markets of the English- businesses, while Mike proposes to Visitors confirmed so far are Albert language business newspaper The Edge. look at miscarriages of justice and how Oppong-Ansah from the Ghana News to improve New Zealand journalists’ Agency, and two journalists from New Albert will undertake a study of media ability to expose wrongful convictions. Zealand: Martin van Beynen from The practices and regulation in the UK In addition, Karen Rothmyer, newspaper in and and what lessons these may have distinguished American journalist, Mike White from North & South Magazine, for journalists in East Africa. As an will be returning as a Visiting Fellow . We are also expecting two investigative journalist, Martin plans to for the Term. journalists from Malaysia: Abdul Razak probe how to overcome the difficulties

COLLEGE RESEARCH President on the Conspiracy and a joint project of the British Red Cross ASSOCIATES (CRAs) Democracy project funded by the and the International Committee of the Leverhulme Trust. Other Wolfson Red Cross (ICRC) to update the ICRC This category of College membership has CRAs at CRASSH are Ge Chen studying Study on Customary International been growing steadily, and readers may intellectual property and global Humanitarian Law. not be aware of the diversity of researchers regulations and Eleonora Rosati, a for whom Wolfson provides a home. For specialist in intellectual property and The College now also includes three example, the College has close links with copyright law. new CRAs who came to Wolfson via an the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social initiative of the University Researcher Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), where The Lauterpacht Centre for International Development Committee that is CRAs Theodore Hong, Andrew McKenzie- Law hosts three CRAs, Natália Ferreira de encouraging researchers to become McHarg and Alfred Moore are based, Castro, Vanessa Holzer and Helen more involved in a College. working with our President and Vice- Obregón Gieseken, who all participate in

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FORMER PRESS FELLOW Iain News King (left), Stability Adviser in the Department for International in Brief Development, was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

2013 for services to governance in Vassilis Koronakis Libya, Afghanistan and Kosovo. FELLOW Vassilis Koronakis has FELLOW Jan Vermunt has become won a seven-year Wellcome Trust Editor-in-Chief of Learning and Senior Investigator Award to support Iain King CBE Instruction, a scientific journal his studies of signalling pathways at ranked second by impact factor in biological cell membranes. ‘Educational Research’ and also second in ‘Psychology, Educational’ in the Journals Citation Index.

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meet the college

Wolfson has a wide-ranging membership which forms a diverse and open community. Ring True profiles a selection of its members.

SPYROS FLOGAITIS

Tom Laws Tom VISITING FELLOW

his is Spyros’ third visit to Wolfson. He was Arthur DAVID FROST TGoodhart Professor of Legal Science at the Law Faculty and then Yorke Distinguished Fellow. In Lent 2013 he taught FELLOW AND TUTOR LLM students on the State, its concept and evolution and, avid is Wolfson’s Tutor for part-time students, one of the during this Lent Term, taught administrative law and its Dteam of Tutors who provide pastoral care for students, unprecedented journey. acting as their advisers and, when necessary, their advocates. David elaborates on his role: “Part-time students are not as Spyros recalls: “It was on 5 October 1982 that Professor Sir visible as others because they tend to be around the place at David Williams welcomed me to Wolfson. I was a Lecturer odd times of the year, but there are many of them, typically at the Law Faculty of Athens University, and had recently on Masters of Studies courses in subjects such as Criminology, been elected Professor of Law at the University of Thrace. International Relations and Creative Writing.” My stay in Cambridge that year not only changed my career orientation but, on a personal level, also forged my David also teaches the HertsCam MEd in Leading Teaching relationship with my wife, Fay, who was then a postgraduate and Learning – all Wolfson students – and supervises doctoral student in Paris and is now Professor of International Law. students in Education. “Part-time study is not the dominant Thus, our family became Wolfsonian.” mode at Cambridge,” he explains, adding “I am no stranger to the experience, having left school at the age of 15 years He continues: “I will never forget the late Sir David, who was and having obtained all my qualifications, including a PhD, also President of the European Public Law Organization, as through part-time study.” These days, David travels the world well as the late Stella Soulioti, former Minister of Justice of promoting the idea of teacher leadership and, of course, the Cyprus, and her husband Dimitri. And I am very happy that value of belonging to Wolfson. so many of my students are now part of the Wolfson family.” u u u u u l

