Pembrokian The Newsletter of the Pembroke College Development Office Summer 1997 Issue V
College Roundup
Chapel Thanksgiving
Sir Roger Bannister has decided to leave his collection of sporting trophies and medical awards to the College, and a suitable site is currently being prepared in the McGowin Library for their permanent display. Sir Roger is also currently chairman of a government committee producing a report on University Sports Scholarships, from which it is hoped Oxford and other universities will benefit by the release of lottery money. Awards will be made to students who are deemed to have the potential to compete at international level and will be made in conjunction with the Sports Council. On Sunday, 11 May, a service of thanksgiving was held to commemorate the naming of the Damon Wells Chapel. The service was followed by a lunch in Hall for over 80 guests including the College Visitor, Lord Jenkins of Hillhead, the Preacher, Lord Runcie of Cuddesdon, former Archbishop of Canterbury and Dr Damon Wells CBE, who read the lesson.
Pembroke at the Groucho Club
Members of the Pembroke Golf Team
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March saw two Pembroke receptions held in London: Over 100 Pembroke Women met at the Groucho Club on the 3rd, including representatives of the first female intake from 1979 (pictured left with the Master). The evening was hosted by the Master, and Beatrice Hollond (79). The following evening, the Pembroke London Business Reception was held at Barclay's Bank plc, hosted by the Barclay's Chairman, Andrew Buxton (`59). The reception was particularly well-attended by old members'rom the worlds of finance and industry, and included many current members of the Pembroke City Group. The first Oxford inter-collegiate alumni golf day was held at Studley Wood Golf Club on Friday 9 May. Pembroke was represented by a team which included Sir Roger Bannister, Dr Edgar Lightfoot, Graham McCallum (`44), Peter Letts (`54) - missing from the 'team' photograph (left) as he was out on the course - Dr Jeff Bissenden (`63), and Greg Choyce (74). The contest was won by St. Catherine's, with a prize awarded to Greg Choyce who achieved the best individual score. There are plans to hold a further golf day in the autumn. The annual Pembroke Garden Party took place on what was undoubtably the finest day of the year so far. More than 500 old members and parents of current students filled the lawn of Chapel Quad, and a programme of entertainment arranged for the children managed to keep occupied the 225 who also attended. Pembroke's 'Jericho Seven' jazz band, and performances by a harpist and the current organ scholar, Sara Faulkner, provided the musical accompaniment.
Hilary Term Roundup (contd.) The co-editors wish to apologise for the delay in the appearance of The Record. The absence on sabbatical leave of one of their number necessitated the drafting of the other into the post of Tutor for Admissions for the year. However, the forthcoming issue is currently going to press and should be appearing within the next few weeks. We are pleased to announce that the second Pembroke cruise in conjunction with Swan Hellenic will take place in early summer 1998. The provisional dates are 27 May to 10 June. After a flight from Gatwick, the cruise will embark from Venice, and the ports of call include Hvar (on the Croatian seaboard), Malta, Tripoli, Tunis, Carthage, Stromboli, Naples, Civitavecchia (including an optional excursion to Rome), Elba, and finally Nice, from where travellers will return by air to Gatwick. Further details of the cruise will be published in the next issue of The Pembrokian. Saturday 17 May saw a party of 85 old members and their families descend on Wilton House - the home of the Earls of Pembroke - near Salisbury. The College would like to thank those old members who have offered their support to the students embarking on the 'Pembroke Three Peaks Challenge'. The expedition is due to embark on 29 June with an anticipated number of 30 undergraduates taking part.
235 copies of the Chapel Quad print by Bill Stotesbury have so far been sold to old members as far away as Poland, Japan and Australia. Copies are still available, and any members who are interested should contact Victoria Wild at the Development Office on (01865) 276478.
