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D OWNING D OWNING C OLLEGE 2015 C OLLEGE 2015 Chapel Refurbishment. Photograph by the Chaplain, The Revd Dr Keith Eyeons. Front cover: The new Kenneth Tickell Organ Photograph by Tim Rawle and Louis Sinclair ©. New for 2015 Men’s socks by Marco John’s Tea towel by Quentin Blake Watercolour by Stephen Bennett Karen Storey M.A., LL.M. Silver ‘Griffin’ President of the Association 2014–2015 earrings To purchase these items, please use the enclosed form or visit www.dow.cam.ac.uk/souvenirs DOWNING COLLEGE 2015 Alumni Association Newsletter Magenta News College Record C ONTENTS DOWNING COLLEGE A LUMNI A SSOCI ATION NEWSLETTER 2015 Officers and Committee 2014–2015 5 President’s Foreword 6 Next Year’s President 7 Association News 9 Contact with the Association 9 The 2014 Annual General Meeting 10 Other News from the Executive 11 The Alumni Student Fund 12 The Association Prize 13 The Arm and Arrow Crest 13 Downing Alumni Association Photographic Competition 16 College News 17 The Master Writes 17 The Senior Tutor Writes 21 The Junior Bursar’s Report 23 The Development Director’s Report 25 Forthcoming Events 26 The New Organ 27 A Classical Adventure 30 From the Archivist 32 Features 35 Downing Rugby – The Legends Continue 35 A Tale of Two Seasons 35 “One of the Teams to Beat” – Downing in the 70s 38 “Hands on the Trophy at last” – the Early 90s 44 The Second Downing Double 47 “We Knocked the Churchill Captain out Cold” – 49 Downing Women’s Rugby Whatever did Rowing at Downing really do and why? 51 Sir Busick Harwood, Downing’s First Professor of Medicine 52 Remembering the First World War: One Hundred Years Ago 55 News of Members 60 Recent Biographies 60 Members’ Recollections 60 Doing Well by Doing Good 60 For the Record 66 Awards, Honours and Appointments 66 Publications 67 Marriages and Anniversaries 68 Births 69 Obituaries 72 Glynn Jones Scholarships for Business and Management Education 112 Visiting Cambridge 113 Editorial Acknowledgements 114 M AGENTA NEWS 115 C OLLEGE R E C OR D 217 Downing College 2014–2015 217 Obituaries 226 News of the Fellowship 228 College Clubs and Societies 231 Blues, Half-Blues and Colours 2014–15 245 Scholarships, Prizes and Awards 2015 246 Examination Results 2015 251 Postgraduate Degrees Conferred 2014–15 257 Undergraduate and Affiliated Admissions 2014 260 Graduate Admissions 2014 263 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in the articles in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of Downing College or the Downing College Alumni Association. Downing College Alumni Association Newsletter 2015 O FFI C ERS A N D C OMMITTEE 2014 –2015 P RESI D ENT D K James M.A., M.B., B.Chir., K E Storey M.A., LL.M. M.D., F.R.C.O.G., D.C.H. C G Blackmore M.A., Ph.D. VI C E P RESI D ENTS (Liverpool) P Thomson M.A. Ex-officio Committee Members J G Hicks M.A., F.R.Eng. S Lintott M.A., Ph.D. (UKC), THE E XE C UTI V E C OMMITTEE (Bursar) The President G B Williams B.A., Ph.D., The Immediate Past President (Senior Tutor) (J Black M.A., M.B., B.Chir., G Bennett B.A. (Virginia), M.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.P.) (Development Director) The President-elect (L H Judd M.A.) S E Lombard (JCR President) The Honorary Secretary & Editor (to 8 February 2015) (B W Hunt M.A., M.Ed. (Exeter), M Bhasin (JCR President) C.Math., F.I.M.A.) (from 9 February 2015) Assistant Secretary C J C Valreau M.Eng. K McNamara B.Sc. (Aberdeen), (Manchester), (MCR President) Ph.D. (College Record) (to December 2014) The Honorary Treasurer J P Rush B.A., M.Sci., (MCR N Berger M.A. President) (from January 2015) Elected Committee Members Co-opted Committee Members D S Verjee M.A. J A Bird M.A. J Doolan B.A. (Dunelm), K Dyer M.A., M.B., B.Chir., M.Phil., Ph.D. D.R.C.O.G., M.R.C.G.P. P A Furniss M.A. A R Farmer M.A., Ph.D., M.I.E.T. D J Garforth-Bles M.A., M.Sc. F Weiss M.A. (City University), F.R.I.C.S., Honorary Auditors A.C.I. Arb., Dip. Prop. Invest. M J Mays M.A., Ph.D., F.R.I.C. (R.I.C.S.) B C Moore M.A., M.Sc. (LSE) ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2015 P RESI D ENT ’S F OREWOR D When I came up to Downing to read Law in 1982, my expectations were much the same as many students, to learn about my chosen subject, to build the foundations of a career and to enjoy myself (though not necessarily in that order). What I hadn’t anticipated was that the College would