Donor Report 2016-17 Contents From the Principal From the Principal 3 Student Support 4 ore of you have given to Hertford than ever Teaching and Research 11 M before, and in the pages that follow you can see College Life 18 your generosity has been put to good use. Bursaries, And now for the statistics 23 scholarships, travel and research grants, supporting the entire hard and soft infrastructure of the college, the rooms Triumph for the #TeamHertford campaign! 26 in which our fabulous tutors teach and give tutorials – all Thank you to our donors! (2016-2017) 28 have to be paid for. With your support we are able to sustain Geoffrey arnockW Society 33 and drive the college forward. Many, many thanks. It really What’s next? 34 makes a difference! A global network of support 35 The range of what our students get up to never ceases to amaze me – singing in Lithuania, playing rugby in Mongolia or pre-training during precious vacation weeks to be the best they can be at rowing. But of course, Hertford is above all an academic institution: supporting our students to reach their intellectual best is at our core and dearest to our hearts. They are faring well, and you are contributing to making that happen.
You’re in for a treat with this year’s report – stories from the front line and compelling at a glance statistics, all presented with great Hertford College Hertford College Alumni pizazz. Enjoy and thanks again!
@HertfordCollege HertfordCollege Very best wishes, Development Office, Hertford College, Oxford, OX1 3BW Will Hutton T: +44 (0) 1865 279428 | E: [email protected] | W: www.hertford.ox.ac.uk Donor Report 2016-17 3 Student Lawson Support Lancaster(2010) Take a closer look at those who have benefited from #TeamHertford’s generosity. oming from a single-parent family C in a somewhat rural part of London, s the parent of a gifted and determined I never expected I would end up going to A young person lucky enough to earn a place at university, let alone studying Japanology at Hertford, I am very grateful for the bursary scheme Hertford for five years! you provide. It’ll be two years this summer since I We are a ‘just about managing’ family and one of graduated and since then I’ve entered the our major concerns was that we could not support largest insurance company in Japan to work our daughter as we would have liked to ensure she in the sales department. Though I presumed was able to pay for her accommodation and food that a decent amount of my work would use Enjoying welcome English, it turns out that all my accounts/clients drinks and dinner and still to be able to make the most of her Oxford with colleagues. experience. The discreet way the bursary is provided, are Japanese firms so my day-to-day work is as a credit to battels, has allayed all of our concerns done completely in Japanese (this is in fact the of financial exclusion, and ensured that our daughter first time in ages that I’ve written English, not a person – not only thanks to the friends can really enjoy all that Hertford has to offer.” counting Facebook messages of course). I made but also my professors and other people throughout the college. I came to One of my proudest moments is when I received Hertford sounding like a teenager who was 97% in the Japanese Life Insurance Qualification trying to imitate the accent of a ‘rude boy’ exam. I came 12th out of 217 colleagues who and left being able to pronounce the ‘th’ took the exam that year, confusing many people, sound properly whilst also being fluent in “Many thanks to your generous as fellow non-natives assumed I would get a two dialects of Japanese. I found friends; I alumni and friends.” near pass or fail (#proudtoprovethemwrong). found some hobbies and now I have a vision Alison Smith (parent of a current student) During my time as a student, I grew a lot as for the future. Thank you #TeamHertford!
4 Donor Report 2016-17 5 Holly Eva Miller (2013) Kilner(2015) have just completed this one event as a means to I my DPhil research understand the intellectual hroughout my years at secondary school I’m so glad I decided to apply – it’s been a great on sources from the Neo- world of the Neo-Assyrian T and sixth-form, both of which were at experience so far. I worried a lot about dealing Assyrian king Ashurbanipal court when the Empire was comprehensive schools and in Sunderland, my with the scary-sounding workload and whether who ruled from 668 to 627 at its height, and particularly impression of Oxford and Cambridge universities I would be up to the ‘Oxford standard’, but I BCE, whose capital city of how it understood violence was that they were distant, intimidating and quickly got into a rhythm that worked for me. Nineveh is currently under against foreign others as completely unfamiliar. There’s a lot of support available from tutors and threat from Daesh. a fundamental duty of the welfare staff in college. Even though there isn’t a Assyrian king. The funding The opportunity to visit Hertford, staying 24-hour Greggs in Oxford, I’ve still managed to My research has focused on from the scholarship Kamille Adair Morgan (2014) overnight, for an open day in September with settle in! the campaign on the border greatly aided me in my my sixth-form made me realise that Oxford, and of Babylonia and western Iran ability to devote my time to he legal rules governing the use of force especially Hertford, was more inclusive than I in 653. I use the narratives of completing this year. T in international relations are arguably more thought. After taking a tour of the college and important today than they have ever been. My chatting to current students, I felt confident research considers whether international law permits in applying. There were many things about ‘From the Land of Enjoying the states the right to use force extraterritorially in the college that appealed to me. It is quite Pies to the Bridge delights of self-defence against terrorist and other non-state of Sighs’. West Scotland. small physically but has an good number of actors such as ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram. I undergraduate students, so seemed to provide commenced work on this question during my MPhil, the chance to meet lots of people while feeling which I successfully completed in 2015. I was keen familiar. It also offers accommodation for the full to continue on with DPhil studies in an area of law three years, meaning that I wouldn’t have to rent which is very current and which I am also passionate privately. Mainly, it seemed like a really friendly about. I am now in the final stages of my DPhil and am place where I’d be happy to go to. I wasn’t wrong! confident that I will complete it successfully because of the financial support I have received from the Mann Senior Scholarship in Social Sciences.
