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The magazine of the St Catharine’s College Society Photo credits: Cover: Stephanie Clarke; 5/7/98/99 (top left and middle left): Phil Mynott; 6: James Tilley; Printed in England by Langham Press 9: Virginia McNay; 16: Susan Wiltshire; 17: John Ltd (www.langhampress.co.uk) on Holman; 27/59/97/99 (top right and bottom)/100/117: elemental-chlorine-free paper from Tim Rawle; 35 (left): Adele Broccardo; 35 (right): sustainable forests. Hugh Collins; 39: Lorenzo Santinelli; 49: Lafayette Photography; 52: JET Photography, The Cambridge Designed and typeset in Linotype Syntax by Studio; 108/109 (bottom): Jamie Tilley Hamish Symington (www.hamishsymington.com). Table of contents

Editorial ...... 4 Society News Society Committee 2013–14 ...... 60 College News The Society President ...... 60 Master’s Report ...... 6 Report of 85th AGM ...... 61 The Fellowship ...... 11 Accounts for the year to 30 June 2013 ...... 66 New Fellows ...... 14 Society Awards ...... 67 Retirements and Farewells ...... 16 Society Presidents’ Dinner ...... 67 Professor Nicholas Charles Handy FRS Acheson-Gray Day ...... 68 (1941–2012) ...... 17 Branch News ...... 68 Professor George deForest Lord Honours and Awards ...... 73 (1921–2013) ...... 21 Publications ...... 74 Senior Tutor’s Report ...... 21 Reviews ...... 75 Admissions Notes 2013 ...... 22 Notices ...... 80 Development Director’s Report ...... 23 News of Members ...... 88 Chapel and Chaplaincy Report ...... 24 The St Catharine’s Guild ...... 95 Staff News ...... 26 News from the JCR ...... 27 Articles News from the MCR ...... 28 The McGrath Centre ...... 98 Graduate Lunchtime Seminars and Recitals .....30 New Stained-glass Window in the Chapel ....101 Choir Report ...... 30 Neville Burston (1948) ...... 103 Kellaway Concerts ...... 32 Reverend William James Jay (1843) ...... 106 Societies ...... 33 The College Boathouse ...... 107 Sports Clubs ...... 36 Cambridge Afro-Asian Expedition Alleycatz ...... 46 1961–62 ...... 110 Kitten Club ...... 47 Keep Calm and Earn a PhD ...... 112 Blues and Colours ...... 48 News from the JCR, 1964 ...... 114 Undergraduate Matriculands 2012 ...... 48 St Catharine’s (a poem) ...... 115 New Graduates 2012 ...... 51 Latrinae ...... 116 University Scholarships and Prizes ...... 53 College Prizes ...... 53 Notes, Dates & Contacts ...... 117 College Scholarships ...... 54 PhDs approved 2012–13 ...... 57

The front cover shows the new McGrath Centre, with an auditorium, supervision rooms and a basement bar.

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Editorial

Magazines of the past two years have contained find quickly, so I have brought it forward again tantalizing glimpses of the plans and progress of – though not quite to its former top-priority posi- the McGrath Centre; this edition has the open- tion. In this edition it appears immediately after ing ceremony with pictures of the building and the Master’s Report. the transformed Chapel Court – improvements My attention was caught by a misprint in a well worth waiting for. In addition, two other 2012 College Christmas Dinner menu; the final enhancements to the fabric of the College are course was listed as ‘Coffee and Mice Pies’ – covered – the refurbishment of the College Boat- quite appropriate for Cats. house and the installation of a new stained-glass Roger Stratford window in the Chapel. Photographers have provided an abundance of riches for the editor to Online Magazines choose from to illustrate these articles. Every edition of the Magazine is available online As usual, there are full reports of the academic thanks to the work of alumnus Mike Diplock (1982) and sporting distinctions of our current students, several years ago. However, online Magazines are and a full News section with stories from alumni readable only by registered Society members, not and others. As well as the articles mentioned by the public at large. Registration is available above, there is one from a group of Catsmen free of charge to any College/Society member via of the early 1960s who, as students, embarked www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society/register. I receive on an expedition to Africa and Asia – they have occasional complaints about having to register finally written their report. ‘just to look something up’ or about not being able The Society has elected the Master to be its to tell a potential applicant (for example) to look at President for 2013–14 – its 90th year. From the previous year’s edition ‘on the web’ and some when the Society was first formed until 1933, contributors of articles have complained that they the President was automatically the Master, but cannot pass an online reference to colleagues to that year the Rules were changed and the Presi- look at their article in context. dent was thereafter elected at the AGM. Thus, Following discussion both in the Committee although Dame Jean is the sixth Master to serve and at the AGM (see the report of the 85th AGM as President, she is only the third to be elected to in the Society section of this Magazine for more the post, the other two being Donald Portway details), it was decided that the Magazine from in 1958 and Teddy Rich in 1972. She is the first 2014 onwards should be produced in two ver- female Society President. sions – one ‘complete’ as now (i.e. identical to the Professor Nicholas Handy (1960, Fellow 1965, printed version) published online to members via a Emeritus Fellow 2004) died as we were going password; the other version, redacted if necessary to press last year, too late for the sad event to to remove private or personal material, made avail- be properly marked in the 2012 Magazine. By able to the general public. Efforts will be made, as way of obituary, the eulogies from the very-well- time permits, to ‘work backwards’ redacting earlier attended Memorial Service held in November editions to produce public versions. The existing 2012 are included in this edition. complete versions will, of course, continue to be The list of Fellows was moved in the 2012 available to members via password as now. edition from its position as the very first item to Members might care to note that all years of the end of the College Report among other lists the Magazine are already available to the public (matriculands, prizewinners, scholars etc.). It has in printed form because the Magazine is regis- been remarked that this had the effect of making tered with the British Library as a published mag- such an important reference list more difficult to azine in the public domain.

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Master’s Report

2012–13 has been another good year for the Our musicians (not all reading Music) continue College on several fronts, and I thank all my to enhance the College’s cultural life and to con- colleagues – Fellows and staff – as well as all tribute outside the College. Our two enthusiastic our undergraduate and postgraduate students and highly proficient organ scholars (Alex Aitken for their unstinting efforts and contributions. I and Alex Ying) have been superb, the Choir main- make no apology for beginning with a mention tains its consistently high standard and is always of the academic achievements of our under- a joy to listen to, and the Girls’ (8–14 year olds) graduates, which in several subjects were truly Choir drawn from local schools is now well estab- excellent and overall were sufficiently strong for lished. The performance of the Monteverdi Ves- us to retain our ranking (9th) relative to other pers, for which the Chapel provided the perfect Colleges (see Senior Tutor’s Report). 27% of setting, was for me this year’s musical highlight. our undergraduates (107) became (or continue (See the Choir Report for further details.) as) Scholars, having achieved Firsts, and again Sport is alive and well as usual. Fortunes have a good number also claimed University Prizes been mixed but enthusiasm and determination for in a range of subjects, documented elsewhere, the future come through across the board. The for best performance in their Tripos – a fantastic numerous reports from the many College Clubs achievement. Again it was a pleasure to confer can be found elsewhere in these pages so I’ll just degrees on St Catharine’s graduands on 28 June highlight a few successes. I can be forgiven, I’m – hard (both for me and for them) to believe that sure, for singling out the College’s Olympian, three, or even four, years had passed since I wel- George Nash (last year’s Magazine front cover), comed them at their Matriculation. Less-than- President of the University Boat Club, for special perfect weather this year meant that the post- mention. He was warmly welcomed back into Col- graduation lunch for new graduates’ relatives lege rowing for the May Races. He also graduated and friends was indoors; fortunately we had the successfully with a 2.1 in Engineering and was a splendid new asset of the McGrath Centre (more worthy recipient of the College’s Nicholas Prize later) right next to Hall, and people circulated for Leadership. His success continues post-gradu- comfortably between them. ation! – The GB Eight, of which he is a member, won gold in the 2013 World Rowing Champion- The Master opening the refurbished Boathouse ships. Back on the Cam, in the Mays, it was grati- – from the inside because of the inclement fying that most crews (men’s and women’s) went weather. up in the rankings, and Men’s 2nd VIII earned their blades. There was good news on the Athlet- ics front, with Tom Neill winning both the 100 and 200 metres against Oxford in the Varsity Match (as well as gaining the award for the most improved Oxbridge athlete), and the Women’s team winning Cuppers, the Men being a respectable second. The good news continues – we won both the Men’s and Women’s Cuppers in Swimming, and in Badminton the Women’s and Mixed St Catharine’s teams were University Champions. Hockey did not fare quite as well as usual this year, but there was good news for soccer, the men being promoted back to Division 1, although Rugby fared less well The opening of the McGrath Centre by the Chancellor of the University on 19 June 2013. after a good start when they seemed to be head- Centre by the Chancellor of the University, and ing towards promotion. again I extend our thanks and gratitude to Harvey The year was punctuated by several landmark McGrath (1971) for his very significant gifts, and events – all of which are described in more detail to the many others who have contributed, espe- elsewhere in this Magazine – starting with the cially Peter Dawson (1974), Neil Ostrer (1978), dedication on 14 October 2012, by the The Bishop Nat Le Roux (1976) and David Harding (1979). of Huntingdon, The Right Revd David Thomson, The names of all our donors are recorded on the of the splendid ‘Wisdom window’ created by Tom Centre window; between them they covered the Denny and given in memory of Neville Burston entire cost of the building – a magnificent achieve- (1948) by his son Richard, who writes about his ment of which we are all very proud. father in an article in this Magazine. Then on a wet The novelty of the new building will take some and windy Saturday in March I had the pleasure of time to wear off. We are still marvelling at the cutting a smart claret ribbon at the re-opening of final product and the associated transformation the College boathouse after its extensive refurbish- of Chapel Court into a peaceful, relaxed, unified ment and remodelling, resulting in a fine building. area with attractive planting; in certain lights the It’s good to hear from the Boat Club that this is the reflection of the Chapel in the glass of the Centre envy of other college boat clubs – and rightly so! provides a magical symmetry to the Court appar- It would not have happened without the initiative, ent also from certain vantage points in Hall. As persistence and generosity of Herb Bate (1963) part of the project the Library has also been much and Carolyn, and we are immensely grateful to improved, to the delight and satisfaction of our them and to the several others who have contrib- students. The planning and construction of the uted to the project. An article about the boathouse building has featured in earlier Magazines and the appears later in this Magazine. Finally, and with opening also features in an article in this one. The relief and great delight all round, 19 June saw architects (RH Partnership), with special mention of the official opening of the long-awaited McGrath David Emond, have done a fantastic job and we

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thank and congratulate them on their vision and is remarkable); and (something I regret I omitted its execution. It’s good that they have pitched suc- to mention last year) Professor Charles Higham cessfully to undertake the refurbishment of the (1959, Honorary Fellow 2008), received the 2012 Ramsden Room (which those of you from the British Academy Graham Clark Medal (prehistoric 1980s and earlier will remember as the JCR) and archaeology). Then in the summer came the icing the Old Lodge basement beneath it, scheduled for on the cake with the splendid news that Professor next summer. Eilís Ferran (1980, Fellow 1987) (Professor of Com- Ongoing maintenance of our estate has to take pany and Securities Law in the University) and Pro- place mainly in the summer months. The stone- fessor Hans Van de Ven (Fellow 1988) (Professor of work on the front of C and D staircases has recently Modern Chinese) had been elected Fellows of the been cleaned – taking care to preserve the old air- British Academy in recognition of their distinction raid shelter signs and old parish-boundary marks; in their respective fields. We congratulate all the Sherlock Court looks much better for its extensive above-named on their personal achievements. re-paving; and repairs to some of the cobbles in We were deeply saddened by the death of our Main Court have begun. St Chad’s is benefitting old friend and colleague Professor Nick Handy from year-on-year summer improvements. The (Emeritus Fellow) in October. A Memorial Serv- alignment, lighting and arrangement of portraits ice was held on 24 November across the road, in in Hall has long been a topic of conversation, and St Botolph’s Parish Church, whose larger capacity improvements have now begun, spearheaded by was better suited to the large number of Nick’s the President and enabled by a further generous friends and former colleagues from far and wide gift from Emeritus Fellow Dr John Shakeshaft. who attended, and who joined us with Carole and It is always a pleasure to report on the individual family for tea in Hall after the service. The eulogies successes of Fellows. The annual University promo- from this service are printed later in this Magazine. tions round again brought good news – Dr Stuart A fund to support Mathematics teaching has been Althorpe was promoted Professor in the Depart- renamed the Handy Fund. ment of Chemistry, and Dr Jeff Dalley to Reader There have again been comings and goings in the Department of Psychology; and we were in the Fellowship. We sadly said farewell to our delighted when Dr Hester Lees-Jeffries (College much appreciated Chaplain and Dean of Chapel, Lecturer in English) was appointed to a Lecture- the Revd Dr Anthony Moore, in December 2012 ship in the Faculty of English. Two Fellows have after five years and a term, and wished him well as had success in gaining positions at other Universi- he moved on to greater things as Canon Chancel- ties – Dr Lucy Delap (College Lecturer in History) lor at Lichfield Cathedral. Until the appointment was appointed to a Readership at King’s College of his successor the fort has been held by the Revd London, and Dr Stephen Morris (Fellow in Phys- Margaret Widdess, Associate Priest at St Botolph’s, ics, and Royal Society University Research Fellow) who has done a wonderful job. (Margaret’s to a Lectureship in the Department of Engineer- take on it can be found later in the Magazine.) ing Science at Oxford; we shall really miss them. We have just welcomed our new Chaplain, the Our Fellows have also received a clutch of prizes Revd Dr David Neaum, ahead of his official start and awards, and we bask willingly in reflected on 1 October; he hails from Australia and joins glory: Professor Harry Elderfield was awarded us from the University Church in Oxford. David the 2013 Goldschmidt Award, the premier award is no stranger to Cambridge, having trained for of the Geochemical Society, Dr Peter Wothers ordination at Westcott House and been a gradu- the Royal Society of Chemistry Nyholm Prize for ate student at Emmanuel; he is currently working Education; Dr Abigail Brundin (MML; Italian) a towards the completion of his PhD. Pilkington Teaching Prize from the University (the I have already mentioned the departure of two third awarded to a St Catharine’s Fellow, which Fellows to pastures new. Professor John Pickard

8 Photograph taken at the Fifth 1473 Foundation Dinner, January 2013. From the left, Professor Sir Peter Swinnerton Dyer (Master 1973–83), Professor Barry Supply (Master 1984–93), Professor Dame Jean Thomas (Master 2007–present), Sir Terence English (Master 1994–2000), Professor David Ingram (Master 2000–06).

(1964, Fellow 1990) Director of Studies in Clinical us: Dr Alison Banwell (2008; St Catharine’s gradu- Medicine, retires from his Chair in Neurosurgery in ate student), is a geographer/glaciologist and the University and from his Professorial Fellowship Dr Amanda Maycock, is an atmospheric chemist at St Catharine’s, and becomes an Emeritus Fellow and climate scientist. We wish all the leavers well on 1 October. His role in College will be assumed and thank them for their contributions to the Col- by Professor Nick Morrell, British Heart Founda- lege and to the Fellowship. At the same time we tion Professor of Cardiopulmonary Medicine. The extend a very warm welcome to all the newcom- depletion of our historians with the earlier retire- ers (see New Fellows section for further details). ment of Professor Sir Chris Bayly and the recent We were delighted to elect three new Honor- departure of Dr Lucy Delap has been remedied ary Fellows during the year, in recognition of their by the appointment of two new Fellows – Simon distinction in their respective fields: Emeritus Fel- Layton (St Catharine’s graduate student) who has low Sir John Baker (Fellow 1971–2011), who has a been appointed to a three-year University Lecture- formidable reputation as a legal historian; and two ship in History and Tim Rogan, currently a Junior of our alumni from the 1970s, Harvey McGrath Research Fellow (JRF) at Peterhouse, who joins us (1971, Fellow Commoner) and David Harding as a College Associated Teaching Officer. Profes- (1979), in recognition of their distinguished careers sor Harry Coles (Physics) leaves us upon his retire- in the financial world and for their very significant ment and Dr Robert Smith (Royal Society Univer- support for the University as well as the College. sity Research Fellow in Physics, and one time JRF My many encounters with alumni in College at St Catharine’s) joins us. Matthias Egeler leaves and elsewhere have been as usual interesting and us at the end of his JRF, and two new JRFs join most enjoyable; as always there are tales galore!

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The well-attended lunch for Woodlark Society teaching posts, and to raise money for student Members in College in December (2012) was fol- bursaries and hardship funds, needed now more lowed in mid-January by the fifth 1473 Founda- than ever before. In parallel, a number of essen- tion Dinner (at which we recognise recent major tial/desirable improvements to our existing estate philanthropic giving), this year kindly sponsored by will become properly costed ‘special projects’ that Peter Dawson (1974) and Christina. The presence we hope will attract their own donors. of five successive Masters (covering four decades Ending on a personal note, I have little to add to 1973–present) was noted and captured for pos- what I wrote last year, except to note that my five- terity. The Boathouse Opening in March brought year term as Biological Secretary and Vice-Pres- back a good crowd, including a fair number of ident of the Royal Society, which has been busy rowers who took to the water despite the inclem- but fascinating and interesting, and a privilege, ent weather, as did the opening of the McGrath comes to an end on the Society’s Anniversary Day Centre in June. Uncertain weather meant that the (30 November 2013). As noted elsewhere I am June Garden Party was actually held in Hall, but it about to become President of the College Society was none the less enjoyable for that. The Reunion for 2013–14, its 90th year – an honour indeed – Dinners (1972–4 and 1990–2 this year) and the and in May I take over as President of the Society Society Reunion Dinner in September were well of Biology, which acts as a single unified voice for attended as usual, and it was great to see so many UK life sciences. in good heart. These are very worthwhile and On 25 November, St Catharine’s Day – when enjoyable events, bringing back those across the we also now celebrate the academic success of our years for whom the College is a very special place. Scholars at dinner – the College will be 540 years The same spirit ensures the continuing popular- old. It’s a tidy enough number, although with ity of the alumni lunches and evening networking hardly the same ring about it as half a century, let events in London, the venues usually being gener- alone a whole one, and it’s perhaps not surprising ously provided by Members. that we have no plans for anniversary celebrations. As you all know we are in the middle of a Instead we will mark the end of another decade in fundraising Campaign (see Development Direc- our history by reaffirming our commitment to our tor’s report) and I’d like to take this opportunity academic mission and to fairness and excellence in to acknowledge the magnificent response from all we do, by continuing to steer a steady course, Members of the Society and the hard work of the building on our achievements so far and aiming to Development Director and her staff. Our current strengthen the College and enhance its reputation target is £30M (it should arguably be higher!), of even further. The new batch of undergraduate and which over £20M has already been raised. Our graduates is about to join us; maybe this would efforts for the remainder of the Campaign will be be a good line for my speech at their imminent to strengthen the Endowment, either directly or by Matriculation dinners. continuing to endow the remainder of our existing Dame Jean Thomas

10 The Fellowship

As at 1 October 2013, in order of seniority (with year of appointment) following the Master and President. The latest year of appointment is given; note that additional years of seniority may be conferred by any previous period as a Fellow.

Ofﬁcial and Professorial Fellows Dr E Geoffrey Kantaris (1990) University Senior Professor Dame Jean Thomas ScD FRS FMedSci Lecturer and Director of the Centre of Latin (2007) Emeritus Professor of Macromolecular American Studies; DoS in Modern & Medieval Biochemistry; Master and DoS in Biochemistry Languages (on leave Lent) Dr John A Little (1980) President, DoS in Mr Michael F Kitson (1992) University Senior Materials Science & Metallurgy, Senior Lecturer; DoS in Management Studies Treasurer of the Amalgamated Clubs Dr Rose A Melikan (1993) Fellows’ Registrar Professor Ron L Martin FBA AcSS FeRSA (1974) Dr Michael PF Sutcliffe (1993) Reader in Professor of Economic Geography; Wine Mechanics of Materials; Harold Ridgeon Steward (on leave 2013–4) Fellow, DoS in Engineering Dr Paul N Hartle (1977) Senior Tutor, College Dr John H Xuereb MD FRCP FRCPath (1994) Lecturer in English (on leave Michaelmas & University Senior Lecturer; DoS in Pathology Lent) Dr Anthony P Davenport FBPharmacolS (1995) Professor Peter Tyler AcSS FRICS (1983) Professor of Reader in Cardiovascular Pharmacology; DoS Urban and Regional Economics; DoS in Land in Preclinical Medicine & Pharmacology Economy Dr Katharine J Dell (1996) University Senior Dr Robert BB Wardy (1984) Reader in Ancient Lecturer; DoS in Theology Philosophy; DoS in Philosophy, DoS in Classics Dr Caroline Gonda (1996) College Lecturer and Professor John A Pyle ScD FRS (1986) 1920 DoS in English, Secretary to the Governing Professor of Physical Chemistry and Body Co-Director of the Centre for Atmospheric Dr Nora Berend (1996) University Senior Science (on leave Lent) Lecturer; DoS in History (on leave 2013–4) Dr Patrick R Palmer (1987) Reader in Electrical Dr David C Aldridge (1997) College Lecturer, Engineering; Dudley Robinson Fellow and DoS DoS in Biological Natural Sciences and Fellows’ in Engineering Steward Professor Eilís V Ferran FBA (1987) Professor Dr Richard W Dance (1997) University Senior of Company & Securities Law; Tom Ivory Lecturer; DoS in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic; Professorial Fellow in Law Praelector (on leave Lent) Professor Hans van de Ven FBA (1988) Professor Dr Peter D Wothers (1997) University Teaching of Modern Chinese History; DoS in Asian & Fellow; Rushton Fellow and DoS in Chemistry, Middle Eastern Studies Graduate Tutor Dr Philip Oliver (1988) Graduate Tutor, Professor Kevin Dalton FRCOG FFFLM (1997) DoS Admissions Tutor, DoS in Molecular Cell in Medical Law & Ethics and in Obstetrics & Biology & Genetics Gynaecology, and Assistant DoS in Clinical Dr Ian C Willis (1989) University Senior Lecturer; Medicine Cousens Fellow, DoS in Geography Dr Mark C Elliott (1998) Reader in Public Law; Professor Chris M Clark FBA (1990) Professor of DoS in Law, Dean Modern European History Ms Irena Borzym (1999) Nicholas Handy College Lecturer and DoS in Mathematics, Tutor (acting Senior Tutor Michaelmas & Lent)

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Dr Abigail Brundin (2000) University Senior Dr Peter Turner (2009) University Lecturer; Lecturer; DoS in Modern & Medieval Baker-Fellingham Fellow and DoS in Law Languages (on leave Michaelmas) Dr Jerome Neufeld (2009) University Dr Sriya Iyer (2000) Bibby Teaching Fellow and Lecturer and Royal Society Research Fellow College Lecturer, DoS in Economics (Geophysics); DoS in Physics Dr Matthew J Mason (2001) University Dr Gabriel Leon (2009) Bevil Mabey College Physiologist; DoS in Physiology Lecturer, DoS in Economics, Warden of Dr Sergei N Taraskin (2002) Harvey McGrath St Chad’s (on leave Easter) College Lecturer, DoS in Mathematics for *Dr Robert P Smith (2013) Royal Society Natural Scientists, DoS in Computer Science; Research Fellow; DoS in Physics DoS in Physical Natural Sciences, Tutor Professor Stuart Althorpe (2010) Professor of Dr Jonathan R Gair (2003) Royal Society Theoretical Chemistry Research Fellow (Mathematics); Webmaster Dr Alexei Onatski (2010) Reader in Economics Dr David Bainbridge (2003) University Clinical Dr Matthew DeJong (2010) University Lecturer; Veterinary Anatomist; DoS in Veterinary DoS in Engineering (on leave Lent & Easter) Medicine, Tutor, Admissions Tutor, (acting Dr Fatima Santos (2010) Senior Postdoc Scientist; Financial Tutor Michaelmas & Lent) DoS in Developmental Biology Dr Harald Wydra (2003) Holden Fellow, College Dr Stefan Marciniak (2011) MRC Senior Clinical Lecturer and DoS in Human, Social & Political Research Fellow; DoS in Preclinical Medicine Sciences (Politics & International Relations), Dr Hazem Kandil (2012) University Lecturer; DoS Tutor in Human, Social & Political Sciences (Sociology) Mr Simon Summers MBA (2005) Bursar and Dr Michael D Hurley (2012) University Lecturer Steward (English) Dr Hester Lees-Jeffries (2006) University *Revd David Neaum (2013) Chaplain Lecturer; DoS in English, Tutor *Professor Nicholas Morrell (2013) Professor Dr Edward Wickham (2006) Director of College of Cardiopulmonary Medicine; DoS in Clinical Music, DoS in Music, (acting Tutor Michaelmas Medicine & Lent) *Dr Timothy Rogan (2013) College Associate Dr Gillian Carr (2006) University Senior Lecturer; Teaching Ofﬁcer and DoS in History DoS in Human, Social & Political Sciences *Dr Simon Layton (2013) (History) (Archaeology & Anthropology) Dr Miranda Grifﬁn (2007) College Lecturer and Research Fellows DoS in Modern & Medieval Languages, Tutor Dr Gergana Yankova-Dimova (2008) Jeremy Dr Richard Harrison (2007) Reader in Earth Haworth Research Fellow (Politics) Sciences; DoS in Geology & Mineral Sciences, Dr Livia Bartók-Pártay (2009) Bowring Research Tutor, Health & Safety Fellow Fellow (Chemistry) Dr Jeffrey Dalley (2007) Reader in Molecular Dr Alexei Chepelianskii (2011) Bibby Research & Behavioural Neuroscience; DoS in Fellow (Physics) Neuroscience, DoS in Psychology & Dr Bernhard Staresina (2011) (Neuroscience) Behavioural Sciences Dr Gert Van Dijck (2012) Heller Research Fellow Mrs Deborah Loveluck (2007) Development (Computer Science) Director Dr Edward King (2012) (Modern & Medieval Dr Ivan Scales (2008) Harvey McGrath College Languages), Warden of Russell Street Hostel Lecturer, DoS in Geography *Dr Alison Banwell (2013) Bowring Research Professor William Sutherland (2008) Miriam Fellow (Geography) Rothschild Professor of Conservation Biology *Dr Amanda Maycock (2013) (Mathematics)

12 Honorary Fellows Emeritus Fellows Sir Peter Hall (Peter RF Hall) (1964) Professor AF Beardon (Fellow 1968) (1987) Dr KT Erikson (1973) Professor MDI Chisholm (Fellow 1976) (1996) The Rt Hon. Lord Briggs of Lewes (1977) Dr JR Shakeshaft (Fellow 1961) (1997) Sir Peter Hirsch (1982) Dr DE Keeble (Fellow 1964) (2000) Dr RM Laws (1982) Professor PR Raithby (Fellow 1983) (2000) Sir Ian McKellen (1982) Dr MA Message (Fellow 1962) (2002) Professor Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Dr CJR Thorne (Fellow 1963) (2002) (Master 1973–83) (1983) Professor J Bridgwater (Fellow 1969–70 Professor Sir Peter Hall (Peter G Hall) (1988) and 1993) (2004) Professor Sir Graeme Davies (Fellow 1967–77) Dr JA Thompson (Fellow 1971) (2006) (1989) Dr DM Pyle (Fellow 1989) (2006) Sir Terence English (Master 1994–2000) (1992) Professor DM Broom (Fellow 1987) (2009) Mr JRG Wright (Fellow 1978–91, Bursar Professor H Elderﬁeld (Fellow 1984) (2010) 1979–87)) (1992) Professor RJ Bennett (Fellow 1996) (2011) Professor BE Supple (Master 1984–93) (1993) Dr RSK Barnes (Fellow 1978) (2011) Dr Cham Tao Soon (1996) Professor Sir Christopher Bayly (Fellow 1970) Professor Sir Michael Peckham (1998) (2012) Dr FRleP Warner (1999) Professor RP Gordon (Fellow 1995) (2012) Professor AJ Bate (2001) Professor JD Pickard (Fellow 1990) (2013) Mr JD Paxman (2001) Professor Sir Alan Battersby (Fellow 1969–92, Fellow Commoners Emeritus 1992) (2001) Dr GT Cavaliero (1986) Mr RG Smethurst (2001) The Revd JStH Mullett (1989) Professor DS Ingram (Master 2000–06) (2006) Mr R Stratford (1992) Professor Sir Richard Gardner (2007) Mr JB Bibby (1996) Sir Geoffrey Pattie (Fellow Commoner 2005) Mr PJ Boizot (1996) (2007) Mr M Heller (2003) Professor CFW Higham (2008) Mrs M Heller (2003) Sir Emyr Jones Parry (2008) Mr NF Haynes (2005) Dr NB Penny (2009) Mr RJ Chapman (2005) Professor H Bedelian (2010) Mr GG Beringer (2008) Professor PJ Barnes (2011) The Revd Canon HD Searle (2008) Professor Sir John Baker (Fellow 1971–2011, Mr HW Bate (2009) Emeritus 2011) (2012) Mr PA Bowring (2009) Professor Arnoldus Blix (2012) Mr MD Richer (2009) Mrs Rona Fairhead (2012) Mrs GO Richer (2009) Mrs Joanne Harris (2012) Mr J Horam (2010) Mr Harvey McGrath (Fellow Commoner 2004) Mr T Adams (2011) (2013) *Mr David Harding (2013) *New and returning Fellows etc: see biographical notes below. DoS: Director of Studies.

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New Fellows

Alison Banwell is a former and Public Policy and St Catharine’s. David cur- graduate student of rently sits on the Royal Society Advisory Board St Catharine’s and com- and the Create the Change Campaign board. pleted her PhD in Glaciology at the Scott Polar Research Simon Layton came to Institute in 2012. Alison St Catharine’s from New has since spent a year as a Zealand in 2008, as a PhD postdoctoral scholar in the student in the Faculty of Department of Geophysical Sciences at the Uni- History. Under the supervi- versity of Chicago. Her specific research interest sion of CA Bayly, his work focusses on the interactions between the hydrol- explores the maritime ogy and dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets, with dimensions of the Brit- particular attention given to the Greenland and ish Empire in Asia, focussing specifically on the Antarctic Ice Sheets. Although her research pri- concept of piracy as it developed from the late marily involves numerical modelling to better eighteenth century. This research delved into the understand and predict glacial processes, it has scattered archives of the East India Company’s also included fieldwork in Greenland, Svalbard, interaction with various Indian, Arab and Malay Nepal and Switzerland – such fieldwork has often seafaring societies, and concluded with a case- been facilitated by her interest in climbing and study of James Brooke, whose efforts to fight mountaineering. ‘piracy’ in Borneo drew both acclaim and con- demnation from the early-Victorian English read- David Harding is the ing public. Articles drawn from this work are pub- founder and president at lished in Itinerario, the Journal of Early Modern Winton Capital Manage- History, and the International Journal of Mari- ment, a global leader in sci- time History – a monograph, entitled ‘Piratical entific research into finan- States’: British Imperialism in the Indian Ocean cial markets. David studied World, will be published in the coming years. Natural Sciences specialis- ing in Theoretical Physics Amanda Maycock com- at St Catharine’s. After graduation in 1982 he pleted her PhD in Atmos- went to work in the City where he subsequently pheric Science at the founded two of the world’s most successful alter- University of Reading in native investment companies. Before Winton he January 2012. Her research co-founded Adam Harding and Lueck, which is focussed on understanding still the cornerstone of the FTSE listed Man Group. the impacts of changes in Winton has endowed the Chair in the Public trace gases in the strato- Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University sphere on the Earth’s climate. Prior to completing which is currently held by Professor David Spiegel- her PhD, Amanda attained an MPhys in Physics halter OBE. In November 2010 David pledged at the University of Manchester and an MSc in £20million to the Cavendish Laboratory to fund Atmospheric Science at the University of Read- the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustain- ing. She completed a short research project in the ability and has made substantial donations to the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Plan- Max Planck Institute for Human Development in etary Physics at the University of Oxford, before Berlin, the Royal Society, the Centre for Science moving to Cambridge’s Centre for Atmospheric

14 Science in July 2012. She now holds a Postdoc- in Zimbabwe and living for a time on the island of toral Fellowship supported by the AXA Research St Helena, he completed his schooling in Australia Fund, and works jointly between the Depart- before studying Philosophy and Literature at Trin- ments of Chemistry and Applied Mathematics. ity College, Melbourne. He is currently completing Her research focusses on understanding the role his doctorate at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, of the stratosphere in the evolution of surface where his research interests include the concept weather and climate, and makes use of compre- of recognition within social philosophy, the for- hensive computer models of the climate system. mation of community, and ecclesiology.

Nick Morrell trained in Tim Rogan recently com- medicine at Charing Cross pleted his PhD in History and Westminster Medi- at Peterhouse. A graduate cal School (1987) and the of the University of Mel- Royal Postgraduate Medi- bourne, where he stud- cal School, Hammersmith ied law, Tim worked as a Hospital (both now part legal intern at the Interna- of Imperial College), with a tional Criminal Tribunal for two year period of postgraduate research train- Rwanda and as a lawyer at a commercial firm ing undertaken in Denver, Colorado. He moved in Melbourne before coming to Cambridge to to Cambridge in 2000 as University Lecturer and complete an MPhil in Modern European History Honorary Consultant at Addenbrooke’s and Pap- in 2008. His research focuses on the history of worth Hospitals, and was appointed Professor twentieth-century social and political thought in of Cardiopulmonary Medicine in 2007. In 2009 Britain and the United States, with a particular he was awarded a British Heart Foundation Pro- interest in prevailing conceptions of the person. fessorship and was elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2011. He is Rob Smith first joined Director of the BHF Cambridge Centre for Car- St Catharine’s as a Junior diovascular Research Excellence. His research Research Fellow (JRF) after focuses on understanding genetic causes of car- studying for of his PhD at diovascular disease, particularly pulmonary arte- Downing college. Towards rial hypertension, and developing new treatments the end of his three year JRF for these conditions. he switched fields within the Cavendish Laboratory, The Reverend David Neaum moving from the study of metals at low tem- was ordained in 2007 peratures to the investigation of ultracold gases. after training for ordina- After four years as a post-Doctoral Researcher, in tion at Westcott House in 2012, he was appointed as a Royal Society Uni- Cambridge. He has subse- versity Research Fellow and continues to investi- quently served in parishes gate novel quantum effects in ultracold gases. He in Cambridge, Dorset and is now re-joining the St Catharine’s Fellowship as most recently at the Univer- a Director of studies in Physics. sity Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford. Born

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Retirements and Farewells

In April 2013, Lucy Delap regretfully left her post dian of the ancient libraries. Anthony commented as a College Lecturer in History at St Catharine’s that he was moving to St Chad’s, whose shrine is to take up a Readership at King’s College, Lon- at Lichﬁeld. don. There she is directing History and Policy, a project aiming to build links between historians, Congratulations to Stephen Morris who has left policy makers and the media, as well as teaching St Catharine’s to take up a Lectureship in Engi- for the History Department. However, she is still neering Science in the Department of Engineering living in Cambridge, and so is still part of the wider Science at Oxford. He will also hold a Tutorial Fel- St Catharine’s community. lowship in Engineering at Jesus College, Oxford.

Matthias Egeler’s Research Fellowship came to an Professor John Pickard moved smoothly to Emeri- end in September 2013. He writes that he has a tus status in October 2013. He writes ‘Apart from research grant for Munich and has found a pub- three grandchildren, golf, water-gardening and lisher for his Mythological Guide to Iceland. travel, I will be establishing (as Honorary Direc- tor) a new National Institute for Health Research Anthony Moore, who joined St Catharine’s as – Healthcare Technology Cooperative for Brain Chaplain on 1 September 2007 and became Dean Injury (to bring together patients, carers, charities, of Chapel in 2012, left at the end of 2012 for the inventors and small and medium size enterprises prestigious post of Canon Chancellor of Lichﬁeld to create and establish markets for new technolo- Cathedral and Prebendary of Alrewas. In addition gies to help patients after brain injury), chairing the to the duties associated with the liturgical life of Cambridge Research into Consciousness Group, the Cathedral, Anthony will have responsibility for continuing as Patron for Idiopathic Intracranial the Cathedral’s Education and Outreach Portfo- Hypertension UK and Headway Cambridgeshire lio, teaching, training, youth and children’s work, and as Trustee for two other charities, and con- building relationships with local authorities and tinuing with Medicolegal Practice.’ He also hopes communities of other Faiths, and will act as custo- to come in to College more!

Induction of Anthony Moore as Canon Chancellor at Lichﬁeld. From left: Hugh Searle (with an unknown person hiding behind him), Hester Lees-Jeffries, Kevin Dalton, Rose Melikan, Anthony Moore, Peter Turner, Edward Wickham, Roger Stratford, Caroline Gonda, Irena Borzym, Alex Morris, Mathias Egeler and Rudolph Cardinal (a school friend of Anthony’s, now at St John’s and a lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry).