FELLOW Paul Mylrea (right), WARDEN of our sister College Director of Communications for St Antony’s in Oxford and 2013 Lee the University, has been elected to Seng Tee Distinguished Lecturer, a Fellowship. Among his previous Professor Margaret MacMillan (right), jobs, he held similar communications was Humanitas Visiting Professor in positions at Transport for London, War Studies at CRASSH this February. Oxfam and the BBC. COLLEGE RESEARCH ASSOCIATE STUDENT Sam Farmer played for Sam Aaron has created Sonic Pi, an the Cambridge team in the Varsity open source programming environment Margaret macmillan Paul Mylrea rugby match at Twickenham last Jon Ellinor for exploring ways to engage children December. Sadly the Dark Blues beat with coding. Cambridge 33–15.

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ALAN FULLER DOMESTIC BURSAR Laws Tom

ur newly-appointed Domestic Bursar joined Wolfson JAMIE TRINIDAD JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW Oin July, arriving from Magdalene College where he held the post of Catering and Conference Manager for six amie is a researcher and legal Jamie studied at Wolfson for his Master’s years. Alan also brings a further five years’ experience as Jpractitioner who specialises in public and PhD, and was very pleased to be Catering and Conference Manager at Queens’ College. international and constitutional law. elected a Junior Research Fellow in 2013, He says he is “particularly interested saying: “Wolfson is full of interesting Alan’s original training as a Chef included a nine-year spell in international territorial disputes, people with diverse backgrounds at five-star hotels in London, including The Dorchester. and the ways in which the populations and interests. Every day I spend here “This is where I first experienced many of the mantras that of disputed territories seek to rely brings an opportunity to make a new still ring true in my day-to-day working ethos,” says Alan. on international law to advance connection with someone from a “The standard of what we do reflects who we are: it’s not their interests.” discipline other than my own. This is the why we can’t, but how we can.” Alan spent a further seven aspect of College life I enjoy the most.” years in food and beverage and general management His current research projects focus on within hotels, before arriving in Cambridge. Kosovo’s attempts to secure broader Jamie is also a practising barrister and he recognition as a State, and on the Anglo- remains associated with Isolas, Gibraltar’s Alan looks forward to forming long-lasting relationships Spanish dispute over Gibraltar and its oldest law firm. with College members, students, Fellows and colleagues surrounding waters. within what he describes as “the most welcoming and friendly” of all the Colleges he has worked in.

MARIE-LOUISE VAN SPYK UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

ike many undergraduates at Marie-Louise admits to premature L Wolfson, Marie-Louise’s path nostalgia already setting in, as the here was unconventional. She says: “As end of her course comes into view: the eldest of six, I was home-educated “Wolfson has become home, and I will whilst the whole family renovated miss many friends among students, our seventeenth-century manor in staff and academics. I also met my Lincolnshire, surrounded by animals boyfriend of two years here, Matthew and lodgers. After sixth form, I taught Hawkins, a Medical student.” English as a Foreign Language in Cambridge and Hungary.” She organises Zumba and Aerobics classes at Wolfson, and considers She is now in the final year of a History that “we are fortunate in having such BA, writing a dissertation on Gilbert activities for free. Indeed, I cannot of Sempringham, a twelfth-century sufficiently praise the staff and services Lincolnshire saint. provided at Wolfson.”

