spring 2015 development newsletter

GirtonDevelopment Newsletter of Girton College, Cambridge Spring 2015

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Message from the MistressThe Mistress, Professor Susan J. Smith FBA writes.

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Our Financial ReportA look at the financial health of the College.

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A Great CampaignSecuring a sustainable future for the College.

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Creating a LegacyA commitment today to a gift for tomorrow will transformthis unique institution.

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Alumni InterviewsThree alumni talk about their time at Girton and beyond,and how they are giving back to the College.

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The Editor would like to thank many colleagues, and particularly Cherry Hopkins OBE,for their support in the production of the Development Newsletter.

Donors to the College 2013-14A list of those who have supported Girton in the lastfinancial year.

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Introduction

I am lucky enough to be invited tomyriad sports matches, musical anddramatic performances, and subjectsociety activities throughout theacademic year. These events are veryoften inspired by your donations, andthey enable Girton to add breadth aswell as depth to the world of highereducation. I share the enthusiasm ofstudents as they work towardscommunications, sporting, choral andinstrumental prizes, and I am proud ofthose who secure prestigious scholarshipsand exhibitions. All of these rely on gifts to our various endowment funds,none of which would exist without you. I know that I speak for the Fellows,students and staff of the College inconveying our heartfelt thanks.

As you might expect from the vibrantmedley that is Girton today, there is agreat deal of news. Consider, forexample, our ongoing plans for thefuture of the estate. Following thesuccessful completion of a new wing at Ash Court, and in light of theUniversity’s developments in North WestCambridge, the College Council hascommissioned a comprehensive estateplanning exercise for the Girton site.The whole College contributed to a

brainstorming exercise, which hasproduced a long and exciting wish listincluding: new study spaces, enhancedlibrary facilities, the transformation of Old Hall, an all-day café, and a suiteof refurbishment projects to improvethe living and learning environment.

Informed by a team of expert advisorsworking with local planners, there hasalso been an exhaustive site survey, toidentify areas where new buildingscould be accommodated at Girtonwithout compromising the open feel of the estate or the setting of thehistoric buildings. That is, withoutencroaching on the woodland walks,the orchard, the major sports pitches or the amenity value of the College.These are early days, but we havealready glimpsed some of the enticingpossibilities which are being assembledinto a long term master plan for themain site. These, it is hoped, will providefor the development needs of theCollege well into the present century.

The College Council is also consideringthe future of Wolfson Court which,surprising as it may seem, is already in itsfifth decade. In recent years, ‘Wolfie’ hasprovided a residential and social base for

Girton’s growing graduate school, whileacting as a teaching hub and cafeteriafacility for the whole College. A widerange of more and less radical possibilitiesfor this site are under consideration.Youcan be sure that whatever the outcome,the future will be carefully planned anddesigned to support the thrivingpostgraduate and postdoctoralcommunity that is such a central part of Girton today.

Professor Susan J. Smith FBA

As 2015 gathers speed, I am conscious at every turn of the energy injected into Girton's academicyear by the generosity of our alumni and friends. I routinely meet brilliant students whose liveshave been transformed by the bursary schemes that you have helped create. I see evidence everyday of the passion for learning that the supervision system encourages, and I am mindful that thisintensive style of small group teaching is staffed by world-class academics whose positions areunderwritten by your gifts to this College.

Message from the MistressProfessor Susan J. Smith FBA

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I hope you will engage in thesedeliberations, and indeed participate inthe wider activity-base of the College,as the academic year unfolds.

There are many ways to do this; see forinspiration the profiles of Carol Bell(1977), Guy O’Keefe (1990) andElizabeth Werry (1955), later in thisnewsletter. However, may I also drawyour attention to two new elements ofA Great Campaign. Having listened tothe views of several of you, we haveadded to our ‘giving circles’; with theBenslow Circle for those who pledge

£5,000 over the life of the Campaign(named to recall the house in Hitchinthat was home to the first fiveGirtonians) and Jubilee for those whopledge £50,000.

Most importantly for Girton’s long-termfinancial future we also plan to growour legacy society, the 1869 Society.Since the start of A Great Campaignthe number of you who have advisedus that they are leaving a legacy to theCollege has doubled to just over 200.We are in touch with well over 9,000alumni in all, so we hope that we can

persuade many more to help doublethe size of the 1869 Society on aregular basis! Every gift of any kindcontributes a great deal to the richheritage of this remarkable institution.But as you will see from the article onlegacy giving later in the newsletter, ifyou choose to remember the College inyour Will, you can not only help us planfor financial sustainability, but play alasting part in securing Girton’s centralposition on the internationaleducational stage.


Financial Report

Our Financial Report

Girton is one of the larger Cambridge colleges, with a thriving community of almost 1,000 students,Fellows and staff. It is, of course, costly to run an institution which adds value to all degrees, whilstsupporting all-round personal development and encouraging students to reach their full potential.Thus work continues across the College to improve our efficiency; our estate planning exercise,mentioned by the Mistress in her report, is an important part of that. Elsewhere we continue to focuson funding the shortfall between income and expenditure through the professional management of our investment portfolio, fundraising through our Development Office and building ourconference and events business.

Our Financial Performance

In 2013/14, Girton’s strategy of selling outlying studentaccommodation as part of the move to consolidate on themain College sites contributed £3.3 million to income. Thishad two effects: it enabled the College to record an overallprofit of £2 million (against a loss of £810,000 in the previousyear, and after depreciation). The monies were also one factorbehind the increase in the net endowment and investmentassets which rose from £38.6 million to £40.7 million.However, while such capital transactions provide a welcomeboost to the endowment, they do not help the College tobalance its regular income and expenditure, which areinfluenced to a greater or lesser degree by external factors.

The College has five regular income streams: academic feesand charges, members’ residence and catering charges, theconference and events business, income from the endowmentand investments, and donations.

The majority of academic fees are constrained by externalpolicy. These constraints mean there is a shortfall between the income received from academic fees and the expenditurerequired to meet the costs of educating students. In 2013/14,overall, only 70% of educational costs were covered byacademic income received, and for Home/EU undergraduates,that proportion falls to 57.5%.

The educational funding gap is, to a greater or lesser extent,repeated across collegiate Cambridge and the challenge is to bridge that gap. Typically in the case of longer-establishedCambridge colleges, investment income earned on theirendowment and investment assets can comfortably meet anyshortfall. Girton’s endowment and investment assets are of areasonable absolute size compared to many colleges’, howeveron a per student basis there are only 11 of 31 colleges withless endowment per student than Girton, hence our challengeto bridge the shortfall.

Members’ residence and catering charges are influenced to a degree by market forces but also by the College’s policyof charging the same for all undergraduates regardless of theroom’s size, location and amenities. This policy is reflective of the College ethos and supported by students and theFellowship but is nonetheless costly.

In common with most providers of higher education, theCollege runs a conference and events business to cover itsfixed costs, generate additional income and enable ourbuildings, accommodation and grounds to be used by othersas an extension of the learning experience offered by the

Consolidated Income and Expenditure 2013–2014

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£14,000,000

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Donation Income

Asset Sale Income

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Depreciation

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College. Conferences and events provided a gross income of £800,000 in 2013/14.

Investment income earned on our endowment contributed£1.4 million to overall income during the year. In the year toJune 30th, 2014 the portfolio returned 7.8% (2013: 6.9%).The return objectives of the portfolio reflect its managementto maximise long-term total returns while seeking to controlvolatility and safeguard declines in value. In addition to theproceeds from the sale of houses and hostels mentionedabove, donations and bequests totalling £505,000 were addedto the endowment during the year. Donations contributed afurther £879,000 to income.

Focus on Fundraising

Almost one in five Girtonians made a donation to the College in 2013/14. Although we have a little way to go to get to the one in four achieved by Cambridge’s mostsuccessful fundraising colleges, your donations have put us well ahead of the Cambridge average of 13% when it comesto the proportion giving. Over the last five years the number of Girtonians that we are in touch with has risen by 12% to around 9,400 but donors among you have risen at twicethis rate. We are extremely grateful to alumni and friends forthis support which is vital to the College.

The table shows the amount of income raised throughfundraising over the last eight years, a total of £15.3 million.In particular it shows the vital importance to the College oflegacies and the steady stream of donations – many the resultof the telethon or generous regular giving by donors – that

together allow us to raise around £1 million each and every year. Girton is also grateful to its major donors; major donations, although by their very nature less frequent,have allowed us to deliver a very significant boost to incomereceived in recent years.

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A Great Campaign

What is it for?

We continue to focus our energies onfundraising to secure a sustainablefinancial future, through adding to theunrestricted general endowment. This isthe most important way in which youcan support the College, as fundsdonated to the endowment allow theFellowship to direct the monies to wherethey are most needed. As an integralpart of our campaign for financialsustainability, funding for student supportand achievement remains crucial across awide range of areas. We also continue toraise money for our Teaching SupportFund to underpin scholarly excellence, inparticular supporting College teachingofficers in our core subjects.

A Great Campaign forFinancial Sustainability

Unrestricted General Endowment

Girton maintains long standing corevalues of equality, diversity and academicexcellence, and is a large and vibrantcommunity underpinned by itsendowment. However we are operatingon an endowment which, on a per-student basis, is around one third of theCambridge average. This is partly afunction of our history; we are a relativelyyoung college, that grew in size duringthe twentieth century to meet the needs

of the large number of talented womenapplying to Cambridge (noting of coursethat we have been fully mixed since1979). To ensure we can attract the topstudents and give them access to the bestthat a Cambridge education can offer wemust continue to bolster our endowment.

To date we have raised £5.8 milliontowards our target of £20 million forthe unrestricted general endowment.Last year’s telephone campaign broughtus one step closer to securing our futurewith around half of the alumni calleddirecting their gifts towards the fund,and our key priority in the lead up toour 150th anniversary is to increase itspower and reach. By giving to theGeneral Endowment Fund you will beallowing us to direct your support towhere it is most needed, thus ensuringthe continuity of a transformativeeducational establishment in anotherwise uncertain future. Most of ourmajor donors and the majority of thoseleaving a legacy also chose to donate tothis fund.

Undergraduate and GraduateBursaries

With an increased focus acrossCambridge on the graduate communityGirton saw a rise of around 20% thisyear in the demand for graduateplaces. However the support that has

been put in place for graduates by the government, the University and the College is not as substantial asthat which exists for undergraduates.Last year we were able to offer new,partial, scholarships to only three of the200 applicants. In this academic year,Girton has had to take the difficultdecision not to award any newgraduate scholarships so that suchfunds as we have can support existingstudents. This will mean that, for2015/16, at least, we may lose thebrightest potential applicants to othercolleges or universities.

To stay at the forefront of academicexcellence and produce life-changingresearch on the global stage, theUniversity has recognised the need togrow the numbers of postgraduatestudents. Therefore if we are to keeppace with the rest of collegiateCambridge, funding must be increasedto attract the best of these to Girton.Our aim this year is to double theamount of funds currently available for scholarships unrestricted by subjector nationality of recipient, meaning we would be able to further the careersof some outstanding scholars.

Our undergraduate students also needhelp. With tuition fees at £9,000 a yearand estimated annual living costs in

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Launched in 2012 in the run up to our 150th anniversary in 2019 and with a target of £50 million,A Great Campaign is Girton’s most ambitious fundraising campaign yet. It is a sizeable goal by thestandards of any charity and particularly a charity in the higher education sector. However ourplans are ambitious, as we aim to secure the future of Girton for generations, allowing them tobenefit as we did from all that the College has to offer. Our target seeks to raise funds through a mixture of donations and legacy pledges. To date the Campaign has raised close to £8 million of donations and we have been notified of a further £11 million of legacy pledges. This is atremendous achievement, and we feel certain that with the growing support of our alumni andfriends our target is achievable.


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Cambridge between £7,500 and £8,500,the financial pressures on students candeter applicants at the outset, makestudents’ time here tough, and oftenburden them with obligations once theyhave moved on.

Bursaries currently support around 20%of our undergraduates and are awardedaccording to need. Owing to Girton’scommitment to widening participationthey are becoming increasingly valuable.Just under £100,000 was raised for theEmily Davies Bursary Fund in last year’stelephone campaign alone, a fantasticachievement. This is the equivalent ofsupporting two students with bursariesin perpetuity.

Girton Access Fund

This is the fund which underpins ourefforts to widen the pool of suitablyqualified students applying to university(and is an area where Girton leads theway among Cambridge colleges).Widening participation to ensure equalityand diversity is at the heart of Girton’smission: in 2013/14 70% of admittedstudents came from maintained schools.

Our access programme, HE+, now in itsfifth year, enables us to work closely withschools in our designated areas providingextension classes for brighter students,giving them help and information onapplying to Russell Group universities andrunning masterclass days at Girton wherethey can experience a ‘day in the life’ ofa Girton student. The HE+ programme,which we run in the West Midlands andin Camden, London, has grown year onyear since its inception, to the extent thatin this academic year we are workingwith over 300 sixth form students.

