As Girton continues to advance and evolve, so does our annual review. We have listened to your feedback and fashioned a new publication duo to cover both traditional reporting (The Year) and exciting new content (The Girtonian)
Here in The Year
Girton from the past twelve months, together with details of the outstanding achievements of our students, Fellows
from the year just gone. We also celebrate and pay tribute to the extraordinary lives of past members of Girton.
In our new magazine, The Girtonian, you will read fascinating features and inspiring news from our alumni across the globe. We hope you enjoy both elements of this fresh publication
Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress
CALENDAR
WANDERING MINSTRELS
GIRTON IN BLOOM
ROKOS INTERNSHIPS
Over the summer, six undergraduates took up paid internships to help their studies, and they presented the impressive results
MCR ACTIVE
Over 20 academic and social events were organised for them
new furniture, lighting and a pool table to aid relaxation and socialising. And, of course, there was punting too!
CHARTER CENTENARY
have a common seal, and full powers to accept, acquire, and creating the spirit of Girton that we know today, not least by establishing the Fellowship. It also gave us leave to apply for a coat of arms, which was granted in 1928. An exhibition was
A TASTE OF GIRTON
August we were up to three bee colonies on site and were community.
STEM SMART
DIGITAL DETOX
Nineteen school students were welcomed to Girton for a fun evening activities, including a delicious formal dinner at and other equipment and donated them to the local Air services to reach patients and provide rapid lifesaving care at a range of emergency incidents.
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PEOPLE’S PORTRAIT 2024
his work.
UNFORGETTABLE
Over two sparkling evenings, more than 200 alumni, Fellows and guests gathered for unforgettable reunion dinners. Friendships were rekindled and cherished memories relived. We were delighted that so many from the classes of 1995, 1996, Hall with laughter and lively conversation.
JAM-PACKED ROLL
performances, exhibitions and more. It was also a full house in the Hall as we welcomed those from 1964, 1974, 1984, 1987 and 1988 for their reunions.
TRAILBLAZER
subject of her latest book, Trailblazer, and about the experience
CONCERT FOR THE ROLL
some of the programme they had presented days earlier
WARNOCK AT 100
On the 100th anniversary of the birth of philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock, Girton held a memorial conference on the past, present and future of assisted reproduction. Baroness
Fertilisation and Embryology, 1982 – 1984.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Among other events, we marked the month with an ‘In agency that is dedicated to approaching creativity through Financial Times columnist and contributing editor who writes about design, travel, and culture.
RECORD BREAKERS
donors from over 30 countries, we raised more than £140,000 to support Girton’s exceptional educational experience. A special
LYRICAL AT LICHFIELD
BUILDING ASPIRATION
students who enjoyed academic taster lectures, tours, and student Q&As.
students, both undergraduate and postgraduate.
COMMEMORATION OF BENEFACTORS 2024
tenors of his generation, returned to Girton for this special occasion to perform Schumann’s Op. 39 Liederkreis and Quilter’s Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, accompanied on the piano by the Director of Music, Martin Ennis.
On 8 November we were thrilled to host the University’s formal opening of the Q100 exhibition, which celebrated the OVER THE RAINBOW
OPERA IN CHAPEL
opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors
WALES AND THE WEST
Did you know that Girton alumni are based in 111 countries and territories around the world? It was fantastic to meet Mistress met Girtonians in Oslo too.
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GIRTON JAZZ LAUNCHES
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launched with a concert featuring Natalie Williams, vocalist of student singers, who joined the band to close the concert.
REMEMBRANCE DAY CONCERT
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STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
skies over Girton.
GERSHWIN CELEBRATION
Rhapsody in Blue, of George Gershwin.’
and festive music from Otto Nicolai’s Christmas Overture to Sleigh Ride.
THE HOLLY AND THE IVY
LOOK EAST
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DEC 2024
Martin for generously hosting the event in Singapore, and to Mr Franklin Heng for all his invaluable support in making the
WINTER WONDERLAND
planted up as part of the redevelopment of our ‘front room’.
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EVENSONG ON BBC RADIO 3
broadcast aired on 29 December.
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NORFOLK BREAK
PROFESSOR DAME LINDA COLLEY
At the end of the month, we were thrilled to admit a new
British historian of national identity, empire, and global constitutionalism, began her career as the Eugénie Strong
WOMEN IN CAMBRIDGE
Groups have visited the Archive throughout the year, including
we showcased various aspects of women’s lives at Girton, and University, war work and beyond.
REMEMBERING GIULIO
and University continue to stand in support of Giulio’s family and friends, and with Amnesty International, in their tireless
PATHWAY TO SUCCESS
to deliver sessions for Year 7 students focused on raising aspirations and introducing the concept of University. We managed to speak to just over 1000 students.
MUSIC BY THE ROTHSCHILDS
NATURE, ENERGY, VIBRATION
exhibition, was displayed at Oriel Môn in Anglesey, Wales, for
TWO DECADES OF THE GIRTON POETRY SOCIETY
ALL THAT JAZZ
Girtonians in the art of improvisation before giving a concert featuring music from their latest album.
SCHOOL'S OUT
a second week of events, including visits for Year 10 and Year 12, as well as subject taster days in Music, Biological Natural
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music by (arguably) Britain’s two greatest composers, devised PURCELL AND BRITTEN
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JANE MARTIN POETRY PRIZE
BRIDGING GENRES
Garbhán McEnoy, Girton Music student and singer–songwriter,
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COMPOSERS AND POETS
Hall comprising four concerts, including one featuring a cameo
MAR 2025
VANNUCCIO AT THE NATIONAL
One of the treasures of our art collection, a diptych by Francesco
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TALES OF THE CITY ( 32 )
was hosted by Slaughter and May, and booked up in record time
the attendees.
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE
Girton Bach, an ensemble of specialists in historical performance practice from across the University and beyond, performed two
WE CALLED, YOU ANSWERED
took the time to get to know our students and support Girton.
CELEBRITY PIANO RECITAL I
international competitions, coached student pianists at Girton before giving a sparkling performance on our newest Steinway
TARGET WEST MIDLANDS
we delivered talks to over 3000 students from Years 9 to 12 on introducing Oxbridge and how to make a competitive application.
ACROSS THE POND
at the end of March, where we were pleased to host two more
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weeks later, during a brief lecture visit to Stanford, the Mistress had the pleasure of meeting local alumni in San Francisco. We the event.
DANCING FEET
Hundreds of students danced the night away at our 2025
WELCOME HOME
It was fantastic to welcome back so many recent graduates up with friends, sharing memories and making new ones.
EVENSONG AT JESUS
BRING ON THE BOAT RACE
LIBRARY CHART TOPPER
Administrative law: text and materials on the main site, although it retains a discrete area with a
Girtonians to be able to use the books they need, in the format they prefer, at a time that suits them.
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Football successes abounded this year with two Girtonian versus Students Match saw the current team lift the Fran dinner included much discussion of how the alumni team
BRAD IN THE ARCHIVE
1976) are now catalogued online and available to researchers personal life and her almost unbroken connection with Girton over 65 years. Although she was known primarily as a scholar of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan stage, her papers include an astonishing range of research into other literary periods and genres. We even have her portable typewriter, which accompanied her on many of her overseas lecture tours and research visits.
CLINICAL MEET-UP
Dinner was a great success. From inspiring talks by alumni, students and Fellows in the afternoon to a fantastic evening of catching up over dinner, it was a brilliant day from start to helped make the day so special.
SACRED THEATRE
the musicians moving among the audience and encouraging some to dance.
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It reached
CLASSIC TIMES
Sincere thanks to our alumni speakers for sharing insights into their fascinating careers and Fellows on their research.
SAXOPHONES AND MORE
HIGHLY PRIZED HUMANITIES
Following entries from a highly competitive pool of applicants, we were able to invite the winners from the Humanities
interested in studying Humanities subjects at University and asks them to write either factually or creatively on objects from
BEE ORCHIDS AT SWIRLES
Emily McMullen, spotted what looked like bee orchid rosettes
WOBBLE WEEK
Marc’Antonio
3½ stone (22¼ kg) of sweets across the exam period.
A NEW TRADITION
Day on 29 May.
CELEBRITY PIANO RECITAL II
Mateusz Borowiak (2006 Music) returned to Girton to coach student pianists before giving magisterial performances of
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PROFESSOR NEENA MODI
the pioneering medical leader and clinical scientist, as the 35th
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GIRTON GOES DUTCH
visited Girton to perform late Haydn alongside ‘Baile’, a new
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FRENCH BAROQUE
into the Fellowship at a formal admissions ceremony in Easter bursaries and wider mission.
STAR-CROSSED LOVERS
GADS production of Romeo and Juliet audience in gorgeous green surroundings.
MAY WEEK CONCERT
marked this year by the participation of a very wide range of students and no fewer than seven senior members, the most from a Bach cantata to a medley from
JCR GARDEN PARTY
Fellows’ Garden was a particular highlight, including music from Eve’s Apple, Ferro and Stringy Bits. Other activities included pottery making, axe throwing and face painting, accompanied by a delicious BBQ and drinks provided by the another year.
