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Downing Association Newsletter and College Record 2017-18 2018 DOWNING COLLEGE 2018 DOWNING DOWNING COLLEGE April Showers Photograph by Aayush Sonthalia Highly Commended Downing Alumni Photographic Competition Front cover: Morning Shadows Photograph by Serenydd Everden Xxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxx xxxx xxx DOWNING COLLEGE 2018 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER MAGENTA NEWS COLLEGE RECORD 2 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2018 Dan Levy – “Little Red Riding Student” – Highly Commended Downing Alumni Photographic Competition Michael Siu – “Prospect” – Commended Downing Alumni Photographic Competition ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2018 3 IN THIS ISSUE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2018 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE 2017–2018 5 PRESIDENT’S FOREWORD 7 ASSOCIATION NEWS 9 Next Year’s President 9 The Main Objects of the Association 11 Contact with the Association 11 The 2017 Annual General Meeting 12 Other News from the Executive 13 The Alumni Student Fund 14 The Association Prize 14 Glynn Jones Scholarships for Business and Management Education 14 Downing Alumni Association Photographic Competition 15 Editorial Acknowledgements 19 COLLEGE NEWS 20 The Master Writes 20 The Senior Tutor Writes 24 The Assistant Bursar’s Report 26 The Interim Development Director’s Report 28 A Change at the Helm 29 An Appreciation of Professor Geoffrey Grimmett 29 A Profile of Mr Alan Bookbinder 32 The Year in Art 34 Forthcoming Events 37 Visiting Cambridge 37 FROM THE ARCHIVIST 41 Unravelling the mystery of Sir Busick Harwood’s bedfellow 41 Remembering the First World War: One Hundred Years Ago 44 Future Archive Projects: Can you Help? 58 FEATURES 59 College Hockey 59 The early years – defying the odds 59 Becoming a presence at the highest level 60 1974 to 1984 – a glorious decade 62 4 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2018 1985 to 1993 – consolidation 67 1994 to 2000 – from grass to astro and success once again 69 2000 onwards – triumphs mixed with a few downfalls 71 Segreants 2018 – Boat Naming 76 The Cambridge Rowing Tank 78 Downing Enterprise 79 NEWS OF MEMBERS 83 Taking charge of Ascot 83 Memories of studying English in the Leavis era 87 FOR THE RECORD 91 Obituaries 91 MAGENTA NEWS 2018 153 COLLEGE RECORD 2017–2018 239 THE FELLOWSHIP 239 NEWS OF THE FELLOWSHIP 249 Obituary 249 New Fellows 252 New Honorary Fellow 253 New Foundation Fellow 254 Reports from the Fellows 254 REPORTS ON SPORTS CLUBS 261 Griffins Endowment Fund 267 Blues, Half-Blues and Colours 2017–18 268 REPORTS ON SOCIETIES 269 SCHOLARSHIPS, PRIZES AND AWARDS 2018 277 POSTGRADUATE DEGREES CONFERRED 2017–18 285 UNDERGRADUATE AND AFFILIATED ADMISSIONS 2017 291 GRADUATE ADMISSIONS 2017 297 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in the articles in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of Downing College or the Downing College Alumni Association. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2018 5 DOWNING COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2018 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE 2017–2018 PRESIDENT D J Riddoch MA PhD (1995) J N Tait MA CEng FICE K E Fish MA ACA CTA (2008) D G G Davies MA MA (Manchester) VICE PRESIDENTS PhD (Manchester) (1971) P Thomson MA H Groom BA MSci MA PhD (2001) J G Hicks MA FREng G C Erangey MA LLM (UEM) (2009) F Weiss MA Ex-officio Committee Members THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE G B Williams BA PhD, Senior Tutor The President C M Middleton BA (UL), Interim The Immediate Past President Development Director The Rt Hon Lord David Lloyd Jones R M Kirkley, Events Officer MA LLB (from 1 March 2018) S Gatens, JCR President The President-elect (to 14 February 2018) B W Hunt MA MEd (Exeter) CMath FIMA J Soleiman, JCR President The Honorary Secretary & Editor (from 15 February 2018) S Walker MA A Bedorf MSc (Bonn), MCR President The Assistant Secretary (Merchandise) (from January 2017) P R Whittington MA The Assistant Secretary (College Record) Co-opted Committee Members Z H Barber MA PhD K Dyer MA MB BChir DRCOG MRCGP A R Farmer MA PhD MIET The Honorary Treasurer K E Storey MA LLM MA (Brunel) N Berger MA Elected Committee Members HONORARY AUDITORS C G Blackmore MA PhD (Liverpool) M J Mays MA PhD FRIC (1991) R J Richards MA PhD 6 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2018 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2018 7 PRESIDENT’S FOREWORD As I write this, I am already almost two thirds of the way through my term of office and am wondering where the time went. The official duties of the President do not, on paper, seem onerous, but living near to Cambridge, as I do, it is easy for me to attend many College events. Away from Cambridge, I was able to attend the Advent Carol Service held in late November in St Pancras Parish Church, London where the