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ST CROSS COLLEGE RECORD

NUMBER 26 2009

EDITOR’S NOTE

This edition of the St Cross College Record covers the academic year October 2008 to September 2009. As before, I have included reports by most College Officers. I would be pleased to hear from any member of the College past or present who would be prepared to write something for publication. Again I have tried hard to remove errors in Fellows’, Students’ and Members of Common Room entries that have crept in over the years and would be glad to be notified of any errors that remain.

Jim Williamsonejw@atm.ox.ac.ukFebruary, 2010

CONTENTS

The College of St Cross at Oxford 3

Degrees Taken 28

Master’s Report 33

Awards, Prizes and Recognition of Distinction 35

New Fellows 37Mick Blowfield Robert de CrespignySimon Fisher Roberta GilchristAnna Lora-Wainwright Anastassia LoukinaGerard McCann Alistair McCormickCleide Rodrigues Andrew TopsfieldNicholas van Hear

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College Colloquia 41

Alumni Relations Report 44

Art Committee Report 46

Archivist’s Report 48

Bursar’s Report 50

Common Room Report 52

Director of IT’s Report 54

Librarian’s Report 55

Senior Tutor’s Report 59

Tutor for Admissions’ Report 60

Catering Manager’s Report 61

Music Report 62

Development and Fundraising 63

Obituaries 65Peter BurroughRalph LewinPeter NyeIan Skipper

A Mendelssohn Odyssey 73Peter Ward Jones

St Cross: The first 45 years 78Emilie Savage-Smith

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THE COLLEGE OF ST CROSS AT OXFORD

2009

MASTER

Goudie, Andrew Shaw, MA, DSc. (MA, Ph.D. Camb.)

FELLOWS

Zimmerman, Frieddrich Wilhelm BPhil, MA, DPhil (MA Erlangen) University Lecturer in Islamic Philosophy

Parsons, Barry Eaton, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) Professor of Geodesy and GeophysicsHedges, Robert Ernest Mortimer (MA PhD Camb.) University Lecturer in ArchaeologyWaters, David John, MA, DPhil (MA Camb.) University Lecturer in Metamorphic

Petrology; Curator, University Museum of Natural History; Web Master Pendry, Anna Elizabeth, MA, DPhil (BEd Camb.; MA (Ed) Lond.) University Lecturer

in Educational Studies (History)Garcia-Bellido, E. Paloma, MA (MA Texas (Austin); MA, PhD Universidad

Complutense, Madrid) University Lecturer in Spanish Linguistics and PhilologyKruger, Nicholas, MA (PhD Camb.) University Lecturer in Plant Sciences; Vice MasterMayhew, Nicholas, MA, DLitt by Special Election; Professor of Numismatics and Monetary

History, Deputy Director (Collections) Ashmolean MuseumTreadwell, William Luke, MA, DPhil (BA Camb.) Samir Shamma University Lecturer in

Islamic Numismatics, Ashmolean MuseumThompson, Peter John, MA (BA Warw.; PhD Pennsylvania), Sydney L. Mayer Lecturer

in American HistoryScott, Katharine, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) by Special Election; Senior TutorAdam, Christopher, MA, MPhil, DPhil (MA St And.) Reader in Development EconomicsDavage, the Revd. William Ernest Peter, MA (BA Newc.; MPhil Leic.) Pusey FellowPieke, Frank Nikolaas, MA (BA, MA Amsterdam; PhD Berkeley) University Lecturer in

the Modern Politics and Society of ChinaMacCulloch, Diarmaid Ninian John, MA, DD, (MA, PhD Camb.; Hon Dlitt

E.Anglia) FBA Professor of the History of the ChurchHope, Ronald Anthony, MA, BM, BCh (PhD Lond.) MRCPsych by Special Election;

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Professor of Medical EthicsHamerow, Helena Francisca, MA, DPhil (BA Wisconsin-Madison) University Lecturer

in European Archaeology (Early Medieval); Vice MasterWhiteley, Jon James Lamont, MA, DPhil by Special Election; Senior Assistant Keeper,

Department of Western Art, Ashmolean MuseumChatty, Dawn, MA (BA, DPhil UCLA; MA Institute of Social Studies, The Hague)

Reader in Forced MigrationDoherty, Maureen Patricia, MA (BA Lanc.; MA Open) by Special Election; Bursar;

Wine StewardMacGregor, Arthur Grant, MA (MA Edin.; MPhil, DLitt Durh.) by Special Election;

Senior Assistant Keeper, Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean MuseumEndicott, Jane Anne, MA (MA, PhD Toronto) Professor of Structural BiologyRaynes, Edward Peter, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) FInstP, FRS Professor of Optoelectronic

EngineeringUlijaszek, Stanley Jan, MA (BSc Manc.; MSc, PhD Lond.) Professor of Human EcologyForbes, Lesley Eleanor, MA (BA Durh.) Keeper of the Oriental Collections, Bodleian LibraryTaylor, James, MA (MA Camb.; MSc Lanc.; PhD Lond.) Reader in Decision ScienceMitter, Rana Shantashil Rajyeswar, MA (BA, MPhil, PhD Camb.) Professor of the

History and Politics of Modern ChinaOrford, Barry Antony, MA (BA, MTh, PhD Wales) Pusey FellowBriant, William Richard Christian, MA (MA Camb.) by Special Election; Chief

Operating Officer, Said Business SchoolDalton, Gavin Bruce, MA. DPhil by Special Election; Reader in Astrophysics Savulescu, Julian, MA (BMedSci, MB, BS, PhD Monash) Uehiro Professor of Practical

EthicsEllis, Vivian Thomas, MA (BA Warw.; MA Washington State; PGCE Camb; PhD

Lond.) University Lecturer in Educational Studies (English)Deutsch, Jan-Georg, MA (MA Hanover; PhD SOAS) University Lecturer in Modern

HistoryParker, Michael John, MA (BEd W.England; PhD Hull) Professor of Medical EthicsBaker, Jonathan Mark Robert, MA, MPhil Principal of Pusey HouseJirotka, Marina Denise Anne, MA, DPhil (BSc Lond.; MSc S.Bank) Reader in

Requirements CaptureLamb, Simon Henry, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) University Lecturer in Structural Geology and

TectonicsLigoxygakis, Petros, MA (BA Athens; MSc, PhD Crete) University Lecturer in GeneticsChambers, Stephan, MA, MLitt (BA Hull) by Special ElectionRomero Morales, Dolores, MA (MSc Seville; PhD Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Reader in Operations ResearchHall, Rodney Bruce, MA (MS, MA, PhD Pennsylvania) University Lecturer in

International Political Economy; Academic Director, Foreign Service ProgrammeChurchill, Grant Charles, MA (BSc, MSc Saskatchewan; PhD Minnesota) University

Lecturer in Chemical Pharmacology

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Pfeiffer, Judith, MA (MA Köln; PhD Chicago) University Lecturer in ArabicPerrow, David, MA (MA Camb.) by Special Election; Director University Library Services;

Bodley’s LibrarianRobinson, Mark, MA (PhD Lond.) Professor of Environmental Archaeology; DeanJaffe, Harold, MA (AB UC Berkeley; MD UCLA) Professor of Public HealthVenables, Kate, MA status (BSc, MSc, MD Lond.) by Special Election; University Lecturer

in Occupational MedicineAshbourn, Joanna Maria Anthonia, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) by Special Election; Tutor

for AdmissionsHamill, Heather, MA, DPhil (MA St And.) University Lecturer in Sociology Papanikolaou, Dimitris, MA (BA Athens; MA, PhD Lond.) University Lecturer in

Modern GreekSweetlove, Lee, MA (BSc E.Anglia; PhD Camb.) BBSRC Fellow; Reader in Plant

BiochemistryDexter, Colin, (Hon MA Leic.; Hon DLitt Oxf.Brookes) by Special ElectionKapanidis, Achillefs, MA (BA Thessaloniki; MSc, PhD Rutgers) University Lecturer in

Biological PhysicsMahone, Sloan Courtney, MA, DPhil (BA Hofstra; MS Boston) University Lecturer in

the History of MedicineAnderson, David McBeath, MA, (BA Sus.; PhD Camb.) FRHS Professor in African

PoliticsBostrom, Nick Rolf Lars, MA (BA Gothenburg; MA Stockholm; MSc Lond.; PhD

LSE) Professor of Applied EthicsMarsh, Herbert, MA (BA Indiana; MA, PhD California; DSc Western Sidney)

Professor of Educational StudiesPower, Timothy, (BA Massachusetts; MA Florida; PhD Notre Dame) University

Lecturer in Brazilian StudiesScott-Jackson, Julie Eileen, MA status, DPhil, (BSc Oxf.Brooks) by Special Election,

Senior Research Fellow, Pitt Rivers MuseumWilkinson, Angus, MA (BSc, PhD Brist.) University Lecturer in MaterialsYee, Margaret, MA status, DPhil (BSc NSW; BD Sydney) Senior Research Fellow Kemp, Peter Anthony, MA (BSc S’ton; MPhil Glas.; DPhil Sus.) Barnett Professor of

Social PolicyBiggs, Michael, (BA Victoria; MA, PhD Harvard) University Lecturer in SociologyFrood, Elizabeth, DPhil (BA, MA New Zealand) University Lecturer in EgypologyJacobsen, Sten Eiric, (MD, PhD Berger) Bass Professor of Developmental and Stem Cell

BiologyMcNicholl, Jane, MSc (BSc Liv.; PhD Lond.) University Lecturer in Educational StudiesBosworth, Mary, MA (BA Western Ausralia; MPhil; PhD Camb.) Reader in

CriminologyDaniels, Inge Maria, (BA Belgium; MA Japan; PhD Lond.) University Lecturer in Social

AnthropologyFloridi, Luciano, MA (LareleaRome; MPhil, PhD Warw.) by Special Election

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Pollard, Andrew, MA (BSc, PhD Lond.) FRCPHC Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity

Finkin, Jordan, (BA, MA Chicago; PhD California) University Lecturer inHebrew and Jewish Studies

Brocklehurst, Peter, FRCOG, (MB, ChB Dund. MSc Lond.) by Special Election, Professor of Perinatal Epidemiology

Liao, Matthew, DPhil (AB Priceton) by Special ElectionO’Hanlon, Rosalind, (BA Camb.; MA, PhD Lond.) Professor of Indian History and

CultureWard Jones, Peter Arthur, MA, FRCO by Special Election, Head of Music Dept. Bodleian

LibraryGardini, Nicola, MA (PhD New York) University Lecturer in ItalianCampbell Davies, Trevor Fraser, (BSc UMIST) by Special Election, Chief Executive,

Radcliffe TrustBogaard, Amy Marie, (BA Bryn Mawr; MSc, PhD Sheff.) University Lecturer in

Neolithic and Bronze Age ArchaeologyJohnson, Helen Louise, (BSc, PhD R’dg) University Lecturer in Climate and Ocean

ModellingPirie Fernanda, MA, DPhil (MSc Lond.) University Lecturer in Socio-legal Studies;

President of the Common RoomBowles, Neil DPhil (BSc Lond.) University Lecturer in Planetary PhysicsHicks, Daniel, MA (BA Brist.) University Lecturer in Modern ArchaeologyFriedrichs, Joerg (Dr Phil Munch) University Lecturer in PoliticsOlteanu, Daniel, Alexandru, (Dr Rer Net Munich; Dipl. Ing. Bucharest) University

Lecturer in Information Science; IT OfficerMacDonald, Simon BM, DPhil (BSc Edin.) MRCP Junior Research FellowNicholls, Rebecca DPhil (BA, MSc Camb.) Junior Research FellowSiveter, Derek (BSc PhD Leic.) by Special Election, Professor of Earth SciencesWatt, Andrew (BSc Glas.; MSc DIC Lond.; PhD Queensland) RCUK Fellow in Novel

Photovoltaic Devices in the Department of MaterialsWitte, Holger MSc, (Dipl.-Ing FH Wedel) Junior Research FellowSwafford, Glenn (BA Victoria Univ. Wellington; PhD Flinders Univ. S. Australia) by

Special Election, University Director Research ServicesFulford, Kenneth William Musgrove DPhil (PhD Lond.) FRCP, FRCPsych by Special

ElectionFisher, Simon Paul (MA Bath; MPharm, PhD Lond.) KNOOP Junior Research FellowLoukina, Anastassia MPhil, DPhil (Dipl. St Petersburg State Univ.) Junior Research

FellowBlowfield, Michael (BA Newc., MA Suss.) Smith School of Enterprise and the EnvironmentDe Crespigny, Robert James Champion (BComm) by Special ElectionMcCormick, Alistair James (BSc, PhD Natal; MSc Stellenbosch) Junior Research

FellowTopsfield, Andrew Stephen MA, DPhil Keeper of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum

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McCann, Gerard (BA, MPhil, PhD) by Special ElectionLora-Wainwright, Anna DPhil (BA, MA Lond.) University Lecturer in the Human

Geography of ChinaSchiffter, Heiko Alexander (PhD Erlangen) University Lecturer in Drug and Vaccine

DeliveryVan Hear, Nicholas James MA (BA Camb.; DPhil Birm.) by Special Election

HONORARY FELLOWS

Allen,Professor Sir Geoffrey, Kt (BSc, PhD Leeds), FInstP, FPRI, FRSSeyoum, Prince Mangashia, GCVO, MAStafford, Godfrey Harry, CBE, MA (MSc Capetown; PhD Camb.; Hon DSc Birm.)

FInstP, FRS Master 1979-87Crutzen, Paul Josef, (MSc, PhD, DSc Stockholm) Director, Atmospheric Chemistry

Division, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie 1980- ; Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1995Lee, Hermione, CBE, MA, BPhil Goldsmiths’ Professor of English Literature 1998-2008;

President of Wolfson College 2008-Repp, Richard Cooper, MA, DPhil (BA Williams College, Massachusetts) University

Lecturer in Turkish History 1965-2003; Senior Proctor 1979; Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1994-2003; Master 1987-2003

Brook, Sir Richard John, OBE, MA (BSc Leeds; ScD MIT) Professor of Materials Science

Eisenstein, Elizabeth, (AB Vassar; MA, PhD Radcliffe College)Warrell, David Alan, MA, DM, DSc, FRCP (Edin.) Professor of Tropical Medicine and

Infectious Diseases, Fellow1977-2005

EMERITUS FELLOWS

†van Heyningen, Ruth Eleanor, MA, DPhil, DSc (MA Camb.) Fellow 1965-1979; Senior Research Officer in Ophthalmology 1952-1978

†Jones, Alan, MA (MA Camb.) Fellow 1965-1980; Professor of Classical Arabic 1997-2000

Whittaker, Eric James William, MA (BSc, PhD Lond.) FInstP Fellow 1967-1983; University Lecturer in Geochemistry 1965-1967, Reader in Mineralogy 1967-1983

†Tinsley, Thomas William, OBE, MA, DSc (BSc Durh., PhD Lond.) Fellow 1965-1984; University Lecturer in Invertebrate Virology 1962-1984; Director NERC Institute of Virology 1963-1984

Walshaw, Charles Desmond, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) Fellow 1968-1986; University Lecturer in Atmospheric Physics 1963-1986

Porter, Simon Robert, MA, DPhil Fellow 1977-1987; Bursar 1977-1987Hassall, Tom Grafton, OBE, MA, Fellow 1974-1988; Director, Oxfordshire Archaeological

Unit 1973-1985; Secretary, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England 1984-1993

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†Hodcroft, Frederick William, Commander of the Order of Isabel the Catholic, MA (MA Manc.) Fellow 1965-1990; University Lecturer in Spanish 1953-1990

Petford, Alfred David, MA, DPhil, FRAS Fellow 1967-1990; Senior Research Officer, Department of Astrophysics 1961-1990

Tregear, Mary, MA (BA Lond.) FBA Fellow 1967-1991; Senior Assistant Keeper in Chinese Art, Ashmolean Museum 1970-1987; University Lecturer in Chinese

Art 1978-1991; Keeper of the Department of Eastern Art 1987-1991Barton, Revd John, MA, DPhil, DLitt (Hon DTheol, Bonn) Fellow 1974-1991;

University Lecturer in Old Testament Theology 1974-1989, Reader in Theology 1989-91, Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture 1991-

Hockey, Susan Margaret, MA Fellow 1979-1991; Computing Officer in the Arts 1975-1991

Smith, George David William, MA, DPhil, FInstP, FRS Fellow 1977-1991; University Lecturer in Metallurgy 1977-1993, George Kelley Reader in Metallurgy 1993-1996, Professor of Materials Science 1996-

†Britton, Dennis, MA (MA Camb.) Fellow 1965-1992; University Lecturer in Prehistory 1961-1992

Brookes, Edward Michael, MA (BSc Durh.; Hon LLD Waterloo; CEng, MICE) Fellow 1972-1992; Assistant University Surveyor 1964-76; University Land Agent 1976-1983

Glare, Peter Geoffrey William, MA (MA Camb.) Fellow 1976-1992; Editor, Oxford Latin Dictionary 1955-1981; Editor, Liddell & Scott Supplement 1981-1996

Brown, Helen Wingate, MA Fellow 1969-1994; Assistant Keeper, later Senior Assistant Keeper, Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, 1958-1994

Beckett, Philip Henry Trim, MA, DPhil, DSc Fellow 1966-1995; University Lecturer in Soil Science 1958-1988, Redesignated University Lecturer in Plant Science 1988-1995

Mould, Charles Marshall, MA, DPhil (BSc (Eng.) Lond.) Fellow 1981-1995; Secretary of the Bodleian Library 1981-1995

Olliver, Joseph Gascon, MA, DPhil (BSc Nott.) Fellow 1970-1996; University Lecturer in Surveying and Geodesy 1966-1996

Tyler, Godfrey John, MA (MSc Lond.; PhD Brist.) Fellow 1970-1996; University Lecturer in Agricultural Economics 1968-1996

Atkins, Frederick Brian, MA, DPhil Professorial Fellow 1975-1997; University Lecturer in Mineralogy 1969-1997; Curator of the Mineralogical Collection 1969-1997

Nizami, Farhan Ahmad, MA, DPhil (MA Aligarh) Junior Research Fellow 1983-1985; Islamic Studies Fellow 1985-1997; Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies 1985 -

Bishop, David Hugh Langler, MA, DSc (BSc, PhD Liv.) Fellow, 1984-1998; Director, NERC Institute of Virology 1984-1995

Roberts, Adrian David Scudamore, MA, BLitt (MA Camb.) Fellow 1978-1998;Sub-Librarian, Bodleian Library 1976-1998; Keeper of Oriental Books 1976-1998 Vessey, Martin Paterson, CBE, MA (MB, BS, MD Lond.) FRS Fellow 1973-2000;

Professor of Public Health 1974-2000

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Richards, Donald Sidney, MA Fellow 1967-2000; University Lecturer in Arabic 1960-2000; Dean of Degrees

Benton, Peter, MA (MA Camb.) Fellow 1987-2001; University Lecturer in Educational Studies (English) 1976-2001

Woolnough, Brian Ernest, MA (BSc R’dg; Cert Ed Camb.) FInstP Fellow 1984-2001; University Lecturer in Educational Studies (Physics) 1978-2001

Smith, Geoffrey MA, DPhil Fellow 1978-2001; University Lecturer in Astrophysics 1969-2001

Roe, Derek Arthur, MA, DLitt (MA, PhD Camb.) Fellow 1970-2003; University Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology 1965-1997, Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology 1997-2003

Mackridge, Peter Alexander, MA, DPhil Fellow 1981-2000; University Lecturer in Modern Greek 1981-1996, Professor of Modern Greek 1996-2003

Williamson, Edward James, MA, DPhil Fellow 1970-2004; University Lecturer in Physics 1968-2004; Dean of Degrees

Abramson, Glenda, MA (MA, PhD Rand.) Senior Research Fellow 1981-1989, Fellow 1989-2004; Cowley Lecturer in Post-Biblical Hebrew 1989-2004

Allan, James Wilson, MA, DPhil Fellow 1990-2005; Assistant Keeper, Department of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum 1966-1988, Senior Assistant Keeper 1988-1991, Keeper (Professor) 1991-2005

McLatchie, Robert Craw Forsyth, MA (BSc Glas.) Senior Research Fellow 1991-2005; Director, Oxford Parallel 1991-2005

Harris, Ann, MA (PhD Lond.) Fellow 1991-2005; University Lecturer in Paediatrics 1991-2005; Professor of Paediatric Molecular Genetics -2005

Gosden, Christopher, MA (BA, PhD Sheff.) Fellow 1994-2006; University Lecturer in World Archaeology 1994-2006, Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum

James, Wendy Rosalind, BLitt, MA, DPhil, FBA Fellow1972-2007; University Lecture in Social Anthropology 1972-1996, Professor of Social Anthropology 1996-2007

Tiffany, John Michael, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) Fellow 1979-2007; University Lecturer in Ophthalmological Biochemistry 1976-2007

Browning, David George, Order of José Matías Delgado, MA, DPhil (BA R’dg) Fellow 1968-2007; University Lecture in Geography of South America 1968-1985, Registrar, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies 1985-2007

† Founding Fellow

VISITING FELLOWS

Nicol, Douglas, (MA Penn State; PhD Univ. Washington) Shamma Visiting FellowTrigg, Roger, MA, DPhilRodrigues, Cleide (BA, MS, PhD San Paulo, Brazil) Gilchrist, Roberta (BA, DPhil York)

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RETIRED FOUNDING FELLOWS(other than Emeritus Fellows)

Barbour, Ruth, MABurridge, Kenelm Oswald Lancelot, MAZussman, Jack, MA, DPhil.Griffith, Thomas Gwynfor, B.Litt., MA MA, DPhilTucker, Richard George, B.Sc., BM, MA, DPhil.