GENERAL ADMISSION
FELLOWS AT LARGE
FELLOWS AT LARGE
Jimmy Anderson, our Bursar, was ordained a priest in the
Lady Arden
Dr David Arvidsson-Shukur and Eleni
Professor Dame Madeleine Atkins (Honorary Fellow) was
Professor Anthony Bale
Appointment Support Fund Award from the University of
During the year his book, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages. The World through Medieval Eyes
The New Yorker’s Books
‘100 notable books of 2024’. It has been translated into 10 Journal (2025) and also
Festival, the Festa del libro medievale e antico di Saluzzo in Italy
Fellows at Large
Jimmy Anderson
Mary Arden
David Arvidsson-Shukur
The Revd Dr Charlie Bell
published Unity: Anglicanism’s Impossible Dream? 2024); ‘Marriage’ in ed. Searched Me Out and Known Me: Journeying Lent with The Psalms
analysis and systematic review of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies’, Psychopharmacology 242(4) (2025), pp.
Akeelah Bertram
The Revd Dr Tim Boniface programme that gives students an opportunity to develop skills and abilities in jazz performance through workshops led by renowned jazz musicians. He released Psalter: Themes
James Pearson
Dr Matthew Bothwell published 2: The Great Alien Hunt the Naked Scientist planetary body that some scientists believe exists out beyond Dr Emma Brownlee with Historic England. She published (jointly) ‘Where is medieval England’, Antiquity 98(402) (2024), pp. 1610–1623; Current Swedish Archaeology 32 (2024), pp. 65–98.
Professor Dame Linda Colley (Honorary Fellow) was awarded Achievement in the Humanities.
Dr Fiona Cooke published (jointly)
Anthony Bale
Charlie Bell
Tim Boniface
Professor Nik Cunni e published (jointly)
Observability in Epidemiological Models: A Primer (Springer diseases in spatially structured host populations’, OIKOS 2024(10) (2024); ‘Why aphid virus retention needs more attention: modelling aphid behaviour and virus manipulation in PLOS Computational Biology 20(10) (2024); ‘A synoptic review of plant disease epidemics and outbreaks published in 2022’, Phytopathology 114(8) (2024), pp. 1717–1732.
Dr Stuart Davis was elected a Senior Fellow of the Higher in Authoring Female Identities in Spanish and Latin American Art and Media Macmillan, 2025).
Professor Amy Donovan geographies of disaster and the geographical imagination’, Progress in Environmental Geography 3(3) (2024); ‘Situating the
International Journal 117 (2025), 105208–. Amy’s prototype public engagement tool, ‘Volcano Voices’, which forms part of
Magdalena Douleva joined Girton as Director of Development
Dr Clarck Drieshen his Fellowship, he and a colleague catalogued most of the
Fellows at Large
Fiona Cooke
Amy Donovan
Matthew Bothwell
Dr Martin Ennis
Society 42(2) (2024), pp. 1–6.
Dr Seb Falk was awarded the American Astronomical Society’s Donald E Osterbrock Award for his book The Light Ages
Professor Margaret Faultless Nicholas Mulroy, the immersive performance of
Dr Freya Field-Donovan 47(3) (2024), pp. 385–406.
Dr Shaun Fitzgerald examined how we could use marine environments to facilitate carbon dioxide removal and going
Dr Jonathan Fuld of dysfunctional breathing using cardiopulmonary exercise testing’, Physiol Rep . 13(11) (2025); ‘Dysregulation of lipid ERJ
Open Res. 11(2) (2025); ‘User requirements: towards a systems approach to increasing uptake to pulmonary rehabilitation NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 34(1) (2024).
Professor Dame Pratibha Gai (Honorary Fellow) gave the keynote lecture at the third Frontiers in Electron Microscopy
Journals
Dr Evelina Gambino
Futures: a grounded account of failure in Anaklia, West Georgia’, Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 43(1) (2024), pp. 1–24; ‘Infrastructures of Friendship’ in The Mountain Speaks to the Sea, ed. S Franceschini (Onomatopee, 2025), pp. 321–335; (both jointly) ‘Developmental promises of
failures’, Mobilities Economy and Society
Dr Marta Gentilucci directed the University’s second annual electro//acoustic day performing both classical instrumental and vocal repertoire
traditional ways of experiencing sound to create new relationships between music, tradition and innovation.
Professor Mia Gray
King's Law Journal 35(2) (2024), pp. 286–311.
Dr Ben Gri n in modern British politics’ in (Boydell, 2024).
Dr Sam Grimshaw published (all jointly) ‘Aerodynamic and of their son William in November 2024.
The Revd Dr Malcolm Guite gave a talk on ‘Blake and the endowed by the critic A E Dyson.
Dr Kate Hughes
Dr Elisabeth Kendall demand by international broadcasters in relation to politics
William Grimshaw
Sky and many other channels throughout the year. She also winning podcast and recorded ‘Yemen: the Houthis and Al Qaeda’ for the Arab Digest lectures all around the world, including in America, Norway,
Dr Arik Kershenbaum
broad audience through various formats. He published (all (Canis aureus) ’, Ecology and Evolution 15(3) (2025); ‘Automatic detection for bioacoustic research: a practical guide from and for biologists and computer scientists’, Biological Reviews 100(2) (2025), pp. 620–646; ‘Generative vocal plasticity in chimpanzees’, iScience 28(5) (2025) 112381.
Dr Tor Krever was the invited speaker at the Oxford Union
international legal history of decolonisation’,
portrait’, 38 (2025), pp. 234–237; ‘Scurrying to the Hague’, Qadaya Isra’iliyya 95 (2024), pp. 30–32; (jointly) ‘On international law and Gaza: 12 (2024), pp. 217–301.
Dr Ross Lawther
336(1) (2025), pp. 249–337; (jointly) ‘Generic Stabilizers in Actions of Simple Algebraic Groups’,
Karen Lee edited (jointly) International Law Reports: Volumes
Dr Gwyneth Lewis MBE (1978 English; 2011 Visiting Fellow) published Nightshade Mother: A Disentangling
Gwyneth Lewis
Dr Alex Liu published (all jointly) ‘Morphogenesis of andersoni and the nature of early animal development’, Nature Communications
in the fossil record of the Ediacaran macrobiota’, Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Sedimentology 72(2) (2025), pp. 365–407; ‘Identifying the signatures of the earliest benthic bulldozers in emergent subaerial conditions during the colonization of land by animals’, Proc Biol Sci. 291(2034) (2024).
Dr Simone Maghenzani Historical Society.
Dr Antoinette Nestor
Indigenous peoples, building climate law and governance capacity, as well as strengthening Arctic Ocean governance. She published ‘Bridging the gap between international climate goals and local realities’, PLOS Climate 4(1) (2025). She appeared on Look East development set to become the biggest new town since environmentally sustainable new community.
Dr Henry North Helicoverpa
Murphy Fund to organise a conference on the representation of genomic data as graphs (‘pangenomes’).
Dame Karen Pierce (1978 English; Honorary Fellow) was
Dr Andonis Ragusis
Naturalism’, 49(1) (2025), pp.
Contributions to Political Economy
Dr Sally Ricketts
Fellows at Large
Henry North
wide association study of paroxysmal dyskinesia in the Norwich Animal Genetics
PLOS One
Italian Spinone dog breed’,
Dr James Riley explored the iconic music of the Sixties in his
Professor Lucio Sarno set up the partnership between
conference jointly organised by National Bank of Belgium, Banca d’Italia, the Bank for International Settlements, the
Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan gave the inaugural talk, ‘Entrepreneurship – taking an idea to market’, for the Girton
Professor Susan J Smith
International Regional Science Review
UK Housing Review
Housing, 2024), pp. 23–33; ‘Six provocations on the origins and Academy
13(2) (2025). She gave plenary presentations on ‘From the edges of homeownership in Adelaide, and ‘Housing and economic inequality: the good, the bad and the future’ at Insights 2025: Housing at the Heart – Understanding Society, at the British Academy.
Susan J Smith
Dr Shona Wilson Stark
Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern published ‘Uncertain Ethnologia Europaea: Journal , 54(2) (2024), pp. 1–18; ‘Always relating:
Estudios Atacameños 70 (2024); ‘Ontological remoteness: Frazer at Nemi’, Thinking with classical matter Crises in time: Ethnographic horizons in Amazonia and Melanesia (Sean
Dr John Tadross published (all jointly) ‘A comprehensive Nature 639 humans’, Science
The Lancet Nature Medicine 1905–1912.
Dr Dorothy Thompson Egypt’, Vestnik Drevney Istorii 85(1) (2025), pp. 135–145.
Dr Stelios Tofaris
Essays in Law Parker v South Eastern Railway Company
Cambridge Law Journal 83 (2024), pp. 429–432; and edited (jointly) David Ibbetson: Querella
Sandi Toksvig (Honorary Fellow; 1977 Archaeology and Anthropology) was named in the inaugural Q100 list of
Sandi’s Great British Woodland Restoration woodlands at risk of extinction using wit and a chainsaw.