16 Professor Nicholas Charles Handy FRS (1941–2012)

Adventurous – This may be hard to believe, but as a young family we were taken to far-flung places in both Canada and America, and I have many happy memories of family camping trips. Supportive – He guided and helped me to push myself in all that I did, and never appeared disap- pointed. I remember the occasion when he met my wife, Caroline, for the first time, and said in rather an abrupt tone ‘Well Caroline, tell me one interesting thing you have done today.’ This rather professorial meeting had an impact which took a while for Caroline to get over. Happy – I don’t think Nick ever really relished the thought of big social occasions, but once there he would captivate individuals, and quite often become the heart and soul of the party, albeit a rather loud one. Complex – His complexity was not really surprising, given his active mind and the field of his work. Nicholas Handy (matriculated 1960, Fellow 1965, Passion – Apart from family and work, he had Emeritus Fellow 2004) died after a short illness passions for gardening, Victorian history and on 2 October 2012 at his home Hallgarth, Thorn- stamp collecting. When my mother and father thwaite, in the Lake District. Nick was born in retired to the Lake District, he embraced their Swindon, Wiltshire, the son of a corn merchant, new surroundings. My brother and I bought him and won a Scholarship to read Mathematics at a quad bike, which gave him a huge amount of St Catharine’s from Clayesmore Senior School in joy right up to the last few days of his life. When I Iwerne Minster, Dorset. first discussed the idea of a hydro-electric turbine The following addresses were given at a Memo- at Hallgarth, his eyes lit up and I could see this rial Service held for Nick in November 2012. was going to be a project that would fascinate him. He went on to complete the project, which Nicholas’s son Julian he was very proud of, and needed little encour- My father would have been delighted to know agement to show it off. Over the last five to ten that all his friends and colleagues regarded him years, Ospreys have been nesting in and around so highly. He was a kind and generous father who Bassenthwaite near my parents’ home and, two was considerate and thoughtful, and I have con- years ago, a pair of these birds nested in a tree sidered long and hard how best to describe him. belonging to my father. This gave him a great thrill I hope that a series of words and examples might and it became a running saga that he would start give a brief reflection of such a fulfilled life. to charge them rent! Kind – He was always there for my brother, Paul, and me as we were growing up. James Wright (Fellow 1978, Honorary Fellow Thoughtful – He was able to see when we 1992) needed help or wished to discuss problems that Nicholas Charles Handy came up to St Catharine’s needed sharing. in the autumn of 1960 from Clayesmore Senior

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School in Dorset, thus entering into a membership not have been anxious. Dr Boys had described him of the College which was to last for 52 years. He with admirable brevity, and both current and pre- was successively undergraduate, graduate student, dictive accuracy, as ‘a hard worker who shows real Research Fellow, Official Fellow, Professorial Fellow, promise of possibly-outstanding original work’. and Emeritus Fellow. At various times he served as He did, however, also show other evidence of Director of Studies in Applied Mathematics, and being true Fellowship material. Although we do in Mathematics for Physical Natural Scientists, as not have his side of the correspondence, a lengthy Steward, and as President. Until his retirement in reply from the Dean shows that, even before his 2004 he was away from the College only for his election to the Research Fellowship, he had been Harkness Fellowship at Johns Hopkins in 1968–9, making enquiries about the use of the Fellows’ and for various periods of sabbatical leave. Car Park! Yet it might not have been so. He applied to Nick did not wear his St Catharine’s allegiance Oxford as well as Cambridge, and later he was on his sleeve, any more than he paraded the sci- interested in a Tutorial Fellowship at Oxford, entific distinction which he achieved. Yet he was a when Cambridge appeared to offer no opening. conspicuous example of that threatened species, Moreover, it was only gradually that his excep- the good College man or woman, looking after tional talents were revealed, a 2nd in Part I being their pupils and doing more than their fair share of followed by a 1st in Part II and Honours with dis- the tiresome, but necessary, domestic and admin- tinction in Part III, and his original career ambi- istrative tasks, while at the same time building an tion was to be an actuary. The area of research outstanding academic career. which he chose early meant that he was both Nick was swift of thought, abrupt and laconic mathematician and chemist, but without an obvi- in speech, and decisive in action. But the rapid ous academic career path in either. It was here and trenchant opinions were delivered with an that the College stepped in, and enormous credit ingratiating smile and a concluding interrogative is due to Christopher Waddams and Teddy Rich. tone, which invited willing agreement, rather than They stretched the finances of a not particularly sought to impose his own view. A well-formed and wealthy College to offer him a Research Fellow- succinctly-expressed contrary argument would be ship (and subsequently a College teaching post), equally speedily and ungrudgingly assimilated. at a time when Nick reported to the Master from This rapidity of interchange could be unnerving for the United States: ‘I have been told that the Lab- those who favoured a more leisurely and ostensibly oratory would welcome my return, although no reflective style of dialogue. It was probably a valu- mention has been made of support’! So the Col- able part of his ability to manage a full and busy lege sustained him until the University came to its life with so much success – the days spent in the senses. He was well aware of how important this Department constructing with his colleagues the had been for him, and, years later, when respond- material that was rumoured to occupy the entire ing to the Master’s congratulations on his election capacity of the University mainframe computer to the Royal Society, expressed his gratitude to all night in calculations, punctuated by lunch in the College for helping him through, in his own College incorporating some quick-fire instructions words, ‘the early difficult translation from Math- to the Catering Manager or Chef, the return to ematics to Chemistry’. College on his bicycle at the end of the afternoon The documents of that time are redolent of a for a couple of hours of supervision, and perhaps bygone age of modesty and understatement. The dinner and some kind of meeting, not to mention Master noted that, when he mentioned the pos- his devotion to his family, and to the garden in sibility of a Research Fellowship, Nick appeared Barton Road. He was well aware of his own per- ‘taken aback’, and enquired if Dr Boys or Professor emptory style, which apparently extended even Longuett-Higgins had been consulted. He need to his scientific work. I remember his telling me

18 with evident relish the title of the conference with purpose. I suspect that the warmth of the affection which his colleagues honoured him on his retire- which so many of us will be feeling as we reflect ment, Molecular Quantum Mechanics: The No on his life and our relationship with him derives Nonsense Path to Progress! from our own experience of the whole person, Nick’s College teaching was focussed on math- a very likeable and a very decent human being. ematics, particularly for Natural Scientists, genera- For my own part, I cannot do better than purloin tions of whom benefitted from his clear, brisk, and something that Housman said in memorialising challenging approach. He was for seventeen years Arthur Platt. After enumerating Platt’s achieve- Steward of the College, a somewhat thankless ments and virtues, he concluded: ‘Yet what most task, ground between the junior members want- eludes description is not the excellence of his gifts ing abundant food for little money, and the Fel- but the singularity of his essential being, his utter lows expecting gourmet cuisine, not to mention unlikeness to any other creature in the world’. a succession of rapacious Bursars intent on ensuring that the Kitchen Accounts received no subsidy Professor David Clary FRS, President, Magdalen from other College monies. Unencumbered by College, Oxford the pretensions of either a gastronome or an oen- I was fortunate enough to be one of Nicholas ophile, Nick applied his ‘no nonsense’ approach to Handy’s first PhD students and also a colleague in the task. We fed well, and unacceptable deficits the Cambridge Theoretical Chemistry Department were avoided. His sense of duty moved him to for thirteen years. Nicholas managed to achieve undertake a task which, however necessary, could the challenging balance between time spent with have been seen as a relatively trivial one, and family, College, Department, and University; and potentially damaging to his developing academic his subject nationally and internationally. He was career. He had the wisdom to recognise the inevi- a superb role model. tability of criticism, and for the most part it was How did he do all this so successfully? His ‘water off a duck’s back’, although I do remember mathematical background, forged largely at a moment at a Governing Body meeting when St Catharine’s, made him concise and focussed. His there seemed to be some danger that he and the down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach worked former Bursar would have come to blows, but for not only in getting his computer algorithms to the rapid emollience of the Master. work and organising the College catering, but also All this said, it is not by their works alone that at Thornthwaite where he proudly built his own ye shall know the Fellows of a Cambridge College. electricity-generating device. Important, too, is the impact that they have on As James Wright says, Nicholas was dedicated the life of the society as a whole. Nick was a won- to St Catharine’s where he was undergraduate, derfully reliable and enlivening colleague. Wholly research student, nearly every kind of Fellow, without malice, but with a keen sense of right and Steward and President. He was even successful at wrong, he was a forthright contributor to College fundraising, going all the way to California to get debates. He did not play games, and his focus was support for a College project from a former math- always the issue in hand, and not his own position ematics student. Over the years, I have met many or interest. Socially he was great fun, with an imp- of his undergraduate pupils who studied Natu- ish sense of humour, and a grin never far from his ral Sciences at St Catharine’s and who said how features. It was difficult to be gloomy for long in important his teaching was in their education. conversation with him. As his close departmental colleagues, such as It takes three of us to attempt to paint a picture David Buckingham, Jean-Pierre Hansen, Anthony of the husband, father, and grand-father, the Fel- Stone and Ruth Lynden-Bell will confirm, Nicholas low of St Catharine’s, and the scientist. But sum- made a huge contribution in his University Lectur- ming the parts will not completely achieve our ing. His Part IB Mathematics course provided a

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rigorous and advanced mathematical training – a my wife Karen and me. Again we extend our love major difference, in my view, between Cambridge and condolence to Carole. The four of us became and Oxford in education in the Natural Sciences. very close friends over the years.’ And I am sure Nicholas would have been pleased Nicholas was an adventurous traveller to aca- that the IB Mathematics course is now being organ- demic conferences, often going with Carole. His ised by his former PhD student Susan Colwell. health was not so good in the last years of his For someone who had led quite a sheltered life life but he was always determined to get there. I in the West Country and in Cambridge, it may remember seeing him in South Korea eight years seem surprising how he took to the USA. After his ago and he said it would be his last long-haul con- PhD, Nicholas won a Harkness Fellowship to go to ference, yet two years later we saw him again in John Hopkins University which encouraged travel Kyoto. And just last year, nothing would stop him throughout that great country. I recall him saying going to Anaheim in California where he was very he flew into New York for the first time, was pre- proud to receive the American Chemical Society sented with a car and just drove straight out onto Prize in Theoretical Chemistry. the freeway. His no-nonsense, get-on-with-it atti- As a student of Frank Boys, it was appropriate tude was much appreciated in America. Indeed, that Nicholas had a very boyish enthusiasm for his sabbatical at Berkeley California in 1978 was research. Directly after a talk by Axel Becke at the a turning point in his research career where his 1991 Meeting of the International Academy of collaborations with Bill Miller and Fritz Schaefer Quantum Molecular Science at Menton in France, flourished and turned into deep friendships. I remember him going round telling everyone that Bill Miller has sent this message: ‘Nick’s density functional theory was going to revolution- approach to life, as well as to science, was very ise quantum chemistry. He was right. practical and down-to-earth – which I so much After that meeting Nicholas went straight back appreciated. During my year in Cambridge, and to Cambridge and urged his research group to put his visits to Berkeley, our families also became very these new methods in their computer programs close, with Paul and Julian and my two girls very as quickly as possible. Density functional theory nearly the same ages – and my wife Margaret- is now used routinely by chemists and other sci- Ann, being a ‘Southern girl’, very much enjoyed entists to help confirm the structures of molecules Carole’s friendship. We had many happy family they have made, and the contribution of the visits to the Handy home on Barton Road.’ Handy research group was crucial to that progress. And Fritz Schaefer also sent this through: ‘In In 1998 the acclaimed Nobel Prize to John Pople most years Nicholas would visit my research group and Walter Kohn was a tribute to the whole field in Georgia for a week or two, nearly always with of quantum chemistry and Nicholas was a central Carole. Following his name-only retirement, these feature of that success. visits involved several magnificent extended lec- For sure, the excellent scientific papers published ture series. The videos of the last seven Nicholas by Nicholas Handy will keep his name known for a Handy lectures at Georgia are available on our long time. He is someone who enriched so many website. The loss of Nicholas is very personal to lives, and he left us with such positive memories.

20 Professor George deForest Lord (1921–2013)

George deForest Lord (Honorary Fellow 1964), South Paciﬁc as a B-25 pilot with the Marines, ﬂy- a former Master of Trumbull College, USA, was ing 45 combat missions and receiving the Distin- made an Honorary Fellow of St Catharine’s dur- guished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with four ing the period in the 1950s and 1960s when Gold Stars. George earned his PhD at Yale and St Catharine’s and Trumbull had a reciprocal joined the English department, attaining the rank arrangement similar to our current arrangement of full Professor (of English Literature) in 1966. with Worcester, Oxford. He died on 31 March He taught 17th-century literature, epic and sat- 2013. After Groton School and Yale College (grad- ire, and was noted for his scholarship on Andrew uating in 1942), he fought in World War II in the Marvell. He was Master of Trumbull 1963–6.

Senior Tutor’s Report

By the time you read this, some two months or performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers in Chapel more hence, I shall be in Kyoto, benefiting from and to the strikingly vivid new Wisdom Window, the College’s exchange arrangements with Doshi- the College’s first major artistic commission for sha University, arrangements which I established a many years; my not-so-young remembrance can- dozen years or so ago, and which now (in addition not parallel a fellow to it. And this year’s oarsmen to the option for Faculty interchanges) involve an and women rowed lustily and well. annual Student Exchange and a Doshisha Summer I had the pleasure of addressing the Woodlarks School based in St Catharine’s. Whilst some of my and attempted some assessment of institutional six months out East will be occupied in teach- change over the more than forty years I have now ing Shakespeare, I shall also begin preliminary spent in College. After two visits to the States in research on a project on the cultural presence of recent years, we shall this year be joining Deborah Japan in Early Modern Britain, which will encom- Loveluck in Hong Kong and Singapore for alumni pass the reading of fabulous late medieval tales events, before flying on to Japan. of Orient, innovations in Elizabethan mapmaking For myself, I have completed the third and final and the Restoration excitement at the arts of lac- year of my term as Secretary of the intercollegiate quer (‘japanning’). Senior Tutors’ Committee, a job which has been I think I leave the College in good heart (as I both fascinating and fun, involving the herd- certainly do in capable hands). Academically, we ing of thirty-one collegiate cats into a common have maintained or slightly improved our position; corral [my doctorate was on alliterative verse]. I in the internal tables of Tripos results produced for shall miss it. To end with theatrical notes, as usual: private consumption and reflection, we moved up Caroline Horton’s (2000) new touring show, Mess, from tenth to ninth of the twenty-five ‘normal’ is a wonderfully funny and touching piece of work undergraduate colleges, the same ranking as in Mr and she herself a mesmerising stage presence; Tompkins’s Table in The Independent (published Simon Godwin (1994) directed his first show at 7 July). There were strong performances in Asian the National, Eugene O’Neill’s intriguingly experi- and Middle Eastern Studies, Chemical Engineer- mental Strange Interlude, and is commissioned to ing, English, Geography, MML and particularly (as stage The Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Royal last year) in Natural Sciences. Shakespeare Theatre next summer; I look forward Sporting and artistic achievements are cel- to being back in Blighty to see it, and urge you to ebrated elsewhere in this publication, although do the same. especial mention should be given both to the fine Dr Paul Hartle

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Admissions Notes 2013

I often get asked to provide an updated framework for AS and A2, with at least 90 in the A2 year. of the undergraduate admissions process both in Some subjects make offers at 3A* and this year the College and the University. The College admits one candidate has achieved 6A*. about 135 undergraduate freshers every year. This ‘But my daughter is taking the International Bac- number is determined by the number of rooms at calaureate’, I hear. With less contextual data, the St Chad’s, our accommodation for second years. IB is non-modular; we offer 7 7 7 at higher level, Whilst we may have become a three-bucket col- the total points may be 43, but increasingly we do lege and bask in the light of renaissance learning not worry about standard-level scores. ‘Etrangers’ we do not offer places in architecture, history of bring with them French Bacc, the Arbitur, APs, art, linguistics and education. There are eleven even post-colonial cloned certificates from Hong places for medical students and five for veterinary Kong. students. Other subjects might have a bushel or In College we try to interview all candidates a peck of students, even a nipperkin, depending who have appropriate qualifications, but in the upon the capacity of the fellowship to teach them medical sciences we are limited by the availabil- and the quality of the gathered field of applicants. ity of time from professional practitioners. Each There are over 600 applicants for these College applicant will have two interviews and these are places and we make over 140 offers. Competition subject-based. The general interview is an endan- is stiff for some subjects, but others might need gered species and may only appear in the smaller further recruitment. Nevertheless we have come subjects. There are tests for classics, philosophy, some way from the original founding of 1473 that modern & medieval languages, law and English. did not take students. Coursework essays are submitted for these sub- The path to Oxbridge for an applicant is as intri- jects and also for HSPS (Human, Social & Political cate as the problem that Euler had with crossing Science – an unholy marriage of politics, sociol- bridges in Konigsberg, devising a walk without ogy, archeology and anthropology) and PBS (Psy- using any bridge twice. Choosing a subject and a chological & Behavioural Science) which covers college at either Cambridge or Oxford is equally psychology. HSPS and PBS are new formulations complex. And then how can you proceed from to the educational palette of first year subjects. an application to an interview? There are many The interview is but a small component of this paths, depending upon the university and the process as we now have contextual data on the subject. Oxford sets many subject tests, taken in academic progress of applicants and the relative school, and the chosen 30% are offered extended performance of their schools. The final offer lists interviews. Cambridge tries to ensure that over are agreed following discussion between Directors 90% of applicants are offered an interview. Some of Study, interviewers and an Admissions Tutor. colleges with large numbers of applicants only What about extra-curricular activities? No appli- interview candidates who have unit module scores cant is going to gain an offer just on the basis of (UMS) of greater than 93% in relevant subjects at elite activity in events outside the syllabus. How- AS level. Those aspiring to read medical sciences ever, incorporating activities with the pressure of must take a test at school; this is the BioMedi- elite scholarship demonstrates good time man- cal Admissions Test. Mortal mathematicians prove agement – essential when parental governance is their immortality by sitting the Sixth Term Exami- removed and the new bar beckons. It is a tribute nation Paper (STEP). to the students that several take music and thea- Admissions tutors are looking to recruit students tre to high levels and others follow the sporting who will easily achieve at least A* AA at A2. An route so loved by Gus Caesar. A* is awarded for at least 160 marks out of 200 Mention is constantly made of institutional

22 favouritism towards students from particular edu- clothes. Perhaps the famous sermons of Lancelot cational backgrounds. That is not supported by an Andrewes of Jesus and Pembroke colleges might analysis of the College offer holders. Both state describe the interview process of his day. and privately schooled applicants have an equal A cold coming we had of it probability of achieving an offer. Some people Just the worst part of the year draw attention to the quota, agreed between the For a journey, and such a journey University and the Ofﬁce for Fair Access (OFFA), The ways deep and the weather sharp. to ensure that state school pupils gain offers. At The very dead of winter. the time of this agreement the proportion of state These words of Andrewes were used by TS Elliot school pupils who achieved A*AA offer grades in his poem Journey of the Magi. The kings made was 61% of the combined state and privately their own journey ﬁnding the stable using a star. schooled total. This is the fair benchmark for the This afforded them entry to a new world. Surpris- University of Cambridge. ingly, that is what we want from new students – The interviews take place at Christmas and A*. we tell the students to wear warm and practical Philip Oliver

Development Director’s Report

Throughout 2013, we have once again been hum- reception at the Penn Club in New York with a bled by the support of our Members and friends. lecture by St Catharine’s Fellow Professor Chris The St Catharine’s Campaign total now stands at Clark. I also will be visiting Brussels in Novem- £20.3 million, including around £183,000 pledged ber for the annual St Catharine’s Day Dinner. as a result of our annual Telephone Campaign. Next year, we look forward to further reunions, Many gifts of all sizes have made up this total, and for this I extend the thanks of the Master and all at St Catharine’s. Other (inc. Bursaries, Endowment The openings of both the McGrath Centre – Sport & Music) including the refurbished bar – and the renovated Boathouse have been some of the Campaign’s most visible achievements so far: these projects £2.5m were entirely funded by our Members and are an £4.5m extraordinary demonstration of the affection that exists within the St Catharine’s community. Our focus for the remainder of the Campaign will be on teaching, student support (including bursaries), £7.8m £5.4m and the College Endowment. Our events programme has continued to thrive, with three reunions, an Economics dinner, the Gar- den Party and Bumps, and a summery afternoon tea in Hampshire. By the time you receive this, we Buildings (inc. College will have also hosted a reception at the Royal Soci- College Centre) Teaching Ofﬁcers ety to showcase the breadth of current research at the College. Further aﬁeld, I have had great pleasure in visiting alumni across the UK, Hong Kong St Catharine’s Campaign totals as of 30 June and Singapore, and the USA, including a sell-out 2013. Overall target: £30m; raised: £20.3m.

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as well as a History Dinner, a Choir Reunion, and addresses for around 65% of our Members, so do a Geography Reunion Dinner, which will also be give us your email address if you would like us to used as an opportunity to celebrate the centenary keep in touch with you in this way. of Gus Caesar (1914–95), a prominent Geogra- This year has seen several staff changes in phy Fellow and Director of Studies for 29 years at the Alumni and Development Office. Dr Maša St Catharine’s. Amatt, our Deputy Development Director, left us Dates for our Members’ Reunions are scheduled in March to become the Development Director for the following matriculation years: at the Perse School in Cambridge. She was very 5 April 2014: 1953–1959 popular with our alumni and was grateful for the 20 September 2014: 1993–1995 kind messages of farewell she received from many 21 March 2015: 1964–1967 Members. We are, however, delighted that our 19 September 2015: 1996–1998 new Deputy Development Director, Hannah Wil- April 2016: 1982–1984 liamson, joined us from Sidney Sussex in August. September 2016: 1999–2001 Our Events Officer, Charlotte Granville, left us in We would always like to share news of August to train as a lawyer in London, for which St Catharine’s with all of our Members, and are we wish her well. She has been replaced by Oriel particularly keen to find as many of our ‘missing Williams, who joined us in September from the Members’ as possible – that is, those for whom Academy of Ancient Music. we have no address or email details. A list of our If you are passing through Cambridge, please missing Members is included with this Magazine, do call into the Alumni and Development Office and we would be very grateful for any assistance (in A1, next to the Porters’ Lodge), and for any you can provide in putting us in touch with your enquiries do not hesitate to contact us by tel- old friends and acquaintances, either through ephone (01223 338337) or email (development. the Alumni section of our website, or using the [email protected]). contact details below. We currently have email Deborah Loveluck

Chapel and Chaplaincy Report

When Dean of Chapel, the Revd Dr Anthony With the completion of the McGrath Centre and Moore, left at Christmas 2012, the College was new College Bar, the building that gives its name fortunate to secure the services of an Acting to the refurbished Chapel Court naturally joined Chaplain for two terms. The Revd Margaret in the celebration. On the last Sunday of term, Widdess was well known to Anthony, and had post-Evensong drinks were served in the Bar, eas- a certain familiarity with the Chapel and its ily accessed from the back door of the Chapel. activities. She was temporarily seconded from This was also my last Sunday Evensong as Act- St Botolph’s, where she is Associate Priest, to ing Chaplain; the two terms have rushed by, and take on chaplaincy duties and enter into College I am grateful to the College for making me so life as much as possible. On leaving at the end welcome. of July she left us in no doubt as to how much The Chapel worship is offered on behalf of all, she had enjoyed her time at St Catharine’s. She whether they are there in person or not, keep- has been appointed Dean’s Clerk and Assistant ing the regular pattern of the Church year as well Chaplain at Jesus College from October, a post as punctuating the College year with services of which will leave her time for St Botolph’s and evensong for students matriculating and graduat- other commitments. Ed. ing and for alumni. We heard a wide variety of sermons, and we are especially grateful to our

24 visiting preachers at Evensong. Other services that distillation of the College’s aspirations. stand out for me were the Choral Eucharists for Offerings collected in the Chapel for Jimmy’s and Ascension Day and for St Barnabas’s Day (the lat- for the Bhagvatinandji Education and Health Trust ter sung by the Girls’ Choir). in India amounted to £661.44 for each charity. We The Carol Service at the end of the Michaelmas hope the donations will bring some benefit but Term, always well attended, was particularly full they also symbolise the College’s generosity and this year because the Dean of Chapel was leav- the charitable work of so many of its members. ing to take up the position of Canon Chancellor It is a pleasure to record that a number wed- of Lichfield Cathedral (see Fellow’s Farewells and dings have taken place in Chapel this year. Among Retirements in this Magazine). Arriving in 2007 those currently in College, Vanessa Connelly as Mr Moore and leaving as Dr Moore, Anthony (Chef) married Mark Rix on 30 March, Gillian Carr is remembered for being available everywhere (Fellow) married Jonathan Bartlett on 24 August, (including, on occasion, the bar) and to everyone, and Martin Cullum (Hall Manager) married and for his support for and attendance at formal Abigail Cook on 7 September. Several alumni and College occasions and sports events. Noteworthy alumnae have been welcomed back to be mar- developments during his time here included the ried in Chapel: Richard Whitaker (2001) and Siân refurbishment of the Chapel, and his work with Dr Oram on 13 April; Harald Stevenson (2004) and Edward Wickham in devising the Luminaria serv- Charlotte Housden (2008) on 20 July; Julia Shaw ice, the regular Tuesday evening contribution to (1995) and Ken Powell on 3 August; Stephen Wil- the College’s worship sung by the Girls’ Choir since son (2001) and Abigail Egan (2001) on 31 August; their foundation in 2009. The Revd David Neaum Michael Barber (2002) and Rebecca Fordham on took up the post of Chaplain in September 2013. 28 September. There are various ways in which the Chapel rep- Rhidley Jorge Peter Hutt, son of Haydn Hutt resents the life of the College. The routine of daily (Domestic Supervisor) and Vikki George-Hutt, life is reflected in the regular pattern of services, was baptised in Chapel on Trinity Sunday, 26 May, our experiences of joy and sadness, success or fail- and Edward Hughes (Queens’ College and mem- ure naturally finding expression in Christian liturgy. ber of St Catharine’s Choir) was confirmed by the But also, thanks to the enthusiasm and discipline of Rt Revd Dr David Thomson, Bishop of Hunting- the choirs under the direction of Edward Wickham, don, on 5 May at the University Confirmation in the music in Chapel transcends religious boundaries Selwyn College Chapel. The College held a memo- and adds a universal dimension, with the potential rial service for Nicholas Charles Handy (alumnus of resonating with the range of beliefs in the Col- and Fellow), but owing to the large attendance it lege: contrasting examples from the feast of music was held not in the Chapel but in the parish church served up in services this year were the infectious of St Botolph, just across the road. Eulogies from exuberance of Byrd’s anthem Haec dies (This is the this service appear earlier in the news of Fellows. day) and Tomkins’s setting of David’s overwhelm- The Chapel relies on the help of many people, ing grief at the death of his son Absalom. and as Acting Chaplain, coming in the middle of A high point of the Michaelmas Term was the the year, I am particularly indebted to the Chapel dedication of the new Wisdom window in the team: Clerks Rachel Bonnington and Rebecca Chapel (see the Articles section in this Magazine). Park were constantly available to explain and dis- It evokes divine Wisdom, the female personifica- cuss, they changed the candles and, along with tion in the Bible of practical, scientific and creative Wardens Francesca Day, Luke Sweeney and Lucy endeavour as well as spiritual and moral learning. Featherstone (and former Clerk Emily Diver), they The window hints at conversation (supervisions?) managed books and orders of service and read and exploration (with the aid of a bike?) as means lessons, ensuring that everything ran as smoothly by which knowledge of Wisdom is advanced – a as possible with a new Chaplain finding her way

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round. I am grateful to all College members who and maintained by staff, with special thanks to Mr have read, led intercessions, offered support or Ron Peachey for all his work of cleaning, polishing shown interest, and to the Master for her fre- and keeping an eye on the candles. The Chapel quent attendance in the midst of her many com- shares the College’s high doctrine of building up mitments and for reading the dismissal at the end the community through food and drink: Chapel of the Graduation Service. Our ordinands this suppers, drinks following Evensong, drinks and year were a great help in the conduct of services, biscuits for the Girls’ Choir, dinners for preach- preaching and leading the Monday discussion ers, water for hot chocolate after Compline and a group. Elizabeth Burke and Laura Pasterﬁeld have constant supply of what is known in these circles proceeded to ordination, Laura serving in the par- as Chapple juice – all these things are generously ish of All Saints, Liverpool Diocese, and Elizabeth provided by the College and unfailingly deliv- in the Roborough Team Ministry, Exeter Diocese. ered by catering and kitchen staff. Many thanks We wish them well. David Vyvyan and Steven to everyone who has supported the Chapel in all Cooper continue in training. In keeping with the these different ways and, to echo what we say at College as a whole, the Chapel is beautifully kept the end of Dinner, Deo gratias!

Staff News

Christine Snare joined the College in November Pam Stockham (the Master’s Secretary) resigned 1999 (the last member of staff to join the Col- for family reasons in May 2013. lege in the last century). She retired in Novem- ber 2012 and worked as a Bedder throughout her Maša Amatt left the Alumni Ofﬁce in March 2013 13-years service. Chris treated her students like to take charge of the Alumni Ofﬁce at the Perse her own family and was always there with a smile School. and a friendly word or two of encouragement. If she found students feeling depressed, she would Chris Tovey (the Groundsman) ran the Cambridge tell them that they ‘were already stars – they had Half-Marathon in March 2013 to raise money for made it to Cambridge’. Cancer Research, the Arthur Rank Hospice and Help for Heroes charities. He completed the run Lynda Rollings retired in June 2013 after 24 years in 1hour 48min (in the snow!). Chris’s run was all as a Bedder, mainly serving Fellows’ rooms. the more impressive as he stepped in unexpect- edly with very little training to take his partner’s place, after she suffered a serious knee injury.

26 The new Bar. News from the JCR

The American businessman Henry Ford once said feedback over the hall and bar provision. As part ‘Don’t find a fault, find a remedy,’ and this is the of this we are rolling out a Facebook group for philosophy I have used to mould my approach people to leave comments about individual meals to leading the JCR committee this year. In many for the catering department to consider. There is ways, this has been a transitional period and my still a lot to do: we are working on increasing the focus has been on ensuring the JCR can properly availability of fourth year accommodation, long use the new facilities for which alumni have so term rent strategy, communication and use of the generously donated their money. In February, the McGrath Centre over the long vacation. We have committee organised our first bop in almost a year also been working more closely with the MCR and it was a great success. With the completion over a number of issues; this has been mutually of the McGrath Centre, we are looking forward beneficial and we hope to improve this relation- to working with the Dean to ensure the future of ship further in the future. JCR bops in College. With an overrunning build- Ben Donaldson has been assiduous in his role ing schedule and growing disquiet over building as Vice-President, not only in the provision of noise, the opening of the JCR in early Easter term refreshments at meetings but in the writing and was a great boost to morale. Everyone appreci- distribution of the all-important minutes. Our new ated having a social area to escape from revision. Communications Officer, Ali Amin Nejad, is plan- The new bar was opened on Saturday 15 June by ning to make reforms to the JCR website to make Nat le Roux (1976), one of its key sponsors. Nat it more user-friendly and make important infor- kindly offered a free drink to every student for an mation more easily accessible. Jamil Hussein has hour after the opening – a great way to celebrate! taken on the role of Treasurer with great gusto and It was truly fantastic to see everyone enjoying the has spent a great deal of time making sense of the spacious, sleek and modern bar facilities. accounts. In addition, he negotiated and organ- Following the election of the new committee in ised the provision of a free-to-play football table March, a great deal of progress has been made. in the bar. Rhiannon Cogbill and David Edey, our In particular we have negotiated greater student Welfare Officers, have been spearheading a new

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Welfare Subcommittee to ensure we are doing done a great job of organising the room ballot and all we can for our members. This is in addition making important alterations to the rent bands. to their regular duties such as organising week- I’d like to thank both JCR committees in which five tea and coffee. Our First Year Officers, Beth I’ve served over the last year, all the staff and, of Cullimore-Pike and Michael Zervos, have done a course, the Master and Fellows of the College with- sterling job organising Freshers Week and Anna out whom none of this would have been possible. Drummond, our Catering & Facilities Officer, has In particular I’d like to thank the Bursar, Simon Sum- done a lot of work towards the foundation of the mers, for a number of productive conversations; the Bar & Hall Committee and feedback on hall food. Head Porter, Dom Mulcrone, for being my primary Sofi Shall has been organising a number of char- source of useful information; and the Conferencing ity events and is planning a fancy dress Hallow- & Catering Manager, Charlotte de Buriatte, with een formal next term. RAG formal and Miss Catz whom we are looking forward to working closely have been great successes and become permanent with regard to bar and hall provision. I’d like to fixtures in the JCR calendar. Mollie Shomali, our thank the Dean; the Senior Tutor; Martin the Hall Green Officer, has some new plans for recycling Manager; John the Bar Manager; Colin the Librar- in the College and our Ents Officers, Michael Car- ian; the porters and the maintenance, housekeep- bonell and Fin Allen, are looking forward to organ- ing, administrative and serving staff on behalf of ising bops in College this Michaelmas and assisting the JCR committee for helping to keep the College Beth and Michael with ents during Freshers Week. running smoothly. Most of all I’d like to thank Jamie Tom Neill in his role as Sports and Societies Officer Carter, our External Officer, for innumerable use- has been working on subsidised physiotherapy ful conversations, for being my greatest critic, and sessions for JCR members, to ensure our sport- for his many, often thankless, contributions to the ing successes continue in the future. Scott Warin committee beyond his role working with CUSU. has been building on the successes of the previ- I look forward to handing over the baton of the ous Access Officer, gathering a large access team presidency and hope he or she has as much fun as of JCR members and has also been working on I have had over the past year. the provision of halal food. Finally, Joe Cooper has David Wade

News from the MCR

With the opening of the McGrath Centre and the College, organised a series of mini-talks where the complete refurbishment of the MCR, this several graduate students had the opportunity has been a year of change for Catz graduate to talk about their research in an informal and students. The committee organised an event- relaxed environment. An extensive range of top- packed Freshers Week in order to welcome over ics were covered, including the political situation 80 new students to the Gollege. This included a in Azerbaijan and neighbouring countries, inverse wine and cheese welcome evening, a historical problems, the French revolution, and solar power. tour of Cambridge, pub golf and a very success- This was a great opportunity for students to get ful Cambridge-themed quiz night. All events were some experience communicating their research really well attended and many freshers were eager area to a wider audience, and to learn more about to get involved in the MCR community. This was the work of their colleagues. The committee fully exempliﬁed when Tim Lindsay and Abbey Zylla supported this series of talks which complement joined the MCR committee in the November by- the more formal Graduate Seminars, and hopes elections. An honourable mention should also be that subsequent members of the MCR follow the made to Thibaut Lienart who, in his ﬁrst year at example set by this year’s freshers.

28 Our more regular annual events continued this some strawberries and cream and sparkling wine. year with large numbers of the MCR attending. In One of the largest tasks the committee faced Michaelmas term the MCR hosted a fancy-dress this year was the refurbishment of the MCR, which Halloween formal and bop in the hall. During the had been used as a temporary bar during the con- Christmas formal a brass band played whilst we struction of the College Centre. Both rooms had a dined, and after the meal Casa Del Funk enter- complete makeover: wooden panels were stained tained us during the bop. In Lent term, Burns night darker, walls were painted, comfy sofas and arm- saw us dance the night away with a fantastic cei- chairs were added. A brand new sound system was lidh, and our Easter formal provided a chance for installed including a large smart-screen TV, which the graduate students to come together over the is now regularly used. Perhaps our favourite fea- long holiday period. The committee also organised ture is the tailor-made rug that proudly displays the smaller events this year which included a mini bar Catharine wheel in College colours. This is an instant crawl with Emmanuel and Sidney Sussex colleges, eye catcher when you enter the room. There was a Valentine’s Day formal and discounted tickets an overwhelmingly positive response to refurbish- to go and see the Footlights. St Catharine’s has ment and we hope that this room will be enjoyed undergone some impressive construction work in by the graduate students for years to come. the last couple of years and during Easter term we We hope that the graduate students have saw the opening of the McGrath Centre, including enjoyed this year as much as the Committee has the new bar. The bar has proven to be immensely enjoyed putting on the events. We deﬁnitely feel popular with both students and staff alike. The a sense of accomplishment and pride when we grads were lucky enough to hold the bop after the look at what we have done over the last year. Midsummer Dinner in the bar which proved to be Handover to the new committee has just occurred a great success. The ﬁnal event of the year was and we hope they enjoy it as much as we have: the graduate garden party, held in Sherlock Court good luck for 2013–14! where students celebrated the end of the year with Sarah Connors and Tim Lindsay, Co-Presidents

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Graduate Lunchtime Seminars and Recitals

The graduate research seminar provides an oppor- t Melodie Borel (PhD in Physiology, Develop- tunity for our graduate students and research fel- ment and Neurosciences): Optogenetic control lows to discuss their work before an astute and of dopamine release, spike phase response and very friendly audience. Because this mixed audi- memory ence includes not only expert insiders, but also intelligent and interested outsiders, this is also an Easter Term opportunity for speakers to hone their communi- t Mano Gabor Toth (PhD in Politics and Interna- cation skills, and for the rest of us to be exposed to tional Studies): The Politics of Regret and the unfamiliar problems, methodologies and theories. Politics of Self-Pity t Tom Ashmore (PhD in Cardiovascular Medi- Michaelmas Term cine): Towards Peak Performance: Mount Ever- t Andrew Lewis (PhD in Chemistry): Understand- est and Heart Failure ing Nature’s Medical Toolbox t Niamh Gallagher (PhD in History): Ireland and Musical Luncheons the First World War: the case for Irish unity t In November 2012, Ben Williams (bassoon t Jessica Robinson (PhD in Oncology): Testoster- and piano) and friend (clarinet) played sona- one’s role in Breast Cancer – Cause or Cure? tas for clarinet and bassoon by Beethoven and Poulenc, and Macunaima for solo bassoon by Lent Term Francisco Mignone, followed by piano arrange- t Claire Weiller (PhD in Engineering): Business ments of A foggy day from Porgy & Bess by model innovation in an emerging ecosystem: George Gershwin and In a sentimental mood The commercialisation of electric vehicles by Duke Ellington. t Timothy Rittman (PhD in Clinical Neuro- t In March 2013, Katie Skefﬁngton and the CU sciences): The degenerating brain: network Flute Choir played the London Flute Trio by analysis and dementia Haydn, the Flute Quartet In the Kitchen by t Chris Kerr (PhD in Physics): Lithium-ion batter- Tcherepnin, Attinenze by Volante and the tra- ies: in your laptop, your phone and your iPad ditional Irish Londonderry Air and Brian Boru’s – where next? March.

Choir Report

Choirs – as with many cultural institutions – are of our summer tour to France – that audiences at least partly sustained by the mythologies that come to concerts not simply through the agency they create for themselves; oral histories which of the Holy Spirit, but as a result of publicity. And give them a sense of a shared experience and nar- so, when the appointed hour arrived, the choir rative. I can’t claim that such profound thoughts faced a gathering considerably smaller than itself. came to me exactly at the time we started busk- It is a testament to their resolve and quick-thinking in the Montpellier park bandstand, the faint ing that ten minutes later we were arrayed in a whiff of something unsavoury ﬁlling our nos- nearby park, performing to a more diverse audi- trils. But for sure it’s a story that will pass into ence than we could ever have hoped to see at a St Catharine’s Choir folklore. You see, nobody regular church concert, however well advertised. had told the benign, other-worldly Dominican Perhaps our Dominican brother recognised better brother – whose church was hosting us as part than we the mysterious ways of the Lord.

30 This was not, I’m pleased to report, the climax of our French trip. That came in the two subsequent days, with concerts in Roujan and the castle of Margon, to packed and enthusiastic crowds. This is the bit of the choir year where everything – like Act Three of a well-scripted Hollywood movie – comes together: the difﬁculties and privations of Act Two (Lent term sore throats; Easter term exam stresses) are long forgotten and the choir sing better than they have ever done. A programme ranging from Spanish Renaissance polyphony to mod- The Girls’ Choir performing at the Wilanow ern folk song arrangements displayed a range of Palace, Warsaw, with members of the style and gesture which one never encounters in Wilanowskiego Choru Kameralnego. chapel services alone, but which the ensemble are more than capable of achieving. Kellaway report). Extracts from both were fea- It is nevertheless in the regular rehearsing and tured in a programme delivered to members of service-singing that all this is learned. The choir and the South-West branch of the Society at a special service schedule provides opportunities to experi- concert in Winchester in early January – an occa- ence Renaissance music in a consort format, the sion paired with evensong at the Cathedral – and traditional Anglican repertoire of evensong, and in a more light-hearted programme with which also larger-scale choral works – this year, Howells’s we entertained members of the London branch in poignant Requiem and Monteverdi’s Vespers (see March at the Oxford and Cambridge Club.

The Student Choir rehearsing at the Dominican Church, Montpellier.

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The Girls’ Choir too have been travelling – to Needless to say, this ﬁrst foreign trip for the St Paul’s Cathedral in June (their second trip in Girls required an immense amount of planning two years) to sing Eucharist in a setting by John and I must pay tribute to our indefatigable admin- Tavener. More important still, in July the choir went istrator Ben Vincent, Burston Organ Scholar Alex international, with a long-weekend trip to War- Aitken, and the group of parents who managed to saw. The trip was set up by the parents of a former deal with everything from Byzantine bureaucracy chorister, now working in Warsaw, and included to hopeless hoteliers. We will be doing it again … performances in the Renaissance Wilànow Palace but will need a summer to recover. and the Wizytki Church in the Old Town. Edward Wickham, Director of Music

Kellaway Concerts

Saggbutts, cornets, a gamelan orchestra and a the world-renowned His Majesty’s Saggbutts and chromatic harpsichord. The Kellaway series played Cornetts. How we ﬁtted all of them – let alone host to a wide array of exotic instruments last sea- an audience of well over one hundred – is for us son, to set alongside the more usual ensembles to know and Health and Safety to ﬁnd out. But of strings and wind. The highlight, in terms both our trusty factotum, Gregor Forbes, managed it of size and ambition, was the performance in and the result was sensational. A little taste of March of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, bringing St Mark’s, Venice, in our more modest Chapel. together the Student and Girls’ Choirs, student The choir was involved in one other concert dur- soloists and a period instrument band featuring ing the season – an All Soul’s-tide performance of

The Cambridge Gamelan Group with dancer Andrea Rutkowski.

32 the Requiem by Herbert Howells, interwoven with demonstrated by the Cambridge Gamelan Group, poems (read by Paul Hartle) by Howells’s child- who visited in February, bringing a dancer with hood friend Ivor Gurney. Otherwise, the Kellaway them – a ﬁrst for the Kellaway series. series was given over to instrumental programmes This report would be incomplete without men- including two ensembles from the University’s tion of the many musical vignettes provided by Instrumental Award Scheme and a wonderfully students and visiting professionals after Thursday varied programme from former Organ Scholar, night Compline. This slot often gives a foretaste now Royal Academy of Music scholar, Freddie of artists and repertoire featured in the following Brown, with Joe Shiner on clarinet. day’s Kellaway concert. But sometimes they are The real curiosity of the season was a short resi- stand-alone events, as with the Sacred Harp sing- dency with Johannes Keller and his extraordinary ing that took place in March, led by Aldo Ceresa. cembalo cromatico: a custom-built instrument This tradition of communal hymn singing, which boasting 24 pitches per octave (as opposed to has been fostered in the churches of the Southern the usual 12) and based on models from the 17th US states but which ultimately has its origins in century. In his concert, and associated workshop, 17th-century England, requires no vocal training we experienced the disconcerting but ultimately and no musical literacy; just a willingness to get exhilarating, sound of quarter-tone harmonic stuck in and bellow. For those of us brought up transformations and a purity of tuning unachiev- on Associated Board of Music theory exams, there able on modern instruments. Alien tuning systems can be nothing more liberating. pervade also the music of South-East Asia, as Edward Wickham, Director of Music

Societies Catz Careers Due to increasingly poor participation in the University- Catz Careers runs workshops and special events aimed at wide chess tournaments, this year Cuppers and the League current students, as much for those with clear career ideas were combined into a single Cuppers competition consist- as for those who are still feeling around in the dark. In a ing of group stages followed by a knockout phase. Catz true collaborative effort, the society draws on the resources was drawn in the same group as title-holders Trinity I, and it and expertise of the College, Society Members and the Uni- was no shame to lose to them in our first match. The team versity Careers Service. The Annual Careers evening in Lent bounced back with victory in its next match against Clare term is the key event, which brings together Members and (which snapped an 18-month losing streak in all competi- students to discuss careers options, and to share advice and tions for the club) before proceeding to avenge last year’s insights from a whole range of industries. This year, some 20 humiliating defeat against the Leys School. Our final group Members shared their experiences with over 40 students. match was against Robinson, with the prize for the victor Catz Careers also ran a new event, the Values Work- being a place in the knockout stage as group runners-up. shop, in which students could explore potential careers A misreading of the rules meant that our opponents came that match their values and interests. The event sparked a into the match in the belief that they were guaranteed lot of interest and we are looking to expand on these sorts qualification; we were only too happy to put them right of events in the next academic year. without the loss of a game. Our run came to an end against President: Christian Schnittker the combined Magdalene-Jesus team in the first knockout round, but nonetheless Catz chess has restored its pride. I Chess attribute our renewed success to the institution of regular After both teams finished bottom of their respective practice sessions and the hard work of my team members, leagues last season, the stage was set for a heroic return and am hopeful that new captain Ladislav Hovan will keep to grace for the chess club. We did not fail to deliver: in the team on its upward trajectory next year! true underdog fashion, the new combined team defied the Captain: Adam Wright odds to reach the quarter-finals of Cuppers and compile a 3–2 winning record over the course of the year.