6 ring true 2014 Frommeet the the president college Tom Laws Tom

Meg Westbury LEE SENG TEE LIBRARIAN ANTHONY HOWARTH PHD STUDENT fter 15 years in academic libraries A in the US and, most recently, at the nthony is a Social Anthropologist and wrote with the historic salt rice trade in the western Cambridge Judge Business School, Meg Athis contribution whilst in a very remote Nepali Himalayas. My research would not became Librarian in the Lee Seng Tee region of the Nepali Himalayas. His research have been possible without the bursaries that Library in November. She is enjoying her is concerned with the Bhote-Khampa, a little- I received from Wolfson.” Anthony is pleased new work enormously saying: “So often known group of Tibetan nomads who currently that his thesis research “is not only in the field we think of libraries as a dusty collection live in Nepal. He explains: “I am interested in the of anthropology but also engages critically with of books and a Librarian saying ‘shush’, socio-economic transformations undergone issues of historiography, epistemology and the but that stereotype doesn’t exist by this group, particularly their involvement construction and dissemination of knowledge.” anymore. My role is to ensure that the Library remains the intellectual hub of the College. This entails maintaining an excellent collection of books and a pleasant place to study, of course, but also staying on top of trends in academic research and publishing, and providing training to support the changing ways students and Fellows search for MARIE-LOUISE VAN SPYK UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT information.” ROCÍO GARCÍA CARRIÓN Meg encourages everyone to visit the recently-revamped Library webpages COLLEGE RESEARCH and to follow the Library on Facebook ASSOCIATE and Twitter for events and tips. “A library is an ever-evolving service,” she says, ocío works at the Faculty of Education educational inequalities in which she involved “one that continually strives to meet the R as an EU-funded Marie Curie Fellow. This schools and communities working for social needs of its users in the most friendly two-year Fellowship is part of a prestigious transformation. Currently she develops and efficient manner possible.” research programme that aims to develop interdisciplinary research in children’s personal links across the European scientific epistemology and she firmly believes that being community. After her PhD from the University a College Research Associate at Wolfson enables of Barcelona, she was a researcher at CREA in her “to be part of an international academic Barcelona focused on strategies to overcome community.”

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Culture and sport

ANDREW GOLDMAN

ndrew came to Cambridge in 2010 A to work with Wolfson Fellow Professor Ian Cross at the Centre for Music and Science. With undergraduate degrees in piano performance and neuroscience, he explains: “I found an ideal place to conduct my PhD research. I am interested in questions such as: How can improvisation be understood Keith H eppell cognitive-scientifically? How do musicians who improvise understand music differently from those who do not? Why can some do Science! the Musical “I’m not a scientist, but when Abi told me this more freely than others?” that she was directing I jumped in straight “Science! The Musical began as a joke away and asked if she wanted an Assistant Through the Music Society, Andrew also amongst my lab mates at the Centre for Director. I’m so glad I did.” accompanies the College Choir, organises Music and Science two years ago, and Hazel Lawrence blossomed into a full production late last Saturday Lunchtime Concerts and teaches year. It has been inspired by my own “I had never worked in the infamous music theory. He is particularly proud experiences as a PhD student and the Cambridge theatre scene and was eager to that he “started the Jam Sessions Society academic antics I’ve encountered along be involved. I based the set design almost with Wolfson students Curtis Sharma and the way; almost a parallel dissertation, a entirely on Andrew’s own lab, using the Jon Haines” and has “performed as a commentary on doing a PhD. The primary big posters, visual jokes and cluttered concerto soloist, in solo and in chamber experience for me about this musical was excitement as my main inspiration. It’s recitals.” This February, his show Science! learning to collaborate artistically – to been fantastic to see so much of the talent The Musical was performed in Cambridge, allow a project which incorporates all the coming from Wolfson.” with eight Wolfson students involved in diverse talents of an artistic team to become Danni White the production. something that an individual alone could not completely conceive or control, but that is “Being in a lab coat while playing nonetheless unified.” percussion was the perfect visual Andrew Goldman representation of my academic experiences and somehow felt completely natural. I do hope that we will have the what the wolfson cast and opportunity to perform Science! again crew had to say... in future!” “It was a privilege to work with such a talented Lauren Fink musician as Andrew Goldman; no doubt he is destined for great things! For my part as the “Corpus Playroom continues to present publishing kingpin, Jay Wiles-Blackley, Abi new lighting challenges, after over 30 Palmer (Director) was able to bring out a much different shows. For Science! The Musical, darker side of me than I knew was there. It was it was finding a balance between the Tom Laws Tom a highly enjoyable experience.” sterile atmosphere of a lab and the quirky Julian Robertshaw nature of the songs. With a Wolfson-based cast and crew, Science! has been a particularly enjoyable way to complete my Cambridge theatre career.” Johannes Ruckstuhl