Coles, Barry Arclay, MA, DPhil

MEMBERS OF COMMON ROOM

Former FellowsProfessor Lorna A Casselton FRSMr Hung ChengMiss Leslie ForbesDr Margaret FrenzThe Revd Dr Peter GrovesDr Beatrix NagyovaProfessor Ian PageProfessor John Bernard Pethica, FRSDr Steven George RobertsProfessor Emilie Savage-Smith,

ArchivistMr Joseph Colin Smith OBEDr Thomas Pitt SoperMrs Margaret TaylorDr Jonathan ThompsonDr Philip Bernard Tinker OBE Dr Suzanne Wolton, Garden MasterDr Oliver Watson Mr Christopher Emerson

Former Students Mr Talal Al-Azem Dr Michael Stuart Armstrong Mr Evelyne Bozzi (until Jan 09)Dr Sinead Theresa Brady (until April

09)Mr Chih-Yun Chang (until Feb 09)Mr Zhiyu Chen

Dr James Edward Dodd Dr Kenneth Michael Durkin Dr Sarah Marie Ekdawi Dr Julian FaultlessDr Helen Sian FisherMr Richard GermuskaDrAssimina KaniariDr Felix Benedikt KullchenDr Konstantinous LymperopolousDr Rupert Macey-DareDr Marcus Charles Plowman

MilwrightDr Paul MontgomeryMr Peter Chikaodi NtepheDr Chandra Sekar RamanujanMr Aparajith RamnathDr Margaret Jean RaynerMs Allison Yvonne SandersMiss Miriam Joanna SekkiMr Michael ShottMr Michael TalbotMs Giovanna Vitelli (until Sept 09)Dr Sue Walters Mr Alistair James Yeomans (until Jan

09)Mr Edwin (Bob) Biks Dr David Clifton Mr Vaughn Dutton Mr Oskar MacGregor

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Dr Tory Sternberg Dr Stig Topp-Jorgensen

Elected Members Mrs Sheila Allcock, LibrarianDr David J Allwright Dr Kia Balali-Mood (until Sept 09)Dr Ruth Barnes Dr Amanda Berlan Dr J Bogdanor, College DoctorDr Christopher Brown (until

March 09)Dr Annamaria Carusi Dr Stephen Clarke Dr Alan Coates Mrs Tonia Cope Bowley Professor James Council Ms Gill Davidson Professor Michael Dunne Professor Elizabeth Edwards Mrs Jing Fang Dr Federica Ferlanti Dr Roya Ghafele Professor Daphne Hampson Ms Gay Haskins Mr David Helliwell Professor Maciej Hennebert (Jan -

April 09)Mr John Hewitt (until Sept 09)Ms Suzy Hodge, Assistant BursarRevd. John William. Hunwicke (until

Jan 09)Dr Matthew David Johnson Dr Jane Kaye Mrs Laura King, Alumni and Events

Officer Dr Lawrence Leaver, College Doctor Mrs Judith Ledger, Accounts Manager

Mr Raymond Leece (until Jan 09)Mr Geoff Lescott (until Sept 08)

Dr Fiona MacIntosh (until Jan 10)Dr Daniela Mairhofer Dr Harvey Marcovitch Mrs Margaret Rose Marsh Dr Patrick E McSharry (until Sept 08)Mrs Alison Mignanelli Dr Aaron William Moore Dr John Nandris, FSADr Jeremy Peter Northover Dr Razvan Novacovschi, IT Manager

Dr M O’Shea, College DoctorDr Eleni Papargyriou (until Nov 09)Dr Laura Parodi (until Jan 09)Dr Clare Pollard (until Sept 09)Dr Timothy Brett Pound Dr James McCabe Reilly (until June

09)Professor William Scott-Jackson Dr Mark Patrick Sheehan Dr Joseph Sherman Dr Suzanne Straebler, College

Psychotherapist Dr Roger Andrew Strang Dr Kaihsu Tai Dr Alan Taylor Professor Ian Thompson Dr Nicholas Van Hear Professor Elvira Wakelnig Dr Susan Walker (until Sept 08)Dr Alison Dorothy Wall (until Sept

09)Dr Eileen Rose Walsh (until Nov 09)Dr Robert Elwyn James Watkins Mr Michael Wigg Mr Nigel Winser Dr Elini Yannakakis Dr Rebecca Fraser Dr Jason Matheny Patrick AlloDr Susan Bull

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GRADUATE SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS

1997 Appleton, Rosemary Jane MPhil

1998 Bertoneche, Caroline Sophie Chantal MPhil (BA Univ. Paris IV Sorbonne)

Erlingsson, Erlingur (BA Suffolk Univ) Fronius, Jennifer Helen BA Johnstone, Rachel Sara (BA Univ. Idaho) Liu, Yan-Tat (BSc Sus.; MSc Wales) Rodriguez, Anthony MA, MLitt Smith, Nicholas James M Biocheb, Oxford Timbrell, Anna Catherine (BSc Univ of Bath) Todd, Richard Mark William BA

1999 Bruns, Dorothee MSt, MPhil (ZP Berlin) Kahlon, Amol (MA, MPhil Jawaharlal Univ.) Kaniari, Assimina (Ptychion Athens; MPhil Camb.) Lacey, David James BA (BA, MSc) Lou, Xing MPhil (BEng Zhejiang) Lowe, Brigid MacInnes, Joy Anne (BSc Sheff.) McGourty, Colin Andrew MSt (MA St And.) Mwangi, Annabel Namik MSt (BA US International Univ.; MSc

Lond.) Talbot, Michael Zoltan Blaquiere (BA, MA Toronto)

2000 An, Mi-Young (BA Korea; MSc Lond.) Bampfylde, Caroline Jane MA, MSc (MSc/BA) Bulger, Paul Gerard MSc De Gasperin, Vilma (MPhil, PhD Lond.) Kim, Yoon Hui MPhil (BSc Georgetown Univ.) Koh, Eun Kang MPhil (BA, MA Seoul Nat. Univ.; MA Sungkyunkwan

Univ.)

Dr Daniela Hofmann

Associate MembersMrs. Malgorzata Bialokoz-SmithMrs. Marguerite BlackwellMrs. Suze HodgsonMrs. Mary Juel-Jensen

Mrs. Clodagh JakubovicsMrs. Janine Lee ButcherMrs. Jose PattersonMrs. Helen Saunders-GillMrs. Muriel SpencerMrs. Elsie Wilson

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Larmer, Miles MA/BA Marasingha, Aruna Gihan MSc McGovern, Dermot Patrick Bracher (MB, BS Lond.) Mishaan, Adi BA Pal, Srikanta (MA Jadavpur Univ./BA Regional Eng. Coll. Warangal Petruccioli, Guido MPhil (BA Univ. PA; Maturita Instituto ‘Gallio’

Licao Classico) Rasool Bassadien, Shahana (BA Witwatersrand) Schmidt, Sarah-Jane (BSc Leic.; MSc R’dg) Stahlkopf, Christina Louise MSc (BA Bowdoin College) Szeverenyi, Vajk Peter MA MA Thorpe, Jonathan James BA BA Washington, John Augustine (BA Pepperdine) Webster, Helen Michelle BA(Hons)/MA/PGCE

2001 Arensdorf, Ashley Ives (BA Penn. State; MA Millersville) Bahg, Yune-Ah (Catherine) (MA New York) Baiza, Yahia MSc (Dipl. Sec. Tech. Coll., Tsnava, Czech Rep.) Donner, Ralf Manfred Edwards, Jane Andrea (MA Edin.; MSc Sus.) Fisher, Helen Sian (BA Sur.; MA R’dg) Gustafsson, Paer Lennart MA Loukina, Anastassia MPhil (Dipl. St Petersburg State Univ.) Mustafa, Asma Basil MPhil (BA R’dg) Richards, Thomas Adam (BSc Lond.) Shimazono, Yosuke (BA Waseda Univ.; MA Kyoto) Thompson, Claire (BSc Glas.) Wells, Graham William Henry Witte, Holger MSc (Dipl.-Ing. (FH)

2002 Axford, Daniel Nathan (BSc Birm.) Chen, Shih-Chung (Frederick) (BA Nat. Chenghi Univ.; MA SOAS) Chow, Kai Yeung (Anthony) (MSc, DIC Imperial College, Beng Univ.;

PhD Hong Kong) Davies, Victor Ayodele Bamijoko MSc (BSc Fourah Bay College Univ.;

MA United Nat. SA Inst.) Gallant, Jeanette Elise (MA Univ. BC) Hausseker, Pei Ling (BSc Univ. Malaysia) Hebbert, Benjamin Mark (BSc Lond.Guild.; MMus Leeds) Lau, Pui Yan (BSc, MPhil Hong Kong) Oberman, Kieran (BA Wales)

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Pellissery, Sony (MPhil Indian Inst. of Tech.; MSW Bombay; BA Vikram Univ.)

Pickup, Lyndsey Clare

2003 Bailey, Katy Elizabeth (BSc Wales) Berger, Carol Ann (MA Univ. Alberta) Brett, Nicholas Daniel (MSc Lond.) Burke, Claudine Francesca (MSc Lond.; MA Edin.) Campbell, Helen Elizabeth (BA Tees; MSc York) Choudhury, Sutapa MPhil (BSc LSE) Guy, Gwyneth Hilda (BA Durh.; PGCE West Sussex Inst. of Higher

Education) Heyburn, Ross Geoffrey (BSc Edin.) Huang, Jia (BA Nanjing Univ.) Hutton, Cherry Warrington (BA Durh.; MA Chelt. and Gloucs.

Higher Education) Jones, Katherine Ann (BA Camb.) Kaur, Juss Rani (BSc Concordia Univ.) Kim, Wook Sung (BA, MSt Korea Univ.) Mofu, Suriel Semuel (BEd Univ. Cenderawasih; MEd Univ. Sydney) Nayak, Gopa (MSt Hong Kong Poly. Univ.) Packer, Thomas Edmund (BSc, MA LSE) Raju, Paul Ananda (BS Univ. Calif; MSc San Francisco State Univ.) Roberts, Shana Sun (BA Univ. South Carolina) Schroeder, Hannes MSc (BSc Lond.) Sheftel, Anna (BA Concordia Univ.) Sihlongonyane, Mfaniseni Fana (BA Univ. Swaziland; MSc Univ.

Witwatersrand) Simon, Judit (MSc York; MD, BSc, BA Univ. Szeged) Souto Otero, Manuel (MSc Bath) Stefansson, Kolbeinn Holmar MSc (BA Univ. Iceland) Stork, Anna Louise (MSc Durh.) Sturdy, Yvette Katherine Tsaltas, Dean Dexter (BSc Dalhousie) Vlandas, Alexis Simon Dimitri (MSc Lond.) Woerner, Tom Richard George (BA Durh.)

2004 Athanson, Michael (MA Glas.; MPhil Glasgow School of Art) Barisin, Ivana (MSc Ulster) Baur-Callwey, Marcella (MA Berlin) Berland, Ari Harris (BA Pomona Coll.)

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Blackledge, Aimee Evette (BA Oxf.Brookes) Blackmore, Victoria Jayne (MSc Lond.) Bromberger, Bronwen Elizabeth (BA Wellesley College) Chung, Dae Hae (BA Brown Univ.) Clifton, David Andrew (MEng Brist.) Cooper, Andrew David (MPhil Camb.; BSc Durh.) Day, Michael Sean (AB Georgetown Univ.) Deganis, Isabelle Roseline Grace (BBA Lanc.; Diplome Reims

Management School) Doyle, Sophie Lorraine (BA/MSc/PhD R’dg) Edwards, Philip John MSc (BA Durh.) El-Shaarawi, Nadia Rose (BA McMaster Univ.) Faitelson, David (BA Tel-Aviv Univ.) Fuji, Yoshinobu BA (BA Keio Univ.) Furukawa, Toshiharu BA (BA, MB, LLb Keio Univ.) Geva, Sharon MSc (BSc Hebrew Univ.) Hale, Joseph John (MRes York) Harrington, Nicola (BA, MA Lond.) Harrington, Brian MSc (BSc Univ. Toronto) Hart, Ian Menzies (MSt Brist.; MA Sus.; MA Essex) Heimsath, Kabir Mansingh (MA Univ. Washington; BA Univ. of

California) Hong, Seorim (BA Columbia Univ.) Hu, Wenjun MSc (MSt, BA Hohai Univ.) Hung, Yu Yui Ruth (BA, MPhil Univ. of Hong Kong) Isom, Jesse Woodson (BA Columbia Univ.) Itoka, Chara Michelle (BA American Univ. of Paris) Ivanov, Kalin Svetoslavov (MSt NY Univ.; BA Conn Coll.) Jefferson, Victoria Frances (BSc Liv.) Kalantzis, Konstantinos MSc (BA Univ. Crete) Kerry, Philip Stephen Kinder, Kimberley Anne (BA, MSc Carnegie Mellon Univ.) Kleinberg, Teri Tung (BA Harvard) Kotsovili, Eirini Dionysia MSt (BA McGill) Kuhn, Lars Thorsten (BSc, MSc Univ. of Bonn) Lachtman, Shane (BA, MA Univ. California; MA Columbia) Lobley, Noel James (MA St And.) Lopez Pascua, Laura Del Carmen (BSc Bath; MSc Lond.) McManus, Eoin (BSc, MSc Univ.Coll. Dublin) Mitchell, David Arthur (MA UCL; BA Birkbeck; BA Kings) Moore, Anne Lindsey MSt (BA Westmont Coll.)

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Morgan, Jasper Alan Colville (BSc LSE) Parsons, Robert Thad (BA Duke Univ.) Russell, Bruce Courtney BA (BA Camb.) Sadler Spencer, Maria Michelle (BA, MSt Univ. Chile) Sawamoto, Akiko (MA George Washington Univ.; BA Keio Univ.) Schauf, Zachary Charles (BA Stanford) Sikurajapathy, Lankani (BA Warw.) Skuja, Michael Joseph MSc (BA Univ. Wisconsin) Tee, Clive Anthony (BSc S’ton Inst.) Weaver, Corinne Michelle (BSc, MSc, MPhil Sheff.) Weimer, Allyn Ann (BA Univ. California) Whittingham, James Mark Yakob, Laith William (MSc Lond. BSc Glas.) Yared, Hala Maria (MPhil Lond.) Zhang, Shu Yan (MSc York; BSc Fudan Univ.)

2005 Azad, Arezou (BA, BS Boston Univ.) Boersch-Supan, Johanna Ingrid Boston, Nigel Alexander (BA Dalhousie Univ.) Bowman, Clare Marie (BA, BSc Open) Cahill, Nathan David (BSc, MSc Rochester Inst. of Tech.) Chao, Michael Jiajia (MSc ICL; MSc KCL; BSc Luton) Dee, Michael William (BSc Victoria Univ. of Wellington) Ekers, Michael Archer (MSt York Univ. Toronto) Erdal, Murat Ilican (MSc LSE; BA Macalester College) Fowler, Jonathan David (BA St Mary’s Univ.; MA Sheff.) Gobo, Ayo-Kalata (BA, MA Univ. Ibadan) Godin, Marie Veronique Paul (BA ULB; BA Concordia Univ.) Gorrie, Jonathan James BA Hanus, Jord (MA Antwerp) Harvey, Benjamin Mark (MSt Bath) Hunter, Kathleen Allison BA, MA, DPhil Univ. Western Ontario) Jung, Jeeah (BA, MA Korea Univ.) Kang, Runbin Lee, Hanshin (BA, MSc Yonsei Univ.) Lowne, Duncan Robert (BSc Case Western Reserve Univ.) Lynch, Anthony Howard BA (Dipl. Slough Coll.) Macalpine, Christopher Marcel (BA Middx.) Macfarlane, Elizabeth Clare BA Machielsen, Johannes Maria (BA Univ Coll Maastricht) Marshall, Matthew Spiro James (BSc Toronto)

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McCabe, David John McGill, Darryl Andrew (BSc, MBBS Univ. NSW; PhD Austr. National

Univ.) Milian, Dagmara Anna BA Milward, Polly Claire Evelyn (BM S’ton) Oshmyansky, Alexander Roman (BA Colorado; MD Duke) Otton-Goulder, Catharine Anne MA Palm, Daniel James Wilmore (BBSc Univ. Cape Town) Papo, Jacqueline Kim (BA Stanford; MSc Lond.) Ranganathan, Sriram Rasekhschaffe, Keywan Christian BA (BSc Brist.) Rode, Amit BA Sharpe, Bethany Ann (BA Louisville Univ.) Shen, Boya (LLN Warw.) Sternberg, Troy (BA Univ. Calif.; MSc Texas Tech. Univ.) Sun, Weili (BA Ocean Univ. of Gingdao; MSt Plym.) Thompson, Edwina Annabel Tiedemann-Nkabinde, Ra (BA Lond.) Tinti, Gemma Maria (Physics, Univ. Milan) Ursu, Silvia (BA Ac of Economic Studies, Moldova) Vinson, Christina Cleo (MSt Federal Univ. of Para) Wang, Jingbo (MPhil Hong Kong) White, Benjamin Geoffrey BA Yang, Jingjing (BA Nanjing Univ.) Yang, Ye (BA North China Elec. Power Univ.)

