Selwyn

Issue sixteen Autumn 2009

Selwyn is published annuallyby the Development & AlumniRelations Office for the members,staff and friends of Selwyn College,Cambridge. Suggestions andcontributions from readers arevery welcome.

The editors wish to thank all thosewho have assisted in the productionof this magazine.

Editors:Professor Richard Bowring, MasterMrs Heather Kilpatrick,Development DirectorMrs Hannah Courtney,Development Officer

Photographs courtesy of:Claudia BatesHoward BeaumontJane Broach’sPaul CashTom Catchesides(www.catchesides.co.uk)Alexander CourtneyLaura GardinerHeidi GastallHelen HodgesKate HollowayFrancis HowardEmma InkesterAlan JonesHeather KilpatrickDorothee MullerHenry RaymentGeoff RobinsonJeremy SandersWes StreetingUniversity of Cambridge 800anniversary teamRoger WestonClive Wilson

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Front cover: Alex Bates (SE 2005)competing in the pole vault.

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On the occasion of the opening ofPhase I of the Ann’s Courtdevelopment in September 2005,Dr Chris Dobson (SE 1957) andhis wife Ann announced that theywould give additional support tothe College by making a gift fromthe Ann D Foundation that wouldenable Phase II to be built.

Design work began on Phase II ofAnn’s Court in September 2006and construction work started inearnest in August 2007. On 12February 2009 the building was‘topped out’ with the laying of acoping stone by Chris and Ann.The couple were watched bymembers of the College, theconstruction company MorganAshurst and the design team. Inspite of the bitter cold, the sunshone and for once during thosefew days there was no snow onthe ground.

Work continued following thetopping out ceremony, althoughthe unusually cold weathermeant serious disruption to the

timetable, causing the Bursar nolittle concern. The delays meantthat construction continuedduring the exam term andarrangements were put into placeto minimise disruption to thestudents and their examinations.Hand-over was just seven daysprior to the arrival of the firstconference guests, much to theBursar’s relief. Speaking aboutthe tight schedule he said, ‘I hadno contingency plan, other thanto run for the hills’. Thebuilding’s first occupants arrivedin mid-June for a five-dayinternational conference onchildren’s bone health.

The development has provided40 new en-suite study bedrooms,grouped around nine sharedkitchens. There is also space for aJunior Common Room and TVRoom within the lower groundfloor. Now that the former JCRaccommodation in Old Courthas been vacated, work hasbegun on developing a suite ofrooms for use by the Fellowship

which will enhance the currentspace available in the Old andNew SCRs.

Speaking about the newaccommodation block the Mastersaid ‘This magnificent building isthe second phase of Selwyn’sambitious development. It willcreate a new centre of gravity inthe College, giving us much-needed space for accommodationand undergraduate facilities,and providing Grange Roadwith another splendid landmark.Yet again, we owe a great debtof gratitude to the Ann DFoundation for their continuedsupport.’

The building will be officiallyopened by the University’sVice-Chancellor, Professor AlisonRichard, on Friday 25 Septemberat the start of the University’s 800anniversary alumni weekendcelebrations.

Heather KilpatrickDevelopment Director

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Phase II of Ann’s Courtcompleted

Selwyn and Education

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Mike Good worked as DatabaseAdministrator in the College’s Development& Alumni Relations Office for seven yearsuntil March 2009, and is the author of theCollege’s 125 anniversary publication SelwynCelebrated as well as numerous articles inprevious editions of the College newsletter.We are grateful to him for his contributionsover the years, and for writing this finalreflection on Selwyn’s views on education inthis, G A Selwyn’s bicentennial year.

2009 sees the 200 year anniversary of the birthsof George Augustus Selwyn and his wife Sarah

Harriet (née Richardson), on 5 April and 2September 1809 respectively. George died in1878, but Sarah outlived him by nearly 30 years(and her son by almost ten years) and died inMarch 1907. Selwyn’s bicentenary was markedby a one-day conference in the CambridgeDivinity Faculty on Friday 17 April, at whichArchbishop Rowan Williams was present.Events in the Faculty were complemented inCollege by an exhibition, lunch and ChapelEvensong, with a sermon by the Archbishop.

George Augustus was no academic slouch,winning a scholarship from Eton to St John’sCollege, Cambridge to read Mathematics andClassics in 1827, and elected Fellow there in1833. This sharp mind lay behind anoccasionally sharp tongue; he was known to bea man of decided opinions. On his departure forNew Zealand in 1841, the clerical wit SydneySmith’s valedictory remark was “Good-bye my

dear Selwyn; I hope you will not disagree withthe man who eats you”. Back in England andstill in one piece, after a visit to the Boat Race of1870, he came across his portrait published inthe Sporting Illustrated under the caption ‘therowing bishop’ (he had taken part in the firstUniversity Boat Race of 1829), and venturedthat opinions might ‘vary about thepronunciation of rowing, as applied to him’. Inmatters educational Selwyn was conservative,believing the only worthwhile education to be areligious one, and opposing the draftUniversities Tests Act (which was intended toabolish the legal requirement for Oxbridge

fellows to be members of the Church ofEngland) in 1869 from the floor of the Houseof Lords.

One of his first actions on arrival in NewZealand in 1842 was the foundation of acomposite institution of hospital, schools andtheological college at Waimate, transferred afterthe expiry of the Church Missionary Society’slease in 1844 to St John’s College, Auckland,where the Theological College still thrives. CMSmissionaries already working in New Zealandwere impressed with the priority Selwyn gaveto the establishment of good schools. But in aletter dated 30 September 1862 to his son JohnRichardson (later this College’s second and leastacademically distinguished Master from 1893 to1898) then studying for the University entranceexamination, we find him expressing perhapssurprising sentiments on the benefits of his owneducation: ‘the subjection of the will to a course

of reading, which you do not choose foryourself, is far more profitable than a largeramount of actual knowledge acquired byfollowing your own inclinations. The mostvaluable branch of education is the discipline ofthe will…The greatest part of life after all is thehewing of wood and drawing of water, doingwhat must be done, without any question,whether we like it or not; and the sooner a mancomes to that conclusion, the better for his ownpeace of mind’ (his italics). Such opinions on themoral as opposed to the purely intellectualaspects of education are now decidedlyunfashionable, though they have certainly

played their part in the College’s owneducational ethos down the years. BishopSelwyn would no doubt be surprised anddelighted to know that after the steadyacademic improvements of recent years, theCollege founded in his memory had in 2008risen to the top of the academic league tables forthe first time. But he would rapidly point out –with a twinkle in his eye, of course – thatacademic achievement ought not to be all thatan educational institution is capable of offeringits members.

Mike Good

Amore detailed portrait of Selwyn the man canbe found in Selwyn Celebrated, available from thePorters’ Lodge or to order through theDevelopment &Alumni Relations Office.