6 Donor Report 2016-17 7 Hertford’s Open Day, June 2017 (how many students does it take to put up bunting? Seven). Joe Anderson Feedback from students (2016) at Waddesdon School
am currently a uring our visit to Some of the most obscure I first year chemist D Hertford we had the and interesting clubs at Hertford. I visited the opportunity to experience included underwater university in September an academic tutorial, a hockey, Ultimate Frisbee, 2015 and even after a long tour of the college and its Doctor Who society and day of meeting prospective facilities and even dine even a Quidditch Team! students, Catherine with current students. When we arrived we (Hertford’s Outreach Fellow) The atmosphere was were taken aback by (2016) James Read and her student teams were stimulating, welcoming and the sheer size and y research lies in the philosophy of physics, in still exceptionally friendly, surprisingly relaxed. While beauty of the historical M particular the foundations of spacetime theories. informative and welcoming. we were there, we learnt buildings. The trip has Some examples of questions which have been occupying about a typical student’s made us think about the me since my arrival at Hertford are the following: (i) What is On touring the college, I life which includes lots amazing life experiences the relationship between general relativity and Einstein’s found it compact but bursting of independent learning, and opportunities that antecedent theory of special relativity? (ii) What is the status with character. It was this lectures, sport (both casual university has to offer and of gravitational energy in general relativity? combination of people, and and competitive), social we thoroughly enjoyed our the college’s unique, slightly activities and a variety of small taste of Oxford life. Hertford has been incredibly generous in awarding me a architecturally muddled but societies and clubs. senior scholarship – affording me the opportunity to forge characterful buildings that sealed fruitful collaborations and develop further my own research. my decision to apply to Hertford. The Hertford community could not have been more As a current student, I could not be welcoming: it has been a pleasure to engage in stimulating happier elsewhere; Hertford, and its high table discussions and I am extremely grateful to the community are a hidden gem alumni and friends for making this all possible. in Oxford.
8 When in Rome… Donor Report 2016-17 9 Catherine Redford (Access and Outreach/Career Development Fellow) Teaching &
cross the academic year 2016-17, we hosted Research – A 33 schools in college for ‘Taster Days’. These read about the impact days give students in Years 10-12 a flavour of what it would be like to study at Oxford, and help remove our tutors have on our some of the stereotypes associated with Oxbridge. students (and alumni!) A number of our link schools now ensure that they arrange a visit to Hertford every year.
We maintain strong links with university-wide access Year 12 pupils taking part in the History Study Day, programmes, and have supported Pathways, July 2017. Target Schools, the UNIQ summer school*, and Into University on over 30 occasions this year. This July, we also organised a History Study Day for a group of Year 12 students from London, Essex, Medway, and beyond; the students enjoyed three academic sessions across the day and received advice about interviews and admissions tests from Hertford tutors. In total, we’ve worked with over 2,300 students this “We maintain strong links with year, and several of our current undergraduates chose to apply to Hertford having visited the college university-wide access programmes, on an outreach initiative with their schools. and have supported Pathways, Target Schools, the UNIQ summer school, and Into University on over 30 *UNIQ is the official free summer school programme of the university of Oxford. occasions this year.” Aiyan Maharasingam (2014) proudly displaying his dissertation in the library outside our dedication to the co-education portrait exhibition. 10 Donor Report 2016-17 11 Queen of the Road! (Jersey valiantly won by Super Speedy Lucie at the Tour de Hertford event.). Michael Bentham (2014) esearch projects Khai Yen R surrounding post-WW2 German music in Darmstadt Chew (2014) and latterly a comparison of y degree has taught me to the operas Wozzeck and Peter M be a better thinker and it has Grimes are the stuff of nightmares equipped me with the necessary skills for many. However, in Dr Benjamin to be a social scientist. My passion Skipp, Hertford possesses a tutor to return and contribute to my home with genuine enthusiasm and a country Malaysia burned stronger than commitment to assisting even the ever and I have always sought ways Lucie most niche research endeavours! Sub fusc and the Bridge of Sighs – a to apply what I have learnt at Oxford to Burgess (1993) Throughout my time at Hertford, beautiful combination. problems back home. I am immensely Ben cultivated and encouraged grateful to the Reach Scholarship* initiative. studied nuclear and particle physics during my my research interests and became a willing partner to third year at Oxford, with my tutorial partner under I discuss and direct my interpretations, however good I’m currently in the middle of a research Khai Yen (top right) and the friendly and piercing blue eyes of Professor Robin fellow PPEists posing or bad. His advice and support has helped me secure internship with a former central banker and outside OB3. Devenish. The mathematics that surrounds the impact a place at the University of Amsterdam, studying financial regulator focusing on how economic and scattering of minute nuclear particles is complex, Musicology (MA), culminating in a research thesis. research can lead to policy change. After and I found it really challenging. I remember Professor completing the internship, I plan to pursue Devenish patiently explaining neutrino scattering, my goal of being an economist by working at *The Reach Scholarship was proposed which involves multiple integrations of the wave the Malaysian central bank or the sovereign by the JCR to allow students from low functions of the neutrinos, and suddenly everything wealth fund. In the longer term, I hope to income countries the opportunity to study became clear. He had a fine way of drawing diagrams further develop my expertise by enrolling in at Oxford. The Reach initiative is run by which made the complex resolve to something much a PhD programme so that I can better serve the university and funded by the JCR and more simple. Oxford is full of beautiful minds and my country. the college. Hertford’s Professor Devenish is one of them.