Shona Wilson Stark and Lady Arden
Dr Helen Van Noorden featured on the podcast An Ancient by Giovanni
Errollyn Wallen (Honorary Fellow) was appointed Master of the
her orchestral work The Elements featured in the First Night
Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works Violin Concerto (soloist Philippe Quint) Becoming a Composer (Faber & Faber, 2025) was published in paperback.
Dr Claire White
dans l’imaginaire de la IIIe République 2024), pp. 103–116.
Dr John Wills
50 methods for the calculation of acceptable 99 (2025), pp. 983–993; ‘Ames test study designs for nitrosamine mutagenicity testing: qualitative and quantitative analysis of key assay parameters’, Mutagenesis 39 (2024), pp. 78–95; ‘A cytometry’, 98 (2024), pp. 3137–3153; ‘An ovine model for investigation of the microenvironment of the male mammary gland’, 245 (2024), pp. 405–419.
Dr Gareth Wilson published Music and Monotheism Jeremy West Music (USA) in the series Marc’Antonio Ingegneri
fourth album in this series. On 28 November, he directed the 3, which aired in December 2024.
Claire White
Gareth Wilson
FELLOWS AND OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE JUNE 2025
The Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond
VISITOR MISTRESS
Dr Elisabeth C Kendall
HONORARY FELLOWS
Professor Anita Desai
The Rt Hon the Lord Mackay of Clashfern
Queen Margrethe of Denmark, Hon
Miss E Llewellyn-Smith
Dame Bridget Ogilvie
Professor Dame Gillian Beer, DBE,
Belfast, Oxford, Harvard, St Andrews),
The Rt Revd David Conner
MA
The Rt Hon Lady Arden
The Rt Hon Baroness Perry of Southwark (Wolverhampton), Hon DUniv
Dame Rosalyn Higgins
Dame Ann Bowtell
Professor Dusa McDu
Strasbourg)
Dame Ruth Runciman, DBE, BA, BA
The Rt Hon Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
Lady English
Ms J Rachel Lomax, MA, MSc
Dr Margaret H Bent
(Notre Dame), Dr hon c (Montreal),
Dame Elizabeth L A Forgan, DBE, BA, Hon FBA
Professor Dame Frances M Ashcroft
Professor Dame Athene Donald,
The Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth Gloster,
Professor Dame Madeleine J Atkins,
Montfort)
HIH Hisako, The Princess Takamado of Japan
Professor Dame Pratibha Gai, DBE,
Ms Sandra B Toksvig, OBE, MA,
Dame Karen E Pierce
MSc
Dr Suzannah C Lishman
(Swansea)
Ms Julia Gillard
Brussel)
Professor Dame Lesley Regan, DBE,
Australian and New Zealand), Hon
Sir Stephen A G Hough
Ms Errollyn Wallen
Professor Dame Linda J Colley, DBE,
Professor Dame Sarah M Springman
Ms Daphne Todd
Professor Neena Modi
BARBARA BODICHON FOUNDATION FELLOWS
Mrs Sally Alderson, MA
Mrs Margaret Llewellyn, OBE, MA
Mrs Veronica Wootten, MBE, MA
Dr Margaret A Branthwaite, BA, MD,
Dr Ruth Whaley
Miss Sarah C Holt, MA
Mr Colin S Grassie, MA
Mr Leif O Høegh, MA, MBA
Ms Gladys Li, MA
Mr Pareshbai Patel, MA
FELLOWS
Dorothy J Thompson
Melveena C McKendrick
Nancy J Lane Perham, OBE, MA,
(Dalhousie), Hon ScD (Salford,
Gillian Jondorf
Jill Mann
Ruth M Williams
Fellow
Julia M Riley
A Marilyn Strathern, DBE, MA,
Andrews, ANU), Hon ScD (Edinburgh,
Abigail L Fowden
Fellow
Juliet A S Dusinberre Fellow
Thomas Sherwood, MA, MB, BS,
Richard J Evans
Alastair J Reid
Sarah Kay Fellow
Howard P Hodson
Peter C J Sparks
Stephanie Palmer
Fellow
Frances Gandy
Fellow
¹ Christopher J B Ford
Charity A Hopkins Fellow
W James Simpson
Anne Fernihough Fellow
¹ Angela C Roberts
Hugh R Shercli
Martin W Ennis
Fellow, Director of Studies in Music
John L Hendry
Fellow
¹ Jochen H Runde
Dennis Barden
Mistress
Roland E Randall
Martin D Brand
Fellow
John E Davies
Fellow
Deborah Lowther
Fellow
Clive Lawson of Studies in Economics
Julian D Slater
Supernumerary Fellow
A Mark Savill
Fellow
¹ S-P Gopal Madabhushi
of Studies in Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering
² Mia Gray
Supernumerary Fellow
Ruth M L Warren
Alexandra M Fulton Fellow
Maureen J Hackett
¹ Crispin H W Barnes
* Judith A Drinkwater
Andrew R Je eries, MA, VetMB,
Juliet J D’A Campbell
Fellow and Former Mistress
Peter H Abrahams
Edward J Briscoe
Supernumerary Fellow
K M Veronica Bennett
*¹ Harriet D Allen
Director of Studies in Geography, and Education
¹¹ Shaun D Fitzgerald
of Studies in Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering
Stephen Robertson
The Revd A Malcolm Guite, MA,
⁹ Stuart Davis
of Studies in Modern and Medieval
*³ Benjamin J Gri n in History
⁸ Fiona J Cooke of Discipline
Ross Lawther in Mathematics
⁷ Karen L Lee
¹ Stuart A Scott
Fellow and Director of Studies in
³ Stelios Tofaris
⁶ Liliana Janik
and Director of Studies in Archaeology
² Samantha K Williams
Susan J Smith
² Nik Cunni e in Biological Sciences
³ Katherine Hughes, BSc, BVSc,
Stipendiary Fellow
* ⁹ Helen A Van Noorden
Fellow
² Amy R Donovan
Director of Studies in Geography
⁴ Alexander G S C Liu, MEarthSci,
in Natural Sciences
⁸ Morag A Hunter
Sciences
Heidi Radke
Supernumerary Fellow
Emma J L Weisblatt
Sciences
Sophia M I Shellard von Weikersthal, in Medicine
² Henrik Latter
¹ Matthew J Allen of Studies in Veterinary Medicine
* James Wade
R James E Riley
of Studies in English and Fellow for
⁹ Simone Maghenzani, MA, BA, in History
* Samuel D Grimshaw
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Senior
Studies in Engineering
Arik Kershenbaum
Director of Studies in Biological
Sciences
⁷ Andrew C Irvine
Sebastian L D Falk
Year Director of Studies and
⁴ Aaron Hornkohl
Studies in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
³ Claire E White
of Studies in Modern and Medieval
⁴ Shona Wilson Stark
* Jenny K Blackhurst, MA (Hons), MA,
Carolina C Alves,
Hilary F Marlow
³ Diana Fusco
* The Revd Charles J M Bączyk-Bell,
¹ Marie-Aude A C Genain, MA, DMV,
Studies in Veterinary Medicine and Soudabeh Imanikia
David R M Arvidsson-Shukur, BSc,
Stephen A Cummins
* The Revd James S Anderson, MA,
Emma C Brownlee
Collin M Constantine
Thomas C Hawker-Dawson, MA,
⁷ Sally L Ricketts
⁹ Stéphanie M Swarbreck, BSc, MSc,
Biological Sciences
Matthew R J Neal
* ¹⁰ Simon N Fairclough
⁷ John A Tadross
and Director of Studies in Medicine
⁵ Marta Gentilucci, MMus,
⁵ Jacob M R Currie
* Gail A Williams
Evelina R Gambino
Geography and Director of Studies in Geography
Marieke I Dhont, BA, MA, MA,
of Studies for Management Studies
¹⁵ Alastair J D Flett
Stipendiary Fellow
Tor Krever
Jasmine D Cooper in French
Lena S Holzer
Maria Reyes Baztán
* Andonis Ragusis, BSc, MA, MA,
in Heterodox Economics and Director of Studies in Economics
Maria Roca Lizarazu, BA, MA,
BYE–FELLOWS
Alice R Bird,
Veterinary Medicine
The Revd Timothy R Boniface, BA,
¹⁴ Matthew S Bothwell (Astronomy)
⁴ Caroline J A Brett
Kathryn J Burton
Adam Crothers (English)
⁴ Claudia Domenici, BA, MA, Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval
Michael J Degani
Hannah M Banks, MSci, MASt,
¹, ¹² Lucio Sarno, MA, BEcon, MSc,
Brynmor C Pickering, MA, MEng,
Engineering
Magdalena Douleva
Fellow and Development Director
¹ Anthony P Bale
Clarck H M Drieshan
Freya F Field-Donovan, BA, MA,
Fellow in History of Art
Elizabeth M Steell
Sciences
Henry L North
Zoology
⁵ Shannon K Philip
Matthew A Adeleye