George Selwyn as a young man. George Selwyn in later life. Sarah Selwyn as a young woman Sarah outlived her husband bynearly 30 years

Francis Howard (SE 1963) retiresthis year and is reputedly thiscountry’s longest-serving HeadTeacher. Here, he reflects on histime at Selwyn and his 42-yearcareer at Yateley Manor School.

I came to Selwyn from MillfieldSchool in 1963 to read English. Iloved going to the Arts Theatreand the Arts Cinema, althoughmy strongest memory is of PeteSmith and I attending the tutorialsof Queenie Leavis whom we bothrealised was a woman who couldtalk, intelligently, faster than eitherof us could think. I also joined theMusic Club, which started me ona lifelong love of music.

When I went down fromCambridge I did my Cert Ed atKeble in Oxford and was

employed straight away as Headat Yateley Manor. My wife,Delphina, and I met when shejoined the school as my secretaryin 1975. She is now Bursar andwill retire with me.

I have witnessed many changes ineducation over the years. I think

as a matter of policy we treatchildren with much more fairnessand respect now. We’re lessformal and hierarchical, partlybecause society is like that andpartly because technology is agreat leveller in the classroom.On the other hand, I feel sad forchildren growing up today withless freedom physically to roamabroad, tested to destruction fromthe time they enter schoolonwards, bombarded bycommercial pressures to becomeearly consumers and prematurelysexualised. Teaching is muchmore rigorously prescribed bothin content and style (witness theimposition of the Literacy and theNumeracy Hour). Parents are stillusually lovely, but there are moresingle parent families and singlechild families – relationships and

pressure can become much moreintense. Parents and children aremore often now driven by theneed for success and reward,often cannot see that their ownchild has any faults, and are muchmore likely to complain andthreaten to resort to legalremedies if they are unsatisfied.

I still have a love of literature,reading and listening to music. Istill love theatre as much as everand the Hampshire countrysideis beautiful walking country. Inretirement I plan to spend moretime doing the things I love –reading, walking and listening tomusic. I would love to trywriting some fiction – just to seeif I can and if anyone wouldwant to publish it.

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Longest serving Head?

InApril this year I was elected for a second andfinal time to serve as National President of theNational Union of Students with a landslidemajority – 81% of the vote.

To say that my role is full-time would be anunderstatement. The last time I wrote forSelwyn I did so as President of CambridgeUniversity Students’ Union. I would not havepredicted then that I would have continued,first as a member of the NUS NationalExecutive and then as NUS’ Vice President(Education), to rise through the ranks of a unionthat has been part of Britain’s social andpolitical fabric since 1929.

The students I represent today are incrediblydifferent from those of a decade ago, let aloneseveral decades ago. The expansion of thehigher education sector has diversified therange and missions of our universities and thestudent body as a whole. I believe the diversityof Britain’s higher education provision is oneof its greatest strengths. The majority ofstudents in HE today are mature; 40% arestudying part-time and an increasing

proportion are studying for HE qualificationsin a further education college. In fact, themajority of NUS’ seven million members arestudying in further education.

I also represent a generation of students whoare feeling particularly ‘crunched’ by thecurrent recession. This year’s graduates arethe first of the ‘top-up fee’ generation. Theywill graduate with debts averaging at justover £20,000 and enter a more competitivegraduate jobs market than ever before. I amsure there are many graduates of Selwyn whoowe much of their success to their time inCambridge and who were fortunate enough tohave had that experience without theburdens of debt.

Universities did particularly badlyin the recent budget, even thoughfunding for college places andsupport for tackling youthunemployment was welcomed byNUS. I am regularly struck by theMaster and Bursar’s repeatedemphasis on the challenges

facing the College’s finances. The financialhealth of the College – and the HE sector morebroadly – should continue to occupy ourinterests as graduates.

Later this year, the Government will announce areview of university top-up fees and HEfunding. NUS remains implacably opposed tothe current variable fees system and those whoseek to emulate the American market model tofund Britain’s universities. But the NUS I lead isalso committed to proposing an alternative, inwhich those who earn more, give more back tosupport future generations.

Our economy depends on increasing numbersof our workforce gaining higher levelskills, but our society also needs astrong, well-funded HE sector thatprovides a space for critical thoughtand the pursuit of truth, partly for itsown sake, but also to produce leadersof industry, public service, politics andcivil society.

Wesley Streeting (SE 2001)

ASelwyn President

Francis with his wife, Delphina

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Helen Hodges coxed Goldie inthe 2009 Boat Race. She came upto Selwyn in 2005 fromWestminster School to read a BAin History of Art and is currentlyreading for an MPhil inManagement. She has coxed forvarious University clubs since herfirst year and has also raced inthe May bumps for Selwyn threetimes. She now plans to retirefrom racing and hopes to studyabroad next year. Here, sherecalls her preparations for, andparticipation in, this famous race.

29 March saw the culmination of asix-month campaign. It was onlywhen the devastation anddisappointment of losing subsided

that those who tookpart began toappreciate how uniquethe taking part actuallyis. My experienceswith CUBC inpreparation for theBoat Race took mearound the world. Inearly September 2008I went with a crew toNew Zealand to racethe University ofWaikato, whose crew comprisedworld champions and Olympicmedalists in a race that is possiblymore perverse than our own BoatRace against Oxford. Our winthere boded well for the season,despite our being labelled

underdogs againstOxford’s squad offive Olympians;likewise, ourperformances at theFours Head of theRiver race inNovember on theThames vastlyoutshone Oxford’sand my crew finishedfourth overall, beatingall coxless boats and

coming in twenty seconds aheadof Oxford’s top boat.

Racing aside, an average weekwould see me spending over 35hours with the squad of 23, whichleft rather little time for other

activities, aside from some workhere and there. But as anyone whohas spent time forming part of acrew to race bumps for College orpart of a team elsewhere willknow, the friendships andmemories made during this time –meeting HRH the Duke ofEdinburgh being one – are someof the most enduring andtreasured of my time at Selwyn.

Helen Hodges (SE 2005)

Our congratulations must alsogo to Julian Granger-Bevan (SE2006) who made it onto theCUBC ‘spares’ list for this year’sBoat Race.

Goldie-Isis race 2009

Heidi Gastall and Stuart Browning (both Selwyn third-year Chemistry undergraduates) climbed Mount Kilimanjaro inSeptember 2008 in order to raise awareness the Anaphylaxis Campaign.

Conquering new heights

At 4.53 am on Monday 1September 2008, we reached thesummit of Mount Kilimanjaro.This moment made all theplanning and anticipationworthwhile, and the trip providedmemories to last a lifetime.

