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The Brazen Nose Volume 44 2009-2010 the Brazen Nose 2009-2010 The Brazen Nose Volume 44 2009-2010 The Brazen Nose 2009-2010 BRA-12577 The Brazen Nose 2010.indd 1 24/01/2011 09:35 The object of the Society shall be the advancement of the welfare and interests of Brasenose College by: (i) encouraging closer relations between past and present members of the College and fostering interests which they have in common; (ii) keeping members of the Society informed of events in the College; (iii) any other methods which from time to time appear likely to achieve the Society’s object. (Revised 1999) Fellow Editor - The Rev’d Graeme Richardson BRA-12577 The Brazen Nose 2010.indd 2 24/01/2011 09:35 Brazen Nose 2007-8.indd 2 08/12/2008 12:16:46 CONTENTS Records Football ........................................ 83 Senior Members ............................. 5 Hockey .........................................85 Principal’s Notes ...........................13 Pool ..............................................86 Class Lists ..................................... 18 Tennis ........................................... 88 Higher Degrees ............................ 22 Badminton ................................... 89 Matriculations 2009 ......................23 College Prizes ...............................26 Travel An Englishman Behind Reports The (Former) Iron Curtain ...........92 JCR ............................................. 31 New York Photo Festival ................96 HCR ............................................33 From Kerala To Kathmandu ..........98 Staff .............................................. 39 Interning At The United Nations .. 102 Presentations to the Library .......... 43 Dublin Review ...........................105 Chapel .......................................... 47 Report On Vacation Work ...........106 Music ........................................... 49 The 49-Ers Celebrate ................. 108 Organ ........................................... 51 Shanghai ..................................... 108 Arts Week ..................................... 54 Brief Encounter ..........................110 The King’s Hall Trust for the Arts ..57 North American Reunion .......... 111 The Addington Society ................. 58 BACR 50th Anniversary Meeting ..113 ‘Lessons in Government’ Seminars 60 Articles The Queen’s Visit..........................61 Five Years As Senior Tutor ........... 116 David Cameron Visit .....................62 Charles Morgan At Bnc ...............120 2010 Brasenose Tanner Lecture ..... 63 A Sermon For St. Margaret’s ........128 The Runcie Sermon .....................65 Robert Shackleton And Suez ......134 Ale Verses ...................................... 68 John Foster Remembered ...........135 Sports Reviews ..................................... 145 The Boat Club ............................. 71 News and Notes ........................153 Cricket ......................................... 72 Brasenose Strollers ........................ 76 Rugby .......................................... 79 BRA-12577 The Brazen Nose 2010.indd 3 24/01/2011 09:35 4 THE BRAZEN NOSE Brasenose Society Disney, Group Captain Hugh ...... 202 Brasenose Society Minutes ..........162 Evans, John Bryan ....................... 203 Hearst, Stephen ...........................205 Obituaries Metheun, The Revd Deaths Notifi ed ...........................191 John Al an Robert ....................... 208 Acheson, Sir Ernest Annette Pullan Née Chandler .....210 Donald Acheson ............................192 Rickman, Geoffrey Edwin .......... 212 Addington, The Honourable Russell-Wood, Gurth Louis Francis ................... 195 Professor Anthony John R .......... 213 Arnold, Stuart Hugh ................... 197 Senior, Robert ............................ 215 Buckley, George Christopher ...... 199 Sharwood, Gordon Robertson .... 216 Kate Burt.................................... 199 Wells, Professor Colin ................. 218 Cowell, Professor George William . 202 BRA-12577 The Brazen Nose 2010.indd 4 24/01/2011 09:35 SENIOR MEMBERS 5 BRASENOSE COLLEGE 2009-2010 VISITOR The Bishop of Lincoln PRINCIPAL Cashmore, Roger John, CMG MA DPhil (MA Cantab) FRS Professor of Experimental Physics FELLOWS Bogdanor, Vernon Bernard, CBE, MA FBA Professor of Government, Tutor in Politics Courakis, Anthony Stylianos, MA (BA Manc) Tutor in Economics Haydon, Richard Geoffrey, MA (MA PhD Cantab) Professor of Mathematics, Tutor in Mathematics Cooper, Richard Anthony, MA DPhil Professor of French, Tutor in Modern Languages, Vice Principal Boyd, Charles Adam Richard, BSc MA DPhil (BM Lond) P V Curran Tutor in Physiology Daniel, Ronald William, MA (BSc Brun PhD Cantab) CEng, MIEE Professor of Engineering Science, Tutor in Engineering Science Burd, Harvey John, MA DPhil, CEng, MICE Tutor