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Balliol College Annual Record 2012 Balliol College Annual Record 2012 Balliol College Annual Record 2012 Balliol College Oxford OX1 3BJ Telephone: (01865) 277777 Fax: (01865) 277803 Website: www.balliol.ox.ac.uk Edited and Designed by Sophie Petrou Printed by Berforts Information Press Ltd Front cover: Francis Bacon’s crest tooled in gold (see article on page 45), photograph by Jeremy Hinchliff Contents Visitor, Master, Fellows and Lecturers, Preachers in Chapel 5 The Master’s Letter: 13 Memorials: Lord Tom Bingham 17 Professor Baruch S. Blumberg 22 Lord Rodger of Earlsferry 28 Obituaries: Lynn Margulis 34 John F. Burke 39 Michael Douglas Gwynne 42 Francis Bacon and Ben Jonson in the College library Kathryn Murphy 45 Where have all the mockers gone? Richard Heller 51 The fiftieth anniversary of a ‘philistine’ proposal Peter Howell 54 Alan Montefiore’s birthday Paul Flather 60 Rossetti: Painter & Poet Book reviews: MyJ. B. Dear Bullen Hugh: letters from Richard Cobb to Rebecca Whiteley 65 Hugh Trevor-Roper and others Ed. Tim Heald Sir Colin Lucas 68 Can Intervention Work? SpiritualityRory Stewart and and mental Gerald health Knaus Will Clegg 72 Ed. Peter Gibert Olivera Petrovich 77 Poetry: Ian Blake 81 Brian Cosgrove 81 William Parkinson 83 Carl Schmidt 85 Vidyan Ravinthiran 86 Carmen Bugan 87 Letters to the editor: Paul Braterman 88 Adrian Firth 89 College News: First Year Graduates 91 First Year Undergraduates 95 The William Westerman Pathfinders 99 Firsts and Distinctions 99 University and College Prizes 101 College Scholarships 103 Doctorates of Philosophy 104 The Library 107 Archives 109 College Staff 111 JCR and MCR 112 Clubs, Societies and Sports 116 Old Members’ News: Honours 136 Births, Marriages, Deaths 137 News and Notes 142 Balliol College 2011–2012 Visitor MasterThe Right Honourable Lord Reed, PC. FellowsBone, Professor Sir James Drummond, MA DLitt DUniv (Glas) FRSE FRSA Hannabuss, Keith Cyril, MA DPhil Oxf, Senior Fellow, Billmeir-Septcentenary Fellow, and Tutor in Mathematics DUPREE, Hugh Douglas, BA Univ of the South, Tennessee, MA DPhil Oxf, MDiv Virginia, Chaplain, and Dean (Acting Dean for HT 2012 is Tom Douglas) Kirwan, Frances Clare, BA Camb, MA DPhil Oxf, FRS, Professor of Mathematics, and Tutor in Mathematics Swift, Adam Richard George, MA MPhil DPhil Oxf, Robert Maxwell Fellow, and Tutor in Politics and Vice-Master (Executive) Wilson, Timothy Hugh, MPhil Lond, MA Oxf, FSA, Garlick Fellow, Professorial Fellow, Professor of the Arts of the Renaissance, and Keeper of Western Art at the Ashmolean BUCKLEY, Christopher Paul, MA DPhil Oxf, FIMMM, FIMechE, CEng, Lubbock Fellow, Professor of Engineering Science, and Tutor in Engineering Science HAzAREESINGH, Sudhir Kumar, MA MPhil DPhil Oxf, FBA, Tutor in Politics O’HARE, Dermot Michael, MA DPhil Oxf, Septcentenary Fellow, Professor of Chemistry, Tutor in Inorganic Chemistry, and Vice-Master (Academic) Conway, Martin Herbert, MA DPhil Oxf, FRHistS, MacLellan-Warburg Fellow, and Tutor in History VINES, David Anthony, BA Melbourne, MA PhD Camb, MA DPhil Oxf, Lord Thomson of Fleet Fellow, Professor of Economics, and Tutor in Economics O’BRIEN, Dominic