2006 Adighibe, Omanma Ejiamaizu (BSc, MSc George Washington Univ.) Al-Azem, Talal (BA Univ. Michigan) Bantawa, Bipana (BA Strath.) Bantry White, Eleanor Mary Elizabeth (MA/BA Univ. Coll., Cork) Bastide, Hubert Paul Leo (MPhil) Crachilov, Anatoly BA (BA/MSc Acad. Economic Studies Modlovis) Cummings, James Rowland Fraser (BMSc/MBChB Dundee; MRCP) Denicker, Glynis Amanda (BChD Univ. Western Cape) Dirkse, Maarten MA Donauer, Sabine Christine MA Ferreira, Ana Cristina Castro (MA Univ. Porto) Goh, Heng Chin (BSc York) He, Xie (BSc Shanghai; BSc Griffith Coll. Dublin) Heinz, Sanda Sue (BA Loyola Marymount Univ.) Hidayat, Dadang (BA Univ Diponegoro/Dipl FSP)

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Hightower, Stephanie Lynn (BSc US Military Academy, West Point) Howlett, Jonathan James (BA/MA Brist.) Hunt, Pamela Anne BA (BA) Jackson, Isabella Ellen (BA/MA Brist.) Kangwana, Beth Bonareri (MA Lond.) Karanja, Mary Diana Njahira (LLB Nairobi; LEM Warw.) Kissel, Alexander Victorovich (BSc Kazakh American Univ.) Kudo, Yuya (BA Keio Univ.; PG Dipl. IDEAS; MSc LSE) Lu, Yu (BSc South China Univ.) Maasri, Yara Romariz (MA St And.) Mak, Li Shi (BA Peking) Mishra, Vartika (BA, MA, BEd Delhi) Mohan, Prashant BA (NTech Gangtok Univ.) O’Mara, Alison Jane Oakes, Louise Beth (BSc Lond.) Osborne, Seth Daniel (BSc Nott.) Pakdi-Arsa, Chitrachawee (BA/MA Chulalongkorn Univ.) Pandit, Shweta (BA Delhi; MA Jawaharial Nehru Univ.) Pointer, Kate Alice BA (BA) Reuter, Victoria Agnes (BA Rutgers) Robertson, Stephen Dixon (BA Toronto) Santalova, Antonina Alexandrovna (BA Kyrgyz State Nat. Univ.) Sheikh, Mustapha (BA Al Fath Univ.; BSc Lond.) Skatun, Therese Katharina (BA Bryn Mawr Coll. PA) Stoytchev, Lubomir (MA Sofia Univ.) Voges, Paul Michael Dietrich (BA Camb.) Yang, Fan (BSc Northampton) Yang, Jing (BSc Shanghai) Yoshihiro, Kazumasa BA, MBA (BA Univ. Calif at Santa Barbara) You, Xiaoyang (BA Dalian Univ.)

2007 Ackerman, William BA (BSc Univ. Delaware) Acosta, Bernardo Adamson, Laela Baird (BA Nott.) Allen, Matthew James BA (BA) Atalic, Bruno (MD, PhD Strossmayer Univ.) Aubry, James Russell Mark (MEng) Beery, Darrell BA (BA St Mary’s Coll. Md) Beguerisse Diaz, Mariano (BSc ITAM Mexico) Birkett, Thomas Eric (BA Leeds) Bosire, Lydiah Kemunto (BA, MA Cornell)

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Bradley, Miriam Linda Joyce BA (MSc Birkbeck Coll.) Browne, Rory Gaelan (BA Trinity Coll. Dublin) Brugman, Karen Elizabeth (BS Univ. Calif.; MS Texas A & M; AA,

AS Cottey Coll.) Burton, Lindsay Julia (BS Boston Univ.; Medicine Brist.) Cervi, Anna Chai, Reagan (BComm Melbourne) Chang, Chih-Yun (BA Nat. Taiwan Univ.; MBA Nott.; MS SOAS

Lond.) Charnock, Annabel Elaine (BA) Cheng, Chieh-Fu (MA Nat. Tsing Hua Univ.) Chien, Claudia Clark, Susan Clarke, Peter (BSc Lough.) Cohen, Jessica Eileen (BA, BE Queen’s Univ. Kingston) D’Elia, Giancarlo Giuseppe (BSc Warw.; MSc Lond.) Dasgupta, Riddhi (BA Columbia) De Cassan, Simone Claudia (BA) Demosthenous, Annika Koralia (MA St And.) Du, Minlei (BA Renmin Univ. of China) Edeagu, Ngozi Blessing Nwuka (BA Univ. Nigeria) Edgley, Samantha Louise (BA Kent) El Katiri, Laura Luise (BA Exe.) Ertmer, Laura Anne (BA Indiana Univ. ) Farmer, Ruthe BA Foss, Marek Juliusz (BSc Warsaw) Fung, Ai Leen ((BSc Univ. Michigan) Gambhir, Aparna ((B-Tech Dharti Vidyapeeth Coll.) Gitonga, Caroline Wangui (BSc Nairobi) Gowland, Sally Louise (BA Durh.) Gregory, Justin Paul (BSc Oxf.Brookes) Grynyuk, Oleg (LlB Birm.) Gu, Yu (BE/BA Peking Univ.) Guo, Congyang (BEng Lond.) Hamilton, Julie BA Herrmann, Mathias (Magister Univ. Greifswald) Hinsley, Amy Elizabeth (BSc Birm.) Huang, Linda (MA/BA Carnegie Mellon Univ.) Hunt, Edmund (BSc Lond.) Hurni, Kimberley Elyse (BA Wilfrid Laurier Univ.) Hutchinson, Sarah Jane (BA Leeds; MSc Lond.)

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James, Rachel Elizabeth (MSc Nott.) Jancic, Mirna (BA Lond.) Jones, Jemma Lucinda Kainda, Ronald (MSc) Kamath, Sucharita BA (BSc Ethiraj Coll., Univ. Madras) Keiley, Shannon Elizabeth (BA Univ. Calif.) Kelly, Alan Charlesworth (BS Univ. ot the Pacific) Kennedy, Alice Victoria (MA Edin.) Khan, Saba Karim (BSc Lahore) Kiafar, Behrad BA Krogh, Rikke Marie (BSc Aalborg Univ. Denmark) Kydd, David (BA Univ. Kentucky; MA Univ. Virginia) Langdon, Peter Michael Lipovscak, Marina (Magister Juris Zagreb) Liu, Dan (BA USST) Locascio, Philip Francesco (BSc UMIST. MSC Westminster) Lu, Jing (BA Nott.; MSc Manc.) Madigasekera, Lourdes Salomie (BA C.Lancs.; MSc Brist.) Mair, Patrick Robert BA (BA) Manickam, Vasanth (BSc Tees) Marks, Zoe Elizabeth Zoog (BA Georgetown Univ.) Martin, Toby Francis BA (BA) Matsumoto, Mitsuko (BA SOKA Univ.; MA Columbia) McLennan, Amy Kathleen (BSc Adelaide) Menard, Anais (MSc Sciences Po Paris) Millrine, David Thomas (BSc Manc.) Mol, Lisa (MSc (BSc Durh.) Moore, Maren BA (BBA Texas A and M) Motion, Alice Victoria BA (BA) Okrasa, Marta Zofia (BA Nott.Trent) Outram, Verity Clementine (BA Newc.) Owen, Oliver Hugh MA (BA Camb.; MSc SOAS) Preiskel, David Nicholas George Harmelin (BA York) Rasulova, Saltanat Temirbekovna (Dipl Bishkek Univ.) Rayner, Robert Merrick (BA Univ York) Razali, Mohd Azlan (BSC Calif State Univ) Rebane, Marit (BA/MA Univ Tartu) Rees, Griffith Sewall BA (BA) Repapi, Emmanouela (BSc Nat. Tech. Univ Athens) Saleh, Lena Denise (BSc, MSc McMaster) Sauls, Laura Aileen (BA William and Mary Coll.)

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Schlagenhauf, Jelka BA (BA Cologne) Semikov, Rostyslav Mykolayovych (MD Aporozhye State Med. Univ.) Sim, Eun Ah (BA SOAS) Smith, Alison Fiona (LLB Aberd.) Solano, Priscilla Maria (BA Malmo; MA Westmin.) Soler Gonzalez, Laura (BA Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona) Stylianou, Marios (BSc Warw.) Tachia, Myrto (BA Manc.; BA Lond.; MA LSE) Tandan, Madhav (BTech Bharati Vidypeeth Coll.) Townson, Alexander Derrick (BA McGill; MA Victoria) Tzeng, Ya-Jiung BA (BA National Tauwan Univ.) Uberoi, Kanika (BTech Maulana Azad Nat. Inst. of Technology) Wang, Ge (BSc Hull) Wanjuhi, Anne Warira (MBChB Moi Univ.) Wong, Wan Man Chiquita (BSc Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong) Woods, Claire Marcella (BA Melbourne) Wu, Yi-Jui (MA Essex) Yager, Nicole Leanne (NSc Nott.; MSc Lond. Sch. of Hygiene and

Trop. Med.) Yang, Jie (MSc (BSc Tianjin Univ. Commerce) Zakiuddin, Youshey (BSc Lahore) Zeng, Tian BA Zharkevich, Ina Valiantsinauna (BA Belarusian State Univ.)

2008 Abbasi, Amna (BA Birm.) Abdur-Rahman, Muhammad Habib (BSc Lond.) Adesanya, Olufunlola Olukorede (MSc Lond.) Aiden, Singh (BSc Lond.) Akbar, Babar (MSc Punjab) Alba, Sonia (BA Oxf.Brookes) Alishahi, Samira (MSc Lond.) Anderson, Gregory (MA Massachusetts) Arends, Felix (BA Camb.) Arjinian, Sebouth Yaacoub (BSc American Univ, Beirut) Aviss, Jeffrey (BA Toronto) Bell, Susannah Louise (BSc Nott.) Bernard, Louise Montaine Jeanne Francoi (BSc IIE) Bhala, Neeraj (MRCP; MBCHB Sheff.) Bhambra, Manmit (BSc, MSc Lond.] Bhushan, Manav (BA Delhi) Bibic, Branislav (MEng Zagreb)

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Bilski, Jan (BA Durh.) Bleiman, Cara BA (BA) Bovell, Virginia (MA Lond.; MSc York) Brooks, Timothy David ( Buckingham, Kathleen Carmel (BA Lond.; MSc Edin.) Cai, Yue Cakal, Huseyin (MSc Victoria Manc.) Callewaert, Maxime Canales, Andrea (BA Pontifica Univ. Chile; MSc Lond.) Cardew, Maxim Paul BA (BA) Chan, Hsien Wern (BMedSci West. Austr.; MBBS Barts) Chang, Lily (BA Oberlin; MA Harvard) Chapman, Robert (BA S’ton) Chen, Ying (BA Renmin Univ.) Chen, Hui (BSc Calif.) Cheshire, Michel Andrew (BEng Staffs.) Cheung, Christina (BA York) Chui, Cecilia Sheung Chi (BSc Lond.) Clancy, Charlotte Mary Cecilia (BA York St John) Coghlan, Samuel William (MChem Durh.) Croker, Tiffany Anne (BSc Plym.) Cui, Binglin (BA, MA Shantou) Cumming, James John (BA Cape Town) Dahl, Anna Caroline Elisabeth (BSc Edin.) De Burca, Orla (BA Trinity Coll, Dubln) Delver, Andra (BA Wolv.) Demir, Fitnat Banu (BSc Mid. East Tech. Ankara; MA Bilkent) Derollez, Olivier (BA Ecole des Mines de Nancy) Deuschel, Till Nicolas (BSc Erasmus) Diakogianni, Maria-Ioanna (BA Athens) Doey, Tom (MMath York) Doughty, Miles Ashley Thomas (MEng Aston) Dragony, Megan Elizabeth (BA Arizona) Du, Mi (MEng Sheff.) Dugger, Chloe Djenne (BA Brown) Durrieu, Roberto (MA Duke Univ) Duvot, Stephanie Elisabeth (Licence - Paul Valery) Dyson, Benjamin Hugh BA (BA) Dziewulski, Anna Louise (BSc Warw.) Evers, Daria Carla (BA Carl V) Ezzati, Mohammad Saijad (BA Univ. Maryland)

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Fahy, Brian (MA San Fransisco State; MA Boston) Farquhar, Alexander James King (MA Lond.; MA Glas.) Fence, Brian Roger (BA Bucknell) Finney, John Michael (BSc Sydney) Fletcher, John Thomas (BA Lanc.; MA Sheff.) Fujiwara, Yuko (BA Tokyo) Gaff, Thomas Moore (BA Wabash Coll.) Galicia, Oscar (MChem Mexico) Gallagher, Shane John Doran (BSc) Gan, Gok Yonn (BA Tsinghua) Gan, Xueqiong (MA Shantou) Gee, Natalie Louisa (BA Exe.) Gerelle, Maria (MChem R’dg) Gibbons, Jessica Ruth (BA York) Gil, Jessie Gnecchi-Ruscone, Nicolo (BA SOAS) Goh, Zhi Cong (BSc Wash.) Goodman, Edward (BA) Grunstra, Nicole Dieneke Sybille (BA Utrecht) Gryte, Kristofer (BSc St Peter’s N.J.) Guo, Xiaonan (BSc National SG) Hamburger, Sjoerd Herman (MSc Utrecht) Harries, Geraint (BA Nott.) Hausen, Sonia Alexandra (BA Colgate) He, Yanran (BA Nanjing) Heinz, Sanda Sue Hernandez Gamez, Lysete Sandra (BA Autonomous Metropolitan

Univ, Mx) Hietanen, Merit Sofia (BSc) Hjorth, Isis Amelie (BA, MA Copenhagen) Hjorth, Hermes Arthur (BA Roskilde; MSc Copenhagen) Homma, Osamu (BA JP Waseda) Homsey, Catherine Elizabeth (BA Georgetown) Horn, Marc (BSc Lehigh) Horswill, Catharine (BSc E.Anglia) Howard, Simon (BSc Edin.) Hu, Rong (BA Tsinghua; MA Tokyo Tech-Tsinghua) Hua, Sha (BSc, NSc Lond.; MSc Harvard) Huang, Li-Chieh (BSc ICS) Hussain, Nadeem (BSc Univ.Jammu; BVSc&AH Sher-e-Kshmir Univ.) Isaeva, Aiganysh (BA American Univ in Central Asia)

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Isaqzadeh, Mohammad Razaq (BA UC Berkeley) Jaffer, Faizal (BA Calgary) Jameson, Alison Jennifer (BA Unite, Auckland) Jankowska, Magdalena Elzbieta (BA Warsaw) Jiang, Yan (BA Peking) Jo, Yong Mie (BA EWHA Womans University, Seoul) Jones, Rebecca May (BSc Liv.) Konstantinidis, Michalis (BSc Kingston) KUNTMANN, Rouven Kalli, Antreas (BSc Cyprus) Karanja, John Wainaina Samson (BA Strathmore) Karnad, Raghu Amay (BA Swarthmore, PA) Kartsonaki, Christiana (BSc National & Kapodistrian Athens) Kelly, Tara Beth (BA Washington; MA Lond.) Kench, Ian (BSc Lough.) Kim, Bohyun (MA Columbia) Kolb, Loriana Meg (BA NY Univ.) Kontopoulos, Ioannis (BA Univ. of the AEGEAN) Kozak, Ladislav (BA Toronto) Kramer, Paul Gordon (BA Bard Coll. NY) Krause, Nikolas Michael (BA Bennington Coll. Vermont) Kulvmann, Jesper (MSc Lond.) Kuncic, Aljaz (BA SI Univ., Slovenia) Kurz, Julian Ogden (BA Lond.) K÷cher, Paul Tilman (MA) Lang, Ryan Andrew (BA Auckland) Lee, Kee-Won (BA Beijing) Lee, Grace (BA Washingyon) Lei, Shao Ke (BSc Brist.) Leong, Kwan Seng (BTech Tekn Petronas) Leveridge, Tom (BSc Lond.) Li, Lianxing (BA CB Beijing Foreign Studies Univ.) Li, Qinying (LLb Warw.) Liu, Yuan Yuan (BSc Brist.) Lou, Hei Kan (MA York) Luo, Daqi (BE Warw.) Luthfa, Samina (BA, MA Dhaka; MA Lehigh) Luttik, Paul Arthur (BA Utrecht) Macaulay, Edward Robert Mark (MSc Lond.) Mak, Karen Gwen Ting (BA McGill) Manhas, Varun (BE Bharati Vidyapeeth)

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Manrique Gil, Manuel (BA SOAS) Mark, Cassandra Onike (BA, MSc Florida State Univ.) Massa, Evelyne (BA McGill; MPhil Camb.) McCallum, Zoe Lara BA (BA) McElroy, Joseph Michael (BA Warw.) McFarland, Gillian Clair (BA Camb.) McLaughlin, John Thomas (BA Pennsylvania) Mikoshiba, Sayaka (BA Brown) Miller, Michael Cade (BA Alabama) Millican, Claire Minns, Felicity Sara Louise (BA Exe.) Mirza, Sadia (BA Lond.) Mizuno, Yuka (BA, MA Aoyama Gakuin Univ.; DPhil JP Univ. Tokyo) Moleschi, Michael (BSc Alberta) Morrison-Lount, Brynn (BA Manitoba) Mueller, Milena (BA Lond.; MPhil Camb.) Mulachela, Vahd Nabyl Achmad (MA Joensuu) Myhrman, Tove Annika (MA Uppsala) Mysore Shankar, Smitha (BA Nmamit,Nitte Visveswaraiah Tech) Neubert, Franz-Xaver (BA Technische, Dresden) Nicolae, Daniel Sebastian (BA HU; MSc Edin.) Nicolay, Nils Henrik (MA US Ed Comm.; MS Ruprecht-Karls Univ.) Nie, Jing (BSc Renmin Univ.) Nzinga, Jacinta Mwikali ((BSc Moi) Ockenden, Stephanie Claire (BA Camb.) Okello, Hellen (BSc Brun.) Olabarria, Leire (BA Basque Univ.) Olwill, Corrina BA Owens, Cynthia Kay (BA Longwood Coll.; MA George Mason Univ.