12 Donor Report 2016-17 13 insightful. They both took the time Librarian, Alice Roques, who, in her During my final year I was a Richard to help me learn not only about my time off from making my friends laugh, Junior Librarian at Hertford, subject but also how to think. Their runs a superb academic library for the shelving books in the evenings, Fidler(1998) outstanding tuition was the reason I college’s students and staff. and the following summer I was lucky enough to graduate with worked as Alice’s assistant. We ichard shares his memories of my first class honours degree and As a first-year, I remember being processed countless new books, R tutors Roger van Noorden and provided excellent training for the overwhelmed by the Bodleian’s revamped the modern languages Steve New. world of work. Kwansei confusing network of libraries section, measured up shelf Gakuin University Ellen, someone and databases, and it made a spaces in tutor’s offices, and (best exchange (Japan). Kimonos dressed as a tree, Florence Hertford has been transformational They both took a more general are as comfortable as they and Dom celebrating May Day huge difference having someone of all) curated a mini-exhibition of for me. The tutorial system, which interest in my life, providing look. outside the Weston Library at 6am. knowledgeable and approachable William Tyndale’s works. involves building deep, personal wider pastoral support which was help us navigate the phenomenal and enduring relationships, has valuable given that it was the first resources available. It was also a That summer was a fascinating contributed so much to my learning, time I had lived away from home. on their growth and funding, Steve Dom privilege to have such a well-stocked confirmation of how Hertford’s development and career. I learnt They continued to keep in touch thought of people to speak to which English section, which Alice frequently library functions as a focal point an incredible amount from Roger with me and support me after I led to me winning work, amongst Hewett (2013) updates, using recommendations for the academic life of the van Noorden and Steve New who completed my degree. When Roger others, with the founder of one of from students and tutors, and cross- college, as well an insight into om explains how a friendly face were my tutors for Economics and heard that I was joining Hertford’s the UK’s unicorns (a unicorn is a checking reading lists with availability how librarianship is changing D and a funny sign in the library Management respectively. Investment Advisory Committee, technology start-up worth over a in other Oxford libraries. with the increasing importance supplied him with career inspiration. he took me aside for some extra billion dollars!). of electronic journals and I remember tutorials with Roger tuition to ensure that I understood Equally importantly in my opinion databases. Inspired by these Whenever my home friends visited often being early in the morning how to approach investments. What I feel very honoured to have been is Alice’s commitment to student possibilities, I am looking me at Hertford, the highlight of and involving him patiently asking an invaluable experience from the able to benefit from the teaching at wellbeing: her recent innovations forward to beginning a graduate their tour was the tongue-in-cheek me deep probing questions which man who transformed Hertford’s Hertford and hope that the tutorial include the Endearment Deer – for traineeship in Oxford’s English notices around the library. These forced me to construct logical finances through decades of system continues to flourish for the students to leave encouraging Faculty Library – which just goes include ‘The Librarian is out. (Fighting arguments, only for him then to careful stewardship of the college’s benefit of future generations. messages during exam periods – and to show that a funny sign in a crime. Or eating lunch)’ and ‘Please demolish those arguments! Steve’s endowment. When I set up a new and improved study skills and library can go a long way. don’t take any books. We’ll be up tutorials were at a friendlier hour Richard Fidler Associates to advise self-help section. all night wondering where they are’. of the day, but they were just as innovative technology companies The mastermind behind these is our
14 Donor Report 2016-17 15 The Endearment Deer – supporting our stressed finalists with cute anecdotes of encouragement.
Hertford recommends a standard sized Alice Roques, Librarian and funny pasta strainer for home-use. signs creator.
16 Donor Report 2016-17 17 Current JCR Women’s football President Ava team – ready to win! Scott (2015), Hertford’s mascot and Annie Ault College Life – (2015) entertaining celebrating the Oxford’s tourists. extracurricular! English student Beth Potter (2014), sister Elle and friend James performing beautifully at the Freshers’ Family Lunch, 2016.
We have the best spectators.