Siddhartha Bishnu
Judith R Farman
¹³ Margaret Faultless
Sarah L Fawcett
Medicine)
Jonathan P Fuld
Kamilah Jooganah
Maggan M Kalenak
Associate
André J Kortum
Veterinary Medicine
John Lawson Sciences
Hugo V Lepage
Hazel M Mills
M Antoinette Nestor
⁴ Eleonora Po
Veterinary Medicine
Ruchit P Purohit
Director of Studies in Architecture and Design
⁸ Shyane Siriwardena
Mark Smith
John W Wills
Gareth F Wilson
Assistant Director of Music
ENTERPRISE FELLOW
Sabesan Sithamparanathan, OBE,
MUSICIANS IN RESIDENCE
Ben Glassberg
Andrew Kennedy
Nicholas Mulroy
James Pearson, GGSM
Jeremy West
NOTES
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University Assistant Director of
SECRETARY TO COUNCIL
Caroline Shenton
LECTRICE
Elise Drubigny (Ecole Normale
VISITING FELLOWS
Moosa Al Farei
Akeelah Bertram
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AWARDS 2024 – 2025
HIGHER DEGREES
PhD:
L T Atherley, B H D Baillif, A J Balmer, S T B Bonner, I Chirca, T M Colvin, M Constantinou, G Cowperthwaite, A Crespo Del Castillo, J Davies, D Folayan, R M Forrest, J Gao, V Gladkova, P A Gomersall, M E Gozzard, L J Green, F Guo, I Howe, P C Hsu, T Hughes, R N Jamieson, A C Jesus Correia Da Silva, Y Kindap, R Kortvelesy, A Kumar, A M Li, L Liu, Z N D Liu, B Manneh, M Meng, G Milone, M O Morales Alvarado, M Niihori, M Sagha far, D Salmoiraghi, T B Silseth, A H Thompson, C Tien, A J Tripp, J Wang, X Wang, L Yao, Y Yin, F Zheng, B Zhou
MRes:
T P Crean, R D Hine, P Zheng
MPhil:
H E Aktas, M Ali, J F O Aljamal, S E Anderson, T Anderson, R K Armitage, M Arrigoni, A Askarova, M B Barber, S L Bebon, M J Beckett, R A Bergman, C Betterelli Giuliano, E M Birt, B L Brückner, N Cabrera-Morales, A Cardozo, I B Cerulle, K Chaovavanich, Jiajun Chen, Jiayu Chen, S P Church, P Clarke, G R Cooper, S M Daloglu, S Dasso, N A H Davis, S J Delgado Suárez, D Esteve Alguacil, M Fort, C Y Fu, S S Gillani, G W Gresley, B Gu, K Gupta, C F Hilliard, J Howarth, S Huang, W-L V Huang, X Huang, Z Jia, A R Jiang, D Kim, S Kim, S C J Kopp, Jiajun Li, Jiarui Li, M Li, S R Lieblein, N Litovsky, X Liu, Y Liu, Y Luo, W M B Matthews, V C Mayya, J C Mbamalu, P B McElligott, S McGetrick, M W Mecca, D Milhem, K G Mischke-Reeds, F F R Moller, A Muthada Pottayya Appannah, J R H Naish, L Ndevu, E E Nott, M H B Oakes, R Ono, B K H Ooi, Y Ou, Z Ouyang, A Ovsianas, A Pantoura, J Park, N M Parmar, M Popovici, V Prada Florez, L B Salazar Gómez, M J Saniewska, K N Schneider, Z Shao, B A Slater, N Song, L L Steiner, I R Stephenson, D C Stone, O Stones, N D Tafradzhiyski, R E K Tait, R Tan, T Tang, A Tardella, R Tetteh-Narh, S Toyting, K Vanstone, A K F Von Heimburg, C Wang, S Wang, X Wang, Y Wei, E I Williams, F Wu, J Wu, H Xiao, P Xu, R Xue, S Xue, V Yip, Y Yuan, I Zalevskyi, R Zhan, B Zhang, C Zhang, M Zhang, M
Zhao, J Zhong, Y Zhong
MArch:
M-A Spencer
MASt:
L Ajvazaj, D G J Bosgoed, K Choubey, Y Dhunna, M Essekelli, C Y Fan, H Gothen, A Kallushi, D Lloyd-Jones, Á Muñiz Brea, R M Olsen, G Ortame, I Papastaikoudis, G H Smith, M Subira Jorge
MCL:
L Y L Huang, E Zeineldin
LLM:
K Chawla, K T K Khoo, K Talwar, B C-W Ying
MB:
S O Anyanwu, N Carter, B C Davison, E C Healy, C J Howdle, A P John, Z Lu, C O’Hara, G Scrase, M S Wickramarachchi
MEd:
E J Thomas
VetMB:
C Butters, N Cardoza, E K Collinson, I P Duncalf, L A Elcock, F A Fox, N D Honey, M A King, C Y Lee
UNIVERSITY PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Geography, William Vaughan Lewis Prize: A Williams Moura Costa
F di Castiglione
COLLEGE AWARDS 2024 – 2025
COLLEGE COMPETITIONS
The Barbara Wrigley Prize: A Chougule
Hammond Science and Communication Prize: G Fadel
A Chezhian (Abstract
T Leeson
Jane Martin Poetry Prize: A Fuller
C Mangat
H Abdelatti, S Gillani and V Herdeg
A Williams Moura Costa
H Abdelatti
Ridding Reading Prize: H Irvine (Overall Winner),
M Robertson
M Karinatan
Rima Alamuddin Prize: P Francisca Naranjo for ‘Spotlight:
G M Gardner Studentship: E Reeves
Herchel Smith and Ethel Sargent Girton Studentship: N Holmes
Irene Hallinan Studentship: R D’Souza
OOC AHRC DTP and Pamela Thayer Girton Studentship: T Buckley I Carr N Ryan
International Studies)
Studentship: H Hamdan D Saleh
Sheila Lesley Studentship: H Agarwal
Vice-Chancellor's and Menda Lambrinudi Girton Studentship: T Phipps
FOURTH YEAR AND CLINICAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Alice Violet Jenkinson: H Gothen
John Bowyer Buckley: S Anyanwu
A John
ACADEMIC AWARDS
POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
Bruce Tebb Studentship: L Carter Studies)
Chan and Mok Scholarship: W L Chang
Chemistry and Joyce Biddle Girton Studentship: N Manno
Dinah James Studentship: N Bewick
Mechanisms of Human Disease)
Doris Russell and Ruth Whaley Scholarships: H Smith
Doris Woodall Scholarship: T Hyndman
B PalmerWelch
University and College Awards
M T Meyer: D G J Bosgoed Y Dhunna C Y Fan D LloydJones G Smith
Lilias Sophia Ashworth Hallett: E Zeineldin
POSTGRADUATE TRAVEL AND CONFERENCE AWARDS
Sidney and Marguerite Cody Travel Awards: K Alexopoulos, K Arivanandan, E Campbell-Rowntree, T Collins, R Davies, R Fatthelbab, D Graca, G Gresley, R Tetteh-Narh, X Wang
H E Aktas, R A Botchway, N Cabrera-Morales, I Cernauskiene, I Cerulle, L Chai, J Chen, Z Coady, R Davies, O Dixon, M S Faria De Abreu, K Geonyoung, D Graca, S Guo, B Hatchett, A Heathcote, C Hilliard, A Issa, A Ivanova, G Kim, H Y Kok, S Kopp, C K Leung, H Li, J Li, M Li, Z J Liew, S Lin, Y Liu, D Macedo, J Matulia, O Moxham, S Y J Ng, K Piccin, H Schneider, R
A Shimabukuro Cabrera, P Stepanov, Z Sun, C Taylor, D Teng, S Tunas-Corzon, G Turner, L J Uttinger, K Vanstone, I Vlasiuk, A Vogt, T Wang, X Wang, Y Wentian, Y Xing, S Yang, P Zheng
SENIOR COLLEGE PRIZES FOR FINALISTS
H Irvine
Laurie Hart Prize: F Stott
Bennett Prize: E Clare-Hunt
FINALIST SCHOLARSHIPS
Angela Dunn-Garner: J Larner (Economics), A Tuck-Bridge
Barbara Bodichon: O Booth A McMullan (Natural Sciences), L Pertl (Natural Sciences), H Zhang (Natural Sciences)
Florence Ethel Gwyn: A Reale (History)
Henry Tomkinson: Z McGuire (Natural Sciences)
John Bowyer Buckley: A Gibbon (Natural Sciences), T McManus (Natural Sciences), O Minns (Natural Sciences)
J Y Gibson: F di Castiglione
Lilias Sophia Ashworth Hallett: R Croft (Geography), I Hammond (Geography), L McDermott (Geography), A Williams Moura Costa (Geography)
Mary Ann Leighton: K Shah (Engineering)
Mary Graham: Y J Hong Sciences)
Mary Higgins: G Bernardi (Natural Sciences)
Mary Sparke: M Cespa (Natural Sciences), H Irvine (English), I McLeod (English)
M T Meyer: C Lensing-Wol (Mathematics), J Hickingbotham (Mathematics), D Macartney (Mathematics), T Mehta (Mathematics), M Stear (Mathematics)
Sir Arthur Arnold: R Conley (Natural Sciences), S Miccolis (Natural Sciences), A Tu (Natural Sciences), A Vargas
Richards (Natural Sciences),
Sir Francis Goldsmid: P Bowater (Manufacturing Engineering), M Mak
N Rix (Manufacturing Engineering)
E Clare-Hunt (Music), D Sandell (Music)
Todd Memorial: F Stott
FINALIST PRIZES
First Class Prizes
Charity Reeves: H Irvine (English)