JCR News Hilary Term has been another productive one for the Junior Common Room. Following in the vein of Michaelmas, the JCR Committee has again been actively improving student facilities, with the purchase of a high-volume laser printer for the computer room and, at long last, the provision of a photocopying facility at the Geoffrey Arthur Building. Next year will see a JCR-sponsored Overseas Scholar arriving at Pembroke. The expenses of the Scholar will be covered by the long-running Overseas Scholar fund, the aim of which is to allow a talented student from a developing country to receive an Oxford education - an opportunity they would not normally have. Previous experience has shown that this valuable scheme helps both the individuals and nations involved, with the Scholar often gaining a very high accreditation in Finals. Hilary Term sadly saw the departure of Mary-Jane Hilton, Pembroke's Development Director. Considered by many in the JCR as a friend and ally, the JCR extended to Mary-Jane the offer of lifetime honorary membership of the Junior Common Room, and we are pleased to report that she has graciously accepted. Hilary Term also saw the departure of Andrew Wyndham-Lewis, the Domestic Bursar. The JCR contributed money toward his leaving present and some of our members accepted an open invitation to join him at his leaving party. Charity-wise, the JCR donated sums to the Oxford-based charity K.E.E.N., which organises sporting activities for disabled children, to Oxford University Rag and also to MENCAP. Richard Jannoo (JCR President) Alison Hendren (Development Liaison Officer)
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Pembroke College Conference Office Have you considered the Sir Geoffrey Arthur Building for Residential Conferences? Day Seminars? Business Lunches?
The Sir Geoffrey Arthur Building is a centrally-located, selfcontained unit which includes a main meeting/lecture room, reception area, kitchen, and cloakrooms, in addition to providing the option of accommodation for up to 70 delegates in 14 staircases. For further information about what Pembroke can offer: 'Bay Brennan - Conference Manager - on (01865) 793971.
Godfrey Bond (1925-1997) "Those who studied under Godfrey Bond can testify to having received personal tuition of a quality and intensity which few universities in the world can ever have provided for their students." Sir Robert Carswell, Memorial Service,
A volume containing a selection of Godfrey's speeches as Public Orator is currently being prepared. If you wish to receive further details please contact: Dr Ray Rook, Development Office, Pembroke College, Oxford, OX] IDW
Members will have been greatly saddened to learn of the death on 30 January 1997 of the man who for so many epitomised the spirit of Pembroke. The various obituary notices in the national press have paid their tributes to Godfrey's distinction both as a Classics Scholar and as an outstanding Public Orator of the University. Nor have they failed to recognise the enormous part he played in the life of our College, where his tenure of the Classics Fellowship covered more than four decades. This is not the place to rehearse these matters - we shall try to do Godfrey fuller justice in the forthcoming issue of The Record. What may now be said is on the personal front. As an undergraduate, I was not alone in being rather in awe of Godfrey and this feeling remained with me when I returned to Pembroke at the moment when he was about to assume his 23-year tenure of the role of Senior Fellow (a position which carries no official duties but considerable influence). However, with the passage of time, the respect which I had always felt was increasingly coloured with affection. Godfrey really cared for undergraduates and they sensed it. The large gathering of former pupils at his retirement dinner gave some indication of how they regarded him, but his influence extended much wider within the College community. His 12 years' service as Dean from 1980, characterised by a genial approach to all and sundry, was epitomised in the institution of the highly convivial lunch he held every Monday during term to which he invited a varied selection of junior and senior members. In particular, he was the friend of the underdog and of those who were having difficulties, often going to considerable lengths to support them. In this, as in so much, Alison was his constant supporter. Indeed, the Bond hospitality, offered at their home on Boar's Hill, was legendary. We grieve that the onset of ill health so curtailed Godfrey's life in retirement and we offer our sympathy to Alison and her family. The College Chapel was packed for the funeral service, as indeed was the University Church for the Memorial Service which was held on Saturday 10 May.