We are immensely proud to be helpingand encouraging more students toapply to top universities. Double thenumber of students from the schoolswe work with in the West Midlandshave gained places at Oxbridge sincethe start of Girton’s involvement.

Graduate Funding

Before coming to Girton, I completedmy BA in English and Related Literatureat the University of York. I then tookthe MA in Postcolonial Literary andCultural Studies at the University ofLeeds, with a strong focus on Africanliterature. I am currently in the secondyear of my PhD here at Cambridge,working in the Faculty of English.

My PhD research examinespostcolonial African prison narratives,and I look in particular at six memoirspublished by a range of politicallydetained writers from across thecontinent. These include well-knownauthors and political activists fromKenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Egyptand Malawi. Quite broad in scope, myproject nevertheless focuses on thenarrative strategies employed by eachwriter to represent their prisonexperience. I also study the widerpolitical contexts in which theirdetention takes place. I am in theprocess of planning a research trip to Cape Town, scheduled for April2015, and I am very much lookingforward to the visit.

While applying to a number ofuniversities for my PhD, I noted that

Girton offered funding possibilities forEnglish Literature students. As fundingwas a crucial factor for me in theapplication process, I chose Girton asone of my two selected colleges atCambridge. I still remember receivingthe email that informed me of myapplication success – definitely one of my happiest moments.

Girton has been fully funding my PhDfor the last two years, and I will soonbe applying for a renewal for my thirdand final year. I have been the recipientof the Doris Russell award, and thenthe M. M. Dunlop Scholarship, andhave been keen to learn the inspiringhistories of my benefactors. Withoutthis funding, I would have been unableto accept my place at Cambridge, and Iam immensely grateful for it. Not onlyhas my scholarship allowed me tobegin my PhD research and toinvestigate a subject that merits furtherstudy, it has also enabled me to growas a person through participating inmany of the other opportunitiesCambridge has to offer, from enrollingon language classes to taking my firstsupervision. Finally, it has given me astronger connection with Girton,where I feel very supported.

Rachel Knighton

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However we are a victim of our ownsuccess – more students means weneed more funding to run the variousprogrammes and support our SchoolsLiaison Assistant and currently we havea very modest budget. We can do a lotwith very little – simply covering thecosts of transport to Girton and a lunchfor one of our masterclass days canmean the world of difference to astudent from a modest background.

Personal Development Fund

Girton is proud to be able to offer abreadth of extra-curricular activities tocomplement the scholarly achievementsof our students. We currently havethriving sports groups, including manyUniversity level players, an enthusiasticmusic society which organises excellentconcerts each term, a fantastic choirplanning a tour of the Far East in Easter2015 and many other clubs andsocieties. These activities rely onfunding to buy equipment, enableperformances and support new andexciting projects. We raised over£10,000 for the Personal DevelopmentFund in last year’s telephone campaignwhich helped provide importantfunding for projects across the Collegeincluding training and coachingsessions for various sports teams, therevival of the Girton women’s rugbyteam, and the replacement of damagedlighting equipment for the GirtonAmateur Dramatic Society.

A Great Campaign forScholarly Excellence

Teaching Support Fund

Our students benefit greatly from theskills, commitment and enthusiasm ofour diverse and talented Fellowship.Girton’s Fellows are responsible fortailoring degree subjects to students’needs, and for delivering the entirecurriculum in small group settings. The cost of delivering this is high, and it would not be possible without

Widening ParticipationGirton Access

Laura Parkin tells us about her journeyfrom Newcastle to the University ofCambridge and finally to Girton Collegeas our Schools Liaison Assistant. She isresponsible for organising Girton’sinvolvement in the University’s verysuccessful access scheme HE+.

Tell us a little bit about yourbackground…

I went to the largest comprehensiveschool in Newcastle, with over 2,000students. I then went to Jesus Collegeto read English.

Had you always known that you wanted to go to theUniversity of Cambridge?

My parents went to university (notOxbridge) so there was always anassumption I would study for a degree,but I had never thought of Oxbridge asan option. The school received a lot ofvisits from the University of Cambridgeas part of their access scheme, and Iwas given the opportunity for aresidential visit when I was 15 years old.We did team building exercises andmock lectures and it was then that Idecided I wanted to apply toCambridge. After that, everything I didat school was with that goal in mind.

Did you have help in applying?

The school’s help was limited as theydid not have many Oxbridgeapplicants. However, I attended apersonal statement workshop as partof the Cambridge access scheme,which was a great help.

What were your preconceptions of Cambridge?

That everyone would be rich – I wasworried that I would not be able toafford it. Also that everyone would be

from the South of England and that Iwould stick out like a sore thumb.

What was the reality?

My fears were unfounded. It is a morediverse community than you think itwill be. That is what is so importantabout access visits – it is very easy toshow school students it’s not like the‘antiquated stereotype’ by gettingthem chatting to current students. Iremember during one of my visitsmeeting a ‘normal’ Cambridge studentfrom Durham with a nose ring, and Iwas surprised, which shows hownarrow my preconceptions were!

What made you want to work as aSchools Liaison Assistant?

My own experience at school wasformative. If I hadn’t been to theaccess events (with the University of Cambridge), I wouldn’t have goneto Cambridge and taken on a lot ofambassador roles at my own college.

Tell me a little success story of theHE+ scheme...

There is a current student at Girtonwho went through the HE+ scheme in the West Midlands. Like me, heapplied to the college he visited aspart of the scheme, and successfulygained a place. He is now one of ourStudent Ambassadors and helping outprospective applicants. People whoattend access events say how it really affects them as they get somuch out of it that they want to give something back.


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the independent contribution of theCambridge colleges.

Attracting and retaining a Fellowshipthat is skilled, caring and at theintellectual cutting edge is one of thekey means by which Girton adds valueof all kinds to each and every degree.That is why one of our leading donorshas offered to match donations to theTeaching Support Fund (subject tolimits). Through the generosity of ouralumni, Girton has made significantprogress in funding a number of College-funded teaching posts; to date A GreatCampaign has raised £1.3 million forScholarly Excellence.

Some subjects remain in urgent need ofyour support. History and Economics, forexample, are both priority subjects whichhave less than 10% of the funding theyrequire. This means that the cost ofmeeting the shortfall in funding theseposts must be met by the General

Endowment. However, to give someexamples of how alumni could help usthrough their generosity:

• If 65 Girtonians gave a gift of £30 amonth for three years, with Gift Aid,this would double the size of theHistory Fellowship Fund.

• If 50 Girtonians gave a gift of £16 amonth for three years, with Gift Aid,this would be the equivalent ofsupporting one Research Fellow for a year.

Joining A Great Campaign

Donate Directly

The warmth and generosity of Girtoniansis overwhelming – in the past year wehave seen the number of alumni donorsincrease substantially and achievedrecord-breaking results in our telethon.This shows what we can achieve

together from a large amount of smallergifts. If you have not done so already,please join A Great Campaign atwhatever level you are comfortable withto secure the future of a radicalinstitution whose uncompromising questfor excellence in diversity stands foreverything educators should be proud of.

Here are some examples of what couldbe achieved:

• If we can secure 15 more members of the Benslow Circle (a pledge of£5,000) we can double the amountof support we typically give tograduate students.

• If just 20 Girtonians gave a little over£11 a month for three years we couldprovide bursaries for three studentsfor one whole year (and thoseGirtonians would also becomeMembers of A Great Campaign).

Gifts may take the form of lump sums,or can be given through regulardonations. They can be received as cash,shares or financial instruments. GirtonCollege is a charity, so giving is usuallytax efficient. Donations are mosteffective when added to the unrestrictedgeneral endowment, though they maynaturally also be directed to specificfunds. Whether small or large, every giftis precious; every penny wisely spent.

Donations can be made using the formwith this Newsletter or online atwww.girton.cam.ac.uk/giving. For moreinformation about A Great Campaignor to talk about a specific fund or giftplease contact our Development Officeon +44 (0) 1223 766672.

Recognising your Generosity

Girton’s future depends on the successof A Great Campaign. So we mustmeasure that success financially. Butthis is just the start. There are around800 students in the College at any onetime; yet Girton proper comprises more


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than 9,400 alumni and friends. Thiswider family is an important source ofenergy, identity and imagination thatdrives us forward. Joining A GreatCampaign is about being part of theGirton community in every sense.

To acknowledge your support, for thelifetime of A Great Campaign, we haveestablished various ways of recognisingand honouring our donors, and this yearwe are pleased to introduce two newgiving levels. For substantial gifts, donors’names may be posted as inscriptions,carvings or engravings in a public area of the College. All donors will be listed inthe Development Newsletter (see pages27 – 34) and online each year (unlessanonymity is requested).

We also celebrate and recognise yourgenerosity in other ways:

• Individuals who donate £500 becomeMembers of A Great Campaign.Members will receive an enamelled pinbadge and will be invited to occasionalspecial events including a biennialsummer party. The College is delightedthat over 840 alumni and supporters arealready members of A Great Campaign.

• Donors who give £500 or more willalso be recorded on a donor board inAsh Court.

• Those who pledge £5,000 will becomemembers of our Benslow Circle,named to recall Girton’s first home,Benslow House in Hitchin, where thefirst five ‘Girton Pioneers’ studied. Theywill receive an enamelled pin badge,and will be invited to the annualceremony of the Commemoration of Benefactors and Foundation Dinner.We already have 35 alumni andsupporters giving at this level, afantastic achievement.

• Alumni and supporters who pledge£10,000 will become Friends of AGreat Campaign. Friends will receive

a bronze lapel pin, and will be invitedto the annual ceremony of theCommemoration of Benefactors andFoundation Dinner.

• Donors who give £10,000 or morewill also be recorded on a donorBoard in the main College. TheCollege is grateful to the more than50 alumni and supporters who havebecome Friends since the beginning of A Great Campaign.

• Individuals who pledge £50,000 willbecome members of the JubileeCircle. Members will receive a silverand green enamelled pin badge, aninvitation to the annual ceremony ofthe Commemoration of Benefactorsand Foundation Dinner, and will alsoreceive invitations to occasionalspecial events hosted by the Mistress.

• Donors who pledge £100,000 willbecome Patrons of A Great Campaign.Patrons will receive a silver lapel pin,will be invited to the annual ceremonyof the Commemoration of Benefactorsand Foundation Dinner, and will alsoreceive invitations to occasional specialevents hosted by the Mistress.

• Donors who give £500,000 or moreto Girton become eligible for election

by the College Council to a BarbaraBodichon Foundation Fellowship.These Fellows are invited to a numberof special events each year, are listedin the University Reporter, and willreceive a gold lapel pin.

• Anyone who indicates that they intendto leave a legacy to Girton becomes amember of the 1869 Society, and willreceive a purple lapel pin along withinvitations from time to time to eventshosted by the Mistress. The College isgrateful to the many alumni who havealready indicated their intention toremember Girton in their Will. Pleasesee pages 13-15 for more informationabout our legacy campaign.

• Additionally donors to Girton whohave given £250,000 are eligible tobe nominated as members of theUniversity Vice-Chancellor’s Circle.Donors who make gifts totalling £1 million or more are eligible to jointhe University Guild of Benefactors.

Girton is extremely grateful to all of itsdonors and supporters. However yousupport A Great Campaign, whether bydonating, leaving a legacy, or bringingin conference business, thank you forplaying a vital role in securing theCollege’s future.

Our heartfelt thanks go to our manygenerous alumni who took the time tochat to current students and support theCollege last Easter. The team of 15enthusiastic students chatted to 853alumni over the three week period. Threequarters of those called chose to donate,with half choosing to make a regular giftto Girton. The Emily Davies Bursary Fundfor undergraduates received enough tosupport two students a year in perpetuityand just over £88,000 was raised for theGeneral Endowment Fund. This fantasticresult proves how modest gifts from alarge number of alumni really do add upand shows what a supportive andinclusive community Girton is.

A Telethon Caller Talks…Jack Pulman-Slater (Linguistics 2011) tellsus a little bit about his experience as acaller in the 2014 Telethon: “I could talkabout Girton and how much I like it fordays on end. Whilst I was a StudentAmbassador at Girton I could do this towhole captive audiences of schoolteachers and prospective students.

So the prospect of earning some money,doing something completely new andtalking about Girton for hours on endsounded perfect. There was a lot oftraining involved and at first it was hardto balance the financial side of the callwith the personal side. Doing theTelethon reminded me about what anamazing community of people theCollege and its alumni is. I spoke topeople all over the world, people whohad learnt Norwegian and started atranslation company in Scandinavia,people who were the first male studentsto be admitted to the College,economists who left the city to start aseed-selling business in wild west Wales,high achieving business people,parliamentary candidates and leadingacademics. Girtonians, it seems, can doanything and everything. Moreimportantly, they do anything andeverything extremely well.