Joseph Brandenbourg: F Stott (Modern and Medieval
Margaret Anderson: A Williams Moura Costa (Geography)
Marion Bidder: S Miccolis (Natural Sciences)
Ida Freund: G Bernardi (Natural Sciences), L Pertl (Natural Sciences)
Achievement Awards
Beatrice Mills: K Sin
Christina Bernard: E Hamilton-Croft (Architecture) S Itam (Natural Sciences)
Emily Davies: A Raghu
Gwendolen Crewdson: A Martin (Natural Sciences)
Isabella Crawshaw: C Capras Behavioural Sciences)
Margaret Anderson: T Bobs (Geography)
Marion Bidder: I Hill (History)
Phyllis Tillyard: O Ambler (Engineering)
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
Alice Violet Jenkinson: P Jackson (Natural Sciences),H Preston (English), F Sutaria (English), A Upshall (English)
Amelia Gurney: L Quentin
Angela Dunn Gardner: J Aw (Economics), V Rikunov (Economics), D Sleeman (Economics)
Edith Lydia Johns: J Lee (Medical Sciences), H Wells (Veterinary Sciences)
Emily Davies: S Kile A Salecha
Florence Ethel Gwyn: A Bawa (History), C Rowan (History), A Soskind (History)
Henry Tomkinson: O Bennett M Budd (Natural Sciences), M Guenther
M Jarvis (Natural Sciences), D Parodi (Natural Sciences), F Peake (Natural Sciences)
Jane Agnes Chessar: H Mauldridge
Jean Hunter: D Hanlon
John Bowyer Buckley: D Sim (Natural Sciences)
Lilias Sophia Ashworth Hallett: E Buermann (Geography), T Knight (Geography), C Lai (Geography), P Santarius (Geography), J Standring (Geography)
Mary Ann Leighton: B Esmailjee O Martyniuk B Workman
Mary Gurney: J Hitchcock
Mary Higgins: S Hofmann (Architecture), J Lee Engineering and Biotechnology), A Ngai
M T Meyer: R Jasko (Mathematics), A Letchford (Mathematics), T Manchester (Mathematics), V Ravikumar (Mathematics), C Shoebridge (Mathematics), S Wang (Mathematics)
Rosalind, Lady Carlisle: A Clough N Coombs
Russell Gurney: W Murphy (History)
Sir Francis Goldsmid: I Agarwal (Engineering), L Bolam (Engineering), K Dai (Engineering), T Downey (Engineering), O Flavin (Engineering), N Hu (Engineering), S Huang (Manufacturing Engineering), N McEvoy (Engineering), W Royce (Natural Sciences), H Shahrestani (Engineering), T Treutenaere (Engineering)
G Burford (Music), O Gardner (Music), M Lowe (Music)
E Koral (Archaeology)
Todd Memorial: H Brand
UNDERGRADUATE
PRIZES
Directors of Studies Prize for Outstanding Achievement (Undergraduate examination candidate who gained the top
Beatrice Mills: E Koral (Archaeology)
C B West: A Salecha
Eileen Power: C Rowan (History)
Ida Freund: M Budd (Natural Sciences)
Raemakers: O Martyniuk
First Class Prizes
(Undergraduate examination candidates ranked in the top
Charity Reeves: F Sutaria (English), A Upshall (English)
Christina Barnard: P Bowater (Engineering), N Rix (Engineering)
Thomas and Elizabeth Walton: A Ngai
Special Regulation Prizes
Anita Bannerji Prize: V Rikunov (Economics)
Appleton Cup: J Lee (Music)
Charlton Award: A Upshall (English)
Eileen Alexander Prize: F Sutaria (English)
Elizabeth Hill Prize: H Brand (Modern and Medieval
Janet Chamberlain: A Williams Moura Costa (Geography)
Lady Arden: A Tuck-Bridge
Achievement Awards (Undergraduate examination candidates ranked in the top
Beatrice Mills: E Burke Sciences)
C B West: Z He (Engineering)
Charity Reeves: S Nekovee-Fitzgerald (English)
Edith Neal: B Zou (Natural Sciences)
Isabella Crawshaw: J Haynes Behavioural Sciences)
Lillian Knowles: A Broadbent (History), M Gray-Cullum
Margaret Hastings: D Hewitt (History)
May Smithells: T Herbert (Mathematics), S Lewis (Mathematics), C Liu (Mathematics)
Ming Yang Lee: B Zou (Natural Sciences)
Phyllis Tillyard: D Burstow
MUSIC AWARDS
Brooks Hodson Music Scholarship: P Dawid
College Music Scholarship: L Lim (cello)
London Girton Association Award: E Campbell-Rowntree (piano)
Organ Scholarship: B Nolan
Daphne Bird Instrumental Awards: L Armitage (trumpet), O Gardner (piano), C Howdle (violin), G Kennedy (piano), M Lowe (harpsichord), M Scrivener (piano), A Titcombe (piano), A Zhou (piano)
Instrumental Bursaries: C Brain (organ), Y Dubey (piano), I Dubovsky I Graham (viola), C Liu (piano)
Jill Vlasto Choral Award: S Hofmann
Siem Music Prize: O Gardner, D Sandell
University Choral Awards: G Burford, P Dawid, C Falls, S
University and College Awards
Kile , M Lowe, H Mauldridge, W Mauldridge, O Napier, G Nickson, F Sutaria
TRAVEL AWARDS AND INTERNSHIPS
Adela Marion Adam: H Abdelatti, E Buermann, H Cruft
A Soskind, O Wooding
College Travel Award: J Bland, C Owen, A Valencia
Dorothy Chadwick: T Collis
Dorothy Tempest: O Flavin, M Lowe, R Mensah
Edith Helen Major: S A Belz, R Croft, S Friend, G Leckebusch
Eileen Ellenbogen: L Brooke, D Sandell
E M Pooley: M Robertson, A Wylie
Harry Barkley: Y Guo, F Liu, F Magjuni, S Perera, S Symum
J K Brightwell: I Graves, P Santarius, O Shaikh, A Treasure
Judith Eccleshare: I Hammond, A Ngai, R Sail
K J Baker: M Cooper, E Hinchcli e
Marina Shakich: E Honey, L Hynes, R McKinney, J Standring
Marion Blackwell Hird: D Hanlon, H Harte
Mary Morrison: D Heneghan, S Itam, S Rutledge, J Seabrook-Wafer
Monica Wilson: S Maheswaran, A Mitchell
Rokos STEM: G Bernardi, S Huang, A Tu, A Valencia, A
Vargas Richards, A Vishwakarma
Rosemary Delbridge: E Burke
Ruth Morgan: P Drinkwater
Sheila Lesley: H Abdelatti, J Magomba, A Ngai
Sheila Spire: A Williams Moura Costa
SPORTS AWARDS
Diana Lees-Jones Sports Award: O Aneju, C Shoebridge
Joan M McGrath Sports Award: G Langley, C Lord, D Mentiply
Robin Sports Award: A Corlett, J Richards
Will and Grace Smith Award: C Haspel, R Linney, J Vasireddy
Athletics: O Aneju
Basketball: E Oyewole
Cycling: C Shoebridge
Equestrian: L Hinde
Eton Fives: E Collinson
Football: G Clark, B Cohen, J Hickingbotham, R Linney
M Mecca, O Olsen
Gymnastics: A Strait, B Workman
Hockey: C Haspel, J Lipson, C Lord
Ice Hockey: A Coyle
Karate: E (Y-H) Shen D Macartney
Lightweight Rowing: J Richards
Marathon: D Hobbs
Mixed Martial Arts: J Vasireddy
Netball: N McEvoy
Pole: Y Oguntimirin A Meagher
Rugby League: C Haspel
Rugby Union: C Weatherhogg, A Wylie
Shooting: P Santarius
Skiing: S White
Swimming: I Chadwick
Table Tennis: T-Y Li, N Miller, L Von Schoenfeld
Tennis: D Mentiply, L Trepanier
Triathlon: A Corlett, C Shoebridge
University Football: M Cooper
Volleyball: M Benthanane Khiar, N Despres
Water Polo: A Corlett
Women’s Rugby Club: N Rix
ANNE BAYLEY
( 1934 – 2024 )
In 1983, the surgical oncologist Dr Anne Bayley, working in associated with a new disease known colloquially as ‘Slim’ when an antibody test for the virus had been developed and early 1980s, AIDS was believed to be transmitted primarily by sex between men or through blood transfusions. However, vast rise of the distinctive purple skin lesions presenting in in the groundbreaking 1986 article in The Lancet recognising named), of which Anne was a joint author. Over the next few years Anne produced further key papers on the subject and she travelled widely to raise awareness of HIV transmission, its high mortality rate, and the plight of AIDS orphans. In 1986 awarded an OBE for services to medical education in Zambia.