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Christian Union held this year on Grantchester Meadows. Great fun was This academic year has been an exciting one for all involved had by all, even engaging in the ‘tradition’ of throwing the in the Christian Union. To explain what the Catz Christian (current and former) Hyperbolics presidents into the Cam. Union is all about, here’s a summary of what we’ve been Sometimes, the conversation even turns away from maths- up to in 2012–13. In Michaelmas, our big event was organ- related topics, though this undesirable turn of events was ising mince pies and mulled wine before walking over for fortunately a rarity. The high point of the year was our the University Carol Service organised by the Cambridge Annual Dinner at the end of Lent term, attended by the Inter Collegiate Christian Union (CICCU). In Lent term we Maths Fellows and a selection of Catz alumni, which com- heard some engaging talks from Os Guinness and Rich- bined great food and drink with entertaining and interest- ard Cunningham, under the title ‘What Kind of God’ as ing conversation. well as outstanding performances from a jazz troupe called We’re looking ahead to a year that promises more of the Bill Edgar Trio. Catz did their first ‘Text-a-Toastie’ in a the same – a new influx of freshers and a continuation of number of years, an event where people order a toastie a society that provides the perfect opportunity for a much- of their choice and also ask a question about the Chris- needed break from the hectic Cambridge lifestyle, whether tian faith. These all go to show our aim to share our faith for mathematicians or those just possessing the vaguest of and our lives with our friends in College! We have seen interest in the subject. many encouragements; the best, seeing people under- President: David Baker stand Christianity for the first time. Another highlight was our joint CU house-party with the Christian Unions from John Ray Society Jesus, Murray Edwards and Trinity Hall. We meet weekly The John Ray Society has had an excellent selection of on a Wednesday evening for Bible study, singing, prayer speakers covering a wide range of subjects, including and planning. On Friday mornings we meet for our weekly Human adaptation in the Sahara Desert by Dr Bunbury, prayer meeting. We are excited to see how God will use Endocrine responses to Sepsis by Professor Buckingham Catz CU in the coming years! and Teenagers: a natural history by St Catharine’s very Presidents: Lucy Featherstone and Joshua Stedman own Dr Bainbridge. Other events this year have included the John Ray Soci- Engineering Society ety Part Ib and Part II subject evenings, which enabled As with every year, the Engineering society has once again students from different years to meet, share their experi- organised numerous socials, showing the close family you ences and ask questions. More social occasions included belong to as Catz engineer. We began with the initiation the pub crawl (this year’s theme was predators and prey), of the new freshers into SCCES at the start of Michael- Christmas lunch, annual dinner and the May Week garden mas term, and concluded in style with the annual black-tie party! Engineers’ Dinner as Lent term closed. The dinner was a The society is looking forward to continuing the high huge success with speeches from all three engineering fel- standard of events next year. lows, Dr DeJong, Dr Sutcliffe and Dr Palmer (whose speech Presidents: Cat Bunting and Sara Dalton was entitled ‘Are you an M5 nut, or an M6 bolt?’). The next president was then elected using our firmly estab- Law Society lished ‘bear, ninja, cowboy’ process, in which Ian Doughty It has been another great year for the Law Society at Catz. prevailed. Ian will now lead the society as president for the The highlight has been the increasingly popular lecture coming 12 months. series, sponsored by Hogan Lovells, which has attracted President: Harry Glover audiences from the whole University. Guest speakers included Professor Rodney Brazier, who gave an insightful Hyperbolics talk on the role of the monarchy and the constitution, and St Catharine’s society for Mathematicians (though not Nina Grahame, counsel in the controversial Gnango case. exclusively so – we have a few ‘normal’ people on our lists, Another highlight was the College Mooting Competi- too) has had another great year, from our annual Michael- tion, which was won by Scott Warin. I would like to thank mas term bowling trip to watching Good Will Hunting at Mark Humphries for joining us again to judge the competi- our film night. tion, and Professor Sir John Baker for providing the prize. As a society designed predominantly for ensuring that Sonia Bamford and I also entered the Atkin Chambers the College Mathmos don’t spend their entire year locked Inter-Collegiate Competition and progressed to the quar- up in their rooms working, few can argue that the society terfinals. The first – and second-year law students also had hasn’t had a successful year. With the addition of the new the opportunity to travel to London to visit the Supreme freshers the society remains a great place to escape from Court and the offices of Hogan Lovells. work, whether at our reasonably frequent pub trips or de- The annual dinner, sponsored by Herbert Smith, was stressing from exams at our end-of-year Garden Party, another success. We were joined by Professor Philippe

34 Sands QC, who gave an excellent speech about his role on We held a Singers’ Concert in February, which allowed the Commission on a Bill of Rights and his work at Matrix members of Catz Chapel Choir to perform some solo Chambers. pieces, and the programme ranged from excerpts from I would finally like to thank the other committee mem- Mozart’s Die Zauberflotte, through Bach’s Ich folge dir bers, Jen Staniforth and Danielle Ola, for their hard work in gleichfalls, to Britten’s The Choirmaster’s Burial. Scatz also organising the events and securing sponsorship. We wish took the opportunity to perform slightly more contempo- the best of luck to the next committee. rary, jazzy numbers such as Fly me to the moon and Keep President: Emma Healiss an eye on Summer. The May Week Concert was held on Friday 14 June on Music Society Main Court. We were very lucky with the weather and The 2012–13 academic year has been a very exciting one there was a crowd of 200 or so, sitting on the grass and for Catz Music Society. As well as hosting a number of enjoying the music with Pimm’s and strawberries. The pro- Kellaway Concerts with a great variety of performers and gramme consisted of popular classics, including Rossini’s repertoire (see report elsewhere in this Magazine), the William Tell Overture and a medley from Les Miserables. Music Society has put on the usual three main concerts, There was an interlude of choral singing between the one towards the end of each academic term. orchestral pieces which included the Chapel Choir sing- In Michaelmas term we held the annual Christmas ing a beautiful a cappella rendition of Billy Joel’s And So It Concert, in which the orchestra played Dvorak’s Slavonic Goes, as well as a couple of performances from Scatz. Dance in G minor, as well as the Ouverture Miniature Throughout the year we have held numerous informal from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker suite. They also performed concerts in the Chapel (Chill in the Chapel) which has Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, as an exciting Christmas-themed allowed various students to exhibit their musical talent number on top of the usual carol singing. A newly-formed through a variety of genres and ensembles. Overall it’s wind quintet performed Elgar’s Chanson de Matin and been great year for the Music Society and I hope that next Ravel’s Piece en forme de Habanera. Finally, Scatz, the year, we will continue to bring colour and excitement to Catz non-audition choir, performed some excellent a cap- life at Catz through music making. pella versions of the Negro Spirituals Wade in the Water President: Julia Nikolic and Steal Away, finishing with a lively rendition of Winter Wonderland.

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Shirley Society Steers Society The year was a successful one for the Shirley Society, with The Steers Society began the year with a bowling trip to the appearance of three speakers in three terms, and a welcome the new fresher Geographers and to hear about continuing presence at the lower-key in-College ‘show and everyone’s travels over the summer. Later in the term we tells’ over which Joe Harper has long presided. Somewhat held the dissertation information evening when current unwittingly, the year’s programme once again bore witness third years gave presentations about their dissertation to the interest of those in charge in the ‘mainstream’ of fieldwork in places as diverse as Kathmandu and New York contemporary poetry. Michaelmas term saw the appear- City. This evening provides an opportunity for first and sec- ance of perhaps the youngest guest-speaker yet to read at ond years to start thinking about ideas for their own field- the Shirley Society, Sam Riviere, who gave a suitably shaky work and brainstorm with the other students and Fellows. recital of the neurotic verse-fragments that comprise his We finished the term on a high with an early Christmas 81 Austerities. In Lent, the society welcomed the better- dinner at a local pizza restaurant. known Michael Symmons Roberts, who read a range of Lent term saw the Steers Society Annual Dinner, and we poems from across the body of his published work, and were extremely honored to welcome back Mr Matthew privileged the audience to a preview of what was then his Price, BBC Europe Correspondent, as our speaker for the still-to-be-released collection, Drysalter (the book has since evening. Mr Price studied Geography at Catz in the 1990s been published and made a Poetry Book Society Choice). and then went on to work on BBC Radio, then on News- To complete the year, and my own tenure as president, round, and then as a BBC news correspondent in various we couldn’t have been more thrilled to have the Scottish posts. In an inspiring speech he told us about how he cov- poet and editor Robin Robertson, who read a captivating ered the Iraq War from Baghdad, the Mexico drugs war selection of poems from his two most recent collections, and the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, and how his understand- and whose company and conversation were a delight for ing of Geography has both shaped and been shaped by his all those involved in the event. experiences. I am certain after listening to him speak most The past two years have provided those of us in charge of the room would quite like to follow in his footsteps! We with the opportunity to meet, talk with and listen to some would like to thank Mr Price for joining us for a memorable of the most fêted names in the business of contemporary and enjoyable evening: YOLO. writing (and some of them personal heroes to boot), expe- At the dinner Jenny and I handed over our titles to the riences for which all of us are grateful. We wish our suc- new president and social secretary Alex Gimblett and Rhi- cessors the best of luck and, though discrepancies of taste annon Cogbill. We wish them the best of luck for next year will undoubtedly separate our respective programmes, we and thank all the Fellows and students for a brilliant year hope they will continue to build upon our own small efforts for the Steers Society. to provide a space within the University in which to experi- President: Natasha Watts, ence some of the best work occurring from without. Social Secretary: Jenny Armond President: Patrick Mayer

Sports Clubs Association Football (Men) from start to finish, with a strong midfield trio, anchored by After two successive seasons in the relative wilderness, the mercurial George Hill, combining well with our threat- SCCAFC was on the verge of being cast as the sleeping ening front three of Charlie Cohen, Gideon Barth and, this giant of the Cambridge football world. Buoyed by the intro- season’s most improved player, sprint sensation Tom Neill. A duction of a large number of enthusiastic freshers, to com- back four that was always confident on the ball also allowed plement the strong cohort from last season, Catz football us to build our attacks from the deep. Particular highlights enjoyed one its most productive seasons in recent years. include the 3–0 outclassing of St John’s, the 5–3 turnaround For the 1st XI, the aim was to restore the club back to against Tit Hall, and the 5–2 against Homerton, where we the highest echelons of the Premier Division. An opening managed to keep hold of possession for a full two and a half day 3–1 victory against CCCC made our intentions clear, minutes from kick off before the opposition even touched and started a winning streak that would last until February. the ball. Boasting the division’s highest goal difference and Opponents came armed with an array of tactics to try and only losing one League match all year, we came to a final stymie the metronomic precision of the Catz machine, but by day promotion decider away to Trinity. Producing our best full-time most were simply relieved no longer to be chasing performance all year, we weathered early pressure from the shadows for 90 minutes. We often dominated possession opposition to pull off a most satisfying 6–1 win.

36 The 2nd XI enjoyed a miraculous cup run that saw them victory at the Varsity match, and organising many social reach the final of the Cuppers Plate against Selwyn II. As events along the way. On the women’s side there were the sun beamed down in late April, goals from Daniel four Blues team athletes competing. Kiara de Kremer had Balding, Charlie Bennett, and Tom Neill saw us bring home a strong performance in the javelin, with fellow fresher the silverware. The 3rd XI, re-branded as the Catz Dark Emma Cullen competing in the 100m, 200m, javelin and Horses under the joint captaincy of Elan Shuker and Cenan 4x100m relay, breaking the St Catharine’s 200m record in Djenan, flirted with promotion, after impressive victories the process. Rebecca McLean and Emily Brady also com- against many college 2nd XI teams. Were it not for the peted in the 800m and pole vault respectively, Rebecca weather disruption throughout the first two terms, they having beaten the St Catharine’s 400m and 800m records. may have secured the final few points needed to take us There were five Catz women on the Alligators (2nds) team. back to the fourth division. Elly Flanagan competed in the high jump, long jump and What this season showed is that Catz once again boasts triple jump, winning the first two. She was also CUAC high a talented pool of players to maintain the longevity of one jump squad leader for the year. Catz women’s athletics of the College’s oldest and most fruitful clubs. But that captain Charlotte Frost competed in the 110m hurdles and same level of commitment and enthusiasm needs to con- javelin and Rebecca Hulbert threw the discus and hammer. tinue. It has often been a struggle to put out three teams, Helena Bolton-Jones was victorious in the 400m hurdles particularly given the size of the College. It would be a and also ran the 4x100m relay. Emily Goodband competed shame to lose one of them, but I hope that another strong in the shot and the 4x100m relay, and was joint Captain of intake of freshers next year will ensure this does not occur. the Alligators team for the year, securing a massive victory It has been a pleasure to be involved with the club for the against the Oxford Millipedes. past three years, and I have no doubts that captain-elect The Victor Ludorum trophy for best performance by a Andrew Lowson’s powerful and dominating displays on St Catharine’s athlete was jointly awarded to Tom Neill and the pitch will be reproduced in his administration of the Rebecca Moore. Rebecca was unfortunately ill and missed club. If we can show the same flair that we have done the athletics Varsity match, but ran exceptionally through- this year both on and off the pitch then more silverware out the year, winning a full Blue in the Varsity cross-coun- in the future will not be far away. The ‘Abedian Era’ has try match and achieving an amazing 2nd place in the BUCS only just begun. 10,000m. Captain: Ed Abedian Captains: Owen Drage and Charlotte Frost

Athletics Badminton (Men) This was another strong year for Catz athletics. It began The first team had a very successful year. We won the with a first and second place at Michaelmas Cuppers for League in Michaelmas without losing a match and only lost the women and men respectively and culminated with a one game in Lent. Our Cuppers run went smoothly until staggering 12 Catz athletes representing Cambridge at the the semi-final where as usual we drew Girton and narrowly Varsity match, which Cambridge again won 4–0. lost. The mixed Cupper’s team was more successful, and Catz presence at Cuppers was huge as always, with ended up winning the trophy. Overall it was a good season two athletes competing in almost every event. There were for Catz badminton and there was much enthusiasm. good performances by Jacob Spurrell, Josh Radvan, Chris- The second team had an interesting season and played tian Preece, Owen Drage, Chris Sweeney, Gideon Barth, some good badminton. A lack of training didn’t allow us Louis Williams, Rob Joles, Ed Stuart-Bourne, Andy Argyle, to do well in the League season but some strong players Frederik Benzing, Dan Balding, Jonathan Wilson, Rob Tri- showed through and will hopefully be progressing to the vasse, Samara Linton, Cat Bunting and Ioanna Antcheva, first team next year. as well as many of the athletes mentioned below who later The third team, aka The Mighty Thirds, had a roller- competed in the Varsity matches. Catz women stormed to coaster season. Starting off extremely strongly with excel- victory, making it five wins in the last six years. The men lent form, beating the team that would eventually go on were beaten into a close 2nd place by closest rivals King’s. to qualify top of the League, they seemed unstoppable. As noted above, Catz had 12 athletes competing at Var- However, there was unfortunately a pronounced drop sity, a number which seems to be increasing every year. in form as the season went on. Losing some matches by Tom Neill was awarded a full Blue as he stormed to victory just one or two games did nothing to improve morale. in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m, achieving Blues times in Lent term was a very different story, with the team hav- all distances. He was also awarded the Le Touquet Trophy, ing regrouped and bouncing back to utter dominance for the most improved Oxbridge athlete during 2012–13. of the courts. We were promoted at the end. Overall, a Also competing for the men’s Blues team were Dave All- good attitude towards practice, and a generally tight bond wood (discus) and Miles Horn (400m), who also had a suc- within the team resulted in huge individual improvements cessful year as Alverstones captain, leading the team to in players.

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This year was the first season that Catz IV has properly Basketball played. We have been a team consisting of many enthu- If asked to sum up the year in one word for Catz Basket- siastic freshers and second-years with a few third-years. ball Club, the response would be ‘fantastic’ from all players In Michaelmas, we were promoted to the next higher in the squad. Two years ago Catz did not have its own division, but unfortunately could not keep this position in basketball club, but after great financial backing from the Lent; however we had lots of fun playing anyway. College in providing ample practice time, equipment and Captain: Andrew Lowson brand new Catz Basketball jerseys, the club is now fully established and a powerful force on court. An unbeaten Badminton (Women) League Division 4 campaign in Michaelmas saw Catz pro- After assuring last year’s Captain that we would build upon moted to Division 3, only to narrowly miss out on promo- previous achievements, I’m proud to announce it has been tion again in Lent, finishing in 2nd place. a hugely successful year of badminton for Catz ladies. In Cuppers, Catz reached the quarter finals (dispatching Michaelmas saw the entry of new talent into the team and a Division 1 team along the way), only to be knocked out the return of all of our players from last year, with three by Darwin (another Division 1 team). Considering only one being picked to join the Blues squad; Jennifer Ko, Adelle or two players leave us this summer, next year can only Pushparatnam and Danice Ng. hold more success stories for this upcoming club. The first challenge we faced was to retain the title of Captains: Blaine Landis and Harry Glover Division 1 victors. In Michaelmas we won six of our seven matches leading to a position at joint top with Queens’. Boat Club (Men) Although sharing the title, we took our defeat of them I am happy and proud to be handing a successful and earlier in the season to mean that we were the true cham- enthusiastic Boat Club over to the new Captains; however, I pions. am even happier to say how little I had to do with this hap- This set the task for Lent term to try to keep our position pening! I really am very lucky to have presided over a year as top of Division 1. After some hard-fought games we where so many proactive and determined individuals have were left exposed in a closely fought triangle for the top emerged from the ranks or joined the club this year. between Queens’ and Murray Edwards which in the end Michaelmas brought the dual challenges of life without came down to a count up of rubbers and a narrow miss of a boathouse (although this small inconvenience was more top spot, claimed by Queens’. This only served to build up than worth it!) and an extraordinary number of novices our determination for Cuppers in which we knew we had a recruited by the dynamic Lower Boat Captain duo (a very chance for top spot. Plenty of dedication to badminton was good sort of problem to have). Chris and Chris (Eddy and required to fight for court space between our many Catz Quarton, both second-year Engineers) worked tirelessly to teams. After a comfortable run into the semi-finals we met harness the boundless enthusiasm of all four novice boats, a strong Caius team which we overcame to find our place an effort that has paid dividends all year as many of their in the final. In the final we came across the Newnham team recruits are still rowing. The novices performed strongly who had fought off our main rivals Queens’ in the semis. in the early races during the term, with entries into the We beat Newnham 2–1 in the final and came away victori- Winter Head, Emma Sprints and the Clare Novice Regatta, ous with a lovely shiny trophy. where the Novice Men 2nd VIII annihilated the competi- The ladies second team has also had an enjoyable season tion in their division. Three boats were entered into the captained by Xue Wang. After relegation to Division 4 in Fairbairn Cup and achieved fantastic results: SCCBC was Michaelmas the team put up a strong fight back in Lent the only club with two boats in the top ten with Novice 1st narrowly missing out on promotion by just two rubbers. A and 2nd VIIIs coming 5th and 9th (the highest placed 2nd dedicated performance in Cuppers saw them into the Quar- VIII), whilst the 3rd Novice VIII finished 55th, ahead of a ter-finals. It has been rewarding to see so many ladies play- good many 2nd boats. ing badminton this year both for fun and for competition. The senior men’s squad laid solid foundations for the As Captain I would like to say how proud I am of Bumps season in Michaelmas, training hard and compet- the team, their successes and dedication. Thank you for ing both as a IV and an VIII. With several senior members putting up with so many emails and changing of match of the club lost to University trialling and other endeav- times, your commitment has been amazing. It will be sad ours, the crew was left inexperienced but dedicated. The to see the departure of some of the most dedicated play- term was marked by significant improvement from those ers, in particular Hannah Willett and Hannah Woodcock, who noviced last year, thanks to our new coach Lianne who have seen the team rise up from the 4th Division in Stanford, and useful leadership from the more experienced their time at Catz. I look forward to more badminton next members of the crew. Notably, newcomer PhD student year and our efforts to retain the title under our new cap- Jonathan McCree-Grey from Bath University and 2nd year tain Emma Tarrant. Canadian oarsman Adrian Pel together formed a formi- Captain: Rebecca McLean dably experienced stroke pair. The term culminated in a

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Fairbairn Cup result blighted by the loss of our bowman to of them resulting in unfortunate row-overs. A solid set of glandular fever at the eleventh hour. Despite this we did results was the product of a solid term of training, which manage to beat comfortably an alumni crew containing began the week before term with our blizzard-ridden train- more than a few ‘big names’ of recent years. ing camp. The 1st VIII also spent some time in the gym, Over the Christmas vacation the final touches were with coaching provided by Core Cambridge – a useful and added to the renovated boathouse and we began Lent effective component of the training programme which will term with full access to the fantastic new facilities. See hopefully be a feature of next year’s bumps preparations. report elsewhere in this Magazine. Week 8 of Lent term saw the return of the Cardinal’s Lent term brought a new challenge of finding boats, regatta, the annual fancy dress mixed-eights regatta that blades and coaches for the four men’s crews who wanted reinforces the fun-loving reputation of the club. Many to train. Again I was lucky to find a huge amount of enthu- thanks to the team that ran the event: Rachael Moore, Jon siasm from the senior members of the squad for coaching McCree-Grey, Simon Sowerby and Scott Warin. the lower boats. Adrian Pel and Jonny McCree-Grey took Training for the first VIII did not stop with the end of on responsibility for the 2nd VIII guided by the wisdom Lent term as we decided to dip our toes into the world of ‘head coach’ Dr Ivan Scales (Geography Fellow), whilst of off-Cam racing, entering the Head of the River Race Chris and Chris were committed coaches of the 3rd VIII. I (HORR). We stayed up after the end of the period of did my best to turn up and shout at every 4th VIII outing! residence, training with a slightly modified crew from the Unfortunately (and largely because of my poor coaching!) final day of bumps. However, events beyond our control, the 4th VIII just missed out on a place on the river in the namely forecast gale force winds and blizzards, resulted in getting-on-race, but three hopeful SCCBC men’s boats did the cancellation of the race. A shame to say the least, but line up on the first day of bumps (for 16 of the 27 crew I hope Catz blades are seen slicing into the choppy waters members their first day of bumps ever). of Tideway next year. The week brought strong performances from all three Moving into Easter term the disappointment of the Sat- boats, with the 1st and 2nd VIIIs each going up three and urday of Lent bumps fuelled a hunger for greater success narrowly missing out on blades on Saturday in painful cir- that would be at least partly sated in the May races. The cumstances. The 3rd VIII was also a bit unlucky to go up 1st VIII was bolstered by the return of Josh Pendry (Stroke), just two places, with some vintage bumps carnage in front Chris Kerr (Bow), Priya Crosby (Cox) and our very own

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Olympic medallist and CUBC President George Nash (6). In improvement on our result from last year. The squad also addition we welcomed all 105kg of University rugby player saw a large intake of keen and talented novice rowers who Tim Lindsay into the boat, in the 3 seat (or as it is known showed their potential in a very close second-place finish in his native Melbourne, the ‘ejector’ seat). Reappearing in Queens’ Ergs. The novice VIII put in a very good per- from the Lent VIII were myself (4), Jonathan McCree-Grey formance in the Fairbairn Cup to finish 10th. The club also (7), Will Hayes (5) and Adrian Pel (2). A product of this entered an alumni VIII into Fairbairns which did extremely reinforcement was an extraordinarily strong 2nd VIII which well considering some of them had not been in a boat for swept the board in the races preceding bumps, and indeed quite a while! won their blades in the bumps themselves. During Lent term we focused on cementing our posi- We again had four boats training in Easter term, the first tion as one of the strongest squads on the river. It has to three filled with eager and now experienced members of be mentioned how dedicated the entire W1 squad was to the boat club. The 4th VIII was not composed of rowers, at boosting our performances and we were in the gym most least not to begin with; its members were drawn from the evenings and on the river most mornings. We entered athletic ranks of the Kitten Club. The exploits of the Pug- two boats into almost all the races on the Cam with solid wash VIII are mentioned elsewhere in this publication. results. W2 had a fantastic race in the Lent Bumps ‘get- With regards to the three ‘serious’ boats competing I ting on’ race to secure a place in Division 3, even with was again lucky to recruit enthusiastic and able coaches. seven of the eight being novice rowers and with a novice The 3rd VIII was again training under the two Chris’s, cox. Unfortunately the random draw meant that they were although much of the organisational burden was shoul- surrounded by very strong crews and their racing inexperi- dered by the Men’s Social Secretary and 3rd VIII stroke- ence began to show with a few unfortunate incidents off man, David Edey. The 2nd VIII was again under the ulti- the start meaning that they ultimately went down five. mate supervision of Dr Ivan Scales (inventor of the highly They did put in a gutsy performance on the final day to popular ergometer training plan), although the boat was push off Murray Edwards and avoid Spoons. They have a accompanied along the towpath on a daily basis by eter- lot to be proud of. nally cheerful ex-captain Simon Wright, back from his year For W1 Lent Bumps was a bit of an emotional roller at CERN in Geneva. coaster. We were determined to make it into the top ten Training was largely on water for the 1st VIII in Easter boats in Division 1 for the first time since 2010 and the term, and somewhat disrupted by unfortunate exam timeta- first day went as expected with a good solid row over. bles. However significant gains in speed were made through On the second day we had overlap with Queens’ around the term as our disparate group of oarsmen came together Grassy before they were impeded and the race had to be to produce a boat that was certainly amongst the fastest on stopped ending our charge for the bump. We settled for a the river. Unfortunately LMBC were too slow to catch Jesus re-row with Queens’ on the third day; however we only until the last day but just not slow enough for us to catch managed to get one whistle. After re-grouping and getting them (we had overlap for much of the course on Friday our heads back in the game we raced again and were side but failed to seal the deal). In the end a respectable up-one by side down the reach, but could not quite get contact. result reflected the strength of the surrounding crews and Finally, knowing that it was our last chance this year to also the difficulty in finding time to train together. get them, we pushed off King’s to finally bump Queens’ I had a fantastic year as captain and I am incredibly halfway down the reach. Our final result of +1 does not grateful to everyone who helped to get so many people demonstrate how hard W1 fought during Lents, and we out on the water, and achieving such success. Roll on thoroughly deserved that bump to achieve our aim and bumps 2014. finish 10th on the river. Blade winning 2nd VIII: B T. Lienart, 2 A. Shillito, A week later W1 went to London to compete in the 3 D. Stein, 4 C. Eddy, 5 J. Bywater, 6 P. Wothers, 6.8km Women’s Eights Head of the River Race where we 7 C. Quarton, S S. Berry, C A. Nelson, overtook five crews to move up 39 places and finished Coaches: S. Wright, I. Scales 129th out of 320 crews. Captain: James Wagstaff In the May Bumps W2 had a much better campaign than in the Lents, largely due to the dedicated coaching Boat Club (Women) of Jonathan McCree-Grey. After bumping Selywn II, they 2012–13 has seen some very exciting results for the SCCBC were then were granted a technical row over on day two women’s squad. In Michaelmas the senior IV showed its due to an unfortunate seat incident. On day three they strength against the top crews on the river by reaching the rowed over before finishing on a high with a textbook semi-final of the University IVs race and then losing out bump on Trinity Hall II to end on +2 for the week and sixth to the overall winners. The senior IV made good progress on the river in Division 3. over the term under the dedicated coaching of Georgie For W1 the whole of the past year had been dedicated Plunkett to finish 5th in the Fairbairn Cup, a one place to preparing for the first day of May Bumps as we aimed

40 to revenge Girton’s embarrassingly early bump on us in the appetite for climbing remains around Catz, with fresher 2012. Our plan worked to perfection and we bumped Gir- Tom Hare being an experienced Alpine climber. I hope that ton around Grassy. On day two we bumped Trinity Hall this will continue, and expand, into next year and beyond, extremely early on first post corner. There was some talk especially as the KK climbing wall becomes increasingly of blades due to our very strong start, but unfortunately popular with local activists. on days three and four we met our match in Queens’ W1 ‘Captain’: Michael Bennett and had strong row-overs behind them on both days. We will work hard to get them next year! Both crews would Cricket like to thank club members past and present for their sup- After last year’s washout season we were keen to start port during bumps, both on the towpath and in the alumni playing cricket as soon as possible. That meant January, marquee. as we made use of the indoor nets in the Fenners cricket On 21 June W1 competed in the prestigious Henley school. This allowed the new intake of cricketers to show Women’s Regatta in the Academic VIIIs category. It has off their not inconsiderable talent and for the rest of us a been many years since Catz has had representation at chance to rediscover our skills lost over winter. In fact the Henley, and so we were very proud to be able to represent team has now developed a very strong core based around our College and compete against much larger universities. this year’s intake. After a strong showing from the win- In the time trial we had a good strong row, and although ter nets we entered the Easter break ready for the start we just missed out on qualifying by 6 seconds, we beat of summer and looking forward to playing again, despite seven universities and the other competing Cambridge the snow. college, Fitzwilliam. This was in fact the longest we had The season began with the annual Acheson Gray Sports ever sprinted in a straight line, and now that we have a day as we pitted ourselves against the old boys. Bowl- precedent for participating and know more about how ing first we managed to restrict them to 146 all out with to prepare ourselves for this kind of event I am sure that both Wylie and Eggar proving that spin can take wickets next year we will be able to qualify. The crew would like in an English April with three each. In reply Cummings, to thank Dan Stein, Georgie Plunkett, Mr and Mrs Stevens, 47 not out, with some help from Wylie, 33, led us to a and especially Graham Summer for their support which three wicket victory after Bullock, 30, had helped get us off made our participation possible. to a flying start. Our next match against Caius, the even- Finally, thank you to Herb and Carolyn Bate and Argus tual Cuppers champions, ended in a 10-wicket loss – the Fire without whom the club could not continue to produce less said about that the better, although we did learn that so many successful crews. Our refurbished boathouse is bowling first helps. This was followed by a friendly against the envy of all on the river! the Strollers, a touring side from Kent. We bowled first and Captain: Natasha Watts won, lesson learnt, with Bullock scoring a classy 50. Our next match was a Cuppers game against Fitz away, a game Bobsled we needed to win in order to progress to the next round. A team currently consisting largely of enthusiasm and Again we bowled first, restricting them to 114 from their stash, SCCBST is the newest sporting society on the circuit. 20 overs. In reply Denison, 32, and Cummings, 43 not out, Inspired by Cool Runnings and the story of the origins of formed a solid partnership and then runs were knocked off the Jamaican bobsled team, two existing University sprint- with an over and three balls to spare (we should not forget ers were prompted to attempt to establish the first college the significant contribution of the 29 extras that Fitz kindly bobsled society. At present, the lack of a bobsled has lim- donated to us). This meant that we were through to the ited training to revolve around sprint and weights training quarter-finals of the Cuppers plate against St Edmund’s. with the University Athletics Club, and we were unable to Courtesy of some excellent bowling from Eggar (3 for 8 attend the most recent trials run by British Bobsleigh due off his 4 overs), we managed to bowl them out for only to exams. However we have high hopes for the future, and 73 runs which, after a few early wickets, was knocked off with a little more time to promote awareness and secure in style by Balding and Hyman, 20 not out and 31 not funding, Catz Bobsled society will metaphorically snowball out respectively, as the former scored the final runs with a in the years to come – there has even been talk of a tour! huge 6 over cow corner. After a short break for exams we Queen Bee: Charlotte Frost had two all-day friendlies against the Law Society and Sim- mons & Simmons, beating the former by 5 wickets, with Climbing runs from Cummings, Argyle and Bullock and wickets from It has been a quiet year for climbing in Catz after a number Eggar, and losing to the latter by two wickets, runs from of the key protagonists left last year, although Jess Szekely, Fulwood and Williams and wickets from Thompson and having graduated, occasionally pops up to ply her trade. Williams in a tense finale. 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very tight with Cottam and Eggar only conceding 23 runs due to University duties. Our lack of firepower up front from the opening 8 overs which allowed us to restrict them really showed, with a couple of goalless draws as a result. to 104 for 5 from their 20 overs. In response, the open- A strong rally at the end of the season, including a 5–0 ers Hyman and Cummings, 14 and 27 respectively, got thrashing of Girton, ensured that the men’s first team us off to a solid start keeping the scoreboard ticking over. remained comfortably in the top division for next year. However, when they fell it was left to Denison and Eggar, Our inability to field a full-strength side in the second 18 and 27 not out, to carry that momentum forwards to half of the season resulted in a disappointing Cuppers victory with 4 balls to spare. This meant that we were in campaign; after avenging our earlier League defeat to the final, however due to a combination of not having an Downing College with a comfortable second-round win, a opposition and the arrival of the long exeat meant that we severely understrength Catz team succumbed to a surpris- were sadly unable to play the match. ingly strong Jesus team 2–1 in the quarter-finals. It was a I would also like to congratulate Ben Wylie, who has similar story during our title defence at Supercuppers; a won his Blue this year, for making his First Class debut for Catz team, without any of our University representatives, Cambridge MCCU against Middlesex, as well as represent- lost out narrowly 1–0 to a strong St Catherine’s, Oxford, ing the Blues in all of the Varsity matches. It is nice to be side. playing with a really good player and it can only be healthy Having said that, though, this was an incredibly enjoy- for cricket at St Catharine´s. able match with very strong performances from all on the Despite the season not quite finishing off with the vic- pitch. Leaving the Catz hockey fold this year are: Dan Bald- tory I feel we deserved, overall it has been a great year for ing, Jamie Salter, Charlie Bennett and Henry Delacave. We Catz cricket and a solid base has been created from which wish them the best of luck – they will certainly be missed we can move forwards to bigger and better things. I would here. Looking to the future, this year’s freshers put in con- like to thank the leavers, Jordan Eggar, Pete Bullock, Ed sistently sturdy performances and will doubtless form the Abedian and Dan Balding, all of whom played a significant backbone of future Catz teams. Special mention should part in winning as many matches as we did, were amongst go to Will Fulwood (next year’s captain) whose drag flicks the keenest players every week and will be sorely missed from penalty corners were our most reliable threat on goal next year. I would also like to thank Chris Tovey for once this year. again producing a fantastic strip week in week out as well Captain: Andy Argyle as producing the well-needed teas. This year has been great fun and I look forward to the next under the captaincy of Hockey (Women) Ben Cottam and Stuart Cummings. With only a few players moving on from Catz, and a strong Captain: William Thompson intake of freshers, including a very talented goalie, Marga- ret Young, the season kicked-off with an impressive 13–2 Cycling victory in a League match against John’s. The new group News of College cycling has been hard to come by this worked well together and it was clear that the team spirit, year, but James Dixon and Emma Eldridge competed in the which has always been a unique and key component of Varsity Match (as did Jerry Zak – but for Oxford!). This race Catz hockey success, would continue in this new season. was held within the BUCS 25-mile time trial. James also Following this promising start, the women progressed raced in the BUCS 10-mile time trial, while Christian Preece well through the League, with Hettie Cust (our ‘Fresher and Rob Joles rode in the BUCS Hill Climb. of the Season’), doing some excellent defending as centre back ensuring that the following matches against Murray Hockey (Men) Edwards and Downing were won 3–0 and 4–0 respec- It was always going to be difficult to match the incredible tively. season of 2011–12 and, by definition, impossible to beat it. In the Cuppers competition the women showcased their The first few matches of the Michaelmas League, however, skills on the pitch, as Cat Cox regularly worked the ball showed great promise for the season; the team’s winning around the midfield, driving forward to seamlessly score run was extended with convincing results of 3–1 against goal after goal, as our top scorer of the season. Unfortu- the Old Leysians, 3–0 against Robinson College and 5–1 nately we only made it to the 3rd round of Cuppers, being against Jesus College. However an uncharacteristically knocked out by a very strong Murray Edwards side, who shaky end to the term produced a surprise 1–0 loss against made good use of a number of Blues. However we put up Downing College (despite hitting the posts and cross-bar a good fight, with Christine Viney squeezing a goal in. numerous times), thus placing us second to the Leysians in With our reputation preceding us, a number of conceded the League overall. matches in the League led us to organizing a friendly with The Lent League proved to be a much tougher affair; Christ’s, whom we played last year in a close and thrilling poor weather in January and the approach of the Varsity Cuppers final. A mix of first and second team players came matches meant the team was missing several top players together to earn a 3–1 victory. Although narrowly losing

42 out to Jesus in a League match (2–1), we had done enough Louis Williams amongst others. to come top, ending the season as League Champions for The season had a terrific start with over 50 pink-clad the third year in a row. A much deserved result – well done players arriving at Downing Courts to the amazement of girls. A special mention must go to Charlotte Frost, our the eight players representing the home side. We won that Player of the Season, who consistently out-skilled any match and went on to win the League in impressive fash- opposition, with her characteristic spin-dodge. The effort ion with the last few points coming against Queens’, the she puts in and the support she gives to her team mates is previous champions, in an impressive 19–8 victory. Other highly commendable. top results included an unrivalled 41–3 victory against an The enthusiasm for Catz hockey allows us to field a sec- in-form Churchill. ond ladies team of committed players, a feat that no other Other colleges came back fighting in January, incensed college has achieved. Under the commanding leadership at being beaten to the title by a freshly-promoted side, but of Sarah Kidd, the seconds have pulled together when once again we proved our metal and rolled into the semi- faced with strong opposition and it has been great to see final of Cuppers despite being players down with injury so many taking to the astro, and even picking up a stick for and Dave Allwood playing through what many suspected the first time, in true for-the-wheel spirit. to be a broken back. The side showed great tenacity to The season was rounded off with a fantastic Acheson- overcome a strong Jesus side in a replay of last year’s quar- Gray Day. With a strong turnout of students and alumni, ter-final but an Emmanuel side with a wealth of substitutes it looked set to be a great match. Indeed, we had to fight proved too fresh and fast in the semi-, to be impaled on tooth and nail to achieve a 6–5 victory. Thank you to all St Catharine’s mighty wheel. the alumni who made it to Cambridge to play or support, The wheel is only as strong as its weakest spoke but carrying on the great tradition of AG day. with this said, special mention should go to Lexi Boreham In summary I have found captaining this season of and to player of the season Pete Blair who made the GS hockey incredibly enjoyable thanks to the hard work and and GA positions their own. effort put in every week by the girls. Thank you to all who Elan Shuker took over the captaincy of the 2nd team have played and I wish you the best of luck for next year. I at a challenging time and did a fantastic job in beating have every confidence that the team will continue to strive numerous 1st team oppositions to the point where they under the captaincy of Cat Cox. started claiming foul play. They were mistaken – the play Captain: Catherine Bell Webb was merely liquid. It has been a pleasure leading a League-winning side Modern Pentathlon and I wish Alice and Louis all the best in next season. At the Modern Pentathlon Varsity match 2013 Catz was Captain: Oscar Hardy represented by Josh Radvan in the Men’s Blues team, Henny Dillon in the Ladies’ Blues team and Jemma Kehoe Netball (Women) in the Ladies’ Seconds. Josh had a great competition, win- Having lost several key players from the 1st team, and with ning the men’s fence with a score of 16/22 hits and coming last year’s captain out of action due to injury, we weren’t 2nd overall as the highest scoring Light Blue and achieving sure what this year would bring for SCCLNC. Thankfully his third consecutive Full Blue. the freshers stepped up to fill the shoes of last year’s play- Henny captained the Ladies’ Blues to victory, with wins ers, and with a slight shuffling of positions (a special well- in both the fence and swim phases helping her to come in done to Elly Flanagan who was moved to the opposite 1st place in the Ladies’ event, also achieving her third con- end of the court – from GK to GS!), we stormed through secutive Full Blue. Jemma came in 4th place in the Seconds Michaelmas term winning (almost) every match. competition in her first competition for Cambridge, achiev- Following this great performance, we moved up to ing colours. Another fantastic year for Catz pentathletes Division 1, where the matches became inevitably harder. – long may it continue! Following weeks of cancelled fixtures due to snow and ice, our first match brought a very satisfying win against Netball (mixed) Emmanuel and showed promise for the rest of the season. It is with great pleasure that I am able to report that the Unfortunately, despite fantastic play from everyone every season of 2012–13 has been arguably St Catharine’s best weekend, this was our only victory in Division 1, and we year yet in the sport. The year was looking promising with, finished 2nd to last meaning that we will be demoted to for the first time, both the Catz 1st and 2nd teams ply- Division 2 again next season. ing their trade in the Premier division. We were lucky to The 2nd team also had a good year under the great retain most of our players from last season as well as see- captaincy of Genna Smith and India Semper-Hughes, and ing defensive rock and future captain Alice Stupski join finished second in Division 3. This means that they are the 1st team while the 2nd team’s attack was bolstered by expected to be promoted to Division 2, so both teams will Jamil Hussain, Robert Pellow, Robyn Orovwuje-Forbes and start next year in the same division!