The first day – 28 August – was arelatively relaxed walk throughforest before arriving at our firstcamp to cups of chai. Surroundedby clouds, we ate delicious food

throughout thetrip: sixteenporters, a chefand the threeguides all madethe climb verycomfortable.They wereprofessional yetcaring andencouraging.

Our second dayon the Machame route led usthrough the clouds to Shira camp(3840m) for our first view of thesummit. The next day, we climbedover the Lava Tower and down tothe foot of the Great Barranco Wallfor a beautiful sunset. Climbing toa height of 4630m at the LavaTower and then sleeping lowerdown is a useful method toacclimatise to the high altitudeand avoid acute mountainsickness.

The hard work began thefollowing day, with a seven-hourtrek up the Barranco Wall and onto Barafu camp (4550m) where weprepared for our summit attemptlater that night. After four hoursof restless sleep, we set off.Ascending the mountain seemedas if we were climbing up into thestars, but was the most difficultpart as strong winds madebreathing difficult. Our target ofStellar Point seemed to movefurther away with every step Itook. We reached it just as the sunwas rising, to see into the deepcrater at the top of this dormantvolcano. There was then just anhour’s gentle walk to the stunningsummit, Uhuru Peak (5895m).

The descent was very quick, andwe swiftly dropped down toMweka Camp (3100m) for a veryjovial dinner. The porters sangbeautiful Swahili songs to say

goodbye to us, and wereciprocated with the Swahiliversion of ‘Wake up, it’s abeautiful morning’, much to thedelight of our guides.

I climbed to raise awareness aboutthe Anaphylaxis Campaign. Thiscampaign provides support forpeople with anaphylaxis (life-threatening allergies), and strivesto achieve a safer environment forthose who experience severeallergic reactions (e.g. byeducating the restaurant and foodindustry about the importance ofpreventing food contamination).

To find out more, or perhapsdonate to this worthy cause,please visitwww.anaphylaxis.org.uk.

Heidi Gastall (SE 2006)

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SportsBursary SchemeMichaelmas Term 2009 will see the launch of the Sports Bursary Scheme.This has the aim of providing Selwyn sportsmen and sportswomen withfinancial assistance, at both team and individual level, and is intended tobuild upon the gifts already received from members of the Hermes Club.Further information will follow shortly. If you are interested in helpingraise funds for this cause, please get in touch with the Development &Alumni Relations Office.

The last couple of years have seen the quality of women’s sport in Selwynimprove dramatically; not only have Selwyn women’s sports teams beengetting steadily better, but the number of women playing sport atUniversity level has also increased. With this in mind we have re-formed the Sirens’ Club; a society for Selwyn sportswomenfounded in the late 1970s, but which unfortunately died out a fewyears ago. Not dissimilar to our male counterpart, the HermesClub, we aim to represent and support Selwyn sportswomen andsports clubs, encourage participation at all levels.

Currently the Club boasts an international hockeyplayer and twelve members competing at Universitylevel in their respective sports, as well as enthusiasticand committed College captains and teammembers. Wehave had a fantastic first year in (re-)existence. A particularhighlight was the inaugural Hermes-Sirens’ Dinner inJanuary. Organised in conjunction with the Hermes boys,

this was a celebratory event held in Hall for College sportspersonsand sports teams. It was by all accounts a great success, with the sports-themed bop in the Diamond after the meal making the evening aparticularly memorable occasion. Another highlight was the design andpurchase of Sirens’ scarves and socks, which we wear proudly aroundCollege. We have also enjoyed fortnightly meetings and end of termdinners in town.

In re-establishing the Club, we have sought to get in touch with as manyalumni as possible, and we’ve been delighted to hear from over 140 alumni

Sirens. It has also been great to hear storiesand anecdotes about previous Club activities.A particular favourite was a recount of late

’80s Sirens’ initiations involving throwing buckets of water out of firstfloor windows while those being initiated raced three-legged round OldCourt – we suspect the porters might not be too happy if we decide torevive this tradition! We have also been informed that the President at thistime was known to members as ‘Her Scrumptiousness’, and, much to thecurrent President’s embarrassment, this is a tradition that we have revived.Finally, it was fascinating to see several photos of previous generations ofSirens, including one of the founding members taken in 1980.

We would love to hear more from alumni, and are also keen to expand ouralumni database – if you can help in either of these respects then do get intouch with the Development &Alumni Relations Office.

Laura Gardiner (SE 2006)Lauren Addy (SE 2006)

Sirens’ reformed

Early in the 2009 Easter term, the weekend of Swimming Cuppers dawned,and the enthusiasm of the Selwyn girls’ and boys’ teams for this event wasextremely encouraging. The heats were very well attended, with Selwynmanaging to field swimmers in every event, a feat not achieved by manycolleges. The team was confident as the Friday evening heats passed by,with our swimmers winning many events, including relays, by acomfortable margin. However, a tense wait followed whilst the Saturdayevening heats were fought out between the other colleges, before we foundout that most of our swimmers had reached the final, with every women'sfinal including a Selwyn swimmer.

The final was very close throughout, with everyone putting in 110%. In thebreak between individual and relay events, Selwyn was leading thewomen’s event by one point. Since relays provide double points, there waseverything left to play for. A resounding victory in the freestyle relaypushed Selwyn further into the lead, and crowned the women’s team 2009Cuppers Champions. Final scores were Selwyn 62 points, followed byRobinson with 60 and in third place Pembroke with 54.

The mixed team came joint third overall, and every single team memberperformed to an excellent standard, of which we are all very proud.

Emma Inkester (SE 2006)

A swimmingsuccess

Following on from their 2008 Athletics Cuppers success, the Selwynmen were under pressure to retain the trophy. Here, Alex Bates writesabout the team’s recent exploits.

The Selwyn Athletics Team has gone from strength to strength this year.With the success of the Selwyn men last year fresh in our minds, the teamwas keen to show that was not just a one-off event.

Over the course of the year, Cambridge University Athletic Cluborganises two Cuppers competitions, the first in October, ‘WinterCuppers’, and a second in April, known as

‘CUAC Sports’. Thisyear saw even greatersuccess for Selwyn asthe men won bothcompetitions and thewomen came a verycommendablesecond in WinterCuppers.

For WinterCuppers, theSelwyn men wentout in force to

ensure the famous trophy wonlast year was not given uplightly. Comprising a team ofthe College’s best sportsmen,Selwyn triumphed with ascore of 232, to Queens’ 179.Unfortunately for the womenthe weekend ended indisappointment losing to St Catharine’s 223points to 195. However this was an outstanding achievement in one ofthe most competitve athletics competitions in years.

For CUAC Sports, the men once again came out victorious giving theporters another trophy to show off in the P’Lodge.