Her great love of Africa and a fervent desire to improve the health and wellbeing of the population led her back there on frequent occasions
Anne Bayley was born on 31 May 1934 in Watford and was from where in 1952 she gained a place to study medicine at Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1958. In 1961, after in Bedford Hospital.
the Department of Surgery in Accra, Ghana. In 1971 she moved to work in the Department of Surgery at the University of and Head of the Department of Surgery where she remained until 1990. During her tenure the University established its candidates were enrolled and graduated. Anne also served
In 1990 Anne left Zambia and medicine to undertake theological
Anne’s continued interest in AIDS, and particularly the ethical issues raised by the pandemic, prompted her to write One love of Africa and a fervent desire to improve the health and wellbeing of the general population led her back there on frequent occasions to run workshops and attend meetings Called to Care and ‘More and Better Food’ of which thousands of copies have been distributed in multiple languages.
Alongside her professional life, she developed and maintained many relationships with friends and family around the world, including her Ghanaian ‘daughter’ Faustina, and Faustina’s
December 2024. She was an inspirational surgeon, clinician and scientist; a dedicated priest; and someone who cared very deeply for the welfare and wellbeing of the people of Africa which was, to her, home.
- Michael Bayley
SIMON BURALL
Simon Burall was a dedicated champion of civic engagement and a prominent advocate for deliberative democracy over
letter left for his successor at the charity Involve, with which he was so much associated, Simon summarised his political motivations: ‘how do we give skills and tools to communities, individuals and the least powerful to help them to make their voices heard, while ensuring that the powerful listen to them and cede power? How do we help them create the shared vision for the world they want to live in?’
Simon was born in Wisbech on 3 May 1970, the son of David educated at Oakham School. On leaving there, Simon spent before arriving at Girton in 1989, where he gained a BA in VSO for 18 months in a rural school in Zimbabwe with no mains electricity and only cold water from a standpipe. After completing an MSc in Development Studies at SOAS in 1996,
Following a further stint at a small charity in Yorkshire, in 1999 an NGO committed to promoting accountability of global of citizen involvement. He spent three years from 2006 as a research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, then in 2009 became Director of the charity Involve. Involve had been of NHS England on health priorities. He was head of public dialogue and then programme director of Sciencewise, which supports Government in including the public’s views when formulating science and technology policy, and one of his
promote transparent, participatory, inclusive and accountable governance at an international level. In 2016 Simon stepped down as Director of Involve to become a senior associate, thus freeing up funds to allow its work to continue.
Simon also undertook a range of trustee and advisory roles. From 1997 to 2007 he was a VSO trustee and member of its
Wildlife Fund from 2006 onwards. He was chair of trustees of Democratic Audit from 2008 to 2014. And in 2019 he was reported in March 2025.
in 2000 and they had three children: Elspeth, Alex and Ollie. turned out in fact to be multiple sclerosis, a disease which on Genome Editing for the Wellcome Foundation in 2022. In late 2022, however, a scan revealed a brain tumour. After surgery and initial treatment Simon underwent cutting–personalised vaccine to teach the immune system to recognise and destroy the cancer. Despite this, the tumour reappeared and a second operation in early 2024 precipitated a severe kindness and good humour.
- Pam Mason
( 1949 – 2024 )
DAVID DUMVILLE
As a nervous new Girton historian, knocking on the door of Dr Dumville, my Director of Studies, I very soon experienced the truth of these lines in his obituary in Aberdeen University’s newsletter: ‘He had the rare gift of talking to beginners –
feel that they were not just passively absorbing information, but were genuine participants in making knowledge.’ As his supervisee, I soon found out that he relentlessly demanded the highest standards, but not in the manner of a pedantic gatekeeper, more that of an alert and mischievous fellow conspirator, impatient for the beginner to join the assault on historical obfuscation.
David was born in 1949; he never spoke much about his background, but his forebears included soldiers, printers, farm workers and molecatchers; no one could have predicted the speed and completeness of his development as a scholar. He of Edinburgh in 1976; in 1977 he was made lecturer in the and in the following year he became a Fellow of Girton. He
David was at the forefront of all the disciplines that would inject new rigour and creativity into early medieval studies
Over the following decades, David and his colleagues in reinvention of early medieval studies in Britain and Ireland. In the 1970s, the history of England before 1066 was a fusty discipline still dominated by Victorian legalism and by the ‘Germanist’ interpretation of F M Stenton, whose 1943 tome Anglo-Saxon England
heroes forming the staple of ‘historical’ narratives based on
feared that there would be nothing to take their place, the answer
David was at the forefront of all the disciplines that would inject new rigour and creativity into early medieval studies. He was a brilliant palaeographer, using the history of scripts and manuscript production to elucidate cultural links between
helped to disentangle the complex relationships between surviving versions of anonymous chronicles, and thus to determine their historical authority: he did groundbreaking work of this kind on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and on the Welsh and Irish annals. His close literary reading of key a transformed understanding of their agendas and contexts. He acquired a thorough understanding of biblical texts and liturgy and their place in Insular culture. He contributed greatly to our understanding of Old English, Welsh and Gaelic poetry as historical evidence and as literature: throughout his career he was working on a history of Gaelic literature which, unfortunately, remained incomplete. All this was underpinned
Norse, Irish, Welsh and Breton. He kept up a demanding and promoting collaborative projects. He founded the series Studies in Celtic History, published by Boydell, which now
students, many of whom went on to have distinguished academic careers.
course and several academic journals, until his retirement in
well as holding visiting lecturer or professor posts at Oxford,
In the early 1980s, David lived a happy, boisterous family life
was warmly welcomed as a lodger – with his beloved wife Sally and their son Elliott, perhaps the only boy in history whose father pointed out his use of captatio benevolentiae as was a bitter blow. David subsequently had a brief marriage and academic partnership with Yoko Wada, a specialist in Middle pride and delight. His health began to decline, leading to his retirement in 2020; in his last years, from early 2022, he was
David’s energy, humour, commitment and joy in learning
- Caroline Brett
YASMINE GOONERATNE
MBandaranaike, a tea planter, whose cousin became the fourth sister Sonia had completed her medical studies at Girton (1951 Natural Sciences) and so Yasmine followed her there to undertake doctoral research, for which she was funded by a Bartle Frere exhibition from the University.
1968). She was also an insightful scholar of English literature, and in addition to her many journal articles and monographs, studied by university students all over the world.
Yasmine’s doctoral thesis was groundbreaking: one of the first analyses of what came to be called Commonwealth Literature from 1958 to 1972 and founded the literary journal ‘New in English. In 1962 she married Brendon Gooneratne, a Macquarie University in Sydney in the Department of English
1990. She retired in 2002. Many of her students went on to become writers and teachers themselves and well remember
(among others); and broadened their horizons to encompass world literature.
Order of Australia, an honour which was conferred for her distinguished services to literature and education. She won
After writing a family memoir Relative Merits in 1986, Yasmine turned to poetry and novels.
Her third novel The Sweet and Simple Kind
ALittle Light Reading
At the time of her death she had been engaged in creating the our family, at our country home in Haputale in the Uva for the research centre, envisioned by Yasmine and Brendon their books and educational and literary resources to writers, academics, students and researchers, in the same way, in
- Devika Brendon
PHer distinguished career as a plant biophysicist resulted in worldwide recognition.
Enid was born in Edinburgh on 5 December 1931, the daughter
Following education at Mary Erskine School she gained a Her initial work was on the seaweeds Rhodymenia palmata and Ulva lactuca but she moved to the conceptually simpler system of giant internode cells of the alga Nitellopsis obtusa. Her doctorate established the theoretical framework for, and that had been developed in animal cells but which was made more complicated in plants because of the presence of the and immediately established Enid’s reputation in her chosen at Girton. Enid’s initial hope had been to work with Nobel given her interests, he suggested she join George Briggs, over half a century.
