College Record 2008–2009 Pembroke College Record 2008–2009 PembRoke College UniveRsity of oxfoRd Pembroke College oxford OX1 1dW t: +44 (0)1865 276501 W: www.pmb.ox.ac.uk 35751 Record 08-09 cover.indd 1 08/12/2009 16:05 Pembroke College Record 2008– 2009 35751 College Record 2009 v3.indd 1 11/12/2009 14:49 Editorial The College Record is edited and encountered the work of Jackson Pollock produced by the Pembroke Development and other Abstract-Expressionist painters. Office. However, this considerable task He was one of the British artists to adopt would not be possible without the copious the movement but he also found other amount of time, effort and patience influences - in African sculpture and Zen put into gathering in all the information Buddhism. and content by Mrs Jo Church. We are He trained at the Edinburgh College of indebted to Jo for all her hard work, care Art in the late 1930s. In 1942 he won the and enthusiasm for this very important Guthrie Award for the best painting by a annual project. Please note that any errors young artist at the Scottish Royal Academy which may creep into the final publication summer exhibition. He went on to gain are the responsibility of the Development international recognition and today he Office. is considered by many to be one of the We are also grateful to the Committee most important British artists of the post- of the JCR Art Fund for permission to war era. His work can be seen in galleries reproduce the image that appears on the and museums worldwide, in Britain these back cover, Without Devices by Alan Davie. include the Tate and the Scottish National Alan Davie was born in Scotland. He Museum of Modern Art. served in the British army and worked as a jazz musician before taking up a career Front cover: Samuel Johnson circa 1742- in the arts. He was inspired by a trip across 1824, © University of Oxford Europe from 1948 to 1949 during which he 35751 College Record 2009 v3.indd 2 11/12/2009 14:49 Contents Master’s Notes ....................................................................................... 4 Master and Fellows 2008-2009 ............................................................ 7 Welcomes and Farewells in the Pembroke Community ......................................................... 12 Fellows’ Awards ................................................................................ 17 Staff News ......................................................................................... 20 Fellows’ Publications 2008-2009 .................................................... 20 University and other distinctions ........................................................ 34 College Societies ............................................................................... 39 JCR ...................................................................................................... 39 MCR ................................................................................................... 40 Music and Drama ............................................................................. 42 College Choir .................................................................................... 43 Ball Report ......................................................................................... 45 Blackstone Society ............................................................................ 46 On-line Magazine ............................................................................. 47 Ornithology Society ......................................................................... 47 Wine Society ...................................................................................... 48 College Sports ................................................................................... 49 Damon Wells Chapel ............................................................................ 61 The McGowin Library ......................................................................... 63 The Emery Gallery ............................................................................... 64 College Archives .................................................................................... 66 Dr Samuel Johnson ............................................................................... 69 The “Oxford Tradition” Summer Programme ................................ 76 Music and Pembroke ............................................................................ 77 A Sung Grace for Pembroke College ................................................. 78 So What Is The Record? ...................................................................... 80 “….. We will Remember them” .......................................................... 83 Alumni News ......................................................................................... 87 The Pembroke Society AGM .............................................................. 94 Obituaries ............................................................................................... 96 35751 College Record 2009 v3.indd 3 11/12/2009 14:49 Master’s Notes It was pleasing to welcome no less than Charles MacKinnon. Bob Clarke was one five new Fellows during the year: three of the original appointees as an Advisory Tutorial Fellows, one Fellow by Special Fellow in 1998 and Charles was appointed Election and one Advisory Fellow. two years later. Bob came to this role Brian A’Hearn (Economics) and Eamonn on the Governing Body from a long and Molloy (Management) were additional distinguished career as a captain of industry appointments, increasing to two our and his wisdom and experience, together number of Fellows in each of their subjects with his obvious devotion to the College, and reflecting our strength as a College proved to be a wonderful resource in the in those subjects. Clive Siviour joined as Governing Body and its Committees. In Fellow and Tutor in Engineering as the the case of Charles, in addition to his role replacement for Janet Smart (previously on the Governing Body, he had a long spell Efstathiou). These are all very welcome as Chair of our Investment Committee. additions to the strength of our Tutorial We are extremely grateful to them both for Fellowship. We welcomed back Roger their unstinting efforts on behalf of the Boning to the Governing Body as a Fellow College. by Special Election after an interval of a There was one retirement from amongst few years. Roger had previously spent 10 the academic members of Governing years on the Governing Body while Finance Body: after long and committed service Director of the Oxford University Press to the study of Law in Pembroke over and we know from that experience how some 35 years, Dan Prentice retired as valuable Roger’s contributions will be to a Professorial Fellow, having previously our deliberations once again. I commented served as a Tutorial Fellow in Law. We last year on the distinctiveness in Pembroke thank him warmly for all he did for the of the concept of Advisory Fellows and College. how important their external perspective is To round out the Fellowship news, we on the Governing Body. It was a pleasure were delighted to elect Dr Kenji Tanaka to welcome Beatrice Hollond as a new from Japan as an Honorary Fellow of Advisory Fellow. She was one of the first the College. Dr Tanaka has been a intake of women undergraduates to enter pioneer in the field of global education, the College (in the late 1970s). Beatrice working throughout his professional life brings very considerable experience in to promote international understanding the world of investment management and through educational opportunities. His her Advisory Fellowship is added to the achievements in this regard have been position she recently took up as Chair of recognised by awards in the United States our Investment Committee. and France. It was his combination of During the year we said farewell to two engagement in educational ventures and Advisory Fellows, Sir Robert Clarke and institutions around the world and in 4 35751 College Record 2009 v3.indd 4 11/12/2009 14:49 particular the integrity of his heartfelt funded by our own JCR committee, and visionary approach to international culture will subsequently attend a week’s residential exchange which led the Governing Body to course of their choice at Villier’s Park, an honour this distinguished but low-profile educational trust that offers such courses philanthropist. to ‘gifted and talented’ sixth formers, An exciting new Pembroke academic usually from poorer performing schools or initiative began during the last two years. backgrounds. This was our collaboration with Brooke We plan to keep developing the House Sixth Form College in Hackney. collaboration along the same lines in This began in the Spring of 2008, initially 2009/2010, with a new intake of Year as the occasional visit between the two 12 students. The overall aim at present institutions culminating in a week-long is not so much to encourage applications summer school in the College in August to Pembroke or Oxford specifically, but 2008 for a small group of sixth formers rather to raise their aspirations and skills to experience a ‘week in the life’ of an in order to apply to a research-intensive undergraduate at Oxford. The scheme has University. Participation in this scheme since gone from strength to strength, with has also been a stimulating experience for Newham Sixth Form College (New Vic) those of our own students who have been joining the collaboration, and a year-long involved. programme