I loved my time on the Telethon –though I’m certain I didn’t do it as

efficiently as I could have, spendingages listening to people’s memories ofGirton. If you were one of the people Ispoke to – thanks for the chat! And tothe alumna in Canada I spoke to, I’dlike to say sorry for interrupting yourporridge because we hadn’t worked outwhich time-zone you were in. Hope theporridge didn’t go too cold. TheTelethon was a brilliant way to spendthe Easter vacation. Above all itreminded me how brilliant Girton is, asan educational institution and acommunity. I now know how alumnigenerosity is an important financial andsymbolic lifeline for the College. I relieda great deal on bursaries whilst atGirton, received travel awards fordissertation research and madeextensive use of library funds for bookrequests. So it was fantastic to be partof the process which keeps these goingfor another year. Now I’ve graduated Idon’t suppose it’ll be too long beforeI’m swapping roles and am on the otherend of the phone. I can’t wait!”

Girton Telethon 2014

It was an all-round record breaking year for Girton – we raised over £266,000, 77% more than weraised the previous year and an incredible 75% of alumni called made a gift, one of the highestparticipation rates in the UK!

Jack Pulman-Slater


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Many of you already generouslysupport the College by volunteering,donating to specific causes, or joining A Great Campaign – such contributionsare cherished by all who live and workhere. In these uncertain times, however,you can make a critical difference byremembering the College in your Will.With your legacy pledge we can makefirm plans to transform the life-chances,experiences and opportunities of thenext generations, harnessing thatpioneering spirit which stands for allthat is best about higher education.Your commitment today to a gift for tomorrow will secure the future of this unique institution whereinclusion, diversity and distinction go hand in hand.

What your Legacy can do for Girton

Securing Financial Sustainability

The area of College life that your legacysupports is of course up to you; however,because legacies are realised over the

longer term, the very best way to help isto leave a gift to the general endowment.

A gift, whether large or modest, investedin the endowment creates a legacy thatwill last in perpetuity. The capital remainsunspent while the interest is used tounderpin every activity in the College.

Making a gift to the generalendowment will not prevent yourname, or the name of someone youwish to be remembered, from beinglinked to a building, a Fellowship, abursary, a prize or other aspects ofCollege life should you so wish. You may like to know that Girton’sendowment and investments areprofessionally managed, and supervisedby a committee which includesqualified alumni and College Officers.

Supporting Scholarly Excellence

At the heart of Girton’s mission is thepursuit of excellence in teaching andresearch. Our ability to provide a world-class education in a research-infused

Girton is a remarkable institution that has enabled generations of young people, from all walks oflife, to realise their full potential. Our success is rooted in, and sustained by, philanthropy.

Creating A Legacy

Girton was established in 1869 by Emily Davies with the support of a small groupof exceptional men and women like Barbara Bodichon, Sedley Taylor and HenryTomkinson. This was a daring initiative that proclaimed a fierce belief in equalityof opportunity and equality of access to higher education. In its early days thegrowth of the College depended exclusively on donations. It was not until nineyears after its foundation that Girton could afford more than one residentlecturer! Perhaps the most transformative gift in the early years of the Collegecame from Jane Catherine Gamble, who left a residuary legacy of £19,000*. It wasthis gift that allowed the College to build Tower Wing, including the famous squaretower, and to buy the land which extended the estate to Girton Road. This enabledthe College to transform the grounds from farmland to a park landscape, makingGirton quite unlike the city centre colleges.

*a sum of close to £2 million at today’s prices

I thoroughly enjoyed my time atGirton. It could have been a dauntingexperience but the College provided afriendly and supportive environment,with Fellows who, I felt, actually caredwhether I was happy or understoodwhat I was studying, whilemaintaining the academic rigourexpected of a Cambridge degree.

I believe that I owe my career as aCity solicitor, and my success in it, tomy time at Girton. Having been anundergraduate in the 1970s, Ireceived a first-rate education thatwas entirely free. I have left theCollege a legacy because I want tohelp put it on a firm financial footingso that others, in years to come, canbenefit, as I did, from what Girton canoffer. I hope that many of you readingthis will do so too, as a “thank-you”for what Girton did for us and acommitment to the future.

Dr Margaret Mountford (Gamble, 1970)

Legacy



Legacy

environment is crucially dependent onattracting the very best scholars to ourFellowship. The creation of many of ourresearch and teaching posts has onlybeen possible because of the generosityof our benefactors and we continue toseek support in this area. Only in thisway can we secure Girton’s distinctiveeducational ethos for the future andensure that the College remains a placethat is at once challenging andsupportive – what one recent studenthas described as “a safe place to beintellectually daring”.

Adding Breadth to Depth

The hallmark of a Girton education isan emphasis on all round personaldevelopment. We recognise thattransferable skills, together withopportunities to engage with music,sports, literature, poetry and the arts,are all complementary to scholarlysuccess. A legacy left to any of theseareas of College life will enable Girtonto continue to offer the diverse andenriching experience that it does today.

Creating the Physical College

Girton is built on bequests. Over theyears, the memory of our major donors,or of their families and friends, hasbecome quite literally written into thefabric of the site: the Stanley Library,the Eliza Baker Court, the DukeBuilding, to name but a few. This is awonderful way to celebrate andcommemorate those whose wisdomand vision have made the College whatit is. We would like to continue thattradition as we add names to a wholerange of facilities across the Collegefrom wings, colonnades and courts tosporting and musical facilities.

Leaving a Gift in your Will

We are grateful to all of those whoremember Girton in their Will. A legacygift can be written into a new Will, oradded to an existing one using aCodicil form. We recommend that youseek professional legal advice whenmaking or amending a Will.

There are currently several methods by which you can remember Girton inyour Will:

A residuary legacy is a gift of all, or apercentage of, your estate after otherbequests, taxes and charges have beenmet. We ask you please to consider themerits of leaving a residuary legacy; itprotects your gift to Girton against

inflation, while insulating your otherheirs from the effects of deflation, aswell as from any decision you maymake to reduce the size of your estatefor your own needs in older age. Sothis can be a win-win arrangement.

A pecuniary legacy is a monetary gift of a specific sum; to safeguard itsfuture value it can be index linked.

A specific or non-monetary legacyallows you to leave items to theCollege: for example, stocks andshares, property, furniture, paintings orother fixed assets, either to be used, orto be sold to generate funds.

A reversionary legacy or life interesttrust leaves your assets to namedbeneficiaries to enjoy in their lifetime.Upon their death the whole, or aproportion of what remains, could passto the College.

As with any form of donation, gifts to theCollege for general purposes offer themost flexibility as they can be directed tothe areas that require most support atany given time. Girton is naturally,however, also happy to receive giftsdirected to specific areas of College life.

Whichever option you choose, wesuggest that you use the followingwording when leaving your gift to Girton:

‘I give to the Mistress, Fellows andScholars of Girton College, Cambridge(Registered Charity Number1137541)[the residue of my estate][_____ % of the residue of myestate][the sum of _________] free oftax for the general purposes of theCollege and I declare that the receipt bythe Bursar or other authorised Officerof the College shall be good andsufficient discharge to my Executors.’

As a registered charity Girton pays notax on gifts bequeathed and a legacy to

Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan,Tucker-Price Research Fellow inElectrical Engineering, is conductingground-breaking research that willenable organisations, such as highstreet retailers, inexpensively tomonitor the location of an item inreal time. He is a winner of the SirWilliam Siemens Medal, awardedannually to the country’s top 18science and technology students.

The Tucker-Price Fellowship wasfounded in 1940 with a legacy fromMiss Edith Tucker, specifically forscientific purposes. Miss Tucker wasone who wished for, but did notachieve, a college education herself,and so became determined to makeit possible for others to have whatshe could not.

Legacy

the College may reduce your estate’sInheritance Tax liability.

Alumni and supporters of Girton in theUnited States can make a planned giftto the College with Cambridge inAmerica. To discuss this, or if you aremaking a Will outside the UnitedKingdom, please contact theDevelopment Office.

Further information regarding leaving alegacy, including a pledge form shouldyou wish to notify the College of yourintentions and a Codicil form shouldyou wish to make a change to yourexisting Will, is available on our website –www.girton.cam.ac.uk/legacy.

To discuss your legacy giving incomplete confidence, please contactthe Development Director on +44 (0)1223 339893 or the LegacyOfficer on +44 (0)1223 338901,[email protected].

The Development Office team is alsohappy to work with your solicitorshould you prefer.

Recognising your Generosity

College recognises that leaving a legacyis a very personal matter and one thatyou may wish to keep private. However,by telling us about your Will you can

have an immediate impact; not leastbecause it will enable us to plan. It willalso allow us fully to understand yourwishes and express our thanks for your generosity.

As a legator you are eligible to join the1869 Society, named to recall the yearof the College’s foundation. Membersof the 1869 Society will receive apurple lapel pin and they, and a guest,will be invited from time to time toevents hosted by the Mistress.

There may also be opportunities toname Fellowships, scholarships, prizes,bursaries and buildings for certain gifts.Please do get in touch for more details.

By leaving a legacy you are supportinga unique institution that has helpedshape the Higher Education landscape.With your support we can seize theopportunity to write the next boldchapters in Girton’s inspiring story.

Studying at Cambridge was life-changing for me. It broadened myhorizons immeasurably -academically, socially, and in termsof aspiration and self-confidence -but I spent a lot of time at the startfeeling thoroughly overawed andquestioning whether I ought to bethere at all. Girton’s reassuringlydown-to-earth atmosphere helpedput me at ease and the Collegeoffered me a strong sense ofcommunity and belonging. By thetime I left, I had built lastingfriendships and the basis on whichto carve out successful careers inbanking and then the Civil Service.

I have decided to leave Girton alegacy so future generations canenjoy all the benefits the Collegehas to offer: for me, these includedmeeting people with a completelydifferent background and worldview; the chance to try a huge rangeof new sports, hobbies and interests;and discovering an environmentwhere ability and dedication werethe only attributes required tosucceed. Those benefits are enduringand I’m very glad to offer somethinglasting in return.

Belinda Lewis (1998)



Cultural Heritage

Taking the Past to the Future

Girton’s many collections are the hub for a broad range of cultural and academic activities and a focus for

study and research, both within and beyond the College. These activities continue throughout the year, but

are particularly showcased by a regular series of events at the Alumni weekend in September.

At the annual People’s Portraits receptionin 2014, the President of the RoyalSociety of Portrait Painters, Robin-LeeHall, unveiled a new painting, ‘Brooksy’by Jason Walker RP, the 50th addition toPeople’s Portraits at Girton. Sadly theartist could not be present, but Robin-Leegave the large audience a background tothe painter and an off-the-cuff appraisalof the painting, which she herself sawfor the first time only when the covercame off. Andrew Nairne, Director ofKettle’s Yard, followed this with hisreflections on the place of portraits incollections of contemporary art. We weredelighted to welcome the Vice-Chancellor as a guest to this event.

2015 will mark the 15th anniversary of the exhibition and it is planned tohold a special evening event at the MallGalleries in London, showcasing People’sPortraits at Girton, during the RoyalSociety of Portrait Painters’ annual showin April. The September reception overthe Alumni weekend will take place asusual, and we shall hope to unveil yetanother painting for the collection. The exhibition (open every afternoon)effectively throws open the doors of theCollege to the public, and this gesture of accessibility, as well as the uniquecollection of non-commissionedportraits, is much appreciated by aregular stream of visitors.

The Lawrence Room Committee and itsvolunteer curators work hard to offer aprogramme of access to the antiquitiescollections. Open every Thursdayafternoon, the Lawrence Room alsoplays a part in the University’s Festivalof Ideas, the Mountford Prize, OpenCambridge and curriculum-basedactivities from local schools, amongstmany other special visits. The online,scholarly catalogue is of immense valueto researchers and learned societies andis constantly updated. The collectionsare monitored for conservation needsand this year we undertook repair totwo strings of Egyptian beads and thespecialist cleaning and re-mounting ofthe Coptic textile fragments.

At the Lawrence Room annual event inSeptember Professor David McMullen,Fellow of St John’s College, took as hisstarting point our Tang Dynastyfigurine. This appears to depict awoman in a flamboyant pose, riding ahorse at full gallop. He talked about theposition of women in the Tang Dynastyand how, albeit relative to theconventions of that society, their liveswere freer than one might haveexpected. This was true for the higherechelons, but life was intenselyrestricted for the lower orders. Thefigure from our collections still presentsan anomaly, there being nothing else

quite like it, and Professor McMullennow intends to conduct more researchto find out more about its context.

Girtonians may be interested to knowthat this year, as part of the regularprogramme of conservation for Collegepictures, we commissioned majorconservation and repair to fifteen of theMistresses’ portraits. This work wasundertaken by Sally Woodcock and asmall team from the Hamilton KerrInstitute. In the coming year we plan toconduct conservation work to nine ofBarbara Bodichon’s landscape paintings.Many of Girton’s paintings are on theBBC’s Your Paintings website,www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings, aspart of the Public Catalogue Foundationprogramme. This site currently does notinclude watercolours or drawings, so itis not a comprehensive listing, butnevertheless well worth consulting.