Christopher, MA PhD Camb, MA DPhil Oxf, Eastern Electricity Fellow, Professor of Engineering Science, and Tutor in Engineering Science SKINNER, Simon Andrew, MA MPhil DPhil Oxf, FRHistS, Keen Fellow, and Tutor in History FORDER, James, MA DPhil Oxf, Hofmeyr-Septcentenary Fellow, Tutor in Economics, and Tutor for Graduate Admissions TREFETHEN, Lloyd Nicholas, AB Harvard, MA Oxf, MS PhD Stanford, FRS, Professorial Fellow, and Professor of Numerical Analysis Endicott, Timothy Andrew Orville, AB Harvard, LLB Toronto, MA DPhil Oxf, Dean of Law Faculty Balliol College Annual Record 2012 5 LAMOND, Grant Ian, MA BCL DPhil Oxf, BA LLB Sydney, Frankfurter Fellow, and Tutor in Law ABRAMS, Lesley Jane, MA Oxf, MA PhD Toronto, FRHist, Colyer-Fergusson Fellow, and Tutor in History FIELD, Robert William, BA PhD Camb, MA Oxf, CEng, MIChemE, Professor of Engineering Science REICHOLD, Armin Josef Hermann, MA Oxf, Diplom PAS Dr rer nat Dip Dortmund, Reader and Tutor in Physics Dutton, William Harold, BA Missouri, MA Oxf, MA PhD SUNY, Professorial Fellow, Professor of Internet Studies MELHAM, Thomas Frederick, BSc Calgary, MA Oxf, PhD Camb, FRSE, Professor of Computer Science, and Tutor in Computation Perry, Seamus Peter, MA DPhil Oxf, Massey Fellow, Tutor in English, and Vice- Master (Development) Foster, Brian, OBE, MA DPhil Oxf, BSc Lond, FRS, Professorial Fellow, and Professor of Experimental Physics SHIMELD, Sebastian Mordecai, BSc S’ton, MA Oxf, PhD Manc, Julian Huxley Fellow, and Tutor in zoology Thomas, Rosalind, BA PhD Lond, MA Oxf, Dyson-Macgregor Fellow, Jowett Lecturer, Professor of Greek History and Tutor in Ancient History Lukas, Andre, BSc Wuppertal, MA Oxf, Dr phil TU Munich, Professor of Physics and Tutor in Theoretical Physics MARNETTE, Sophie, MA Oxf, PhD California, Dervorguilla Fellow, Tutor in Medieval French and Tutor for Undergraduate Admissions Lucas, David M, BA DPhil Oxf, Tutor in Physics Minkowski, Christopher z, AB PhD Harvard, MA Oxf, Professorial Fellow, and Boden Professor of Sanskrit Wallace, David M, MPhys BPhil DPhil Oxf, Fairfax Fellow, and Tutor in Philosophy Barford, William, BSc Sheff, MA Oxf, PhD Camb, Tutor in Physical Chemistry Paoli, Sandra, MA Oxf, PhD Manc, Research Fellow in Romance Linguistics GOLDIN, Ian A, BSc BA Cape Town, MSc LSE, MA DPhil Oxf, AMP INSEAD, Professorial Fellow, Professor of Globalisation and Development, and Director of the Oxford Martin School Thomas, Sarah Elizabeth, AB Smith, MS Simmons, MA PhD Johns Hopkins, MA Oxf, Professorial Fellow, Director of University Library Services, and Bodley’s Librarian GREEN, Leslie, BA Queen’s Canada, MA MPhil DPhil Oxf, Pauline and Max Gordon Fellow, Professorial Fellow, and Professor of the Philosophy of Law Magidor, Ofra, BSc Jerusalem, MA BPhil DPhil Oxf, Fairfax Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy Balliol College Annual Record 2012 6 COLLIER, Richard Hale, BSc US Naval Academy, LLM Camb, DrJur Cornell, MA Oxf, Finance Bursar NOE, Thomas H, BA Whittier, MBA PhD Texas at Austin, MA Oxf, Professorial Fellow, and Ernest Butten Professor of Management Studies ERDOS, David, MA Oxf, MA PhD Princeton, Nicholas de B Katzenbach Research Fellow in Law HURRELL, Andrew, MA DPhil