Volume 43 2008-2009 The Brazen Nose 2008-2009 2 THE BRAZEN NOSE 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 3 CONTENTS Records Rugby ...............................................71 Senior Members .................................5 Netball .............................................74 Principal’s Notes ..............................12 Ultimate Frisbee ...............................74 Class Lists and Higher Degrees ........16 Travel Matriculations 2008 .........................20 A Jazz Musician in Cuba ..................77 College & University Prizes .............21 Climbing the highest peak of Siberia ...81 Scholarships .....................................23 Articles Reports Joe Mordaunt Crook: Growing Up ...84 JCR ...................................................26 ‘Gone But Not Forgotten’ ...............88 HCR .................................................28 The Quincentenary Exhibition .......93 Presentations to the Library .............30 Chapel ..............................................33 Reviews Music ................................................35 Brasenose: The Biography of an Oxford The Ball ...........................................36 College.. .......................................104 Staff ..................................................37 Renegade: The Making of Barack BNC500 Highlights .........................39 Obama. .......................................109 ‘Lessons in Government’ Seminars .46 News and Notes ............................112 Arts Week ........................................47 Obituaries The King’s Hall Trust for the Arts ...49 Deaths Notifi ed ..............................119 The Ellesmere Society .....................50 Balmforth,The Ven Anthony James . 121 The Pater Society ............................51 Beck, Charles Edward Lukin ..........122 The Medical Society ........................51 Beetham, Roger ..............................124 The Addington Society ...................52 Bows, David ...................................126 The Runcie Sermon .........................54 Chapman, Donald QC ...................127 Ale Verses ........................................56 Davidson, Lord Charles Kemp .......129 Sports Edmonds, Robin .............................131 Blues .................................................59 Gregory, David Neil .......................133 The Boat Club .................................60 Hay, Sir David ................................134 Men’s Rowing...................................61 Maitland, Patrick Earl of Lauderdale .136 Women’s Rowing .............................63 Milligan, Nicky (née Leech) .........139 Boat Race 2009 ................................64 Mortimer, Sir John .........................142 Cricket .............................................65 Nicholas, Rory ...............................147 Dancesport Team .............................68 Roberts, Jack ..................................148 Football ............................................69 Robinson, Michael .........................150 Hockey .............................................70 Smith, Kenneth Kirk .....................153 4 THE BRAZEN NOSE Ward-Jones, Norman (Pip) ............155 Donors to Brasenose Woolhouse, John............................157 Donors to Brasenose 2008–9 .........175 Young, Sir John ..............................159 The Alexander Nowell Circle .......181 Brasenose Society Brasenose Society Minutes ............162 Presidents .......................................173 SENIOR MEMBERS 5 BRASENOSE COLLEGE 2008-2009 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 Chevska, Maria, MA status Supernumerary Fellow, Fellow in Fine Art Houlsby, Guy Tinmouth, MA DSc (PhD Cantab), 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 6 THE BRAZEN NOSE Morgan, Llewelyn William Goronwy, MA (PhD Cantab) Tutor in Classics Eltis, Sos Ann, MA MPhil DPhil Tutor in English Popplewell, David Arthur, MA status Oxf, (PhD Sussex) Supernumerary Fellow, Fellow in Psychology Klenerman, Paul, BM BCh DPhil, MRCP Professor of Immunology, Fellow in Clinical Medicine Bispham, Edward Henry, MA DPhil Tutor in Ancient History, Librarian 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 Knowland, John Sebastian, MA DPhil Bursar 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 Crook, Joseph Mordaunt, CBE, MA DPhil, Hon DLitt, FBA, FSA Supernumerary Fellow Krebs, Thomas, BCL MA 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 Zisserman, Andrew, MA status (MA PhD Cantab) Senior Kurti Research Fellow, Professor of Engineering Science SENIOR MEMBERS 7 Wiggs, Giles Frederick Salisbury, (BSc PhD Lond) Tutor in Geography, Dean Somogyi, Peter, (MSc PhD DSc Hungary), FRS Senior Kurti Research Fellow Parrott, Melanie Jane, LLB Supernumerary Fellow, Domestic Bursar Sharp, Robin Elisabeth, (BA Denison) Director of Alumni Relations and Development (to 11/08) Thun, Eric, (AB PhD Harvard) Peter Moores Tutor in Chinese Business Studies Palfrey, Simon David, MA DPhil (BA ANU) Tutor in English Stockley, Andrew, MA (BA Canterbury, New Zealand; LLB Victoria University of Wellington; PhD Cantab) Senior Tutor, Tutor for Admissions Lea, Susan Mary, MA DPhil Reader in Structural Biology, Tutor in Biochemistry, Tutor for Graduates Higgs, Douglas Roland, MA status (MB BS DSc Lond), FRCP, FRCPath, FRS Senior Kurti Research Fellow Robinson, Damian Jason (BSc PhD Brad) Junior Golding Research Fellow Dennis, Paul David, BA BCh BM BSc Supernumerary Fellow 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 Foster, Russell Grant, (BSc PhD Brist), FRS Senior Kurti Research Fellow Fries, Steven Michael, MPhil DPhil (BSc Pennsylvania) Senior Golding Research Fellow Dawe, Helen Rebecca, (BSc Manc; PhD Lond) Junior Kurti Research Fellow Richardson, The Rev’d Graeme, BA MPhil MTh Supernumerary Fellow, Chaplain 8 THE BRAZEN NOSE 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 van der Merwe, Philip Anton, (MB ChB BSc PhD Cape Town) Senior Kurti Research Fellow Carbonell, Warren Shawn, (BS Washington; PhD MD Virginia) Junior Kurti Research Fellow Farrington, Sinead, (MPhys Edin; PhD Glas) Junior Kurti Research Fellow Hinarejos Parga, Alicia, MJur MPhil (BA Valencia) Junior Golding Research Fellow Goulder, Philip Jeremy Renshaw, MA DPhil, (BA BChir MB Cantab) MRCP, FMGEMS, MRCPCH, FRCPCH Professor of Paediatrics, Supernumerary Fellow, Fellow in Clinical Medicine Skach, Cindy, DPhil (MA MPhil Columbia) Tutor in Politics Leal, Dave, (BA PGCE PhD Leeds) Tutor in Philosophy Clark, Philip, DPhil (BA South Australia) Junior Golding Research Fellow Warner, Jamie, (BSc PhD Queensland) Junior Kurti Research Fellow Zarnescu, Arghir, (BSc Romania; MSc PhD Chicago) Junior Kurti Research Fellow Archer, Rowena Elizabeth, MA (BA Brist), FRHistS Supernumerary Fellow, History Lewis, Jennifer Jane, MA status (BA UCLA) Supernumerary Fellow, Director of Alumni Relations and Development (from 27/04/09) Sparks, JoAnne Lynn, (BA MS Cleveland) Supernumerary Fellow, Assistant Director, Research & Learning, Bodleian Library SENIOR MEMBERS 9 EMERITUS FELLOWS Barltrop, John Alfred, MA DPhil DSc Judge, Harry George, MA (PhD Lond) Altmann, Simon Leonardo, MA (PhD Lond) Stockton, David Leonard, MA Hockaday, Thomas Derek, MA DPhil, FRCP Birch, Bryan John, MA (MA PhD Cantab), FRS Rudden, Bernard Anthony, DCL (LLD Cantab;