VA) Ozbarcin, Algi (BA Eastern Mediterranean) Pardoe, Joanna (MA Dund.) Park, Soyen (BA American Univ.) Penrose, Sefryn BA (MA Brist.) Pereira, Mauro Ramos De Jesus (MSc Oxf.Brookes) Pike, Joanna Emma Rose (BA R’dg) Pillar, Helen Rose (BA R’dg) Powell, Georgina Louise (BA Camb.) Pradelski, Barry Sam Raphael (MSc Ecole Polytechnique, Paris) Prentice, Quincy (BSc York CA) Puri, Nikhil Raymond (BA Virginia)

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Rallins, Quinn Kareem Rana, Bilal Ahmad (BSc Lahore) Rappak, Natalia Remmington, Catherine Janet Sarah (BA, MA Cape Town’ MA

Lond;) Richard, Matthew Derek Edward (BSc E.Anglia) Rieck, Christian Esteban Rogers, David Lowther (BA Durh.) Russell, Aidan Sean (BA, MPhil Camb.) Schaefer, Marie (BSc Osnabrueck) Schafer, Dominique ((BA Rhodes) Schorle, Katia (MPhil) Seel, Andrew Graham Sevciuc, Iulia Shaw, Aimee Elise (MA Edin.) Siva, Srikanth (MSc Western Illinois) Skoczylis, Joshua Joseph (BA Lanc.) Smith, Christine (MA Glas.) Smith, Nicola Jane BA (BA) Smither, Karmim Al-Awar (BA Georgetown) Spyraki, Konstantina (BMs Athens) Stroikos, Dimitrious (MA Macedonia) Sucksmith, Edward Peter (BSc Cardiff) Talviste, Veronika (BA Tartu Univ., Estonia; MA Paris) Teo, Esther Qingli (BA Michigan) Tereshonok, Olena Thillaiappan, Nagendra Babu (BA K.M. Coll. of Pharmacy, Madurai) Thomas, Jewel Kathleen (MSc R’dg) Thompson, Wayne John Richard (BSc Brist.) Tischler, Julia Trafford, Paul Joseph (BSc S’ton; MSc Glas.; DPhil Kingston) Tsanas, Athanasios (BA GR Tech Ed Inst of Athens; BA Liv.; MSc

Newc.) Upfold, Tom (BA Lanc.) Van De Sompel, Dominique (BSE Princeton) Vanderslott, Samantha Josephine (BSc Bath) Veeravalli, Swathi ((BA George Washington) Verhoeven, Harry (MSc Lond.) Vider, Jaanika BA (BA) Vig, Rajan (BA Manc.) Walsh, Vanessa (BSc Kent)

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Wang, Paliu (BA Lanc.) Wharton, Tracy Charisse (BA, MEd Camb.; PhD Alabama) Williams, Matthew James (BSc R’dg.) Williams, Phoebe Catherine May (BA Australian Nat. Univ.; BA

Sydney) Winborn, William Alec Thomas Wright, Carrie Carlota (BA Hamline Univ. Ninnesota; MSc Bourne.) Yamamoto, Keisuke (MSc Tokyo) Yan, Zijuan (BSc Birm.; MSc Durh.) Ye, Mao (BA Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.) Yoganathan, Anandini You, Yi (BA CN Peking; MA JP Kyushu) Zakaria, Fiona (MSc Putra) Zou, Xin (BEng SG Nanyang Tech Univ.)

MEMBERS OF STAFF

Librarian Sheila AllcockMaster’s Secretary Jenny BaxterMaintenance Operative Maurice BrownJunior Accounts Assistant Joanne BeazleyBursar Maureen DohertyAnnexe Caretaker Mike HendersonBursary Administrator Faye HattonAssistant Bursar Suzy HodgeAlumni Relations, Communications & Events Manager Laura KingAlumni Relations & Events Assistant Emma FarrantAccounts Manager Judith LedgerLunchtime Assistant Brenda LuoEvening Porter Tony Mead Accommodation and Premises Officer Nicola MurphyIT Manager Razvan NovacovschiAdmissions and Academic Secretary Chris RobertsAccounts Assistant Ann RowlesCatering Manager John WardHead Porter Paul Wicking

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DEGREES TAKEN

2008

DPhil Campbell, Helen Elizabeth Modelling the Cost-Effectiveness of

Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Women with Early Breast Cancer: A Synthesis of Prognostic and Health Economic Modelling Methodologies

Gustafsson, Paer Lennart Commerical Conflict: The Case of Russia’s Contemporary Economy

Heyburn, Ross Geoffrey Exploiting F Statistics from Array Seismograms for Characterising Earthquake and Explosion Sources

Loukina, Anastassia Regional Phonetic variation in Modern Greek

Stork, Anna Louise Optimisation and Application of Earthquake Location Methods

Sturdy, Yvette Katherine Molecular Simulation with Path Integral Methods

Weaver, Corinne Michelle Turbulent Flow and Sand Dune Dynamics: Identifying Controls on Aeolian Sediment Transport

Witte, Holger Magnet Design using Finite Element Analysis

* Yakob, Laith William Mathematical Modelling of Novel Pest Control Strategies

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MPhil Bantry White, Eleanor Mary Elizabeth Boersch-Supan, Johanna Ingrid* Gustafsson, Paer Lennart Howlett, Jonathan James Jackson, Isabella Ellen* Reuter, Victoria Agnes* Skatun, Therese Katharina

MSc Beguerisse Diaz, Mariano Brugman, Karen Elizabeth* Chang, Chih-Yun* Dasgupta, Riddhi De Cassan, Simone Claudia Emmanuel, Pierre Marie Jean de Taffanel Foss, Marek Juliusz Godin, Marie Veronique Paul

Goh, Heng Chin Gowland, Sally Louise Grynyuk, Oleg Hinsley, Amy Elizabeth Hurni, Kimberley Elyse* Jancic, Mirna Krogh, Rikke Marie* Lipovscak, Marina Matsumoto, Mitsuko Menard, Anais* , Marit Stylianou, Marios Tachia, Myrto* Wang, Ge Yang, Jing

MSt Birkett, Thomas Eric* Chang, Chih-Yun Edgley, Samantha Louise

2009

DPhil

Appleton, Rosemary Jane Intertextuality and Gender in C.U.L. MS ff.1.6

Axford, Daniel Nathan The Interfacing of Biomolecules with Nanoscale Circuitry

* Bailey, Katy Elizabeth An Investigation into the Fungal Suppressive Activity of Pseudomonas Fluorescens SBW25

* Choudhury, Sutapa A Study of Policy-Making in Malawi’s Education Sector: The case of HIV/AIDS

Doyle, Sophie Lorraine The Stories Most of All’: A content analysis of bestselling children’s books in Britain (1964-2004)

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* Faitelson, David Program Synthesis from Domain Specific Object Models

Hale, Joseph John Automated Tracking and Collective Behaviour in Locusts and Humans

Harrington, Brian ASKNet: Automatically Creating Semantic Knowledge Networks from Natural Language Text

* Harvey, Benjamin Mark Visual Detection and Localization of Global Motion and Form Patterns

* Hausseker, Pei Ling The Use of High Capacity Vectors for Studying the Regulation of CFTR Gene Expression

* Hung, Yu Yui (Ruth) Hu Feng and the Politics of Literary Criticism in China, 1930-1955

Johnstone, Rachel Sara Operational Rations and Anglo-American Long-Range Infantry in Burma, 1942-1944: A Subcultural Study of Combat Feeding

Jones, Katherine Ann The Starvation-Predation Risk Trade-Off in the Chaffinch Fringilla Coelebs

Kahlon, Amol The Pedagogical Press and Education in Russia: 1857-1905

Kaur, Juss Rani Out of School Support for Gifted and Talented Learners: An Exploration of Online Discussion Forums

Kuhn, Lars Thorsten Photo-CIDNP NMR Characterization of Native and Non-`native Structures and Folding Pathways of Proteins

Mofu, Suriel Semuel Biak Morphosyntax

O’Mara, Alison Jane Multilevel Modeling, Simulation, and

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the Construct `Validation of Self-concept

Oberman, Kieran Immigration and Freedom of Movement

* Raju, Paul Ananda Epidermal powdered DNA vaccination: the characterization of biological responses to ballistic delivery of gold micro-particle carriers

Russell, Bruce Courtney The Polar Surfaces of Strontium Titanate

Schroeder, Hannes African Slavery and Forced Migration to Barbados: An Isotopic Perspective

Simon, Judit Developing a Systematic Framework for the Integration of Health Economic Evidence into Clinical Practice Guidelines

Souto Otero, Manuel Public Policy and Human Capital: Differentials in Access to Post-compulsory Education and Training in Advanced Industrialised Countries

Sternberg, Troy Nomadic Geography: Pastoral Environments in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Thompson, Claire Characterisation of Regulatory T Cells

Zhang, Shu Yan High Energy White Beam X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Strains in Engineering Materials and Components

MPhil

El Katiri, Laura Luise Ertmer, Laura Anne Gorrie, Jonathan James

Hunt, Edmund Keiley, Shannon Elizabeth Kelly, Alan Charlesworth* Kudo, Yuya

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* Mofu, Suriel Semuel* Oberman, Kieran Pandit, Shweta Rasulova, Saltanat Temirbekovna* Stout, Jeffrey Neil Townson, Alexander Derrick* Weimer, Allyn Ann White, Benjamin Geoffrey Zharkevich, Ina Valiantsinauna

MSc* Anderson, Gregory Atalic, Bruno Bantawa, Bipana Bowman, Clare Marie Cervi, Anna* Chien, Claudia* Cumming, James John Denicker, Glynis Amanda* Derollez, Olivier Du, Minlei Gambhir, Aparna Gil, Jessie Gnecchi-Ruscone, Nicolo Gregory, Justin Paul Gu, Yu Guo, Congyang Hausen, Sonia Alexandra* He, Xie Hernandez Gamez, Lysete Sandra Hietanen, Merit Sofia Hong, Seorim* Kaur, Juss Rani* Kuncic, Aljaz* Kydd, David* Lee, Grace Li, Qinying Lu, Jing Madigasekera, Lourdes Salomie* Manrique Gil, Manuel McFarland, Gillian Clair

* Myhrman, Tove Annika Nie, Jing Okello, Hellen Okrasa, Marta Zofia Outram, Verity Clementine Rana, Bilal Ahmad Richard, Matthew Derek Edward Rieck, Christian Esteban* Rizkallah, Rafik Ramsis* Russell, Aidan Sean* Sawamoto, Akiko Schafer, Dominique Semikov, Rostyslav Mykolayovych Sim, Eun Ah* Tsaltas, Dean Dexter Uberoi, Kanika Vanderslott, Samantha Josephine* Wanjuhi, Anne Warira* Wharton, Tracy Charisse Wong, Wan Man Chiquita Wu, Yi-Jui Zakaria, Fiona

MSt Abbasi, Amna* Callewaert, Maxime* Cheng, Chieh-Fu Homsey, Catherine Elizabeth* Johnstone, Rachel Sara

MBA* Beery, Darrell Crachilov, Anatoly Farmer, Ruthe* Kamath, Sucharita* Kiafar, Behrad Moore, Maren Rode, Amit Schlagenhauf, Jelka* Zeng, Tian

* In Absentia

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MASTER’S REPORT

There are various sad things to relate: the deaths of Dr Peter Nye, FRS, Founding Fellow and brilliant soil scientist, of Professor Peter Burrough (a former student and member of common room) and Professor Ralph Lewin (a former visiting fellow and generous donor). Professor Lewin was a considerable expert on green algae and on coprolites, and was, of course, the person who translated Winnie the Pooh into Esperanto.Two JRFs left us during the year Dr. Pedro Ballester to go to Cambridge and Dr. Thomas Campbell to go to Australia to get married. We have also seen the retirements from September 30th 2009 of Dr.Fritz Zimmermann, Dr. Margaret Pelling, and Prof.Robert Hedges. Nick Kruger, after 19 years in college has moved to Pembroke. He was an excellent President of Common Room and Vice Master and we shall miss him very much. We have also recruited a whole clutch of new fellows who started during the year:

Dr. Mick Blowfield (Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment) Dr. Nick van Hear (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society)Dr. Andrew Topsfield (Keeper of Eastern Art in the Ashmolean) Dr. Gerard McCann (Transnational History)Dr. Anna Lora-Wainwright (Human Geography of China)Robert de Crespigny (Fellow by Special Election)Dr Heiko Schifter (Drug and Vaccine Delivery)Dr Alastair McCormick (JRF in Plant Sciences)Dr. Anastassia Loukina (JRF in Modern Greek)

These new posts will add to the vitality of the college and continue our tradition of multi-disciplinarity. It is pleasing to report various triumphs:Professor Peter Mackridge, Emeritus Fellow, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Athens and Father Jonathan Baker, Principal of Pusey House, an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Nashotah House, Wisconsin. Dr Dan Olteanu has received one of the University’s teaching awards. One of our graduates was briefly elected Professor of Poetry, namely Ruth Padel. The College has also done well at sport. In Torpids, the Wolfson/St Cross boats did immensely well - 3 boats won blades, and the Boat Club finished Torpids ranked Number 1. In the Summer Eights the men’s boat did so well that it has moved into Division 1 for the first time in its historySt Cross was well represented in the Rugby Varsity match at Twickenham. We provided the Oxford skipper and various other members of the team. They

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defeated Cambridge in a thrilling match.The intellectual life of the college has been flourishing: we had an uplifting talk from a shuttle Astronaut, Bruce Parazynski, a special lecture relating to Africa, a whole day symposium dedicated to the Philosophy of Psychiatry, a lecture by the great physicist, Michio Kaku, which attracted an audience of 500, and weekly colloquia given by fellows and students of the college. I must pay tribute to Jorg Friedrchs and Laura Sauls, who organized them so well. The number of our graduates has exceeded 400 for the first time in the College’s history. We are still, however, one of the smallest colleges in the University (only Mansfield and Corpus are smaller), but in terms of graduates we come in at about No. 5.The College has continued to receive various gifts, and I would like to mention the presentation of a fine piece of silver by Dr. John Tiffany, a picture of the five cathedrals from the artist, Margaret Bialokoz-Smith, and sundry items associated with the early days of the college presented by Professor John Woodhouse.One of the college’s foremost benefactors, and our only Domus Fellow, Ian Skipper, died in July. Initially in the family motor trade, he moved into computers, where he was highly successful. He developed an interest in archaeology and through that various links with Oxford. He made a very handsome donation to the College and the Ian Skipper room is a tangible monument to his generosity.

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AWARDS, PRIZES AND RECOGNITION

OF DISTINCTION

John Barton has been awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for three years to work on ‘Ethics in Ancient Israel’.

David Clifton has been awarded the Abbey-Santander Doctorial Prize for early warning systems in hospital patient monitoring and the IEEE Biomedical Signals and Technology ‘Best Paper’ Prize for his paper Probabilistic Patient Monitoring. He has also been awarded a 5-year Wellcome Trust/EPSRC Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering and the W.K. Kellow Junior Research Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering.

Inge Daniels has received a Teaching Excellence Award for the academic year 2007-2008 for her work in the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology.

Jan-Georg Deutsch has been awarded a substantial British Academy Research grant for his project entitled Imperial Cities at War, 1914 – 1918.

Christopher Emerson has has been listed in Who’s Who in Catholic Life after being a Trustee of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen, Chairman of its Finance Committee and its Procurator-Investments. He was a Visiting Fellow at St Cross in 1978.

Paloma Garcia-Bellido has been awarded a John Fell research grant to carry out research on developmental language disorders. This involves a pilot study of a Spanish-Valencian bilingual with genetic Disorder.

Marina Jirotka has been appointed deputy director of an ESRC programme to maximize the use of e-technologies by social scientists.

Assimina Kaniari was Scaliger Fellow at the Scaliger Institute of the University of Leiden during September 2009. She is currently Academic Visitor to the Art History Department at Oxford.

Diarmaid MacCulloch’s book The History of Christianity – The First Three Thousand Years has received excellent reviews. Diarmaid has spent much of the year on location in various parts of the world filming the six part television series, on the same subject, which was broadcast in the Autumn of 2009.

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Peter Mackridge has been awarded an honorary Doctorate by the University of Athens.

Dan Olteanu has received a University Teaching Award for his work as a University Lecturer in Information Systems.

Fernanda Pirie has been appointed Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies.

Andrew Pollard has been elected Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America and appointed Trustee of the Jenner Vaccine Foundation Board.

Peter Raynes has been awardede the Jan Rajchman Prize for his pioneering work on the development of liquid-crystal displays.

Julian Savulescu has been made a Member of the Royal Institution, elected Monash Distinguished Alumnus, winner of the Thinking Category in Australia’s Top Ten Young Leaders and elected Fellow of the Society of Biology and of the Institute of Biology.

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NEW FELLOWS

The following ‘Pen portraits’ were available at the time of going to press

Michael ‘Mick’ Blowfield is from Enfield in North London, but has spent most of his life as far from the capital as possible. He left Edmonton School assured by careers advisory that he was well suited to working in pest eradication, but ignored their advice and graduated from Newcastle University. Inspired by his anthropology professor, he went to the Sudan for a year and then on to Indonesia as a VSO where he ended up living for most of the 1980s working in diverse aspects of international development from land rights to health care to workers’ organisations. He returned to the UK in 1992 and worked for the government’s international development programme as a senior social development specialist. Increasingly he found himself working with the private sector, and since the late 1990s his main interest has been the role of the private sector in development and sustainability. He has worked in over 20 developing countries, and spent long stints in Indonesia and the US as well as the UK. He has a DPhil from Sussex and experience in the private and public sectors. He became a full-time member of academia in 2003 and worked at Boston College, London Business School and Cambridge University prior to joining Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment in 2008 where he is researching transformational change amongst industries with a particular stake in climate change and sustainability more generally.

Robert de Crespigny is an Australian businessman residing in Oxfordshire. He was the Chairman and Chief Executive of Normandy Mining Limited from 1985, when he founded the company, until 2002 when it merged, through a takeover, with Newmont Mining Corporation. At the time of the merger it was Australia’s largest gold company and in the top five gold companies in the world. Outside his business activities, Robert fulfilled a number of honorary, advisory and non-executive roles in Australia before relocating to the UK in 2006. This included serving as the Chancellor of The University of Adelaide, Chairman of the South Australian Government’s Economic Development Board and Chairman of the South Australian Museum. He was also Australia’s representative on the Commonwealth’s Expert Group on Democracy and Development. He is currently the Chairman of Crosby|Textor Research Strategies Results, a market research and opinion polling firm, and the Deputy Chairman of the Development Board of Oxford University’s Said Business School. Robert has received several awards recognising his contribution to Australian business and the community, in particular the Companion of the Order of Australia, Australia’s highest honour. The University of Adelaide also awarded him a Doctorate for his services to the

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University.