18 Donor Report 2016-17 19 Hannah Towndrow (2016) Philippa Senior Organ Scholar Thornton (2016) Women’s Captain his summer, we embarked on an exciting tour T to Lithuania, singing in music festivals and he Boat Club has had an amazing church services in the cities of Kaunas and Vilnius. T year and we’re all hoping to lead During our trip, we gave three successful and well- the bump charts in next year’s torpids with attended performances at several beautiful venues, our hertford4headship campaign! Both including the Resurrection Basilica as well as St. teams are in strong positions: women in 4th Casimir’s and the cathedral in Vilnius. In addition and the men in 5th. The women’s team are to some widely known choral repertoire, we currently completing our bespoke summer performed pieces composed for the composition training programme in order to increase our competition held as part of the ‘HartFest’ weekend chances and be the best we can be – we’re last year. This music was written by current students looking forward to bumping some boats next of Oxford University, and in some cases our season! Hertford College performances of these pieces were either World or Boat Club. European premieres! I joined HCBC in Michaelmas and rowed with W1 for torpids and summer eights. It was great Both cities boasted wonderful architecture and to see so many of our alumni, including ZÖe much history, which we made sure to enjoy. The Lee (who won silver at the Rio Olympics), there choir is extremely grateful for the support given by to cheer us on and make the team feel part of Hertford alumni and the wider community. Without something so much bigger. Thank you for your your support, opportunities such as this would not ongoing support and encouragement. “The women’s team are currently be possible. We, as a choir, thoroughly enjoyed our Lithuanian adventure and are very excited to see completing our bespoke summer training what next year has to offer! programme in order to increase our chances and be the best we can be”
Hertford College Choir. 20 Donor Report 2016-17 21 Marcus Hoddinott (2015) Captain
e were honoured to be invited to Mongolia to W partake in a rugby and academic outreach tour. The tour began with a five day training camp out in the mountains to the north-east of Ulaanbaatar (UB), Hertford College where the boys mixed rugby training with traditional Rugby Club. Mongolian nomadic lifestyles. Following a chance to get acclimatised to both the altitude and the heat, the group headed back into the capital city with renewed We would like to thank all the Hertford College donors focus about the two matches ahead. In both games, the for their help with what was an unique opportunity to And now for the college side was victorious, triumphing in two bruising, promote further a growing relationship between the close encounters. The results levelled the ‘Mongolia- college and both the Mongolian Rugby Football Union statistics… Hertford series’ at two a-piece with the 2013 tourists and the Mongolian government alike. As a club, we having lost both of their encounters. While in UB, the appreciate that tours to countries as far away and as group spent a special day visiting a local underprivileged unique as Mongolia would not be possible without school, which the Mongolian Rugby Football Union are your input. helping to rehabilitate through the medium of rugby, an up and coming sport in Mongolian culture. A truly memorable opportunity to continue to aid the MRFU with the local projects they diligently execute in and around Ulaanbaatar. Other significant activities included a visit to the largest equestrian statue in the world, which depicted local hero Genghis Khan valiantly riding a 40m high metal horse and a reception from the British embassy in Ulaanbaatar.
22 Donor Report 2016-17 23 Telethon Dream Team of 2016 on the webcam 1st August 2016 – 31st July 2017 Legacy gifts livestream. 878 £924,361 60% We prefer 135 people have pledged to leave something for to reach our telethon Hertford in their wills. Last year we received goals with four legacies, including £40,000 from a game of Jonathan Swallow towards Student Support. snakes and of ladders – Harry Potter donors edition. Telethon donations make a raised Star caller to Hertford regular gift Adam Kellett (2014) £219,000 Spoke to 238 43% attempting raised in 517 donors. of donors had a victory donations. alumni and never given to dance. friends. Hertford before.
