The gift that goes on giving How You Can Contribute A legacy from our alumnus Dr Herchel Smith has made a significant and lasting contribution to the work of this Department. It has enabled us to offer chairs here to two very gifted researchers. The Herchel Smith Chair of Medicinal Chemistry is occupied by Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian, one of the pioneers of high-speed gene sequencing. The Herchel Smith Chair of Organic Chemistry is occupied by Professor Christopher Hunter who (as you will have read on pages 16-17) has been pushing forward our understanding of non-covalent chemistry since he was a PhD student here. And Dr Smith’s gift goes on giving: it also supports the research pioneers of the future through a series of Studentships and Fellowships.
A legacy could open up a world of opportunity to future students, researchers and academics, helping to provide the environment and tools they need to achieve great things. A gift in a Will to support the Department of Chemistry can have significant tax advantages as, since the University of Cambridge has charitable status, legacy gifts from UK taxpayers won’t count towards the taxable value of your estate. For further information about the impact of a legacy, and guidance on how to leave a gift to the Department of Chemistry in your Will, please see www.ch.cam.ac.uk/support-chemistry/content/givenow Or contact Head of Department Dr James Keeler at chemhod@hermes.ch.cam.ac.uk
Guess who...?
Many of our alumni enjoyed poring over old departmental photos at the annual reunion and trying to recognise their lecturers and contemporaries. So as a competition, we are reproducing one of those pictures here. It shows part of the Department of Organic, Inorganic & Theoretical Chemistry 1972-3.
How many faces do you recognise? If you would like to do so, email your list of names to news@ch.cam. ac.uk The person who correctly identifies the most people in this photo will receive two free tickets to the Chemistry Alumni Wine Tasting on Friday 27 September. (See details on the next page.) The original photo will be on display there, complete with names. Have fun! 31
ISSUE 5 Spring 2019