Simon Fisher spent his early years growing up in the City of Truro in Cornwall. He went on to take a Masters Degree reading Pharmacology at the University of Bath in 2000. During this time as part of an industrial placement he spent a year carrying out research for Roche Palo Alto in California. He went on to study for a PhD in Neuroendocrinology at King’s College London, where his research investigated the ‘Sleep-promoting effects of the hormone melatonin’. On completion of his studies he then moved to the Circadian and Visual Neuroscience Group at the University of Oxford and in 2008 was awarded a Junior Research Fellowship with St Cross College and the Nuffield Department of Ophthalmology. He has a strong interest in the regulation of the sleep/wake cycle and pharmacology, with his current research interests primarily focused on the contribution of ocular photoreceptors in the control of bodily rhythms and sleep. Simon also takes part in running competitively in his spare time and in particular enjoys cross-country and long distance running. He competes in the local road racing circuit and the Oxford Mail Cross-Country League and in 2008 was selected to run for Oxfordshire at the Inter-Counties Championship.

Anna Lora-Wainwright was born in rural Northeast Italy and grew up hiking, picking wild mushrooms and herbs and planning to train in engineering. After a change of heart, she moved in London in the late 1990s, where she worked for a year before reading social anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies. As her interests in China developed, Anna did an MA in Chinese Studies at SOAS, and continued with a DPhil in anthropology at Oxford, which entailed living in rural China for 15 months. On completion of her DPhil, in 2006, she remained in Oxford and held a lectureship in the Institute of Chinese Studies, before she joined the Centre for Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester the following year. She returned to Oxford in 2009 as University Lecturer in the Human Geography of China, based at the School of Geography and School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies. Her field research and papers have focused on lay attitudes to health in rural China, healthcare provision, rural development and social inequalities. She is currently completing a monograph on experiences of cancer in rural China and developing a collaborative interdisciplinary social science research project on Chinese citizens’ perceptions of the effects of pollution on their health.

Anastassia Loukina grew up in St Petersburg in Russia. She was lucky to be of the right age to join the first intake of the newly founded St.Petersburg Classical School, which gave her interest in languages and determined her future career. In 2000 she graduated from the St.Petersburg State University where she

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studied Modern Greek and speech technologies. She joined St Cross in 2001 as a visiting student and having experienced the Oxford libraries and St Cross lunch she decided to stay for her MPhil and, later, DPhil. In her thesis she looked at the regional variation in Modern Greek and how the dialectal features could have been shaped by the contact with neighbouring languages. On completion of this in 2008 she was appointed a research associate at the Phonetics lab and was fortunate to be elected JRF at St Cross. She is currently working on a project which studies rhythm across several languages including Modern Greek. The aim of this project is to identify quantitative measures that would capture rhythmic differences between languages while reducing variability between the speakers of the same language.

Gerard McCann grew up in Grantham, Lincolnshire and, like Grantham’s most famous son, Sir Issac Newton, soon found himself at Cambridge University. Whilst the only true parallels with Newton related to some minor graffiti on school property, he did also stay for some years, completing a MPhil and PhD under Prof. Sir Chris Bayly. After a brief spell working in political consultancy in the City, Gerard returned to the warm bosom of academia, completing a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at Cambridge in geography/development studies. He came Oxford in October 2009 to take up the Mellon Fellowship in Transnational History in the History Faculty. He was elected to a fellowship at St Cross along with this post, although is physically based in Nuffield College, where he holds a research fellowship in the politics group. His doctoral work focused on South Asian (especially Sikh) ‘diaspora’ in East Africa and Southeast Asia. He is now working on post-colonial relations within the ‘global South’, conducting research on the political, economic and cultural links between sub-Saharan Africa and a number of Asian ‘rising powers’, notably India. He travels to Africa (particularly Kenya) and South Asia as often as is possible.

Alistair McCormick was born and educated in Durban on the east coast of South Africa. During his undergraduate years (1998-2001) at the University of Natal Durban, he became deeply interested in plant biology. In 2002 he joined the South African Sugarcane Research Institute and went on to complete an MSc and PhD in biology, during which he explored how plants regulate the uptake and distribution of photoassimilated carbon for growth and development. His research into sugarcane photosynthesis has influenced crop forecasting in the sugar industry and has laid the foundation for strategies to improve sucrose yield through genetic tailoring. In 2007 he joined the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford as a post doctoral researcher. His current research combines molecular and physiological analyses to investigate various fundamental aspects of photosynthesis and carbohydrate

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metabolism in the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana. In his spare time, Alistair enjoys outdoor activities and has a passion for playing rugby.

Cleide Rodrigues been a Professor in the Departamento de Geografia da FFLCH da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, since 1992. She has been studying and evaluating, using historical and geomorphological approaches, the environmental changes in tropical landscapes that have occurred over the last century and which have been related to major human interventions such as urbanization, dams, deforestation, mining and roads in the Brazilian territory. More recently she has been developing a methodology that combines the tools of Human Geography and Physical Geography to evaluate and to interconnect landscape changes to social factors over the last hundred years in the Sao Paulo Metropolitan area, one of the biggest urban centres of the World. She is in St. Cross College to publicize and discuss the recent results of more than 30 studies made by herself and her students and to develop the methodology in collaboration with the Master, Professor Andrew S. Goudie.

Nicholas van Hear grew up in Cornwall and read Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, 1971-74. He later worked on agricultural labour in Ghana for his PhD (1982) at the Centre for West African Studies, University of Birmingham. He held senior research posts at the Refugee Studies Centre in Oxford (1990-2000) and at the Danish Centre for Development Research in Copenhagen (2000-2003), before joining the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) within the School of Anthropology at Oxford when it was launched in 2003. He is currently Deputy Director of COMPAS. He has worked on forced migration, development, conflict, diaspora, transnationalism and related issues for more than 25 years, with field experience in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Europe. His books include New Diasporas (London: Routledge, 1998), The Migration-Development Nexus (Geneva: International Organisation for Migration, 2003), and Catching Fire: Containing forced migration in a volatile world (Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006). He has been a consultant for UNHCR, the European Commission, the UK Department for International Development (DfID), the UK Home Office, the UK National Audit Office, and other British, Scandinavian, German, North American government departments and research institutions.

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COLLEGE COLLOQUIA

The following Colloquia, organised by Laura Sauls and Joerg Friedrichs, were held in the St Cross Room, usually prior to Hall. On most occasions there were two presentations given by a student and a Fellow, usually on a related area.

Michaelmas Term, 200830th October Thanasis Tsanas “Modelling Neurological Disorders” Thomas Campbell “The Neurobiology of Decision-

Making”

4th November Hubert Bastide “Proud of our colours: scarves, banners and History in a football fan’s community”

David Helliwell “Oriental Studies”

13th November Victoria Reuter “Narrating through the Body: Eugenia Fakinou’s The Seventh Garment”

Anastassia Loukina “What makes Languages Change”

20th November Laura Ertmer “Respecting and Reproducing Culture: Intercultural Education in La Paz,

Bolivia” Herb Marsh “Self-Concept Theory, Measurement

and Research into Social Policy and Practice”

25th November Griff Rees “Optimal Social Network Structures under Growth”

Simon Fisher “Ophthalmology: There’s more to Vision than Meets the Eye”

2nd December Ian Hart “How should we Measure National Progress”

Luciano Floridi “Information Ethics: The Information Turn as The Fourth Revolution”

Hilary Term 200927th January Zoe Marks “Women and War: The Women of the

Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone”

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Helena Hamerow “A High Status Anglo-Saxon Settlement at Sutton Courtenay, Oxon: Recent Fieldwork”

3rd February Ben Hebbert “A Musical Rosetta Stone: Decoding the Geometry of Renaissance Music”

Glenda Abramson “Nothing was quiet on the Eastern Front: Hebrew Writing on the First World War”

17th February Laela Adamson “Education for …? Looking at Secondary Schooling in Rural Tanzania”

Andrew Goudie “Dust Storms: Impact Sources and Frequency”

24th February Richard Scotney “Renewable Energy in China” Frank Pieka “The Party isn’t over yet: Reinventing

Governance in Contemporary China”

3rd March Ina Zharkevich “Becoming a Maoist in the time of Insurgency: Children and Young People In Nepal’s War”

Rana Mitter “How China’s Wartime Past is changing its Present - and Future”

10th March Caroline Dahl “Drug Discovery: How to Decipher Virus Vital Parts and Target them by Computational Means”

Alistair McCormick “How to Sweeten the Sugar Daddy: Source-Sink Strategies to Improve Sugarcane Yields Through Genetic Engineering”

Trinity Term 200928th April Phoebe Williams “Malaria: Challenges facing the call for

Eradication” Bill Fulford “Neuroscience and Values: A Case

Study”

5th May Tom Birkett` “The Misappropriation of Runes and

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the Runic Script” Emilie Savage-Smith “Myths about the Medieval World”

12th May Rachel James “Stem Cells and Repairing the Damaged Brain”

Dan Otleanu “Probabilistic Data Management”

26th May Laura Sauls “Funding Conservation and Development in The Dominican Republic”

Helen Johnson “Ocean Circulation and Climate”

2nd June Harry Verhoeven “The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Failed States: Somalia, State Collapse and the Global War or Terrorscience”

Jordan Finkin “The Role of the Joke in Jewish Discourse”

9th June Tracy Wharton “The use of Evidence in Social Services Practice”

Holge Witte “Fighting Cancer with Protons and Carbon Ions: Particle Accelerators for Medical Applications”

16th June Neeraj Bhala “Trials and Tribulations of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)”

Fritz Zimmermann “The Seat of the Soul in the Graeco-Arabic Tradition”

1st May Jessica Van der Meer “Venezuelan Chocolate: Why it Struggles to go from Bean to Chocolate Bar”

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ALUMNI RELATIONS REPORT

As we look back on another year, it strikes me how fortunate this College is in the strong community that makes up its core. During the year, members of the St Cross Alumni have volunteered their time to widen our community across the world with a series of events in the UK and US.

In the US, the American Friends of St Cross arranged a series of small gatherings for St Crossers, to tie in with the American tour run by the University as an opportunity to meet the new Vice Chancellor, Professor Andrew Hamilton. As with all mighty trees, first the seeds must be planted, and these small events served as a wonderful introduction to what we hope will one day be a vibrant College based social scene focused in many cities around the globe.

Back in the UK, the usual whirl of social events was enjoyed by all, including the University Reunion weekend in September, the Winter Drinks Reception in December and Fred’s Lunch in March. As is done in the United States, members of the Alumni based in London generously gave of their time to organise small, informal get-togethers to allow Alumni to meet on a more regular basis.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have volunteered their time to help the College in its endeavours: Patrick Hornbeck, Douglas H. Wigdor, Ed Furgol, Anne Vandenabeele, Lauren Chitwood-Schauf, Zach Schauf and Michael Talbot.

Additionally, the College has built upon the success of the coach trips established in 2007-8, with a series of visits to various destinations throughout the year. I’m sure many would agree that the trip of the year was to Stonehenge and the surrounding sites on Salisbury Plain. The highlight of the trip was the once in a life time opportunity to stand amongst the stones of the great stone circle – a magical experience not normally available to visitors to the site.

Further visits are planned for the coming year, including a trip to Bletchley Park. The coach trips are open to the Alumni as well as all other members of the College community.

The St Cross College Alumnus of the year award was this year shared between two deserving recipients.

In May, Dr Patrick Hornbeck was the first of the two to receive his award, given in recognition of his dedicated service to the Alumni Relations Office and the

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American Friends of St Cross.

Dr James Dodd was presented with his award during the University Reunion weekend in September. Dr Dodd has been a faithful member of the College Finance and Investment Committee for past years, bringing his professional knowledge to bear in service of the College.

St Cross College is extremely grateful for the contribution made by all those who volunteered their time and expertise in the past year to develop our community.

Laura King

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ART COMMITTEE REPORT

During the period under review, the Committee’s Chairman, Dr Jon Whiteley, has been on sabbatical leave, and Peter Benton has acted as Chairman in his place.

One of the chief concerns of the Art Committee over the past year has been to commission a portrait of the Master. As was the case when the Committee was tasked with finding an artist for Dick Repp’s portrait, the work of numerous possible portrait artists was considered and visits to view similar portraits in other colleges were organised. A shortlist of possible artists was compiled. At this point, a member of the Committee, Dr Kate Scott, intimated that she had some experience as a portrait painter and would be willing to offer her services as a gift to the College if the Committee would like her to undertake a painting.

Kate’s offer was gratefully accepted and she has embarked on the task with energy and enthusiasm. Preliminary watercolour sketches have been shown to the Committee and to the Master and have met with general approval. Kate is now working up a final version in oils and we look forward to seeing it in 2010.

The College has always been fortunate in the number and quality of donations made to its art collections.

A most handsome donation was Dr John Tiffany’s gift of an early 20th Century silver caster by Jones & Crompton of Birmingham. The caster is enclosed in an elegant case made by Dr Tiffany himself. Five signed limited edition lithographs, depicting five English cathedrals, were presented to the College by the artist, Margaret Bialokoz-Smith in memory of Jerzy Eugeniusz Bialokoz, her late husband and Founding Fellow of the college. These have been hung as a group in the St Cross Room where they have been much admired

We previously recorded that a small group of five figurines in rolled clay by the late Audrey Blackman had been presented to the College by her nephew Alasdair Crawford. Through the good offices of Dr Nick Kruger and the Director of the Department of Plant Sciences where they were originally housed, we have also been able to add over 40 more Blackman figurines in their original display cabinet. These may be seen in the St Cross Room. Audrey Blackman was particularly well known internationally for her ceramic figurines, and the College had previously owned only a single example.

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John Woodhouse, Fiat-Serena Professor of Italian Emeritus and former Fellow of St Cross College, kindly offered a gift of various prints and illustrations: one is the University Calendar illustration of Hertford College, 1973 and one is of the Old School House on the original St Cross site. The building had at that time just been restored by the architect Birkin Howard who had signed his design for John Woodhouse and his wife. He had also signed a foreshortened version of the building itself. These were gratefully accepted.

A watercolour, ‘Silver for Sara’, painted by Shelley Lynn Matthews was received from alumnus Mr Dean Tsaltas.

Jennifer Opie, formerly senior ceramics curator at the V& A, was commissioned by the College on the recommendation of our former Fellow Oliver Watson, to produce a catalogue of the College’s collection of ceramics and the work is progressing well. Along with the existing introductions by Professor Derek Roe to the College’s watercolours and silver (the latter being currently revised), the glass in the St Cross Room and the Treverton Collection items on display in the Saugman Common Room, the ceramics catalogue brings us nearer to the completion of a comprehensive overview of the College’s art collections. We are hoping that a companion piece on the College’s bronzes may soon be forthcoming.

Apart from such excitements, the Committee has been busy ensuring the necessary maintenance of the collection. It would be tedious to list all the reframing, new calligraphy, engraving and so forth that has taken place, yet without this work the day to day environment which we all share at St Cross would be much less attractive than it is.

Peter Benton

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ARCHIVIST’S REPORT

Certainly the most momentous event since the last report is the renovation of the Archives & Library Office by having purpose-built shelving built into both walls, to a design that maximizes the space available for storage of the boxes required for archival storage. The documents are now much more readily accessible and there is considerable space for future expansion. Moreover, the room is now more spacious and lighter, providing a much better work space for the Archivist as well as the Librarian, who shares the office. Boxes were also ordered and received for storing additional documents. All the architectural drawings and diagrams from renovations and building on both the St Cross Road site and on the Pusey site were in need of sorting and cataloguing. This was accomplished over a three day period by using the tables in Hall to spread them out and sort by place and time; the Archivist was generously assisted by her husband in this tedious, though rather interesting, enterprise.

Interviews of Founding Fellows and Fellows who can recall the life at the St Cross Road site continued. The team (Jan-Georg Deutsch, Margret Frenz, Alan Coates, plus Archivist) have interviewed ten people this year, with the sessions preserved in digital audio recordings, while one person preferred to respond in a written format to set questions. Transcriptions of the earliest recordings that we made are presently being produced by a professional transcriber (Agnes Zani, at the University of Nairobi), who had done earlier work for one of the members of the interviewing team. This is to be done primarily for preservation purposes. The transcriptions of the digital audio recordings will be under the same restricted access that applies to the recordings themselves (if the interviewee has requested that they be embargoed for a period of time).

A digital recording device was acquired by the Archives (made possible through an anonymous donation), so that we are no longer solely dependent upon the use of the recording equipment owned by Jan-Georg Deutsch (who was away on sabbatical during part of the year). This acquisition makes the scheduling of interviews more flexible. Other donations during the year consist of a heretofore missing Governing Body paper, supplied by John Tiffany, who also donated a programme for ‘Official Topping Out of new south wing, St Cross College, 16 Sept. 1992’; a programme for ‘Open Day, 25th Anniversary, 30 June 1990’; and a college video titled ‘Contrasting Excellent’ [1991?].

Tony Woodward (of Kingerlee Ltd. builders) donated photographs of the renovation of Pusey site carried out when St Cross first moved to the site. Alan Jones (Founding Fellow) and Ruth van Heyningen (Founding Fellow) donated

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papers related to the early establishment of the College. The latter also allowed the Archivist to visit her home to take photographs and lent documents to the archives for copying (while retaining the originals themselves). Charles Mould donated a printed version of a musical adaptation of the St Cross College Grace (Adesto Nobis Domine Deus Noster), which he composed in 1984 and which was transcribed and printed by Ben Hebbert. The donation of other materials relating to the College (copies of the Record, menus, etc.) was received from the estate of Paul Morgan. Margaret Marsh supplied a copy of her ‘Art Appreciation Talk’ given 9 Oct. 2009. The Librarian (Sheila Allcock) and the previous Archivist (Alan Coates) have continued to provide miscellaneous material which they encounter, such as newspaper clippings, that relate to the College. All donations of photographs, papers, and memorabilia from any time in the life of our college are important contributions to the Archives and to our history. They will be gratefully recorded and acknowledged.

The Archivist also put together material for an illustrated lecture on the history of the College that was presented on Tuesday, 13 October 2009. A very brief excerpt from this lecture, and an illustration or two, will be found elsewhere in this Record.

Emilie Savage-Smith

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BURSAR’S REPORT

The College’s first evening Porter, Mr Tony Mead joined the College on 1st September 2008 and as the year went on, reports of security related incidents were received which made everyone glad that the College had made the decision. The College decided also to employ a dedicated Lunchtime Assistant for the first time to enable college staff to have more time to complete their primary tasks and Mrs Guilan Luo, known to all as “Brenda” joined the staff in early January 2009 . The College then welcomed Emma Farrant who joined the Alumni Relations and Events Office as an Assistant also in early January . Student employees of the College for 2008-9 were Hsien Chan and Jewel Thomas as Junior Deans, Samantha Vanderslott as Bar Manager with Laela Adamson, Amy McLennan, Anneli Chambliss, Karim Smither and Edward Sucksmith as Bar staff.

It was a mixed year in terms of financial results. The operational account was in credit despite that fact that expenditure rose at a greater rate than income but the College lost almost £1million from the endowment largely due to the international economic situation. During the course of the year, the Investment Sub- Committee of the Finance Committee recommended to the Governing Body that the College should transfer the endowment to Oxford University Endowment Management. This proposal was approved and the transfer took place at the end of June. The Investment Sub-Committee was wound up and external members were invited to join the Finance Committee to receive annual reports from OUEM.