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FINE ARTS COMMITTEE Michaelmas Music Margaret Greeves, Emeritus Fellow Lynette Alcántara, Director of Music The Wolfson Choir celebrated the centenary of the birth Michaelmas Term began with a colourful of Benjamin Britten at the Michaelmas Term concert by exhibition of illustrations of Aesop’s performing some of Britten’s more challenging choral works. fables by Edward Bawden CBE RA, on The concert also included songs for voice and piano and was loan from The Fry Art Gallery, followed complemented by Auden poetry read by Wolfson student by an exhibition of contemporary prints. Joey Akubeze. Guest cellist Elia Benhamou entranced us Fifteen artists were represented in 26 playing Britten’s difficult cello suite Op 72, No1. works selected by Kip Gresham from his Print Studio (www.theprintstudio. The Choir also provided music for a memorial service for co.uk). The exhibition was joined by Professor Bob Dewar (Fellow) and our Advent Carol Service at a textile hanging made by the late St Mark’s. Our Music Society offered three Saturday Lunchtime Professor Karen Spärck Jones (Fellow Concerts, a Friday Early Music recital and two Music and and benefactor), generously donated by Madeira evenings. Microsoft Research. Professor Stephen Robertson attended a dinner to mark the Boat Club hanging of this historic artefact, together Nick Salisbury (Club Captain), Lily Chan (Women’s Captain) with Karen’s niece, Margaret Smart, and and Rhys Coleman (Men’s Captain) her husband Duncan. An influx of 30 new members in Michaelmas Term strengthened both the men’s and women’s squads. Our crews The Committee chose a work from competed in several races and finished many positions up the Print Studio exhibition for its first compared to 2012. The First Novice Men’s VIII were particularly purchase using funds from a benefactor. promising, finishing third in the Queens’ Ergs and fourth in Duo is a monoprint by John McLean the Fairbairns Cup. As I write, trials are taking place for four (b. 1939), regarded as one of the competitive crews for the Lent Bumps. Rhys Coleman aims to outstanding British abstract painters of secure a seat with the University Lightweights to row against his generation. Oxford in the Boat Race in April.

Anthony Green RA, Senior Member, brings to the Committee great Football Alexander Martin, Captain enthusiasm and new contacts. Very Top: Microsoft’s Stephen Robertson Our football team can look radically different from one year sadly, Committee member Frank with Margaret and Duncan Smart. Whitford FSA passed away unexpectedly Above: Duo, John McLean (2007). to the next as many players are on one-year courses. This year in January. we are delighted to be top of the second division of the MCR league and guaranteed promotion, regardless of the outcome of our final two matches.

WCSA NEWS Sasha East, WCSA President The new Committee’s aim remains to raise WCSA’s profile and to continue organising events designed to appeal to our diversity of students. Our regular green ‘Can’ Film Festival evenings, a chocolate tasting, a Chinese New Year celebration and Travellers’ Tales have supplemented our ever- popular bops. We also hosted students from our Oxford sister College St Antony’s last November, and made a return visit in February.

