Annual Review 2011
KANTCHEV. On 11 October 2010, Pavel (2008 Law). Obituary p.138. KNIGHT. On 20 August 2010, Janet Faith MA (1944 Geography). Although Janet read Geography at Girton, she went on to train and work in the field of Psychology. On graduating she completed a Social Science and Administration Certificate from the London School of Economics before gaining a certificate from the Institute of Almoners in 1949. Janet worked as a Hospital Almoner in various clinics and hospitals in London throughout the 1950s. The term ‘Almoner’ changed to ‘Medical Social Worker’ in the early 1960s and it was under this title that Janet worked at University College Hospital until 1967. Janet was then the Principal Family Caseworker at the Family Welfare Association in Wandsworth for nine years until she left the NHS and worked for a private practice as a psychoanalyst. By the 1980s, Janet was an Associate of the Institute of Medical Social Workers and was the Chairman of the Society of Analytical Psychology as well as having published quite a few articles mainly on child psychology. She became self-employed in the early 90s as an analytical psychologist and Jungian analyst. Janet was a generous supporter of teaching at Girton and always valued the friendships she made here, although, one of her principal memories was ‘polishing plates and making my fire – it was war time!’. KNOX. In 2006, Betty (Baur) BA (1933 English). Betty completed a BA at the New Jersey College for Women before coming to Girton to read English. She met her husband whilst at Cambridge; he was the classical scholar Bernard Knox, who was to found the Center for Hellenistic Studies at Harvard. Betty and Bernard returned to the USA once she had graduated, and Betty spent the War first as a sheet metal mechanic and then as a volunteer in the Aircraft Warning Service. Her son was born in 1945. It was her wartime experiences that she made the basis for her many novels; some, including This is Goodbye and Water Music she published as Bianca Van Orden. For her contribution to the arts Betty was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. She always said she had spent two ‘wonderfully happy’ years at Girton. LEE. On 2 October 2010, Geok Choo (Kwa) MA (1947 Law). Obituary p.138. LONGLEY-COOK. On 24 March 2011, Virginia Marigold (Firth) MA, LLB (1947 Law). Virginia was educated at several schools in England and the USA before coming up to Girton with an Exhibition. With a double First in Law and a College Scholarship she was awarded the Lilian Knowles Prize two years running and the University’s George Long Prize for Roman Law. In Part II hers was one of only three Firsts awarded, and the only one to a woman. She was captain of the University fencing team and a Blue. She was called to the Bar in 1952 at the Middle Temple and practised as a barrister for two years before marrying Hilary Longley-Cook, an oil executive, in 1954. They had two sons, to whom Virginia devoted her time before she took up an appointment as Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex in 1967. She was also a director of Waterdown Press, which she founded with Hilary. In her spare time Virginia volunteered for the Conservative Association and for the church and also became a Member of the Society of Legal Scholars. Settling in East Sussex after retirement, Virginia enjoyed embroidery, identifying wild flowers, and mountain walking in Switzerland and Scotland. 120