Demand for places at college dinners continued to increase and it was decided to introduce a fourth Special Dinner to which guests could be invited each term and to introduce a Black Tie guest night for Junior Members. The new Dinners have been well attended and were included again in the termly calendar for the new year. Executive Committee agreed to invite up to two members of the College staff per year to one of the Feasts, on the basis of length of service. Mrs Chris Roberts attended the Hilary Feast 2009.

The College introduced an Electronic Point of Sale system for the bar and lunch which enabled members to use their University cards and dispense with a separate lunch card. An electronic bulletin board was installed on the wall outside the St Cross Room which provides members with information about events in college.

The College connected the houses in Wellington Square and Bradmore Road to the University Ethernet to provide the students with fast connections. All accommodation was then connected. The College also took the decision to take

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on another house, 102 Abingdon Road for 2009-10 to provide another 9 rooms of accommodation through St Cross.

The College obtained permission from the Charity Commission to sell “Woodcroft” and it was put on the market. Alas, due to the difficult market conditions, the property did not sell during 2008-9. Probate was granted on the estate of former Fellow, Dr Hélène La Rue and the executors asked the College to sell the two properties. These were put on the market in the summer.

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COMMON ROOM REPORT

“Oh, it’s not too hard a job, you mostly have to run the elections and chair some meetings,” or so I was assured by Nick Kruger, my predecessor as President of Common Room when I took over in January 2009. I was, however, sceptical. During his time the activities laid on for members of Common Room had been increasing, with excursions, themed dinners, bops and academic colloquia. Surely there would be a great deal to do. But I soon realised that an extremely active, able and efficient team had been recruited onto the Common Room Committee and the year’s events were already well under way. Special mention must go to Laura King our Alumni Relations, Communications and Events Manager, whose long title does, indeed, represent her great variety of activities. Not content with the alumni, in 08/09 she organised trips to Stonehenge, Avebury and the Birmingham Christmas market, she oversaw 11 special dinners, two Feasts, three wine-tasting sessions, the now-traditional Burns’ Night dinner, with ceilidh, and a breakfast on May morning. Particularly notable was a special breakfast organised for on the morning of the Obama election. The result was known by the time breakfast was served, but a crowded hall sat and watched Obama’s acceptance speech: you could have heard a pin drop.

For its part, the Student Representative Committee, lead by President Laela Adamson, was busy with their social events, sports and societies. Some of the year’s highlights included the numerous and ever-popular bops, covering themes such as Halloween, Sexy SubFusc and, best attended of all, the Dutch bop, with its copious amounts of free Grolsch and extra-cheesy Dutch pop music. The regular quizzes in the bar were also a big hit, as well as informal live music nights and the annual Eurovision party. Making the most of what little summer weather we had, students organised punting trips, as well as barbeques and croquet in the quad. In terms of sports, the college football team performed superbly, making solid progress in the intercollegiate cup, and finishing top of their league after a stunning season. A couple of St Cross students represented Oxford in the Blues rugby team, and the rowing team successfully added a few blades to our ever-growing collection. The diverse range of student interests were expressed through the numerous college societies active last year, including the literature society, which organised theatre and arts trips, the Chinese society, instrumental in putting on a splendid Chinese New Year party, and the Japan Society, which organised a tea ceremony event. A number of students participated in the college choir and delivered some impressive performances for the annual music evening, both of which were organised by Diarmaid MacCulloch.

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a fellow and a student present an outline of their research to a general audience before Hall. This is surely College life at its best, promoting the dissemination of academic ideas across disciplinary boundaries. I must also, of course, mention the sterling work of the Bursary and Accounts team, who made all this activity possible with quiet efficiency and sterling advice. It was fitting, then, that the year should have been rounded off with the splendid Casablanca ball in June. Replete with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman wannabes, plus an abundance of fezzes, the ball featured a live band, excellent DJ sets, roulette croupier, belly dancer and even a chocolate fountain! Now, of course, readers will have got the impression that the President of Common Room does nothing at all but enjoy all these activities, but I can assure you that that, in itself, takes a lot of time.

Fernanda Pirie and Matthew Bilski

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DIRECTOR OF IT’S REPORT

The IT Working Group, formed by the IT Director, the IT Manager, two student IT Assistants, the St Cross Bursar, and the Secretary, has met regularly each term to review the IT regulations and strategy of St Cross. The effort of this group has primarily focused this year on improving the IT infrastructure and services provided to our students.

The Internet connection for two St Cross sites, 14-15 Wellington Square and 2 Bradmore Road, has been moved from commercial providers to the University backbone network. This move has required a substantial investment and brought clear advantages to St Cross students and the college, including

* Huge nominal increase in the Internet speed: 100Mbps, about 25 times more than the previous connection,

* Direct link into the University network and to its resources and

* Improved network management that allows, among other things, easy monitoring of Internet traffic at these premises, better protection against intrusion, and minimization of illegal traffic using P2P.

Internet connection is now also provided at the new college site at Abingdon Road. Besides inter-connectivity, further existing IT services have constantly improved:

* A new up-to-date Windows system has been installed for student computers, replacing the old Novell system. The students can now use the University single sign-on service to connect to St Cross computers.

* A more accurate system is now in place for the printing service,

* The college mailing lists have migrated to the more reliable university mailing lists.

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LIBRARIAN’S REPORT

Alumnus CollectionFollowing the highest ever total of donations to the Alumnus Collection during the academic year 2007-2008 the total for 2008-2009 was down to 19 – still a very good number and indicative of the work being done by members of College. I would like to thank those listed below for their generous donations to the Collection, and encourage others (especially new members of College) to do likewise when they have a book published.

Brian Berkowitz, Contaminant geochemistry: interactions and transport in the Ishai Dror and subsurface environment.

Bruno Yaron (eds) Springer. 2008

Mary Bosworth The US federal prison system. Sage Publications. 2002

Mary Bosworth Encyclopedia of prisons and correctional facilities. (2 vols.) Sage Publications. 2005 David J. Cuff The Oxford companion to global change. and Andrew Goudie Oxford University Press. 2009

Diana Donald Endless forms: Charles Darwin, natural science and the visual andJane Munro arts. Yale University Press. 2009 (Chapter by Elizabeth

Edwards)

Austin Farrer A science of God? (Foreword by Margaret Yee) SPCK. 2009

Jorg Friedrichs Fighting terrorism and drugs: Europe and international police co-operation. Routledge. 2008

Andrew Goudie Wheels across the desert: exploration of the Libyan desert by motorcar.

Silphium, 2008

Rodney B. Hall Central banking as global governance: constructing financial credibility

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Cambridge University Press. 2008

Bent Juel-Jensen Oehlenschlaegers Digte 1803. Dansk Bibliofil-Klub. 2002

Assimina Kaniari Acts of seeing. and Marina Wallace Aptakt. 2009

R.B. MacCarthy The diocese of Lismore, 1801-1869. Four Courts Press. 2008

Diarmaid MacCulloch Reformatie: het eurpese huis gedeeld 1490-1700. Spectrum. 2005

Rana Mitter Modern China: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press. 2008

Donald S. Richards Zubdat al-fikrah fi tarikh al-Hijrah. Bayrut. 1998.

Alec Ryrie The sorcerer’s tale: faith and fraud in Tudor England. Oxford University Press. 2008

Joan M Schwartz Picturing place: photography and the geographicaland James Ryan imagination. I.B. Tauris, 2003 (Chapter by Elizabeth Edwards)

A.K. Vinogradov Epithet, name and title in the written monuments of Kush. 2006

Other new booksNew accessions were down again (205 as compared with 222 the previous year) with cost and space constraints looming larger. Apart from the Alumnus Collection titles the Library also received gifts of 111 books. Included in these donations was a collection of books bequeathed to the College by the late Helene la Rue.

Library usageThe number of books borrowed was slightly down on the 2007-2008 figures at 1,235 compared with 1,288. There was a problem at one stage with the self-issue computer as somebody disconnected the machine in the Lange Room from the network and this resulted in undercounting. This is a continuing problem in spite

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of notices asking people not to unplug the computer or screen. When it happens it can take weeks to finally sort it out.

There were 149 “active users” (up on the previous year’s total of 131). An “active user” is defined as having borrowed at least one book during the year. Junior Members are the greatest users of the Library, as might be expected; 142 out of the 149 being Junior Members.

DisplaysThe displays of new books continued, matching the regular monthly lists emailed to all members of College. The termly displays also continued. The Michaelmas Term display is always on study, research and writing techniques and is very popular with new students. The other topics in Hilary and Trinity Terms were the Alumnus collection, and celebrating Darwin’s 200th anniversary, a display of books on evolution. There was a special display of rare and historic books before the Governing Body dinner in Trinity Term.

Library Management SystemWe are still using the GEAC system installed in 1996. A new Library System for Oxford University has been chosen with implementation planned during the Long Vacation of 2011. It is to be hoped that GEAC will manage to continue for these extra years which were not envisaged 13 years ago!

Induction SessionsThe induction sessions for new students on “An introduction to Oxford Library Services and Electronic Resources” were well attended during Noughth Week in spite of the early timing of the first one on the Wednesday (9.15!). However, as always, the majority of the new students didn’t come. I followed up by sending an email telling them how to contact me and where to find Library information on the College website.

Library CommitteeThe last meeting of the separate Library Committee took place in MT 2008. From HT 2009 the Library Report goes to the Academic Committee. It is pleasing to report that the last Library Committee meeting was very fruitful. Part of it consisted of a “perlustration” of the Library and the Librarian and Archivist’s Office. It was agreed that several changes should be made. Electrical work was done in the Library to provide better lighting and new power points to enable laptops to be plugged in without the need for trailing flexes. Many new shelves were built in the Office with the result that it is much less cluttered and work flows

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are easier. The work resulting from the decisions took place before my report for the next term – a speed unprecedented in my career in universities!

Library AssistantThe Library Assistant, Laura Sauls was very enthusiastic about the Library and worked hard to help students get the best from it. Sheila Allcock

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SENIOR TUTOR’S REPORT

In January 2009 I assumed the role of Senior Tutor. This has been an interesting and rewarding experience. For many years I have enjoyed the facilities offered by St Cross and the camaraderie of the Fellowship. This past year I have learned much that I did not know about the management of a College and the Oxford admissions process. Most importantly, I have spent time with many of our students from a wide range of disciplines and from all over the world.

As the Graduate Consultations are undertaken in Hilary Term, one of my first duties as Senior Tutor was to collate the reports of Supervisors and Senior Mentors on the 382 students at St Cross. With a few exceptions, most of our students were working well and were happy at St Cross. It transpires that the latter was not only due to the social life they had established through College and the excellent lunches and feasts they had enjoyed, but because of the invaluable guidance provided by their Mentors and the administrative staff.

In October 268 new students joined St Cross bringing the student total, for the first time, to over 400. I feel sure that most people would agree that this has given the college critical mass and enhanced the aura of success and vibrancy.

Katharine Scott

The Former Senior Tutor writes:Perhaps, in my capacity of former Senior Tutor I might be allowed to raise a few critical issues that the College has faced in the last couple of years. The main seems to be that the College is still in a process of adjustment to the large increase in student numbers. There is considerable pressure on resources, be it on the College staff, student funding or the provision of amenities. At the same time, the overall climate and outlook in British academia has changed. Like all professional academics in the UK, the Senior members in the College have been advised by their academic departments to put as more emphasis on individual research activities rather than teaching and administration. This leaves them little time for activities that do not count in the various research assessment exercises at all (currently named REF or Research Excellence Framework), such as ‘pastoral care’, as a result of which the link between the Senior members of the College and the students has been noticeably weakened. Both problems are likely to remain on the College agenda in the foreseeable future as there is little the College itself can do about them.

Jan-Georg Deutsch

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TUTOR FOR ADMISSIONS’ REPORT

The Admissions exercise at St Cross has flourished over the past year, boosted by the ever increasing numbers of applicants to the University (which increased by more than a quarter this past year from the previous year). A bumper crop of students arrived in Michaelmas Term 2009 with the number of new D.Phil. students doubled from that in 2008, which has led to a strengthening of the research community within the College. The College’s international diversity continues to thrive with the new intake of students in 2009 comprising 53% from overseas, 28% from the UK and 19% from the European Union.

St Cross has awarded several scholarships to new students arriving in Michaelmas 2009 as follows:

The E.P. Abraham Scholarship was awarded to Philippa i) Pettigrew from the UK to support her D.Phil. in Clinical Neurology;

Scholarships in Archaeology and in Sociology were awarded ii) respectively to Erica Rowan from Canada and to Morag Henderson from the UK for their D.Phil. courses in those subjects;

The Robin and Nadine Wells Scholarship was awarded to iii) Deborah Bell from the UK to support her studies for the M.St. in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology, generously sponsored by one of our alumni, Robin Wells and his wife, Nadine.

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CATERING MANAGER’S REPORT

StaffWith the record intake of the last two years, it has been a busy time for the St Cross Kitchen Team. We have been joined by a new Kitchen Porter, Gabi Kondacs, who plays a major role for us during the day and at just about every Dinner too. His sister Julianna has supported us in the evenings, for a couple of years, as a very polite and happy waitress. Anna brings continuity to lunch service, although will take maternity leave soon! Congratulations Anna. Laura Covarrubias is also an old stager who deserves to be mentioned for her strong presence here. We have also been joined,k two days a week, by Iwona Wegiera; you may also see her from time to time at Dinners. I should also like to give thanks to Agi Eordogh who has recently helped improve standards of food service at Dinners. Robert (Head Chef) and Chris (2nd Chef) remain two very hard working and innovative chefs, to whom we owe massive thanks.

Meal NumbersAs the College grows we have seen a healthy increase in meal numbers, not only at lunchtime but for College Dinners. The Michaelmas Feast is a highlight of the College calendar and was a sell out, as has become the norm. Burn’s Night Supper was also at capacity with Chris parading the Haggis followed by the piper. Formal College Guest Nights remain very popular with places highly prized. Other events of note were the Trinity Revel and the noteworthy Fred’s Lunch, which rounds off Hilary Term, again very well attended by at least 100 diners. We have hosted various University Sports Club dinners throughout the year, Rugby, Ice Hockey, Judo and the Yacht Club.

College DiningHall remains the centre of any College life and it is very pleasing to see our efforts so well received, especially the new ambient salad bar. This has proved more popular than we could have hoped for. Please continue to make good use of it, and if you have any food or service ideas, or ideas for events, or themes for Hall nights, please do let us know.John Ward

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MUSIC REPORT

The happy co-operation between the College and the Chapter of Pusey House continued this year to produce a carol service in Pusey Chapel packed to the doors and graced by a choir as large, enthusiastic and tuneful as ever. Peter Ward Jones conducted and played with his customary panache, seconded at the organ with equal panache by Charles Mould; music ranged from classic English Christmas moodsetters like Vaughan Williams, Parry and Willcocks to Nielsen’s Lutheran hymnody, Germany and the Ukraine. We thank Fr Jonathan Baker, Principal of Pusey House, for leading worship, Fr Barry Orford for preaching and Fr Mihai Novacovschi for prayers, the sidesmen from Pusey House, all the readers of lessons for their resonance and stately pace, Katie and Jane Endicott the enterprising collection collectors, and the College for providing festive cheer before a packed Hall.

In March, our musical evening stretched the bounds of genre as usual. It began with what Graham Wells billed as a farewell appearance (surely not?), though he seemed to be intent on fading gracefully from the scene through the delicate sound of the dulcimer, after his previous swashbuckling expositions of the Northumbrian pipes. English folksong/American balladeering from Ian Page was counterpoised by the sound of the Zimbabwean mbira from Noel Lobley and Doug Langley, Yuka Mizuno provided a delightful sample of the piano music with which she had been entertaining the College at various festivities throughout the year, and Hiu Fai Law, Cara Bleiman and David Park found that Peter Ward Jones was a noble support for their eloquent exploration of the German Romantic repertoire for oboe, clarinet and cello. Tim Brookes showcased the guitar works of John Martin, and a variety of singers induced terror in the audience through their performance of Diarmaid MacCulloch’s setting of the Lewis Carroll mini-epic Jabberwocky. The Death of Nelson was commemorated with comparable tragic intent by the compere.

Diarmaid MacCulloch

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DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING REPORT

St Cross College is extremely grateful for the financial support received from the following donors during the academic year 2008 – 2009:

Dr Susan J Allen, Ms Jamie L Bartholomew, Mrs Diana Bauer, Dr Sam Behjati, Mr Peter Benton, Mr Richard Brett, Mr Richard Briant, Professor Peter Brocklehurst, Professor Kenelm O L Burridge, Mr R J Champion de Crespigny AC,Dr Roger J H Collins, Mrs Tonia Cope Bowley, Mr Alasdair Crawford, Ms Gill Davidson, Mr Colin Dexter OBE, Ms Maureen Doherty, Mr Mark Ebden, Mrs Linda G Eshag, Mr Spencer Frasher, Dr Edward M Furgol, Dr Katharine L Gearing, Mr Michael Gerdeman, Mrs Gwendoline Godwin, Dr Rebecca Golbert, Professor Andrew Goudie, Mr Derek J Harrison, Ms Suzy Hodge, Professor Tony Hope, Dr Raphael Ingelbien, Professor Harold Jaffe, Mrs Laura King, Mrs Christine Lardner, Mr Duc Le Tu, Mrs Judith Ledger, Mr Seung Min Lee, Dr Shui-Town Lin,

Dr Hsiao-Ting Lin, Dr Mary T C Lloyd, Dr Anastassia Loukin, Ms Victoria Love, Miss Alexandra Lowe, Mr Gihan Marasingha, Professor Herb Marsh, Professor Nick Mayhew, Professor Kivilcim Metin-Ozcan, Dr Charles M Mould, Mr Brian Murray, Dr Sudha Nallasamy, Professor M. Frank Norman, Dr Joe Olliver, Mr Yogesh Patel, Dr Margaret H Pelling, Dr David Petford, Dr Margaret J Rayner, Professor Peter Raynes FRS, Dr Steven Reece, Professor Steven G Roberts, Mr Adrian D S Roberts, Professor Derek A Roe, Professor Emilie Savage-Smith, Mr Adam Schaffer, Dr Caroline Schoenaers, Mr Joseph C Smith, Dr Thomas P Soper, Dr Glenn Swafford, Dr Alan Taylor, Dr Luke Treadwell, Mr Dean Tsaltas, The Revd Dr Genny L Tunbridge, Dr Ruth E van Heyningen, Ms Anne B M Vandenabeele, Professor Martin P Vessey CBE, FRS,

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Mr Peter A Ward Jones, Mr Robin E Wells, Mrs Elizabeth Wells, Mrs A West, Dr Eric J W Whittaker, Mr Douglas H Wigdor and Mrs

Catherine Wigdor, Dr Jim Williamson, Ms Sally Woof, Mr Brian E Woolnough, Dr Bruno YaronDr Fritz Zimmermann.