John Platt
Dates for your Diary Saturday, 27 Sept: Annual Pembroke College Society Dinner. (see the form enclosed) Thursday, 16 Oct: Bristol Reception. Harvey's of Bristol. (6.30 - 9.00 pm) Thursday, 23 Oct: Pembroke Media Network Reception. The Groucho Club, London. (6.30 - 9.00 pm) Tuesday, 28 Oct: Manchester Reception. The Bridgewater Hall. (6.30 - 9.00 pm) Thursday, 30 Oct: Leeds Reception. Tetley's Brewery Wharf. (6.30 - 9.00 pm) Saturday, 1 Nov: McCallum Lecture. (to be delivered by Dr David Butler)
Tuesday, 18 Nov: City Group Dinner. The Reform Club, London. (7.30pm -) Thursday, 20 Nov: Birmingham Reception. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens. (6.30 - 9.00 pm)
The College has continued in its efforts to provide more varied opportunities for old members to get together, and events held so far this year have been particularly well-attended. Future events in the planning stages include - a Jazz Evening in Oxford, a Law Dinner in London, and a Scottish Reception. We would be very pleased to receive feedback and to hear more of your views on the kinds of events you would like to see in the future. If you require further information on any of the events listed here, please contact: The Development Office ''(01865) 276478
North Pole Challenge Dr Sue Fullilove (`84) has recently taken part in the first all-female relay expedition to trek the 1,000 km from Resolute Bay in Canada's Northwest Territories to the North Pole. The expedition has been sponsored by McVities, with individual participants each raising funds to support their involvement. Sue was awarded a first in medicine and two Full Blues each for squash and hockey, and a Half-Blue for cricket while an undergraduate at Pembroke. Her other sporting achievements include cycling across the South America, and along the east coast of Malaysia. A Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, specialising in orthopaedics, Sue has also worked for Medecin sans frontieres in Cambodia, and has worked more recently in Zambia, from where she returned to participate in an SAS-based selection weekend on Dartmoor to compete for a place in the expedition. As part of the team of four women - which included a policewoman, a mother of triplets and a chiropractor - covering the first leg of the expedition, Sue spent four weeks away, two of which involved training at Resolute Bay, followed by fifteen days on the ice. During the first leg, which was the coldest of the expedition, the team did better than expected, covering a distance of over three miles a day, pulling sledges weighing 1601bs over ice rubble and encountering hazards which ranged from pressure ridges to holes in the ice. The editor would be very interested to hear from old members who are currently involved in interesting or unusual projects and expeditions, and who would be interested in sharing their experiences with fellow Pembrokians.
Century 01
Development 0 ice News
Dr J. Raymond Rook, Director of Development writes... Pembroke is currently preparing to embark upon a major effort to complete the work first started by Teasdale and others in 1624. In the next academic year, the College will be launching its Century 0 Campaign to raise a minimum of ÂŁ10 million. The focus of the campaign is to increase our capital in order to ensure the future of the tutorial system, and to preserve the historic buildings of which the College is so rightly proud. It is a serious undertaking, and one which to succeed must attract the fullest support from Pembrokians past and present. We are working hard to complete the input of information into our new database in preparation for the launch of Pembroke's UK campaign. Many thanks to all old members who returned the questionnaire - we have had a record response! If, you have not yet returned you questionnaire, please do so (soon!).
Last year, due to the combined efforts of the College Fellows and staff, much progress was made towards reaching financial equilibrium. However, the fact remains that we possess an inadequate endowment and have to manage on fewer resources than almost any other Oxford college. Consequently, facilities are updated less frequently and less is spent on the maintenance of College buildings than is necessary. Thus, we will be calling on the support of all friends of Pembroke to help us to continue to maintain a tradition of academic excellence through the tutorial system , combined with a reputation for friendliness, which is valued by Fellows and students alike. I welcome your interest, enthusiasm and involvement in the Campaign, and look forward to meeting as many old members as possible at our regional receptions held in the autumn.