24 Donor Report 2016-17 25 hertford360 #30daysof An epic seven month TeamHertford Triumph for the challenge that saw Throughout June, we asked all #TeamHertford virtually of our wonderful followers on circumnavigate the globe. #TeamHertford Twitter, Instagram and Facebook 72 Hertfordians ran, walked, to help us raise £2,000 for swam and cycled over campaign! #TeamHertford online as a 45,000km for our students! final push to help us reach Thank you to everyone who In August 2016 we launched the #TeamHertford our goal for student support – stepped up to the challenge, campaign to raise £300,000 for Student #teamworkmakesthedreamwork. Support. We asked you to come together and you’re amazing. help us support the next generation of talented individuals. And you did! #TeamHertford Thanks to your ongoing in 2016-17 generosity we managed to raise over £340,000! 261 gifts Conquering the HertFolk Cotswolds Taking inspiration from We felt it was not enough to virtually Humans of New York, we circumnavigate the world… so on 1 July, created a blog on our website a team of cyclists and hikers joined us featuring stories from alumni, on a daylong adventure conquering the staff and students – some of beautiful landscapes of the Cotswolds. our favourites went out to you Together, we travelled 4,200km for in the post as part of the Pride towards hertford360! of Hertford publication. #TeamHertford 26 Donor Report 2016-17 27 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 Richard Anderson Neil Andrews Mark Andrews Bulent Atalay Alice & Rob Barrigan Robin Arthur Thank you to Andrew Blake Lindsay Bashford Brian Belchers Simon Attwood Paul Batho Jane Bird David Cornwell Peter Binham Chris Dowell Timothy Bird Nick Graves Henry Carr Jeremy Dawkins Meredith Childerstone Tom Greenshields John Burrows David Harrison Jon Fitton John Dunne John Clark Nigel Henson Christopher Davis John Johnson John Hughes our donors! (2016-17) Ivor Fiennes Ron Forbes Chris Humphries Lindsay Forbes Timothy Kemp Colin Hughes Richard Groom Ken France Barry Levy Paul Hucklesby Antony Longworth Barry Lester Alan Hinchcliffe Robert Peel Henry MacDonald Tom Hutton Robert Norton Ian Lofthouse DONORS 1952 1956 1959 1961 1963 Graham Johnson Bill Taylor Donald McCready Peter Ireland David Pannick Stephen Massey David Goldberg Robin Carey Charles Gibson Christopher Craig Chris Baron Nick Keith Ian Walsh Stuart Mole Martin Morgan Cara Rodger Janet McCourt Frederick Hampson David Cressey David Grant Ian Crichton Christopher Cox Rodney Nelson-Jones Roger Walsh-Atkins Ian Rogers David Newman David Roe Mary & Stuart (1975) 1938 Michael Harris Gordon Davy David Hilton Andrew Cunningham Bob Eastwood Richard Ward James Scrymgeour- Martin Spencer McLaren A. John Harrison Anthony Swing Pete Owen Tom Savery Mark Drake Alan Mayhew Malcolm Davies Clive Eiles Adrian Titcombe Anonymous Wedderburn Christopher Smale Kate Stross Nicholas Mills Allan Scott John Lewis Jeffrey Preston Malcolm Duce Christopher Fance Graham Winyard Neil Swindells Peter Smith Stephen Taylor Peter Norman 1943 Martin Smith Hugh Sturzaker David Elkington Christopher Mockler John Wells Boris Tyzuk QC Alan Radford Hugh Walker 1969 Jeremy Stevens 1957 Roger Trafford Martin Friend Richard Partridge 1966 Paul Aynsley Sarah Walker & Frances Sanders 1953 Christopher Doman Richard Willcock Garry Gauss Chris Plunkett John Cooper Alex Bristow 1971 Tim Wheeler Neil Simister 1944 1973 Anthony Beater Simon Frazer Colin Wright Ted Laing Ray Proctor Jonathan Bynoe Kevin Bounds Anonymous John Milne Andrew Cullis Jon Billowes Bob Coupe Alan Freemantle David Mander Patrick Walsh-Atkins Rob Davies David Hager Geoffrey Carr Phil Davies 1975 John Crowhurst John Henson 1960 Eric Martin Julian Whitehead Richard Fogg Peter Hulse Crispian Cartwright Stephen Gill Helen Alexander 1977 1947 Mike Essex John Jordan David Baker Anthony Quigley Steve Greenwald Neil Kinghan Peter Crowley Rosalind & Mark Atkins Tim Austin Martin Sykes Bob Grant John Faircloth Jonathan McInerny Iain Cheyne Michael Sewell 1964 Peter Hollins John Marsh Mick Evans Ian Hamilton Peter Howard Marian Bell Derek Roebuck Ronald Pattinson Martin Davies Keith Sheather Mike Brumage Howard Johnson Ken Patterson Peter Friend Steven Jones Paul Hughes Amanda Benton 1948 Anonymous Michael Standen Charles Elly John Staples Tony Champion David Levy Eric Pawson Mike Gover Adam Mead Susan Boruchoff Michael Fish Paul Masters Peter Whiteman Peter Johansen Clive Williams Jim Copper Bob Morrow Tom Robinson Anthony Jones Valerie & John Needham Stephen Ellis Geoffrey Richards Peter Newman 1954 Chris Johns Alan Dobson Mick North Clive