From CUAC Sports, eight Selwynites were selected for the Varsity Match,one of largest selections from any college. These athletes were: AlexBates (PV), Ed Moyse (400mH, HJ), Ray Malekout (LJ), Andy Owen(200mH, 400m, 400mH), Greg Dickens (HT), Hermes President PatrickMcGarry (HT), Tom Roberts (SP) and Joanna Melluish (HT). All theseathletes contributed to the largest Varsity Match victory in modern times,and a fantastic ending to a great year for Selwyn sport.

Alex Bates (SE 2005)

Cuppers victory

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8 Selwyn 2009

Future EventsPlease contact the Development &Alumni Relations Office if you would like to enquire about anyof the following events. Booking forms and further details are available on the College website atwww.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/EventsCalendar/index.html.

Saturday 5 September 20091969 and 1979 ReunionAdinner will be held in College forthose celebrating 40 and 30 yearssince matriculation, with a chance tomeet up in Cambridge during theafternoon. Partners are welcome.Overnight accommodation will beavailable in Selwyn. If you have notalready received information and abooking form, and would like toattend, please contact theDevelopment &Alumni RelationsOffice, or visit the website.

Saturday 12 September 20091959 ReunionAll who matriculated in 1959 areinvited to a reunion dinner on12 September. Partners arewelcome. Tours have beenorganised for the afternoon.Overnight accommodation will beavailable in Selwyn. If you have notalready received information and abooking form, and would like toattend, please contact theDevelopment & Alumni RelationsOffice, or visit the website.

Saturday 26 September 2009Selwyn Association AnnualGeneral Meeting and DinnerAll alumni and former Fellows areinvited to the Association AnnualGeneral Meeting and Dinner. Thosewho came up in 1999 areparticularly encouraged to attend.Partners are welcome. Overnightaccommodation will be available inSelwyn. If you have not alreadyreceived information and abooking form, and would like toattend, please contact theDevelopment & Alumni RelationsOffice, or visit the website.

Saturday 17 October 2009Colston Bassett,Nottinghamshire, LunchAlunch will be held at the Martin'sArms, Colston Bassett. Members andguests welcome. Further details tofollow inAugust.

Monday 2 November 2009Reception and dinner, Oxford andCambridge Club, LondonA reception and dinner will be heldat the Oxford and Cambridge Club,Pall Mall, London, for all alumniand former Fellows. Further detailswill follow in late September.

Saturday 6 March 20101882 Society DinnerAll those who have made provisionfor the College in their Will and aremembers of the 1882 Society areinvited to dine in College on theevening of 6 March. Partners arewelcome. Booking forms will bemailed in early December.

Saturday 27 March 2010MADinnerAt the start of 2010, the TutorialOffice will be in touch with all ofthose who matriculated in 2003,with details about the MACongregation and College dinner.For further information, pleasecontact the Praelector’s Secretary,Mrs Margaret Hay, on 01223 335897or at mmh29@cam.ac.uk.

Friday 2 July 2010Commemoration of BenefactorsAll members who matriculatedbefore 1960 or in 1965, 1975, 1985or 1995 are invited back to Collegefor Evensong followed by areception and black tie dinner inHall. Booking forms will be mailedin April.

Saturday 3 July 2010Donors’ Garden PartyAn informal garden party, open toall donors and members of the 1882Society, will be held in the Collegegrounds. Live music and children’sentertainment will be provided.Guests, including children, aremost welcome. Booking forms willbe mailed in May.

Saturday 4 September 20101980 and 1990 ReunionAdinner will be held in College,marking 20 and 30 years sincematriculation. Partners are welcome.Overnight accommodation will beavailable in Selwyn. Further detailswill be mailed after Christmas.

Saturday 11 September 20101960 and 1970 ReunionAll whomatriculated in 1960 or 1970will be invited back to College tocelebrate 40 and 50 years since theycame up. Partners are welcome.Overnight accommodation will beavailable in Selwyn. Further detailswill be mailed after Christmas.

Saturday 25 September 2010Selwyn Association AnnualGeneral Meeting and DinnerAll alumni and former Fellows areinvited to theAssociationAnnualGeneral Meeting and Dinner. Thosewhomatriculated in 2000 areparticularly encouraged to attend.

Selwyn in the US

Saturday 26 September 2009Museum tour and receptionAll alumni and former Fellowsbased in or around New Yorkare invited to a tour andreception at the MetropolitanMuseum of Art in New York.If you have not already receivedinformation and a bookingform, and would like to attend,please contact the Development& Alumni Relations Office, orvisit the website.

Saturday 5 December andThursday 10 December 2009University 800 celebrationeventsThe Development Director willbe attending the New York Galaon 5 December and the SanFrancisco reception on 10December and hopes to seemany friends during the visit.Alumni events are plannedaround these two occasions,details of which will follow inSeptember.

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2010 ReunionsChapel Choir,Michaelmas Term 2009Sunday 8 November, 8.30 p.m.Concert, Selwyn College ChapelMusic: Duruflé’s RequiemIn association with Selwyn CollegeMusic Society

Tuesday 17 November, 7.30 p.m.John Armitage Memorial Concert,King’s College Chapel, CambridgeSung by Selwyn, Jesus and GirtonchoirsThis forms a part of the CambridgeMusic Festival

Wednesday 18 November, 7.30 p.m.John Armitage Memorial Concert,St Margaret’s, Westminster

Tuesday 8 December, 1.10 p.m.Christmas Concert,Bury St Edmunds RC Church

Wednesday 9 December, 7.30 p.m.Christmas Concert,All Saints’ Church, Pickwell, Rutland

Lent term 2010Saturday 16 January, 7.30 p.m.Concert, King’s College Chapel,CambridgeJoint with CUMS I, and Trinityand Jesus choirsMusic: Britten’sWar Requiem

Sunday 14 February, 7.30 p.m.Valentine’s Concert, Theatre Royal,Bury St Edmunds

Saturday 27 February, 5.00 p.m.Evensong, Tewkesbury Abbey

Easter term 2010Sunday 18 AprilServices at Westminster AbbeyChoral Matins: 10.00 a.m.,Eucharist: 11.15 a.m.,Evensong: 3.00 p.m.

For further information about the choir,or any of the above choir engagements,please contact the Director of Music inChapel, Sarah MacDonald, on 01223335877 or at seam100@cam.ac.uk.

1960 matriculation reunion – 11 September 2010Selwyn is arranging for us and ourpartners to meet for a dinner inCollege on Saturday 11 September,preceded by the possibility ofoptional afternoon tours in the city.

I guess most of us will have retired by now butwith diaries fuller than when we were working, itis important to peg the date.

Whether it was the Mitre Players, theSelwyn/Homerton Choir, the Hermes Club orpossibly even the Boat Club that engaged us inthe 60s, next year will be the time to relive thememories of 50 years ago and I shall certainly belooking forward to catching up with lots offriends then.