in Engineering Science Ingram, Martin John, MA DPhil Tutor in Modern History Houlsby, Guy Tinmouth, MA DSc (PhD Camb) FREng FICE Professor of Civil Engineering Robertson, Jeremy MA DPhil Tutor in Organic Chemistry Edwards, Anne, MA MRCP Adviser to Women Students Swadling, William John, MA (BA CNAA; LLM Lond) Tutor in Law BRA-12577 The Brazen Nose 2010.indd 5 24/01/2011 09:35 6 THE BRAZEN NOSE Morgan, Llewelyn William Goronwy, MA (PhD Cantab) Tutor in Classics Eltis, Sos Ann, MA, MPhil, DPhil Tutor in English Klenerman, Paul, BM, BCh, DPhil, MRCP Professor of Immunology, Fellow in Clinical Medicine Bispham, Edward Henry, MA DPhil Tutor in Ancient History Green, Abigail Frances Floretta, MA (PhD Cantab) Tutor in Modern History McKenna, Christopher Davis, MA (BA Amherst, MA PhD Johns Hopkins) Tutor in Management Studies James, William Siward, MA DPhil (BSc Birm.) Professor of Virology, Tutor in Physiological Sciences Davies, Anne Caroline Lloyd, MA DPhil Reader in Public Law, Tutor in Law Groiser, David Simon, MA DPhil (BA Sussex) Tutor in Modern Languages Jones, Jonathan Alcwyn, MA DPhil Professor of Physics, Tutor in Physics Bowman, Alan Keir, MA (MA PhD Toronto) FBA Camden Professor of Ancient History Krebs, Thomas, MA, BCL, DPhil (LLB Kent) Tutor in Law Herz, Laura, MA (Dipl. Bonn; PhD Cantab) Tutor in Physics Vogenauer, Stefan, MA MJur Professor of Comparative Law Tutor in Law Wiggs, Giles Frederick Salisbury, MA (BSc, PhD London) Tutor in Geography, Dean Thun, Eric, (BA, PhD Harvard) Peter Moores Tutor in Chinese Business Studies BRA-12577 The Brazen Nose 2010.indd 6 24/01/2011 09:35 SENIOR MEMBERS 7 Palfrey, Simon David, MA DPhil (BA ANU) Tutor in English, Fellow Librarian Stockley, Andrew, MA (BA, LLB, PhD Cantab) Senior Tutor and Tutor for Admissions Lea, Susan Mary, MA DPhil Reader in Structural Biology, Tutor in Biochemistry, Tutor for Graduates Wills, Abigail Grace, (BA PhD Cantab) Career Development Fellow in History Gaffney, Eamonn Andrew, (BA PhD Cantab) Tutor in Mathematical Biology Johansen, Thomas Kjeller, (BA PhD Cantab) Tutor in Ancient Philosophy Esteves, Rui Pedro Ferreira da Costa, (BA MA do Porto; PhD Berkeley) Tutor in Economics Wilson, Mark, (MA DPhil) Tutor in Theoretical Chemistry Timpson, Christopher Gordon, BA BPhil DPhil Tutor in Philosophy Lewis, Owen Thomas, MA (PhD Leeds) Tutor in Zoology SUPERNUMERARY FELLOWS Chevska Maria, MA status Tutor in Fine Art Popplewell, David Arthur, MA status, (PhD Sussex) Tutor in Psychology Crook, Joseph Mordaunt, CBE, MA DPhil, FBA FSA College Historian Parrott, Melanie Jane, LLB Domestic Bursar Dennis, Paul David, BA, BCh, BM, BSc Tutor in Clinical Medicine BRA-12577 The Brazen Nose 2010.indd 7 24/01/2011 09:35 8 THE BRAZEN NOSE Richardson, Graeme, BA MPhil MTh Chaplain Goulder, Philip Jeremy Renshaw, MA DPhil (BA, BChir, MB Cantab) MRCP, FMGEMS, MRCPCH, FRCPCH, Professor of Paediatrics, Fellow in Clinical Medicine Leal, Dave, (BA PhD Leeds) Tutor in Philosophy Lewis, Jennifer Jane, (BA UCLA) Director of Development and Alumni Relations Sparks, JoAnne Lynn, BA MS Cleveland Assistant Director of Research and Learning at the Bodleian Library Archer, Rowena Elizabeth, MA (BA Bristol) FRHist.S Tutor in History NICHOLAS KURTI FELLOWS Zisserman, Andrew, (MA PhD Cantab) FRS Professor of Engineering Science, Senior Kurti Fellow Somogyi, Péter, (MSc PhD DSc Hungary) FRS Senior Kurti Fellow Higgs, Douglas Roland, (MB BS DSc London) FRCP FRCPath FRS Senior Kurti Fellow Foster, Russel Grant, (BSc PhD Bristol) FRS Senior Kurti Fellow Dawe, Helen Rebecca, (BSc Manc PhD London) Junior Kurti Fellow van der Merwe, Philip Anton, (MB ChB BSc PhD Cape Town) Senior Kurti Fellow Farrington, Sinead, (MPhys Edinburgh, PhD Glasgow) Junior Kurti Fellow Warner, Jamie, (BSc PhD Queensland) Junior Kurti Fellow Zarnescu, Arghir, (BSc Romania MSc PhD Chicago) Junior Kurti Fellow 2009 BRA-12577 The Brazen Nose 2010.indd 8 24/01/2011 09:35 SENIOR MEMBERS 9 Kennard, Christopher, (MB BS MRCP PhD FRCP FMedSci Lond) FRCS Senior Kurti Fellow Garman, Elspeth Frances, BSc Durham DPhil Senior Kurti Fellow Nicolosi, Valeria, MSc Catania DPhil Dublin Junior Kurti Fellow WILLIAM GOLDING FELLOWS Fries, Steven Michael, MPhil DPhil (BSc Pennsylvania) Senior Golding Fellow Hinarejos Parga, Alicia MJur MPhil (BA Valencia) Junior Golding Fellow Clark, Philip, MA DPhil (BA South Australia) Junior Golding Fellow Robinson, Francis Christopher Rowland, CBE, (MA Cantab) Senior Golding Fellow Pettigrew, Andrew Marshall, (BA Liverpool, PhD Man) FBA Senior Golding Fellow Stern, Eliyahu, (BA Yeshiva, MA, PhD Berkeley) Junior Golding Fellow Grove, Matthew James, (BA Reading MSc PhD London) Junior Golding Fellow EMERITUS FELLOWS Barltrop, John Alfred, MA DPhil DSc Judge, Harry George, MA (PhD London) Altmann, Simon Leonardo, MA (PhD London)
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