The Library’s central role in Girton life,both past and present, was marked bythe annual Library talk in September, atwhich historian and Eugenie StrongResearch Fellow, Dr Hazel Mills with KatePerry, Archivist Emerita, demonstratedthe research potential of the much-anticipated University and LifeExperience (ULE) Project website bypresenting a case-study enquiry intogirls’ schooling from 1900 to 1980. This

elicited fascinating insights into Girtoncareer paths and trends in feeder schoolsover the decades. The website has beenbuilt using questionnaire and interviewdata collected in the 1990s during thefirst phase of the ULE Project andinformation from the College registers.The construction of the website(effectively an on-line archive) has beenrun out of the Library department,coordinated by Girton, and funded bymajor research grants over a four yeardevelopment period. It will launch in lateSpring 2015, and will offer an invaluableresearch tool on the life histories ofuniversity-educated women over the20th century. It is unusual for there to be

a research project initiative that is purelyCollege based, and this adds not only toGirton’s portfolio of achievements, butalso to the sum of our knowledge aboutour heritage.

This year's annual Gardens talk was given by Life Fellow, Dr RolandRandall, when he spoke on how much wildlife has become reliant on our gardens as foraging groundsand refuge. In this interesting andinteractive talk Dr Randall outlined ways of using an area of garden bothto benefit wildlife and native vegetationand, at the same time, add variety tothe food we eat.

Girton’s collections are rich in theirdiversity, their cultural significance andtheir academic importance. We arefortunate to be the legatees of suchmaterial, and the College takesseriously its on-going responsibility tosteward these collections for futuregenerations to enjoy.

Frances GandyLibrarian, Curator and Graduate Tutor

Cultural Heritage


Clockwise:

The Mistress, Andrew Nairne,Frances Gandy, Robin-Lee Halland the Vice-Chancellor,Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz.

An apple in the Girton orchard.

Tang Dynasty figurine.

Dr Hazel Mills presents anupdate on the University andLife Experience Project.


Alumni Profiles

Alumni Profiles

Dr Carol Bell (1977)

Natural Sciences

Born near Swansea in South Wales, herfirst day at Girton was the first day in herlife when Carol Bell spoke only English.

Carol’s degree in Natural Sciences andthe “relentless analytical capability thatthe training gives you” has underpinnedher wide ranging business career. Shespecialised in biochemistry and wastaught by Nobel Prize winners such asMax Perutz, “an absolutely amazingexperience.” After graduating she actedon the considered advice of thedepartment’s Professor Kornberg whosuggested taking time out beforedeciding whether to return to research.

Carol graduated in 1980, and spurredon by her father, who was ametallurgist, she landed a sought-aftergraduate trainee job with RTZ Oil andGas. “It was a very numbers-driven roleand one thing that Natural Sciences atCambridge gives you is that you knowthe size of numbers.”

RTZ was the beginning of her career inoil and finance. She accrued valuableanalytical experience, but didn’t get todo any deals. So in 1983, she moved to

Charterhouse Petroleum, listed on theLondon Stock Exchange and growingby acquisition. With plummeting oilprices in 1986, Charterhouse was itselfsold, to former Belgian oil giantPetrofina. Not wanting to join amonolithic company and keen to bepart of the Big Bang (the deregulationof the London stock market), she tooka job valuing oil companies in EquityResearch at stockbroker Phillips andDrew (now part of UBS).

Carol’s career followed the shape of the oil industry and, as a wave ofprivatisation loomed, she moved toinvestment bank CSFB which was strongin this area. Then onto JP Morgan,initially in its mergers and acquisitionsdepartment in London, and laterdeveloping its equity research, becominghead of European Equity Research. Then,after a spell as a Managing Director atChase Manhattan’s investment bank,with responsibility for oil and gas, shetook a step back from the world of oiland finance.

“I wanted to be an archaeologist,” she says. Her interest in archaeologypre-dated Cambridge and whileworking in oil and finance, she hadspent over 10 years attending Universityof London evening classes. During themany business trips abroad she made a point of visiting museums, andholidays were spent visiting sites of archaeological interest.

So at the end of 1999, aged 40, she retired to begin a PhD at UCL. She researched what happened in an economic collapse that occurredin 1200 BC in the EasternMediterranean, synthesising the

evidence to build a hypothesis of thecauses behind the collapse.

In 1999, she also joined Girton’sInvestments Committee, becomingChair of the Committee in 2005 andhelping to guide the investment of theCollege’s endowment for 15 years.

“My time at Girton means a great dealto me,” she says. “Without Girton Idon’t think I would have the rightexposure to lead me down the path thatI’ve followed.” As well as valuing theskill set of her Natural Sciences degree,she was thrown together with people onother degree courses. “I had closefriends in Law and Medicine, where theconversations are different. Seeing thevalue of forming multi-disciplinary teamsto work on problems is something thatGirton gave in spades.”

She stepped down from the InvestmentsCommittee last year and is now on theCampaign Board. “Perhaps I understandthe finances of the College better thansomeone who just reads the accounts.You get to understand what thepressure points are and how things arechanging through time. I’m very happyto do what I can to help other peopleunderstand why the College needs oursupport in order to allow as manypeople as possible to have what we allhad. It is a different world now.”

Lured back into the oil industry whenshe finished her PhD, Carol is now onthe board of three public companiesand an investment trust. She alsobrings her experience to bear in hernative Wales, where she is on the boardof Welsh language public servicebroadcaster S4C and she has recently


Alumni Profiles

Dr Guy O’Keefe (1990)

Natural Sciences

Guy O’Keefe is evidence of Carol Bell’sbelief that Natural Scientists make someof the best business people.

Now a partner at City law firmSlaughter and May, Guy arrived atGirton in 1990 to do a Natural Sciencesdegree, specialising in physics andtheoretical physics, under Director of Studies Christine McKie. He alsoplayed in the College football team andhas the distinction of being a memberof the first Girton winning team in thefinal of the football Cuppers in 1995,with the then Mistress Juliet Campbellpresenting the cup.

“Cambridge meant an awful lot to meas an undergrad“ he remembers. “It’s

just a fantastic place to be and Girton,of all of the colleges, remains unique.Its location, while much maligned bythose not at the College, gave it a greatsense of community. The other thingthat was very noticeable at the time,and I think is still the case, is thediversity of the undergraduatecommunity.”

Guy accepted a place at the CavendishLaboratories to do a PhD aftergraduating; “I thought if I don’t do itnow it’ll be lost forever and I reallywanted to do it.” His research was intoultra fast spectroscopy of conjugatedorganic polymers, using lasers toinvestigate the absorption properties of organic chemicals, very similar tothose used in plants for absorbingsunlight and turning it into energy.

While researching, Guy explored non-academic careers where he could usethe analytical skills that he had learnedat Cambridge. He found himself drawnto intellectual property law andaccepted a general training contract forSlaughter and May as a first step. Hediscovered that he found the lawsurrounding business and the Cityextremely interesting. “When I got hereI was surprised at how applicable theanalytical skills I’d learned as a scientistwere to the stuff we do here. So once Istarted practising law, I didn’t want todo anything else.”

His Girton footballing friends hadalready arrived in the capital, setting upRivelino City, a team of footballingalumni, in the early nineties. The clubacted as a magnet for London-basedold Girtonians with an interest in thebeautiful game and provided anopportunity to meet up with Collegefriends.

Guy started to reconnect with theCollege on a more formal basis after2007 when he was made a partner atSlaughter and May and took on

responsibility for recruitment, alongsidea handful of partner colleagues. Thefirm recruits 70 or 80 undergraduates ayear, focusing on Russell Groupuniversities and drawing on anyaffiliations, especially those of partnerswith a responsibility for recruitment,including Guy.

Three of Slaughter and May’s 115partners are old Girtonians, HywelDavies (1988) and David Wittmann(1983) being the other two. So it was alogical step for the firm to make linkswith both Girton law students andother undergraduates looking at thelaw as a career option. Its landmarkinitiative has been to sponsor an annualnetworking evening for Girtonians,bringing together students and alumnifrom different legal firms and barristers.In recent years, the Girton Law andFinance Networking Reception hasbeen held in the partners’ dining roomsat Slaughter and May and has openedup to incorporate finance-relatedcareers alongside the law.

“It’s good for the students, good forthe Development Office, as it helps toforge and consolidate those networks,it’s a good networking event generally,”says Guy. “We have a core numberwho turn up every year as well as asubstantial number of different peoplewho come along.”

The company also sponsors a moreinformal event in the Michaelmas term,held in Cambridge, as well as the GirtonLaw Society garden party in the summer.“We have good relations with theFellows as a result and hopefully they canask us questions and we can support thestudents who are interested.”

Guy has a strong sense of his links tothe College. “I think it’s when you lookback you realise how much you owethe College, how much it reallydeveloped you as a person and how itgave you all of those opportunities.”

joined another old Girtonian MargaretLlewellyn (1973), on the Board ofFinance Wales. She is on CardiffUniversity’s Council, is a trustee of theNational Museum of Wales and theWales Millennium Centre. In Cambridgeshe is also actively involved on theFriends Committee of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. “I really think it’s important to supporteducational and cultural institutions,”she says.

Elizabeth Werry (1955)

Music

Elizabeth was an organ scholar atGirton in the 1950s, where her musicflourished and where she developedthe organisational discipline that hasunderpinned her musical career and lifeas a mother of four.

Before Cambridge, she attended MaryDatchelor Girls’ School in Camberwell,which was renowned for its excellentmusic teaching. The headmistress at thattime was Dame Dorothy Brock (1904), aformer Girtonian, who inspired Elizabethto combine her love of music with studyat Cambridge. Jill Vlasto (Medway,1934), another Datchelor alumna, wasDirector of Studies in Music at theCollege and was a great support andstrong influence on Elizabeth, as theundergraduate threw herself into theworld of music at Cambridge.

“I played as much as possible,” shesays, describing how she played anenormous amount of chamber music inthe CU Music Club recitals, sang inmany choirs, and (with no instrumentalor choral awards in those days)organised a tremendous amount ofmusic in College as well. Elizabethremembers in particular two recitals inKing’s Chapel at the invitation of thethen Director of Music David Willcocks.“I could have spent my whole time atCambridge playing chamber music andaccompanying singers. One thing thatyou have to learn however if you’regoing to be a creative performer is howto schedule your day, how to organiseyour practice and performance.”

After a fourth year gaining her Bachelorof Music, she moved to London,settling in Dulwich with her husbandand four children. While her familyhave always been of the utmostimportance to her, she managed tomaintain her career as a freelancemusician, despite the demands of her

children, who all played twoinstruments, and all eventually eachmade their way to Cambridge.

In the 1970s she founded, with theoboist Neil Black, and the otherPrincipals in the English ChamberOrchestra, The English Taskin Players.This chamber group of six musicians,with Elizabeth playing the harpsichord,performed at venues around thecountry for over 20 years. Church musichas also always played a large part inher life, and her last organist’s job wasat St Mary le Strand in central London.

Elizabeth has taught music bothformally and informally since herschooldays: her many private pupils inLondon have included outgoingGuardian editor Alan Rusbridger. Forten years from the mid-1990s shetaught keyboard studies in Cambridgeto the young choristers at King’sCollege and also to manyundergraduates.

It was also in the 1990s that Elizabethrenewed her association with Girton.She helped found the London GirtonAssociation, coming up with the idea ofthe long-running and much appreciatedannual LGA music prize. She alsorekindled her direct musical links withthe College, donating a SteinwayModel B to Girton. In London, shestarted the Dulwich Literary Group,

which included three Girtonians amongits nine members. More recently, herwork as a volunteer at Dulwich PictureGallery and the Foundling Museum hasalso involved music.

In 2012 she joined Girton’s Roll ofAlumni Committee as a decaderepresentative for the 1950s. She hassince hosted several successful lunchesat her house in Dulwich, invitingGirtonian friends and acquaintances,and recently welcomed the Mistress atone of her gatherings. “Girton means ahuge amount to me. I have a grandsongoing up to Cambridge in October toread Music, and I am sure that he toowill feel a tremendous sense ofindebtedness to his College, and likeme will make lifelong friendships.”

Pippa Considine (1985)

English/Law

Our alumni were interviewed byPippa Considine. Pippa is a writer,editor and conference producer. Shehas contributed to The Times,Marketing Week, Campaign, TheDaily Mail and produces the TelevisualFactual Festival. She is also launchingher own personalised stationerybusiness and is on the warpath toreintroduce real letter writing to a lostgeneration of emailers.

Alumni Profiles



Saying thank you…To thank our supporters we held somevery special events last year.

In May, over 60 members of our 1869Society and their guests were treated tosupper in the Stanley Library (with asurprise performance from the Cornett& Sackbutt Ensemble of the RoyalWelsh College of Music & Drama), anda fascinating talk on connecting thegenerations from Barbara Bodichon toHertha Ayrton given by Frances Gandy,Librarian, Curator and Graduate Tutor.After supper, we moved to the Hallwhere Girton Fellow and Chairman of the Faculty of Music, Martin Ennis,directed a magnificent concert ‘Echoesof Venice’ given by the CambridgeUniversity Musical Society.