James TrevelyanYear Representative for 1960

1970 Year Group Representative soughtWe are looking for a willingvolunteer to act as year group rep forthose who matriculated in 1970.Next year marks the thirtiethanniversary since your

matriculation, and a special event is beingplanned for 11 September 2010.If you are interested, please contact theDevelopment &Alumni Relations Office.

1980 matriculation reunion – 4 September 2010Hard though it is to believe, it willsoon be 30 years since the SelwynCollege 1980 intake firstencountered each other one earlyOctober day. Over the following

three years, this group established important, andoften lasting, relationships that for some haveremained active to this day, and for others arenow for the most part pleasant memories.

I think you will be interested to hear that theCollege is organising a reunion of our year group,on Saturday 4 September 2010. All whomatriculated in 1980 are warmly invited back toSelwyn for this.

The main part of the reunion is a formal dinner inHall in the evening (partners welcome but notobligatory!), but there will also be a chance tomeet up during the day (more details later).

Those who made it to the 25-year anniversarydinner which was organised a few years back allsaid how much they enjoyed meeting up with oldfriends again, and looking around the College

(it has changed quite a bit!). They encouraged usto organise another one, so we have done so.

I really hope you can carve out the time for this.The more people who manage to make it, themore enjoyable it will be for everyone.

If anyone is interested in helping to drum upsupport for this event, please contact theDevelopment &Alumni Relations Office or me(spargosindeal@aol.com).

Peter SpargoYear Representative for 1980

1990 matriculation reunion – 4 September 2010Twenty years on … There will be a reunion forthose who matriculated at Selwyn in 1990, plustheir partners and children, on Saturday 4September 2010. The intention is to make theevent as inclusive as possible, with child-friendlyactivities in the afternoon, followed by an adults-only dinner in the evening. Brunel James iscoordinating the event, and would welcomesuggestions from the 1990 group about how tomake the most of this opportunity(bruneljames@orange.net).

Brunel JamesYear Representative for 1990

2000 matriculation reunion – 25 September 2010Crikey! In 2010 it’s going to be tenyears since we arrived as bonny-faced freshers at the gates of SelwynTowers expecting to absorb wisdomand counsel from learned scholars.

Wisdom turned out to be realising that Cindieswith the light on is worrying, and counsel wasnot arguing with the ladies behind the bar.

Anyway, College is planning to hold a dinner tomark our ten years. The planned date is 25September 2010, which coincides with theUniversity Alumni Weekend. We would like toget as many of the 2000 intake to the dinner aspossible, and maybe roll this over to a Sundaylunch, probably in Grantchester.

So please put it in your diary and we will bewriting out with more information over thecoming months.

All the best, wherever you are and whatever youmay be doing...

David CockayneYear Representative for 2000

10 Selwyn 2009

Adam Clifton and JenniferThomson report on the College’srowing year.

As SCBC had a smaller number of returning seniorsthan in previous years and a number of trialists wewere fortunate to get such a promising intake ofnovices who went on to form the core of a successfulM2. In the Fairburn Cup, M1 finished in the topfifteen for the first time in a long while as well asracing successfully in the IVs division.

Lent saw late crew changes and training hamperedby flooding, but some very strong rowing despite aneventual down two for M1. M2 finished up one placedespite their inexperience.

Both M1 and M2 competed at the Head of the RiverRace in London.

M1 once again dropped two places in May bumps,but M2 bumped up three, regaining their place in theM2 division.

Adam Clifton (SE 2006)

This year the SCWBC had a good intake of novicerowers. Both the novice boats successfullycompeted in Clare Novice regatta and Fairbairn’swith NW2 becoming one of the highest noviceboats on the river.

This led to a strong Lent term of rowing, whichresulted in the first boat gaining blades, anaccomplishment which has not been seen from aSelwyn first boat for a number of years. The secondboat held their ground in a tough division.

May term was again competitive with strong firstand second boats. The Women’s first boat startedfifth in the second division. With the boats all aroundbeing of the same standard they rowed over threedays and bumped on the last. Therefore they finishedfourth in the second division. The Women’s secondboat started twelfth in the third division. Theybumped up on the first day then rowed over beforebeing bumped by two very fast crews. The end resultwas thirteenth position. All in all, this year has beenquite successful for the Women’s side of SCBChopefully setting us up strong for the next few years.

Jenny Thomson (SE 2008)

Row, row, row…The weekend of 13-14 June saw a number of alumni come together for an enjoyableweekend of rowing nostalgia which included watching the May Bumps, attending theBoat Club Dinner and the chance to get in a boat on the Cam.

A group of 1973-76 vintagegathered for the occasion,including Charlotte Matts(formerly Carey) who wasamongst the first femalestudents to arrive at Selwynand make their mark onCollege sport.The 1959 crewreunited as well, with six ofthe original nine present, aswell as Julia Pollard proudlyrepresenting her late father,Patrick Fordham. It wasnoted that the line-up cannow boast both a CBE andan MBE making for a ratherdistinguished crew.

Finally, six of the original1969 first Mays Blades Crewmanaged an outing on theriver including MikeGardiner, Dick Harrison,Huw Champion, GrahamDavenport, Bob Shannonand Peter Collier.

The 1959 first Lent boat, of whom six revisited College this June Top: The 1969 first Mays Blades Crew reunite with the help of two subsBottom: A 1973-76 reunion.

On 13 September 2008, the 1978 and 1988matriculands gathered for their 20 and 30 yearreunions. 1958 and 1968 held their celebrationthe following week. Sunand Prasad (SE 1969,RIBA President) and Paul Finch (SE 1968, editorof Architectural Review and other publications)took a group of 1968 matriculands on a tour ofthe buildings on the Sidgwick Site. Otherreunion activities included punting along the Camand enjoying a tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

September 2008 Alumni Weekend saw a Selwynboat on the river. An alumni VIII and an alumniIV both had outings and a chance to spar againstseveral Fitzwilliam alumni crews. The VIIIcomprised rowers who matriculated in 1998while the IV included rowers from the 1960s aswell as Chris Lloyd, Selwyn’s boatman. The IVdid well, beating a Peterhouse IV over 600mdown the reach and drawing with theFitzwilliam alumni IV. The Selwyn VIII wereunlucky to lose to the Fitzwilliam VIII but overallit was a greatly enjoyed afternoon’s rowing.

Monday 12 January saw a new departure foralumni events. Under the auspices of the

newly-formed Selwyn London Group, currentstudents travelled to London for drinks andsandwiches at the Oxford and Cambridge Clubin Pall Mall, and an opportunity to chat with anumber of London-based alumni about a rangeof careers. Following on from the success ofthis event, a further careers evening has beenplanned for October 2009. As part of thisinitiative the Development &Alumni RelationsOffice is looking to create an expanded careersnetworking scheme, details of which can befound in a questionnaire enclosed with thisNewsletter.

