Morgan, Gareth (U74) is continuing in his role as Professor of Charity Studies and Leader of the Centre for Voluntary Sector Research at Sheffield Hallam University. In the last year they have been heavily involved in two major studies for the Charity Commission regarding the impact of the “public benefit” requirement in charity law.
Pratap, Ajay (G82) is an archaeologist and writes a blog which engages its readers in some current issues in Indian archaeology. The blog can be found at archaeologicalhistory.blog.co.uk. His website at www.rockartofindia.webs.com is indicative of how postprocessual thinking goes. Ajay is also working with the Alumni Relations Office to establish the Churchill National Group of India.
Smith, Alan (U74) continues to live in Sicily with his Italian wife, Cristina. He commutes weekly to Naples 600km in the North, and while there commutes daily by cycle (but not quite Cambridge-style).Their children are mostly UK based.
Gordon, Stephen (U84) and Gordon, Melita (U84) (nee Page) were both medical students 1984-87, later completing Clinical Medicine at Oxford (Green) and Addenbrookes respectively. They have subsequently worked in Zambia, Belfast, Sheffield and six years in Malawi before coming to Liverpool in 2005. Melita is Senior Lecturer in Gastroenterology at the University of Liverpool and Stephen leads a group at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Williams, Sharon (U74) (nee Gould) has enjoyed a blessed life as a harpsichordist, conductor and, in recent years, ABRSM music Examiner and Trainer. Marriage to Trinity Hall engineer Jonathan Williams was certainly her luckiest move; they celebrated 25 harmonious years in April. Daughter, pianist Cordelia Williams, already more well-known than her Mum; son Gregory, recently completing the family’s graduation from Cambridge, now grappling boldly with the London employment ladder. Her mid-life discovery and passion for singing has, to her astonishment, led to a soprano place in the Salisbury Cathedral Chamber Choir. Home is a peaceful barn-conversion in Wiltshire, where they swim in a pool surrounded by an extensive rose-garden and harvest bountiful supplies of their favourite fruits and vegetables. Winter joys include log fires and long books. Harnett, Geoffrey (U&G75) is taking early retirement in 2012 after thirty years teaching at Leighton Park School, Reading, including the last ten years as Housemaster. He is spending most of his time at his property in Normandy but also retaining an apartment in Reading. Munns, Andrew (U75) now works as a technologist for SATRA in Kettering, Northants. SATRA is a non-profit distributing company that tests consumer products. Robinson, Clifford (G78) is Director of Business Incubation (retired), Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Mundy, Chris (U84) has been Managing Director of Clearcast since March 2008. Clearcast is owned by the UK’s six largest commercial broadcasting companies and its main activity is the pre-clearance of TV advertising to ensure it meets the broadcast advertising codes. Since 2010, Chris has also sat on the Board of Credos, the independently-governed think tank for advertising. Prior to joining Clearcast, Chris was Head of Audiences at the BBC (1999-2008), in charge of all the BBC’s audience research across public service (licence-fee funded) activities. Kurz, Michael (U88) completed a single-handed Atlantic crossing on his 37-foot sailing yacht Padma. It took him 17 days from Senegal to Brazil, including a oneday stop on the remote rocks St Peter and St Paul near the Equator. Now he is back in Germany, where he lives with his girlfriend and happy 2-year-old daughter. Webber, Grace (U89) is continuing to enjoy being at Google and living in Northern California. Tickle, Stephanie (U94) (nee Hanley) has been appointed the Clinical Director of Maypole Veterinary Centre in Birmingham (since February 2012).
Rimmer, Paul (U81) has now got 3 grandkids, anyone from 1981 match that?
Condren, Conal (Past Overseas Fellow, 1995) has recently published a novel entitled Scrundle: A Historical Novel under the pseudonym “Alison Lynde” in which the College is mentioned.
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