On a beautiful sunny day in June, weheld our inaugural Benefactors’ GardenParty in Emily Davies Court. All membersof A Great Campaign are invited to this

biennial event and over 130 alumni andsupporters were in attendance in 2014.Guests enjoyed a Pimm’s reception andwonderful barbecue put on by Girton’sfantastic catering team, and heard theMistress outline the College’sachievements and future plans. Our firstArtist in Residence, Tom Barnett, openedhis (very gold!) studio at Grange Cottagefor guests to visit, as they enjoyed a strollaround the College grounds.

Our annual Commemoration ofBenefactors and Foundation Dinnertook place in mid-October to rememberand thank all of our supporters bothpast and present. Research Fellow Dr Hope Wolf spoke about her recentpublication (in collaboration withSebastian Faulks) ‘A Broken World:Letters, diaries and memories of theGreat War’, and we listened to the verytalented Girton choir sing beautifullyboth during the ceremony and dinner.

We also were the honoured recipientsof ‘That Infidel Piece’, a stunning silversculpture especially designed andcrafted for Girton College, generouslydonated by Pamela Maryfield (1953).

Development

Alumni Events


From recitals to reunions and from

talks to tours our events programme

has been as varied as ever and we

are delighted to have hosted over

550 alumni and guests at events

in College and around the world

since September.

Our events programme would not bepossible nor as successful without thehelp and enthusiasm of so manyalumni. The College is very thankful toevent hosts in New York, Singapore,Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur andLondon – Manuel de Miranda (1989)and the New York Girton Association,Karen Fawcett (1982), Kevin Chan(1986), the Lau-Gunns, and ElizabethWerry (1955); to organisers of the Infidel Boat Club dinner, HannahSensecall (2007) and Samantha Daniel(2001); to Roll of Alumni DecadeRepresentatives Angela Dobson(Ambrose 1998), Christine Thorp(Kenyon 1964) and Anne Heffernan(1974) for encouraging their yeargroups to attend reunions; and to IanLaurenson (1980) and John Longstaff(1979) for their musical contributions to their reunions.

Alumni Events

Roll of Alumni Weekend 2014: 1964 Reunion

Hong Kong 2014Boston 2014New York 2014

Kuala Lumpur 2014

Washington DC 2014

Singapore 2014

Houston 2014

Alumni Events


Law and Finance Event 2014: Vice-Mistress, Karen Lee, and guests.

Law and Finance Event 2014: HostGuy O'Keefe and Lady Justice Arden

Law and Finance Event 2014: LadyJustice Arden addresses the audience

Roll of Alumni Weekend 2014: TheRidgeway Ensemble

Roll of Alumni Weekend 2014: IanLaurenson leads guests into dinner

Roll of Alumni Weekend 2014: Drinks Reception

Dulwich Lunch hosted by Elizabeth Werry

Benefactors' Garden Party 2014

Roll of Alumni Weekend 2014: ElyTour led by Anne Heffernan

Roll of Alumni Weekend 2014: ElyTour led by Anne Heffernan




The College was delighted thatProfessor Sir Laurence Martin, whocreated the prize in memory of hisGirtonian daughter Jane Martin, wasable to attend the wonderful evening ofpoetry to celebrate and award theannual national prize for young poetslast May. The first and second prizeswere awarded to Alexandra Strnad andPenny Boxall respectively, both of whomread some of their winning poemsincluding “Strangers” and “The AnimalTrials” to an audience of students,

Fellows and alumni (the winning poemsare available to read on our website –www.girton.cam.ac.uk/jane-martin-poetry-prize). This year both of thejudges, John Fuller and Dr VahniCapildeo, were also asked to read someof their poems. It was a very diverse andfascinating evening, so many thanks toall those who were involved.

Jane Martin Poetry Prize for 2014

From L to R: The Mistress, PennyBoxall, Alexandra Strnad andProfessor Sir Lawrence Martin

PrizesHammond Science Communication Prize 2014“Chaos” was the theme for the seventhHammond Science Communication Prizecompetition held last February in theStanley Library. Student entrants werefree to interpret the theme in any of themany scientific contexts in which it hasmeaning, and to give an eight minutepresentation to a mixed audience ofFellows, students, and a panel of judgesincluding alumni Dr Suzy Lishman(President of the Royal College ofPathologists), Dr Jane Risdall (SurgeonCommander) and the generous donor ofthe prize Dr Phil Hammond himself.

We heard presentations from sevenstudents on subjects ranging fromrandom number generation to epilepsy.Charlotte Burford (2011), a third yearPhysiology student, won the Judges’Prize and the Audience Prize with apresentation entitled “It is better to failconventionally than to succeedunconventionally” about the psychologyof investing. The Royal Society ofPathologists donated a prize for the best

talk with a pathology theme, and thiswas won by David Harrison (2012), afirst year Veterinary Science student, for“The chaos of cancer”, in which heillustrated dramatically both theunderlying biological chaos of cancer,and the chaos it causes in peoples’lives. The abstract prize went toEllie Drabble (2012), a secondyear Veterinary Science student,

for “Horsemeat: the risk to the publicand the veterinary profession”.

Dr Hammond summed up the eveningwith an entertaining and informativespeech ranging across his ownprofessional experience from seriousscience and medicine to writing,broadcasting and comedy, highlightingthe importance of communication.

Dr Phil Hammond (centre) and contestants

Prizes


Sport

Whatever it is, that Girton camaraderiehas long been a part of the College'sfootball club. And in London, a groupof ex-Girtonians are recreating thefeeling of pulling on the green shirtafter two alumni, Ian Deacon and PaulTouil, helped set up a football club in2012 called Hampstead Hawks.

Alex Mugan and Goran Glamocak wererecruited first. Mark Walsh, Rob Calvertand Chris Kingcombe joined soon after,followed by Matthew Cook. The nextseason, James Streather signed up, andthe latest additions, Matthew Foster andNaveen Anandakumar, take the numberof Old Girtonians at the club to 11.

All of those players starred for GirtonCollege Football Club at some pointfrom 1997 to 2012, and several wonBlues. There are a few ex-Selwyn playerstoo but we try to keep that one quiet.

“Living in London only allows you somuch free time and football is an idealway to combine social activity with acompetitive workout” Ian says. Our mainaim in setting up the Hawks was to havea group of players who enjoyed playingtogether and who would be able to makethe most of their individual talents bycombining effectively on the pitch. Havinga core of Old Girtonians gives us a specialbond and makes us a better team.”

“It was difficult at first to find a team of like-minded people in London,” Rob adds, “But having that immediateGirton connection really helped, and it’s made Saturday games something all of us look forward to every week.”

Playing 11-a-side on Saturdayafternoons – in Girton green kit, ofcourse – the Hawks are eager to recruitplayers, both ex-Girtonians and thosefrom further afield.

Anyone interested in getting involvedshould contact [email protected]

or [email protected]. The club also has a Facebook page:www.facebook.com/GreenFootballInterchange.

Girton Football ... in London!

There’s something a little bit different about being a Girtonian. Maybe it's the bicycle ride. Maybe

it's those red bricks. Maybe it's the smell of cut grass on the playing fields in summer.


Sport

Alumni vs Students Football Match 2014It was a fantastic day for a dramaticmatch. The teams were level at thefull time whistle with the alumnisecuring the win on penalties. Thank you to all those that took partespecially the alumni captain, ChrisKingcombe (2007), and organiserMichael Coulson (1997), and thecurrent captain Tom Day (2013).

REPORT FROM MICHAEL COULSON

With just 10 days to go, the FootballOld Boys team had only six players.There then followed a frantic search viaemail, Facebook and the DevelopmentOffice, so that finally on the day wemade it to 13 players, two more thanthe previous year.

Early on the Old Boys took a shock leadthanks to an excellent corner fromCaptain Chris Kingcombe and a smartfar post finish from Shane Heffernan(2010). However it wasn’t long beforethe current Girton team, riding high indivision two, got into their stride andstarted to expose the inevitable frailtiesof the Old Boys team. Three goals dulyarrived before half time, the best ofwhich was a fine individual effort fromthe tall blonde haired striker whomanaged to chip Old Boys keeper RobJones (2002) from outside the box.

Half time allowed the Old Boys to havea breather and plan ways to try and get back into the match. But no onepredicted what would happen early on in the second half. My goal-scoring

record in my four years playing for theCollege was very poor and to be honestin the first half I was struggling to keepup. But as I was scheduled to come offfor a 15 minute breather, I thought Iwould go up for a corner. Once againthe delivery from Kingcombe wasfantastic, and without a second tothink I planted an unstoppable headerin the top corner of the net. There aretimes when life truly amazes me!

The Old Boys now had momentum andwith the current team scheduled to playCuppers the next day, the match beganto even up. Heffernan cleverly slottedhome the equaliser with about 25minutes left and the Old Boys held onfor a remarkable 3-3 draw, which noone could have predicted at half time.

It’s very hard to single individuals out in such a great team effort but Kingcombe and Mark Walsh (1997) were pivotal in midfield, JamesStreather (2009) was energy personifiedon the right, Richard Staff (2003) was

rock solid at the back and Rob Jones’handling was very assured.

Overall it was a great day meeting Girtonians Old and New. If you are interested in playing next year then contact me [email protected]. We always need reinforcements to oursquad, because getting 11 footballersback to Girton is always much harderthan people assume.


Donors

Class of 1932 Mrs V Garner (Clague)

Class of 1934Miss J Macaulay

Class of 1935 Miss E ChadwickMiss J MangoldMrs J Westwood (Murrant)

Class of 1936 AnonymousMrs M Tyndall (Blench)

Class of 1937Miss E Burton

Class of 1938 Miss K AutyMiss M CoxMiss M Elliott

Class of 1939 Mrs J Abraham (Cole)Dr M Metcalfe (Davies)Miss E Yonge

Class of 1940 Dr M BrownMrs J Rawlence (Finch)Mrs L Roe (Jones)Mrs R Winegarten (Aarons)

Class of 1941 Dr J Miller (Wilson)Mrs S Seddon (Proudlock-Dunbar)

Class of 1942 AnonymousMiss M EvansMrs A Finch (Dickson)Mrs I Goodwin (Simon)Mrs A Helliwell (Barnes)Mrs G Poole (Naldrett)Mrs A Sinnhuber (Daubercies)

Class of 1943 Dr R Brooke (Clark) and Professor C BrookeMrs C Heptonstall (Smith)Dr M Lyon Mrs A Nowell (Giles)Dr J Robinson (Callow)Dr J Trusted (Turner)

Class of 1944 AnonymousMrs P Broomhead (Wagstaff)Mrs P Burcham (Marson)

Mrs M Child (Bond)Mrs M Pinsent (Bowen)Miss O SearlesMrs B Sloman (Pilkington-Rogers)Mrs V Williams (Grubb)

Class of 1945 Mrs A Bassett (James)Miss M ChevallierMrs J Humphreys (Bosomworth)Mrs C Kerr (Fillmore)Mrs H Kingsley Brown (Sears)Mrs J Mothersill (Brock)Ms A Wilson

Class of 1946 AnonymousMrs J Duncan (Salmon)Mrs L Grant (Belton)Mrs A Kitson (Cloudsley)Miss S Warren

Class of 1947 AnonymousMrs B Barnett (Hurlock)Mrs J Carroll (Duncan)Dr M Chibnall (Morgan)Mrs M Christie (Makepeace)Mrs R Collins (Mottershead)Mrs M Conn (Sumner)Mrs R Felton (Holt)Professor H Francis (Wright)Dr J Hockaday (Fitzsimons)Mrs J Jolowicz (Stanley)Dr P Talalay (Samuels)Dr M Thomas (Hern)Mrs P Wilson (Knight)

Class of 1948 AnonymousDr S Beare (Reed)Dr J BradyMrs R Buckley (Williams)Lady Chilver (C Grigson)Mrs M Clark (Ronald)Professor E CurranDr I Ferguson (McLaren)Mrs J GoddardMrs S Greig (Stutchbury)Mrs K Kummer (Morris)Mrs P Marsh (Holland) and Mr D MarshMrs D Mayes (Law)Mrs M Morgan (Byrant)Dr M RendelMrs J Statham (Lansdown)Mrs S Tyler (Morris)

Class of 1949 AnonymousMrs A Atkinson (Barrett)Mrs M Bryan (Grant)Mrs E Bullock (Pomeroy)Mrs J Cartwright (Edmonds)Miss J HaringtonMrs J Hewlett (Williams)Mrs M Hodgkinson (Wass)Dr S Kaplow (Briscoe)Dr J Lloyd-Thomas (Baron)Mrs M Milkman (Friedenthal)Professor V Minogue (Hallett)Dr J Orrell (Kemp)Dr V Pearson (Mercer)Baroness P Perry (Welch)Dr M Snook (Butler)Mrs A Thomas (Kendon)Dr V van der Lande

Class of 1950Participation Rate: 19.4%AnonymousMrs J Alchin (Hankey)Dr A Chapman (Peter)Mrs R Dams (Bailey)Mrs D Dennis (Hinnels)Miss S LesleyMrs M Owen (Baron)Mrs J Schofield (Plowman)Mrs J Towle (Barbour)Mrs S Turner (Davis)

Class of 1951 Participation Rate: 27.7% AnonymousDr R BaileyMrs R Bennett (Appleton)Mrs J Gumeracha (Hill-Smith)Mrs A Hamaker (Church)Dr M Howatson (Craven)Dr K LawsonMrs M Macey (Denton)Ms S MarsdenMrs A Oldroyd (Holloway)Mrs G Scales (Grimsey)Mrs R Smart (Armstrong)Miss B StephensonMrs P Ward (Nobes)Mrs H Wright (Mingins)Dr E Wyatt

Class of 1952 Participation Rate: 27.5% AnonymousMiss J ButlerMrs A Carey (Patrick)Mrs J Foord (Greenacre)

Donors to the College 2013-14

The College is extremely grateful to all the following for their support. Donors from 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014

are listed below; donors from July 2014 will be listed next year. In addition to those listed below, our thanks

also go to all donors who wish to remain anonymous.