On Saturday 18 April 2009 we welcomed a largenumber of undergraduates and their parents forour second annual Parents’ Lunch in Hall. Thestudent organising Committee (comprisingKatie Hickman and James Cook) hosted theguest speaker, Professor Colin Humphreys (SE1989), who not only regaled the assembledgroup with outrageous anecdotes aboutCambridge and university life but alsoencouraged those students present not tomeasure their worth in financial terms and totake the opportunities afforded them to make a

difference in these currently turbulent andtroubled times.

A gathering of a different kind took place inGloucester on Saturday 30 May, when 30alumni and guests enjoyed a tour of thebeautiful Gloucester Cathedral, famously usedas the setting for the BBC’s adaptation ofJoanna Trollope’s The Choir and as HogwartsSchool in the Harry Potter films. Details ofthe building’s stunning architecture werebrought to life by tour guides Robin Lunn (SE1956 and Gloucester Cathedral tour guide)and John Lawrence (of Emmanuel College).Gloucester was abuzz on the day with a tallships festival at the docks and some familiarhistorical figures in and around the Cathedralprecincts. Following the tour we enjoyed adelicious two-course buffet lunch in theCathedral’s medieval Parliament Room, afterwhich Mike Young (SE 1957 and SelwynAssociation Secretary) updated the group onevents in College.

Heather KilpatrickDevelopment Director

Events GazeteerAs ever, 2008-2009 has seen a busy round of events and reunions taking placeboth in College and around the country.

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In 1209 a group of scholars left Oxfordand settled in a small town south of theCambridgeshire fens. The University ofCambridge has decided that this eventmarks its foundation, and so this year weare celebrating our 800 anniversary (seewww.800.cam.ac.uk for details). I chair theCommittee that oversees the wholecelebration; an excellent professional teamactually does the organisational work. Thehonorary – unpaid – title of Deputy Vice-Chancellor gives me some apparent statusin negotiations.

The theme of the year is Transforming Tomorrow: Cambridge transforms thepeople who work and study here, and it transforms the world through theideas that it produces. The year opened with bell-ringing and a spectacularlight show on the walls of the Senate-House and the Old Schools. The lightshow, seen by over 10,000 people during three chilly January evenings, wasa pageant of Cambridge history and achievements. The highlights of theshow were two series of amusing new sketches by the illustrator QuentinBlake, featuring Newton and Darwin. You can watch it atwww.800.cam.ac.uk/page/85/800th-anniversary-light-show.htm

On 18 July we will be holding a party in the Botanic Gardens for almost10,000 University and college employees and their families, and four dayslater a BBC Prom concert will feature performers and composers withCambridge connections, including members of Selwyn Chapel Choir. Thefinale at the end of the year is still at an early planning stage.

Cambridge Ideas is a series of on-line videos and podcasts on our website,highlighting the contributions being made today in Cambridge to solvingsome of the world’s pressing problems: so far these include the creditcrunch, science and terrorism, the genetics of obesity and how to tackle thelooming energy problem.

Other activities and events initiated by staff and students threadthroughout the year, providing entertainment and education for all agesand interests. A football match between Cambridge United and OxfordUnited raised over £3000 for Camfed, our charity of the year, whichprovides educational opportunities for girls in Africa. The 800 celebrationis separate from the fund-raising development campaign, but the twooperations collaborate closely.

As a Deputy VC, I also chair other committees, mainly in the ClinicalSchool interviewing potential lecturers across the whole spectrum ofclinical areas. However, my main job since January 2009 has been as Headof the School of Physical Sciences. I am responsible for eight departments,making up about a fifth of the University’s academic activity: Applied

Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Geography,Earth Sciences, Materials Science and Metallurgy, Physics, and PureMathematics and Mathematical Statistics. That covers operational andstrategic aspects of teaching, research, appointments, finance and buildingsembracing over 2000 undergraduates, 800 PhD students, 300 academicstaff, and 1000 support and research staff. The range of science that I needto embrace is wonderfully stimulating.

As a professor in the Chemistry Department, I have a lab and researchgroup, exploring new ways of understanding molecular recognition.

In a typical week I have numerous informal meetings with my PhDstudents and postdocs about their research, with the 800 anniversary team,and with administrators and heads of department about school anddepartment matters; I chair or attend assorted formal meetings all over theUniversity; I also go to research lectures in various areas, deal with anendless stream of e-mails and telephone calls and have too many workingdinners. And outside Cambridge there are also meetings and researchlectures, which often afford some quiet time on trains…

Serious reading and writing are limited to early mornings, weekends, andthe occasional quiet evening. We also try to fit in music and theatre: I writethis in the week after we enjoyed Janácek’s Katya Kabanova at the ArtsTheatre and Handel’s Ariodante (thanks to Andrew Jones) in West Road.

I have been a Fellow of Selwyn since 1976, and was initially quiteinvolved in Selwyn’s academic life, but in 1992 I became Assistant Headof the Chemistry Department and since then have been pulled ever morestrongly away from College into the broader management of theUniversity. I hope that those members who wonder why I am so rarelyin Selwyn have a better idea of how I spend my time. I do come inoccasionally, greatly enjoy the experience, and then wonder why I don’tdo it more often!

Jeremy Sanders (SE 1976)

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Jeremy Sanders:

My 800 Anniversary YearProfessor Jeremy Sanders became a Fellow of Selwyn College in 1976 and works within theDepartment of Chemistry in the University. He is also Head of the School of Physical Sciences aswell as Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and is Chair of the University’s 800 Anniversary Committee.Here he speaks about his work, and his role in the 800 celebrations.

Richard Bowring was brought up in the North Somerset countryside,between Clevedon and Bristol. His father was finance officer for a group ofpsychiatric hospitals in the Bristol area and his mother was a primaryschool teacher and librarian. Having failed his eleven plus, he eventuallymanaged to gain a place at Blundell’s School in Tiverton, where heboarded, and it was in his last year at Blundell’s that interest in Japan andJapanese began to take shape, although he finds it difficult to pinpoint thereasons. He recalls looking up Japan in the Encyclopaedia Britannica andfinding that the Jesuit Francis Xavier had been convinced that Japanesewas the language of the devil it was so difficult. He also remembers acomment by his History Master that the Battle of Tsushima, where Japansank the Russian Baltic fleet, was one of the most important of moderntimes; and a book of Chinese calligraphy played its part. Perhaps his choicealso included an element of rebellion, since his House Master had alreadycomplained of his choice of German for A-level as the ‘language of theenemy’. Japanese was clearly going one better.

He came up to Cambridge to study Japanese along with five otherstudents, three of whom left after the two-year Part I. Three remained tograduate. Classes were held in a large old house on Brooklands Avenue,which was a good hike from Downing for 9.00 am lectures. Each subjectwas allotted one room, with a small library set around the walls.