Sherwood Peter Lane Michael Ratcliff Henrietta Ewart Chris Sellick George Patton Richard Christophers 1958 Geoff Martin 1962 Peter Edwards Jim O’Toole John Whitaker Neil MacKenzie Honey Schrecker & Edward Fisher David Vaughan Williams Stephen Pratt Alan Fraser Tony Bacon Clive Prior Graham Allison Jonathan Green Rupert Perry Nigel Wilkes Graeme Marshall Dave McCabe Anne Hackett & Dermot Anonymous Mark Szymanski Michael Kirby Ian Barnett Michael Ross Robert Bearman Philip Gregory Norman Woolfson Philip Masson Clive Thomas Susie (1978) & Doughty (1977) David Loewe John Beck Mike St John Chris Brooks Julian Hay Anonymous Charles Nixon Mike Weston Paul Simpson Jenny & Fred (1975) 1950 John McLaughlin Michael Brignall David Walde David Cattrall Mike Henderson Anonymous Graham Rogers Kirk Tellwright Hopper Colin Curley Anonymous John Torrance Rodney Chambers Roger Westbrook Alan Fearnley Graham Jones Alan Sandall Elaine Teo & Nick Ryuhei Hosoya John Foster John Welch Richard Copley David Gallifant Tony Mitcheson Tony Smith Harbinson Kevin Jones Robert Graham 1967 David Wickham Geoffrey Lawes Michael Gee Chris Morton David Clark Jonathan Swallow Richard Watts Robert Mellors Peter Harkness Anonymous Charles Phythian-Adams David Hartley Adrian Oldknow Julian Clarke David Worskett Kevin Wesbroom Rouane Mendel & Norman Hart Andrew Stubbs Desmond Hodnett Jerry Owen Barrie Clarke Anonymous Kenneth White Nicholas Fishwick (1976) Christopher Skottowe 1955 Tom Wansbrough Michael Knee Mike Paul Brian Curwen Anonymous Nick O’Brien Christian Strover Clive Aldred Brian Wilson Ian Michael Roger Sherman Rob Durham Nathan Parnaby David Cutler Geoffrey Woodger Richard Scott George Spencer Edwin Gale Richard Quinn 1951 Peter Dennis Anonymous Peter Stokes Hugh Whittaker Richard Harington Haidee Tattersall Dennis Bonney John Langley Warwick Wilson Tony Hopkins Louise Bertie-Taylor & Bill Everett Jeremy Rowbotham Phillip Runchman Robert Taylor George Jupe John Wroughton Robin Selby Adam Williams George Mohr Mike Wyatt Edwin Pomeroy George Yoxall Michael Port
28 Donor Report 2016-17 29 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1995 1998 2000 2003 Jenifer Batten Grace Belfiore Wendy & Frank Ashcroft Elizabeth Akka Sarah Barwood Ruth & Robert (1986) Matthew Bailey Paula Clarke Calvin Cheng Christine & Thomas Fritz Nike Alesbury Nabeel Alsindi Ed Biden Stephen Bell Robin Ashworth Elizabeth Baugh Natasha Briant (1987) & Boardman Christoph Bettin Andrew Farrant Emma Cremin Ali Abbas Sara Bielecki Christopher Arnold Duncan Brack Eric Beste Paul Baker Gray Catherwood Smith Nick Rollason Sheila Chapman Colin Black Eric Hayman Harry Dunlop Charlie Apps Stephan Bocklet Julian Baring Xanthe Brooke Rachel Blissett Bill Batty Elaine & Paul Fiddaman Vanessa Collingrdige & Roanna Doe Oliver Craske Michael Hunter Lorna Elliott Tom Bashford Louise Cowley Judith Cohen Naomi & Mike Clarke Alastair Blundell Nigel Brown Neil Hudson Allan Watt (1984) Michael Doyle Charlotte Elston James Hylins Stephen Frost David Croxford Kelly Hagedorn Laura Elson Angela Fane Andrew Callard Monica Buckley Allan Lees Duncan Coneybeare Gareth Dunn Anne & Duncan Vickie Kottler Paul Jessop Melissa Ellis Ben Joyce David Genis Sarah Gooden Emilio Cattaneo Yolande Chan Barbara McGowan Martin Dunsby Chris Harris Farnsworth Clare Matson Jon Keidan Tom Elliston Joyce Kok Laura Gledhill Trevor Hicks Ruth Cox Colin Cook Sean Nesbitt Jason Dykes Charlotte Hogg Rachel Gauke Sarah Ryan Rachel Mason Rory Galloway Nicholas Mamakos Joern Grotjahn Mary & Ed Hundert Roger Edbrooke Christine & David (1981) John Newman Andrew Findlay Robert Jones Joanna L’Estrange Johanna & Ian Scapens Matthew Middleweek Marina Hamilton-Baillie Michael Newbold Matthew Hodgetts Rose Jackson Ed Farquharson Cook Richard Percy Steve Gardiner John Millar Chi Man Joanna Willmott David Parish Duncan Jamieson Ian Roberts Jenny Hsieh Adam Johnson Christopher Godfrey Lewis Findlay Ronnie Petrie Cherine & Mark Herrmann Sasha (1989) & Isabelle Mast & Noor Ul (VS) Scott Szeglowski Christina Penny Ann Lingas Alexander Le Ian Jones Julie Hazell Fran Gunning Vicky Rietkerk Steven Hubbard Alexandre Nairac Islam (1993) Julia Sandford-Cooke Michaela Lowrie 2001 Amy Malloy Michael Joynson Jeremy Heywood Eleanor Hellier Julian Stander Kevin Jones Jonathan Notley Carol Pearson 1993 Barney Stueck Christoph Meier Rhiannon & Paul Abbott Antonia Mercandino Christine Knights Chris Hornby Tom Jensen Fiona Yates Philip Jones Vernee Samuel & David Shelton Ben Farmer David Tunley Richard Paterson Mia & Tim