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Cuppers was held at the end of Lent term this year, with The League during Lent term has four teams, two of a great turn-out from SCCLNC. We were in a group with whom are promoted, and runs concurrently with Cuppers. some very tough teams, but keen to improve on the previ- After four weeks of snowed-off matches, we kicked off ous year’s performance, we remained optimistic and won our Cuppers campaign with a 40–5 victory over Christ’s. our first few matches convincingly. We had a very intense, The draw meant that we were facing Jesus in our second well-fought match against Selwyn, which was lost 11–10 Cuppers match, a Division 1 team who were amongst the in the end, only because they had first centre pass! This favourites to win the competition. We produced a per- was a particularly proud moment for us as the opposition formance they were certainly not expecting, but we knew had three University Netball players and we had none! what we were capable of and took a first half lead that We carried this impressive determination through to our prompted their captain to panic and summon his host of final match against Downing, which was extremely close Blues. We were leading until the 60th minute, but unfortu- (the score was 0–0 at half time), but which we eventually nately could not hold out for the full 80 and were knocked lost 3–1. Every single player was outstanding and we were out of Cuppers. really unlucky not to have made it to the quarter-finals. Our next match was a League match against Caius Our standard of play was fantastic and reflected how which was sadly called off at half-time due to injury when much we have improved, both individually and as a team, our top try scorer, John Fitzpatrick, broke his leg. With the over the course of the year. season drawing to a close, spirits were low and we lost our Sadly we will be losing some of SCCLNC’s most dedi- Cuppers plate match to Homerton. This turned out to be cated players next year; Amy Chichester who has been a the final match of the season. very strong and much-valued defender, Emma Healiss who Because the League was not finished, it was decided started playing for the 1sts this year and has proved to be that only one team would be promoted instead of two, a very strong attacking player and Eleanor Flanagan, who and an impressive cup run by Caius resulted in them being revealed an impressive hidden talent for shooting having chosen instead of us. This was difficult to take as the squad played GK for her previous years with SCCLNC – a great this year was a strong one, but fortunately will be very all-rounder! Thanks to you all for your commitment over similar next year and we will be pushing for promotion the years – you will all be sorely missed! once again. I am greatly looking forward to what I hope will be Captain: Andy Savill another exciting year for SCCLNC, and wish next year’s captain Alice Skupski good luck – I have great faith in her Skiing as a captain and I am sure that both teams will achieve The Christmas holidays would not be the same at Catz if great things under her leadership! it weren’t for the much-loved Catz Ski Trip. A fixture in Captain: Alexandra Boreham the College calendar, the trip has been running for years having drawn together groups of as many as 100 Catz Rugby students in the past. Open to skiers of all ability – from Catz rugby has enjoyed a reasonably successful season complete beginner to seasoned pro – the trip is a fantastic although ultimately disappointing, due to forces beyond opportunity for everyone at Catz to get together and let our control as icy weather for much of the Lent term saw their hair down after a hard Michaelmas term. This January many fixtures cancelled and the League went uncom- the club went to the French ski resort of Tignes for what pleted. However, with a strong intake of freshers and only turned out to be a great week of skiing and snowboarding a few departing members of SCCRUFC, next season is in glorious alpine sunshine. looking promising. Despite the 18-hour coach journey, Catz were up bright We got off to a disappointing start, throwing away a and early on the first day raring to hit the slopes – and 13–0 lead against Sidney Sussex to lose 13–14. However, we were not let down! There was a great range of pistes we were soon over that with a sunny 33–5 away victory with some gentle runs close to town for those just starting over Churchill, with four tries scored by John Fitzpatrick, out as well as many more challenging slopes higher up the which was followed by an 18–14 victory away at Girton mountain. With the Espace Killy extended lift pass on offer in wet and windy conditions. Unfortunately the return fix- too, there was over 300km of piste available and access to ture against Churchill saw us well beaten, but a walkover Val d’Isère and the legendary Folie Douce. against Sidney set us up nicely for the final fixture of the After a long day of skiing it was the perfect opportunity first half of the campaign, a match against Girton in which to sample some of the nightlife Tignes has to offer and so, either team could qualify for the Lent term’s promotion in true Catz style, we donned our Tight and Bright fancy League. At half time, Girton were 15–5 up and our season dress and headed out to party the night away. And this was on the brink of being over, but a storming second- is much how the week continued, there were nights out, half performance saw us over the line, winning 30–15 and nights in, waffle stops at the top of the mountain and even qualifying for the promotion League. some guided off-piste training for those interested.

44 Midway through the week we took a break from the through to the ﬁnals in their respective events. The other skis and snowboards and tried out a bit of tobogganing. colleges simply could not match the enthusiasm and dedi- We found out quite quickly that hurtling out of control cation that all our swimmers put in to their races in the down a mountain on a piece of plastic is a lot scarier than ﬁnals and, no doubt encouraged by the passionate cheers you might imagine! After this we had our (distinctly British) of the supporters, they stormed to a 22-point victory over- mountain meal – a BBQ outside in sub zero conditions – a all, as well as a team victory for the girls. Consequently, quite unforgettable experience. Catz have the trophy for yet another year, and here’s hop- All in all another successful Catz Ski Trip packed with ing we hang onto it for many years to come. Well done to sun, snow and vin chaud! everyone who took part! Organiser: Rob House Captain: Josh Radvan

Squash (Men) Table Tennis After last year’s flight up through three divisions, we found The College Table Tennis Club can look back on a successful ourselves facing much stiffer competition in Division 3 of year, especially after the club had been inactive for the pre- the League. We soon discovered this in our first matches vious two. In the College League that runs in the Michael- of the season, losing two consecutive matches 5–0 to both mas term, Catz entered two teams that both produced Trinity I and Fitzwilliam I. However, due to dogged deter- respectable results in their respective groups. The first team mination and with the help of our new coach Andy, our with Jonathan Hyman, Emilis Bružas and Ghassan Moazzin fortunes changed. We got back into our stride and won competed in the top League and eventually came second the remaining three matches of the season; Hughes Hall I behind the very strong team from Caius. The second team (5–0), Downing I (5–0) and Trinity Hall (3–2). This allowed (Xue Wang, Jonathan Ladd, Andrea Chlebikova and Jay- us to finish a convincing third in the Michaelmas League. mal Gudka) competed in the fifth League. After a few very Unfortunately we started the Lent League poorly, with close matches especially against Queens’ and Girton, the a 4–1 defeat to Wolfson I, who were also under the guid- second team finished second in their League. ance of our coach Andy. However we managed to recover The College also entered the two teams for the Cup- our Michaelmas form and defeated our lower League pers tournament that took place in Lent and Easter terms rivals Jesus II in a spectacular, nail-biting 3–2 victory. Our this year. Unfortunately, both teams encountered problems winning streak continued allowing us to take the last two in getting together their best line-up for each match and games of the season, Darwin I (5–0) and Downing I (3–2). therefore both teams only made it to the last 16. The first Unfortunately due to the closeness of some of our matches team had received a wild card for the round of 32 due to we were left trailing Jesus II by a couple of points causing its performance in the League, but lost 3–5 to a very strong us to narrowly miss out on promotion. Downing team with two Blues players in the round of 16. The highlight of our year was the Cuppers campaign. The second team successfully defeated Pembroke in the We were the giant-killers of the competition defeating Fit- round of 32 but then lost to Caius. Still, it was great to see zwilliam I (3–2) and Pembroke I (3–2) in the third round Catz players competing for the College in the big Cuppers and quarter-finals respectively. We met Queens’ I in a competition again after a two-year absence, especially as tense semi-final match but a very strong showing from Catz had won the Cuppers tournament several times dur- them denied us the final place that we had hoped for. ing the decade before. Hopefully we will be able to con- It’s been a very competitive year and wouldn’t have tinue on our old road of success in the coming years. been possible without the amazing match play from Alex It was a pleasure to captain the Table Tennis Club this Dodd, Gideon Barth, James Bland, Anna Drummond, year and to revive it so that College members can enjoy Owen Drage and Daniel Balding. playing table tennis and competing for the College again. I Captain: Sam Artingstall very much hope that our club will grow again in the coming years and will be able to build on this year’s successes Swimming in both League and Cuppers tournaments. In 2012, the Catz swimming team narrowly snatched the Captain: Ghassan Moazzin swimming Cuppers trophy from King’s with only a couple of points to spare. This year, the team was anxious to get Tennis (Men) swimming, and once again prove that our sporting domi- The Catz men’s teams had another successful year. We nance in the University extends beyond the pitches and again entered two teams to the Cuppers competition, both the courts and into the pool. For the first time ever, trials of which got further in the competition than last year. The were held early in Easter term giving rise to what was no first team received a bye in the first round and went on doubt the strongest swim team Catz had ever seen. Enter- to record comprehensive victories against Fitz, Pembroke, ing not one, but two, teams, we glided through our heats and Queens’, all without losing a single match! In the with a ridiculously impressive 70% of swimmers making it semifinals we were narrowly defeated 5–4 by Jesus due

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to injuries to two of our key players. The first team this Moore and Rebecca McLean put on a solid performance season was Charlie Cohen, Henry Delacave, Jonny Hyman, against the alumni on the annual Acheson-Gray sports day. Alex Dodd, Owen Williams, Owen Drage, Chris Sweeney Despite the weather being against us, the matches went and Samir Ahmad. The second team had a good win in the ahead as planned on the indoor courts. The competition 1st round against Downing 2nds. Unfortunately a strong was close, ending in a 6–4 victory for the alumni. This year John’s team prevented them getting any further, but this has also seen the continuation of the Easter term coach- was an improvement on last year’s efforts. Second-team ing for all standards of player, with some promising talent players this year were Owen Williams, Owen Drage, Chris being displayed – hopefully this means the future of Catz Sweeney, Samir Ahmad, Aaron Critch, Dan Hanna, Emily tennis will be in safe hands! Brady and Sonia-Joy Bamford. Captain: Charlotte Frost In Easter term we held coaching sessions which were popular and attended by a wide range of levels, from Water Polo beginners to team players. We also purchased several rac- The water polo team had a fantastic year, rebuilding our quets for the club for those who do not have their own. reputation as one of the strongest of all the College teams. There were again several Catz tennis players in the Uni- We came joint top of Division 2, losing only one match versity teams this year. Charlie Cohen impressed for the at the start of Michaelmas and we will be promoted next Blues, with Henry Delacave and Jonny Hyman both strong year. Not only did we excel in the water, the team this year second team players and Alex Dodd, Owen Williams and had an unrivalled enthusiasm and were one of only three Owen Drage all part of the third team squad. college teams not to have to rearrange a match because Captain: Owen Drage they did not have seven players (Catz frequently played with a full 13!). Tennis (Women) In Cuppers, Catz stormed through the first round, eas- Cuppers tennis this year has been somewhat lacking; the ily winning against Pembroke and Selwyn. However, our team received a bye in the first round of Cuppers, pro- winning streak came to an end in a very close semi-final gressing straight to the quarter finals. Unfortunately the against Queens’, the eventual winners. rest of the Cuppers competition failed to materialise due to Despite our performance not being as outstanding as it some organisational issues by the secretaries, but there is has been in the past, this year was a major improvement little doubt that Catz would have dominated if it had gone on last and a sign of things to come. ahead. The team of Emily Brady, Emily Diver, Rebecca Captain: Emily Grader

Alleycatz

It’s been another hugely successful year for the gentlemen including the Squires, Wyverns and Alleycatz. With 14 Varsity competitors, the Alley- Idlers. The highlight of the year, of course, was catz were represented in ten University teams – our Annual Christmas Dinner with the Kittens. Athletics, Rugby, Football, Triathlon, Waterpolo, We celebrated the end of exams with strawberries Lacrosse, Cheerleading, Squash, Hockey and Sail- and champagne at the Idler’s garden party and ing. After a mass exodus of third years from last held the Alleycatz dinner as always to wish the year, the mission was on to find new Alleycatz and leaving third years farewell. It’s been an honour we were lucky to be supplied with a large amount being presidents this year. of talent to choose from – we welcomed 11 new Presidents: Eleanor Flanagan and members. Off the field the Alleycatz have been Cat Bell-Webb wined and dined by some of Cambridge’s finest

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This year the Kitten Club and its members have Kittens entered the May races in the 6th (and represented a broad range of sports and have final) Division. Bumped twice, it ended ‘bottom competed at every level. George Nash, Kitten of the river’, although only one place lower than it and Hawk of the Year, stands as the front-runner began – this anomaly was due to the disqualifica- with his Olympic Bronze Medal in the men’s pairs. tion of a Lady Margaret rugby boat for admitting, Although no other Kitten has quite reached the unwisely, on Twitter to having had no outings at Olympic level there have been a range of Full and all prior to the competition! Half Blues alongside the St Catharine’s Boat Club Two new first-years have joined the club, includ- Captain, the Wanderers’ Captain, the Alverstones’ ing Ben Wylie (Ireland and Blues Cricketer); with Captain, and the University Cycling Club Cap- many more to join in the next academic year the tain. At the College level the football team have club is in a strong position to continue contribut- returned to the top flight and the rugby team ing towards the sporting success of College. enjoyed a great cup run. Head Kitten: Charlie Bennett An VIII made up largely from non-rowing

Catz Pentathletes: from left to right at the top Henny Dillon, Josh Radvan and Jemma Kehoe. The ladies’ team managers this year were also Catz – Hannah Darcy (2007) and Georgie Ward (2009). Both gained half blues in their time on the team and are still heavily involved with Cambridge Modern Pentathlon. Hannah is bottom left and Georgie bottom right.

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Blues and Colours

Full Blues Colours Athletics: T Neill Association Football (2nd team): Sarah Kidd, Cricket: BA Wylie Olivia Stancombe Cross-country: Rebecca SA Moore Athletics (Alligators): Helena R Bolton-Jones, Hockey: DC Balding, CG Bennett, Eleanor RL Flanagan, Charlotte E Frost, Victoria L Mascetti, G Morrison Emily L Goodband, Rebecca Hulbert Lawn Tennis: CJ Cohen Hockey (Nomads): Catriona L Cox, Modern Pentathlon: Henrietta Dillon, J Radvan Charlotte E Frost Rowing: GC Nash Hockey (Bedouins): Henrietta E Cust, Swimming: Henrietta Dillon Hannah Darcy, Lisa CM Sweering, Margaret R Young Half Blues Hockey (Wanderers): J Salter Athletics: DG Allwood, Emily Brady, Hockey (Squanderers): WA Fulwood Emma G Cullen, S Kiara de Kremer, Lacrosse (2nd team): Alexandra Boreham, ME Horn, Rebecca E McLean Amelia J Duncanson Cycling: J Dixon, Emma L Eldridge Lawn Tennis (Grasshoppers): H Delacave, Lightweight rowing: CJ Kerr J Hyman Skiing: H Delacave Modern Pentathlon: Jemma Kehoe Squash: Anna Drummond Rugby Union (XV Club): JD Fitzpatrick Taekwondo: Charlotte J Kenealy Rugby Union (Colleges): JJ Wilson, BA Wylie Water Polo: Emily Grader, Julia R Heckenast, Rugby Union (2nd team): Jemima C Lane Rebecca Hulbert Water Polo (2nd team): D Leigh

Undergraduate Matriculands 2012

Abbott, Alexander Conway Johns (Collyer’s Sixth Form Briska, Janis (Sala Secondary School, Latvia) Natural College, Horsham) Natural Sciences Sciences Allen, Finian (Cranbrook School) Natural Sciences Britton, Clemency (Harrodian School, London) Natural Alloo, Hussein (Malvern College) Land Economy Sciences Amin-Nejad, Ali (The Blue Coat School, Liverpool) Brown, Eleanor (St Alban’s High School for Girls) Preclinical Medical Studies Engineering Antanavicius, Nemunas (Zemyna Gymnasium, Vilnius) Browne, Clara Rachel (Lumen Christi College, Derry) Law Natural Sciences Brug, Eleanor Rebecca (Castilleja School, Palo Alto, Arotsker, Oleksandr (Tonbridge School) Economics California) Natural Sciences Ashman, David (St Paul’s School, London) Natural Sciences Bungey, Callum Brett (Westminster School) Natural Ayres, Rachael (Cromwell Community College, Chatteris, Sciences Cambs.) Politics, Psychology & Sociology Carbonell, Michael (The Latymer School, Edmonton) Bacila, Emilian-Dragu (Liceul Grigore Moisil Timisoara, Preclinical Medical Studies Romania) Computer Science Charlton, Iona (Kesteven & Grantham Girls’ School) Bates, Annabelle (Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Preclinical Veterinary Medical Studies Lincolnshire) Preclinical Veterinary Medical Studies Chen, Pengcheng (Central Newcastle High School) Bellamy, Victoria (St Bede’s School, Redhill) Geography Mathematics Bentley, Laura (Strode College, Somerset) Natural Sciences Chillingworth, Ciaran (Watford Grammar School for Boys) Benzing, Frederik (Landesgymnasium für Hochbegabte, English Gmünd, Germany) Mathematics Christian-Edwards, Bethany (Herschel Grammar School, Slough) Natural Sciences

48 Constable, Ciaran James (Spalding Grammar School) Law Cooper, Elliott (Bishops Stortford College) History Cottam, Benjamin Nicholas (Lancaster Royal Grammar School) Natural Sciences Craig, Alexandra (English Martyrs’ School & Sixth Form College, Hartlepool) English Cullen, Emma Gabriella (Loreto College, Manchester) History Cummings, Stuart Matthew (Bradﬁeld College, Reading) Natural Sciences Cust, Henrietta Grace (St Peter’s School, York) Land Economy Davidson, Jonathan Alexander (Bishop Wordsworth’s Grammar School, Salisbury) Natural Sciences Davidson, Katy Elizabeth (Godalming College) Natural Sciences de Kremer, Stephanie (The King’s School, Peterborough) Natural Sciences Denison, Robert Brodie (Hampton School) Law Digpal, Ronneil (Cadbury Sixth Form College, Birmingham) Preclinical Medical Studies Doughty, Ian David (Tring School) Engineering Edwards, Hannah Clare Phoebe (Bedford High School) English Elliott, Harry Richard (Haydon School, Pinner) Mathematics Elliot, Thomas (Budmouth College, Weymouth) Geography Eyre, Rosie (St Mary’s Catholic College, Blackpool) Modern & Medieval Languages Fletcher, Emma (Barton Peveril College, Hampshire) Geography Flynn, Patrick (St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School, Slough) Natural Sciences Frost, Joe Neal (King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds) Natural Sciences Fulwood, William Alexander (Magdalen College School, Oxford) Engineering Green, Ella Louise (Colston Girls’ School, Bristol) English Hak, Ondrej (Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague) Natural Sciences Hall, Harriet Truman (Tormead School, Guildford) History Halstead, Jordan (Colyton Grammar School, Devon) Natural Sciences Hanna, Daniel (Colchester Royal Grammar School) Economics Hare, Thomas James (Stantonbury Campus, Milton Keynes) Natural Sciences Henderson, Emilia Therese (Damderyds Gymnasium, Sweden) Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Hobley, Ruth Elizabeth (Ilkley Grammar School) English Hodge, Rachael (Rugby High School) English Hornett, Abbey Jane (Colchester Royal Grammar School) Classics St Catharine’s Magazine t 2013

Houston, Louise Ellen (Collegiate Grammar School, Patel, Karuna Samsara (Swaminarayan School, London ) Enniskillen) Land Economy History Howarth, Colette (Ilkley Grammar School) Asian & Middle Patel, Neal Sunil (Runshaw College, Leyland) Economics Eastern Studies Patrick, Katharine Anna (George Heriot’s School, Hussain, Jamil (The Latymer School, Edmonton) Edinburgh) Law Economics Pellow, Robert Hugh (The Grammar School at Leeds) Hwang, Raphael Gyu-Hyun (Winchester College) Geography Mathematics Potter, Daniel James (German International School, Dubai) Hyman, Jonathan (Lancaster Royal Grammar School) Law Engineering Jin, Huilan Neptune (Wuhan China-Britain Education Reilly, Henry (Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith) Asian School) Mathematics & Middle Eastern Studies Johnson, Samuel (The Perse School, Cambridge) Natural Roberts, Jonathan Wyn (Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe, Sciences Swansea) Natural Sciences Jones, Agnes Mary (Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw, Pontypool) Rogers, Anna (Chelmsford County High School) Theology & Religious Studies Geography Joyce, Kevin (The Duchess’s Community High School, Ross, Iain (Aberdeen Grammar School) Geography Alnwick) Preclinical Medical Studies Sedgwick, Laura Thorburn (Ashlyns School, Berkhamstead) Kamrad, Stephan (Rheingau-Schule, Berlin) Natural History Sciences She, Yu (Wirral Grammar School for Girls) Mathematics Kauler, Ingrid (Tallinn French School) Law Shomali, Mollie Ayda (Henrietta Barnett School, Khan, Safwan (Cranford Community College, Hounslow) Hampstead) Archaeology & Anthropology Mathematics Shreeves, Joe Bradley (Dartford Grammar School for Boys) Ko, Man Yi (Jennifer) (St Leonards-Mayﬁeld School, East Engineering Sussex) Politics, Psychology & Sociology Skupski, Catherine Alice (Clitheroe Royal Grammar Kubiesa, Alexander (Kett Sixth Form College, Norwich) School) Modern & Medieval Languages Mathematics Somers, Bethany Jade (St Michael’s School, Llanelli) Ladd, Jonathan James (Bishop Wand C of E Secondary Preclinical Veterinary Medical Studies School, Sunbury-on-Thames) Modern & Medieval Sowerby, Simon (Crickhowell High School, Powys) Law Languages Speke, Venetia (Cheltenham Ladies’ College) Asian & Leith, Frances (Marlborough College) Music Middle Eastern Studies Lin, Michael Chun-Ta (Stevenson School, California) Spenceley, Laura (Henrietta Barnett School, Hampstead) Engineering Politics, Psychology & Sociology Linton, Samara (The Latymer School, Edmonton) Spurrell, Jacob William (Shenley Brook End School, Milton Preclinical Medical Studies Keynes) History Lockwood, Rhiannon Louise Hazel (St Helen’s School, Stein, Dan Fredman (Magdalen College School, Oxford) Northwood) Law Preclinical Medical Studies Martin, Emily Harriett (The Stephen Perse Foundation, Stevens, Philippa (Sir William Perkins’s School, Chertsey) Cambridge) Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Geography Martin, Samuel James (Sir Joseph Williamson’s Stuart-Bourne, Edward Mark (Radley College) Economics Mathematical School, Rochester) Preclinical Medical Sveiczer, Attila (Eötvös József Gimnázium, Budapest) Studies Natural Sciences Maycock, Hannah Louise (King’s High School, Warwick) Sweering, Lisa Catharina Maria (Malvern College) Politics, Preclinical vet med studies Psychology & Sociology Milnes, Harry (The Queen Elizabeth’s High School, Tarrant, Emma (St Bede’s School, Redhill) Preclinical Lincolnshire) Mathematics Veterinary Medical Studies Monfries, Robert (Charterhouse) Preclinical Medical Tawn, Douglas (Stamford School) English Studies Thompson, James (Cranleigh School, Cranleigh) Natural Neville, Joanna (Queenswood School, Hatﬁeld) Modern & Sciences Medieval Languages Tipos, Konstantinos Nikolas (St Lawrence College, Athens) Nguyen, Dat Khac (Caterham School, Surrey) Economics Chem Eng via Engineering Orovwuje-Forbes, Robyn Efeobome (Wycombe Trenins, Georgijs (Riga Secondary School 95, Latvia) High School, High Wycombe) Modern & Medieval Natural Sciences Languages Trivasse, Robert Nathaniel (The Polesworth School, Patel, Kaival (Wrenn School, Wellingborough) Engineering Dordon) Natural Sciences

50 Trizuljak, Samuel (New Hall School, Chelmsford) Willis, Thomas (St Robert of Newminster RC School, Economics Washington, Tyne & Wear) Preclinical Medical Studies Valiunas, Motiejus (Vilnius Lyceum) Mathematics Wilmot, Anna (St Paul’s Girls’ School, London) History Venvell, Jonathan Philip (Royal Grammar School, Winder, Madeleine (Monmouth Comprehensive School) Buckinghamshire) Music Natural Sciences Wang, Liheng (John Leggott College, Scunthorpe) Politics, Wood, David (King Edward VI Grammar School, Psychology & Sociology Chelmsford) Natural Sciences Warin, Scott (King Edward VI College, Nuneaton) Law Wootten, Matthew Makoto (St Olave’s and St Saviour’s Watts, Gabrielle Emma Jane (King’s College, Taunton) Grammar School, Orpington) Natural Sciences Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic Wylie, Ben (Royal Belfast Academical Institution) Classics Wilkinson, James Thomas (The Cardinal Vaughan Yelverton , Ben Miles (Bancroft’s School, Woodford Green) Memorial School, Kensington) Preclinical Medical Natural Sciences Studies Young, Margaret Robina (City of London Freemen’s Williams, Louis (Magdalen College School, Oxford) School) Natural Sciences Economics Zervos, Michael Zacharias Edward (St Paul’s School, Williams, Owen James (Tring School) Land Economy London) Preclinical Medical Studies

New Graduates 2012 Allwood, David (St Catharine’s) Real Estate Finance Grant, Hilary Anne (Carleton University, Canada) Bedder, Jonathan Charles Michael (University College Archaeology London) Geography Greenﬁeld, Jerome (University College London) Modern Bennett, Nicola (University of Reading) Archaeology European History Binti Mohd Yunus, Asma (International Islamic University Hall, Kieran Christopher (University of East Anglia) Malaysia) Law Economics Birdsall, Michael (Naval Nuclear Power School, US Navy) Hasanli, Hasan (University of Bristol) Politics Management Studies Ho, Chongip Raymond (Darwin College, Cambridge) Boghani, Rehana (University of Manchester) Psychology Corporate Law and Education Holloway, Jet Graham Alexander (University of Tasmania, Boyer, Dana Elizabeth (University of Leeds) Engineering Australia) Pure Mathematics Case, Jermaine Omar (Norman Manley Law School, Hong, Seok Young (Hughes Hall, Cambridge) Pure Maths Jamaica) Law and Mathematical Statistics Chandesris, Benoit Jean Vincent (École Polytechnique, Jano Ito, Marco Aurelio (Imperial College London) Land France) Micro – and Nanotechnology Economy Dalby, Amanda (University of Newcastle) Cardiovascular Jones, Samuel Henry Wilmer (University of Manchester) Research Philosophy Danielsen, Lotte (Universitet I Oslo, Norway) Social Juperi, Juhasni Adila (International Islamic University Anthropology Malaysia) Education De Almeida, Eduardo (University of Durham) Education Kemp, Nicholas William Huw (Hertford College, Oxford) Ding, Long (University of Bath) Engineering Medieval and Renaissance Literature Docherty, Gabriella (University of Warwick) Screen Media Kennedy, Amanda Jane (Edinburgh University) and Cultures Cardiovascular Research Du, Lishan (Darwin, Cambridge) Management Studies Lienart van Lidth de Jeude, Thibaut William (United States Dundas, Kirsten (University of Bath) Biological Science Air Force Academy) Mathematics Edsall, Kaitlyn (University of Georgetown, Washington, Lindsay, Timothy Alexander James (Monash University, USA) Management Studies Australia) Bioscience Enterprise Eggar, Jordan (University of Manchester) Asian and Middle Loche, Elena (University of Bologna, Italy) Cardiovascular Eastern Studies Research Galbraith, Daniel Alexander (St Catharine’s) Linguistics Magee, Edward James (Ridley Hall, Cambridge) Education (Faroese) McCree-Grey, Jonathan (University of Bath) Physics Gardiner, Benjamin (University of British Columbia, McTigue, Joshua Dominic (St Catharine’s) Engineering Canada) Geography Moazzin, Ghassan (St Catharine’s) Modern Chinese Gorman, Timothy William (University of York) Chemistry History

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Morrison, Graeme (St Catharine’s) Engineering Suard, Raphaelle (École Superieure d’Electricitie, France) Northrop, Charles II (John Cabot University, Rome, Italy) Architecture Classics Sun, Ruiyao (University College, Dublin) Economics Ogbonna, Prince (University of Nigeria) Engineering for Syrjanen, Johanna Liinamaria (St Catharine’s) Biological Sustainable Development Sciences Proctor, Rosemary (Leeds) Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Tan, Sherrie Ying Mei (University College London) Puyoou, Bianca (Université Paris Sorbonne) French Economics Rajabali, Maria (Dundee) Corporate Law Toth, Mano Gabor (Central European University, Budapest, Renfro, Cooper (Harvard University) Management Studies Hungary) Politics and International Studies Ruscher, Susann (Freie Universitat Berlin) German Trace, Jamie Roger (University of Sussex) Political Thought Sabbah, Yasmina (American University of Beirut) Choral and Intellectual History Studies Tsagkaropoulos, Petros (St Catharine’s) Classics Schaeffer, Julia (École Polytechnique, France) Clinical Widdows, Nicholas John (University of Bristol) Divinity Neurosciences Williams, Rebecca (University of Warwick) Physics Schwikkard, Graham (Witwatersrand, South Africa) Wisnivesky Rocca Rivarola, Florencia (Universidade Management Studies Estadual de Campinas, Brazil) Materials Science and Shah, Safdar Haider (University of Warwick) Mathematics Metallurgy Education Wolfson, Matthew (Pomona College, USA) Politics Shi, Bo (St Catharine’s) Economics Wood, Sarah Caroline (University of Manchester) Smith, Holly Leah (University of Essex) Education Epidemiology Smith, Jonathan (University College London) Zylla, Abigail Garrison (University of Georgia, USA) Environmental Policy Environment, Society and Development Stanton, Tim (University of York) Medieval History

52 University Scholarships and Prizes

Peter Blair was awarded the Departmental Prize Ladislav Hovan was awarded the Prize for the for his Civil Engineering Design Project. best overall performance in Part IB Chemistry. Karol Buduhoski was awarded First Prize for Joe Kirk was awarded the Unilever Prize for the PhD student posters at the School of Medicine best Physical Project. 2013 Clinical Research Symposium. Zhongling Liu was awarded the Douglas Peter Bullock was awarded the Dudley Williams Blausten Award for best dissertation for Prize for the best Biological Project and the MPhil in Real Estate Finance. (Douglas the Gordon Wigan Prize for outstanding Blausten (1971) read Land Economy at performance at Part III. St Catharine’s). Hannah Darcy won four awards: the LP Pugh Meichen Lu was awarded the ExxonMobil Medal for the best performance in the 4th, Chemical Engineering Prize. 5th and 6th years of the veterinary course, Robert Owen was awarded the Harkness Prize the Zoetis Prize in Small Animal Medicine, the for Earth Sciences. Zoetis Elective Prize and the Marks & Spencer Peter Pinski was awarded the Buckingham Prize in Veterinary Public Health. Prize for distinction in Theoretical Chemistry Sarah Foley was awarded the 2012 Part IIB and the Norrish Prize for the best theoretical CUP Prizes for best overall grade in 3rd year project. Psychology and for the best Psychology Felix Sampson was awarded the Royal dissertation. She was also runner-up for Aeronautical Society Prize and the Morien the 2012 Gladstone Memorial Prize for Morgan Prize. best dissertation from students in the PPS, Graham Schwikkard (an MBA student) was Economics and History faculties. awarded the William Edward Prize for the David Haine was awarded the Robert Walker highest mark in Management Practice. Prize in Surgery. George Trenins was awarded the Prize for the Georgina Hall was awarded the Animalcare best overall performance in Part IA Chemistry. Prize. Georgina Wadham was awarded the University’s Jonathan Harris was awarded the Kurt Hahn TR Henn Prize for English. See College Prizes Prize for Modern Languages. for winners of the College TR Henn prizes. James Hodgson was awarded a William Natasha Watts was awarded a William Vaughan Vaughan Lewis Prize for Geography. Lewis Prize for Geography

College Prizes All those obtaining First Class Honours are awarded a Alan Battersby Prize in Chemistry or in Biochemistry: Scholarship to the value of £100 and a book prize to the Bullock PTB and Tkachenko O value of £100. The College prizes are given as a further Belﬁeld Clarke Prize in Biological Sciences: Jordan R honour. Birﬁeld Memorial Scholarship in Engineering: Blair P, Salter J and Podgorney C John Addenbrooke Medical Prize: Case SJ, Christy JC, RS Briggs Prize for Outstanding Tripos Performance: Cox CL and Wang X Tarrant E Alexandria Prize in Engineering: Carter J James Brimlow Prize in Chemistry: Niblett S Arthur Andersen Prize: Garnett HR and Nagdy M Gus Caesar Prize in Geography: Boreham A, TW Armour Prize in Mathematics: Edey D Hodgson JC-YR, Rimmer I and Rogers A William Balchin Prize in Geography: Howell KR and Robert Comline Prize in Systems Physiology: Jordan R Watts N Ray Driver Prize in Chemistry: Hovan L and Pinski P

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Drury-Johns Prize in Mathematics: Baker DI Richard Walduck Prize for History: Tribe E Engineering Members’ Prize in Engineering: John Spencer Wilson Prize in Natural Sciences: Owen R, Sampson FW Yelverton BM and Flynn P Ivo Forde Prize in History: Barth GA and Kidd S Stephane Francis Prize in Veterinary Science: Tarrant E, Other Awards Darcy H The following include academic awards not directly Jeremy Haworth Prize in Mathematics or in Engineering: relating to Tripos performance, awards with academic Chen R and non-academic components, and awards recognising TR Henn Prize in English: Harper J, Mayer P, White JSB a signiﬁcant non-academic contribution to College life. Higham Prize in Archaeology: Felder K Bishop Browne Prize for Reading in Chapel: Sweeney L Stephen Hinchliffe Dissertation Prize in Geography: Gooderson Memorial Grant for Legal Practice: Hodgson JC-YR and Watts N Healiss EE, Edmonds H and Williams J Hutcherson Prize for Outstanding Tripos Performance: Hardy Award for Biological Science: Bruzas E and Lu M Spence-Jones H C Jarrett Prize in Theology or in Asian & Middle Eastern Jacobson Scholarship in International Law: Yotova R and Studies: Barsoum F Lando M F Kemp-Gooderson Prize in Law: Rajabali M and Karen Kerslake Memorial Prize for College Music: Azinovic R Forbes G VLM Lairmore Prize in Physics: Willett HV and Day FV Christopher MacGregor Memorial Award for English Bruno Laurent Memorial Prize in Chemical Engineering: Literature: Holland O Lu M Master’s Sizar: Bonnington RC Lauterpacht Prize in International Law: Case JO Mooting Prize: Warin S Mennell Prize in Politics, Psychology & Sociology: Nicholas Prize for Leadership: Nash G Warner H Martin Steele Memorial Award for Theatre: Aitken A Daniel Owen Morgan Prize in Veterinary Medicine: Weaver Prize for Choral Music: Jaeggi H Hall G Wilshaw Bursary: Harris J M DW Morgan Prize for Academic Excellence: Trenins G Doty Fieldwork Prize for Geography: Howell KR Sean Mulherin Prize in Modern & Medieval Languages: Harris JM The following prizes were not awarded: Adderley Prize Posener Memorial Prize in Modern & Medieval in Law, Cuthbert Casson Prize in Theology, Corrie Prize Languages: Lanaghan MKA, Shariff A and in Theology, Figgis Memorial Prize in History, Jacobson Stancombe O Prize in Law, Lacey Prize in Classics, Peter le Huray Prize in Sayers Prize in Economics: Ying AYL Music, Palmer Prize for Classics, Drury Memorial Exhibition St Catharine’s Prize for Distinction in Research: for Anglican Ordination Training, Alfred Steers Fieldwork Gallagher N and Ottem J Award for Geography. Tasker Prize in Modern & Medieval Languages: Fielding N

College Scholarships

Senior Scholars Darcy H: Final Veterinary Examination Pt III (Moses Amarsi AM: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Experimental & Holway (1695)) Theoretical Physics (Skerne (1745)) Day FV: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Experimental & Barsoum F: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Tripos Pt II Theoretical Physics (Skerne (1745)) (Thomas Jarrett (1887)) Durrant TM: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Tripos Pt II Bennett MKA: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Materials (Thomas Jarrett (1887)) Sciences (Skerne (1745)) Hall G: Final Veterinary Examination Pt III (Moses Holway Blair P: Engineering Tripos Pt IIA (Dr John Gostlin (1626)) (1695)) Bullock PTB: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Chemistry Harper J: English Tripos Pt II (Sir John Cleypoole (1613)) (Skerne (1745)) Howell KR: Geographical Tripos Pt II (Sir John Cleypoole Chen R: Engineering Tripos Pt IIB (Dr John Gostlin (1626)) (1613)) Christy JC: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Biological & Jordan R: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Physiology Biomedical Sciences (Thomas Hobbes (1631)) Development & Neuroscience (Thomas Hobbes (1631))

54 Kehoe J: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Systems Biology Blukis R: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Chemistry (Skerne (Thomas Hobbes (1631)) (1745)) Lanaghan MKA: Modern & Medieval Languages Tripos Pt Boreham A: Geographical Tripos Pt IB (Sir John Cleypoole II (Henry Chaytor (1954)) (1613)) Lu M: Chemical Engineering Tripos Pt IIA (Dr John Gostlin Brewer Gillham AK: Arch & Anth Tripos Pt IIA: Bio Anth (1626)) (Lady Cocket (c.1635)) Malinowski M: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Experimental Brooker MC: English Tripos Pt I (Sir John Cleypoole & Theoretical Physics (Skerne (1745)) (1613)) Nagdy M: Economics Tripos Pt IIB (Robert Skerne (1661)) Bruzas E: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IB (Thomas Hobbes Niblett S: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Chemistry (Skerne (1631)) (1745)) Bungey CBA: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IA (Skerne O’Neill T: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Chemistry (Skerne (1745)) (1745)) Carter J: Engineering Tripos Pt IIA (Dr John Gostlin Owen RA: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Geological (1626)) Sciences (Skerne (1745)) Case SJ: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Biological & Pinski P: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Chemistry (Skerne Biomedical Sciences (Thomas Hobbes (1631)) (1745)) Coleman MP: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Tripos Pt II Podgorney C: Engineering Tripos Pt IIA MIT (Dr John (Thomas Jarrett (1887)) Gostlin (1626)) Cooper JD: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IB (Skerne (1745)) Povey CS: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Experimental & Cowe ME: Criminology M.Phil (Lady Katharine Theoretical Physics (Skerne (1745)) Barnardiston (1633)) Rimmer IT: Geographical Tripos Pt II (A A L Caesar Cox CL: Medical & Veterinary Sciences Tripos Pt IB (1980)) (Moses Holway (1695)) Sampson FW: Engineering Tripos Pt IIB (Dr John Gostlin Critch AJ: Archaeology M.Phil (Lady Cocket (c.1635)) (1626)) Davidson JA: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IA (Skerne Severin H: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Materials (1745)) Sciences (Skerne (1745)) Edey D: Mathematical Tripos Pt IB (John Cartwright Tkachenko O: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Biochemistry (1674)) (Skerne (1745)) Elderﬁeld JAD: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Plant Warner H: Politics Psychology & Sociology Tripos Pt IIB Sciences (Thomas Hobbes (1631)) (Lady Katharine Barnardiston (1633)) Ewer E: English Tripos Pt I (Sir John Cleypoole (1613)) Watts N: Geographical Tripos Pt II (Sir John Cleypoole Eyre R: Modern & Medieval Languages Tripos Pt IA (1613)) (Henry Chaytor (1954)) Willett HV: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Experimental & Fielding N: Modern & Medieval Languages Tripos Pt IB Theoretical Physics (Skerne (1745)) (Henry Chaytor (1954)) Xue N: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Experimental & Flynn P: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IA (Skerne (1745)) Theoretical Physics (Skerne (1745)) Fraser CJ: Polar Studies M.Phil (Sir John Cleypoole (1613)) Scholars Frost CE: Medical & Veterinary Sciences Tripos Pt IB Abbott ACJ: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IA (Skerne (1745)) (Moses Holway (1695)) Altmann-Richer LKA: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IB Frost JN: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IA (Thomas Hobbes (Thomas Hobbes (1631)) (1631)) Anikevicius I: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Experimental Gandhi SN: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IB (Skerne (1745)) & Theoretical Physics (Skerne (1745)) Garnett HR: Management Studies Tripos (Thomas Hobbes Ashman D: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IA (Skerne (1745)) (1631)) Azinovic R: Law Tripos Pt I & II (Mrs Payne (1610)) Glover HW: Chemical Engineering Tripos Pt I (Dr John Baker DI: Mathematical Tripos Pt IB (John Cartwright Gostlin (1626)) (1674)) Gottfries ANO: Economics M.Phil (Robert Skerne (1661)) Bale Barker F: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Tripos Pt IB Green L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Tripos Pt II (Thomas Jarrett (1887)) (Thomas Jarrett (1887)) Barth GA: Historical Tripos Pt II (Lady Katharine Hampshire F: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Systems Barnardiston (1633)) Biology (Thomas Hobbes (1631)) Benzing F: Mathematical Tripos Pt IA (John Cartwright Harris JM: Modern & Medieval Languages Tripos Pt IB (1674)) (Henry Chaytor (1954))

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Hemmert T: Mathematical Tripos Pt IB (John Cartwright Salter J: Engineering Tripos Pt IIB (Dr John Gostlin (1626)) (1674)) Shariff A: Modern & Medieval Languages Tripos Pt II Hill G: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Chemistry (Skerne (Henry Chaytor (1954)) (1745)) She Y: Mathematical Tripos Pt IA (John Cartwright Hodgson JC-YR: Geographical Tripos Pt II (Sir John (1674)) Cleypoole (1613)) Siroki G: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Experimental & Hovan L: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IB (Skerne (1745)) Theoretical Physics (Skerne (1745)) Hung JMC: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IB (Skerne (1745)) Smarandache BC: History M.Phil (Lady Katharine Jooma Z: Chemical Engineering Tripos Pt IIA (Dr John Barnardiston (1633)) Gostlin (1626)) Speke V: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Tripos Pt IA Kamrad S: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IA (Thomas Hobbes (Thomas Jarrett (1887)) (1631)) Spence-Jones HC: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IB (Thomas Kidd S: Historical Tripos Pt II (Lady Katharine Barnardiston Hobbes (1631)) (1633)) Stancombe O: Modern & Medieval Languages Tripos Pt II Kirk JD: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Chemistry (Skerne (Henry Chaytor (1954)) (1745)) Tarrant E: Medical & Veterinary Sciences Tripos Pt IA Kongsuwan N: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IB (Skerne (Moses Holway (1695)) (1745)) Thompson J: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IA (Skerne Lello JAEH: English Tripos Pt I (Sir John Cleypoole (1613)) (1745)) Lewis RPI: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt III: Chemistry Timmins VS: MBA (Thomas Hobbes (1631)) (Skerne (1745)) Trenins G: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IA (Skerne (1745)) Liu Z: Real Estate Finance M.Phil (Robert Skerne (1661)) Tribe E: Historical Tripos Pt I (Lady Katharine Barnardiston Matthews S: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IB (Skerne (1745)) (1633)) Mayer P: English Tripos Pt II (Sir John Cleypoole (1613)) Volhard Dearman S: Arch & Anth Tripos Pt IIB: Neill T: Economics Tripos Pt IIA (Robert Skerne (1661)) Archaeology (Lady Cocket (c.1635)) Neville J: Modern & Medieval Languages Tripos Pt IA Wade DC: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Chemistry (Skerne (Henry Chaytor (1954)) (1745)) Nguyen DK: Ecomonics Tripos Pt I (Robert Skerne (1661)) Wang X: Medical & Veterinary Sciences Tripos Pt IB Nowicka JM: History of Art Tripos Pt IIB (Samuel (Moses Holway (1695)) Frankland (1691)) Watson RH: English Tripos Pt I (Sir John Cleypoole Palyutina K: Computer Science Tripos Pt II (Mr Spurstow (1613)) (1646)) White JSB: English Tripos Pt II (Sir John Cleypoole (1613)) Preece C: Geographical Tripos Pt II (Sir John Cleypoole Wootten MM: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IA (Skerne (1613)) (1745)) Radvan J: Land Economy Tripos Pt II (Robert Skerne Wright AD: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt II: Experimental & (1661)) Theoretical Physics (Skerne (1745)) Rajabali M: Master of Corporate Law (Mrs Payne (1610)) Yelverton BM: Natural Sciences Tripos Pt IA (Skerne Riley AC: Engineering Tripos Pt IB (Dr John Gostlin (1745)) (1626)) Ying AYL: Economics Tripos Pt IIA (Robert Skerne (1661)) Robertson RS: Philosophy Tripos Pt IB (Mrs Julian Stafford Young DTM: Economics Tripos Pt IIA (Robert Skerne (1627)) (1661)) Rogers A: Geographical Tripos Pt IA (Sir John Cleypoole (1613))