St Cross is also very grateful for the support of The Pembox Trust and a further 7 donors who wish to remain anonymous; their support is greatly valued.

The total amount raised during the financial year 2008-9 was £39,563.37.

This figure includes gift aid and represents gifts given to the following specific appeals and funds: £Student Travel Fund 1,391.12Student Hardship Fund 400.00Archive Fund 325.00Building Fund 2,818.35Duncan Lowne Scholarship Fund 1,756.21Hélène La Rue Scholarship Fund 640.10Annual Fund Appeal 32,232.59

Thank you for your support during the past year.

Laura King

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OBITUARIES

Peter Burrough 1944-2009

Many pedologists and geographers will know of Peter Burrough from his book Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resource Assessment in which he described how to organize, analyse and present spatial data on soil and land. The first edition was the outcome of his experience in soil survey, landscape classification and quantitative pedology.

Peter Alan Burrough took his first degree in chemistry at the University of Sussex. He won a scholarship to pursue research in organic chemistry at Oxford. Once there, however, he discovered that soil was more interesting, and he joined Philip Beckett’s small band of heretics who were questioning the orthodoxy of soil survey and seeking to place survey and classification on a proper quantitative basis. He was awarded the doctorate for his contribution.

In the last year of his doctoral studies he was appointed junior lecturer in the University’s Geography Department. There his interest in geography, a subject he had not studied at school, grew. He successfully applied to join the British Overseas Development Administration and was appointed to serve as soil surveyor in Sabah, Malaysia. In Sabah he maintained his interest in statistical pedology while doing ‘bread-and-butter’ survey for rural development. He then spent three years as lecturer in geography and soil science in the University of New South Wales. It was a barren time with a heavy teaching load and no time for research. So in 1976 he moved to the Netherlands, initially in the Soil Survey Institute in Wageningen and later in Wageningen University where he threw himself into the Dutch life and culture. There his research career took off. He developed computer-based methods for landscape classification and display, leading to numerous publications on a variety of topics including fractals, geostatistics, error propagation and fuzzy classification. In 1984 his prowess, achievement and enthusiasm were recognised by the University of Utrecht which appointed him as Professor of Physical Geography and Geographical Information Systems.

He finished his book between these two jobs. The book was an instant success in a time that GIS was rapidly developing and there were no authoritative texts yet. Peter became a GIS celebrity and travelled the globe to give keynote addresses and to promote his work and that of his students. Although his interests widened to encompass topics well outside soil science, he continued to publish in journals of soil science and may be regarded as one of the founders of the pedometrics

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community. The new methods from mathematics, statistics and computer science that he introduced to soil science have helped shape the way we do quantitative soil science today. The Britsh Soil Science Society recognised this when it made him an honorary member in 2008.

Peter thrived in the dynamic environment at Utrecht University and loved teaching as much as research. Unfortunately in 2005 the university’s shortage of money forced him into early retirement, but it gave him the opportunity to accept an honorary research professorship at Oxford University. Sadly, illness soon took hold and prevented him from implementing his plans for research, and he returned to the Netherlands in October 2008.

Many will remember Peter for his charismatic presentations and influential publications, but what characterized Peter most was his unbounded enthusiasm and excitement for research. While in charge of a large research group with many responsibilities, he would still find time to develop tools for spatial analysis for his students, to make new discoveries and to share these with whoever passed his room. It is his passion for science that we will remember most.

Richard Webster and Gerard Heuvelink

Ralph Lewin 1921-2008Visiting Fellow

Ralph Arnold Lewin, a highly distinguished scientist, author and professor emeritus who spent nearly 48 years at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, died peacefully in his sleep on Nov. 30 in La Jolla after battling esophageal cancer for a year. He was 87.

Lewin was a leading authority in multiple areas of marine biology and became known as ‘the father of green algae genetics’.

‘Dr. Lewin had a remarkable wit and enjoyed instructing us all on the peculiarities of English. He was also original as an observer of natural phenomena such as oil droplets in algal cells. He was one of the most well-traveled, scholarly people I have known,’ said Scripps Marine Biology Professor Victor D. Vacquier, a longtime colleague of Lewin’s.

Lewin and his wife, Scripps biologist Lanna Cheng, were familiar fixtures around the Scripps campus and La Jolla community for decades.

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Born in London on April 30, 1921, Lewin was educated at Cambridge University, receiving a B.A. degree in botany in 1942 and M.A. in botany in 1946. He came to the United States to continue graduate studies at Yale University and was awarded a Ph.D., also in botany, in 1950. He also was awarded a doctor of science degree from Cambridge University in 1972.

As a young expert in marine seaweeds (algae), he was enlisted during World War II to survey the entire coastline of Great Britain to estimate the quantity of algae present for potential fermentation in the production of fuels and organic liquids needed for the war effort. After obtaining his doctoral degree, he spent the next five years working in Nova Scotia as an algal biologist for the National Research Council of Canada. From 1956 to 1959 he was a research algologist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass.

Lewin joined Scripps Institution of Oceanography as associate professor of marine biology in 1960 and retired from that position as full professor in 1991. Although retired, he remained extremely active in laboratory and field research and lectured nationally and internationally.

His early research concerned the genetics of single-cell green algae, specifically their mechanism of sexual reproduction. He developed simple methods to select for mutant cells, thus making possible genetic studies and giving him the title of ‘the father of green algae genetics.’ His first investigations at Scripps were on marine microbes, known as flexibacteria that glide over surfaces. A genus of flexibacteria, Lewinella, was named in his honor. He later became interested in the electron microscopic anatomy of algal flagella, the long, thin beating structures used by algal cells to swim.

In the 1980s he was the first person to understand and publicize the evolutionary significance of a primitive group of marine algae known as the ‘prochlorophytes’ or more simply ‘Prochloron’, a likely ancestor of green plant chloroplasts. Lewin was considered to be the world expert on these unique marine organisms.

He was one of the first scientists to be involved in using algal cells to condition agricultural soils to hold more water. He also was one of the first to show that some single-cell algae can produce important oils, today a subject of great importance in the search for alternative sources of energy.

In the 1980s the San Diego Zoo called Dr. Lewin to ask why their polar bears were turning green. Microscopic examination by Lewin showed that the hollow hairs of the fur were harboring a single-cell blue-green algae that was dividing

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in this protected environment. A bath with a low concentration of bleach turned the green bears white again.

Lewin and Cheng, a Scripps marine entomologist, were well-known visitors of marine research laboratories throughout the world. Lewin enjoyed an international reputation as an engaging, humorous lecturer in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia and China. He helped organize and teach courses on marine microbiology and algae for UNESCO in Finland, Singapore and China.

In 1967 Lewin was awarded the Darbaker Prize by the Botanical Society of America. In 1970 he was president of the Phycological Society of America (PSA). In 1982 he was National Lecturer of the PSA.

Lewin published more than 250 scientific papers, edited Physiology and Biochemistry of Algae, The Genetics of Algae, Origins of Plastids and, with Cheng, ‘Prochloron’: a Microbial Enigma, and was author of Merde, Excursions in Scientific, Cultural and Socio-Historical Coprology. He also was known for his poetry, including such works as Poems about Animals and Plants and The Biology of Algae and Diverse Other Verses. He was an expert in Esperanto and translated Winnie the Pooh into that language.

Lewin was a member of the following scientific societies: Society of General Microbiology, British Phycological Society, Phycological Society of America, Sigma Xi, Society for Experimental Biology, International Phycological Society, International Society of Applied Phycology, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Zoological Society of San Diego, the Western Society of Naturalists and a Wilkins Fellow of Downing College.

In addition to Cheng, Lewin’s survivors include his brother Basil Lewin of England and many nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews.

Peter Nye, 1921–2009Founding Fellow

Peter Hague Nye was one of the foremost figures in plant and soil sciences internationally for 40 years. He read chemistry at Oxford (Balliol College, Domus Exhibitioner) and took a postgraduate course organised by the Colonial Agricultural Service at Cambridge (Christ’s College) and elsewhere. He then spent 13 years in West Africa, initially as the Agricultural Chemist for the Gold Coast, then as Lecturer in Soil Science at University College of Ibadan, Nigeria, and Senior Lecturer in Soil Science at the University of Ghana. The work he did

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there led to, amongst other publications, his seminal book with DJ Greenland ‘The Soil Under Shifting Cultivation’ (CABI, 1961), an outstanding example of what can be achieved with minimal research resources cleverly deployed. It is still widely cited.He returned to Oxford in 1961, via a year at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, succeeding RK Schofield as Reader in Soil Science. He continued studies begun by Schofield on solute diffusion in soil, and established a theory of diffusion in soils which became the foundation for his work on the mechanisms of solute uptake by plant roots. This culminated in his book with PB Tinker ‘Solute Movement in the Soil-Root System’ (Blackwell, 1977, with second edition, OUP, 2000). This is still one of the most influential books across the whole of plant and soil sciences.Nye’s approach to research was no-nonsense. His lab contained no fancy instruments. He aimed to base everything as far as possible on first principles, and he had a strong conviction that it should always be possible to understand a problem or process well enough to develop predictive, mathematical models of it. These were then tested to destruction with simple experiments with all model input parameters derived independently. He was a follower of Karl Popper and a firm believer in Occam’s razor.Nye was Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina at Raleigh (1958), Visiting Professor at Cornell University (1974, 1981, Messenger Lectures 1989), Commonwealth Visiting Professor at the University of Western Australia (1979), Visiting Professor at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University Copenhagen (1990) and Honorary Research Professor at the Scottish Crops Research Institute (1995–2000). He was President of the British Society of Soil Science (1968–69), a Member of the Council of the International Society of Soil Science (1968–74) and a Governor of the National Vegetable Research Station (1972–87). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1987.Nye was a keen sportsman. He gained half blues for squash and tennis at Oxford, and played cricket for the national teams of Nigeria and Ghana. He also did a lot of sailing, cycling and walking.He was a gentleman of the old school. He was tirelessly kind and polite with students and junior colleagues. He never put himself forward, and everything he said was worth hearing. His writing is a marvel of clarity and elegance. He leaves a huge legacy for the plant and soil sciences. He was a giant.He suffered from poor health in his later years but bore this with great courage and no complaint. He was married to Phyllis Mary Nye (née Quenault) for 55 years and had three children and six grandchildren.

Guy KirkFormer student at St Cross

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Peter Nye with members of the Oxford Soil Science Laboratory circa 1983. Peter is seventh from the left at the back. To his left, among others, are Bob White, Philip Beckett, Ros Haigh, Guy Kirk.

Ian Skipper 1936 – 2009Domus Fellow

Ian Skipper, born in Barrowford, Lancashire, and running a chain of Ford dealerships in his 20s, helped the York Archaeological Trust to mak the Viking excavations in Coppergate one of the most popular tourist attractions in York, and later helped establish the mould-breaking Jorvik Viking Centre.

Ian – his first name was Constable, as was his father’s – studied engineering at Loughborough. While a student, he met his future wife Penny Wood, a nurse at Leicester Royal Infirmary. He was 21 when he was left in charge of the Ford dealership business which his father had started. Ian’s energy and business aptitude were such that Skipper Motors expanded across the North West, becoming the region’s first branded chain of car dealerships.

In the 1970s Ian happened to see a late-night television programme in which Magnus Magnusson, the then presenter of Mastermind, described the important discovery of Viking houses in the Coppergate dig. Intrigued – he was already

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interested in history – he drove to York the next morning to offer his help. He quickly decided that he would be more use as a business adviser than as a troweller, and organised visitor facilities at the dig and a marketing campaign that eventually allowed more than a million people to see the dig in action – and incidentally raised considerable sums of money to help the excavation campaign.

A man of immense enthusiasm, he was convinced that most people would be fascinated by archaeology if only they knew about it. He encouraged Peter Addyman, the director of York Archaeological Trust, to think of ways of preserving the Coppergate dig for ever so that future generations would be able to visit it. Between them they devised the idea of an underground gallery in which the actual timber buildings of Viking York could be displayed where they had been found. To make the remains understandable to non-archaeologists, they decided to reconstruct replica buildings alongside them, and visitors, seated in Time Cars, were transported back through the centuries to the Viking city of Jorvik, and then forward to the present time so as to view the excavation which had revealed it.

Ian masterminded the raising of funds for what was then a revolutionary project. He made a huge grant of his own and in addition brokered a consortium of bank loans for what must have seemed a very risky project. He was also crucial in negotiations with the City of York, owners of the site, and Wimpeys, who were developing it, to ensure that Jorvik Viking Centre became an integral part of the Coppergate development. The Prince of Wales, royal patron of the project, inaugurated the Centre in 1984 and it became an instant success, attracting over 900,000 visitors in its first year. Since then it has welcomed more than 15 million visitors.

His and his partner’s donation to St Cross College enabled the building of a new south wing including the Ian Skipper Conference Room and in 1986 he was elected to a Domus Fellowship of the College.

In 1998 he was given the British Archaeological Awards ‘Award of Awards’, the golden trowel, in recognition of his achievement in changing the way archaeology is presented to the public.

Building on the success of Jorvik, Ian helped set up Heritage Projects Limited, a York-based company that created other similar visitor attractions around the country. In Oxford, its Oxford Story allowed the public to glimpse the life and history of the University. In Canterbury, its Canterbury Tales allowed visitors to share the delights of Chaucer’s Tales and learn about medieval life. His

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instinct that these daunting subjects would appeal to the masses if only they were presented properly was proved correct.

Soon the company was operating as consultants around the world as the fame of Jorvik grew and people wanted to copy its methods. Its successor company Continuum, still based in York and now one of Britain’s premier heritage-based companies, continued to benefit from Ian’s innovative thinking.

In its early years, Ian helped to fund ChildLine, having met Esther Rantzen when her television programme That’s Life featured the Ben Hardwick appeal which he was supporting to raise funds for Britain’s youngest liver transplant patient.

Ian Skipper, is survived by his wife Penny, their two daughters, Abigail and Emma and six grandchildren.

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A MENDELSSOHN ODYSSEY

2009, being the 200th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, was always promising to be a busy one. As head of the Bodleian’s Music Section for forty years, its magnificent Mendelssohn collection (acquired mostly from descendants between 1950 and 1973) had been one of my chief responsibilities and research interests. I had been asked some years back what exhibition plans we might have for Mendelssohn in 2009. The Library had, however, already put on a major exhibition about the composer in 1997, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his death, so it was too soon to do what could have been something of a re-run. But 2009 was also to be an anniversary year for Henry Purcell, Handel and Haydn, and it occurred to me that they and Mendelssohn all had a strong connexion to the British choral tradition. Such was the birth of the winter 2008/09 exhibition Hallelujah! The British Choral Tradition. Mendelssohn duly took his place within it, with the autograph vocal score of Elijah and one of his batons among the exhibits. Alongside many Bodleian choral treasures, a few choice loans included the fabulous Eton Choirbook of ca. 1500, a spectacular score of Tallis’s forty-part motet Spem in alium, and the autograph score of Britten’s War Requiem. It made for a splendid swansong as I retired at the end of March 2009, and when an undergraduate told me he had visited it three times, I knew that we were doing something right!

In a year which was eventually to take me half way round the world in the Mendelssohnian cause, the first venture was relatively close to home, when in February I gave a British Library Seminar on early Mendelssohn recordings. This had entailed spending several entertaining hours in its Sound Archive, uncovering such delights as Dame Nellie Melba in 1910 singing ‘O for the wings of a dove’, complete with a rippling piano accompaniment. The next event was a Royal Musical Association conference on all four anniversary composers, held at New College at the end of March, for which I was one of the joint organizers, and contributed a paper on forty years of Mendelssohn research as seen from a librarian’s perspective. It also offered the participants an opportunity to view the Bodleian exhibition.

The first foreign trip came in May, with an invitation to Caen for a colloquium on the English oratorio. The Handel scholar, Donald Burrows, and I were the two British invitees to an intimate gathering of about fifteen, otherwise all from France and Belgium, who heard a paper on Mendelssohn as a catalyst in the British choral scene. The colloquium took place in the midst of a virtual shutdown of the Caen university campus owing to student unrest over government education cuts. The drab 1960s concrete buildings were not improved by painted

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slogans and chairs barricading the entrances. On the second day we had to be admitted via a back door, and were then locked in by the janitor until he came to release us at the end of our session! The conference organizer, however, clearly knew the best restaurants in Caen, and we were all most agreeably entertained in the best French manner. Caen itself, despite the destruction it suffered in the wake of the D-Day landings, has managed to retain or restore much of its old-world charm, as befits the final resting place of William the Conqueror.

A distinctly non-Mendelssohnian walking and sightseeing trip to Tuscany provided an ideal retirement holiday at the end of May – my first visit to Italy for over forty years. Once back in England, June brought a pre-evensong organ recital at Magdalen, with a mixture of Bach and Mendelssohn, while July saw my first visit to the Open University campus at Milton Keynes to address the music postgraduates’ study day on the recent history of Mendelssohn research.

Among the many Mendelssohn conferences of the year, perhaps the most important was that held in Leipzig at the end of August. Leipzig was Mendelssohn’s home for the last twelve years of his life, and has in recent years very much adopted him as a musical son only surpassed by J.S. Bach – a few years ago he joined Bach in being commemorated in stained glass in the Thomaskirche. The conference was held in the ‘Mendelssohn-Saal’ – the smaller of the Gewandhaus’s two concert halls – and attracted a good sprinkling of non-participant listeners over its three days, during which I read a paper on Mendelssohn and the British choral tradition. It also provided a welcome opportunity for reunion with several of the American Mendelssohn scholars who have contributed so much to the Mendelssohn renaissance of recent decades, and all of whom have been frequent visitors to the Oxford collection over the years. A highlight of the conference was the publication of the long-awaited first scholarly thematic catalogue of the composer’s works, compiled by Ralf Wehner, head of the research team for the new collected edition of Mendelssohn’s works. It was officially launched at a ceremony in the magnificently restored Mendelssohn-Haus – the composer’s final Leipzig residence – and attracted considerable media attention – even having a three-minute spot on the ‘Tagesschau’ TV news, something quite unimaginable on BBC1! The Mendelssohn-Haus itself is perhaps the most evocative of any composer’s former dwelling, and should not be missed by any visitor. The vitality of Leipzig’s musical life is exceptional, and music pervades the air, often literally. Its most recent homage to Mendelssohn was the recreation of the 19th-century statue of the composer, which had been removed from in front of the old Gewandhaus by the Nazis in 1936 and destroyed. An exact copy now occupies a site just to the west of the Thomaskirche, near the Bach memorial which Mendelssohn himself had caused to be erected in 1843. A few days in Berlin on the return journey

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provided an opportunity to visit Rudolf Elvers, the 85-year-old former head of the Music Department of the (then) West Berlin Staatsbibliothek and doyen of Mendelssohn scholars, with whom I had enjoyed many years of cooperation and friendship. A day’s research work in the Staatsbibliothek itself (the now united Music Department is in the old Unter der Linden building) was counterbalanced by a trip to the ever-delightful Berlin Zoo.