Bass Clare Sewell Peter Manning Philip Jones Andrew Leonard (VS) Tim Sahr Nancy O’Brien Stuart Rob Keys Sarah Stables Christopher Gaskell Louise Peckett James Fisher Jessica Tooby David Moon Deborah (1985) & David Navin Morgan Jonathan Park Alison Stevens Tim Warburton Andrew Hull 1996 Alex Preston Todd Green Dix Roberts Knight Helen & Peter Mumford 1985 Rob Pritchard Anonymous Phoebe White Claire Langford Paul Armitt Donald Stark James Grigg Fiona Robertson Simone Lobo Sole Chris Birkle John Schilizzi Anonymous Richard Wilkinson Aaron Punwani Lisa Bate Mary Stevens Christopher Jones Bob Smith Garrett Nagle Michael Nicholls Cicely Brown Peter Wiley Andrew Yorke Emily Rayfield Oliver Bullough Sarah Winget Jan Lasik Peter Whatley Jeff Saunders Carol & Paul Sennett Keith Bybee Simon Witney 1989 Anonymous Hugh Roberts Adam Gross Huw Lloyd Michael Wheeler Jonathan Searle Julian Soper Simon Draper Anonymous Bruce Breckenridge Pauline Robson David Ingham 1999 Caroline & Robert (1999) Andy Tighe Salman Ullah Jeremy East (VS) Martin Brandt Richard Butterwick- 1991 Natasha Standen Matthew Mellor Tim Boswell Mailer 1979 Basil Zotiades John Willmott Martin Lipton (VS) Robert Ellmann Pawlikowski Jeremy Goodwin Pip Wilson Rachael Pearson Jude Bunting Robert Pace Francesca Barrow John Clark Alan Livsey Heather Cross Roland Harris Gretchen Zenner David Pinder Jonathan Butler Fiona Pearce Julie Bradshaw 1983 Mark Mayhew 1987 Rosamund Else-Mitchell Judith Hudson James Redfern Helen Hardman Simon Pritchard David Cooke 1981 Teresa Axworthy James Newton-Price Peter Aeberli Joanna Moriuchi Hsin Loke 1994 Richard Houston Zubin Rada Krishnan Philip Dutton Lis Bellamy Robert Brodie Pamela Reidy Hyland Harvey Dobbs Emily Muffett Richard Millns Natalie Edwards 1997 Glyn Kennington Philip Smelt Fiona Gold Andy Blundell Jon Coombs Rob Seymour Andrew Dodd Denese Newton Charlotte Morgan Ed Ethelston Alistair Allen Ben McDermott Richard Wassall Sarah Hewitt Julia Brookes Nick Foulkes Smith Shury-Smith Philippa Goodwin & John Karen & Andrew Sage Heather Newton Simeon Gabriel Jocelyn Bull Robin Norton-Hale Anonymous Meryl James Neil Buckley Jacqui & Matt Hunt Cindy von Kaufmann Jardine Eklavya Sareen Tim Polli Dimitri Handera Marianne Butler Malcolm & Kate Parks Rod MacRorie David Eatouh Ann LoBue Joanne Wicks QC Carolyn Hitt Nick Stokes Katherine Rouendaal Daniel Harvey David Daker Bao Pham 2002 Stephen Mangham Mark Glover Paul Meader Jock Wills Ailsa Holland Mark Warren Britta Von Lewinski Andrew Huddleston Emma Davies Simon Ramsden Mike Loydon Oliver O’Toole Guy Leaf Theresa Moran & James Wilson Louise Hutt Leslye & Ian Whittaker Gareth Williams Nick Jefferson Neil Dissanayake Ben Steele Aaron Micallef Barbara Perry Susan Lupton Malcolm Dowden Anonymous Ben Pearcy Jayne Woodside Edmund Jolliffe Paul Emery Ruth Tarrant Kathy O’Neill Ruth Reavley Carl Meaney Vicky Pollitt Jonathan Sharp Alice Yew Clare King’oo Karen Ireland Samuel Peacock Amanda Ross Penny Neu Simon Pride Joseph Stokoe Alex New Rutger Kalsbeek Bridget Phillipson Debbie Sarjant John Nixon Gabrielle Remedios Karen Thompson Catherine & Rob O’Hare Aidan Liddle Jennifer Reynolds Alison Smith & Steve Payne Mike Shiels Ian Thompson Emma Plunkett Lisa Navarro Tobi Rufus David Rendell Susan (1983) & Mario Martin Talbot Judith Toms Christopher Sheldrick Nitin Patel Amy Savage Joanne Smith Polywka Stephen Tickell Inga (1989) & Darren West Sam Tomlinson Rachel Williamson Rachel Sharples Mark Soame Amanda Rumming Rupert Weber Neil Tubman Matthew Wilmington Tristan Walker Andrew Stewart Kath Shailer Ian Whitmore Ken Yap George Woods Glyn Taylor Mark Thornber Anonymous Chee Lin Wong Ian Valentine Anonymous Gerry Wait
30 Donor Report 2016-17 31 2004 2007 2010 2016 GIFTS FROM AND THANKS Bethany Ehlmann Jonathan Beckett Yiyang Bao MJ Lewis CURRENT TO OUR OTHER Rachael Jagger Fiona Butterfield Imogen Beecroft Patrick Li Geoffrey Warnock Society Edward Lamb Simon Coppack Lizzy Fitzgerald Francesca Li Emo MEMBERS DONORS John Marnham Leon Farr Lucian George Anna Baskerville Brian Blouet Thank you to those of you who have included a bequest for Hertford in your will. Viral Mehta Holly Foster Timothy Hogwood-Wilson Sabina Bi Jennifer Cockwell Abigail & Peter Orr Ella Fry James Holley Walter Bodmer Jean Ditum Amy Ruffle & Jack Peter Goodliffe Mei Lim-Cooper David Greaves Adam Gray Aanderson-Thwaite Sarah Harvey Brittany Pearce David Hopkin Leigh Hancock 1944 1955 1961 1967 1974 1981 Joanna Romanowicz David Holden-White Tajinder Sandhu Will Hutton Sarah Harding Richard