56 PhDs approved 2012–13

Banwell AF: Modelling the hydrology of the Greenland Nicoletti O: Mapping surface plasmons of metal Ice Sheet nanoparticles with electron energy-loss spectroscopy Booth AJR: An analysis of the role of microtubules during Ottem JC: Ample subschemes and partially positive line tubulogenesis in Drosophila bundles Carr ND: Romanticism and modernity in American Pegler SS: The fluid mechanics of ice-shelf buttressing historical narrative, 1830–1920 Roberts ST: NMR relaxometry and diffusometry Chorafakis G: The knowledge plexus and the systemic techniques for exploring heterogeneous catalysis paradigm in economic geography Santema P: Conflict, cooperation and cortisol in meerkats Eastwood SEB: Lifestyle geography and juvenile crime: a Sharapov D: Firm-level and contextual influences on firm case study of Peterborough, UK performance Gudgin EJ: Integrated epigenetic and genetic analysis of Speed DC: Exploring nonlinear regression methods, with transcriptional dysregulation in AML application to association studies Hilton JM: Progressive hearing loss in mouse mutants Tan KY: Smart surfaces using responsive polymer brushes Housden CR: Cognitive impairment: quantification and Tew YM-N: Renegotiating constitutional adjudication: a possibilities for pharmacological treatment minimum core approach for Malaysia and Singapore Jackson HM: The role of temporal fine structure in pitch Thomson C: The removal of sin in the book of Zechariah and speech perception Waller HM: The role of temporal fine structure in pitch Kucharski A: The dynamics of immunity to seasonal and speech perception influenza Williams BP: Identifying mechanisms underlying the Kwon K-A: Preparation and characterisation of hydrogel- coordinated evolution of multiple C4 genes carbonated hydroxyapatite coatings on Ti-6Al-4V Yap FML: Reassessing the civilian internment experience substrates for orthopaedic applications in Japanese-occupied British Asia 1942–45 Lappe S-CLL: Palaeomagnetism of extraterrestrial Ye X: Catching up in technology industries – a case study materials on the nm-um scale: a case study using on the semiconductor industry synthetic dusty olivine Yeung HH-M: Lithium-based inorganic-organic Layton S: Commerce, authority and piracy in the Indian framework materials Ocean world, c. 1780–1850 Zeron-Medina ML: Residual deficiency as a gradient, Lees JC: Clemens Wenzeslaus, German Catholicism, and deficiency in finite index subgroups, p-deficiency and the French Revolution, 1768–1792 largeness Lewis AM: The synthesis and biological evaluation of a Zheng Y: Intracellular IL-1 receptor II binding prevents novel anticancer small molecule cleavage and activity of IL-1a, controlling necrosis- McMurray L: New catalytic methods and strategies for induced sterile inflammation chemical synthesis Zhu J: A spatial computable general equilibrium model for Michelioudakis D: Dative arguments and abstract Case London and surrounding regions in Greek Moser M: Senatvi avctoritatem pristinam reddidisti: the Roman senatorial aristocracy under Constantine and Constantius II

SOCIETY NEWS St Catharine’s Magazine t 2013

Society Committee 2013–14

President: Professor Dame Jean Thomas DBE ScD Elected 2013: Dr Abigail Brundin (Fellow), Dr FRS FMedSci (2007) Master of the College John Wells (1976), Hugh McNeill (1996) Vice-President and President-Elect: Lord Horam Re-Elected 2013: Richard Whitwell (1984) (1957) Branch Chairmen (Ex Officio): David Wood Immediate Past President: Professor Tony (1980), Mrs Heather Powell (1981), Clive Watts OBE (1960) Brunswick (1953), David Sanders (1969), Pro- Chairman: David Sanders (1969) fessor John Moverley OBE (1968), Dr Jonathan Hon Secretary: David Peace (1966) Dossetor (1962), Professor Reavley Gair Hon Treasurer: Dr John Little (1972, Fellow 1980) (1959); Mrs Eleanor Roberts (1985). Editor, Society Magazine: Roger Stratford (1960, Fellow Commoner 1992) Tenure: President-Elect, President, Immediate Society Webmaster: Howard Cole, College Com- Past President – one year in each position; Chair- puter Office man – eight years; Secretary, Treasurer – eligi- Elected (Ordinary) Members ble for re-election annually. Elected (Ordinary) Re-elected 2010: Dr Jonathan Gair (1995, Fellow Members – four years with the option to stand 2004) for one further four-year term; Branch Chairmen, Elected 2011: Dr Anthony Davenport (Fellow Magazine Editor, Society Webmaster – ex-officio. 1995) All elections at the AGM other than Branch Re-Elected 2012: Dr Chris Thorne (Fellow 1963, Chairmen (elected locally). Emeritus Fellow 2002), Keith Cocker (1972)

The Society President

Jean Thomas arrived in 1969 she was elected a Fellow of New Hall (now Cambridge in 1967, nearly Murray Edwards College) and remained a Fellow 40 years before she became (serving as Tutor and Vice-President at various Master seven years ago, times, and teaching Biochemistry) until she took having just completed up the post of Master of St Catharine’s on 1 Janu- her PhD in Chemistry at ary 2007. She received the degree of Doctor of the University of Wales. Science from Cambridge for her research in 1985, She had been awarded a was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1986, four-year Beit Memorial of EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisa- Research Fellowship, which she held at the world- tion) in 1982, of the Academia Europaea in 1991 renowned Laboratory of Molecular Biology, and and of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2002. during this time she was a postdoctoral member She holds a number of Honorary Degrees from of Darwin College. In 1969 she was appointed other Universities; Honorary Fellowships from University Demonstrator in the Department of Darwin College and New Hall, as well as Worces- Biochemistry where she has worked happily ever ter College, Oxford; Honorary Membership of since – as Lecturer, Reader, and then Professor of the Biochemical Society, the Biophysical Society Macromolecular Biochemistry. She continues to and the Society of Biology; and is an Honorary run a (now small) research group in Biochemis- Bencher of the Middle Temple. She was made try, which she says keeps her grounded. When CBE in 1993 for services to Science, and DBE in she was appointed to a University position in 2005.

60 She has served on numerous University and Jean derives enormous pleasure from meeting national Committees, as a Trustee of the British Members in College, elsewhere in the UK and Museum for two ﬁve-year terms (1994–2004), as overseas (Europe, the US and the Far East) and this a Governor of the Wellcome Trust (2000–7) and will no doubt continue, while she wears two hats as President of the Biochemical Society (2001–5). for the next year. She says that it is easy to extoll She is currently Vice-President and Biological Sec- the many virtues of both the College and its Soci- retary of the Royal Society (2008–13) and is in her ety, which is the source of such goodwill and sup- second year as a Deputy Vice-Chancellor in the port, and that it will be a huge pleasure to serve as University. the 75th President of the Society in its 90th year.

Report of 85th AGM

The President, Prof Tony Watts (1960), took the in 2010. Nine former Presidents had met in Lon- Chair at the 85th Annual General Meeting of the don to discuss anything and everything to do with Society on 21 September 2013, with about 50 the Society and the College. A short report can be members in attendance. found later in this Magazine. The Minutes of the 84th meeting were In addition to social activities his major interests approved, with the Secretary mentioning that the had included: note in the previous Magazine to the effect that membership of panels awarding Society grants there had been a small decrease in income was to students in the areas of music tuition, the per- now corrected in the Minutes: there had been forming arts and work experience (internships). a small increase in income. Proposer Derek Tur- Regarding work experience three bursaries total- nidge; seconder Nigel Butt. ling £1,650 had been awarded in 2012 and three totalling £1,140 in 2013. President’s Report building links between alumni and students with The President welcomed members to our first the aim of encouraging students in career explora- AGM in new McGrath Centre and noted it as a tion and career development. A Values Workshop significant development for the College, built with had been run in the Michaelmas Term. The Socie- considerable support from alumni, especially Har- ty’s Career Link scheme had had limited traffic but vey McGrath. He recalled the splendid opening had helped the Careers Society to identify inter- ceremony in June, with Society Chair John Horam, ested alumni, and as a result the second Careers the Secretary David Peace and himself attending Dinner (students and alumni) had been held in the on behalf of the Society. Lent Term, and it was hoped that this would be Appreciating that branches are essential to the an annual event – the next planned being Friday Society he said that during his presidential year he 7 February 2014, aiming at 30 alumni and 45 stu- had offered to visit all seven in the UK; he had vis- dents. All these activities were student-led, which ited four; and it was clear to him that all were in was a great strength. good health. Involved as he was in the East Anglian supporting College music, notably the Concert Branch he found it interesting to see how other by Dr Wickham and a number of singers and Branches operate. Volunteers, working as small instrumentalists held in London in March at the teams, were the key, and the Society continued to Oxford and Cambridge Club. Special thanks were look for volunteers for areas not directly covered, due to the Society’s London Branch for organis- such as Wales, North East England, and Ireland. ing the event, and it was hoped that the London In June he had attended the third Presidents’ Concert would be an annual event in the Soci- Dinner, initiated by David Peace when President ety’s calendar, the next one being planned for

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Saturday 15 March 2014 in the church of St Bar- (magazines, online community, events, maps, etc.) tholomew the Great. at www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society/register. The President reminded members that the Soci- ety is for all who have been admitted to the Col- Editor’s Report lege in an academic capacity and that therefore, In the absence of the Editor, Roger Stratford, the although much of what it does is for those already report was delivered by the Deputy Editor Dr Chris graduated, it was important to bear in mind the Thorne. needs of students as well. He thanked the Devel- Dr Thorne reminded members that the Society opment Director and her team for the way in which produces the Magazine and that, thanks to the they helped the Society in a number of ways: the work of our previous webmaster Mike Diplock, strong link between the Society Committee and every edition since it was ﬁrst published in 1927 the Alumni Ofﬁce was crucial, and he was pleased was online. The online Magazines were readable to report that both organisations continued to only by registered Society members, registration work closely together. Finally he paid tribute to being available free of charge to any College/Soci- our outgoing Chairman John (now Lord) Horam ety member. The general public had no access. and thanked our Secretary David Peace and the The Editor had received occasional complaints other members of the Committee. from Fellows and others about having to register ‘just to look something up’ or about not being Webmaster’s Report able to tell a potential applicant (for example) to In the absence of the webmaster Howard Cole the look at the previous year’s edition ‘on the web’, report was delivered by the Society Secretary David and some contributors of articles had complained Peace. The webmaster reported that solid progress that they could not pass an online reference to had been achieved in transferring into Society colleagues to look at their article in context. As a ownership systems that had been separately run result the Editor had written a paper on the topic by our previous webmaster. He had taken note of for the Committee in April and it had been decided the Editor’s report and from a technical point of to put the following proposal to the AGM and, if view could see no problem in providing a redacted the meeting agreed the proposal, to promulgate it online version and progressively working back- in the 2013 Magazine. wards through earlier editions. The College was Proposal: that the Magazine from 2014 thinking about website redesign, possibly includ- onwards should be produced in two versions – ing an improvement in the event booking system. one ‘complete’ as now (i.e. identical to the hard- As the Society site was integrated into the College copy version) published online to members via a site we would be consulted, we would keep our password; the other version, redacted if neces- identity, and there should be no cost to the Society. sary, made available to the general public. Efforts Email systems for all branches had been upgraded would then be made, as time permitted, to ‘work during the year – an example of a transfer to the backwards’ redacting earlier editions to produce University system rather than a private system – public versions. The existing complete versions and all branch chairs had been informed. Branch would, of course, continue to be available to mailing lists for Wales (not currently a covered by members via password as now. a committee) were being constructed and made Dr Thorne, for the Editor, noted that the main available to adjoining branches. Areas not covered reason for redaction was to remove any material by branches, e.g. Wales, were being moderated which might be considered ‘personal informa- by Howard himself but other branches could email tion’ within the meaning of the Data Protection members there. Finally he reminded members that Act and which therefore should not be publicly if they had not already done so they should register readable online. There was not thought to be any with the Society in order to access the extra services such material in recent editions, but that needed

62 to be checked. There was certainly such material The small drop in the share price of our holding in before 2005. In addition Members might care to the Charities Property Fund (CPF) meant that our note that all years of the Magazine were already portfolio value dropped slightly giving us a small available to the public in printed form because overall deficit. the St Catharine’s College Society Magazine was The balance sheet showed a very small decrease registered with the British Library as a published in our total assets as represented by our CPF hold- magazine in the public domain. ing and our cash at bank. Dr Thorne confirmed, in response to a request Dr Little commented on the low rate of inter- from Brian Woodham (1961) that the hard copy est on cash holdings. This arose because our would continue to be published. Philip Bowring cash holding is held together with the College’s (1960) asked why the current Magazine could not own cash holding in a Barclay’s account which be published to the public online, and Dr Thorne allows immediate and frequent withdrawals and stated that there might be issues of permission thus pays a negligible rate of interest. Although from professional photographers so another we could choose to invest our cash holding in a year was needed to clear the arrangements for slightly higher interest rate account elsewhere, the future. Brian Sweeney (1963) asked whether that would inevitably mean limited withdrawals event details might be published online, via the and could also mean that on occasions we would Magazine, at more frequent intervals, perhaps have insufficient funds available at short notice. In quarterly. Dr Thorne noted this and undertook to such a situation we would have to ask the College discuss it with the Editor. to pay our bills from its own funds until we were The proposal was passed nem con: proposer able to repay – a circumstance that we would wish Professor Stephen Mennell (1963), seconder Pro- to avoid. The Committee was looking at this. fessor Reavley Gair (1959) Some additional income was received last year from the College because some of our bank capi- College Development tal from the previous four years had been held in Society Members, ever interested in the latest the College investment portfolio and therefore news from the College, welcomed the Develop- had accrued a better rate of interest. ment Director Deborah Loveluck, who brought A note referred to the Old Members Sports Fund them up to date with the work of her department and an investment income of £4,059 on £101,468 over the last 12 months. A full report appears in (4%). The Treasurer explained that this fund is the College Report in this Magazine. held within the College portfolio and is less than our return on the CPF. The Bursar allocates interest Accounts on most of the College Funds at a flat 4% notwith- In proposing the adoption of the Accounts for standing the overall investment performance of the 2012–13 the Treasurer Dr John Little reported as College portfolio. In this way each fund is guaran- follows: teed a steady 4% income which can be budgeted Subscription income had increased in line with for during the year. Obviously sometimes the fund the increase in the student subscription from £9 ‘wins’ and sometimes ‘loses’ as the markets fluctu- to £15 p.a. Expenditure had been similar to that ate, but the Bursar assured him that a 4% return of the previous year although there were different is a reasonable value to work to on a long time items of expenditure. In 2011–12, for example, scale. The Society thus benefits from a certainly we had arranged a retirement dinner and present of income, and as the proceeds are dedicated to for our previous Secretary Hugh Searle, whilst this helping needy students in their sporting activities year saw the beginning of expenditure for a part- we are able to maximise our giving. The Accounts time webmaster (which would be factored into were adopted nem con: proposer Brian Sweeney future budgets) and a one-off branch subsidy. (1963), seconder Geoffrey Stokell (1950).

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Branch Reports Summarising his talk for the Magazine Colin Summary reports (see details elsewhere) were wrote: ‘In the popular imagination the production received from the Chairmen of the Scotland, of illuminated manuscripts by shivering monks is a North, North West, Wessex, and South West commonplace of the Middle Ages. Nowadays we branches. In the absence of the other Chairmen gaze into dimly-lit exhibition cases at their precise Nigel Butt, member of the London Branch Commit- and peculiar images and text. We’re dazzled by tee, reported on behalf of the London branch, and gold leaf and the rich pigments of burnt sienna David Peace, Society Secretary, read out reports and lapis lazuli. While not denying the beauty from the Midlands and East Anglia branches. and value of our oldest manuscripts (I confessed that the illustrated initials are what make our early Elections French bible my favourite thing in the library) I In the elections the following members were either wanted to take them out of the museum and confirmed in, or elected to, or re-elected to Com- monastery, and put them into the hands of early- mittee membership nem con: Professor Dame modern Europeans. I related their production to Jean Thomas, Master, as President; Lord Horam social and economic social forces, and argued that (1957) as President-Elect – proposer Professor they were objects of use, not only of veneration. Stephen Mennel (1963), seconder Derek Tur- And I tried to demonstrate their physicality and nidge (1956); the following were elected in one contemporariness. Scholars still visit every sum- combined vote, proposed by Keith Cocker (1972) mer to view these old handwritten texts; Fellows and seconded by Clive Brunswick (1953): David still use them in their College teaching. Sanders (1969) as Chairman; David Peace (1966) ‘Our collection demonstrates the diversity of as Secretary; Dr John Little (1972, Fellow 1980) medieval manuscript production and the various as Treasurer; Richard Whitwell (1984); John Wells ways that early-modern manuscripts met specific (1976); Hugh McNeill (1996);Dr Abigail Brundin educational needs. The histories of their ownership (Fellow). and use can tell us much about the place of the library in College, about relationships with alumni, The Reunion Weekend Seminar and about challenges to the role of the library dur- During the afternoon members congregated in the ing periods of rapid technological change.’ splendid McGrath Centre to hear a talk by Colin As he followed these themes through the cen- Higgins the College Librarian. Originally billed as turies and connected them to actual events in the ‘A History of the College Library through its Col- history of Europe, Britain, the University and the lections’, Colin added a jaunty and contemporary College, members could appreciate the value and style by renaming it ‘Seven Centuries, Seven (and significance of these and similar books. In the dis- a half) Manuscripts, or What Old Books Can Tell cussion that followed Colin answered a number of Us About Their Time And Ours’. Beside him and in questions from members about the means of pro- front of the audience was a long table with seven duction, the use of different materials, the place of remarkable tomes from the College Library. the volumes in the lives of those who used them, Expressing his pleasure at being asked to talk and the way that people handle them these days. about the Library’s collection of manuscripts at He emphasised that the books were made to be this year’s Society Reunion, Colin noted that as no used, that gloves can transfer dirt, and that there- popular history today was complete without a dis- fore so long as hands were clean members could tinct number of objects standing in place of ideas inspect them manually – and he encouraged them or historical trends, he intended to speak about so to do when his talk was over. seven, created between the thirteenth and seven- Showing their great appreciation of his talk, teenth centuries, and that later he would encour- members did indeed inspect and handle the ancient age members to examine the volumes in detail. volumes – a rare and memorable experience.

64 Annual Dinner 2013 and he especially commended the Master, the Fel- The gods were smiling on us as some 165 mem- lows, the Alumni and Development Office, Harvey bers, partners and guests gathered in Main Court McGrath and all others who had worked so hard and in the SCR on a balmy September evening to provide the splendid new McGrath Centre. His for traditional liquid appetisers before Dinner. own involvement had been limited in earlier dec- Evensong had just finished – a splendid serv- ades, but in the last few years, as a member of the ice celebrated by our members in congregation, Committee, he had taken a special interest in sport with music directed by Dr Edward Wickham, by and music. Music in particular had impressed him a choir of old boys together with volunteers from and he had seen a marked improvement in range the Girls’ Choir, and by the College’s new Organ and standard: the College Choir was excellent, the Scholar William Fairbairn (his first service, even Girls’ Choir went from strength to strength, the before the start of his first term); all being led by Kellaway concerts continued, this year a concert our new Chaplain the Revd David Neaum, whom was held at the home of Lord and Lady Archer, we welcome to the College and to our Society. and also a there had been a concert in London We were particularly pleased that the Scholar and which it was hoped would be an annual event – all the Chaplain had accepted our invitation to dine a tribute to the hard work of Dr Edward Wickham, with us as our guests. Director of Music, and the very accomplished Col- The Hall glittered and glowed as the silverware lege musicians. His other interest was in helping and candles worked their magic; we sat down in students with their careers (Note: an account of great spirits; and our Dinner proved to be of the the Society’s involvement is found in the AGM high standard that we expect of our College. As Report). He thanked all of those who had sup- always the Master was with us, but in this our ported and promoted our Society during the year, 90th year she was there in a special capacity – including Committee members and the College’s as our new President-in-all-but-an-hour-or-two. Alumni and Development Office, and he wished And we were particularly pleased to welcome yet the Master, his successor as President, much joy in again, as our guest, Fred Thompson (1932), now the year ahead. in his 100th year. Replying on behalf of the College, and in pro- Proposing a toast to the College, the President posing a toast to the Society, the Master brought Tony Watts noted that his role was largely honor- members up to date on the College’s high stand- ific other than on the final day, when chairing the ards of academic and sporting excellence, and AGM and making this speech were de rigueur. He warmly endorsed what the President had said commended Fred Thompson whose 100th birth- about College Music. Full details are to be found day was due on 16 October – and Fred was duly elsewhere in this Magazine but the Master, and enthusiastically toasted – and also mentioned describing all of them and putting them in clear his own brother and great-niece, both College context, demonstrated just how much our stu- members, who were attending. Stressing how dents and Fellows are contributing to the reputa- privileged we all were to be members of such a tion of St Catharine’s, to the work of the Univer- college with its small cross-disciplined community sity, and well beyond that – including the fact that he reminded us that it is that fact plus the trans- to celebrate George Nash’s triumph we have ‘half formative effect of such an experience that bind of a real Olympic bronze medal’ in a showcase us to the College and bring us back to meet old (the result of ‘contacts’ that perhaps we shouldn’t friends. The nature of our College, he said – small, question!). She said how delighted and proud open to the road, intimate and friendly (and he everyone was with the new McGrath Centre, noted the summer concert on main Court which and again thanked all who had helped to make attracted so much interest both inside and outside it come into being. The magnificent new window College) – gave St Catharine’s its special character; in Chapel, the gift of Richard Burston in memory

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of his father, Neville, was much admired. And the by volunteers, and noting that she was the sixth refurbished Boathouse, the result of a project initi- Master to be our President (the previous being EE ated, ably managed and generously supported by Rich at the time of the College’s Quincentenary) Herb Bate, with further contributions from many she said how honoured she was to take up the old members, was a great improvement and was ofﬁce in our 90th year. Frederick Rushmore, who already inspiring our oarsmen and oarswomen. founded it, would have been so pleased that it was Turning to the Society she made an inter- still thriving. esting observation about its role and value to In closing the proceedings the President handed St Catharine’s, noting that members of the Society, his emblem of ofﬁce to Professor Dame Jean as well as a number of Fellows, collectively carry the Thomas, Master, and members were invited to current ‘institutional memory’ of the College. adjourn to enjoy further refreshments in the SCR Finally, expressing her appreciation of the and in the new College Bar, where the South Side work that the Society does, run as it is entirely Jazz band was to play until curfew at 0100.

Accounts for the year to 30 June 2013

Income 2013 2012 Donations 200 325 Subscriptions 8,365 5,898 Dividends and Bank Interest 8,557 9,793 17,122 16,016 Expenditure General 4,303 4,285 Grants 3,645 3,776 7,948 8,061

Operating Surplus 9,175 7,955 Suggested Contribution Alumni Ofﬁce 8,500 8,500 Operating Surplus/(Deﬁcit) after Contribution 675 (545)

Increase/(decrease) in value of investments (949) 1,976 Net Surplus/(Deﬁcit) for the year (274) 1,431

Balance brought forward 168,969 167,538 Balance carried forward 168,695 168,969

The Old Members’ Sports Fund, a separate Society Fund, sits administratively with College Funds, but all awards are made by the Society. They amounted to £3,380 during the year ended 30 June 2013 (£2,530 30 June 2011). The total amount in the Fund at 30 June 2013 was £110,667 (30 June 2012: £101,468). The investment income available to spend during 2011–12 was £4,059.

66 Society Awards

During each year the Society does what it can available; each bursary limited to £500; approval from its accumulated funds to help students with only after the results of other funding applications special financial needs. We make sure that we are known; 50% paid in advance and 50% after do not duplicate funding available from other a report at the end of the project. This scheme, sources – from the College or from the University started in the Easter term 2012, is a trial and is to for example – and so we currently offer grants in be reviewed annually. the following areas, with each annual sum shared During 2012–13 the Society, through its award between eligible students or groups: panels consisting of Society and College officers, t The Music Tuition Fund, for those not reading was pleased to make the following awards. Music as a degree subject: up to £1,000 per t Two awards totalling £800 to support voice and year available. piano tuition t The Performing Arts Fund, for students want- t One award of £500 to help with acting and dance ing to improve their personal skills in theatre, t One award of £500 to support a hockey club tour dance etc. (but not for funding specific produc- t 53 awards totalling £3,830 to individuals to help tions): up to £1,000 per year available. with sports activities – Lacrosse, Water Polo, t The Travel Grants Fund, for College Clubs and Rowing, Cricket, Athletics, Duathlon, Tennis, Societies to support UK and overseas tours, Real Tennis, Football, Skiing, Squash, Badmin- with priority given to applicants who will link up ton, Triathlon, Volleyball, Lightweight Boxing, with alumni in the areas visited: up to £2,000 Hockey, Fencing and Pentathlon per year available. t Three awards for work experience (internships) t The Old Members’ Sports Fund, for extra or totalling £1,140. unusual expenditure for students chosen to rep- Many recipients wrote in to express their thanks resent the College or University at any competi- to the Society. tive sport: up to £4,000 per year available. t The Internship Bursaries Fund, for students The Boathouse already in receipt of 80%–100% Cambridge In addition to these awards to students the Soci- bursaries and who have acquired a Long Vaca- ety was delighted to be able to fund the inscribing tion work experience project, unpaid, with an of the list of donors to the refurbished Boathouse. approved not-for-profit organisation (charity, Those visiting our splendid Boathouse will see all media, arts, heritage, etc.): up to £5,000 per year the details on the main overhead beam upstairs.

Society Presidents’ Dinner

Now surely conﬁrmed as an instant tradition, the on our Society and the services it can offer’. It was third Society Presidents’ Dinner took place in the a very jolly evening, with perceptive insights and Edward VII Room of the Oxford and Cambridge not a little merriment regarding the ways of the Club London on 18 April 2013. As expected, rem- world and how much – and in some ways how iniscences, catching up, conviviality and – impor- little – the College, student life and St Catharine’s tantly – positive discussion on all things related alumni have changed over the years; all of which to the Society and the College, were the order of bode well for the future. Attending (years of the evening. Again, to quote last year’s report, we presidency) were: Roy Chapman (1994), Brian had ‘the opportunity to reﬂect on changes and Sweeney (1997), Martin Taylor (1999), Lord Tem- trends over the years and to take the long view ple-Morris (2003), Brian Woodham (2006), John

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Oakes (2007), Colin Kolbert (2008), David Peace by Frederick Rushmore. As we enter our tenth (2010), and this year’s President Tony Watts. It decade his vision of a thriving Society run by vol- was admirable to see such continued commit- unteers loyal to the College is surely realised. ment to the Society, established 90 years earlier

Acheson-Gray Day

On the occasion of the 12th Acheson-Gray Day t Women’s Hockey: College 6, Alumni 5 competition between the College and Alumni t Mixed Hockey: Draw 4–4 teams held on 27 April 2013, the College was vic- t Lawn Tennis: Alumni 6, College 4 torious by 4 contests to 3. t Women’s Soccer: Alumni 3, College 1 t Rugby: College 36, Alumni 20 t Netball: There was no formal competition, but a t Cricket: Alumni 146, College 147–7 ‘friendly’ was played by mixed teams. t Men’s Hockey: Draw 2–2

Branch News

East Anglia Branch place around the site as the safest way of moving The branch committee has met three times during the material around. the year; following activities have taken place. A separate tour of the rocket museum took place Our annual wine tasting took place in January after the main tour of the site, as rocket research 2013 with a tasting of wines from Spain and Portu- took over after the manufacture of explosives gal. Professor Ron Martin gave us a most interest- ceased here, and the museum hosts a museum of ing variety of these wines to taste and explained rocket development as well. the background and history of the different wines In May 2013 we visited the Henry Moore foun- selected. These sessions greatly expand the mind dation at Perry Green, which is situated in his as to what the wine maker can do and we tasted house and garden, and has many of his statues on wines we wouldn’t ordinarily come across. The but- display. As Henry Moore became more successful tery sold some of them on request after the event. he bought more and more of the village so that In March 2013 a party visited the Royal Pow- eventually his garden was 50 acres and he owned der Mills at Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire, and the local pub. All this forms part of the Founda- we were joined by some members of the London tion now and we were fortunate that a display of branch for this visit. The manufacture of gunpow- Rodin sculptures, on loan from France, was also der was the main function of this institution for there at the time of our visit. 200 years until nitroglycerine and cordite took Our AGM took place on the 23 March in Col- over. Gunpowder needed proper skill to get it lege and this year we had a lunch rather than a right and this was an important aspect of military dinner, with a good attendance of 22 members. competence. Locally manufactured gunpowder The AGM was preceded by a talk from Sir Rich- varied a lot in quality and so one can understand ard Dales (1961) entitled Four Foreign Secretar- why the many sites of local production in the 16th ies. Early in his career he worked at the Foreign century were centralised into just a few sites, and ofﬁce for four foreign secretaries and he was able also why each such site was quite large, so that an to give us a personally-observed portrait of each accidental explosion would only take out one part of them, which he presented with wit and clarity. of the whole. An unusual system of canals was in Subsequently he became ambassador to Norway,

68 and he told us that at one point no fewer than Midlands Branch six of the UK’s serving ambassadors had been to The major event for the Midlands Branch in 2013 St Catharine’s. was a visit to the Lord Leycester Hospital in War- Jonathan Dossetor (1962) wick followed by lunch at the Old Fourpenny [email protected] Shop Hotel. We were also delighted to welcome Professor Tony Watts, President of the Society, London Branch who spoke to us after lunch. It proved to be an The London Group has had a quiet year in 2013, excellent time with a record attendance. but we were delighted to host the Choral Con- The Old Leycester Hospital is often described as cert given by the College Choir at the Oxford and the hidden jewel in the crown of Warwick historic Cambridge Club in London in March 2013, an buildings. It is not now, and has never been, a idea originally suggested by the Society President, medical establishment. The word hospital is used in Tony Watts. Nearly 50 alumni, spouses and friends its ancient sense meaning ‘a charitable institution assembled in the beautiful and historic Club. for the housing and maintenance of the needy, Twelve choristers under the direction of Dr Edward infirm or aged’. It is an historic group of timber- Wickham, Director of Music, entranced the audi- framed buildings dating mainly from the late 14th ence with their beautiful unaccompanied singing, century clustered round the Norman gateway into showing great sensitivity and feeling for the pieces Warwick with its 12th century Chantry Chapel selected as well as vitality and enthusiasm in their above it. Hidden behind the ancient buildings is presentation. The programme was wonderfully the delightful Master’s Garden. Our party had the varied, ranging from spiritual and religious music privilege of being shown round personally by the to 16th century madrigals and to traditional folk Master and he provided a most entertaining and songs – and even some Beatles music! In addition informative tour. Indeed he had returned back to this superb choral selection, the audience was from a trip overseas just a few hours before our treated to two instrumental solos, for oboe and for visit – dedication indeed. flute, both played with consummate skill. Such fine The Old Fourpenny Shop Hotel was originally performances, in stunning surroundings, made this called the Warwick Tavern when built around an evening for all to remember with great pleas- 1800. It takes its current name from selling a cof- ure! Afterwards, there was a Reception for mem- fee and tot of rum to the navvies for just fourpence bers to meet each other and also the very talented (old money!). We had a private room and were young musicians who had given up their evening served with an excellent lunch. The whole event to come to London to entertain us so well. Many was capped off with another informative and who attended expressed the wish that this Con- entertaining talk by Tony Watts. cert may become an annual London Branch event It was good to see both regulars and newcom- – and we are therefore arranging a similar concert ers at this event. If you reside in the Midlands or in 2014 at St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield. close by, you would be very welcome to join us Full details will be distributed by email and posted at future events. Just drop me an email and I will on the Society website in due course. ensure that you are put on our mailing list. They Alan Pardoe QC (1961) has retired as Chairman are great occasions to enjoy good company and of the London Group and has handed the baton to catch up on St Catharine’s. All our events are open Heather Powell (1981). We thank Alan for his huge to members, partners and friends. contribution, and for the great skill and charm he John Moverley (1968) always showed when leading our small team. We [email protected] all look forward to seeing him at future events. Heather Powell (1981) [email protected]

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Northern Branch chamber for people who like that sort of thing. Members of the Northern Branch visited the In October 2012 members attended a stimulat- famous white cattle at Chillingham in May 2013. ing lecture at the Royal Grammar School, New- These cattle are a very ancient breed and some castle, by Dr Jonathan Gair on Recent Advances people claim that they are in fact wild forest cattle in Astrophysics. Jonathan is the son of Reavley that were caught when the estate was enclosed, Gair, a Society past-president, and is a fellow of but it is more likely that they are feral. They have St Catharine’s. One of the purposes of the lecture a very attractive wooded park to wander about was to stimulate interest in the subject and in sci- in, and are pretty much left to their own devices. ence generally among the pupils of the RGS. I was They can be a bit temperamental sometimes, and interested to hear that they still hadn’t managed to the well-known engraver Thomas Bewick was detect gravity waves, which was something they forced to take refuge in a tree when he went to were trying to do when I was at St Catharine’s draw them. Fortunately they didn’t seem to object over forty years ago! to St Catharine’s alumni. Bill Schardt (1968) We then moved on to Chillingham Castle [email protected] for lunch and a tour of the building. The castle dates from the 13th century. It was acquired by North West Branch its present owner in a poor state of repair, and After slumbering peacefully for a few years I’m has been restored in what is at times a somewhat delighted to report that the North West Branch of idiosyncratic manner. It has a gruesome torture the Society is back in action. A small number of

North West Branch ramble in the Forest of Bowland.

70 us (myself, Eleanor Roberts (1985), David Roberts (1983), Martin Ellison (1976) and David Clarke (1974)) got together over a coffee in Manchester Art Gallery last summer and came up with some ideas for events which have proved popular with a good number of people. We kicked-off with a Hallé Orchestra concert in October 2012 and Eleanor, who works at the Hallé as Archivist and in Fundraising, arranged for us to meet for a drink beforehand in the Mem- ber Bar. Eleanor’s organising flair again came to the fore with the staging of our second event – a wine tasting in Manchester just before Christmas. The final event of this season was a very enjoyable David Wood and John Horam – Edinburgh ramble in the Forest of Bowland – punctuated by Castle in the background. an excellent pub lunch at the Inn at Whitewell. We were in no danger of getting lost on the ram- independence to the UK’s involvement in Afghan- ble as our guide was geographer Graham Chap- istan and Iraq. Hosted at the New Club in Edin- man (1962)! burgh, branch members enjoyed a convivial din- Plans are afoot for the next season’s activities. ner with John afterwards. On behalf of the Branch Eleanor has agreed to be the Branch Chair for the members, I would like to thank John for speaking coming period and she and I are looking at ideas to us and providing such interesting perspectives for possible events. As always suggestions and on a wide range of current issues. ideas are welcome. David Wood (1980) Keith Cocker (1972) [email protected] [email protected] South West Branch Scotland Branch During this year the South West branch has held Scottish Branch members and their guests had a three events – one in each of the three main areas very interesting and entertaining evening in May of the south west. 2013 at a lecture given by John Horam (1957), At the suggestion of Peter Freeman (1957), and Chairman of the Society, former MP and currently with his help, we arranged a gathering in Helston an Electoral Commissioner. John was in Scotland for the annual Flora Day in May. Despite inclem- in relation to the Electoral Commission’s oversight ent weather and some last-minute cancellations, a of the forthcoming independence referendum in small group gathered to dodge the showers and September 2014. John spoke about a number of admire the skill and determination of the dancers constitutional matters around Scotland’s position and brass bands. The day ended with a late pasty in relation to the UK, and the UK’s position in the lunch in the Blue Anchor, home of the famed EU – from his position as an Electoral Commis- Spingo Ales. sioner, but also in the light of his past experience In June a dozen or so members were welcomed as a politician at Westminster. He also provided to The Down’s School near Portbury by Malcolm his perspective on the political situation generally Keppie (1966) who is a governor of the school. It and the positioning by the parties in response to was originally part of the Tyntesfield estate, and the rise of UKIP in the local elections the previ- the building goes back to Elizabethan times. Mal- ous week. An interesting question and discussion colm gave us a fascinating tour of the building and session ensued afterwards, ranging from Scottish grounds and took questions over pre-dinner drinks.

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2013, followed by a concert in the evening. The review below by David Peace, the College Soci- ety Secretary, is extracted from an email about the event and published with his kind permission. “Winchester Cathedral, soaring columns, glorious music. Yesterday the College staged a really lovely event – two in fact. With admin help from the Society’s Wessex Branch, Edward and the choir produced a truly spine-tingling Evensong including canticles by Purcell, followed a couple of hours later by a full hour’s concert in St Paul’s Church a short walk away. Our Wessex Branch Chairman, We then moved to The Priory to share a very con- Clive Brunswick, assisted by College men Tony vivial dinner on a perfect summer’s evening. Norman (Rear Admiral and former College Bursar) Finally, in early September we held our now- and Bishop John Dennis (1951), made the cathe- annual garden party on the edge of Dartmoor dral arrangements, persuaded the authorities to (picture above). A good number booked; there open the Refectory for us after hours (soup, sand- were a few last minute apologies; and the rest of wiches, drinks) and then organised the church. us managed to dodge the showers and had a very “I was there, gathering responses from the pleasant afternoon which included a short talk by remarkable turnout of 90 or so St Catharine’s this year’s President Tony Watts. Remarkably there alumni and partners. These were people whom was an age range of matriculation dates between perhaps the College sees less often – the back- 1948 and 2005! woodsmen (not yet backwoodswomen, given David Sanders (1969) the vintage of most of them, but that will come), [email protected] and very positive it was: so many of them from the 1950s and early 1960s with so many good Wessex Branch memories of College in the past, triggered by The Branch enjoyed a splendid luncheon at Esse- seeing how very well we do these days. Edward, borne Manor near Andover on a bright Sunday the choir, and the two Alexes on piano and organ in October 2012. Sadly the arranged speaker was produced a stellar concert of Shepherd, Guererro, unable to come due to sudden illness and so, at Howells, Bruckner, Rheinberger, Stanford, Rach- short notice, the Branch Chairman, Clive Bruns- maninoff and Parry, and those attending – Cat- wick, spoke on the unusual topic of How to Rec- speople and other locals – were most impressed. ognise a Royal Warrant Holder. He then talked A great evening and a very good collaboration.” about his experiences of receiving and holding At a luncheon at the Quality Hotel, Andover, in such a warrant. March 2013, the speaker was Dr Lucy Delap, one 21 members attended: Colin Matthewman (1943), of the College’s younger Fellows and a member David Asdell (1945), Roger Adcock (1945), David Bassett of the Society’s Committee. She talked about The (1949), Bill Reed (1949), Peter Pryer (1950), Peter Jones (1952), Clive Brunswick (1953), Colin Johnson (1953), Servant Problem in Twentieth Century Britain Bob Tyler (1953), John Sutton (1954), Ian Roberts (1955), and included aspects which were not covered in Richard Newton (1956), Geoffrey Smith (1958), Tony the recent television series. She then brought us Murrell (1958), David Beaton (1959), Tony Watts (1950), up to date by discussing how the tasks then done Chris Napper (1961), Steve Richardson (1969), Tim Sweet by servants are carried out today. Her talk was (1973), Andrew Hinde (1978). enjoyed by the 29 Members and their guests. The College Choir visited Wessex to sing at Clive Brunswick (1953); Evensong in Winchester Cathedral in January [email protected]

72 Honours and Awards

Michael Allen (1960) was awarded an OBE in John Horam (1957) It was the 2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services announced by Downing to nature conservation. Street in August 2013 that John Horam, President- Professor Peter Barnes FRS (1966, Honorary elect and immediate past Fellow 2011), who is Head of Respiratory Chairman of the Society, Medicine at Imperial College, London, has been had a been appointed a elected President of the European Respiratory Member of the House of Society, which is the largest society for Lords. He is now Baron respiratory specialists in the world. Horam of Grimsargh in Lancashire – Grimsargh being the small village near Preston in Dr Abigail Brundin (Fellow 2000) was awarded Lancashire where he was born. John thinks the a 2013 Pilkington Prize by Cambridge University appointment is due to his long political for excellence in teaching. experience. He was Labour and then SDP MP for Gateshead West from 1970 to 1983 and Professor Harry Elderﬁeld (Fellow 1984, Conservative MP for Orpington from 1992 to Emeritus Fellow 2010) was awarded the 2013 2010. He has been a Minister three times, Goldschmidt Award, the premier award of the covering Transport, Health and the Cabinet Geochemical Society. The award recognizes Ofﬁce. In 2012 he was appointed to the Board major achievements in geochemistry and of the Electoral Commission which regulates all Harry is acknowledged for his wide-ranging elections and referenda in the UK. Earlier in his contributions to marine geochemistry and career he started an economic consultancy with paleoclimatology. Robert Perlman (1962) and was a journalist with the Financial Times and The Economist. His Professor Eilís Ferran (1980, Fellow 1987) has appointment is as a working peer, but he says it been elected a Fellow of the British Academy. will not reduce his support for St Catharine’s.