remain such a significant part of my life after I graduated. Leaving behind the bustle and traffic of Regent Street and walking into the tranquillity of College, I’m sure that, like me, many of you have experienced a feeling of coming home. Undergraduate life scarcely allowed time for such reflection, but this struck me forcibly when I returned almost a decade later to take my LLM and still does today when, as President of the Association, I am privileged to visit Downing regularly. That is not to say that the College hasn’t changed in the past thirty years. New buildings have appeared in every corner, from Howard Court to the west to the Maitland Robinson Library and the Butterfield Building to the east, but all so carefully designed to blend with the existing classical architecture that a first-time visitor would scarcely know which was the more recent. Internally, too, student rooms have changed. This is of course much to our benefit when as alumni we stay in College, though I have to admit I was somewhat disconcerted the first time I found an en suite bathroom and double bed in my old first year room on L Staircase. At a recent dinner I was asked by a couple of current students if accommodation had improved. I couldn’t help but smile at their horror when I told them that when my husband, Miles (1982), lived on S Staircase, he had to go down two flights of stairs and across a courtyard to use a draughty outside shower block. At the time this was quite unremarkable to us, but to the present generation it no doubt seems Dickensian. The Freshers’ excellent performance of Peter Whelan’s World War I drama The Accrington Pals this Michaelmas Term again reminded me of changing times. The comfort of the seats in the beautiful Howard Theatre was in sharp contrast to the rickety chairs set out in the Fellows’ Garden in 1984 for Salad Days, the last Downing production which I attended. Then, for lack of a proper stage, the cast had to battle bravely against the elements to sing and dance on the terrace outside the SCR around the magnolia which still blooms there today. But in fact it was the similarities between the two productions rather than the differences which were the more striking, as both demonstrated the energy, resourcefulness and talent of Downing students. Though there have been many changes to the physical aspects of the College, at its heart it remains the same, a friendly and inclusive place in which its members can flourish. Through 6 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2015 its Alumni Student Fund, the Association contributes to this supportive environment by giving hardship grants to students who would otherwise struggle to afford necessities such as textbooks or the travel costs of field trips. The money for the Fund comes from the sale of Association merchandise, both at events and online, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have bought from us. Each tie, print or mug which you buy translates into books, equipment and other essentials which make a real difference to the students and help them to get the most out of their years at Downing. I would also like to thank all my colleagues on the Executive Committee and the Merchandising Working Group who give up so much of their time for the Association. They are too numerous to list here, but special mention must go to Frank Weiss (1950) who is the lynchpin of the merchandising operation and to Barrie Hunt (1966), the Honorary Secretary, without whom the work of the Association would rapidly grind to a halt. It has been a great honour to be President of the Association this year and to meet numerous alumni, current students and members of the Fellowship. I hope to see many more of you at the Alumni Weekend in September and that you too will then experience that feeling of coming home when you pass through the College gates. Karen Storey N EXT YE A R ’S P RESI D ENT As the third generation of my paternal family to come up to Downing, the College was my obvious choice. My second choice was Trinity, where my mother’s twin brother was an undergraduate and my godfather a Fellow! Whilst the College still has the same overall impression, there have been considerable improvements and fine new buildings to make everyday life in College very different from fifty years ago. Initially I “read” Economics and learnt there was some truth in its description as “the dismal science”.