Churchill Welcome! Meeting Churchill alumni has been one of the highlights of my first year as Development Director. I have spent this year learning from you more about our community, what it means to be a Churchillian and our ambitions for the future. Thanks for making my transition from the wild west of Canada to the dreaming spires of Cambridge less traumatic than it otherwise might have been.
With this year being the 50th anniversary
will enable us to house all the 4th year
of the state funeral of our Founder Sir
undergraduates and free up some rooms
Winston Churchill it is a particular privilege
for graduates. The project has received
to have joined Churchill College. From a
great support from alumni, Fellows and
fundraising perspective this year presents
friends over the past seven years with
opportunities to meet with major donors
684 gifts generating over £4 million.
and alumni with a whole series of events
We are continuing to raise funds for this
that recognise his contribution to the
£10.6 million project.
country. Development and Alumni office
to announce a gift of US$750,000 from
Fahle and Livia Harriman contributed with
a former Gulbenkian graduate Scholar
their support on the very successful phone
who is making a major philanthropic
campaign, student enterprise competition
gift to thank the Calouste Gulbenkian
and many alumni events with a strong
Foundation (one of the original donors to
international flavour. The international reach
the College in 1958) and Churchill College.
of our excellence is supported by our new
Funds were added to the Gulbenkian
Master, Professor Dame Athene Donald,
studentship in memory of Dr. Adam Yuval,
during the recent high profile trip to New
Berlin 1912 – Jerusalem 2003. Dr Yuval
York where she was featured as part of the
served in the Royal Army Medical Corps
University’s “Women of Success” based on a
in the western desert during WW II; served
book which she co-authored celebrating the
in the Israel war of independence and
achievements of women at the University.
served in the Yom Kippur war. His son
Raising money for the College is my
“Raising money for the College is my main priority and I have been struck by the strength of the appeal of the College to alumni and friends.”
As we go to press I am also pleased
staff members Hilary Stimpson, Sarah
Gideon Yuval was in Churchill 1967-1969
main priority and I have been struck by
as a graduate student. He told me
the strength of the appeal of the College
that his experience at Churchill changed
to alumni and friends. We set up a new
his life and he would like to make sure
Development Board. It is led by the Chair
others have the same opportunity. The
Michael Cowan (U70 Engineering) and
enhanced endowed award will be called
raising funds for the College is its priority.
the Gulbenkian Yuval Studentship to
We are already on course to surpass our
support graduate overseas students
average achievement of £1.9m per annum
at the College and help to ensure that
in the past five years and achieve a target
Churchill continues to attract the very best
of £3.69 million this year.
Ph. D students.
Construction has just begun for the new court development of rooms for
John Pennant
Churchill undergraduates and which
Development Director
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