Michael Heller (1955, Fellow Commoner Mark Horner QC (1975) has been appointed as 2003) was knighted in the 2013 New Year a High Court Judge for Northern Ireland. Mark Honours. The citation reads ‘Michael Heller is an was ﬁrst called to the Bar in September 1979 extremely generous philanthropist. He founded and became Queen’s Counsel in September two charities (one jointly with his late father) 1996. From 2008, until his appointment as High whose donations have straddled educational Court Judge, he was an Independent Assessor research and humanitarian causes, including to for Compensation in victims’ cases in relation to cancer research; establishing bursaries to enable miscarriages of justice. medical students to engage in the arts and humanities; widening participation in university Adam Kucharski (2009), a PhD student in life; and supporting the Chichester Festival Applied Mathematics, was awarded the 2012 Theatre.’ Wellcome/Guardian Science Writing Prize for his article In Need of a Number. One of the judges remarked ‘This was a fascinating piece that explained not only why estimation is much more than just guesswork, but that also demonstrated how important it can be to science.’

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Desmond Scott (1948) was awarded a Queen’s by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The prize Diamond Jubilee Medal for services to the recognises a major national or international blind. He has recorded books for the Canadian research or innovation contribution to the National Institute for the Blind for over forty ﬁeld of chemical science education and was years. established to commemorate the life and work of Sir Ronald Nyholm, president of the Royal Professor Hans van de Ven (Fellow 1988) has Society of Chemistry from 1968 to 1970. been elected a Fellow of the British Academy. Regular readers of the St Catharine’s Magazine He was also awarded the 2012 Society of will know that, besides Peter’s teaching for the Military History Book Prize for his book The College and the University, he has for some Battle for China, which he co-edited. years been an organizer of the Chemistry Olympiad and various Summer Schools, and he Dr Peter Wothers (1988, Fellow 1997) was presented the 2012 Royal Institution Christmas awarded the 2013 Nyholm Prize for Education Lectures.

Publications

Recent publications by or about College Egeler, Matthias (2010). Walküren, bodbs, Members, donated to the College Library sirenen: Gedanken zur religionsgeschichtlichen Anbindung Nordwesteuropas and den Archer, Jeremy (1974). Steely blue: A short mediterranen Raum. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2011 memoir of my father, General Sir John Archer. (New Library 390.22) London: Jeremy Archer, 2012 (Members Shelves) Egeler, Matthias (2010). Celtic influences in Archer, Jeremy (1974). A royal Christmas. Germanic religion: A survey. Munich: Herbert London: Elliott & Thompson, 2012 (New Library Utz Verlag, 2013 (New Library 390.22) 321.72) Esterly, David (1966). The lost carving: A journey Buller, Norman (1950). Pictures of the fleeting into the heart of making. London: Duckworth world. Hove: Waterloo Press, 2012 (Sherlock Overlook, 2013 (Sherlock Library 730.92) Library 821.9.BUL) Haggett, Peter (1951). The Quantocks: Buller, Norman (1950). Pictures of the fleeting Biography of an English region. Chew Magna, world. Pershore: MayB Studio, 2012 (New Somerset: Point Walter Press, 2012 (New Library Library CD.821.9.BUL) 914.2385)

Clark, Christopher (1990). The sleepwalkers: Hands, Julia (1979). Smuggled diamonds. How Europe went to war in 1914. New York: London: Van Miers, 2013 (Members Shelves) HarperCollins, 2012 (New Library 940.3) Hughes, Richard (1954). The theoretical Garrett, Geoff, and Davies, Graeme (1967). practices of physics: Philosophical essays. Herding cats: Being advice to aspiring academic Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012 (New and research leaders. Axminster: Triarchy Press, Library 530.1) 2011 (New Library 378.12068)

74 Hurley, Michael (2012), and O’Neill, Michael. Tchou, Wei Kang, ed. (2010). China and the Poetic form: An introduction. Cambridge: humanities: At the crossroads of the human and Cambridge University Press, 2012 (Sherlock the humane. Champaign, Ill.: Common Ground, Library 808.1) 2011 (New Library 951.05)

Kandil, Hazem (2012). Soldiers, spies, and Warner, Francis (1956). Beauty for ashes: statesmen: Egypt’s road to revolt. New York and Selected prose & related documents. Gerrards London: Verso, 2012 (New Library 962) Cross, Buckinghamshire: Colin Smythe Limited, second edition, 2013 (Sherlock Library Lewis, Jon (1962). How we didn’t buy a house 828.9.WAR) in Besançon: With explanatory notes. London: Olympia Publishers, 2012 (Members Shelves) Wilkinson, Alan (1951). One foot in Eden. Mirﬁeld: Mirﬁeld Publications, 2011 (Members Williams, David R, Sutherland, William (2008), Shelves) and others. Bird conservation: Global evidence for the effects of interventions. Exeter: Pelagic Yong, Beverly (1992), Khairuddin, N.H., Publishing, 2013 (New Library 598.168) Sabapathy, TK, eds. Imagining identities: Narratives in Malaysian art, vol. 1. Kuala Lumpur: RogueArt, 2012 (Members Shelves)

Reviews A Royal Christmas Pictures of the Fleeting Jeremy Archer World Elliott and Thompson Limited, Norman Buller 2012 Waterloo Press, 2012 Jeremy Archer has written a series This fourth collection of Norman of books about different experi- Buller’s poetry in seven years is as ences of Christmas. The first two handsomely produced as were its were reviewed in the 2008 and predecessors, its typeface as easy 2009 Magazines, and this is the on the eye. A late harvest from a third, much more ambitious, writer who in his youth belonged offering which describes the var- to a group of Cambridge poets, ied ways in which the Royal Family has celebrated Christ- Ted Hughes and Thom Gunn among them, its contents mas over the centuries. As a previous officer, the author is are the product of an adult and cultured sensibility. Buller using the book to raise money for the Army Benevolent covers a wide range of interests in a variety of prosodic and Fund and it is presumably this which enabled him to gain stanzaic forms: the versions of Japanese poetry are particu- access to the Royal Archives at Windsor and, by permis- larly persuasive. His cast of mind has affinities with that of sion of the Queen, to quote extensively from the diaries Auden – witness ‘The Departments’ – while his trenchant and journals of monarchs from Queen Charlotte through brand of wit confronts the challenges involved in grow- to King George VI, besides many other sources. Much of ing old. He also provides some searching poems on sexual the material is published for the first time and, with many love: ‘No woman born / can bring man only beauty / but anecdotes and intimate details of the joys and sorrows bestows // that converse pain / she learned when torn associated with the season, it is an engrossing anthology / from Adam’s bone’. Such deft economy as this would for anyone with an interest in the Royal Family. surely have delighted Yeats. JRS GC

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The Sleepwalkers: How and personalities with balanced and nuanced appraisal of Europe Went to War in the larger forces at work, The Sleepwalkers is an engross- 1914 ing read. At once accessible to someone coming to the Christopher Clark subject for the first time and an important contribution to Allen Lane, an imprint of Pen- the scholarly literature, it is small wonder that the book has guin Books, 2012 been hailed as a masterpiece by reviewers on both sides ‘Archduke found alive! World of the Atlantic. War a mistake!’ That the second JAT sentence of this spoof headline in an American newspaper in Herding Cats: Being 1920 was in a deep sense true is advice to aspiring hard to deny. The conflict of 1914–18 claimed the lives academic and research of 20 million combatants and civilians and wounded 21 leaders million more. Its legacy – the revolutions, wars, crimes and Geoff Garrett and Graeme mass suffering that scarred the next three decades of Euro- Davies pean history – was even more calamitous. But the sardonic Triarchy Press, 2010 humour of the headline derives from its implication that all Both of the authors have had this was embarked upon to avenge the death of a single illustrious careers in academic individual. Most of the tens of thousands of books and and research administration so articles that have sought to explain the war’s occurrence are admirably qualified to write have looked for broader causes. Some have found these this book, but they have gone even further by soliciting in the whole pre-war system of international relations, but and distilling opinions on the subject from no less than 50 more have pinned the major responsibility on one or more other international leaders in the area. of the states involved – since the writings of Fritz Fischer in This advice, together with apposite quotations, is gath- the 1960s, Imperial Germany has (again) become the most ered under four main headings: Understanding the Cul- frequently identified villain. In this magisterial and riveting ture, Getting the Job Done, Managing the People, and account, Chris Clark eschews ‘the blame game’. Shifting Leading Strategically. Many books on business manage- the focus from why to how, he narrates and analyses the ment are published, but special problems present them- complex course of events that eventuated in an outcome selves where academics are concerned, as is acknowledged no influential actor actually sought. In doing so, he high- by the first two words of the title: the personnel tend to be lights the crucial importance of the assassination of the heir highly intelligent, passionate in their views, argumentative to the Austro-Hungarian throne by Serbian nationalists in and strongly resistant to attempts to push them in a direc- the Bosnian capital Sarajevo (then part of the Empire) on tion not of their own choosing. The authors are familiar 28 June 1914. with these problems and provide excellent guidance as to Thus the book begins with a fascinating and detailed how they may be overcome. Very few of those promoted account of the culture and society that bred the fervent to academic or research leadership would not profit from Serbian nationalism from which the conspiracy to kill the this guidance. Archduke emerged. After a balancing chapter on the JRS character of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, its leading personalities, and the evolution of its Balkan policy, Clark Celtic Influences in broadens the focus to the other major European powers. Germanic Religion: A lucid account of diplomatic developments in the pre-war A Survey decades is enriched by an insightful analysis of the way for- Matthias Egeler eign policy was made in the different capitals, comparing Herbert Utz Verlag, 2013 the respective roles of monarchs, civil servants, the military In this learned and fascinating and the press as well as of individual statesmen. In two book, Matthias Egeler explores substantial chapters that constitute the heart of his distinc- the evidence for the influence of tive interpretative thrust, Clark carefully dissects how the the Celtic peoples, their stories complexities of their own alliances drew the great powers and early cultural practices, upon ever more deeply into the turbulent politics of the Balkans. the development of religion in the pre-Christian Germanic The climax of the book is a detailed account, based in part world. This is the first survey to collect and assess the argu- on fresh research in contemporary sources, of the developments put forward by generations of scholars on this vexed ment of the crisis between the assassination and Britain’s topic, and Egeler controls a wide range of material very entry into the war on 4 August 1914. impressively. From representations of Germanic religion in Combining the vivid re-creation of particular incidents late antiquity to the sundry parallels between early Irish

76 tales and Old Norse myth, he demonstrates his mastery of The Quantocks: Biography diverse languages and textual traditions, of archaeologi- of an English Region cal and art historical evidence; and the whole discussion Peter Haggett is conducted with a firm grip on issues of methodology. The Point Walter Press, 2012 Along the way, the reader encounters not just familiar This account of a well-loved mythological figures like Thor, Freyja and the Valkyries, but region of the author’s native is treated to accounts of the magical, the enigmatic and the Somerset is consistently informa- downright bizarre including ever-lasting roast pigs, deadly tive. Opening with a description satire, hair sacrifice, resurrected goats, and people drown- of the geology of the area, it ing in a variety of alcoholic beverages. continues with the social, reli- RWD gious and political history, followed by descriptions of the local architecture and literary The Lost Carving: a associations. The practical aspects of land-ownership and journey to the heart of agricultural development are not neglected. Useful dia- making grams accompany over 120 photographs by the author’s David Esterly daughter, one-third of them in colour. The book is imagi- Duckworth Overlook, 2013 native, enthusiastic and contains no nods in the direction Back in the 1960s David Esterly of touristic exploitation. It is local history at its best, and was at St Catharine’s, studying handsomely produced in the bargain. the poetry of Yeats with Tom GC Henn: today he is a master- wood-carver, who was selected Poetic Form: An to restore and replace the Grin- introduction ling Gibbons carvings destroyed Michael D. Hurley and in 1986 by a fire at Hampton Court Palace. His book Michael O’Neill describes not only the technical and personal challenges he Cambridge University Press, faced while undertaking this work, but also the role played 2012 by craftsmanship in shaping his imagination; it thus throws This account of what goes to the light on the poetic process as well as on Gibbons’ work- making of poems is a thorough ing methods. His account renders such manual skills intel- and perceptive exposition of ligible to the uninitiated (an achievement akin to that of that particular art. Following a another of Tom’s pupils, T.H.White). Esterly records flashes detailed analysis of poetry’s verbal constituents of metre, of illumination and discovery, of frustrations and of liberat- texture, vocabulary and syntax, ensuing chapters display ing bursts of energy as he confronts bureaucracy. The Lost them at work in lyrics, sonnets, elegies, epics, dramatic nar- Carving’s dust-wrapper aptly describes it as ‘an eloquent ratives and other poetic structures. In each case, poets of meditation on the glories of physical work… with haunting the calibre of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, implications for anyone fascinated by the lost mysteries of Tennyson and Yeats provide instances of how imagination art and their intersection with creative life in the present is both enlarged and energized through the deployment day’. Yeats would surely have endorsed the author’s con- of metrical skills and stanzaic forms. This book refutes the tention that ‘Language was built out of metaphors taken notion that poetic statement is an alternative to prose, for from the world of handiwork, of bodily activity’. Esterly’s in it ‘we experience what the poem says through respond- readers will learn much about what is involved in being an ing to how it works… in a continual process of our mak- artist, whether as wood-carver or poet. His modesty and ing sense of the way in which a poem is making sense’. frankness make this book one that deserves to be widely Poetic Form adds up to a demonstration that poetry not read. only involves emotional response but intellectual activity GC as well. The authors’ detailed coverage of their subject, together with their extensive notes, result in a book that not only students but professional poets also will read with profit. GC

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Soldiers, Spies, and How We Didn’t Buy a Statesmen: Egypt’s Road House in Besançon: With to Revolt Explanatory Notes Hazem Kandil Jon Lewis Verso, 2012 Olympia Publishers, 2012 The contagion of the Arab Much of Jon Lewis’s career in Spring culminated in the over- the motor industry was spent in throw of President Mubarak’s Germany, France and Italy. It was 30-year rule in Egypt on 11 Feb- therefore natural, when he retired, ruary 2011. Hazem Kandil has that he and his wife decided to written a readable and foren- buy a flat in Rome and a house sic analysis of developments in in Besançon, a city which seemed to offer most of what they Egypt from the Nasser’s successful coup in 1952 to 17 were looking for, and this book describes the problems they June 2012 when Mohammed Morsi became Egypt’s first encountered. Although not obviously an entertaining topic, directly elected president. His aim is to understand what the story is enlivened here by a wealth of off-beat informa- made the revolution possible, rather than to identify the tion and comment drawn from the author’s experience on factors which triggered it. Those features include disparity the Continent, and by his enviable writing style and dry wit. of wealth, corruption, demography and the aspirations of Like several other authors in this section of the Magazine, an increasingly educated youth, exposure to the internet, Lewis read English under Tom Henn and it shows. This would the need for a political voice, and crucially and recurringly make an excellent addition to many a bedside table. the lack of economic progress. JRS Dr Kandil’s premise is that three actors – the military, the police and security forces, and the political apparatus William Sutherland and – determined what happened in Egypt. Each looked after others its own interests and the balance between them changed Bird Conservation: Global with circumstances. The chapters of the book chroni- Evidence for the effects of inter- cle the major historical developments and the balance of ventions forces in each case. Over time the military had become Pelagic Publishing, 2013 the least-privileged members of the coalition, as the police Bill Sutherland, Miriam Rothschild and security apparatus became the primary instrument for Professor of Conservation Biology maintaining the regime. at the University of Cambridge, is As the author brings out clearly, the security forces, ini- a master of collaborative research. tially brutal in their response to the demonstrations in Jan- With a modest team of only six uary 2011, failed to suppress the mounting public anger. collaborators (he has sometimes published work with more It was the army which then intervened sympathetically to than fifty such) he has, for this volume, scoured the world- precipitate Mubarak’s downfall. Establishing a democratic wide literature to obtain rigorous evidence, both positive and state is a most difficult challenge when few of the basic negative, for the effects of human intervention in the life of requirements exist, such as political parties, rule of law, birds. institutions, and tradition. Kandil’s analysis emphasises the Wildlife is obviously vulnerable to human activity, and general lack of preparedness for what was to follow, and there are frequent mentions of ways to ameliorate or modify the conflicting pressures which have prevented progress. Is the various impacts. But although much has been suggested, he too pessimistic in appearing to see the probable future there are seldom tests of effectiveness. Bird Conservation as a choice between military domination and a police seeks to remedy this, and it is a masterful volume. Not afraid state? to report results which are negative (‘we found no studies His story ends before the military intervened on 3 July describing the effects of protecting nest trees [before burn- 2013 to replace President Morsi. There are many more ing] on bird populations’) or equivocal (‘a study from the chapters to be written. This book provides an understand- USA found that translocating birds appeared to reduce bird ing of the military security relations in particular. Politics numbers at fish farms. A study from Belgium found that it and increasingly external developments will loom large as did not’), it is the collection of the many cases where human the story of Egypt unfolds. activity can be successfully modified that is the meat of the EJP book. Some facts may surprise: marking windows with sil- houettes of hawks, eyes or owls did not reduce bird strikes – it is better apparently to leave a cloth covering your windows, or to take the windows out and re-insert them at some non-vertical angle! Others may be thought self-evident, but

78 hard-nosed research and analysis is needed for confirma- Beauty for Ashes: tion (‘we captured no intervention-based studies examining Selected prose and related the effects of reducing visitor numbers on bird populations. documents However… a study in Spain… found that fewer birds, but not Francis Warner fewer species, were observed as visitor numbers increased’). Colin Smythe Limited, second Many studies are reported, and undoubtedly they have all edition, 2013 advanced science; sometimes they have also improved birds’ The author, an Honorary Fellow prospects, even if marginally – there are enough of these last of the College who describes to make this excellent (if ‘heavyweight’) book also a cheer- himself as a poet, dramatist and ful read. musician, has spent much of his CJRT life at St Peter’s College, Oxford. This book is the first collection China and the Humanities: of his prose. It includes memories of the Blitz, together At the Crossroads of the with his words for the Blitz Requiem, with music by David Human and the Humane Goode, the first performance of which is to be in St Paul’s Wei Kang Tchou, ed. Cathedral on 26 September 2013, with the Bach Choir and Common Ground, 2011 the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under David Hill. There This book is the product of a follow an account of his schooldays at Christ’s Hospital, ‘Common Ground’ conference and the major part of the text which largely consists of held at the Friendship Hotel in his recollections of, and thoughts about the work of, his Beijing in 2009, attended by remarkably wide range of friends and acquaintances in the some 450 people. It provides an world of the arts. These include Kathleen Raine, CS Lewis, eclectic mix of articles on top- Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, Edmund Blunden and Samuel ics ranging from human rights activities in China today and Beckett. the Tian’anmen Massacre, to Virginia Wood readership in Warner learnt to play the trumpet at Christ’s Hospital China, Uyghur narratives, and Shang Dynasty oracle bones. and, despite the strict discipline there, used to sneak out The volume, though, has two main purposes: first to alert on Saturday nights to play in a dance band. He came Anglophone readers to the existence of important human- to St Catharine’s as a Choral Scholar, and his continued ist traditions and practices in China’s history, and second to involvement in music is illustrated by the CD which accom- bring the scholars of these into dialogue with those working panies the book and contains musical performances in on Anglophone humanist studies. King’s College Chapel and St Peter’s College in which he Common Ground, the publisher of the book, is an innova- has been a prime participant. No reader can remain unim- tive institution, based in Illinois, USA, which seeks to build pressed by the breadth of the interests which the author new knowledge communities by facilitating discussion has sustained throughout his life. between local and global audiences. The present volume JRS illustrates this: rather than papers on a single topic by established academics, it contains wide-ranging essays written by One Foot in Eden Chinese human rights activists, directors of NGOs, local aca- Alan Wilkinson demics, and young scholars from East and South-east Asian Mirfield Publications, 2011 countries, Europe and the USA. The result is a freshness The author read English under reflecting the intense debates at the 2009 conference. Tom Henn, then studied for In the West, China is largely known for its rapid economic ordination as an Anglican priest. progress, and is considered mostly in the context of how He was Chaplain of the College this new world power will affect, or threaten, our own lives. for a number of years before a China and the Humanities is important because it shows career in the training of clergy. In that there is much more to China. No single book can reflect his retirement he has written this the breadth of China’s intellectual and cultural life, but this novel, an account of the emo- one nonetheless indicates its vitality and demonstrates that tional and spiritual life of a priest who decides to join a there are many reasons other than just economic and politi- celibate monastic community. It is the first novel I have cal to be interested in China. Kang Tchou, a PhD student come across with a Foreword by an Archbishop of Canter- at St Catharine’s working on nineteenth century warfare in bury (Rowan Williams) who describes the book as ‘a very China, is to be congratulated on bringing this project to such engaging narrative, challenging …but ultimately deeply a successful conclusion. positive’. HvdV JRS

79 ! This!page!has!been!redacted!from!the!public! version!of!this!Magazine!for!legal!reasons.! ! The!full!version!is!available!only!to!registered! members!of!the!St!Catharine's!College!Society! who!may!log!in!via!the!Society!website! www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society! Deaths he joined the Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF) and Allison (1959) On 31 March 2013, Simon Drury Alli- dedicated the rest of life to telling the people of Taiwan the son of Brighton and previously Harrow. Simon came to good news of Christ crucified. He became fluent in Man- St Catharine’s from Felsted School, Essex, and read History. darin and spent many years teaching at a Bible college in He took part in the 1961 Libya expedition and attended Taipei, his favourite subject being Mission History. Andrew their 2011 reunion in College. His brother Philip writes passed away in his 40th year of service in Taiwan and 18th ‘Before arriving at Catz, Simon had spent a year in the month as a cancer sufferer, faithful to Jesus till the end.’ USA followed by National Service in the Royal Marines with action in the Cyprus emergency. After graduating he Carter (1954) On 15 May 2013, John Gordon Carter of worked for VSO and NECZAM (Zambia’s educational pub- Chepstow. John came to St Catharine’s from Radley College lishing organisation). Returning to the UK he worked for and the RAF Technical College at Henley. He read Mechani- City and Guilds, eventually becoming one of their overseas cal Sciences. His half-brother Mike Hare writes ‘John was a assessors. I think Simon very much enjoyed his time in Cam- quiet man who took pride in helping others. It was obvi- bridge; I recall visiting him during the Bumps in which he ous at an early stage that he was an outstanding engineer. coxed a Catz VIII – the visit is memorable because we went He rowed for the College and trained with the University down with the Ditton Plough chain ferry when it sank.’ Air Squadron. He served with the RAF in Cornwall and on Christmas Island during nuclear testing. In 1966 he married Bridgeland (1948) On 22 May 2013, Maurice Bridgeland Pat and was posted to Fort Worth, Texas, to work on the of Sandown, Isle of Wight. Maurice won an Exhibition to design of the F111 aircraft. He retired from the RAF in 1973 St Catharine’s in 1944 from Sevenoaks School to read His- and then worked for British Aircraft Corporation and British tory, but was immediately called up for war service. His Aerospace before retiring in 1991. He and Pat lived in Itton, service in the army was short-lived because he fell ill with Gwent, from 1974. His wife, Pat, died in 2005 and John tuberculosis and lost the use of a lung. He came up to lived in Itton until his death.’ Cambridge four years later and played hockey and cricket for the College as well as being president of the Lightfoot Chugg (1945) The College has learned of the death of Society. He taught at many schools before becoming Head- John Terence George Chugg of Canterbury, Kent. John master of Frensham Heights School in Surrey. He studied came to St Catharine’s from Barnstaple Grammar School for a Masters degree in Psychology at St Andrews (his and read History. After graduating he gained a Diploma thesis covered pioneering work with maladjusted children) in Education from London University. He became an HM and was a Lecturer in Special Education at Liverpool Uni- Inspector of Schools. versity. He had a Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, USA. From 1973, he served as Educational Psychotherapist Clements (1942) On 23 October 2012, Edwin Darnley for Hampshire Health and Education Authorities. Clements of Guildford, Surrey. Edwin won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s from St Edward’s School, Oxford, and read Broadbent (1952) On 10 November 2012, Professor John Mathematics. According to College records, he served at Barclay Broadbent of Norwich. John came to St Catharine’s the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, 1944–6 as a research student after graduating with a degree in and then worked at the British Railways Survey Depart- English from Edinburgh University. He was then a Research ment 1946–8 before moving to the Admiralty Mining Fellow from 1955–7 until he became a University Lecturer Establishment, Havant, 1948–56. He worked at the Royal and Fellow of King’s. In 1968 he was appointed Profes- Greenwich Observatory from 1956 until his retirement in sor of English Literature at the University of East Anglia. 1982. As a hobby, he was National Badger Recorder for He was always concerned about the teaching of English at the Mammal Society from 1974. He was a regular and fre- universities and founded an action group DUET (Develop- quent donor to College funds. ment of University English Teaching) which, together with his publications, had a lasting effect on the way English Day (1951) In 2012, Raymond Frank Day of Waterlooville, is taught in higher education. He took early retirement in Hampshire. Raymond came to St Catharine’s from Malvern 1984 to start a new life as a painter. See also obituary in College and read Economics and Law. After graduating, he the Guardian 27 November 2012. worked for two years at the Midland Bank before joining the family business, the Portsmouth Steel Company. After Butler (1968) On 2 March 2013, Andrew William Butler a brief spell in 1967–8 as Assistant Master at a Boys’ Prep of Taiwan. Andrew came to St Catharine’s from Christ’s School, he became a self-employed independent financial Hospital School and read History and Theology. His son advisor and insurance broker. David writes ‘My father said that the reason for his choice of subject was that he needed to find out if the Bible was Dennis (1968) On 16 April 2013, Professor Nigel Robert historically true. His studies convinced him that it was, so Dennis of St Andrews. Nigel came to St Catharine’s from

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Haberdashers’ Aske’s School and read Modern & Medi- Australia’s vast outback.’ George’s twin brother John eval Languages, staying on after graduating for his PhD. (1961) died in 1996. He won a Blue for rugby. After his PhD, he took a post at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and was appointed Feltham (1943) In October 2012, John Herbert Feltham of Professor there before he was 40; he later became Dean Hindhead, Surrey. John came to St Catharine’s from Hab- of the Faculty of Arts. In 1996 he was appointed Professor erdashers’ Aske’s School as a cadet on the wartime RAF of Spanish at the University of St Andrews and remained Arts Course. He subsequently qualified as an accountant there until his death. He was an expert on the poets and in 1950. He held many directorships including First Tech- prose writers of the Spanish generation of 1927 and the nology plc and in 1990 he joined the British Car Auction Spanish Civil War. According to a notice on the St Andrews Group as Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive. He was a website ‘His influence and friendship spanned the world of regular donor to College funds. Hispanism and many were grateful for and enriched by his research and advice.’ Frewin (1953) On 18 October 2012, William (Bill) Frewin of Taunton, Somerset. Bill won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s Denton (1950) On 4 March 2013, Brian Denton of Wor- from Watford Grammar School and read Classics and thing, Sussex. Brian came to St Catharine’s from Holme English followed by the Postgraduate Certificate in Educa- Valley Grammar School, Yorkshire, and read Geography tion. He played College cricket and hockey, and was in the followed by the Postgraduate Certificate in Education. Cuppers-winning hockey team captained by Peter Gale He was Assistant Master, Bradford Grammar School, until (1953). His career as a schoolmaster culminated with the 1959 when he became Head of Geography at King’s Headship of Almondbury High School, Huddersfield. He School, Chester. From 1967 to 1978 he was an Inspector played hockey for four different county teams as he moved of Schools for Birmingham LEA (Chief Inspector 1974–8) around the country, and league cricket for Yorkshire. At and then HM Inspector of Schools, Department of Educa- various times he was a moderator for examination boards, tion & Science, until 1990. From 1990 until his retirement an amateur actor and a hospital voluntary worker. He had in 1994 he was Director of the Independent Schools’ Joint over twenty years of happy retirement at St Andrews (golf- Council’s Accreditation, Review and Consultancy Service. ing with his wife Margaret) and then in rural Somerset.

Dixon (1950) In August 2012, Roger Harry Vernon Dixon Gadsden (1951) In August 2012, David Drury Gadsden of Bristol. Roger won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s from of Bristol. David came to St Catharine’s from Wrekin Col- Christ’s Hospital School and read Natural Sciences. After lege, Shropshire, and read History. He spent his career as a graduating he joined Travers Smith Braithwaite Solicitors transport executive and became a Justice of the Peace. His and passed the Solicitors’ Examination in 1957. He was widow Shirley adds ‘David played hockey while at Cam- a non-executive director of various companies including bridge and was a very keen member of the University Air Consolidated Insurance Group, Barlow Services, Sterling Squadron’. Insurance, Drax Insurance and Majedie Investments. From 1993 he served on the Audit Committee of Christ’s Hospi- Graham (née Mirvis, 2000) On 28 August 2011, Mrs tal. Roger left a legacy to the College. Liora Tamar Graham. Liora came to St Catharine’s from the Hasmonean High School for Girls, Mill Hill, London, and Endacott (1961) On 13 February 2013, George Mark read Natural Sciences (Biochemistry). She married Jonny Endacott of Denmark, Western Australia. His widow And- Graham (Selwyn) in 2003 and was living in Israel. Liora rea writes ‘George and John were identical twins who came died after a long battle with cancer and her brother, Eitan to St Catharine’s from Shrewsbury School. George read Mirvis, has set up a fundraising website for Marie Curie Natural Sciences and went on to become a veterinarian. Cancer Care in her memory. While at St Catharine’s he was involved in rugby, boxing (for the University) and rowing. In 1972 George emigrated Graham-Brown (1953) On 8 November 2012, Edward to Perth, Western Australia, to join a small veterinary hos- Fenton Graham-Brown of Sidmouth, Devon. Edward came pital that was surrounded by a series of lakes and wetlands to St Catharine’s from King’s School, Rochester, to read with plenty of birdlife which became George’s special inter- Engineering, but only kept one term. est. In 1995, George and his family moved to the small, south-coastal town of Denmark. He joined National Park Hackett (1947) On 26 February 2013, Reginald (Rex) volunteer groups and Birds Australia (now Birdlife) and it Robert Winthrop Hackett of Seaford, East Sussex. Rex’s was while conducting a bird survey along an isolated local daughter Jill Ardagh writes ‘My father won a place at beach that George suffered a stroke. Although he was St Catharine’s while at Aldenham School, but the war inter- a diabetic for over 60 years, he maintained good health rupted his plans and he didn’t go to Cambridge until after and ﬁtness all his life and travelled extensively through the war. He was a captain in the Army, initially stationed

82 at Dover, but then serving in India and Singapore. After Order of Rio Branco (Brazil) in 1997. Keith was awarded graduating, he was appointed Headmaster of Normansal a CVO in 1979 and a CMG in 1992. See also the Daily Preparatory School in Seaford in 1950. When the school Telegraph 7 February 2013. closed in 1981, my parents bought a house in the French Pyrenees where they spent their summers for twenty years Haynes (1941) On 26 November 2012, Denis Marshall teaching English to French and Spanish children, and tak- Haynes of Thetford, Norfolk. Denis came to St Catharine’s ing them for walks in the mountains and to the river nearby from Denstone College and read Law. He was awarded a where they spent many happy hours in boats and messing wartime rugby ﬁves Half-Blue, a cricket Blue in 1944 and about generally. The kids loved it and returned every year was captain of the University Cricket Club in 1945. After so that Dad was dealing with children aged 8 to 17 years. graduating he captained Staffordshire Cricket Club 1949– He was always interested in young people and kept his 59 as well as the minor counties combined XI. His career interest in cricket and poetry right up to his death.’ was as a thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner.

Handy (1960, Fellow 1965, Emeritus Fellow 2004) See Herbert (Fellow 1979) On 17 October 2012, Gertraud Fellows’ obituaries. (Traudel) Herbert of Cambridge. Traudel had a DPhil from Munich and was elected a Fellow of St Catharine’s in May Hargrove (1931) The College has heard of the death some 1979 at the same time as Rachel Britton/Wroth. They years ago of Samuel William Gilbert Hargrove of Shrews- and Marian Silver, who had been elected a year earlier, bury. He and his brother Peter (1935) both read Medicine were the first female St Catharine’s Fellows. Traudel had at St Catharine’s and Sam founded the Cats MedSoc. supervised Modern & Medieval Languages from 1967; she retired in 1990. Harvey (1935) On 12 March 2013, Arthur Douglas Har- vey of Long Ditton, Surrey. Douglas won an Exhibition Hockey (1957) The College has learned of the death in to St Catharine’s from Westcliffe High School and read 2012 of John Albert Hockey of Florida, USA. John had been Mathematics. He was a Wrangler in 1938 and upgraded to Ilford County High School and came to St Catharine’s to Scholar. He won the Drury Johns Prize that year. Doug- as a postgraduate student from Imperial College to study las joined the War Office after graduating and worked for Chemistry. He went on to gain his PhD from Manchester the Military College of Science. He was in the army dur- University and DSc from London. ing the war, serving in India, and rejoined the War Office in 1945 remaining there until his retirement in 1976 by Hollis (1968) On 2 January 2013, Trevor Raymond Seddon which time it had become the Ministry of Defence. He Hollis of Stockport, Cheshire. Trevor came to St Catharine’s had various senior positions and was promoted to Under- from King’s College School and read Natural Sciences and Secretary in 1969 until he retired. Michael Harvey (2005) Chemical Engineering. He was awarded an Exhibition in is his grandson. 1969 and a Scholarship in 1971. We have no information about his subsequent career. Haskell (1958) On 28 November 2012, Donald Keith Haskell of Alton, Hampshire. Keith came to St Catharine’s Holmes (1948) On 15 March 2013, Professor John Cam- from Portsmouth Grammar School and read Classics. He eron Holmes of Edinburgh. John started reading for a BSc was awarded a double Half-Blue for shooting and was in Agriculture at Edinburgh University in 1943, but his stud- captain of the University Rifle Association. He joined the ies were interrupted by the war during which he served in Diplomatic Service after graduating and served in Lon- the Royal Navy, mainly on escort service to the Russian don, Lebanon, Iraq and Libya followed by positions as convoys. After the war he completed his degree and then HM Consul, Benghazi, 1969–70; First Secretary, Tripoli, came to St Catharine’s for the Diploma in Agriculture. From 1970–72; Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1972–75; 1949–74 he was first a lecturer and then senior lecturer in Chargé d’Affaires and Consul-General, Santiago, 1975– Agriculture at Edinburgh followed by ten years as Head of 78; Counsellor and Consul-General, Dubai, 1978–81; the Crop Production Advisory and Development Depart- Head of the Nuclear Energy Department at the Foreign & ment at East Scotland College of Agriculture. In 1984 he Commonwealth Office 1981–83 and of the Middle East was appointed Professor of Crop Production at Edinburgh Department 1983–84; Head of Chancery, Bonn, 1985–88; University School of Agriculture. He was President of the on secondment to industry 1988–89; Ambassador to Peru European Association for Potato Research 1987–90. John’s 1990–95 and to Brazil 1995–99. He received the Foun- son Bill writes that a colleague commented that John had dation Medal from Soka University of Japan in 1975, an only one infuriating trait – he was so good at everything he Honorary Doctorate from the National University of Peru- did. In his youth, he learned to play the pipes in the Boys’ vian Amazonia, Iquitos, in 1992 and the Grand Cross, Brigade and won several medals.

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Howard (1963) The College has learned of the death Mason (1961) On 6 January 2013, Christopher John of Colin Robert Howard of Aberdeen. Colin came to Mason of Waterloo, Belgium. Chris won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s from Shrewsbury School and read Engineer- St Catharine’s from Pocklington School, Yorkshire, and ing. He was captain of the College Boat Club in 1966. We read Natural Sciences. Chris worked for IBM in Eastern have no information about his subsequent career. Europe and latterly in Belgium. To judge from comments in IBM staff forums, he was hugely respected for his helpful- Kayira (1965) On 15 October 2012, Legson Didimu Kayira ness and rigour. of London. Legson’s extraordinary story of how he ‘walked to America’ from his village in Nyasaland (now Malawi) is Mayhew (1967) On 3 October 2012, David Fairbank told in his book I will try which was reviewed in the 1966 Mayhew of Den Haag, Netherlands. David came to Magazine. He came to St Catharine’s for two years of post- St Catharine’s from Southend High School, read Natural graduate study after graduating in Political Science from Sciences and stayed on for a PhD in Zoology. He was in the University of Washington in Seattle. Legson worked the University athletics team. After a three-year research as a probation officer and also became a writer, publish- post at Utrecht University, in 1978 he briefly held a Royal ing several novels including The Looming Shadow and Society fellowship in Cambridge and then moved back to The Detainee. Ironically, his novels were banned in Malawi Holland to work for Elsevier Scientific Publishers, Amster- after Hastings Banda became president for life. dam, in their Electronic Publishing group and then Data- base Consultants, Europe. From 1991 he worked in the Lainé (1943) On 17 December 2012, Peter John Lainé of European Patent Office, The Hague, as a consultant and Fairfax, Virginia, USA. Peter came to St Catharine’s from manager. Sutton High School, Surrey, as an RAF cadet on the special war-time RAF Arts Course in 1943. After war service, he Murphy (1938) On 14 April 2013, Reginald Lloyd Mur- went to St Andrews and graduated in 1948. He worked phy of Broadstone, Dorset. Reginald won an Exhibition as a reporter and then city editor for the Miami Herald. to St Catharine’s from Rutlish School, Merton, and read Later he was editor of the US Information Agency includ- Mechanical Sciences. He was captain of College and then ing assignments as Cultural Attache, US Embassy, Vienna, University tennis (after the war he played tennis for the 1977–81 and 1987–9. Betty Lainé writes ‘From September Northumberland county team). From 1941–8 he served 1989 until he retired in May 1994, he was editor in chief in the RAF Technical Branch as a Flight Lieutenant (Radar of the Dialogue Magazine issued by the Department of Navigation) and was awarded a Defence Service Medal. State, which was translated and sent to most countries in After his war service, he worked for CA Parsons for two the world. After his retirement from the State Department, years and then joined William Hudson Shipping, becom- he volunteered to teach English as a Second Language in ing a director 1962–6. He then joined the Marconi Com- Fairfax County, Virginia, until 2010. pany and later Plesseys, retiring in 1982. Alumnus Edward Knapp (1938) was his brother-in-law and alumnus John Lloyd (1938) In October 2012, James (Jim) Richard Lloyd Murphy (1948) his brother. of Cambridge (formerly Burton-on-Trent). Jim won a Scholarship to St Catharine’s from King George V School, Peet (1941) In 2013, Ellis James Peet of Scarborough, Southport and read Mathematics and then Law. His North Yorkshire. Ellis came to St Catharine’s from Scarbor- daughter, Diana Lloyd, writes ‘Jim obtained a double first ough Boys’ High School and read Mathematics. His studies in Maths and Law and captained the University judo team. were interrupted by the war, but he returned in 1946 to While with the army in India he married Olga Hessing and complete his degree and take the postgraduate Certificate their daughter Diana was born. After the war he trained in Education. He taught at Kingswood Grammar School, as a solicitor and joined the legal department of the brew- Gloucestershire, until 1957 and then became senior math- ery company of Bass Worthington. He moved into general ematics master at Workington Grammar School, Cumbria, management ending his career as Vice-Chairman of what until his retirement in 1983. He was a regular donor to had become Bass Charrington, the country’s largest brew- College funds. ing company. He subsequently chaired the company’s pen- sion fund. With his wife he founded a Civic Society in his Penniston (1944) On 1 November 2012, Peter Pennis- home town of Burton-on-Trent and organised a Midlands ton of Harrogate, Yorkshire. Peter came to St Catharine’s Association of Amenity Societies. He was awarded the CBE from St Peter’s School, York, for the special wartime Naval in 1984.’ Cadet course; he rowed for the College in the wartime May Bumps. In the war he served in both the Atlantic and Lord (Honorary Fellow 1964) See Fellows’ obituaries. Pacific theatres and was one of the first to enter Hiroshima after the atomic bomb there. After the war he taught

84 briefly at St Peter’s before joining his wife’s family’s textile Department and subsequently went to Brussels and then company, Parker & Co. Peter played rugby for Headingley Paris where he spent seven years as Manager. In his career and Yorkshire, and was selected for England in 1951. He as a journalist he covered a great variety of events: the travelled with the national team as reserve, but, sadly, the U2 conference in Paris, the war in the Belgian Congo and one time he was in the team he went down with influenza. the death of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjoeld Peter retired from Parker’s in 1983 and enjoyed an active (he was first with the story of the fatal plane crash in the and healthy life thereafter. Congo – a notable scoop), the assassination of President Kennedy, the formation of Bangladesh and the Vietnam Pratt (1955) In 2012, Victor Eric Pratt of Wolverhampton. War. He also covered Test Matches in India, the US Open Vic came to St Catharine’s from Tiffin School after National Tennis tournament and the Rome Olympics’. Brian Barder Service and read Geography. His widow says that he would (1954) writes ‘His ironical sense of humour, liberal political not have wanted a detailed obituary in the Magazine, but scepticism and communication skills honed by years as a we do wish to acknowledge his bequest to College funds. journalist will be widely missed.’