Oxf, FBA , Professorial Fellow, and Montague Burton Professor of International Relations Kelly, Adrian David, BA MA Melbourne, DPhil Oxf, Clarendon University Lecturer and Tutor in Ancient Greek Language & Literature MOSS, Jessica Dawn, BA Yale, PhD Princeton, Samuel-Leveson-Gower- Septcentenary Fellow and Coolidge Tutor in Ancient Philosophy Wallace, Vesna, PhD California, Professorial Fellow, and Numata Professor of Buddhist Studies Hamdy, Freddie Charles, MBChB Alexandria, MD Sheffield, LRCP-LRCS FRCSUrol Edinburgh, LRCPS Glasgow, Professorial Fellow, and Nuffield Professor of Surgery SCHIFF, András, Special Supernumerary Fellow, ORD, Toby David Godfrey, BSc BA Melbourne, BPhil DPhil Oxf, Junior Research Fellow in the Humanities Trott, Nicola zoë, MA MPhil DPhil Oxf, Senior Tutor and Academic Registrar GARDNER, Andy, BSc Dund, PhD Edin, Junior Research Fellow in the Sciences Douglas, Tom, BMedSc MBChB (Otago) BA Oxf DPhil Oxf, Acting Dean and Junior Research Fellow in the Humanities Longworth, Judy, BA Southampton, MA Oxf, Development Director GUIDONI, Luca, SB Rome, PhD Paris, Supernumerary Visiting Fellow and Oliver Smithies Lecturer WALKER, Lisa Jane, BM BCh DPhil Oxf, BSc Manc, MRCPCH, PGCME Dun, Tutor in Medical Sciences BELICH, James Christopher, ONzM, BA MA Victoria University of Wellington, DPhil Oxf, Professorial Fellow and Beit Professor of Commonwealth and Imperial History Zaccolo, Manuela, MD Turin, Professor of Cell Biology, Tutor in Biomedical Sciences PONTzEN, Andrew, BSc PhD Camb, Henry Skynner Junior Research Fellow in Astrophysics and the Oxford Martin School Kershaw, Jane, BA MSt DPhil Oxf , Junior Research Fellow in the Humanities WUNSCH, Carl, SB PhD MIT, Supernumerary Fellow, George Eastman Visiting Professor 2011–12 BAILEY, Michael, BA Notre Dame, MA PhD Stanford, John G Winant Visiting Professor of American Government WARNER, Jamie, BSc PhD Queensland, Junior Research Fellow in the Sciences Balliol College Annual Record 2012 7 GOUDKAMP, James, BSc LLB, Grad Dip Leg Prac, BCL, MPhil, DPhil Oxf , Blanesburgh Fellow Machielsen, Jan, BA Maastricht, MA Leiden, MSt DPhil Oxf , Junior Research Fellow in the Humanities COLEMAN, William, BEc Sydney, MSc PhD LSE, Supernumerary Visiting Fellow and Oliver Smithies Lecturer Tufano, Peter, AB, MBA, PhD Harvard, Moores Dean and Professor of Finance at Saïd Business School EmeritusRoadknight Fellows, Jo, BA Oxford Brookes, MA Oxf, Domestic Bursar Green, Malcolm Leslie Hodder, MA Camb, MA Oxf, PhD Lond, FRS, CChem, FRSC LUKES, Steven Michael, MA DPhil Oxf, FBA Sandars, Patrick George Henry, MA DPhil Oxf Weinstein, William Leon, BA Columbia, BPhil MA Oxf BECKERMAN, Wilfred, MA PhD Camb, MA DPhil Oxf HARRIS, Donald Renshaw, BA LLM New zealand, BCL MA Oxf BRINK, David Maurice, BSc Tasmania, MA DPhil Oxf, FRS MONTEFIORE, Alan Claud Robin Goldsmid, MA Oxf § Turner, David Warren, BSc Univ Coll of the South West, MA Oxf, PhD Lond, FRS BARNES, Jonathan, MA Oxf, FBA Prest, John Michael, MA Camb, MA Oxf Howatson, Alastair Macrae, BSc PhD Edin, MA Oxf Rea, John Rowland, BA Belf, MA Oxf, PhD Lond, FBA Fowler, Godfrey Heath, OBE, BM MA Oxf, FRCP, FRCGP, FFPH, DCM Morton, Keith William, MA Oxf, PhD New York Stapleton, Barbara