Our main projects this year are improving the Club Room, modernising the gym and increasing welfare provision for part-time students and Wolfson and St Antony’s students student parents. Maria A ngelica De G aetano (St ntony’s)

Wolfson College, Cambridge 99 FROM THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Karen Stephenson F ran May wolf50n

As we approach our 50th Anniversary in 2015, plans are under way for celebrations to mark this important point in the College’s history.

Wolfson is, above all else, a centre of We are also planning a summer Many members have already sent us academic excellence. With this in mind, weekend of celebrations which will be their summary of ‘Wolfson in 50 words’ we are co-ordinating a high-profile open to all members. The weekend will and we welcome further additions to lecture series which will run throughout begin on Saturday 4 July 2015, and will the project. You can read some of the the calendar year. The speakers are all include a keynote lecture by Wolfson entries on page 11, and send your own Wolfson members, and the theme of the President Professor Sir Richard Evans and contribution to communications@ series is the last 50 years in a wide range a special celebratory dinner. A Sunday wolfson.cam.ac.uk of fields. The opening lecture in January morning concert will take place on 5 will be introduced by the Chancellor July, followed by an afternoon garden Our 50th Anniversary Fundraising of the University of Cambridge, Lord party. A full calendar of the year’s events Campaign has also begun well. We Sainsbury of Turville, and will be given and booking details will be available aim to raise £5 million to support by human rights lawyer Professor Conor towards the end of this year on the our students, both with bursaries Gearty (1980). The speaker for the College website. and scholarships, and with improved closing lecture in December will be the accommodation and facilities. The University’s Vice-Chancellor, Wolfson We have received many exciting ideas Wolfson Foundation gave a tremendous Fellow and Honorary Fellow Professor to mark our 50th Anniversary, including boost to the launch of the Campaign, Sir Leszek Borysiewicz (1988). the planting of 50 trees in Cambridge, with an exceptional gift of £1.25 million an online photographic collection of towards the refurbishment of our The full list of lectures will be publicised 50 students from 50 countries and buildings originally begun with the first on the 50th Anniversary section of the an exhibition on the College’s history. Wolfson Foundation grant in 1972. Two College website at www.wolfson.cam. More details of these initiatives, and blocks were refurbished last summer ac.uk/alumni/50th_Anniversary and information about 50th Anniversary and are already making a real difference all Wolfson members are welcome to commemorative merchandise, will to our students’ lives. Our members attend. The series will be podcast, to follow. If you have ideas which you have also contributed generously to allow our members worldwide to see would like the 50th Anniversary our student hardship fund, and have and hear these inspiring lectures online. Committee to consider, please email given over £1.3 million for scholarships [email protected] to attract the brightest students from around the world.

10 ring true 2014 Alumni and development news

A scholarship at Wolfson is the largest and most Wolfson could international Cambridge College transform a for postgraduate and mature student’s life. undergraduate students, and our Campaign aims to support them in their work while they are here. Financial difficulties can be brought about by something as straightforward as an exchange rate fluctuation or as unforeseen as a family member’s change in employment arrangements: Karen Stephenson a hardship bursary at Wolfson could help a student affected by such an potential: a scholarship at Wolfson could All gifts, however large or small, will event. In many cases, the world’s transform their life. You can read more make a real difference to current and brightest students do not have the about the Campaign at www.wolfson. future generations of Wolfson students. financial means to fulfil their academic cam.ac.uk/alumni/50th_Anniversary www.WolfsonGiving.com