In the summer of his first year, he had the opportunity to kayak throughJapan’s Inland Sea and out into the Pacific as far as Tokyo as part of anAnglo-American National Geographic expedition. Despite having had onlysix months of language training, he was one of two interpreters for thegroup. The first word he learned on arrival was, appropriately enough,‘coastguard’. ‘Strong wind’ and ‘large wave’ came later.

After completing Part II he moved to Hong Kong to work as amanagement trainee with Cathay Pacific Airways. He travelled widelyin South-East Asia and was eventually transferred to the Tokyo office.Susan, a Newnham graduate whom he had met in his last term atCambridge, moved to Tokyo at that time and they were married in theBritish Consulate in 1970.

After a year in Tokyo, he decided that a career in business was not for himand he returned to Cambridge to read for a PhD in Japanese literature.He subsequently won a Leverhulme scholarship to travel back to Tokyoand turn the thesis into a book. His first teaching position was at Monashin Melbourne, where he stayed for two years and where their daughter,Imogen, was born. He then moved to an Assistant Professorship atColumbia, but one year of life with a young child on the edge of Harlemin the late 1970s persuaded him to accept the offer of a post at Princeton,where he stayed until his return to Cambridge in the summer of 1984.Within six months a Chair of Japanese was established in the Faculty, apost that he has held ever since. Japanese had in fact been in danger ofclosure before he returned so his first task was to raise more funds. Thetiming was propitious and he eventually managed to raise enoughendowment to support three lectureships and to create the East AsianReading Room (Aoi Pavilion) in the University Library.

He was nicely settled until early in 2000 he received a letter fromJohn Morrill asking whether he might be interested in the Mastershipof Selwyn. His name had apparently bubbled up in several quarters.The process of selection was exhaustive (and undoubtedly exhaustingfor the Fellows) and took about nine months. He was duly electedMaster September 2000.

Mrs Bowring works nearby in the University’s Old Schools, whereshe is the University Draftsman in charge of, among other things, thedaunting Statutes and Ordinances. Professor Bowring continues withhis University teaching and research. In 2005 he published The ReligiousTraditions of Japan 500-1600. ‘My next book will concentrate on1600–1868, and is a continuation of the religious andintellectual history of Japan’, he says.

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As part of our continuing series of profiles, the Development Directorinterviewed the Master about his early years, his academic career andhis current interests.

Focus on the Master

Richard Bowring (far right, wearing a white bandana)kayaking in the Pacific coast off Japan

www…Online directoryThe Online Directory provides an electronic alternative to the old-stylepaper version, the last edition of which was produced in 1998 just beforethe Government introduced legislation that prohibited such publications.The on-line version differs in the respect that each member can choose howmuch of their personal data is visible to the rest of the Selwyn community,and is therefore in accordance with the Data Protection Act.

To access the Directory, go to http://alumni.sel.cam.ac.uk. Once you haveentered your log-in details, you will be able to alter your own profile, andread those of your contemporaries. Any information you type in isautomatically sent to the Development &Alumni Relations Office, so it isan easy way to keep the College up-to-date with your current details. Ifyou do not have a password, please contact us.

The Directory was launched in March 2008 and within six months wellover one thousand people had registered. This number has continued togrow, and the Directory has proved to be a valuable resource to those whouse it. We would encourage all those who have not yet signed up to do so.

www… EventsBooking forms and details about all events organised by the Development&Alumni Relations Office are available at www.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/EventsCalendar. In addition to listing costs and timings, usefulinformation about accommodation, parking and what’s on is provided.

www…Alumni bulletin boardThis is a new departure for the College, and still on trial. The aim of

this service will be to allow alumni to advertise any events(e.g. concerts, lectures, lunches) on the website that

they feel will be of interest to othermembers. In addition there is a

year groups noticeboarddesigned to

enable

you to flag up information that would be of interest to your contemporaries.It is not intended to be used to advertise business services.

The noticeboards are available at www.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/Notices/noticeboard.html. If you would like to add to them, please contact us.

www… Year RepresentativesA complete list of year and country representatives is available atwww.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/Yeargroups. The website offers the facility toe-mail any of the representatives, through secure on-line forms, if you wishto do so.

www… PublicationsIn Michaelmas 2008, the first on-line edition of the Newsletterwas postedon the website. In addition to displaying all the published articles, weinclude links to related websites, and a wider range of photographs.

On this page, you are also able to fill in a form to submit an entry for the‘Members News’ section of the annual College Calendar. The deadline forthe 2008-09 edition has now passed, but if you would like to includeanything in the 2009-10 Calendar, please do visitwww.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/Publications.

www…Giving to SelwynThis section of the website outlines the different ways in which you cangive to the College, whether it be a standing order, through your employer,or by including Selwyn in your Will. Information about our currentcampaigns and tax-efficient giving can also be found here. Donation formscan be downloaded, or you can give through our quick and easy to use on-line facility. See www.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/giving

www…MerchandiseThese pages show a complete catalogue of merchandise available from theCollege, along with a downloadable order form. Please seewww.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/Selwynmerchandise.

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wwweb servicesThe internet has become one of the most popular and accessible methods of communication over thepast few decades. It is for this reason that Selwyn has steadily increased the amount of informationavailable on the College website, with a range of facilities now on offer. We understand that noteverybody has an internet connection, nor do they all have a desire to, so we do not have anyplans to stop our more traditional methods of communication. Read on to learn a little about whatthe alumni pages of the website offer.

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A Phantom in ChapelSelwyn College Music Society plays an important part in the life of the College,putting on a series of weekly concerts throughout term-time, with the DavidBriggs concert being the largest venture of the last academical year. The Society islargely run by undergraduate Committee members who were proud andhonoured to welcome such a distinguished performer to College.

Valentine’s Day this year saw a rather different sort of celebration inSelwyn to the traditional dinner for two. David Briggs, a world-renownedorganist who specialises in the art of improvisation, performed animprovised organ accompaniment to the 1929 silent black and white filmPhantom of the Opera in Selwyn Chapel. Selwyn is fortunate to have afantastic organ and it was a pleasure to hear it played so expertly to sucha packed Chapel.The evening, organised and run by Selwyn CollegeMusic Society was well supported by the student population, as well asby members of the public.

The concert whisked Selwyn Chapel into the twenty-first century for theevening, with the erection of a large screen in front of the altar for theprojection of the film.Meanwhile, a monitor on the organ’s music standwas linked to the projection at the front of Chapel, ensuring that Briggs’original, improvised accompaniment would be perfectly synchronisedwith the film showing to the audience. Although this was David’sumpteenth performance, the visiting projectionist (who worksextensively with him) assured us that each and every improvisation hasbeen different – an incredible testimony to Briggs’ creativity. David wasorgan scholar at King’s College, Cambridge and, although he now livesin America, he returns to England regularly to give master classes at theRoyal Northern College of Music as well as in Oxford and Cambridgeand to give performances in top venues around the United Kingdom.