Lloyd Clive Aldred Christopher Craig Brian Fortnum Stephen Taylor Jacquie Glomski (1982) & Daren Tedeschi Luke MacLeod Rebecca Stevens John Landers Brenda Hopkin Anonymous David Cutler David Elkington Robin Selby Donald L. Whiteway Andrew & Devin (2003) Dan Millichip Sakura Zhi Martin Maiden David Kilmoyer John Langley Colin Harris Ian Reid 1975 Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs Voysey Krishna Pathiyal Julia Thaxton Celia Mackenzie 1945 David Moseley David Mander Phillip Runchman John Asquith Amy Pritchard & Scott 2011 Oliver Noble Wood James Miller Jonathan Eccles Diana Wilkinson (widow Hugh Nicklin Anonymous Sabina Wu & Robert 1982 2005 McGinnigle Anbarasu Kandaswamy Claire Vallance Martyn Rendle Peter Tustin of John Wilkinson) Kenneth Waters Anonymous Lusardi Isobel Collyer Philippa Barlow Emily Richey Srinivasan Marisa Wyburn John Wroughton Anonymous Markus Jaigirder Rachael Bedford Alex Woolgar Chong Liu Anonymous 1947 1962 1976 Stewart Kennedy Stephanie Box Louise Murgatroyd Anonymous Peter Nicholls 1956 Chris Brooks 1968 David Brennan Eleanor Bull 2008 Nicholas Ng FRIENDS OF Banner of Truth Trust David Cressey John Doble John Dewar Stephen Massey 1983 Tara Calder Edwin Brenninkmeyer Rhys Owens Mayer Brown LLP 1948 Mark Drake Neville Gaffin Martin Rose Ian Whitmore HERTFORD Michael Ashley-Miller Michael Gee 1969 Emma Danforth William Chivers Helen Spooner Jenny Ablett The Drapers’ Company 1957 Colin Berry 1977 1985 Alexander Gilkes Lauren Cowley Helen & David Barlow The Patrick Hughes Trust 1951 Simon Frazer 1963 Alexander Bristow Amanda Benton Doris Lenck Lisa Incledon Reed Doucette 2012 Adrian Beecroft The Hertford Society Emma Jones Simon Gage Joy Aston Warrington Software Ltd Robert Judson Peter Loveday Robert Eastwood Eric Pawson Edward Fisher Sue & Robert Brown George Jupe Gerald Paterson Christopher Fance Simon Webb Nicholas Haag 1986 Franziskus Josten Marsiyana Henricus Jaclynn & Gregory Helen & Chris Dace The Worshipful Company Thomas Lowe Charles Janeway Coussa of Cutlers Michael Port Ronald Pattinson John Mollon Keith Lyall Martin Dunsby Christine & Alan Drew Judy & Peter Whiteman 1970 Martin Underwood Nancy O’Brien Stuart Lena Nguyen Sarah Kelly David Heathcote Patrick & Anne Foster The Worshipful Company of 1952 1964 David Swindells Thomas Nunn Paul Montgomery-Wade Andrew Neri Michael Georgopapadakos Scientific Instrument Makers Rachel (2008) & Tom Hannah Pollard Anonymous Michael Harris 1958 Anthony Champion John Wells 1978 1987 Angelina Gibson David Henderson Rodney Chambers Timothy Cornish Paul Chaston Peter Aeberli Roberts Rachel Roberts Ed Grefenstette Phillip Robinson-Moore 2013 Philip Hobson Timothy Lawrence Michael Henderson 1971 Rose Jackson Jonathan Sharp Kathryn & Brian Heathcote Patrick Jeffers Graham Jones Alan Barlow Adam Johnson Holly Rouse-Sweeney 2009 Joseph Donlan Dan Keyworth Adam Samoon Agnes Arnold-Forster Julia Duchesne Timothy Strevens 1959 Jerry Owen Graeme Marshall Anonymous 1997 Liz Lewis Charles Gibson Anonymous Roderic Mitchell Hermione Ruck Keene Poppy Street Lauren Eyland Dot Finan Mary Walters Kelsey Traher Dominic Farrell Junnan Jiang 1953 David Grant David Worskett 1979 Sophie Flynn Madalena Leao Alan Broome Jeffrey Preston 1965 Gary Collins 2004 2006 Gabriel Harris Daniel Valentine David Clay Hugh Sturzaker Peter Crook 1972 Elizabeth McManus Andrew Voysey Carina Brehony Nicholas Lee Bob Coupe Stephen Potel Lindsay Forbes Dewan Chowdhury William Okech 2014 Eric Doorbar 1960 Thomas Hutton 1980 Friends of Hertford Annabel Christian Dan Parker Clare Cockwell Quintin Knight Rex Goad Anonymous Andrew Beverley Angelina Gibson Emma Forman Celia Smith Gregg DiPietro James Hemsley Sheila Sharp Jayne Lyall Jesse Freedman Joseph Whittle Calla Glavin 1954 Mike St John 1973 Duncan Stone Barry Ryan Dan Hughes-Morgan (VS) Alice Lyons Malcolm Busfield Roger Westbrook George Patton Eve Jackson 2015 Jim Catty Marcus Wigan John Salmon Principals Katie Traxton Peter Norgaard Alan Fraser Mellor Hennessy Will Hutton Alex Van Besouw Maria Laricheva Michael Kirby Andrew Watson David Loewe
32 Donor Report 2016-17 33 A global network of support What’s next? In 2017-18, we’ll be encouraging alumni and friends to give back to the subjects you loved (although if you didn’t love your subject, you can still give to other areas!)
So far we have raised:
£150,000 £100,000 £63,000 £198,000 for Law for English for Physics for a new post in Computer Science
Our donors are all over the world!
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