WOLFSON IN 50 WORDS The trip to Wolfson was intended to Wolfson (University College then!) in As a non-graduate, ‘City’ person of give me a break from my work as a 1967 and 1968, the years of Protest 55, a gap in my CV could only be newspaper sub-editor and to refocus at the Senate House! I came to filled by a Cambridge Degree. A more my career. Wolfson turned out to Cambridge for the first time. Wolfson ‘traditional’ College directed me to give my career a second wind, thanks (consisting of Bredon House only) Wolfson, which kindly offered me a to wonderful Press Fellows and the embraced me with its warmth, and we place. I remain enormously grateful to inimitable Bill Kirkman. first five research students mingled both Colleges! Wolfson was amazing. John Kibe Kamunyu, Press Fellow (1991) freely with senior members of the I ‘shared’ a first day with the then new University. Beautiful summer gardens, President and was mistaken for him, In 1993 my country, South Africa, was white lawns and frost in winter, a factor to overcome! So many good on the verge of major transformation wine, good food, events in the Old points then kicked in: no high table; and I needed to understand what it Combination Room. John Shaw laying incredible cultural variety; helpful meant. Coming to Wolfson at that time down the College wine. Friendly tutoring and general support; some exposed me to people of many nations helpful and humorous gardeners and super people at all levels; general and backgrounds. Talking and discussing Porters; they are present in my mind’s friendliness and the Boat Club, for with them opened my mind to our own eye even now... which I think I may still be the oldest possibilities and I was able to go back Virginia (Ginni) Bunker, Alumna (1967) undergraduate to win a Blade. Three and make a great informed contribution years as a student gave me new to the transformation process. Thanks Fifty delegates from 45 countries perspectives and impetus to my life. to the many people of Wolfson! on the 1971 Development Studies Thank you Wolfson. Tleli Makhetha, Wolfson Course (1993) course – me the only Brit! Culturally Richard (Dick) Shervington DL, Alumnus (1992) cosmopolitan but comfortingly Wolfson was, quite simply, the start of coherent, we watched Top of the the best of my life. Without it I would Pops together every week on the not have my wonderful husband College TV, and our multi-national To see the full and two beautiful children; my finest May Boat got three bumps with a collection of Wolfson hour on stage; my love of rowing; huge-hatted lady cox. Worldwide in 50 words entries, my appreciation of after-dinner friendships still flourish. you can scan the conversation and my lifelong affinity John Leonard CBE, Alumnus (1970) QR code with your mobile, or visit with the inspirational city of Cambridge. www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/alumni/50words Victoria Banham, Alumna (1976)

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1969 This year’s quinquennial and decennial reunion n on Saturday 27 September will begin with

o 1974 brunch before the annual Alumni Lecture. Afternoon tea will be served and there will be 1979 a tour of the College before dinner in Hall, with Grace sung by the Wolfson Chamber Singers. 1984

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Future events

Events are open to all College members, except where noted.

1 May lee Seng Tee Distinguished Lecture 2 May Wolfson Research Event 20 May Music and Madeira 13 June May Bumps marquee Phil Stigwood 14 June Boat Club Dinner (by invitation to Boat CHINA, THE ‘GARDEN OF THE WORLD’ Club members and Friends: contact [email protected] for information) PHIL STIGWOOD, HEAD GARDENER 15 June 2pm: Benefactors’ Reception (by invitation China has the most abundant plant life in the world, with to all donors in the current year) nearly twice as many species of higher plants than the US and 15 June 3pm: College Garden Party Canada combined. Glaciation destroyed numerous species in 15 June 7.30pm: Mary Bevan Recital North America that survived in China. Many of our citrus fruits 20 June Wolfson June Event: New York, New York originate from Southern China, such as the orange, still called 29 June President’s Cup cricket match 4 July Guest Night the ‘Chinese Apple’ in Holland and Germany. 27 September Alumni Reunion (by invitation: see Many of the great plant hunters were British, including information above) George Forest, who brought back from China an Acer with 20 November Commemoration of Benefactors’ Dinner white striated, purple bark. Acer ‘George Forest’ can be seen (by invitation to all Morrison Society members and in Wolfson’s Winter Garden, along with many other plants of major benefactors in the current year) Chinese origin including Tree Peony, Witch Hazel, Camelia, Please make sure we have your contact details, as invitations will be sent Wisteria Sinensis and Prunus ‘Tibetica’/Serrula with the most by email: [email protected] amazingly-coloured bark. www.WolfsonEvents.com

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