The participation rate is the percentage of living, addressable alumni from a year group making a gift within the financial year.Names in italic type indicate a legacy.


Donors

Lady Foster (K Bullock)Ms M GilbertMiss R HaddenMrs R Harris (Barry)Mrs J Hurst (Kohner)Mrs J Lindgren (Beck)Mrs J Lovegrove (Bourne)Mrs B Marshall (Golding)Mrs P Ross (Davies)Mrs N Schaffer (Thomas)Miss C SomersetMrs P Souter (Baker)Mrs I Wiener (Pollak)Mrs J Wood (Felton)

Class of 1953 Participation Rate: 23.9% AnonymousMrs S Alderson (Heard)Mrs A Attree (Chapman)Dr M Barnes (Sampson)Mrs B Bishop (Baker)The Revd L BrownDr M Coope (Robinson)Dr E Dobie (Marcus)Miss O HarperDr Pamela Hill (Harper)Mrs G Hitchcock (Worthington)Mrs K Larkin (Gibson) and Mr M LarkinMrs J Marshallsay (Hall-Smith)Lady Reid (M Kier)Mrs J Round (Baum)Mrs J Shipley (Leeman)Mrs S Turner (Pascal)

Class of 1954 Participation Rate: 26.8% AnonymousMrs A Burley (Snow)Mrs V Carroll (Jordan)The Rev H Catton (Middleton)Mrs C Coleman (Whiten)Dr M Cox (Whichelow)Mrs E Fenwick (Roberts)Mrs A Franklin (Glossop)Mrs R Goring (Blake)Mrs J Harrison (Richards)Mrs J Jordan (Hogbin)Mrs D Lees-Jones (Nayler)Miss M McNultyMrs H Silk (Wallace)Mrs D Stallard (Randall)Mrs F Strong (Ranger)Ms M Swanwick (Richardson)Mrs D Woolley (McGrath)

Class of 1955 Participation Rate: 37% AnonymousDr S Adam (Merrell)Mrs A Alexander (Coulton)Mrs R Allen (Green)Mrs P Bainbridge (Lawrence)Mrs J Barker (Cotton)Mrs J Cardell Lawe (Cardell)Professor J ChandlerMrs R Edwards (Moore)Mrs M Fraser (Easterbrook)Mrs D Geliot (Stebbing)Mrs M Goodrich (Bennett)Dr B Hammerton (Mann)Mrs J Hamor (Wilkinson)Dame Rosalyn Higgins (Cohen)Mrs S Holmans (Edge)Mrs B Isaac (Miller)

Mrs M Levett (Ward)Mrs C McLean (Lithgow)Mrs G Parr (Loft)Mrs A Preston (Walmsley)Dr B Thomson (Bland)Mrs D Thorp (Galbraith)Mrs S Threlfall (Jackson)Mrs C Vigars (Walton)Dr J Wade (Marlar)Mrs J Walker (Brown)Mrs E WerryMrs D York (MacDonald)

Class of 1956 Participation Rate: 21.1% AnonymousMrs J Barrett (Fountain)Lady Bett (C Reid)Mrs M Bright (Abel)Dr J Davies (Dadds)Mme W Hellegouarc'h (Thomas)Mrs A Hooper (Tyszkiewicz)Mrs M Pedlar-Perks (Tillett)Mrs M Poole (Smith)Dr M RossiterDr F Simpson (Zuill)Lady Swinnerton-Dyer (H Browne)Mrs M Thorpe (Perry)Mrs R Treves Brown (Harding)Ms M Vincent

Class of 1957 Participation Rate: 19.7% AnonymousProfessor J AshworthMrs M Davies (Owen)Mrs G du Charme (Brown)Mrs A Goosey (Alexander)Mrs J Hammond (Haffner)Mrs J Hull (Mee)Mrs J Kenrick (Greaves)Mrs P Moylan (James)Mrs S Otty (Williams)Mrs V Roberts (Chapman)Dr E Vinestock (Morrison)Mrs V Wood-Robinson (Ginman)Mrs P Youngman (Coates)

Class of 1958 Participation Rate: 35.6% AnonymousMrs F Bennetts (Farrar)Dr H Bewes (Bryant)Mrs E Cary (Simon)Miss J CorserMrs P Dauris (Butterworth)Miss M DysonMrs A Eccles (Chib)The Revd Canon Dr R Edwards (Phillips)Mrs C Gascoigne (Ditchburn) and Mr BGascoigneLady Gass (E Acland-Hood)Mrs H Greenstock (Fellowes)Miss C HaworthMrs D Hobden (Hutchings)Mrs A Holland (Telling)Dr G LachelinMrs S Lawrence (Reeder)Mrs D Lindsay (Gent)Dr J Lloyd (Muir-Smith)Mrs A McFee (Mills)Mrs K Norman (Redwood)Mrs J Pardey (Stoker)Dr J Rizvi (Clarke)Mrs R Ross (Fincher)Mrs C Stewart (Custance)

Mrs B Stocks (Martin)Mrs E Unmack (Tait)

Class of 1959 Participation Rate: 22.2% AnonymousMrs S Beasley (Brown)Mrs D Boatman (Coles)Mrs J Butcher (Walker)Ms J Fairwood (Wood)Mrs A Foat (Goldup)Dr S Guthrie (Weltman)Mrs M Hall (Adams)Mrs V Hall (Heard 1959) and Mr J HallMrs C Hopkins (Busbridge)Mrs K Lawther (Cameron)Mrs A Montgomery (Hurrell)Mrs M Morgan (Stallard-Penoyre)Professor C Oppong (Slater)Mrs J Paine (Smith)Mrs L Ruffe (Cuppage)Professor S SzuchetMrs D Turner (Greenaway)Lady Vaizey (M Stansky)Mrs E Woodhouse (Steele)

Class of 1960 Participation Rate: 26.8% AnonymousMrs R Brackenbury (Crabtree)Dr D DevlinMrs M Field (Chisholm)Mrs B Gardner (Brennan)Dr V Haynes Mckay (Haynes)Mrs J Herriott (MacLean)Dr A McDonald (Lamming)Mrs J Meadows (Stratford)Miss F MillsMrs D Nicholson (Hilton)Mrs V Offord (Wheatley)Mrs E Siddall (Stone)Mrs U Sparrow (McDonnell)Mrs S Thomson (Dowty)Mrs J Thorpe (Oakley)Dr M WalmsleyDr R Warren (Copping)Ms C WebbMrs M Woodall (Evans)

Class of 1961 Participation Rate: 24.2% AnonymousDr S Bain (Stanley)Mrs J Bower (Bath)Mrs C Brack (Cashin)Mrs K Brind (Williams)Dr A Conyers (Williams)Mrs S Cox (Crombie)Mrs J de Swiet (Hawkins)Mrs E Hambly (Gorham)Miss B NevillProfessor C Nyamweru (Washbourn)Mrs M Poole-Wilson (Gemmell)Mrs F Price (Hough)Mrs R Righter (Douglas)Ms A RobertsonMrs L Scott-Joynt (White)Mrs S Smith (Jenkins)Mrs J Stancomb (Cooper)Mrs J Standage (Ward)Dr A ThompsonDr R Toms (Peregrine-Jones)Mrs C White (Slade)Mrs S Wilson (Waller)


Donors

Class of 1962 Participation Rate: 17.4% AnonymousMiss J BainbridgeMrs R Binney (Chanter)Mrs D Bond (Macfarlane)Mrs C Cooper (Parsons)Miss A DarvallMrs P Downes (Sterry) and Mr P DownesMiss H GreigMs J McAdoo (Hibbert)Dr R Morley (Doling)Dr V Raman (Srinivasan)Miss P SimpsonMiss H StroutsMrs J Way (Whitehead)

Class of 1963 Participation Rate: 20% AnonymousLady Atkinson (J Mandeville)Dr E Burroughs (Clyma)Mrs S Hill (Gleeson-White)Mrs L Jones (Smith)Mrs C Lane (Emus)Mrs H Langslow (Addison)Dr M MiddletonMiss E RobertsMrs M Stoney (Wild)Dr P Taylor (Francis)Dr V Thorne (Stanton)Mrs J Wakefield (Dawes)

Class of 1964 Participation Rate: 13.2% AnonymousMrs C Ansorge (Broadbelt)Mrs C Beasley-Murray (Griffiths)Professor K BeckinghamMrs R Canning (Harris)Miss D CrowderHer Honour Judge Fisher (E Fisher)Ms I FreebairnMs V Horsler (Sheen)Mrs G McIlwaine (Leathem)Mrs J McManus (Edwards)Dr R Osmond (Beck)Mrs C Thorp (Kenyon)

Class of 1965 Participation Rate: 16% AnonymousThe Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden (M Arden)Dr D Challis (Pennington)Mrs P Eaton (Mills)Ms J GardinerMrs J Houghton (Rumsey)Dr R Page (Wight)Dr M Picton (Jones)Mrs P Sharp (Monach)Mrs H Short (Hawthorn)Professor A Sinclair (Lees)Professor V van Heyningen (Daniel)Dr M Whalley (Bramley)

Class of 1966 Participation Rate: 17.6% AnonymousMrs L Andrews (Scott)Dr L Bacon (Rayner)Dr E Capewell (Aldridge)Miss F CorrieMrs L Curgenven (Charlton)Mrs H Davies (Waters)Professor A Finch

Mrs S Forster (Hawley)Mrs B Hird (Holden) and Mr A HirdDr A LishmanMs W LohMrs A NusseyDr R Smith (Lowenthal)

Class of 1967 Participation Rate: 17% AnonymousDr A Baldwin (Barber)Dr B Castleton (Smith)Dr P ChadwickMrs L Chesneau (Jacot)Mrs K Coleman (MacKenzie)Dr D Cunningham (Yeates)Dr E EmersonDr P FordDr N Gibbons (Bole)The Rt Hon Lady Gloster (E Gloster)Mrs A Hoddell (Habakkuk)Mrs D McAndrew (Harrison)Mrs G Mintah (Quansah)Mrs B Moran (Jones)Mrs A Rowe (Helliwell)Mrs L Tee (Payne)Mrs B Walker (Fogg) and Mr W Walker

Class of 1968 Participation Rate: 27.4% AnonymousDr G Ball (Harte)Dr A BlackburnDr L BraddockMs S Burrows-Goodwill (Burrows)Mrs V Challacombe (Brousson)Mrs H Chown (Benians)Ms J CrimminDr C Crocker (Tombs)Dr J CrossMiss S CubittDr H FalkMs H Goy (Corke)Mrs S Gray (Francis) Professor R Jenkins (McDougall)Ms E KlingamanMrs D Knight (Watson)Ms J Mercer (Clarke)Ms S MinterMrs L Norman (Dunn)Ms F OatesMrs S Penfold (Marshall)Professor H RitvoDr F Smith (Rankin)Mrs H Swallow (Symes)Miss J Thompson

Class of 1969 Participation Rate: 16.3% AnonymousDr C Bell (Howe)Miss S Blacker (Breton)Mrs B Elks (Sanderson)Dr A Griffin (Ryder)Dr J Lebus (Harvey)Dr G Monsell (Thomas)Professor E NesbittMrs Z Powers (Jones)Mrs R Sheldon (Martin)Dr B Taylor (Slimming)Mrs K Ward (Mee)Mrs S Watson (Head)Dr J Wilson (Trotter)Mrs M Winfield (Richards)

Class of 1970 Participation Rate: 14% Mrs C Avery Jones (Bobbett) and Mr J Avery JonesLady Burnell-Nugent (M Woods)Mrs B Coulson (Chambers)Dr M Curtis (Barber)Mrs S Hargreaves Professor M HaycockMiss E HowieMs P JonesDr S Lawton (Marsh-Smith)Miss P ManderDr A Marlow (Sheppard)Dr J Melia (Gibson)Dr M Mountford (Gamble)Ms J NockoldsDr R SiddalsProfessor M Skuncke