Our campaign to raise funds in North America is already underway. Senator Richard Lugar and Dr Damon Wells have kindly agreed to act as joint chairmen of the US Appeal and Rev John Platt is currently in the USA seeking support for two important projects: the endowment of the William Fulbright Fellowship in Philosophy (currently held by Dr Martha Klein), and the restoration and refurbishment of staircase 17 on the College main site. We hope that in the UK, old members will join together to endow fellowships and help to restore College buildings which, in some areas, are greatly in need of help. Financial pressures over the last decade have restricted Government spending on fees and grants in higher education. Government funding now covers only 60% of the cost of the tutorial method of teaching. In addition, the costs of maintaining the historic buildings have also increased rapidly. Many of the richer colleges have met these shortfalls from endowments. For colleges such as Pembroke - with one of the smallest endowments in the University - such a remedy is not available.
Dr J. Raymond Rook, Development Director of the Century 0 Campaign. Ray is the Shimizu Fellow in Mathematical Physics. lie (01865) 276417 ray.rook@pmb.ox.ac.uk.
An Apology - As one of the least well-endowed colleges, Pembroke has, in common with a number of other colleges, taken the reluctant decision that it must now make a charge towards the cost of gaudies. It is a step which we have thought hard about and one which we regret, but unfortunately it is the case that if old members do not fund their own gaudies then the burden of the cost will fall indirectly upon our current students.
PEMBROKE DEVELOPMENT CONTACTS Gloria Mundy, Assistant to the Director of the Century 0 Campaign. 111 (01865) 276478. ,g1 gloria.mundy@pmb.ox.ac.uk John Barlow (`52), Bequest Officer. John joined the Development Office in January after 30 years in financial services, prior to which he served in the Colonial Administration in Kenya. He has served on the Pembroke Society Committee for some 30 years. (01865) 276501. IR john.barlow@pmb.ox.ac.uk. ED IkV
Victoria Wild (`94), Alumni Relations Officer. Editor of The Pembrokian and the Pembroke Development Office Hom.epage. St (01865) 276502. g victoria.wild@pmb.ox.ac.uk.
William Shenstone the Leasowes A proposal has been put forward to restore the Leasowes, an area of historic landscape and ancient woodland, designed in the 18th century by the poet William Shenstone (1714-1763). The Leasowes, a Grade 1 listed site on English Heritage's Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Interest in England is believed by many garden historians to represent an important part of the history of English landscape gardening, having inspired a fundamental change in garden design away from the fashion for formal gardens. William Shenstone was born in Halesowen, Worcestershire, and studied at Pembroke, where he was a contemporary of Samuel Johnson. Shenstone is known for works such as Schoolmistress, a pastoral ballad in the style of Spenser which was highly praised by Johnson, and Progress of Taste, which was written at College in 1736. However, it was his re-designing of the Leasowes, a working farm which he inherited from his father in 1742, which was to represent his true life's work. The Leasowes, or lezzoes' as Shenstone often wrote, became one of the most visited gardens in England, with visitors taking in the famous 'circuit walk' around the Arcadian farm which incorporated Virgil's Grove and Sylvan Green with their The Leasowes: 'a place to be visited by travellers many streams and cascades and a Ruined Priory, built as a and copied by designers' folly to house a gardener. Noted by Johnson as 'a place to be visited by travellers and copied by designers', Thomas Jefferson , John Wesley, and William Pitt were among those who enjoyed Shenstone's 'rural poem'. One of Shenstone's notebooks, which includes examples of his poetry, and watercolours of the site, is now kept at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. Following his death by a 'putrid fever' in 1763, the Leasowes passed through many owners and gradually fell into a state of disrepair. In 1989 Dudley Council began an extensive study of the area and began to formulate a programme of restoration of the area. Funding has been secured from the European Regional Development Fund to carry out the first phase, and a bid has been submitted to the Lottery Commission for the full restoration of what is considered to be one of the first natural landscape gardens in England. The 'Friends of The Leasowes', which has 232 current members, would welcome the interest and involvement of Pembrokians in the project. If you would like to become a Friend, receiving a quarterly update on the progress of the restoration and information on walks, talks and meetings, please contact: The Leasowes Project, Dudley Planning and Leisure Department, Cloughton House, Blowers Green Road, Dudley, DY2 8UZ Remember Pembroke in Your Will Today, as the College looks forward to its fifth century of service, it faces many challenges but remains steadfast in its commitment to providing a centre of excellence for gifted students from all walks of life. The College is determined to meet these challenges, but to do so we need your help. Much of the development of Pembroke over the past 400 years has been the result of legacies, large and small. If you would like to talk to us about including a legacy to Pembroke in your will, please contact: Mr John Barlow, Bequest Officer, Pembroke College, Oxford, OX1 1DW it (01865) 276501.