Quinton (1948) On 21 February 2013, Michael Grand Redington (1960) On 2 July 2012, Peter David Redington Quinton of Norwich. Michael came to St Catharine’s from of Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Peter came to St Catharine’s King Edward VI School, Norwich, and read Geography. He from the Friends’ School, Saffron Walden, Essex, and read played hockey and cricket for the College and golf for the Mathematics. We have no information about his subse- University. His whole business career was spent in the Nor- quent career. wich footwear Industry, first with the Norwich Shoe Com- pany 1951–75 (during which time he rose from graduate Ritchie (1937) The death of (Frederick) Neil Ritchie of trainee through sales manager to group director) and then South Africa was reported in the Oxford and Cambridge with the Bally Shoe Company as administration director Club news. Neil came to St Catharine’s from Brentwood 1976–88. He was also a Director of the Norwich Theatre School, Essex, and read Modern & Medieval Languages. Royal, Chairman of the Norwich & District Citizens Advice He wrote about his time at College in the 2007 Magazine. Bureau and Chairman of the Norwich Freemen. He served in the army during the war and was demobi- lised as Major. From 1946–69 he worked in the Diplomatic Ramsay (1948) On 26 July 2012, Gordon Denis Ramsay of Service and then ‘retired’ to become a writer, contributing Callander, Perthshire. Gordon came to St Catharine’s from to several learned journals (History Today, Apollo, Bulletin Latymer Upper School and read Geography. His daughter de Bibliophile etc.); he produced bibliographies of Harold Elizabeth writes ‘Gordon met Mary (Newnham) at Cam- Acton and Sacheverell Sitwell. bridge and they married in 1953. He joined Barclays Bank DC&O immediately after graduating and moved to East Ritzema (1965) On 5 December 2012, Robin Palmer Africa in 1954, returning to the UK in 1963 by which time Ritzema of Eastbourne, Sussex. Robin came to St Catharine’s he and Mary had a family of three girls. Gordon worked from Eastbourne College and read English followed by the in the city of London reaching the position of Assistant postgraduate Certificate in Education. His funeral was con- Treasurer of Barclays Bank International. He retired in 1985 ducted by Canon Bruce Saunders (1965) who writes ‘Robin and moved to Scotland where Mary died in 2002. After was somehow fully-formed when he came to Cambridge, leaving College he continued his love of learning and had restlessly energetic, wonderfully entertaining, full of opin- a substantial library. He was also very involved in the local ions about literature and art and with a passion for big church and loved his garden. All these activities continued music. He played hockey and tennis for the College and right up to his death’. Gordon was awarded the Beckett co-edited several editions of the poetry magazine Solstice. Memorial Prize by the Institute of Bankers in 1958. Both After graduation, quickly discovering that he was not cut he and his brother Donald (1940), who died in 2007, were out for teaching, he entered the Civil Service and became frequent donors to College funds. a visionary leader in significant pioneering work in science, information technology and education. Colleagues have Ratzin (1954) On 13 January 2013, Gerald Irving Ratzin written of him elsewhere as perceptive and articulate, skil- of Dulwich. Gerry came to St Catharine’s from Wanstead ful in briefing ministers, adroit in international negotiation County High School and read Modern & Medieval Lan- and of courageous integrity. Since 2000, Robin developed guages (French and Russian). He played rugby and cricket a portfolio of consultancies, retaining his educational and for the College. His widow Betty writes ‘Gerry was with charitable interests, travelling and climbing (most recently Reuters for 37 years. As a foreign correspondent he was in the Himalayas).’ posted to Moscow, the Belgian Congo, West Africa, the United Nations (five years) and India as Chief Correspond- Saunders (1959) On 16 December 2012, John Albert ent (again for five years). In 1975 he joined the Staff (Bert) Saunders of Cardiff. Bert came to St Catharine’s from

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Cardiff High School and read Economics and Law. Accord- Sutherland (1947) On 29 October 2012, Peter Berkeley ing to College records, he was a Director/Trustee of the Douglas Sutherland of Henley-on-Thames. Peter came to South Wales Building Federation. St Catharine’s from Shrewsbury School and read Architec- ture. He was captain of the College boat club and spent his Scoggins (1955) The College has learned of the death of whole life dedicated to rowing – he joined Leander aged Ian Maxwell Scoggins of Chichester, Sussex. Ian came to 17. He was diagnosed with TB in the 1950s and told that St Catharine’s from Aldenham School and read Engineer- he had only a short time to live. After more than a year ing. After graduating he served as an Engineering Officer in hospital he discharged himself and started coaching for in the RAF, retiring in 1974 with the rank of Squadron Cats Boat Club. He was eventually declared free of the Leader. From 1974 to 1991 he was Marketing Director of disease and went on to coach many crews, including the SD Scicon and then Marketing Director of the COMAC 1960 Oxford crew for the Boat Race. In 1963 he formed Group until he retired in 1997. the Upper Thames Rowing Club. Peter coached for most of the senior clubs on the Thames and his crews won major Shirley (1967) On 16 April 2013, Edwin Antoine Shirley events at Henley Royal Regatta and European and World of London. Ed came to St Catharine’s from Cranbrook championships. He was awarded an MBE for services to School and read Modern & Medieval Languages. He was a sport, rowing in particular. He was known to many alumni founder of the College Film Society and involved in drama for his annual invitations to his home on the Thames dur- productions including a rock musical Make Me Make You ing Henley Royal Regatta Week. He was President of the which he took to the Edinburgh Fringe in 1970. After Society in 1991. graduating, Ed used his knowledge of theatre lighting and sound to work for several music bands of the 1970s includ- Thomas (1935) In June 2012, Gruffydd (Griff) Geraint Tho- ing the Rolling Stones, and eventually he founded Edwin mas of Windermere, Cumbria. Griff came to St Catharine’s Shirley Trucking (EST) which became one of the largest from Mill Hill School and read Geography. He played rugby music transport companies in Europe. He diversified into for the College and was in the University Vandals XV (he stage setting and was responsible for some very large live was one of the glut of scrumhalves in College during the concerts in the 1980s including the 1985 Live Aid. Ed 1930s). Griff started teaching in Kent after graduating, was also responsible for setting up the site of the first Big but almost immediately was called up for war service (in Brother reality TV programme. the Royal Navy as a meteorological officer). After the war he returned to Ramsgate where he continued at Chatham Stapleton (1944) On 3 March 2013, Revd Robert Michael House until 1954 when he moved to Germany to work Vorley Stapleton of Dartmouth, Devon. Robert came with the British Forces Education Services. He returned to St Catharine’s from Chigwell School on the wartime to England in 1958 to be Headmaster of Windermere RAF Cadet course and read Theology. According to Col- Grammar School and, on reorganisation, became the first lege records, he was only in College for the Easter Term Head of the new Lakes Comprehensive School where he and the Long Vacation and then served in the RAF until remained until his retirement in 1977. He was a JP, becom- 1947. He studied at the London College of Divinity and, ing Chairman of the Windermere bench, and also served in 1951, became a curate at St Andrew’s, Plymouth, until on the County Education Committee. Throughout his life 1956 when he served as a Chaplain in the Royal Navy for he took a keen interest in politics, serving briefly as a local four years. He then spent a further four years as Priest- councillor. His son David (1963) is an alumnus. in-Charge at St George’s, Tolworth. In 1964, he was appointed Rector of Chenies and Little Chalfont until his Thomas (1965) On 15 September 2012, Patrick Keith retirement in 1992. Thomas of Haute-Nendaz, Switzerland. Patrick came up to St Catharine’s from Cranford School, Kent, and read Stocker (1942) On 5 March 2013, Bernard Sinclair Stocker law. His widow Patricia writes ‘Patrick won a hockey Blue of Waterlooville, Hampshire. Bernard came to St Catharine’s whilst at Cambridge. He started his career as a lawyer, but from Quinton Hogg Grammar School, St John’s Wood, and moved into banking a few years later. He was a pioneer read Natural Sciences. His career was spent as an industrial in the Hong Kong dollar capital markets and was Chair- chemist. man of the Capital Markets Association. An English translation of the obituary written by Apple Daily refers to him Stokoe (1964) On 21 June 2013, Richard James Stokoe of as the godfather of the Hong Kong Capital markets. He Geneva, Switzerland. Richard came to St Catharine’s from was a linguist and wrote a book of poems entitled Rhyme Goole Grammar School and read Modern & Medieval Lan- and Reason and Vicey Verse copies of which he sold to guages. We have no information about his subsequent raise US$100,000 for the Salvation Army.’ A full obituary career. appeared in the South China Morning Post 20 September 2012.

86 Thompson (1944) On 9 February 2013, James Robinson Europe, Strasbourg, from 1971 and a Syndic on the Uni- (Robin) Thompson of Sevenoaks, Kent. Robin came to versity of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate in the St Catharine’s from Silcoates School, Wakefield, and read 1970s. He left a legacy to the College. Mechanical Sciences. His son Andy writes ‘He first worked for various construction companies in the UK, and in 1965 Vesey (1941) On 19 March 2013, Professor Godfrey Nor- moved to Uganda for four years with a young family, to man Agmondisham Vesey of Bedford. Godfrey came to oversee the construction of a major hotel in Kampala. St Catharine’s from King’s School, Macclesfield, and read With that experience, he became project manager for Geography and Moral Sciences. His studies were inter- Cementation International Ltd (and later a director of Tra- rupted by war service (Signals in Malta) and he returned to falgar House), and travelled extensively – Ethiopia, Libya, complete his degree in 1947. According to the Open Uni- Argentina, Abu Dhabi, Pakistan, Hong Kong, and Iran. In versity he worked in London and the USA before becom- retirement he became an advisor to the charity Water Aid ing founding Professor of Philosophy at the OU in 1969. and for ten years he travelled to remote villages in India, He remained at the OU until his retirement in 1985. He Nepal, Uganda and elsewhere. In 2003 he was given the was Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1975–6, Deputy Chair of Senate President’s Award for outstanding voluntary contribution 1976–7 and in 1980 was briefly Acting Vice-Chancellor. to Water Aid by HRH the Prince of Wales. He also played Some of his Open University broadcast transcripts were an active role in teaching chess at local schools and clubs, collected in Philosophy in the Open (1974). He was an and was an accredited coach for the English Chess Federa- assistant editor of Philosophy from 1964 to 1969 and Hon- tion.’ orary Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy from 1965 until 1979 – he was (exceptionally) made a fellow of Thompson (1953) In September 2012, Derek Charles the Institute in recognition of his outstanding services. Thompson. Derek won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s from Wallington Grammar School, Surrey, and read Geography. Waterhouse (1950) On 3 October 2012, the Revd John He played soccer and cricket while at College. He retired in Malcolm Waterhouse of Norwich. John won an Exhibition 1993 from the position of Director of Supply for AMOCO to St Catharine’s from Plymouth College and read History UK after over 30 years in the refining and marketing side and English. He was an active member of the University of the oil industry, and then set up his own consultancy Methodist Society. His contemporary Revd John Turner company. (1949) summarizes his career as follows: ‘He was accepted for the Methodist Ministry in 1953 and trained at Richmond Tomlins (1941) On 13 January 2013, Dr Frank Geoffrey College. He received a BD from London University. After Tomlins of Loughton, Essex. Frank came to St Catharine’s serving as Probationer Minister at Attleborough, Norfolk, from Worcester Royal Grammar School and was awarded he was ordained at Newcastle Conference in 1958. He then a prize in his first year, reading Natural Sciences. He then served in Leeds (Richmond Hill) and Sheffield (North East) switched to Medicine, receiving his MB and BChir in 1948. and was a member of the radical Renewal Group. He edited He had a National Service commission in the RAF as Flight Beware the Church (1958). After further service in Carlisle, Officer in 1949. We have no details of his subsequent Elland and Greatland (Superintendent), Coventry, Leeds, career. Swaffham and Dereham (Norfolk), he retired in 2002. He was a very able minister, especially in training local preach- Trim (1955) In January 2013, Professor John Leslie Melville ers and ministers. He had close links with the church in the Trim of Stapleford, Cambridge. John came to St Catharine’s USA. He wrote many book reviews for the Fellowship of from University College, London, where he was a Lecturer the Kingdom magazine.’ in Phonetics. He became a University Lecturer in Linguis- tics at Cambridge in 1958 and was then Head/Director Whately-Smith (1937) On 27 April 2013, John Calkin of the Linguistics Department from 1964 to 1978 and a Whately-Smith of Aldeburgh, Suffolk. John came to Fellow of Selwyn. John laid the foundations of what, in St Catharine’s from Sherborne School and read History. 1990, became the University of Cambridge Language After graduating he served in the army during the war Centre, which, in recognition of his signal contribution, and was mentioned in dispatches in 1944. After the war, duly named its facility for independent language learn- John went to teach at the school founded by his father, ing the John Trim Centre. His eminence in the field led to Hordle House Preparatory School, near Lymington, Hamp- widespread international recognition, including the award shire. He and his brother Peter eventually took over the of several honorary degrees from outside the United King- running of the school when their father retired in 1951. dom. In 1978 he was appointed Director of the Centre for In 1984, John himself retired – to Aldeburgh where the Information on Language Teaching and Research, London, family had retained strong links ever since his father taught and was there until his retirement in 1987. In parallel, he at Aldeburgh Lodge before founding Hordle House. John was also Modern Languages Project Director, Council of was very active in the community, serving as secretary and

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president of the Aldeburgh Golf Club as well as sailing his through the Wilshaw Bursary (MML) and his visit as ‘artist dinghy around the local estuary. in residence’ in 2007.

Whitworth (1954) In December 2011, Arthur John Whit- Young (1935) On 24 April 2013, William Brewit Young of worth of Fordingbridge, Hampshire. Arthur came to Sevenoaks, Kent. Bill came to St Catharine’s from City of St Catharine’s from Rugby School and read Natural Sci- London School and read Medicine. He won a Half-Blue for ences and Medicine. He had a Diploma from the Royal boxing and a full Blue for rugby (and was then a Scottish College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DRCOG) and was international 1937–9). After graduating he was House Sur- in general medical practice in Totton, Southampton, for 27 geon at King’s College Hospital and then a Medical Mis- years, eventually resigning in protest against NHS reforms. sionary in Kenya 1942–50, returning to General Practice His main recreation was the restoration of watches and in the UK 1951–83. His step-daughter Revd Sheila Bridge clocks. writes ‘He was capped for Scotland ten times and played a blind-side wing forward in the team that won the Cal- Wilshaw (1944) On 22 December 2012, James Brian cutta Cup in 1938. Whilst a medical missionary in Kenya McCreary Wilshaw of New Zealand. James came to he was capped for East Africa. He remained very interested St Catharine’s from Stockport Grammar School and read in the work of the College to the end of his life.’ Bill pub- Modern & Medieval Languages. After war service, he lished semi-autobiographical books under the pseudonym returned in 1950 and read Part II Law. He was a member Andrew Hamilton including Sorry to Bother you Doctor, It’s of the College boat club. He became a Chartered Textile me again Doctor and You’re Right off course Doctor. The Technologist (Georg August University, Göttingen). He College Library has a book of memoirs entitled Water under was Honorary Secretary of the rowing section of the Royal the Bridge; a bit of a Doc’s Life. See also Herald Scotland Hong Kong Yacht Club and Managing Director of Dea- 2 May 2013 and the Scotsman 1 May 2013 (with picture con & Co, Singapore. His daughter Sarah Wilshaw-Sparkes of Bill shaking hands with George VI after the ﬁrst live tel- comments that his time at College was a seminal period evised rugby match – Scotland won the triple crown). in his life – he valued the continued College connection

News of Members

The following Members are mentioned in the News pages. David Kohn (1982); Alan Laird (1952); As has become customary by the request of Members, the Jo Le Couillard (1982); Tim Lindsay (2012); news items themselves are printed in date order of Society Helen Lloyd (2000); Peter Longley (1963); Membership rather than alphabetical order. Charlie Lutyens (1969); Osman Mahgoub (1991); Jim McElwaine (Fellow 2001–12); Stephen Mennell (1963); Keith Alexander (1969); John Andrew (1947, Ben Miller (1985); Angela Moran (2007); Fellow 1965, Emeritus Fellow 1982–2009); Kevin Morgan (2010); Stephen Morse (1942); Stanley Aston (1934, Fellow 1943, George Nash (2008); Chris Newbery (1969); Emeritus Fellow 1982−92); Chris Bayly (Fellow 1969, Roger Nicholson (1959); Alan Pardoe (1961); Emeritus Fellow 2012); John Chapman (1969); David Piper (1963); Jock Pirie (1939); Bill Potts (1946); Geoff Chang (2000); Jeremy Clyne (1969); Malcolm Potts (1954); David Pugsley 1963); Michael Conzen (1963); Ian Corbett (1961); Steve Punt (1981); John Pyle (Fellow 1986); Blane Coulcher (1982); Ralph Court (1969); Roland Randall (1963); Philip Rees (1963); Tony Cross (1953); David Cruttenden (1967); Steve Richardson (1969); Tim Robson (1982); Gonçalo de Vasconcelos (2010); Jonathan Dossetor (1962); Natasha Rukazenkova (2004); Robert Saxton (1972); Elaine Dove (née Sorenson, 1996); Peter Simpson (1982); Derek Smith (1970); Helen Duff (2005); Tony Emanuelli (1969); John Smith (1954); Phillip Sorenson (1965); Jon Epstein (1963); Robert Evans (Fellow 1947–77, Hamish Symington (1999); Kang Tchou (2010); Emeritus Fellow 1977–2005); Bill Thompson (1979); Mike Town (1969); Gill Gardner (née Potter, 1982); Steve Unger (1978); Jeremy White (1982); Jim Gardner (1982); Simon Godwin (1994); Carrie Whitwell (née Priest 1983); Rich Whitwell (1984); Dick Gooderson (Fellow 1948–81); Ian Gregg (1958); Andy Woods (1982); James Wright (Fellow 1978–91, John Heath (1965); Martin Hersov (1982); Honorary Fellow 1992); John Yellowlees (1969); Anthony Hird (1966); Owen Holland (2005); Beverley Yong (1992); Philine Zu Ermgassen (2001). Caroline Horton (2000); Elizabeth Iskander (2005);

88 The daughter of Jock Pirie (1939), Fiona Pirie, wrote to ask Tony Cross (1953), Honorary Fellow and former Principal to see any information in the Society Magazines about her of Harris Manchester College, Oxford, was awarded a PhD father who died in 1987. Fiona is secretary to the Master at in his 80th year by the University of Reading. His thesis was Trinity College, Cambridge. Fiona writes ‘My father’s obitu- entitled Père Hyacinthe Loyson, the Église Catholique Gal- ary [see 1987 Magazine – Ed.]was written by Stanley Aston licane (1879–93) and the Anglican Reform Mission. (1934, Fellow 1943, Emeritus Fellow 1982−92) who was my godfather, and a brilliant one – and Marjorie Gooderson Malcolm Potts (1954) See Bill Potts (1946) (who died this year aged 102) was my godmother, which is a pretty good start in life I think (what with being baptised Elizabeth Smith, the widow of John Smith (1954) who died in the College chapel as well). I still can’t quite get used to in 2010, has resigned as an Associate Member. She com- seeing girls in Catz scarves. At Newcastle I worked with ments that she met John at the Rag Day parade in 1956. James Wright (Fellow 1978–91, Honorary Fellow1992), who was Bursar after Stanley. So it really is a small world. Ian Gregg (1958) was featured in a full-page interview in James was quite terriﬁed of Stanley at their ﬁrst meeting. the Financial Times in June 2013 entitled My First Mil- Stanley had a very unhappy home life as a boy and, like lion: Being a bread winner for 50 years. Ian led the family my father, succeeded because of brains, hard work and the baking business from a single Tyneside shop in 1964 to a opportunities at Lincoln City School and Catz.’ public company by 1984.

The College has learned of the death of Associate Member Roger Nicholson (1959) See George Nash (2008) Lorna Morse, the widow of Stephen Morse (1942) who himself died in 2006. The Very Reverend Ian Corbett (1961) writes ‘After twenty years in the Diocese of Manchester pioneering new work Professor Bill Potts (1946) died in 2012 and notice of his in the chaplaincy of further education colleges and the in- death appeared in the 2012 Magazine. His brother Profes- service training of the clergy, I was appointed Warden of sor Malcolm Potts (1954) writes of Bill’s many interests Lelapa La Jesu in Lesotho in 1987, a seminary founded by beside his work in the Biology Department at Lancaster Archbishop Desmond Tutu. I also worked there for the Afri- University, including Romanesque architecture (The Archi- can National Congress during the last years of apartheid. tectural Background of the Ely Octagon), the course of the After shorter periods as Canon Missioner (lay training) in Fleam Dyke, the disappearance of the Aral Sea, and cor- Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa, I was invalided out relating blood groups with the spread of languages. Until a of Africa in 1996. I was subsequently Dean of Tuam in few weeks before he died, Bill was working on a book on Ireland before embarking on a ten-year spell working on the origins of the English language. indigenous reservations in North America (Saskatchewan and Utah). I received a Humanities Award from the State Mary Andrew, the widow of John Andrew (1947, Fellow of Utah in 2008. I semi-retired to the English southwest 1965, Emeritus Fellow 1982–2009) died on 18 January thereafter and I am about to retire fully to Malvern. It was 2013. John himself died in December 2009 (see obituary good to have two contemporaries at my 70th birthday in 2010 Magazine). party at St Matthews, Westminster – Alan Pardoe (1961) and David Pugsley 1963).’ Betty Evans, the widow of Robert Evans (Fellow 1947–77, Emeritus Fellow 1977–2005) died on 24 December 2012. Jonathan Dossetor (1962) writes ‘Members may not be Robert himself died in December 2005 (see obituary in aware of the organisation HOST which aims to give stu- 2006 Magazine). Betty, who was Librarian of the Cam- dents from abroad an introduction to English life away from bridge Philosophical Society when Robert was its Treasurer, their campus. HOST links students with volunteer hosts all left a legacy to the College and, as a consequent to her over the country, who offer one-off invitations for a day, a death, the College has received a further substantial gift weekend, or three days at Christmas. We have hosted three from the Robert Evans Will Trust. students so far and all were impressive people with charm and enthusiasm, and taught us much about the countries Marjorie Gooderson, the widow of Dick Gooderson (Fel- they came from. They were very interested in what we low 1948–81) died on 27 June 2013. She was 102. Dick showed them of our part of Britain, something they see himself, the ﬁrst Law Fellow at St Catharine’s, died in 1981 little of in the student world they live in most of the time.’ (see obituary in 1981 Magazine). HOST is always in need of invitations, so if any other members are interested, please see www.hostuk.org. Rosemary Laird, the widow of Alan Laird (1952) who died in 2001, has resigned as an Associate Member. She writes that Peter Longley (1963) donated to the College a copy of she has enjoyed keeping up with news of the College. his book Forsythia – autobiographical reminiscences of his

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family encased within Galsworthy’s Forsyte Saga. Peter has is David Piper (Senior Research Scientist, Geological Survey also written the Magdala trilogy depicting a plausible life of Canada), who took his degree on a different day. We are of Mary Magdalene and her times. all six, with our wives (with the exception of Gill Epstein, who took the photo), at the 2013 dinner in the OCR.’ Stephen Mennell (1963) writes ‘On 11 August 2013, six of us who matriculated in 1963 had a fiftieth anniversary Phillip Sorenson (1965) wrote to tell us of the birth of his reunion dinner in the OCR. We called it the Bolshies’ reun- granddaughter Beatrice Melody Dove (see Notices). He ion. The reason we came to be known as ‘the Bolshies’ also says that Beatrice’s mother Elaine Dove (née Sorenson, was that, in some JCR meeting around 1964, in a discus- 1996) is continuing her career as a lawyer in the Government sion about some matter that none of us can any longer Legal Service and her husband, Jon, continues his medical remember, the then JCR President said of us, ‘You are a career in general practice. He continues ‘Also of interest is Bolshie lot!’ Although we have always kept in touch with that I belong to a social group in the Bournemouth area and each other over the decades, this was the first time all six discovered on a walk today that the leader of the walk was of us had been together, face to face in the same room, none other than John Heath (1965). Although we hardly since 1966. In the 1966 graduation day picture, from left knew each other as undergraduates (he coxed a College to right: Stephen Mennell (now Professor Emeritus of Soci- VIII and I ran the College Chess team) the amount of shared ology, University College Dublin), Jon Epstein (now retired information that we could recall about the College from our from Tiffin School, Kingston on Thames), Roland Randall days as undergraduates was remarkable and stimulating. (Fellow Emeritus, Girton), Michael Conzen (Professor of John told me that he is about to become President of the Geography, University of Chicago) and Philip Rees (Pro- Dorset Branch of the Cambridge Society and he is enrolling fessor Emeritus of Geography, University of Leeds). Absent me into that branch very quickly!’

Anthony Hird (1966) writes ‘The footnote on page 99 of the 2012 magazine makes disparaging reference to the Bull Court Fountain. This picture shows that it did work in June 1969. As I recall this was the second version of the structure – the ﬁrst lacked the surrounding parapet and spewed water everywhere.

David Cruttenden (1967) responded to the 2012 Chapel report which mentioned Bertha Gowera, an ordinand from Zimbabwe. David writes ‘The Zimbabwe Supreme Court has given judgements in favour of both the Harare and Manica- land dioceses upholding their ownership of the cathedrals, churches and all other properties. We hope that the process of evicting those presently occupying the properties will be effected without significant problems. What we will find once we gain access is an open question. It will be interesting to see what the attitude of the police will be, given that they have been utterly partial to the excommunicated bishops Kunonga and Jakazi since the troubles began in 2007 and have refused to enforce any court orders granted in favour of the true church. Correct in law as the judgements undoubtedly are, it is hard to exclude a political element from the proceedings since ZANU-PF has great influence on the judiciary. So far as the Harare diocese is concerned it seems entirely possible that ‘the party’ has realised that Kunonga and his allies might have taken over the physical assets but they did not carry the congregations with them. Consequently there are a great many people who are thoroughly angry at the disruption of their churches and in many cases the education of their children and other church activities. With elections on the horizon perhaps ‘the party’ The Bolshies, then and now. See Stephen has concluded that it cannot afford to continue to alien- Mennell (1963). ate people in this way. A wonderful thing about these years

90 of difﬁculty has been the clear fact that, rather than melt- ing away, all of the congregations have become stronger and more cohesive. The congregation of which I am part consists of exiles from the adjacent parishes of Christchurch Borrowdale and St Mary’s Highlands. We have been particularly fortunate to have been given the use of the Chisipite School chapel for our services. Others have been much less fortunate. I think that our choir is the last outpost of English church music, certainly in our diocese and quite possibly in the country.’

Professor Sir Christopher Bayly (Fellow 1969, Emeritus Fellow 2012) helped organise the ‘India Cambridge Sum- mit’ in September 2012 at the Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi. Chris has written a book on Indian liberalism Recover- ing Liberties: Indian thought in the age of liberalism and empire. The Bull Court Fountain. See Anthony Hird Chris Newbery (1969) writes ‘The Modern and Medi- (1966). eval Languages alumni of 1969 organised themselves to provide a ﬁne representation at the Year Dinner held in German artist in Limassol copies icons onto old pieces of March 2012. In attendance were Keith Alexander, Tony wood among her other works. She gave me a copy of a Emanuelli, John Chapman, Chris Newbery and Jeremy medieval icon of St Catharine she painted on part of a door. Clyne along with Ralph Court, Steve Richardson and The original dates from the same era as the College. It was Charlie Lutyens from other disciplines, notably English. in church on 25 November. Catharine remains a popular Some had not met for over 40 years. As a result, Tony saint among the Orthodox in Cyprus. Anglicans and the Emanuelli arranged a long weekend in November in his rich variety of others who worship with us were reminded home town of Hilden, near Dusseldorf, attended by Chris, of Catharine on her feast day this year. I discreetly remove Keith, Ralph, Charlie, Steve and his wife Nobue. Tony and the icon before the Greek Evangelical Mission Church and his lovely wife, Margit, provided tremendous hospitality at Persian Christian Fellowship worship in our church later in their beautiful home and Tony had arranged a comprehen- the day!’ sive programme of trips around Dusseldorf. Another city visit is planned for 2013.’ Robert Saxton (1972), Professor of Composition and Tutorial Fel- Mike Town (1969) writes that his main job in retirement is low in Music at Worcester Col- Director of Music at the lovely church of St Patrick, Patter- lege, Oxford, celebrated his 60th dale, where they have monthly concerts and choral serv- birthday in 2013 with a series of ices in the beautiful Lake District environment. prestigious commissions, including a piano cycle for Clare Ham- John Yellowlees (1969) has been given an ‘Outstanding mond (Emmanuel 2003) at the Contribution to the Railway’ award by Scotrail. During his City of London Festival, a song 21 years on the staff, John has worked with local people on cycle for baritone Roderick Wil- the ‘Adopt a Station’ scheme which helps people in towns liams and Andrew West at the and cities across Scotland turn unused parts of their station Oxford Lieder Festival, and a trumpet concerto for Simon into usable rent-free space. Projects range from gardening Desbruslais and the Orchestra of the Swan for a CD on and model train layouts to bird watching and an art gallery Signum. Robert has been a regular member of the BBC4 in a former Ladies’ toilet. More than 130 stations are now Proms broadcasting team and was a member of the South- involved in the project. John says ‘It puts stations at the bank Centre board for nine years. He began a ﬁve-year heart of the community and stops them becoming those post as Composer in Association at the Purcell School in hellhole places people just have to commute from.’ September 2013.

Derek Smith (1970) writes to say that he presided at the Steve Unger (1978) is Chief Technology Ofﬁcer of Ofcom Eucharist on St Catharine’s Day 2012 in St Barnabas’ Angli- and was in the news in July 2013 when he discussed the can Church, Limassol, in the morning, and at the Church faster connections afforded by 5G communications. ‘Every- of St Lazarus, Pissouri, in the evening. He continues ‘A thing from road vehicles to dustbins will have the potential

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An icon of St Catharine. See Derek Smith (1970). A joint 50th birthday gathering. See Rich Whitwell (1984). to be online.’ Your editor is among those who have a lot of catching up to do it seems. Ben Miller (1985) has written It’s not Rocket Science which he describes as a layman’s guide to the most excit- James Wright (Fellow 1978–91, Honorary Fellow1992) ing bits of science. See Jock Pirie (1939). Professor John Pyle (Fellow 1986) chairs the Royal Soci- Bill Thompson (1979) writes that he and his wife Katie ety’s South East Asian Rainforest Research Programme (see Notices in this Magazine) still live in Cambridge, but (SEARRP), based around Danum Valley in Borneo. Kate after fifteen years of freelance life Bill has joined the BBC as and Will (the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) visited the Head of Partnership Development within the BBC Archive. field centre at Danum during their SE Asia and Pacific tour He remains a regular on World Service Radio and writes in September 2012 (part of the Jubilee celebrations). John for a range of publications. He has been made a visiting was involved in showing them round and discussing the professor in the School of Communications at the Royal research programme. College of Art. Osman Mahgoub (1991), who works for the UNHCR, Steve Punt (1981) was the winner of one of the Celebrity joined their Kasulu (Tanzania) team in June 2011 and his Mastermind programmes over the Christmas holiday 2012. main work was the closure of the Mtabila refugee camp His specialist subject was Tony Hancock and his nominated which hosted more than 37,000 Burundian refugees. In charity to which his winnings were donated was SANDS, August 2012 the Tanzanian government revoked the refu- the still-birth and neonatal death society – it supports peo- gee status of those found not in need of international pro- ple affected by the death of a baby. tection, and Osman supervised the interviewing of every family to ascertain their status and then organized the Rich Whitwell (1984) wrote to notify us of a joint 50th repatriation of more than 34,000 to Burundi; the remain- Birthday celebration for Jeremy White, Tim Robson, Martin der were transferred to another camp. Early in 2013 he was Hersov and Blane Coulcher (all 1982) which was held in re-assigned to Beirut, Lebanon, as part of an emergency Tuscany over the weekend of 6/7 July 2013. The photo- operation for Syrian refugees. He says that the UNHCR graph shows the following alumni: Back row (left to right): office in Beirut (a small operation dealing with some 8000 Jim Gardner (1982), Martin Hersov (1982), David Kohn Iraqi refugees) was overwhelmed by the Syrian crisis – over (1982), Andy Woods (1982), Rich Whitwell (1984), and 460,000 were registered between January and May 2013 Peter Simpson (1982); front row: Jeremy White (1982), and there were probably double that number unregistered. Carrie Whitwell (née Priest, 1983), Jo Le Couillard (1982), The population of Lebanon is about four million, so the cri- Tim Robson (1982), Gill Gardner (née Potter, 1982), Blane sis has had a dramatic impact. The situation has undoubt- Coulcher (1982). edly become much worse since Osman wrote.

92 Caroline Horton (2000) appeared in Mess which premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, during the 2013 Edin- burgh Fringe Festival. It received four- and ﬁve-star reviews and Time Out said that the performance ‘comes perilously close to genius and announces Horton as a major, major talent’. Mess was also performed at the Battersea Arts Cen- tre in May. Caroline was nominated for an Olivier Award for her 2010 Fringe show You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy (see News in the 2011 Magazine).

Helen Lloyd (2000) wrote in the 2011 Magazine about her cycle ride from England to Cape Town. She has now published a book about her journey Desert Snow. Helen has already embarked on her next adventure, this time in Asia. We await her report in due course.

Jim McElwaine (Fellow 2001–12) has been appointed Pro- fessor of Geohazards at the University of Durham.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the left, Philine Zu Ermgassen (2001) has been elected a Research John third from right, facing the camera. See Fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Professor John Pyle (Fellow 1986). Natasha Rukazenkova (2004) See Geoff Chang (2000). Beverley Yong (1992) has been working on the Narratives in Malaysian Art project for the past couple of years and Helen Duff (2005) played Agatha Christie in Jeremy King- the ﬁrst volume of the resulting four-volume publication has ston’s Making Dickie Happy at the Tristan Bates Theatre in appeared. It is entitled Imagining Identities and considers London. She writes ‘The play imagines what might have the intellectual and philosophical basis of Malaysian art. occurred had the young Noel Coward, Dickie Mountbat- ten and Agatha Christie all washed up in the same Torquay Simon Godwin (1994), Associate Director at the Royal hotel. Agatha’s an interesting part for me, the only straight Court Theatre, was given a special award for Emerging character (in both senses of the word) with all sorts of Director at the Evening Standard Awards in 2012, hav- things bubbling under the surface. Reviews have been ing directed several plays there. He subsequently directed encouraging and audiences appear to be enjoying them- Eugene O’Neill’s play Strange Interlude at the National selves uproariously.’ Theatre in the summer of 2013. Owen Holland (2005), a research student in English, was Elaine Dove (née Sorenson, 1996) See Phillip Sorenson one of a number of demonstrators who disrupted a lec- (1965). ture by David Willetts, the Minister for Universities and Science, in November 2011. During their student years, Hamish Symington (1999) is a Director of Light Blue Soft- many alumni will have taken part in similar demonstra- ware, which develops business management software tions. Owen read out a letter as part of the demonstration for photographers. Their software won ‘best professional and was singled out for punishment by the University. At product’ at a trade awards ceremony in London in Janu- a hearing in March 2012, he was sentenced to a suspen- ary 2013, which Hamish says was particularly pleasing sion of seven terms by the University Court of Discipline, given the shortlist also included products from Canon and though the original punishment proposed by the University Nikon. Advocate was one term. The matter was raised at a Col- lege Governing Body meeting and it was agreed that the Geoff Chang (2000) and Natasha Rukazenkova (2004) Master should communicate to the Vice-Chancellor the wrote to say that they had very much enjoyed taking part College’s dismay at the unreasonable severity of the sen- in the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony, dancing with tence. In June 2012, the Septemviri ruled that the sentence Annie Lennox in ‘Little Bird’. of rustication for two and a half years for Owen’s role in the demonstration against David Willetts be reduced to one term. Owen writes that he would like to thank those in the College, particularly the tutors and other members of the GB, who offered succour and support throughout.

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Gonçalo de Vasconcelos (2010) writes ‘I have started my own company thanks to the financial support given to me by St Catharine’s during my course as a result of getting the Benavitch Scholarship. This scholarship allowed me to take one year off work to start my own business after I finished my MBA and I am now helping companies throughout the UK to raise finance to start their own successful paths.’

Kevin Morgan (2010) writes ‘I am now a barrister in Lon- don doing child protection work. I am also coaching kids to box at the Repton Club, Bethnal Green, London. Repton is England’s most successful boxing club with more champions than any other club.’

Kang Tchou (2010), a post-graduate student studying Chi- nese, survived a nine-month expedition to southern Anhui, China, for his field work. He writes ‘A tongue-in-cheek short film was made by a director and the film was selected The Cantab Convicts in Hong Kong. for showing at the London School of Economics Research See Tim Lindsay (2012). Festival 2013: Exploring Research Stories Through Visual Images. That counts as a film premiere, I suppose, and will probably adversely affect my future career prospects!’ Elizabeth Iskander (2005) has published a book based on her PhD thesis – Sectarian Conflict in Egypt: Coptic Media, Tim Lindsay (2012), a graduate student, participated in Identity and Representation published by Routledge in the annual Jailbreak event in support of Cambridge Rag. 2012. Calling themselves the Cantab Convicts and armed only with marsupial-themed onesies, a sense of humour and a Angela Moran (2007) has published Irish Music Abroad: charity bucket, Tim and his teammate, Queens’ student Diasporic Sounds in Birmingham. This book came out of Brett Gardiner, set off with the goal of making it to Aus- her PhD studies while at Catz. tralia for Australia Day. After a long and challenging day on chilly London streets, they made it to Heathrow. Although George Nash (2008) followed his medal at the 2012 Olym- short of the amount required to travel to Australia they had pics (see 2012 Magazine) by winning the Grand Chal- raised enough money to fly to Hong Kong – an impres- lenge Cup at Henley in July 2013, rowing at 7 in the Great sive 5937 miles. Of course the day was not really about Britain VIII. In the process the crew shattered the course travel but rather supporting the Cambridge Rag. The Can- record, finishing in 5 min 54 sec. We think that George is tab Convicts raised over £2,200, a record for the Jailbreak the first Catsman to win the Grand since Roger Nicholson event. Thanks to all who supported their efforts. (1959) did so, also rowing at 7 but for University of Lon- don 50 years ago in 1963. The 2013 GB VIII went on to win gold at the World Rowing Championships in Korea in August, so George now has a World Championship gold medal to add to his Olympic bronze.

94 The St Catharine’s Guild

Celebrating St Catharine’s Day wherever you are. not clear, but the effect was a dramatic increase The Guild was formed in 1969 on the initiative of in the number of Guild celebrants to several the then Master, Professor Rich, and was origi- dozen – certainly too many to list in detail here. nally based entirely upon alumni taking Christian Most attended services or other events in the UK, communion. In 2007 the Governing Body agreed of course, but there are representatives from (in that, in order to embrace other faiths and beliefs, alphabetical order) Canada, Cyprus, New Zea- the original purpose of the Guild be redefined ‘to land, South Africa, the USA and Zimbabwe. Only encourage members of the College, wherever one from ‘mainland’ Europe though. they may be, to remember the College according to the tradition and spirituality of their faith, on Please let the Chaplain know if you keep or around 25 November (St Catharine’s Day) and St Catharine’s Day. Drop a note to the Chap- to inform the Chaplain that they have done so’. lain at College (address inside the back cover) or email [email protected] and include In the 2012 Magazine we reported only two your matriculation year and details of the church alumni as having notified the Chaplain of their or other institution at which you celebrated if St Catharine’s Day celebration. That report appropriate. The Chaplain will then be able to referred to St Catharine’s Day 2011, of course. pray for you by name on St Catharine’s Day the In 2012, St Catharine’s Day fell upon a Sunday. subsequent year. Any other news is also welcome Whether it was this or the inclusion of a reminder and will be passed to the Editor of the Magazine on the final (spare) page of the 2012 Magazine is for inclusion in News of Members.

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The McGrath Centre

The McGrath Centre is a modern, attractive, multi-purpose building in Chapel Court, with a foyer, auditorium, student common room, bar and meeting areas which was opened by the Chancel- lor of the University, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, at a ceremony on 19 June 2013. A reception was held in Chapel Court for over 100 Members, Guests and Fellows at which the surprisingly good acoustics of the refurbished court were most ably demonstrated by harpist Anne Denholm (in her final year reading music at Newnham). Following the reception, all moved into the Centre where Harvey McGrath (1971) at the opening. the seats had been deployed in the Auditorium, and the Master made use of the new audio-visual special place to enable talented individuals from all facilities in a short speech of thanks to the ben- backgrounds to share the Cambridge experience, efactors and an introduction to Harvey McGrath and to help offset what I perceive as a dilution (1971), who then spoke as follows: of the diversity that I valued so much in my time ‘Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Master, Members here; and third, helping where possible to enhance and friends – I am delighted to be here today in the physical fabric of this special place. this new College Centre. Thank you, Master, for ‘So I am delighted to be standing here today your kind words. in this new College Centre, as well as somewhat ‘You know that my support for the College and embarrassed at its naming. Embarrassed, because the University flows directly from the special role in truth, we would not be here today without the that both played in my life. I arrived here in 1971 vision and leadership of the Master, the President, from a grammar school in Belfast, equipped with Bursar and Fellowship of the College. Nor would an Ulster accent already corrupted by an English it have happened without the drive and persist- mother, and with a world view shaped and con- ence of Deborah Loveluck as Development Direc- stricted by that narrow Northern Irish pre-occupa- tor. And, as the names listed on the window on tion with history, tradition and religion. This place the court side testify, it would not have happened was a breath of fresh air – at once both liberat- but for the generous contributions of many other ing and challenging, but in the round, and with alumni and friends, not least Neil Ostrer, David the benefit of hindsight, transforming. The broad Harding, Peter Dawson and Nat Le Roux. mix of backgrounds of my peers, the intellectual ‘My thanks to all of you for enabling us col- rigour, the opportunity to read, think, and inquire lectively to deliver on the vision of a new Col- widely – all of these combined to broaden my lege Centre. I have to say I am delighted with the horizons, deepen my understanding of myself and finished product, which has transformed Chapel the world, and raise my ambitions. Court and the Library, and which I am confident ‘Many years later, with more time, capacity will enrich the already vibrant cultural and social and inclination to give something back, my sup- life of St Catharine’s.’ port for Cambridge has revolved around three The Chancellor made a short speech thank- themes: first, investing in teaching and academic ing Harvey and others for their generosity and excellence, since this is the underpinning of Cam- declared the Centre open. Fellows, Members and bridge’s existence, pre-eminence and wider role in Guests then adjourned for an excellent luncheon the world; second, helping to widen access to this in Hall.