Class of 1971 Participation Rate: 17.1% AnonymousMs A BazinMrs Z Bennett (Humphries-Bennett)Dr H Caldwell (Burtenshaw)Mrs V Chiesa (Wilkie)Dr F Clifton-Hadley (Christian)Dr A CobbyMiss L FlukerThe Revd C Hetherington (Bourne)Reverend K KirbyProfessor L Markovic (Djurovic)Mrs J McKnight (Ruddle)Dr E O'Keefe (Robinson)Miss J PalmerMrs H Papworth (Garson)Ms T SmallboneDr H TaylorMrs J Tierney (Briggs)Mrs G Waters (Cutmore)Mrs R West (Sykes)

Class of 1972 Participation Rate: 16.9% AnonymousMrs J Bell (Spurgin)Dr F CampbellThe Rev C Clarke (Fletcher)Mrs S Cooper (Vale)Miss H DarbyDr S DaviesMs S DawsonDr A EdmondsMiss G EdwardsMrs S Gaulter (Wright)Ms J HannaMs B Hines (Fetjek)Mrs E Hope (Bentley)Dr J Kinder (Stott)Mrs A Molloy (Taylor)Dr J Moyes (Paul) and Mr J MoyesDr A Overzee (Hunt)Miss S PargeterMs Vicky PlattMrs M Samuels (Moss)Mrs C Turner (Ogle)Mrs R Whatmore (Robertson)

Class of 1973 Participation Rate: 15.6% AnonymousMs M AustenMrs A Bamforth (Burgess)Mrs M Beringer (Powell)Dr M Davies

Dr L Dumbreck (Devlin)Dr C Fine (Cheal)Mrs M Gildea (Brierley)Mrs A Griffiths (Evans)Mrs J Kitchen (Woods)Mrs V Knight (Hammerton)Dr A Lyon (Butland)Dr T MadejMrs N Miller (Thomas)Mrs P O'Driscoll (Thrower)Dr A OwenMrs A Stainsby (Sutton)Dr S Tilby (Wharton)Ms P Wade (Wellburn)

Class of 1974 Participation Rate: 15.5% AnonymousLady Baker (H Sharrock)Dr A BlumMrs C Borrill (Pateras)Dr J Clayton (Gardner)Mrs M Craig (MacCoby)Dr S Dyson Miss D FarleyMiss J FullerMrs F Hallworth (Whiston)Dr D LambMrs P Marr (Swanney)Mrs F Morris (Milner)Ms M MorrisDr C Morrison (Page)Dr E Oakes (Jacques)Miss N PowellDr M TrustedDr R WhaleyMrs A Whipp (Smith)

Class of 1975 Participation Rate: 16.8% AnonymousMs F Anderson (Wells-Thorpe)Mrs J Barker (Leske)Miss F BoyersMrs A Davidson (Jones)Mrs S Finlay (Perry)Miss F GledhillDr J GoldbergDr M JubbMs J MannDr P McCallum (Coon)Mrs C Mitchell (Teall)Dr R Nye (Painter)Mrs S Palmer (Hull)Her Honour Judge I Parry Dr R Rayner (Talbot)Mrs R RossMiss M StebbingDr G Tozer-Hotchkiss (Tozer)Dr P TyrrellMs F Werge

Class of 1976 Participation Rate: 20.6% AnonymousDr C Anderson (Aston)Ms D Bartelt-Fuertes (Bartlett)Dr H BenbowDr C Bryce (Ford)Mrs P Cakebread (James)Ms J FerransDr M FiorottoMrs A Jenkinson (Sims)Mrs E Jones (Dando)Miss M KnowlesMrs S Maunder (McVicar)

Dr B Mensch and Mr M EvansMrs G Millinger (Ashton)Mrs S Morgan (Richardson)Ms H MorrisonDr A RobertsDr C Robinson (Murphy)Dr Y RoeMrs J Smallwood (Smith)Miss E WadeMrs S Weatherhead (Wallace)

Class of 1977 Participation Rate: 23.4% AnonymousMrs S BallingallDr C BellMrs C Bromhead (Smith)Dr C BrownMrs J Collyer (Kiwana)Mrs A Coulton (McWatters)Dr C DavisDr R DyerMs C EganMrs A Glanvill (Howe)Mrs C HeskethMs S Hunt (Robin)Mrs N KingMiss J Main ThompsonMrs H MayMrs H Neville-Towle (Duguid)Mrs C Oram (Hughes)Dr L PillidgeProfessor S Rowland-JonesMrs B Schouten (Edwards)Mrs S Shaw (Everett)Mrs P Somervell (Holt)Professor H ThomasMrs L Turner (Gemmell)Mrs G White (Lupton)Ms S WoodallMrs G Woon (Doubleday)

Class of 1978 Participation Rate: 20% AnonymousMrs R Anderson (Naish) and Mr J AndersonMrs S Conolly (Ruch)The Rev Dr M De Quidt (Williamson)Mrs G Dodd (Andrewes)Ms J EltonMrs A Francis (Fairbairn)Mrs J George (Peterson)Ms A Harding (Moore)Mrs A Higgs (Beynon)Ms B HillMrs M Jackson (Strudwick)Ms K Knight (Otter)Mrs H Lim (Tan)Mrs A Masters (Elms Neale)Dr J Mitchell (Stebbing)Ms S O'Mahony (Bigg)Dr J RisdallMrs S Routledge (Blythe)Mrs S Shrimpton (Lightfoot)Dr N SimmondsDr A StreetlyMrs L Wortley (Greenhalgh)

Class of 1979 Participation Rate: 23.8% AnonymousMrs J Barwick-Nesbit (Nicholson)Ms J Caddick (Roberts)Dr P Child (Skeggs)Mrs K Clay (Swift)Mrs J Clough (Richardson)

Mr P CloutsMr D Conway-JonesMrs J Edis (Askew)Mr C EdwardsDr A GemmillDr P GibsonMr K GrocottDr S HalesMs C Hanks (Boag)Miss J Hewett-Cooney (Hewett)Ms S HewinMiss L JerramMs E LeeMrs M Lewis (Wallington)Mr J LongstaffMrs A Lowe (Alexander)Dr J Martin (Hewitt)Miss T NichollsMrs R Payne (Francis)Mr N PearsProfessor M PowerMs I RuhemannMrs A Sheil (Simpson)Professor A Taylor (Rosser)Mrs S Waller (Skelland)Mrs F Weston (Simpson)Dr N Wilkinson (Nanji)Dr C Young

Class of 1980 Participation Rate: 17% AnonymousMrs H Blackburn (Egan)Mrs J Burridge (Saner)Mr I CraggsMr J DoyleProfessor M FewtrellMr S FirthMs S GillMs S Hall (Hetherington)Mr D HollingworthMrs S Lancashire (Marr)Dr N LandDr K MarwickMr C MilneMrs K Pugh (Burton)Mr D RecaldinMrs B Shah (Pandey)Mr I TeagueMs P TreacyDr C VizeMrs H Wilderspin (Chatters)

Class of 1981 Participation Rate: 13.4% AnonymousMr D BransonMr G Counsell and Ms A Reece (1981)Mrs T Cowen (Castling)Dr P HammondMr N HarveyMr A LaneMs H Linaker (Townshend)Mrs Y Maxtone-Smith (Maxtone-Graham)Mr R McAllisterMs M O'BrienMr P PatelMs F SmithMrs R Stileman (Cremer)Mr N WellsMrs A Whitaker (Rundle)

Class of 1982 Participation Rate: 17.9% AnonymousMr D Bishop


Donors

Mrs C Burch (Ellis)Professor J Cassell Ms L DavyMrs E Hess (Bannan)Mr S HoodMrs K Ip (Jopson)Miss A LeaMiss S LeongMs G McDonald (House)The Revd Canon C MethuenMr S NamasivayamMrs K Peissel (Lynn)Dr C Proudman and Miss S Major (1982)Miss M Quinn Mr J Rae-SmithMrs J Raffle (Lobell)Mr A SimpsonMs L Simpson

Class of 1983 Participation Rate: 12.8% AnonymousMr S BellMr C GibbsProfessor D GowingMr L HoeghMiss W HoldenMrs A House (McNiff)Mrs A Johnstone (Walkington)Ms J Kirrane (Cronan)Professor M LindsayMr G McCurdyDr S O'HanlonMs C Orchard (Brind)Mr J PikeMrs L Sadler (Hyde)Dr K StewardMs F Van DijkMr D WittmannDr F Woodhouse

Class of 1984 Participation Rate: 11.8% AnonymousMrs T Bradley (Jennings)Mr P CameronDr T Crickmore (Bartram)Mrs C Dwyer (Williams)Professor M GaleMs M GoringMr S HackingMr A JacksonMr W JeffelsMr C MokMrs D Morrison (Restall)Dr L PowerDr I SmithMr P WilliamsMr J Young

Class of 1985 Participation Rate: 16% AnonymousDr C BradleyMr P Bream and Mrs J Bream (Sharp) (1988)Mrs H Butler (Penfold)Dr D Cara and Dr M Cara (Blake) (1985)Dr H ChanMrs K Collins (Scrivener)Mrs P ConsidineMrs A Davies-Jones (King)Mr T EarlMrs J FraserMs M HackettMr M HansonMr F Heng

Dr R HydeMrs S Parton (Reid) and Mr J Parton (1984)Ms P RobertsDr D SmithMrs E Strachan (Hill)Mrs C Travis (Bygrave)Mr V WangMiss S WilliamsMr C Woodford

Class of 1986 Participation Rate: 16% AnonymousMrs D Banerji (Urwin)Mr K ChanMrs C Crawley (Cregan)Mrs S Croft (White)Mr J DownesMr R EvisonMr G FreemanDr P GriffinMs C LiassidesDr S LishmanMr K Mann Mr A PymerMr R RaywardMrs K Roberts (Granger)Dr P ShahMrs A Sharp (de Labauve d'Arifat)Dr W SimonsonMrs K StormontDr S TamMr S WalkerMs K Whiting

Class of 1987 Participation Rate: 9.2% AnonymousMr M AndersonMr R Bayall (Buaal)Miss R Bright-ThomasMr T BrittonMr S CloseDr L FallonMr K GallowayMr P GroombridgeMr R Toone

Class of 1988 Participation Rate: 12.1% AnonymousMrs J Ancel (Hatem)Ms C Bardon (Heslop)Dr R CoxDr A GillespieMs F GrahamMr G GreenMr M HuttMrs A Little (Jacobson)Dr J MaltMs K McEvoyMr R MossMrs A Orsi (Knight)Dr J RippinMr J ShortMr A TyrerDr T WongMs A Young

Class of 1989 Participation Rate: 12.7% AnonymousDr D BellMr P BrabinMiss J BuckMrs R Cowin (Clark)

Dr M de MirandaMs N Guest and Mr D RiddellMr D HendersonMr J HowlingDr J JacobsMs S Jones (Griffith)Mr B JoshiMr M KhalidMr S MarsdenDr J OutramMr A RidleyMrs C Seward (Stanley)Ms R Teale

Class of 1990 Participation Rate: 10.8% AnonymousMr S BealeMr R CollinsMr M HallettMrs G McPherson (Hunter)Ms B Mielniczek (Miller)Miss V MilnerDr G O'KeefeMr D PoppletonMr T TaylorMrs J Treutenaere (Amos)Ms E WagnerDr M WestonDr H Wong

Class of 1991 Participation Rate: 13.3% AnonymousMr S BradleyMr J CreightonMr D GermainMr R GoodheadDr S HaywardMr P JamesMrs E LesterMr G MarshallMrs P Martin (Hall)Mr R MunDr D RammMr A RedfernMr J RouseMr T SouthernMr J SpencerMs M VintiadisDr S WallaceDr H Winand

Class of 1992 Participation Rate: 10.8% AnonymousDr S AguilarMr D BatchelorMrs N Budd (Hill)Dr E ChesneauMrs J Dumbelton (Ainsworth)Mrs J Geldart (Kelly)Mr J GestonMr O HaffendenDr R Jarvis (Brown) and Dr M Jarvis (1992)Mrs N Lancaster (Swift)Mr J MarshMr A McCreadyMr A PoulsonMrs L Sabharwal (Hill)Dr C Themans-Warwick (Warwick)Dr D ThurleyDr B von Meier-Ince (von Meier)


Donors

Class of 1993 Participation Rate: 11.5% AnonymousMr G ArnoldMr T BarnesMr W CollinsDr A Curry Mr I FurlongerMrs S Galbraith (Smith)Ms R KerrMrs A Lancaster (Mills)Dr J NowellMr J O'SullivanMrs S Parsons (Relf)Mr V RawalMrs J Riley (Hook)Mr N SartainMr H StokesMrs A TobinMr R WeatherstonMr G Williams

Class of 1994 Participation Rate: 8% AnonymousDr R Albardiaz Dr A Blaxter PaliwalaDr G BradburyDr J ChenMr N Coram-WrightDr T CourtneyMiss N HollingsworthMr C HulattMrs S Huxley-Reynard (Edgar)Mr K LochererMr P MasonMs C Maugham (Hibbitt)Mr L McLernonMr E Pugh