A further visit to Germany ensued at the end of October, this time to Koblenz, for a symposium on Mendelssohn and the Rhineland. Mendelssohn had held his first official appointment as town music director in Düsseldorf, 1833-35, and was often to return to the Rhineland, not least for his honeymoon in 1837. But there was a also a strong family connexion to the area, for his banker uncle, Joseph Mendelssohn, had an estate and vineyard at Horchheim, just outside Koblenz, and Mendelssohn was a frequent visitor. In the 1990s a small band of enthusiasts founded the annual ‘Koblenzer Mendelssohn-Tage’ to promote local interest, with a programme of concerts and lectures, to which I had contributed on a number of occasions. It was therefore a particular pleasure to be invited to the give the opening lecture at the symposium, which was jointly organized by the Mendelssohn-Tage and the Universität Koblenz-Landau. The opening session was held in the imposing council chamber of the old Town Hall, which survived World War II relatively intact, unlike most of Koblenz. This being Germany, my lecture was prefaced by the usual half-hour ‘Begrüßung’ by the Oberbürgermeister, the President of the University and the State Minister for Education. The main symposium took place at the pleasant modern campus of the university, overlooking the Mosel just before its confluence with the Rhine, whose banks were spectacularly clothed in autumnal colours. The atmosphere of the proceedings were suitably ‘gemütlich’, and an excellent performance of Mendelssohn’s oratorio Paulus was given by mainly university forces in the swimming-bath acoustic of the Castorkirche.

The year culminated in a visit to Japan in the middle of December – not a place I would normally have imagined finding myself on Mendelssohnian business. The Japanese are of course well known for their enthusiasm for Western classical music, both as performers and listeners, and groups like the Bach Collegium Japan have achieved international renown. Mendelssohn’s name may not be quite as familiar in Japan as Bach’s, but there is an active Mendelssohn Society there, spearheaded by Tomoko Masur, the Japanese wife of the conductor Kurt Masur, who himself has been one of Mendelssohn’s successors at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. In conjunction with the Goethe-Institut Japan, the Society organized a Japanese Mendelssohn Week in December, with concerts, round tables and lectures in Tokyo, Kanazawa and Osaka, involving Masur himself

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and the Gewandhaus Quartet, as well as local orchestras, together with Ralf Wehner (from the Gesamtausgabe) and myself on the scholarly side. The trip began unpropitiously. Fog at Heathrow on the morning of my departure meant chaos, and my flight to Munich was so delayed that I would have missed the onward connection to Tokyo. After queuing for four and a half hours I was rebooked via Paris, and arrived in Japan nine hours later than planned, only to discover that my luggage hadn’t made it – it was evidently still in Paris! It caught up with me two days later – thank goodness I had transferred a spare pair of pants and socks from my case to my rucksack at Heathrow – the result of a premonition, perhaps? Fortunately that was the only hiccup, and the whole week provided a fascinating and varied glimpse of at least some aspects of Japanese life. A reception at the private Rikkyo University in Tokyo (founded in 1874 by an American missionary) revealed oddly familiar surroundings, with its Oxbridge architecture (Peterhouse came most to mind), and we were well entertained by Christmas music from the local Heinrich-Schütz-Chor. ‘Merry Christmas’ signs in English were in fact much in evidence throughout Japan! The various events were supported by gratifyingly large audiences. At the round table discussions, the proceedings were mainly in German, and we were astounded by our translator – a delightful lady, diminutive even for a Japanese – who could take in several minutes of our German, making only the briefest of notes, before relating it all in Japanese to the audience; she also provided simultaneous translation of any Japanese comments into German for our benefit.

Highlights of the trip included the bullet train journey from Osaka to Tokyo with its magnificent classic view of Mount Fuji (visible also from my hotel window in Tokyo), the traditional houses, fish market and Kenrokuen Garden in Kanazawa (spared bombing in World War II), and the theatre/concert hall in Osaka, housed within a department store. The most striking evidence of Japanese technology came in the form of the electric loos omnipresent in the hotels – wondrous contrivances with heated seats (naturally temperature controllable) and doubling as bidets and posterior sprayers. In one establishment it was even provided with a remote control! A surprising amount of English appears on shop signs (and thankfully on station announcement boards!) and no Britisher can fail to relish some of the ‘near misses’. My favourites were both in hotel breakfast buffets, where a large bowl of cornflakes was labelled ‘Serial’, and another bowl proclaimed itself as containing ‘Combustion boiled fish paste’. Memorable in another way was the final Tokyo taxi trip from my hotel to the airport coach early on a Saturday morning, when the taxi driver avoided boredom by keeping at least half an eye on the TV soap on his satnav! Unlike my arrival, the return flight was uneventful, and I arrived back in London, complete with luggage, to the first snow of the winter. Mendelssohn had plenty of exposure in his anniversary year,

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which will hopefully have long-lasting effects and raise his status within the musical pantheon; at the same time the year provided me personally with a wealth of rewarding experiences and renewed friendships throughout the Mendelssohnian world, for which I will long be grateful.

Peter Ward Jones

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ST CROSS: THE FIRST 45 YEARS

Extracts from an illustrated lecture ‘The History of St Cross College: the first 45 years’,

delivered on 13 October 2009, by Emilie Savage-Smith)

Early history Our college was named after St Cross Road – the site of the Old School House and the ‘wooden hut’ that formed the first buildings of the College established in 1965. Over the centuries, many changes had transformed that road. On the map published by Ralph Agas in 1577, no name is given for what is now St Cross Road, as it was just an unmarked, unnamed path. The area was rural countryside, outside the city walls. Holywell Lane (not Holywell Street, as it is known today) is indicated on it, as is The Long Walk (which is now known as Long Wall). Holywell Church (chapel of St Peter-in-the-East), dating from the 11th century, and the Manor House at the junction of modern Manor Road and St Cross Road, are shown prominently, and a major feature on the map (and of the parish, from about 1200) is Holywell Mill, one of the major mills for supplying corn to the City. To the south-east of the Church was a graveyard, and to the west of the unnamed path running alongside the church there were some barns and small cottages.

A hundred years later, the 1675 map of David Loggan shows the construction of houses along the north side of Holywell Lane and along the western side of the still unnamed path that was to become St Cross Road. By this time, there was a large village green, a bowling green, and two pits for cock-fighting, which had become a very fashionable sport by the mid-17th century. After another century, The New Guide to Oxford (1759) reveals that Holywell Lane had now become Holywell Street and the road alongside the church had now been given the name Holywell Lane. Another late 18th-century map shows that the area was still quite rural, though by then there were two additional bowling greens and the Manor was serving as a workhouse.

A lithograph made in 1835, published by J. H . Parker and J. Le Keux and engraved by F. Mackenzie, shows an ornate lychgate. The buildings on the west side of the road alongside the church are now more substantial, and the road itself (Holywell Lane, later to be St Cross Road) is now cobbled.

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Holywell Church, 1835, published by J. H . Parker and J. Le Keux and engraved by F. Mackenzie.

The street is still called Holywell Lane on an ordnance survey map of 1874, but the church is now Holy Cross Church, rather than Holywell Church. Most importantly for our purposes, there is now a vicarage along with two school buildings, one being an infants’ school. A cemetery had been created to serve the city, with an entrance alongside the church graveyard, and a second lychgate was constructed in 1848. This second lychgate became the north porch of an attached cemetery lodge, built in 1850. A school was later attached to this lodge, the school having been designed by Charles Buckeridge in 1858. The vicarage presumably dates from the same time.

This conformation of the area remained essentially unchanged from the mid-19th century into the mid-20th century, except that Holywell Lane became St Cross Road. The church had gradually come in common parlance to be called ‘St Cross Church’, although in fact its name remained Holy Cross Church, and at some point, shortly before 1898 (when the name first appears in Kelly’s Directory) this vernacular name for the church came to be applied to the road. Foundation of the CollegeWhile relatively little changed on Holywell Lane/St Cross Road during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, things had changed drastically within the

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University by the mid-20th century, and by the 1960s there was an evident need for new colleges. It was within this context that St Cross College was founded. Following the Second World War, Oxford (like Cambridge) saw a marked increase in the number and type of subjects taught at the University, and in the number of students who were reading for advanced, higher, degrees. More people were required to teach these new specialities (most notably in the sciences, but also in fields such as archaeology and the social sciences) -- subjects that were not part of the traditional teaching programme of undergraduates. As a result, there was a growing number of senior members of the University (i.e. members of Congregation with full-time research or teaching responsibilities) who had only titular connections with a College. Of course, in order to be a member of Congregation one had to have been granted an M.A. degree, and that in turn required a titular association with a College, but these associations usually carried no Fellowship. As such, the holders had no dining rights, and, more importantly perhaps, were given little say in University administration or in such vital matters as the admission of students whom they subsequently had to teach. They were hardly ever appointed to University Committees, and there was also an anomaly in the distribution of Fellowships among subjects, as well as important issues of stipends and remuneration. By 1960 this growing inequality between Fellows and Non-Fellows had reached crisis proportions, as did the need to provide better academic homes for graduate students who often found themselves peripheral to the life of an undergraduate college.

To a certain extent the pressure had been eased by the establishment of five Colleges during the previous decade:

1952 -- St Anne’s College (formerly St Anne’s Society for Women Students)1953 -- St Antony’s College (for graduate students, founded 1948)1962 -- Linacre House (later Linacre College, for graduate students)1963 -- Incorporation of Nuffield College (founded 1954 [1937] for graduate students)1960/3 -- St Catherine’s College (for undergraduate and graduate

students, formerly St Catherine’s Society, founded 1868, for home students)

Nonetheless, in 1961, across the University, the breakdown of full-time senior members of Congregation showed that 42% were non-Fellows, while by Trinity Term of 1962, 47% of senior staff were non-Fellows.

In September and October of 1961, some informal conversations took place amongst a number of these ‘non-Fellows’ (as they soon came to be called, or, informally, ‘non-Dons’), with most of the meetings held in the Geology

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Department. A public meeting of interested parties was convened on 15 November, and William Edward van Heyningen (known to friends as ‘Kits’) was invited to take the chair at this meeting, at which 48 people attended. As a consequence, a memorandum was presented on 14 December 1961 to the Vice-Chancellor (Sir Arthur Norrington, President of Trinity) concerning these issues. From 1961 to 1963 the Committee of Non-Fellows met frequently and prepared various memoranda and made representations to different committees. Importantly, on 30 May 1963, van Heyningen was elected a Member of Hebdomadal Council—the first non-Fellow to be so elected. On 8 June 1963, the Committee of Non-Fellows, at a meeting at Rhodes House, changed their name to the The Oxford Collegiate Society, with Tom Tinsley in the chair.

On 25 February 1964 a memorandum came from Hebdomadal Council, stating it had been agreed in principle that two new graduate societies (apart from Linacre House) would be necessary; that both would have not more than 70 Senior Members who would be called Fellows; they would be graduate societies for men and women; that for the early years they would be dependent financially on the University; that Fellows would have free dining rights, but not a stipend; that there would be a Principal as head of house, and that ‘to each new society will belong a certain number of postgraduate students’. Hebdomadal Council then appointed a committee to make proposals to carry out this policy. Things moved steadily forward from that point.

In the Oxford University Gazette of 30 September 1965, the Hebdomadal Council published the list of people who were to be designated as first Official Fellows of St Cross and Iffley College, as of 1st October 1965. For St Cross College, W. E. (Kits) van Heyningen was designated the first Head of House. The sites for the two colleges were determined by the University Surveyor at the time, Jack Lancaster: St Cross College was to be located at No. 10 St Cross Road, while Iffley College was to be sited at Court Place, Iffley, with eight acres of land along the river Isis. Iffley College never occupied that site, but acquired other land and ultimately became Wolfson College.

St Cross College at St Cross RoadOn St Cross Road, preparations had to be undertaken before the college could open. The old vicarage (or rectory), No. 10 St Cross Road, was condemned, being apparently full of dry rot and death-watch beetle, and was demolished (figure 2, left). The cross was retrieved from over the entrance, and now can be seen on the table under the stone stairway up to the office (figure 2, right).

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The Old School House and ‘wooden hut’, photograph taken July 1966

The vicarage (left) and cross removed from entranceway (right)

The Old School House (also known as Kirby Old School), with its large Gothic window, required refurbishment before it could serve as a meeting room for the Governing Body and the library of the College (figure 3, left). The attached caretaker’s lodge, built in 1850, had tile-hung gables, and these were extremely rare at that time. It was a pioneering effort of the Oxford sculptor Thomas Grimsley, to construct buildings without using timber. The tiles needed repair, however, and the distinguished painter, John Piper, (made an Honorary Fellow in 1987), made replica tiles to replace some of the missing ones, and John Betjeman helped raise the required funds. Finally, a temporary prefabricated timber building, usually referred to as the ‘wooden hut’, was constructed due east of Old School House, for use as College offices, Common Room, Hall, and kitchen (figure 3, right-hand side).

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The first Governing Body meeting was held on 5 October 1965 at Merton College, for the refurbishment of the Old School House was not yet complete. Forty-five were in attendance. The agenda included the immediate election of Tom Tinsley and Marshall MacDonald (Mac) Spencer, both of whom had been instrumental from the very earliest days, but were not technically eligible to be Founding Fellows because the latter had to have been in post for five years. At the second Governing Body meeting (13 October), also held at Merton College, the title of Principal, assigned by the administration to the Head of House, was changed to Master. Furthermore, consideration was given to what the name of the College should be. Options included naming the College after Robert Boyle, Christopher Wren, John Tyndall (FRS, d. 1893, physicist), John Wilkins (a 17th-century warden of Wadham and first secretary of the Royal Society), and Copernicus. In the event, it was decided to simply keep the name given by Hebdomadal Council to the new foundation, St Cross College.

A celebratory sherry party was held on 4 November 1965 at Halifax House (the Oxford University Graduate Centre occupying 6, 7 & 8 South Parks Road, now no longer standing). On this occasion, Tom Tinsley, as Chairman of the Collegiate Society, presented a pair of identical candlesticks to each of the two new colleges (Iffley and St Cross). The pair given to this college is engraved “Presented to the Master and Fellows of St Cross College by the Oxford Collegiate Society, 1965”. These form the College’s first relics—gifts from its Founders: The Oxford Collegiate Society.

Eventually the two buildings on the St Cross Road site were ready for use (the exact dates are uncertain); (figures 4 and 5). In Michaelmas Term of 1966 the first graduate students (five) arrived – thereby fulfilling the second aim of the Founding Fellows.

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The Hall and common room in the ‘hut’.

The library in the Old School House, where the Governing Body met.

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The first Master of St Cross was Dr. William Edward (Kits) van Heyningen (d. 27 October 1989), shown in Figure 6 in his office in the ‘hut’. During the first decade and a half of the College’s existence numerous efforts were undertaken to raise funds so as to build permanent college buildings on the St Cross Road site. All came to nothing, however, and it was not until the year that Kits van Heyningen retired (1979) that substantial funds were obtained—and then it was not to be on the St Cross Road site, but rather on St Giles. Our move to the St Giles site would not have been possible without a benefaction from Richard Blackwell, with the assistance of Per Saugman (of Blackwell Scientific Publications). At the Blackwell’s Centenary Lunch, held at Merton College on 3 January. 1979, Per Saugman presented, on behalf of Richard Blackwell, a substantial benefaction to Kits van Heyningen, representing the College.

W.E. van Heyningen, the first Master, in his office in the ‘hut’.

St Cross College at St Giles In 1976, Michael Brookes (Fellow and University Land Agent) first raised the idea of the College joining Pusey House on St Giles site. The buildings comprising Pusey House (the home of the ‘Oxford Movement’), though Gothic in style, were begun in the summer of 1912 (architect Temple Moore) and completed in 1926 (architect John Coleridge). For pictures of the buildings previously occupying the frontage on St Giles, see St Cross College Record 21 (2004), available on-line. An agreement was reached whereby St Cross College would occupy substantial portions of the quadrangle.

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The transition to St Giles took place during the term of the second Master, Dr. Godfrey H. Stafford, Master from 1980 to 1987. The official handover of part of the Pusey House site to ST Cross took place on 2 July 1980.

Official handover of part of Pusey site; left-to-right: Canon Fr. Bennett, Canon Cheslyn Jones, Godfrey Stafford (Master), Eric Whitaker (Vice-Master)

The actual move from the St Cross Road to St Giles, however, did not take place until 1981, for considerable interior renovation and alteration was required. For example, the cloister along the side of the quadrangle to be occupied by St Cross was removed so that the room could serve as the Hall (now the Common Room). This required replacing a long load-bearing wall with steel beams, in itself a remarkable achievement given the confined space in which to work. On 30 September 1983 the College was given an Oxford Preservation Trust Award for alterations to the south wing of Pusey House, to provide a College Hall and kitchen together with a new design for the main quadrangle. The architect for these renovations was Geoffrey Beard.

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Left: the cloister before conversion, looking westward. Right: after conversion into Hall (now Common Room)

Dr. Richard C. Repp served as Master from 1988 to 2003. He presided at the Jubilee Dinner held on 29 June 1990 to celebrate the first twenty-five years of St Cross College

Left to right: Ruth van Heyningen (Founding Fellow), Richard C. Repp (Master), and the Rt. Hon. Lord Jenkins of Hillhead (Chancellor of the University) at the

Jubilee Dinner, 29 June 1990

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In 1991 construction began on the new south wing of the St Cross buildings on St Giles, designed to house a new Hall, kitchens and student accommodations. It was completed in time for Hilary term 1993.

A portion of the new south wing (right, Oxford Architects Partnership) and, to the left, a part of the older quadrangle with the ‘Four Colleges Archway’.

After the College’s move to St Giles, the College maintained ownership of the land and the two buildings in St Cross Road. For most of the time between 1981 and 1995 they were let to the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. In 1995 it was decided to develop the site for student accommodation, to be undertaken jointly with Brasenose College. The ‘wooden hut’ was demolished in July of 1995, with the new St Cross Road Annex opened on 25 September. 1996.

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Demolition of ‘hut’ on St Cross Road (left); St Cross / Brasenose Residential Buildings opened 25 September 1996 (right)

Our fourth Master, Professor Andrew S. Goudie, began his stewardship in 2003 and four years later was to sign a new agreement with Pusey House rearranging some of the allotments of space and providing the College with a much needed lodge.

Celebration of new agreement with Pusey House, 17 October 2007. Left to right: Fr Jonathan Baker (Principal of Pusey House), Fr William Davage (Custodian of the

Library, Pusey House), David Browning (Fellow), Andrew S. Goudie (Master)

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Under the Mastership of Andrew Goudie, the community of Fellows and students has grown considerably. Until 1988-90, the administration strictly limited our intake, but during the Mastership of Richard Repp that restriction was finally lifted, and we could begin to fulfil in a larger way the second aspect of our original foundation: that is to serve as an academic and intellectual home for graduate students as well as provide a fellowship for senior staff.

The College has now grown into a vibrant and hugely active community. We look ahead to further development and expansion, with the eventually completion of buildings on the west and north sides of the back quadrangle on the St Giles site. A proposed design for the west wing extension is shown in figure 13.

Proposed west & north wing extension of St Giles site.