Downing Choir performed brilliantly under the able supervision of the Chaplin, Keith Eyeons. The event was well attended, and I enjoyed meeting so many familiar faces during the mulled wine reception afterwards. Nearer to home I have been a regular diner, with my wife Sue, at the High Table ‘First Friday’ dinners. These provide a wonderful opportunity to meet the Fellows and their guests and enjoy the family atmosphere which Downing has always provided. The Annual Reunion Dinner held in March, for those who matriculated in a year ending with an ‘8’, provided me with the opportunity to meet members of the Association from nearly every decade and to wear my President’s Jewel for the first time following the Annual Dinner. Being a former Captain of Boats, one of the highlights of the year was a multi-event occasion in April. The afternoon commenced with the Segreants’ Regatta in which seven crews were entered. This was followed by a series of events at the Boathouse. Firstly, the naming of two new boats, a women’s eight, ‘Rachel’, named in honour of the late Rachel Penny, née Pearce (1986) and a men’s four, ‘The Segreants’. The highlight, however, was the official opening of Downing’s indoor rowing tank, the only one in Cambridge and the east of England, and rather splendidly called ‘The Cambridge Rowing Tank’. It made the national news and I was able to read about it beforehand in The Times on my laptop while on holiday in Canada. The day was not yet over and, in the evening, wearing my trusty 54-year-old Boat Club blazer, I attended a very enjoyable Segreants’ Dinner. As mentioned above, the duties of the President are not particularly onerous. Most of the hard work is carried out by the Executive Committee, with Simon Walker taking on the difficult and time-consuming role of Hon. Secretary. This is a truly major commitment and both Simon and myself have been fortunate that the previous Secretary and current President Elect, Barrie Hunt, has been very supportive in ensuring a smooth transition by providing a great deal of advice and counsel. The Merchandising Working Group (MWG) under the leadership of former President, Kate Dyer, and Assistant Secretary, Peter Whittington, does a huge amount of work in creating, sourcing and selling Downing Merchandise. By their work and that of the rest of the members of the MWG, the Association has been able to authorise grants of up to £13,000 to undergraduates in the 8 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2018 current academic year. Particular mention must be made of Katherine Fish who has, in a very short space of time, designed and developed the Association’s e-commerce website, www.downing-gifts.com, and also facilitated the use of a card reader so that payment for merchandise at events can be made by card rather than the lengthy and time-consuming paper forms that had been in use previously. Retiring from the Executive at the AGM is Norman Berger who has done sterling work as Hon. Treasurer for ten years. The Association is very grateful to Norman for his great contribution over the years. A few days after my one-year term of office as President comes to the end in September, the Master, Geoffrey Grimmett, comes to the end of his five-year term. The Association is very grateful to him for his support and we now look forward to welcoming his successor, Alan Bookbinder. Another event affecting the Association is the changes in the Development Office with whom the Association works closely. Since Gabrielle Bennett left the post of Development Director to return to the USA, Cat Middleton has ably filled the breach as Interim Development Director and has been an enthusiastic helper and supporter of the Association as an ex-officio member of the Executive. We were delighted to learn that she is staying on as Director of Engagement and Development Operations and we also look forward to working with the new holder of the post of Director of Advancement when the position is filled later this summer. Neville Tait (1962) ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2018 9 ASSOCIATION NEWS NEXT YEAR’S PRESIDENT In writing this introduction, I am tempted to refer the reader to page 15 of the 2011 Newsletter, where seven years ago, I introduced myself as the new Secretary of the Association and used up all the suitable anecdotes at my disposal. However, I hope that those with photographic memories will forgive a summary for those who do not have a copy of the Newsletter to hand. The former may wish to skip to paragraph 6…. I came up to Downing in 1966 from the City of Norwich School to study Mathematics. Besides educating Bernard Matthews of turkey fame, the CNS had a reputation for supplying Downing with good men – its old boys included, for example, Alan Howard and David Holbrook. Consequently, the Headmaster had no hesitation in advising me to “Apply to Downing – we sent them a Wrangler a few years back and they owe us a favour”.
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