Missing 1938 Walter R. Handforth Eric B. Armson Robert A. McMillan Christopher Small 1939 John M. Kilner Winthrop A. Bayley Peter Hedger Christopher A. Jackson Andrew F. Tron 1945 Richard S. Barnes Derek E. Thompson Anthony A. Hutchinson Michael Bendall 1946 Lionel M. Provis Philip C. Warner Rupert Hedges Hugh W. Knight-Bruce
John R. Raymond Michael S. Foulstone Ian M. Nunn 1953 Herbert E. Francis John Salkeld William G. Robertson Kenneth C. Moir Laurence E. Riley Raja Z. Abidin 1954 Antony J. Stanford Geoffrey Lund
David A. Korda Peter R. Cox Clive Brereton Paul S. Pignon 1958 Rodney J. Walker Edward P Brown John Ponsford Mark Williams Jonathan F. Melland Harold J. Careless Robert J. Ing John Morton Russell Sawbridge
In response to an appeal in the last edition of The Pembrokian, we have with your help managed to trace 19 Pembroke alumni listed as 'missing'. We would like to thank those old members who took the time to 'phone and write in to the College with information.
1947 David J. Hill Desmond R. Bailey Christopher Klinger John T Moore
If you are able to provide information regarding the whereabouts of any of the Pembrokians listed here, please contact:
1948 Kenneth Lo Bernhard H. Friesen
Victoria Wild, Pembroke College, FREEPOST, Oxford, OX1 1YA. lit (01865) 276478. victoria.wild@pmb.ox.ac.uk.
1949 John S. Allen Ian K. Dick Brian Norton-Amore Leslie V. Wailes Robin M. Spiro 1950 Douglas C. Bourne Robert S. Fraser Peter K. Govett 1951 Philip S. Baker Derek W Holbrough James C. Loh Michael D. Millichap James P Bennett 1952 David R. Rowley
1955 Peter B. Amey Malcolm J. Berry Martin Diamond Martin R. Bates 1956 Christopher R. Beswick Andrzej A. Michalski Raymond K. Holland Stephen Culhane Graham Humphries 1957 Muhammed A. Khan Andrew N. Cross
1959 Clive W. Jenkins Geoffrey D. Hargreaves Colin G. Barker David. S. Jardine Peter G. Hudson Austin Hughes Roland J. Grindell Antony S. Woodward 1960 Kenneth H. Kerman Timothy J. Harding Peter J. Jakobson David J. Clipsham Donald R. Grayson
John W. Candey Robert N. Evans 1961 Michael A. Travis David 0. Silber Peter A. Allum James R. Mills Timothy C. Goodrich 1962 William J. Lowe Duncan L. Taylor Mark 0. Harvey Richard B. Stein Gwilym K. Griffith Ronald S. Treliving Anthony Palmer David Disbery William M. Hanemann Graham Palmer 1963 Richard F. Hunt Anthony D. Fordham Richard C. Hemsley Brian Gordon Geoffrey L. Porter Christopher M. Kerr David E. Laurence Michael F. Thomas Timothy G. Maby Richard W. Beeny 1964 David I. Hall Alan D. Grant Michael G. Phelps Markar Grigorian Thorarinn E. Benedikz Michael H. Miller Thomas A. Brydon Brian R. Crabtree 1965 Andrew F. Smith David K. Jones Michael Bloom Paul E. Chantry Richard J. Lee Roger F. Azar Peter J. Durrans 1966 Sean Whelan Alan Jacobs John Ablewhite Lyn Morgan Alan King John Withrington
Missing (contd.) Thomas C. Nurse Martin Casey Adrian H. Trout Bruce Wood Ian R. Ferguson Frank E. Huggins Keith Gibson 1967