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100 New Stained-glass Window in the Chapel

A new stained-glass window has been installed in musical language, a 'humming' of colour, a river- the College Chapel. It is the central of the three ine movement of light. And then there is room for windows in the North wall (a fourth window the development of whole worlds of narrative and lights the organ loft at the western end). detail. The discovery of detail can be an enjoyable The commission was to design and create a new aspect of stained-glass visiting, but it also points stained-glass window as a memorial to the late to the very purpose and meaning of such a work Neville Burston (1948). The commencement of as this – a place for contemplation. the commission, in 2009, also celebrated the 800th So the window is an explanation of pas- Anniversary of the founding of Cambridge Uni- sages from the Book of Proverbs, with wisdom versity in 1209. The subject matter for the win- described, suggested and personified in various dow, Wisdom’s Call, is from the Old Testament – ways – as one who 'was there when He marked Book of Proverbs, chapter 8 – and the project was out the foundations of the earth', who cries 'I was sponsored by Neville Burston’s son Richard. The filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always Burston family has retained a close connection in His presence' but who also offers prudence and with the College, especially through the endow- understanding to those who pass her at the gates ment of the Burston Organ Scholarship as well as of the city. a student Bursary. See also the article on his father Wisdom is 'a tree of life to them that lay hold by Richard Burston later in this Magazine. upon her.' So here a tree is embedded in the archi- The Wisdom Window was dedicated at a tectural structure of the window and arches over ceremony on 14 October 2012 and a booklet the stories, places and objects scattered over its commemorating the event is available from the surface and in its depths. The centrality of this Chaplain. This booklet includes the full Artist’s tree image suggests the place of wisdom at the Brief, the text of Proverbs 8, a note on this text heart of creation: 'the Lord brought me forth as by Dr Katharine Dell (Fellow in Theology) and the the first of His works.' But other works followed. dedication sermon preached by the Right Rever- In the words of a book of sermons of 1712 (from end Dr David Thomson, Bishop of Huntingdon, as the Sidney Smith collection – Ed.) to be found well as full versions of the two articles below. in the Bursar's Office: 'Physico-Theology: a Tom Denny, the stained-glass artist who designed the Wisdom Window, gave the following address at the dedication. An artist who makes a work for such a place as St Catharine’s College is extraordinarily fortunate: within the College community are those who will explore the themes of the work with knowledge and wisdom; it is very satisfying to think of leaving something in a place where new and unexpected ideas can emerge from it over years to come. The perception of wisdom in the Old Testa- ment (Proverbs 8) is simultaneously earthly and heavenly – a practical guest at one moment, a closeness to God at the next. Stained-glass is a medium that is peculiarly well-adapted for multi- farious expression of ideas, where at first one can be strongly aware of colour and light as a kind of St Catharine’s Magazine t 2013

and wet pastures. Above, one sees a chalk down, reminiscent of the Gog Magog Hills, where the viewer has many choices of paths to climb to the summit. Landscape is, of course, something to be experienced as much in a pebble or a patch of lichen as in a stretch of scenery. Addenbrooke's cabinet at St Catharine's has drawers of stones, fossils, minerals, seeds – these foundations of curiosity and knowledge, pointers to the idea of searching and finding, may be found enmeshed in the colour and imagery of the window, in the surfaces of the paths, in the leaves of the tree. I was glad, inciden- tally, to find that Dr Addenbrooke had picked up, in walking on the chalk hills of Cambridgeshire, the same fossil sea urchins that I like to discover walking on the chalk hills of Dorset. There are people walking on a hill in the middle of the right-hand light; they are walking through the moment of creation, perhaps unaware of the presence of God 'making out the horizon on the face of the deep' with wisdom at his side. Below, a young man pauses on the threshold of a gateway into the world, accosted by the advent of wisdom, one who 'crieth at the gates "Hear, for The Wisdom Window. I speak of excellent things."' A revelatory conversation perhaps, but surrounded by familiarity and demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God ordinariness: the gateway itself derives from one from his works of Creation.' We are surrounded at St Catharine's; a bike leans against the wall, here by these attributes – hills, clouds, the stars of a dog observes (as in one of Veronese's biblical the heavens, the face of the deep, seeds, minerals, paintings, although he got into trouble for such stones, trees. mingling of sacred and earthly). And by ways in, by pathways. Proverbs is full I like to value and depict those things that give of the idea of wisdom being discovered on a jour- individuality and texture to a place. The figures ney, of walking on her pathways: 'all her paths at the gateway are standing on cobbles that may are peace', 'paths of righteousness', 'I will lead seem familiar to members of this College. These thee in the right paths', 'seekest her, searchest figures – all of the figures – are quite ramshackle for her.' So we are here offered many paths to in their clothing, another Cambridge familiar- explore and many glimpses of fellow-journeyers. ity where people can sometimes be observed The tree of life itself threads its way into its sur- too preoccupied with interesting thoughts to be roundings. In the left-hand light, two set forth, aware of their shoes. already full of conversation and questing; they will This window has been introduced into a gather- encounter the shadowy figure of a woman – wis- ing of windows of different periods. By being the dom – who has 'taken her stand along the way fourth of these windows, it returns the Chapel to where the paths meet.' And where do these paths symmetry and balance. It is intended that, by mak- meet? This is a Cambridge landscape, of willows ing visual connections with the existing windows,

102 the new window will be at home in this gathering. The making of the window occupied me for a The use of materials and techniques more or less year. Stained-glass involves the gathering together the same as those in use in 1480 or 1880 helps of many elements that might too easily be dis- achieve this connection. The new window also jointed: pieces of coloured glass; various treatments contributes to the return to the College of some- to that glass, some of which involve the subsequent thing that was stolen by the iconoclasm of Wil- addition of drawing to colour; leadlines; the par- liam Dowsing who writes 'December 26, 1643. At ticular demands of the setting. And the stained- Katherine Hall we pulled down ...' and he goes on glass artist relies on a serious contribution from oth- to describe the various windows destroyed. One ers – it is a collaborative medium. So here, Patrick of Dowsing's most ardent associates – included in Costeloe was responsible for the craftsmanship of that 'we', no doubt – was a man named Thomas cutting and leading, and David Whyman for that Denny. of installation. And, as well as a great deal of grati- All of the windows in the Chapel contain tude to them, there is much gratitude due to Rich- inscriptions, coats of arms, emblems. To make ard Burston and his family, and to the College, for these things less immediately apparent is not to allowing me to have the exciting and enjoyable task be disrespectful. The emblem of the College in the of making this work for this place – a work that, I wisdom window, for example, shares its identity hope, will still reward the eyes of the inhabitants of with the sun at the top; the inscription is arranged the College who see it for the twentieth time, or the on a series of fragments of slate set amongst the two-hundredth time. cobbles.

Neville Burston (1948)

The Burston Organ Scholarship and the recently- immersing himself in the social, sporting and (occa- installed Wisdom Window in the Chapel are sionally) academic life of the University. major items in the Burston family benefactions. Neville’s father also wanted him to be accepted The following article is based on the address into British life and into the City, so after Cambridge given by Richard Burston at the dedication of the he introduced him to two business acquaintances. Wisdom Window on 14 October 2012. One was a member of the Goldsmiths, the other a Glazier. While the Goldsmiths was one of the My father’s family were immigrants to this coun- grandest of the City Livery companies, I recall my try in the early 1900s. They came to the UK with father telling me that the Glazier was a far more nothing. My grandfather, Joe, was extremely engaging and interesting fellow. Furthermore he enterprising and founded a business in the East of found that the making of stained glass was a craft London called the Houndsditch Warehouse which, for which he felt a keen interest and so he decided as a precursor to the Costco format, was successful to join the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and and became a large employer in London. Not hav- Painters of Glass whose history dated back to ing been formally educated himself, Joe wanted 1328. Neville to be accepted into the country that had Neville initially went to work in his father’s busi- welcomed them and so during the war years my ness and then in 1955 started his own Merchant father attended Harrow School and subsequently Banking business in the City. The Burston Group studied Law at St Catharine’s. From what I can tell, became the ﬁrst new bank licensed by the Bank he was the ﬁrst member of our family to attend of England following the war and in the 1960s higher education and absolutely revelled in life at and early 1970s it was a successful and thriving Cambridge, founding Light Blue magazine and enterprise, pioneering international Euro-market

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fact that he genuinely seemed happier when discussing and immersing himself in his many non- business involvements that ranged from the arts, the Glaziers, his schools, and his friends and family. He loved to help individuals and causes that were in need of assistance, and cared profoundly for my mother, my sister and me. There were a number of causes that were very important to him and, while he was building his business in London from the 1950s to the 1970s, he always maintained an active involvement in his support of them. In the arts he founded prizes at the Royal College of Art, Chelsea College of Art, St Andrews and Harrow Schools as well as funding the facilities to allow for students to excel and learn. He maintained the Art Awards while in Can- ada and after he and my mother returned to the UK in the mid-1980s. In 1991 the Royal College recognised his involvement with an Honorary Fel- lowship. He was also active in Music as a trustee of the London Symphony Orchestra. In London, he volunteered as a magistrate, ultimately becoming Chairman of the City of London Magistrates Neville Burston as he appears in the 1948 and Chairman of the Police Dependants’ Trust – a Matriculation photograph. He just happens to charity to help the families of fatally or otherwise be sitting next to the then Senior Tutor, Freddy seriously injured police men and women. Finally, Dainton (later Lord Dainton). On Dr Dainton’s of course, he stayed active with St Catharine’s left is the Master, Colonel Portway. where he was a member of the Development Committee, helping with fund raising and in any ﬁnancings and active in large cross-border trans- other way he could. actions. During the turbulent mid-1970s, the He was a gregarious, jovial, warm, caring indi- bank ultimately became part of Texas Com- vidual who placed helping others at the forefront merce Bank (now JP Morgan). This precipitated of his life and was loved by many, particularly his my father’s decision to move us all to Canada in family and closest friends. My daughter Alexandra 1975, uprooting us all from our lives in London tells of an incident when she had been at an event in a move to Toronto. There he effectively semi- with my mother. An older gentleman approached retired – he taught a course at the University of her and asked ‘Are you the granddaughter of Toronto and involved himself in various business Neville Burston?’ ‘Yes,’ she replied. ‘Well in that ventures, but no longer on a full-time basis. It was case, I just wanted to say thank you… for every- after our move to Canada that I really got to know thing your grandfather did for me. He was a great my father as previously he had always been away friend to me and was a huge help throughout my travelling, working or otherwise very busy. life. Sadly I was not able to say that to him prop- While building and running a business as an erly before he died so I wanted to tell you.’ entrepreneur clearly thrilled my father, I never saw I tried never to disappoint my father, but I know him as someone whose interest in money was for that, at the time, probably one of his greatest wealth accumulation. I was always struck by the regrets was that I did not attend St Catharine’s but

104 chose instead to attend Yale followed by an MBA at the Harvard Business School. My mother gave me, after Neville passed away, his correspondence with the then Senior Tutor at St Catharine’s, John Andrew, in which they expressed mutual dismay, shock and horror that I would consider a liberal arts degree at a recently-established university such as Yale in lieu of studying at St Catharine’s College. The fact that we had left the UK and were living in North America at the time and that I was interested in studying a broad range of subjects from Economics to Art History provided little comfort to my father who grumbled for some time at my decision. I have to say that I had never regretted that decision until the last ten years or so when I have had the pleasure and privilege of spending time at St Catharine’s, meeting many outstanding students, Fellows and other members of this wonderful College with such a rich history, spirit and wonderful sense of vibrancy and learning. I have been able to see for some time now why my father loved the College so much and why he wanted me to earn my degree here. When my father became Master of the Wor- shipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass after my parents had returned to the UK and I had also subsequently returned to London with Neville and Mrs Burston. Neville is wearing the the company with which I was then working, Chain of Ofﬁce of the Master of the Worshipful he asked me to join the Livery Company in the Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass. year that he became Master. He loved everything about the Glaziers, but he was particularly drawn He was an enormous help to me during my year to the art of stained glass for which he developed as Master. We formed a very close working rela- a great interest and appreciation. Within the Livery tionship and I thoroughly enjoyed (and I think he Company, there also existed a wonderful group of did too) calling him ‘my wise old owl’. I developed men and women, some practicing Glaziers, but such a respect for the wisdom of his words. also many others from a myriad of different back- The word Legacy has been used a great deal grounds and industries. He revelled in his years at in 2012 with the Olympics and the enormous the Livery, which culminated in his year as Master. investment in facilities that has been made. I real- He made many good friends within the Company ise, however, that one’s legacy is not measured by and I have been very moved by the warm and kind physical objects but rather by the inﬂuence and letters I have received from former Masters of the lasting memories left by an individual. My father’s Company with generous and thoughtful memo- qualities that included generosity, kindness, enthu- ries of my father. One brief paragraph captures the siasm, enterprise and care are his legacy. When I tone of what many had written: meet his friends, read their letters and share their Neville Burston is probably the liveryman both thoughts about him I realise that this is the legacy living and dead whom I hold in the highest respect. we should all strive to achieve.

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The Reverend William James Jay (1843)

The stained glass window at the east end of the as possible his own production and have left him north side of the Chapel is in memory of William to express his own sentiments as far as he could. I Jay. His great-granddaughter, Peggy Jay, writes… have every reason to believe that the satisfaction he has expressed at the permission being granted The Reverend William James Jay, whose memo- to him to be educated in the Christian faith is most rial window was installed in the College Chapel cordial and sincere and that he is fully determined, in 1913, was born in 1819. He came up to under the blessing of God, to avail himself of every St Catharine’s in 1843, attained his BA in 1847 and opportunity afforded him of acquiring knowledge MA in 1850. He was ordained a priest in 1848 and on the subject.’ served as a curate at Goldhanger in Essex. He mar- Since the Revd Jay had become the resident ried and subsequently had two sons who became Chaplain he was invited to work with the young the Reverend William Parkinson Jay (1874) and Maharajah (he especially took the child through the Reverend Arthur Osborne Jay (1876), and a St Matthew’s gospel) and, if it was considered grandson, Major Charles Douglas Jay DSO (1910), suitable, subsequently to baptise him. This hap- all of whom were alumni of St Catharine’s. pened in 1853. Later he wrote in a letter ‘Three In 1850 the Revd William James Jay was months ago I said I would rather resign my Chap- appointed an Assistant Chaplain for the East India laincy than baptise a person so unprepared as I Company and, after time in Lahore, he was sent thought the lad then was. Many and many a time in 1852 as Chaplain to Futtehghur and there he have I felt shame at the very heart’s core that I became involved with the Maharajah Duleep could have uttered so rash, hasty and sinful a Singh, who, since his father, the ‘Lion of the Pun- speech. For I believe that few people have ever jab’, had died when he was only six, had been received the sacrament in greater sincerity or inner considered the leader of the Sikhs. The Sikhs had faith than the boy who has this day been admitted controlled a United Punjab that stretched from the into the Christian church.’ Kyber Pass to the borders of Tibet with a capi- The Indian Mutiny was in 1857–8. By that time tal in Lahore and which included the Holy City of the Revd Jay was stationed in Landour, a Hill sta- Amritsar. This vast kingdom was a very wealthy tion built by the British as a convalescent station area and the British eventually annexed it. for the Indian army and which had a sanatorium. Duleep Singh as a small child initially remained It was not affected by the Mutiny. While he was in his palace in Lahore but when the Punjab had there he was visited by a Presbyterian missionary, been secured by the British he was sent into exile the Revd David Eliott Campbell and his wife and in Futtehghur. Here he went to live with his new family, whom he had known in Futtehghur and guardian, Sir John Logan, a Bengal Army surgeon who had come to Landour for health reasons. who looked after the child, supervised his edu- When they were due to return, their eldest son, cation and enabled him to become friendly with aged ﬁve, was still not well enough to travel and English boys living nearby. was left in the care of the Jay family. Subsequently To the surprise and embarrassment of the British the child’s family were all killed in the Sepoy rebel- the young Duleep Singh subsequently decided (in lion in Cawnpore and the Revd Jay had to arrange 1850) that he would like to become a Christian. for a passage for him on a steamer to Southamp- Sir John Logan wrote to Lord Dalhousie, the Gov- ton and then to be handed over to another Pres- ernor General of India, ‘I enclose an autograph byterian missionary who escorted the child to his letter which the Maharajah has drawn up with grandmother in Ontario. the assistance of his Brahmin attendant. I have By then the Revd Jay was himself in failing been anxious that the letter should be as much health and, after nine years in India, needed to

106 return to England. In 1860 he became Chaplain to Poplar Hospital in the East End of London. This had been opened in 1855 chiefly to treat victims of accidents in the London docks. Meanwhile, in 1854 the Maharajah Duleep Singh had moved to England and was then looked upon as an adopted son by Queen Victoria who encouraged him to become friendly with her children and to holiday with them at Osborne House. He subsequently bought himself a home, Elveden Hall near Thetford in Suffolk. The Revd Jay had made contact again with Duleep Singh and in 1865 he became his chaplain and also the Rec- tor of Elveden church. In 1867 the first son of the Maharajah and Maharanee was christened in the private chapel at Windsor Castle with the Queen standing in person as one of the sponsors, the others being the Maharajah and the Revd Jay. The Revd William James Jay died in 1869 at the Rectory in Elvedon, aged 50, and is buried in the graveyard there. The window in his memory in the College Chapel was placed there by his second son, the Revd Arthur Osborne Jay, Vicar of Holy Trin- ity, Shoreditch, who worked in one of the most deprived parishes in the country and was influ- The William Jay Window. ential in persuading the local Council to build the Boundary Street Estate, the first Council Housing as writing Life in darkest London, A story of in London. He inspired several books including Shoreditch and The social problem: its possible A child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison as well solution.

The College Boathouse

Prior to 1958, the College rented a boathouse from Banhams, which was located on the site now occupied by Fitzwilliam College Boathouse. The Boat Club shared this ramshackle building with Sidney Sussex and Fitzwilliam Boat Clubs, not a very satisfactory arrangement, although the Col- leges had separate storage and changing rooms. It was similar to a semi-detached house with an annex at the back. St Catharine’s and Sidney Sus- sex were at the front and Fitzwilliam at the rear. In those days, the Boat Club was very much the cinderella of the St Catharine’s sports clubs. The St Catharine’s Magazine t 2013

only row over every night, though it nearly caught Caius on the first night. However, during that year by its spiritedness, attendance at regattas and head races outside the Cam, SCCBC attained the respect of the University rowing community. The week after the 1957 Mays, I received a message that the Captain of 1st & 3rd (AAM Mays- Smith) wanted to meet me at the Trinity boathouse. When I arrived, it was to be asked whether Clean and comfortable changing rooms. St Catharine’s would like to have their 3rd Trinity boathouse, which had become a storage shed, and College was then the rugby college, having won was now redundant. He said Trinity were offering the rugby cuppers in successive years, with (in it to SCCBC, as 1st & 3rd felt that St Catharine’s those pre-professional days) teams packed with showed the most spirit and drive of those Boat international players. Moreover, although very Clubs without their own boathouse. So on the last active, the College Boat Club was somewhat in day of my College life, I went to Tom Henn, the the doldrums having ended up in 1956 in the 2nd Senior Tutor, with the news of this offer. division in both the Lents and Mays. To breathe In the College Magazine of 1957, it was reported new life into the Club, at the beginning of the that the Master, Colonel Portway, informed the 1956/57 year, a prospective first eight spent a Society AGM that the College then sharing a week training at Molesey Boathouse under the boathouse with two other colleges, had been give auspices of Peter Sutherland. the opportunity by Trinity to purchase their spare This had the desired effect as SCCBC won the boathouse, ‘which being next to Goldie, would University Clinker Fours, beating Magdalene, 1st look particularly well with the College flag flying & 3rd Trinity, and LMBC. Then in the 1957 Lents on it.’ This was after Mr Heath, the chairman of the 1st Boat won its oars, but in the Mays it could the Executive Investment Committee, proclaimed

John Little (1972, Fellow 1980) and Herb Bate Fred Thompson (1932) ﬁnds his name on the (1963) at the opening. restored board of 1st VIII crews. his belief in spending. ‘As money was now a wast- ing asset, it should be put into bricks and mortar with as little delay as possible’. The 3rd Trinity Boathouse was then purchased by the College and the Boat Club moved into it in the Michael- mas Term of 1958. Since then SCCBC, both its men and women rowers, has continued to rise in the Lents and Mays, but unfortunately the boathouse remained almost as built in the 1920s. It was hoped that the building would have been The boat house, 1922. updated soon after being acquired, especially when women started rowing. However, it was could not begin until August. The refurbished not until the 2008 Boat Club Anniversary Din- boathouse was eventually opened by the Master ner and 2009 Society Dinner that many ex-Boat- at a ceremony on 16 March 2013. Club members felt that funds should be raised to David A Bailey, Captain of Boats 1956/57. enable remedial works to be undertaken to bring the boathouse facilities up to date, especially as Note from the Editor: No pictures seem to exist in the College was in within striking distance of the the College archives of the pre-1958 boathouse Headship of the Mays. mentioned in the article. There are, however, The fund-raising and redesign of the building pictures of an earlier boathouse taken in 1908 was led by Herb Bate (1963) and supported by and 1922. I have contacted the archivists in both the College. Ideally work would have been started Sidney Sussex and Fitzwilliam colleges and there after the Mays and ﬁnished before the start of are no pictures of the Banhams rented boathouse Michaelmas Term 2012, having been delayed for in their archives either. Anyone with a pre-1958 a year. But necessary adjustments to the redesign illustration is asked to contact the Editor or the and delayed planning approval meant that work College Archivist.

The refurbished erg room.

Hofmann Memorial Medal. Robert A Welch Award. Copley Medal.

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Cambridge Afro-Asian Expedition 1961–62

Fifty-two years ago eight Cambridge men bought underpowered 1200 cc Kombis. two VW vans (Kombis), travelled to 21 countries Unique because they met and interviewed and called the whole thing The Expedition. They people like His Imperial Majesty Haile Selasie I in talked about it for 50 years and finally produced Addis Ababa, Archbishop Makarios (sherry) and a book, The Kombi Trail, published 2013 by IB President Denktash (tea!) in Nicosia. Tauris in London. Unique because no one in the Soviet Union Four of the eight Expedition members were believed their innocent aim of meeting young St Catharine’s men, (Mehmed Demirer, Roger people to try to find out what their expectations Sherwin, Peter Temple-Morris and Tony Thomp- in life were. Everyone thought that the Expedition son). The Expedition was a unique event and was sent on a secret mission financed by a big shaped the later lives of all its members. multinational organisation. Unique because, without mobile phones, credit Unique because, in the 11 countries in which cards, ATMs etc., members coming from different they chose to do Expedition work – namely find destinations like Tbilisi in the Soviet Union, Bel- out about existing educational systems, subse- grade in Yugoslavia and Sofia in Bulgaria managed quently either the regimes collapsed (the Soviet to meet in prearranged foreign cities like Istanbul Union, Iran) or civil wars broke out (Afghanistan, on a prearranged date. Nepal, Ceylon, Ethiopia, the Sudan and Cyprus). Unique because they went to parts of the world These 11 countries also gave birth to new states: which are today either absolutely not accessible 15 ex-Soviet Republics, Eritrea, South Sudan and (Afghanistan) or look very different (Swat Valley in North and South Cyprus. Pakistan, Ethiopia, the Sudan and Cyprus). Last, but not at all the least, unique because Unique because, in two Kombis, with two Rus- they talked so much about the Expedition – first sian speaking members (Nigel Robertson, Trinity with each other then with members of their fami- and Bulgarian Traicho Belopopsky, Gonville and lies – for 50 years that they remember vividly Caius), they were allowed to travel unrestricted in almost every single day, all the people they met en such faraway places as the Georgian Military High- route and problems they encountered like a new way where they were arrested for taking photos of engine for the Kombi in Nairobi as well as all the a road bridge, not knowing that road bridges were laughs they had. considered military targets in the Soviet Union. Having talked about the Expedition for nearly Unique because, having driven the whole of 50 years, we finally got together at the end of Afghanistan from the Persian border to the Khy- 2009 and decided to write. At first we were not ber Pass, only Mehmed, the Turk, was allowed to sure what to write. A report on Comparative Edu- travel north of Kabul. There, because he wanted cation in 11 selected countries half a century ago, to see the Oxus and escaped to Kizil Kala for that some of which actually did not even exist any- purpose, he was arrested and beaten for 24 hours more? Or a diary cum travelogue? only to be saved with the intervention of the Turk- We exchanged hundreds of emails each with ish Ambassador who told him later, ‘Get your Eng- attachments of new drafts. Finally, the three lish friends and leave Afghanistan today!’ authors (Robert, Roger and Tony), two of them Unique because, having spent idyllic weeks Cath’s men, handed over the manuscript to IB in Nepal (before the Hippy invasion) and Cey- Tauris who made a wonderful book from it. On lon – Sri Lanka – (before its civil war) the Expe- the launch day we all signed a declaration: dition arrived too late in East Africa and crossed We solemnly confirm that The Expedition was into Ethiopia when the rains started and the dirt the most unforgettable adventure of our lives. track uphill became a river flowing towards the We meant it!

110 Roger, Robert Cox (Corpus), Peter and Tim Parkinson (Christ’s).

Mehmed, Nigel Robertson (Trinity) and Tony, Sikh Temple in Amritsar, Northwest India. Tony, trying to push The Kombi – uphill!

21 Jan 2013. We were holding tightly the Book of the Expedition. Wonder why Mehmed looked Nigel and Tony, February 1962, Nairobi – Just so glum, when everyone else was all smiles?! learned that we need a new engine for the Robert, Nigel, Tim and four Catsmen: Mehmed, Kombi, £400. Peter, Tony and Roger.

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Keep Calm and Earn a PhD

Most people are under the impression that one needs to be intellectually superior and know one’s subject inside out to earn a doctorate. If you aug- ment these requirements a few times it is even possible to have a PhD in experimental Physics. Sure, it’s the brightest of students who sign up for a doctorate program but it’s the most enduring of them who persevere until the end and become a ‘Doctor’. When undergraduates read for a science degree for three, sometimes four or even five, Smiling is actually good for the devices. years and sit for their exams, the more academically oriented yearn to put their knowledge of the by any impurities and not relying on external subject into use. Undertaking a research career dopants to provide them with carriers (negatively then seems to be the most enticing of all the other charged electrons and positively charged holes) available options, especially because there aren’t to do the wonderful things that they actually do. any more exams to sit. But the poor undergradu- Instead, they rely on band-gap engineering and a ate is unaware of the fact that doing a PhD is like metal layer on top of the semiconductor, called a taking an exam every single day! gate, to pull in these carriers using the field effect. It all starts with the spark of a brilliant idea in Terming the metal layer ‘the gate’ then does make a scientist’s mind, which usually never takes more sense since it acts as a way for the electrons to than a fraction of a second but what follows after- get pulled into the semiconductor structure. But wards is a painful story of seemingly never-ending what I wasn’t introduced to was how to contact failures and disappointments, which the experi- these electrons to be able to do measurements on mentalist has to withstand if the idea needs to be them. I was, however, made aware that two of the experimentally confirmed. During the course of group’s post-docs had worked on this for almost the process, from conception until birth (assum- two years and had been unsuccessful. ing that it does happen), the experimentalist is left When you start a PhD you don’t expect to be drained, has no interest whatsoever in any other given the problems which the post-docs found problem which concerns humankind and, if he/ unsolvable. The mere idea of tackling such a she happens to be a PhD student, has lost all hope problem was nerve-wracking. A few ideas here of graduating. I am a third-year PhD student at the and there, a huddle of data collected by oth- Cavendish Laboratory, nowhere close to submit- ers and a not-so-well-documented record of ting my thesis. In fact, if I had been asked about failed approaches was all I had. There were days the state of my PhD a few months back, I would when I used to think to myself, ‘This surely must have probably admitted that the thoughts of quit- be impossible to do. Why else would such a bril- ting my course crossed my mind a gazillion times liant post-doc not be able to nail it?’ Neverthe- a day. Thankfully, things are different now and I less, I got on with my experiments and decided to am beginning to foresee the day when I will finally retest the ideas that had failed just to make sure graduate and proudly wear the round hat. that nothing had been missed. It took me about During the first few months of my PhD, when half a year to decide that these were indeed not my project was shaping up, I was introduced to the the right approaches for attacking this particular field of ‘Undoped Semiconductors’. To make the problem. Inside, I felt like a useless idiot who had term a little clearer to non-scientific readers, these spent six months on already failed experiments. are just pristine semiconductors uncontaminated I could have spent these six months working on

112 The usual etched pit profile (left) screens the region where electrons are induced. This problem is resolved using the profile shown on the right-hand side. a different project or better still, holidaying! But on the computer screen, clearly indicating that the I calmed myself down and thought to myself, electrons had been contacted. I had tears in my ‘This is what scientists do; this is the true scien- eyes. I had just had my ‘eureka moment’. tific approach’. I gathered myself up, had some To contact carriers in undoped semiconductor new ideas and some in-depth discussions with my structures, pits need to be etched in these struc- post-doctoral advisors. They are all extremely nice tures using chemical etchants. I found that the people with a very firm grounding in physics and etch profile which the etching solution produces years of experience, but sadly, they didn’t have the is a crucial factor for my undoped electron quan- solution to this mystery. I had to unlock this, for it tum wells and determines the fate of the resulting was supposed to be the fight for my PhD. I was devices. I came to realize that my devices are really soon going to become a senior, third-year student. special. What works for most devices, for most For most of the students in our group, third year people, would have never worked for my devices. is when they begin to think about writing up their I have tried to explain this in the picture above. results. I had no results to start thinking about! However, my fight isn’t over yet. In experimen- The year 2012 was drawing to an end. I was tal physics, when you solve one technical prob- working very hard. Almost all of my evenings lem you’re presented with a hundred more. I am and most of my weekends were spent in the lab, now trying to combine the two types of charge testing devices which I was desperately longing carriers, namely electrons and holes, in the same to see working. In my experiments and fabrica- semiconductor device. A lot still needs to be done tion procedure, I had played around with and and many more frustrating moments are bound changed numerous parameters, but nothing to follow. But when you’re surrounded by encour- worked. Concerned about my PhD, my advisors aging friends in the lab who keep reminding you started encouraging me to think about alternative how all of us are just tiny links which connect with projects in case this project didn’t succeed. One other links to form the chain which keeps science particular approach, however, looked quite prom- alive and blooming, it doesn’t seem all that painful ising and was yet to be tested before giving up on anymore. Some lucky links will begin or end the this work altogether. I pulled myself up one last chain, but all the other links have important roles time and went ahead with it. And there I had it, to play. I will play my part. I am not giving up just my devices started to conduct. I was looking at yet, for the love of science. wonderful traces, building up right in front of me Deepyanti Taneja

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News from the JCR, 1964

In the 2012 College Magazine the JCR President Lightfoot, Law and History Societies were listed for reported how a new constitution for the JCR had the first time. Otherwise I left the wording very been developed, passed by referendum and then much unchanged, except for the Music Society, approved by the Governing Body. which was a complete re-write. Julian Smith must Reading this took me back to the summer of have been up for the Long Vac Term as well. Some 1964 when, just before starting my own year as changes were also necessary to the constitution of President of the JCR, I decided to set about updat- the Shirley Society following a Lent Term putsch by ing ‘The Junior Combination Room’, the under- Howard Brenton and Reg Gadney. graduate handbook which at that time included With regard to the College Chapel, a new para- details of College Clubs and Societies as well as graph on ‘The College Christian Council,’ an inter- the structure and constitution of the JCR. denominational initiative, must have been the This decision was fortuitous. I had just arrived result of an input from the Chaplain. I don’t think for the Long Vac Term (do they still exist?) two I would have made this up myself, although the weeks late as a result of going down with malaria addition of the words ‘of course’ to the sentence during (but not as a result of) the May Ball. When ‘Attendance at Chapel services is voluntary’ was I presented myself to Tom Henn he didn’t seem probably mine. to think that malaria was a very good excuse for Interestingly, given the wonders achieved by coming up late, and sent me off to work on early current Cats hockey teams, the rubric on the Anglo-Saxon literature. It took very little time to Hockey Club which I inherited began with the realise that this was not for me, and I cast around words ‘The College has long had a flourishing for other useful employment. Hockey Club.’ I was able to add that, far from The existing booklet had been put together enjoying only ‘friendly fixtures’, the second team about ten years earlier and was thick with inter- now had its own League and Cuppers programme, leaved amendments; before I started my year of and that the first team ‘has of late won the League office at least I could get the documentation in on several occasions.’ Under the Rugby Club an order. occasional fourth fifteen, the Persians, makes its I still have both versions in front of me. The appearance. changes I made to the constitution were very Until this time there had been a ‘Colours Com- few. One was reducing the necessary quorum for mittee’ consisting of the Captains of all the sports making ‘permanent alterations or additions to the to authorise changes in Club colours ‘and other constitution’ from a third to a quarter of members non-financial sporting issues’. This had obviously (I see from the new 2012 constitution, thought- fallen into abeyance by 1964 and I left it out, not- fully made available to all members on the College ing only that Captains were responsible for the website, that this has now been reduced to 15%). colours of their own sport. Around the ‘Sched- I added new articles about the recently formed Art ule of Colours of the Amalgamated Clubs’ – four and Record Library Committees (for the purchase pages of it – I must have trodden very warily. Such and loan respectively of pictures and records to details as the cricket cap, ‘claret with eight pink members) and simplified the rules for the auc- stripes ¾ inch wide radiating from the centre, tion of newspapers and periodicals. A TV had also claret peak’ were clearly not to be tampered with. made its appearance in the JCR during this time so I only added socks here and there, and updated I put this in as well. the hockey shirt, wrongly as it happens, as Tony Among the Clubs, the Cross Country Club made Boyle, Captain for the coming year, pointed out to its first appearance having previously been a branch me with dismay and incredulity at the beginning of the Athletics Club, and among the Societies the of the new term.

114 I cut and pasted and typed new sections with I hope at least that he left, as I did, the first two one finger (I now use two) on a typewriter which ‘Purposes of the JCR’ unchanged; some serious Long Vac Termer had lent me, and t A meeting place for members of the College in took the final version down to the printers in Saw- statu pupillari for their better acquaintance one ston. I still remember the pleasure of that ride, with the other, and almost as if I were taking my first book to the t An official body for the expression of under- publisher. In due course it was printed and distrib- graduate opinion on matters concerning the uted. There was no review process. No committee College. was formed to analyse, comment and report back. Couldn’t improve on that really. I’m sad they Things were much less formal in those days. haven’t carried right through to the present ver- I wonder how long it was before one of my sion. successors decided it needed updating again, and Jon Lewis (1962) how and why he (it would still have been a ‘he’, I think) set about it.

St Catharine’s

The following poem made a very positive So there I arrived at St Catharine’s impact when it was read by the author, Leila The only Indian to be found Panju (2010), at the Members’ Reunion in San Learnt of such things known as Porters Francisco in 2011. At the time Leila had just Tried on my first gown completed her first year. Got familiar with the cheese of Cindies So it all started last January The bops and formals, swaps and balls The day the offer came Received three essays during Freshers Read the letter 2–3 times ‘Freshers Week’ was four days in all To check they had the correct name Then started the academic work And before I knew it word got out The all-nighters and the stress Filled my parents with such pride The tears and deadlines right through term Every distant relative seemed to know Feeling far less smart than the rest Congratulating me from countries far and wide The times when it got too much Hadn’t even got the grades yet Prospect of failure a real fear But the teasing started now Supervisions not understanding a thing “They’ll speak the Queen’s English” I was told Exams were ever near I’d have to fit in somehow But the terms just flew by I was warned of the strict rules ‘Exam term’ came and went The dean, his stick in hand ‘Suicide Sunday’ and the May Balls “Every kid would have a butler” The best days I’d ever spent From public schools across the land

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Now I stand here one year on The strong sense of community Happy and sad memories I have formed The biggest crowd at matches we would be Realising that when times got tough Helped each other when things got tough It’s the College that got me through the storm United in Cuppers rivalry

For it really is the brilliance of Catz So it all began last January Which is the message I’d like to share The day the offer came The feeling of true loyalty And now I stand here one year on When the Catz colours we would wear A true Catz girl I’ll remain

Latrinae

The Senior Tutor drew my attention to this book which a local bookseller seemed to think depicted a Catharine Wheel. The cover illustration shows a latrine from the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. I suspect this latrine predates St Catharine and is instead an attempt to make the latrine look like a chariot. Not so successful when the user was seated perhaps, but quite appropriate for urinat- ing males.

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Dates of Full Term College Reunion Dinners t Michaelmas 2013: 8 October – 6 December The Governing Body will host two invitation dinners for t Lent 2014: 14 January – 14 March members in 2014. The dates, including dinners planned t Easter 2014: 22 April – 13 June in future years, are given below, with matriculation years in brackets. Society Magazine t 5 April 2014 (1953–1959) Information about members of the Society such as en- t 20 September 2014 (1993–1995) gagements, marriages, births, deaths and general news for t 21 March 2015 (1964–1967) inclusion in the Magazine should be sent to the Editor at t 19 September 2015 (1996–1998) the College (tel: 01223 338303, email: [email protected]. t April 2016 (1982–1984) ac.uk) as early in the year as possible; material received t September 2016 (1999–2001) after August will normally be held over to the following t April 2017 (1960–1963) year. t September 2017 (1975–1978)

The Society’s Annual Dinner and AGM Other Reunion Dinners in 2014 The next Annual Dinner and AGM will take place on Sat- An Historians’ Dinner will be held on 8 March 2014, and a urday 27 September 2014. Details will be published on the Geographers’ Dinner on 8 November 2014. Please contact website early in 2014. Members are strongly encouraged the Alumni and Development Office for details. to book via the website www.caths.cam.ac.uk/alumni wherever possible. Material for the AGM will be placed on Hospitality the website under ‘Events’. Subject to availability, those with MA status are entitled to dine at High Table at College expense once a quarter Donations during Full Term. You may write in advance to the Presi- The Treasurer is always glad to receive donations to Society dent of the College if you wish to dine, or you may ‘sign Funds. Monies donated specifically to the Old Members’ in’ by contacting the Porters’ Lodge. Dining under these Sports Fund generate grants for students who have spe- circumstances is only possible providing at least one Col- cial difficulty in meeting the cost of their sporting activities. lege Fellow has previously booked in to dine on the date Monies donated to the Society’s General Fund help with the you wish to attend. In exceptional circumstances you may running of the Society, support for branches, and also gen- apply to bring a guest to dinner (please ask the President erate funds to help students in the areas of music tuition, of the College, email [email protected]). There is performing arts, travel, and (currently as a trial) internship no dinner on Saturdays, and availability on other weekdays bursaries. The Treasurer can be contacted at society.treas- may vary. [email protected] and on 01223 338357. Guest Room Career Link A Guest Room in College, designated for the use of Mem- This web-based service, launched by the Society in early bers and their spouses, is available, at a modest charge, for 2010, aims to assist St Catharine’s students in exploring a maximum of two consecutive nights. It may be booked possible career paths. Alumni willing to help as advisers through the Porters’ Lodge (telephone 01223 338300). and mentors can find further details on the Society website. Car Parking We regret that the College cannot provide parking. Pos- Society Committee Officers and Membership sible alternatives are the Lion Yard multi-storey in Corn Anyone who wishes to be recommended by the Committee Exchange Street, Park Street multi-story (near the Round for election at an Annual General Meeting should write to Church), or Pay and Display along the Backs, Sidgwick Av- the Secretary at the College (email: society.secretary@caths. enue or West Road, 8.30am – 6.30pm; no charge overnight cam.ac.uk) before the end of February, including a short or Sundays. There are five Park and Ride sites around the statement of background and the reason for interest in the city, signposted from the M11 and main roads. Frequent Committee’s work. This will enable the Spring meeting of buses run from these to the City Centre on weekdays and the Committee to consider each person against anticipated Saturdays up to about 8pm. There is also a limited Sunday vacancies and the need to encourage a diverse Committee Service. More information can be obtained from the Por- profile, in order to make suitable recommendations to the ters or via www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk AGM. If anyone wishes to be considered for election at the AGM without a Committee recommendation he/she may write to the Secretary to that effect at any time up to 21 days prior to the date of the AGM.

118 Society Matters Website addresses All enquiries on Society matters, other than those for the The College at www.caths.cam.ac.uk and the Society at Magazine Editor or the Treasurer, should be made in the www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society provide up-to-date infor- ﬁrst instance to the Secretary at College (email: society. mation on all aspects of Society and College life, some of [email protected]). Otherwise to the Alumni and which is only accessible to members who register with the Development Ofﬁce (Tel. 01223 338337; Email: alumni@ Society. Registration can be found here: www.caths.cam. caths.cam.ac.uk. ac.uk/society/register. Information about Branch activities and email addresses Contacting the College of Branch Chairmen may be found via www.caths.cam. The full College address is St Catharine’s College, Cam- ac.uk/society/branches. bridge CB2 1RL. The Porters’ Lodge and switchboard can be reached on 01223 338300. The main fax number for the College is 01223 338340.

The St Catharine’s Guild

Members are invited to inform the Chaplain that they have made special connection with the College by receiving Holy Communion or remembering the College particularly on or near to St Catharine’s Day, 25 November. Please complete and return the form below to The Chaplain (St Catharine’s Guild), St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1RL, or email [email protected].

Name:

Matriculation Year:

Address:

I received Holy Communion at (name of Church or Chapel): or

I remembered the College especially on (date):

Associated notes, news or comments:

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