She was at the forefront of studies of ion transport in plants, addressing fundamental questions in plant nutrition and cell signalling. Her pioneering use of radiotracers to measure stomata: the pores through which oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapour are exchanged between the plant and the surrounding environment. Enid’s research helped to explain how they close – to regulate gas intake and conserve water
– through the loss of potassium ions from their surrounding guard cells. She secured an international reputation and helped establish a more quantitative and biophysical approach to studies of plant transport systems.
no teaching). However, Enid decided to continue to supervise committees and activities including as a regular member of In her role as a teacher she influenced generations of 1970s, introducing more cell biology and biochemistry, and emphasising quantitative approaches and analytical thinking.
quantitatively. Often she had an uphill struggle because many considered themselves mathematically inept and unable to use equations. Enid’s aim was to show them that they could,
result. Her own work demonstrated how such an approach can enlighten, and her outstanding achievements as a scientist, discipline for many years.
of many now–distinguished plant physiologists. Yet only about postdoctoral researchers while in her lab included her as a on her work substantially underestimates the full extent of
Her many honours included Doctor of Science, University of
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
and partly because of her generosity in absenting herself from career helped change conditions for women scientists, to the with much of her free time spent at the bench. Following her she held for 25 years. When not at her bench, Enid loved (1927–2016), Fellow in Zoology at Girton.
Her legacy is both an outstanding research record and a cohort of talented individuals who have gone on to make their own mark on plant biophysics and to develop a further generation.
Sandra Fulton and Alex Webb.
GILLIAN RILEY
Ifor
The Guardian needed to be ‘brave, brilliant, learned and almost certainly a able to master the labyrinthine complexities of Italian food culture, embracing history, literature, the visual arts, politics
lashings of erudition was the needful icing to make it digestible.
Gillian’s career in food history occupied the second half of her life, although she was always a ‘greedy’ girl, her family asserts, made her mark, by seeing the food on the canvas and then pursuing it back to the kitchen, market stall or botanic garden.
random jumbles of store cupboard items; she chased with determination the appearance of New World foods in
drawn from contemporary sources. (a a secure berth after a lifetime of pillar to post.
Gillian went on to translate, and comment upon, the critical by Octavo in the US in 2005.) Martino’s instructions were
Good Health, printed in 1474.
Building on this foundation of art studies and extensive reading and many years of travel and consumption in the country of her choice – Gillian embarked on the mammoth project of an , largely written by herself.
elephant traps are as common as potholes on an English minor road, and any error liable to be excoriated by a battalion of scholars and suchlike. How could she misidentify pampetato for panpetato when describing the Ferrarese ? they
realism; eager to chase down the precise, yet impossibly confusing, topographies of Italian foods and recipes; anxious to involve her beloved painters and artists in the long history of cookery. It has much to satisfy every sort of reader – chef, cook, amateur and academic.
Gillian’s career in food history occupied the second half of her life, although she was always a ‘greedy’ girl, her family asserts, and ever a fine cook
Yorkshire and later an inspector of art and technical schools, while her mother was a textile artist. After Selby Girls’ High
on to Girton in 1952 to study history.
Mosley, who was to direct the typographical and printing eventually married in 2000.
design work, which kept her occupied until well into the 1980s. quick succession by four short monographs on art and food a larger survey, , mixing masterpieces and recipes for the National Gallery, which appeared in 1997. which came out in 2015.
Although Gillian was a welcome attendee at and contributor to various conferences and symposia, her work in journalism local community newspaper, the Hackney Citizen, near her to bridge two worlds.
- Tom Jaine
Dr Muriel Sidaway, who has died aged 100, was a pioneering radiologist who introduced the groundbreaking heart surgery in the 1960s.
west of Birmingham. Her father was an accountant and early car enthusiast and her mother a teacher. When the family moved to the more rural fringes of Halesowen, Muriel discovered a love of nature and the outdoors on long walks and bike rides with her younger brother George. She attended Dudley Girls High School, and from there went to study Natural
unimpressed to be out at night, decked in his dressing gown.
Advised against continuing a career in that subject on the going to study medicine at Birmingham University Medical
to work there. As there was no female accommodation, she lodged at the local vicarage: she liked to tell the tale of being
despite their initial misgivings in employing a woman, they couldn’t recommend her highly enough. In 1952 as a Medical
at interpreting chest radiographs, she learned to perform in 1956.
seemed an obvious choice of speciality. She trained at St
She was active in research and enterprising in developing techniques for visualising internal organs in the era before urinary radiology. She gained a particular interest in developing barium studies, cystograms and angiocardiography. In 1964 she in 1971. She was also a member of the British Institute of disciplines and loved to mentor trainees and teach, using her extensive catalogue of images.
After mastering the technique of coronary angiography, she was almost certainly the first woman to do it in the UK
In 1966 she travelled to the USA to learn the emerging technique of coronary angiography. It had been invented by accident in 1958 by the cardiologist, Mason Sones, when he had inadvertently introduced contrast medium directly into a patient’s right coronary artery and found not only was this not fatal, but that it enabled clear visualisation of the vessels.
learn directly from Dr Sones himself. He took Muriel under his wing, proving an excellent teacher. After mastering the
In the 1980s, not yet ready to retire and looking for a new challenge, she set up a private radiology practice in Harley Street with colleagues, stopping in the late 1990s when the shift towards more costly diagnostic equipment and rising rents made it unviable. Still not ready for retirement, in she was much in demand in criminal cases, in addition to the write reports and even appear in court into her nineties.
Outside Medicine she was a keen skier, only stopping aged 93 when she had to start taking anticoagulants for atrial
up with the latest fashions, which early on meant making the clothes herself in the evenings. An intrepid traveller and Europhile, she also enjoyed hill walking and ice skating; loved ballet, opera and the theatre; and was an avid gardener, cook and raconteur with a wide circle of friends. Muriel could talk happily with almost anyone, was always interested in people, irrespective of their background, and had a special knack for putting people at ease to the extent that complete strangers had frequently volunteered their entire life history and all their troubles, within minutes of meeting her. A great animal lover, she owned a string of rescue dogs, developing a fondness for
- Liz Sheridan
IN MEMORIAM 1940
Bennett.
Natural Sciences; Moral Sciences).
Bruck. On 15 September 2024, Ursula MA (1944 History).
Christie.
After Girton she trained as a teacher and then married Henry
became Warden of St Edward’s School, Oxford. As well as being a brilliant English teacher, Naida was an energetic and popular headmaster’s wife, and an active member of the Oxford Old Girtonians. She died just a short time after she and Brenda had joyously celebrated their 100th birthday.
Christie. On 20 December 2024, Mary Shirley (Makepeace) BA (1947 Natural Sciences).
Clark. having studied journalism at Northwestern University, Illinois,
opinion in modern international organisations. Mary Ellen
established a successful winery on her estate at Fan Mountain Farm, Virginia, which she managed for more than 50 years.
Cooper.
Downs.
Eden.
Gehring.
(which she called her ‘yeastie beasties’) also made her one of She then undertook postdoctoral work at Yale and Harvard distinguished mathematician, whom she married in 1953) a faculty position at the University of Michigan where she spent the rest of her career. Warm, friendly and a dedicated scientist, with a love of entertaining, music, art, crosswords three grandchildren. Grobecker. (1943 Mathematics).
Jackson. English).
Marsh. (1948 History).
Page. On 13 April 2024, Ann Elizabeth (Savory) BA (1945 who remained lifelong friends. Following Girton, Ann worked
Pendlebury. In 2013, Mary Elizabeth (Gilliat) BA (1943 English; Moral Sciences).
Pepper.
private Maths tuition and, among her other interests, Barbara was involved in choral singing (she was chair of the National
Page. Ann Elizabeth (Savory) BA (1945
property and manses.
Price. On 7 March 2025, Audrey Elsie (Steel) MA (1947 Natural Sciences). Audrey, born 1929, was at Girton during the she contributed to projects such as the paint chemistry of pursuits with raising three children, later dedicating herself to both a son and grandson at Oxford, she never missed a chance Audrey’s warmth will be fondly remembered. Shaw-Stewart.
daughter of Eliza Baker, after whom Girton’s Eliza Baker and her daughter. Sidaway. Sciences). See Obituaries.
Thomas. On 25 November 2024, Anne Elsie (Moss) MA (1944 Mathematics). Ward. Waterhouse.
continued to give her great pleasure throughout her last years, battling dementia.
Price. Audrey Elsie (Steel) MA (1947 Natural Sciences). Waterhouse MA (1947 English)
Akester. On 2 November 2024, Brenda Valerie (Dyer) MA (1950 Natural Sciences).
Ashworth.
University of Waterloo in Ontario where she was a full professor. She published well over 100 academic journal papers and book chapters, as well as nine of her own authored academic research in retirement. Her sister, brother, nephews, Bayley. Sciences). See Obituaries.
Beasley. On 11 August 2024, Susan (Brown) MA (1959 Mathematics).
Bewes. On 2 September 2024, Hilary Stansfeld (Bryant) MA (1958 Natural Sciences).
Chandler. the USA in 1968 and took citizenship there some years later. and Department Head of American Studies. She was also a professionally trained singer and a competitive swimmer, continuing to swim into her 80s, and competing at the Senior Olympics, in which she won numerous gold medals. She loved her nieces and nephew, and their children. Currie.