Class of 1995 Participation Rate: 11.7% AnonymousMr T BoughtonMs R BriggsMr S DavidsonMr A EveryMr B FehnertMiss A JacobsMr L JohnDr L Lamb (Baker)Mr T MassinghamMrs M Miksch WhiteMr N ParkerMr P RylandMiss L ShackletonDr L ShawDr A Thurrell

Class of 1996 Participation Rate: 10.8% AnonymousDr K Best (Smith)Ms H BradleyMiss C ChanMr M CobleyMs Y ErdenMiss A GeeMr P GloverMiss L JamesMrs A Keen (Neale)Mrs B Richards (Goodridge)Ms C RobertsMr R SmithDr L Wilson-Shaw (Jackson)Mrs C Wookey-Evans

Class of 1997 Participation Rate: 18% AnonymousMiss L AllenMr J Anthony-Edwards (Anthony)Mr P BeerMiss M Bingham-WalkerMr E BuckleyDr E ButterworthMr C CheungMr A ChisholmMr M CullingfordMrs C Finburgh (Pearson)Mrs C Gruffudd Jones (Mulliss)Mr R HakesMr P HallDr J Hawes and Mrs C Hawes (Slevin) (1997)Dr L HulattMrs J Lam (Anderson)Miss K MoorhouseMr T MurphyMr S NelsonMs E O'Reilly (Reynolds)Mr N RobinsonMr P RutlandDr J SchonfieldDr M Shaw-ChampionMr M SidhomMiss J SmithMr C VickersMiss L WalkerMr J Wheeler

Class of 1998 Participation Rate: 12.5% AnonymousMiss A Bayona FontMr R BryanMiss F BrysonMiss K ClarkMr P CornmellDr T CraggsMr G Dobson and Mrs A Dobson (Ambrose) (1999)

Mrs H Francis (Barnes)Mrs P Frowde (Barclay)Mr J GilberthorpeMrs S Holt (Merrigan)Ms K Kennedy (Laver)Miss R PopeMr G RedmanMrs C Smith (Thomas)Mr J ValiMiss L Wingfield DigbyMr J Woolf

Class of 1999 Participation Rate: 14% AnonymousDr E Almond (Robinson)Miss K BinghamMrs H BudnitzMiss L BullockMrs S Callas (Hedley Lewis)Dr J ClaassDr B CoffinMiss T CollierMr J Cooper-Colliander (Cooper)Mr D EmmensMrs A Hami (Kaler)Mr A HollandDr N JenningsMr H LiDr H LuMr P MarshallMr J Morgan

Mrs R Morris (Bowes)Dr R OrrMrs B OrtonMr E OwlesMr H RowntreeMiss N RumpMrs H Underwood (Keeble)Mr G Williams

Class of 2000 Participation Rate: 7.9% AnonymousMrs S Bradnum (Degge)Mr C CaulkinMr S CostelloDr M DriesDr C DuckworthMr D GrierMiss L HamiltonMr A MohamedbhaiMr J PanchaudMrs K Seed (Butlin)Dr D SmithMr T SneddonMr B Speight and Mrs H Speight (Haggie)(2000)Mr T Wey

Class of 2001 Participation Rate: 16.4% AnonymousMiss Z BestMiss S BrienMiss B CainMr D CashMiss S DaniellMiss G DurkinMiss R DyerMr T ElliottMiss K EllisonMrs B Fletcher (Wecker)Mr P HempsallMr U InameteMr E JacksonMr J KnibbsMrs L Leach (Ingle)Miss H LloydMiss R MandalMs V MarxMr J MatherMr J MeenowaMs R MooreDr A OwenMiss A SharmaMs E St. Matthew-DanielDr D Stretton (Marshall)Mrs R Walker (Clements)Mr R Wright

Class of 2002 Participation Rate: 13.1% AnonymousMr J AndrewsMr J BeesonMiss G BryceMiss K CharlesMrs K Clark (Irving)Miss H CraikMr S de HaasMr T ElsonDr G GnanakumaranMr R GriffithsMiss C HallMiss L HareMiss G HeffernanMr J Hogg


Donors

Mrs P Hook (Tudor)Mr T HoultonMiss N OsbornMs A OuthwaiteDr K PonomarevaMr M SchneiderMiss S StewartMr J TurnerMr S WestMr T Yates

Class of 2003 Participation Rate: 13.4% AnonymousMr W ArmstrongMiss E ChengMr N CookMr A DarntonMiss N HitchonMr M HughesMr H JohnsonMr A KumarDr S MayMr J MitchellMrs C Murrells (Clifton)Miss S PankajDr L PecheyMr J ReesMrs S Saeed (Adam)Mr P ShahDr R StaffMr B StimmlerDr M WhiteMs J Wong

Class of 2004 Participation Rate: 11.7% AnonymousMr A AinsworthMr M BeckettMr M BirminghamMr S BurdusMr D DeitzMr P DowerMr R DurkinMiss R FahyMrs K Fryatt (McDonnell) and Mr J Fryatt (2004)Mr M GossageMr V HandaMr N JonesMiss A KolbeMiss R LaidlawMr A LeungMiss E LoweMrs W Lung (Dong) and Mr R Lung (2003)Miss V MossMr S MurrayMr D OlgunMr S RattanMiss I SidesMr J StaffMr K Wong

Class of 2005 Participation Rate: 16.1% AnonymousMr J AndersonMr L AndrewsMiss D BradleyDr Peter BrettMiss K CaroMrs J Cox (MacDonald)Mr N CulshawMiss N de Pointis BrightyMr M EatonMr M Forsman

Miss C KellasMr E LivingstonMiss D LuoMiss K MainMr S MutterMrs J Naseman (Bromage)Miss C NicholsMr A PaulMiss S PotterMiss C RaynhamDr D ReesMr D Ryder-CookMr R SandsMiss K ScotterMiss J Sheard (Gulliver)Mr R StuttMr W Walters

Class of 2006 Participation Rate: 14.6% AnonymousMiss R AnthonyMr S AntillMr M BeevorMr C CameronMr S CowenMiss S FootmanMiss N HamiltonMiss J HarriesMiss S HawkinsMr J HosierMiss L IredaleMr L LinMiss D MargolisDr R MellisDr G MilneMr P MorrisMr H OnslowMr O PateyMr S Porter and Mrs R Porter (Dinham) (2007)Miss C RainsfordMr B RomanDr M SweeneyMr D SwiftMr W TanMiss R TandyMr B TraversMr Y Xu

Class of 2007 Participation Rate: 17.4% AnonymousMr D AdamsMr N CaldwellMiss W ChanMiss F DickinsonMr J DrakeMr T GaultDr F HansellMr S HayesMr G HungMr T IthellMr C KingcombeMiss E KostalasMiss G KwongMr J MannsMiss S MillerMr J MoreMiss J NutterMs P OlivariMiss M OliverMr F Perez CutinoMiss M SasaiMiss R SmithMiss A TedderMr O Timmis

Mr B TreloarMr D VyravipillaiMr S WaitMiss L WaldenMr A Young

Class of 2008 Participation Rate: 10.1% AnonymousMiss H AyoobMr J BrightonMr E ButtonMr A CarterMiss N CoanMr R DaboulMr M DuyzendMr L FletcherMiss C FordMr R HarrisMrs J Hopkins (Cragg)Mr R PavesiMr M RendallMr G RochezMr D ShahMr G ShankarMiss R SingerMr D SpencerMr E StephensMr J WongMr P Woollins

Class of 2009 AnonymousMiss S HaleMr S HartMr M HathrellMiss M KangMr F KirschMr J MeisnerMiss E RichardsMr A StikonasMr J StreatherMr J StylesMr M UdoffMr L WongMiss A Woroniuk

Class of 2010 AnonymousMr M MeekMr P ThompsonMr M Wright

Class of 2011 Mr R BhopalMiss A Mirosevic-SorgoMr J Tong

Fellows1, staff and supportersProfessor P AbrahamsMr S AnsellDr D BardenProf Dame G Beer (Thomas)Miss V BennettMr D Berman and Mrs D BermanMr A BlakeMr B BrownMr A DawsonDr J DusinberreProfessor S DysonDr M EnnisMrs A FalconerMs F GandyMr R GautreyMr J GrayProfessor J Hendry


Donors

Mrs P HillProfessor S HindsMr M HsinDr M IvesMrs S and Mr T LawMr A LeaderProfessor R LeighMs D LowtherThe Rt Hon the Lord Mackay of ClashfernProfessor G MadabhushiProfessor M Maekawa (Nakanishi)Ms F Malaree and Mr R Wielechowski (2002)Dr J Marks Mr N PeacockMr M PocockDr H RadkeMs J ReynoldsMr D Shelley

Mr A SmithMrs P SmithThe family of Margaret Stokes (née Farquhar 1940)

Miss V ThompsonProfessor P TodMrs J VarneyMr S VennMs J WilkinsonMr HBK WilliamsMr P Wilson

OrganisationsBHP BillitonCambridge Local Girton AssociationGeneral AtlanticGirton College Geographical AssociationGoldman Sachs

London Girton AssociationNuclear Electric Insurance LtdOxford Region GirtoniansPortland CSO Trading LtdSlaughter and MayThird Order, Society of St Francis

1 Who are not also alumni


Donors

Our Development Director, Elizabeth Wade, is an Old Girtonianherself (1976) and is responsible for the College's DevelopmentCampaign, long term fundraising strategy, major giving and allaspects of College alumni relations and development. Liz wouldbe happy to hear from you if you have any comments regardingthe College’s development plans and events. If you would like toknow more about A Great Campaign. Liz can be contacted [email protected] or on +44 (0)1223 339893.

Our Alumni and Legacy Officer, Emma Cornwall, oversees theCollege’s alumni events and communications, as well assupporting the hardworking volunteers involved with Girton’svarious alumni associations. Emma also now has responsibilityfor the College’s legacy giving programme. Contact Emma ifyou want to find out more about any of our alumni relationsactivities or if you are thinking about leaving a legacy to theCollege. Emma can be reached on [email protected] +44 (0)1223 338901.

Hannah James ([email protected], +44 (0)1223764935) is our Development Officer and manages the busy

administrative hub of the office. She has responsibility forbackground research for development campaigns and alumnievents and maintenance of our alumni database. Hannah is alsoresponsible for all aspects of gift administration and for preparingthe College’s quarterly and annual fundraising reports.

Our Annual Fund and Events Officer, Tamsin Elbourn, isresponsible for the organisation of Development Office eventsand also spearheads Girton’s Annual Fund giving whichincludes the Easter telethon campaign, so please contact her ifyou have any queries about this at [email protected] on +44 (0)1223 765685.

Kate Belger ([email protected]) +44 (0)1223764821 is our temporary Development Administrator. Sheprovides administrative support to the Development Directorand helps with events and communications.

Ingrid Koning ([email protected]) +44 (0)1223764935 has also recently joined the office on a temporary basisto help with our events.

Meet the Team

Elizabeth Wade Emma Cornwall Hannah James

Tamsin Elbourn Kate Belger Ingrid Koning


Friday 27 MarchMA DinnerGirton College

Saturday 28 MarchMA CongregationGirton College

13, 14 AprilMistress and Development DirectorVisitTokyo

15, 16, 17 AprilMistress and Development DirectorVisitHong Kong

20, 21 AprilMistress and Development DirectorVisitSingapore

Thursday 23 April15 Years of People’s Portraits, RP Mall Galleries ExhibitionLondon

Saturday 25 AprilMedics and Vets DinnerGirton College

Friday 1 MaySpring Gardens WalkGirton College

Thursday 7 MayJane Martin Poetry PrizeGirton College

Saturday 9 MayClassics SupperGirton College

Thursday 21 MayAlumni Formal HallGirton College

Saturday 13 JuneMay Bumps Marquee and Boat ClubDinnerCambridge

Sunday 14 June (TBC)Alumni Cricket MatchGirton College

Tuesday 16 JuneMay Week ConcertGirton College

Wednesday 17 JuneArtist in Residence ExhibitionCambridge

Saturday 19 SeptemberAlumni Reunion Dinner for thosewho matriculated in 2005 Girton College

Saturday 26 SeptemberLibrary TalkGirton College

Saturday 26 SeptemberLawrence Room talkGirton College

Saturday 26 SeptemberPeople’s Portraits ReceptionGirton College

Saturday 26 SeptemberRoll of Alumni Dinner includingreunions for those who matriculatedin 1955, 1965 and 1975Girton College

Sunday 27 SeptemberGardens TalkGirton College

Tuesday 20 OctoberGardens WalkGirton College

Thursday 29 OctoberAlumni Formal HallGirton College

Saturday 21 NovemberCommemoration of Benefactors andFoundation Dinner Girton College

Events Calendar 2015

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Development OfficeFreepost RTJS-ZSHH-ZHBS The Development Office Girton College Cambridge CB3 0JG

+44 (0)1223 766672/338901 [email protected]

www.girton.cam.ac.uk

Details of all events are available by emailing [email protected] by visiting the Alumni and Supporters section of the College’s websitewww.girton.cam.ac.uk

spring 2015 development newsletter

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