With such stunning improvisation skills, it was refreshing to discoverthat David Briggs’ performance was accessible for any audience member.His talent was equally appreciated by music lovers, organ enthusiastsand film fanatics. For the improvisation in Selwyn, David includedreferences to various staple works of the classical repertoire as well assome more comical references to popular tunes such as Yellow Submarineand Row, row, row your boat. All in all, it was a wonderful evening,showcasing Selwyn’s excellent organ and adding another exciting eventto Selwyn College Music Society’s concert calendar. Briggs’ impressivetalent was a joy to experience, and he made the evening a very specialoccasion which will be remembered in Selwyn for a long time.

Kate Holloway (SE 2007)

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Year Group Representatives Alumni services

1947 Stan Bunnell Tel: 020 8455 3379

1954 Michael Day daysludlow@yahoo.co.uk

1959 Alfred Waller alfred@wallerfawley.co.uk

1960 James Trevelyan jwitrevelyan@yahoo.co.uk

1962 David Denton tripled@fsmail.net

1963 Andrew Millinger andrew.millinger@virgin.net

1964 Roger Le Clercq rogerleclercq@btconnect.com

1965 Mike Walton mike.walton@waitrose.com

1966 John Barnard therealjb@tiscali.co.uk

1967 Michael Rowles michael.rowles@bristows.com

1968 Michael Folger mfolg@aol.com

1969 Nick Mercer nick.mercer@london.anglican.org

1974 Nigel Hirst nhirst@hadenfreeman.com

1976 Charlotte Carey Matts ccareymatts@aol.com

1977 Malcolm Burwell mcburwell@aol.com

1978 Gareth Quarry gareth.quarry@ssq.com

1979 Kevin Brown kevin@epublish.co.uk

1980 Peter Spargo spargosindeal@aol.com

1981 CatherineWightwick (née Carr) catherine@wightwick.co.uk

1982 Stephen Speak stephen@speakfamily.com

1984 Peter Thacker peter@pthacker.com

1985 Vanessa Webster vanessa@vanessawebster.com

1986 Mark Carey m.carey@moodmedia.com

1987 Anna-Louise Brown (née Parkin) anna-louise@wealthbuild.com.au

1988 Sarah Johnston sarahlouisejohnston@gmail.com

Matt Sloan mattsloan@discover.com

1989 Adrian McAra adrianmcara@tiscali.co.uk

Francis Simon fransimons@mac.com

1990 Brunel James bruneljames@orange.net

1991 Sian Walters walterssian@hotmail.com

1992 Karen Knighton karen_knighton@hotmail.com

1993 Graeme Daykin Graeme.daykin@mac.com

1994 Mary Clegg marylclegg@hotmail.com

Charlotte Dalton charlotte.dalton@btinternet.com

Liz Ross Martyn lizrossmartyn@yahoo.co.uk

1995 Jonathan Halliwell hallisax@yahoo.com

1996 Matthew Cheeseman egp05mjc@sheffield.ac.

Ruth Longmaid uk ruthlongmaid@hotmail.com

1997 Claire Wood c_e_wood@hotmail.com

1998 Rebecca Candy (née Chesson) becky.candy@cantab.net

1999 Dominic Ashcroft dominic.ashcroft@gs.com

2000 David Cockayne david.cockayne@nyypct.nhs.uk

2001 Amit Bhola amit.bhola@citi.com

Jack Butler jack@future-foundations.co.uk

James Thompson james_thompson44@hotmail.com

2002 Kelly Bond klb49@cantab.net

Shiraz Masood shiraz@cantab.net

Friends of the ChoirFriends of the Choir, launched togreat success in 2008, exists tokeep people in touch with theprogress of the current ChapelChoir, and to provide financialsupport for it. For a smallsubscription, all Friends receiveregular updates about the Choir,and have the chance to come backeach year to sing with other Choiralumni, and to dine togetherafterwards. Anybody who did notsing with the Choir, but isinterested in joining, is mostwelcome. For further information,please contact the Development &Alumni Relations Office or go towww.sel.cam.ac.uk/chapel/choir/#friends

Selwyn London GroupSelwyn London Group hasrecently been formed, with themain aim of organising a range ofevents in London throughout theyear. The programme is arrangedby a small committee, who are allcurrent members of the AlumniAssociation Committee. Theyreceive administrative supportfrom the Development &AlumniRelations Office. The work of thegroup is designed to complementthe existing events programmethat the College offers.

London Group events will beadvertised on the Collegewebsite atwww.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/EventsCalendar and by e-mail to thosewho have opted to receivenotifications this way.

If you would like to be added tothe e-mail notification list, orwould like to receive theinformation by post, please contacttheDevelopment &AlumniRelations Office.

Keeping in Touch

We are always very happy to hearof your news and achievements,so please stay in touch bycontacting us in the Development&Alumni Relations Office or bylogging into our recently launchedOnline Directory athttp://www.alumni.sel.cam.ac.uk.This directory replaces the printedCollege Directory and is a greatway to ensure that you are lookingat the latest contact informationfor your contemporaries andfriends. All members for whomwe hold valid contact details willhave been provided with log-inuser names and passwords. If youhave not received this information,have lost your password, or areonly recently back in touch withthe College, please contact theDevelopment &Alumni RelationsOffice at:alumni-office@sel.cam.ac.ukor 01223 767844. All details thatyou enter in the Directory willautomatically be passed onto theCollege’s main alumni database,but please note that if you directlyinform the office of changes byother means (e.g. by e-mail orphone), these updates will not betransferred to your Directoryentry, since you have control overthe data appearing there.

Dining RightsThose of you who are MAs orwho have taken any other mastersor higher degrees are entitled todine at High Table on threeevenings per year on Tuesdays orThursdays, providing there are atleast six current Fellows present.You may bring a guest at yourown expense. To book, pleasecontact the Catering andConference Office on 01223 335855or at catering@sel.cam.ac.uk.

Staying in CollegeWe have a small number of guestrooms available to alumni throughoutthe year. These are basic rooms andare usually in one of our hostels.To book, contact the Porters’ Lodgeon 01223 335846 orporters@sel.cam.ac.uk.

Selwyn College Mailing Policy

Selwyn College keeps in touchwith members and friends with anumber of mailings throughoutthe year.

We hope that you are happy forus to contact you in this way, butif you would prefer not to receivemailings, please contact theDevelopment &AlumniRelations Office.

Development & Alumni Relations Office, Selwyn College, Cambridge CB3 9DQTelephone: 01223 767844 Fax: 01223 767843 Email: alumni-office@sel.cam.ac.ukWeb: www.sel.cam.ac.uk