Ashworth History)
Dean.
without hearing in one ear, she was a highly skilled musician, with a beautiful alto voice which she used in choirs and as a soloist; she also composed and conducted. She was a longstanding member of the congregation and choir at St she served with the ministry team there, especially enjoying she took up painting. Farrington.
organise and perform their 1958 summer tour of Germany. She was a vivacious and enthusiastic French teacher and lifelong cyclist, often to be seen cycling round the villages near in her love of gardening. She is survived by her four children eight grandchildren.
Gooneratne. On 15 February 2024, Maline Yasmine See Obituaries.
Hales. History).
Harris. losing her home in the Blitz, before moving to Southwell 1922), she read History and played hockey. After working in she had three young children but had been widowed twice. She rebuilt her life with great courage, later becoming Head Henderson.
Dean
Farrington
much enjoyed travelling there. She and husband Alistair, whom Henwood.
Hooker.
preparation for missionary work, following in the footsteps of
priest; they married in 1963 and moved to India – mainly
would still greet her carers in Hindi, despite dementia, to their delight.
Ita.
Iversen.
Fellow). Sue was a clinical psychologist with a particular interest in neurotransmitters and the pharmacological treatment
acclaimed pharmacologist and neuroscientist, in 1961 and they had one son and two daughters. She was lecturer and tutor
the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1999, among many other
Johnson. In 2022, Margaret Ilene (Walker) MA (1951 Geography). Kingsley.
motherhood with marking Bar papers. In 1969 she turned to teaching. She was a housemistress at Wycombe Abbey and in 1979 became headmistress of Abbot’s Hill School, Hemel Hempstead. A double blue in tennis and lacrosse who greater competitive sport and was the inspiration for the Wild Child written by Abbot’s Hill
two local charities, and embraced gardening, occasionally producing enough peas and potatoes for a meal, served with her delicious mint jelly. She is greatly missed by her four Lawe.
she was editor of the in Hanover,
was involved in planning and conservation activity, charities, church and community groups in Norwich, Vermont where she lived. She loved horses, gardening, cooking, skiing, canoeing years and were devoted to their son Stephen and his wife great pride in their accomplishments.
MacRobbie. (1958 Fellow). See Obituaries.
Ogborn.
English). Over four decades, as a teacher, school inspector, and
Lawe
students had copies of set texts in the examination room, and ideas at the time. She also made the best marmalade anyone
Preston. On 7 March 2025, Ann (Walmsley) BA (1955 Natural Sciences).
Reynolds.
Riley. On 11 November 2024, Gillian MA (1952 History). See Obituaries.
Roberts.
Rowan. English). Ann Martha spent her professional life creating and maintaining the monumental gracious, gentle lady and very beloved friend.
Somerset. distinguished military family. A lifelong lover of books and
Reynolds Natural Sciences).
recalled her resilience, saying that in tough times she would metaphorically ‘put on her tin hat.’
Trotman.
and daughter were born and raised. Margaret worked at the a very active social life based around a shared love of classical
Trotman (1952 History).
IN MEMORIAM 1960 – 1969
Barham Carter. (1963 History).
Bayly. (Nowell) MA (1963 History).
Corrie.
Davies. On 31 December 2021, Hilary (Waters) BA (1966 Natural Sciences).
Ferraro. and a daughter. As a new mother, she was introduced by a health visitor to the social network of the National Housewives’
computerised its records, and became its National Organiser
She loved travelling, skiing, singing and mountain walking
Finney and was a keen volunteer, especially as trustee and treasurer suddenly, while watering her garden. Finney.
a role in which she championed local classics communities across England and Wales, sourcing grants and support, and a volume of the Association’s history in 2003 and remained in her role until 2019, continuing as a trustee of the Association of the Association as a distinguished member. She and her Hodgart.
possessions were her books, her garden and her dogs. Her many interests included reading, plants and the natural world. and unexpectedly at the age of 77. Ingram. followed her time at Girton with postgraduate studies at Yale an attorney in 1985 and spent two decades drafting legislation travelling, reading and opera; and supported a wide range of humanitarian, political and environmental charities.
Oakes. On 4 April 2024, Suzanne Margaret MA (1967 Modern friends and indeed throughout her life she was known for her gift for friendship. After a brief period of teaching, Suzanne trained as a librarian, and worked for several years with the
before deciding that the religious life was not for her. She and many friends.
Parkinson.
year teaching English in Sweden led Dilys to make a conscious some 20 years she taught English to overseas postgraduates
contributions to the renowned , as well as creating a pioneering dictionary of Business English. She retired in 2009, devoting her time to family, gardening, Stebbing. On 11 November 2024, Veronica Mary BA (1964 Toms.
dedicated her life to the medical profession, working in public and occupational health, and then psychiatry, becoming a
two children. She loved gardening, music, craft, and choral singing. Her life was marked by a deep sense of responsibility, compassion, and a commitment to helping others. She will be much missed.
Walker.
applying for postgraduate study there. Having obtained her
Toms
1968 Medical Sciences).
Parkinson
entertaining friends; and was a volunteer at the White House from 2008 to 2016 and in her local community at Watergate Woods. Department for Health and Social Security where she rose and Embryology Authority, as well as a volunteer at her local George Herbert Society in Bemerton.
IN MEMORIAM 1970 – 1979
Dumville. On 8 September 2024, David Norman MA (1978 Fellow). See Obituaries. Jenkins. MA (1971 Natural Sciences). Morris. Politi.
to Girton where she gained a doctorate for her innovative and in Greek, as well as on comparative literature. She won the
Woods. Elisabeth Ann (Singleton) MA
Politi
was predeceased by both her husband and her son Stephanos (1980 Economics). Of her time at Girton she wrote in 2020 talking with other Fellows...I shall never forget the gardens at twilight. I considered England my second country.’ Robinson. Economics).
IN MEMORIAM 1980 – 1989
Burall. Sciences). See Obituaries.
Goldsmith. On 2 October 2024, Mary Helen (1987 Brenda researcher, teacher and advocate for women in science who and Director of the Marsh Botanical Gardens at Yale. She and sailor. She is survived by her husband, two children and four grandchildren.
IN MEMORIAM 1990 – 1999
Von Meier-Ince. On 18 February 2022, Beatrix (Von Meier) MA (1992 Veterinary Medicine).
IN MEMORIAM 2000 – 2009
Beckett. In February 2024, Mark Stephen BA (2004 Natural Sciences).
OUR STUDENTS IN NUMBERS 2024 – 2025
UNDERGRADUATES
Undergraduate Students
Number of additional Foundation Year students: 5
Undergraduates who went on to postgraduate studies at Girton: 6
Student Gender Split
Student Nationality
New Intake
Student Subject Split
Arrival Route To Girton
State School Percentage
from Foundation Year) ( of home students )
POSTGRADUATES
Postgraduate Students New Intake
Student Gender Split
Arrival Route To Girton 172
369 went on to higher degrees at Girton: 4
Student Nationality
Student Subject Split
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR UNDERGRADUATES
163 Undergraduate Bursaries totalling £455K Other Support totalling £48.5K
Emily Davies Bursaries Other Named Bursaries
122 Emily Davies Bursaries
41 Other Named Bursaries
£132,000
£323,000
Other Named Bursaries include: Barton Bursaries; the Bateman Bursary for Economics; 1970, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, Elma Wyatt Bursary.
Student support and enrichment
Academic studies support including second language learning
£17,750
46 Sports awards totalling £11,762
121 Student Support Grants from the Buss Fund and latest Enrichment Fund totalling £10,942 45
Funds totalling £7,992
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATES
STAFF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
WELCOME FAREWELL
Sheryl Bailey
James Batty
Alex Birnea
Marie Bouvier
Ciaran Clery
Debera Dodds
Viktor Kovacs
Abdul Mannan
Harvey Norris
David Parsonage
Maria Roca
Louis Whiting
Emily Swettenham
Development
Magdalena Douleva
Abigail Hallett
Finance
Bryony Summers
Gardens
Emily McMullen
Sierra Williams
House Services
Luke Starr
Rachel Berry
Lucy Robinson
Arturas Pumputis
Emily Nott
Timothy Palmer
Maintenance
Toby Peacock
Andrew Popplewell
Nurses
Sarah Winder-Worsley
Ryan Brimsted
Steven Kenington
Mark Vile
Lauren Court
Student Services
Conny Choy
Jamie Burton
Stephen Butcher
David James
Maxine Purdie
Christina Sansford
Fabio Stochino
John Gant
Hannah Sargent
Hena McGhee
Finance
Alison Hurst
Gardens
Gemma Barron
Grounds
Steven Whiting
House Services
Peggy Negus
Zuzanna Roberts
Katarzyna Drabek
Maintenance
Richard Reeve
Aaron Newman
Jacqueline Riley
Many thanks to all our contributors this year, and as ever to
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IMAGE CREDITS our In Memoriam notices and Obituaries. Other photographs were taken by the Mistress, Girton Westall and Gareth Wilson. kind permission of The Guardian.