Stephen H. Hawker Ian L. Tibbs Francis D. Canine Michael P. Want Michael J. Rees Michael A. Flanagan Richard J. Cridlan Richard H. Fell Colin H. Bull Dennis J. Sutherland 1968
Chu K. Wong James G. Bartholomew Peter R. Martin Andrew J. Kaveney Clifford Martindill
Julian G. Coase 1972
Charles R. Leavey Davide Croff Vahram Grigorian John J. Milburn Alan R. Minihan Jean Crete Andrew E. Jackson Clive R. Edwards 1973
Mark Preston Brain F. Hill
Anthony G. Kemp Martin J. Garman George S. Gardner Peter M. Davis Paolo M. Piacentini 1975
Brent L. Birtcher Keith W. Booth Hugh J. Carnegy-Arbuthnott William S. Crook Andrew T David Marios S. Davies Arthur R. Hayward Christopher P. Hyde
Pembroke City Group A letter has recently been circulated to all members of the City Group inviting them to renew their subscription for 1997. If you are a current member who has not yet received such a letter, or you would like to register as a new member, please write to: John Govett, do Pembroke College Development Office. V (01865) 276478.
1969
Harold F. Charteris John M. Darker Peter R. Harris Kevin M. Edmondson John H. Waters John D. Tarn Alan D. Huggins Nigel F. Burton
• A City Group Dinner will be held on Tuesday, 18 November in the Library of the Reform Club. • A new version of the City Register will be published in the spring of 1998.
1971
Philip W. Unsworth Charles M. Harding David G. Harris Bruce M. Thompson John Knowles Robert S. Hajalay Andrew Knott Francis J. Mashasha Richard W. Radway Stephen P. Rashid
1979
Ernest Boucher Mark A. Lawrence Saif Al Kubti 1980
Michael J. Wagstaff Douglas H. Knight Paul V. Goodhead Godfrey W. Jones Robert A. Coram 1981
Hilary M. Wagstaff Andrew D. Hudson Abdul F. Ahmad James A. Crawford Pedro Carvallo Lyndsey J. Marriott Jacqueline A. Steel Nicole D. Polonsky 1982
Michael Phillips Sarah Linehan Nigel Vincent William Newell Innes Cuthill Abdullah Hussein Jeremy Hinchliff Michael Lomax 1983
1970
David C. Bunyan Michael D. Batt David F. Wakefield Jose A. Garcia-Belaunde Ronald G. Hodgson Adrian J. Wakefield David Carney
1978
Simon R. Warne Adrian G. Chant Michael W. Boyd John A. Wilkinson Ian P. Grayburn
Phillip G. Davies Richard K. Broughton Ian D. Myers William J. Nabarro Donald M. Duggan James M. Willetts David T. Brownlow Alan H. Barnett Michael R. Hearn Philip J. Hickey
Jonathan J. Kellett Colin G. Markland 1976
Paul Gerrard Stephen R. Chatterley William E. Goymer Matthew F. Vernon David G. Parry Charles A. Holditch
1974
1977
David G. Turner Adrian A. Graves
Roland R. Eastham David R. Rees David G. Roberts
Peter B. Norman Derek W. Dongray Neil H. Richards Martin J. Hobhouse Jeremy E. Blackshaw
Simon D. Cowton Philip Chinn Anthony Barnett Charles Kynock
Alison Thomas Osamu Sakai Michael Gibbons Andre Singer Lap Young Khaled Al-Mufti 1984
Nicola Burch Georgina Adams Darren Rudkin Richard Sidebottom Sarah Liebert Colin Hamilton 1985
Michael Gormley Neil Miller Sarah Wilson Rachel Eddyshaw