The Aske Report 2019

Aske Report the

the newsletter of the habs foundation

2019 (number 7)

the most exciting and important addition to our vocabulary and routines this year – it is t ruly terrific.

It has been an incredible and very successful year at Haberdashers’ and, for me personally, a genuine honour and privilege to return to the School after so many years away. Habs is a special place, one that buzzes with activity, energy and ambition in so many spheres.

Academic results continue to be exceptional and our boys are rightly proud of them. Of particular note this year were the successful applications to prestigious US universities, the development of a trend that is only likely to grow in the years ahead. The Aske and Dawson Independent Study Projects were a great success and the arrival of some moon rocks at the School to mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, proved to be a great hit. Our Junior Mathematicians came a tantalising 4th in the UK Team Maths Challenge, whilst our debaters are enjoying a great resurgence, performing superbly in the nationals at Eton and winning the European Youth Parliament UK National Session 2019, earning themselves an invite to represent the UK in Hamburg. It is the pursuit

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of excellence in areas and activities outside the narrow confines of the syllabus which is most impressive and most characteristic of a Habs education.

We have been just as busy and fulfilled away from academic pursuits. Our musicians and actors have enjoyed incredibly busy years with a range of performances and productions. In all cases, the sense of teamwork and collegiality, alongside the talent and confidence, was striking. Our sports teams celebrated a recordbreaking cricket season, with U12, U14 and U15 Cricket teams winning their respective County Cups (and the U13 side coming jolly close).

The highlight of the year for many will have been sports day as we travelled to Allianz Park to engage in a carnival of colour and competition, with Russells claiming victory. And the weekly HabsDash (a non-competitive, inclusive 3.5km run every Tuesday lunchtime) proved hugely popular and positive, both as an invitation to exercise and as a galvanising force for our community. This simple idea has been perhaps

With all these outstanding boys to teach and wonderful things happening, it can be tempting to become focused only on the ‘Habs Bubble.’

Yet it was Robert Aske’s intention to connect with and have a positive impact on the world around him and I hope he would see, in his legacy, that we are doing exactly that. This year, we were visited by Emmanuel Jal, rap artist and former child soldier, as part of our charity work in support of Green Pastures and Third Hope in Uganda, alongside a range of inspirational speakers from around the world and alumni from previous decades.

Alongside Habs Girls, we hosted a huge and very successful Mencap Funday, numerous pupils have visited care homes in the local community and we are developing an exciting link with Gratitude, a charity in Borehamwood aiming to relieve poverty and reduce food waste. Several teachers have lent their services to local primary schools and our School Council has secured Eco Schools Silver Award. I hope that we are a force for good and are educating a generation who feel a responsibility to contribute to society. There is, as always, even more we can do, and next academic year will see us launch a major bursary campaign so we can offer even more means-tested places than at present, in support of Aske’s vision so many years ago. That over £2 million has been donated over the last academic year alone is an incredible fact; this will, quite simply, change boys’ lives.

Habs is a magnificent place and we enjoy the support of such a tremendous community of pupils, staff, parents, alumni and friends. We are very lucky indeed. It is a great pleasure to be back here and have the opportunity to work with these remarkable and inspirational young men – and I am looking forward to doing it all again this year!

Gus Lock Headmaster

Independent School of the Year 2017

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Founder’s Celebration of the Class of 2019 The Founder’s Celebration Evening took place on Wednesday 26 June to mark the completion of study by our Upper Sixth boys. On a balmy summer’s evening, the boys and their families enjoyed House farewells, drinks and canapés on the croquet lawn behind Aldenham House, followed by speeches and prize-giving in the Bourne Hall.

After a formal procession into the Hall, the Headmaster, Mr Gus Lock (OH 1994), addressed the audience expressing the warmest of good wishes, and congratulating the boys on all their achievements during their school careers, as well as acknowledging the contributions of their supportive families and teachers. His choice of the prose poem 'Desiderata' by Max Ehrmann with which to end his speech, succinctly exhorted all to live happy and fulfilled lives.

Prizes and commendations were then awarded by the Headmaster, the Senior Deputy Head Mr John Maguire, and the guest speaker, Dr Saqib Qureshi (OH 1992) with all the boys finally going up onto the stage to receive a special Habs’ Graduation Tie.

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Dr Qureshi, who had flown in especially from Toronto, then provided an excellent, humorous and thought-provoking speech to the boys, drawing inspiration from his own experiences at the School and his career while dwelling especially on the subject of gratitude and humility.

2019 School Captain, Tamilore Awosile, offered a vote of thanks to Dr Qureshi and spoke eloquently about the journey he and his peers had embarked on whilst at Habs. Another thoroughly uplifting speech of the sort we had grown used to over the year from Tamilore. The School wishes him all good fortune as he goes on to study at Stanford University in the US.

School Term is at Habs) by a rousing rendition of Jerusalem.

Following the ceremony, the boys continued celebrating their successes and achievements with family, friends and teachers. It was a delightful Haberdashers’ evening; a wonderful occasion!

We look forward to hearing of many more achievements from the Class of 2019, and to welcoming them back to the School for their first reunion on the evening of Wednesday 18 December.

Mr Roger Llewellyn (OH 1983), Director of the HABS Foundation, provided the final farewell to all. He reflected on his own time with the Class of 2019 and their unique sense of humour, explained what it means to be an Old Haberdasher and reminded all of the importance of philanthropy in the history of the School, while encouraging all to keep in touch.

The evening was then rounded off (as each

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The Aske Project Awards 2019 On Wednesday 23 January 2019, the School was delighted to celebrate the considerable academic endeavour and achievements of our Aske Project prize winners at a special assembly in the Bourne Hall.

The Aske Project requires that students independently research a question of their own choosing over a period of six months.

As verified by external markers and viva examiners, our students readily achieve undergraduate standards of research and their projects demonstrate their curiosity, innovative and critical thinking, all framed within high standards of research methodology. The process, alongside their A Level studies, prepares them exceptionally well for university.

With academic enquiry that readily reaches far above A Level standard, our students explored questions of artificial intelligence and the impact on labour markets, music as a medical treatment for pain, bacteriophage therapy in treating antibiotic resistance, the impact of social class on participation in sport, to name but a few.

All our Lower Sixth students undertake an Aske Project and, with the guidance of an advisor, students present work that makes logical and judicious use of a wide range of sources to which our Library team provide extensive access. Many also undertake primary research or produce original scripts or multimedia presentations.

Aske Project Prize Winners 2019

Prize for Primary Research: Thomas Sherlock Assessing the case for a British Revolution.

First Prize: Jared Richard Physics: Exotic Particles: The Hunt for the ‘Baby Higgs’.

Second Prize: Ishan Baig Economics: Will Artificial Intelligence qualify as a General Purpose Technology (GPT)? Can the theory of GPTs be used to predict the potential impacts on labour productivity and employment of AI?

Tietz STEM Prize: Medicine: Eeshan Mahadeo-Heads The Cure that Time Forgot: Assessing the efficacy of Bacteriophage Therapy in treating antibitotic resistance.

Tietz STEM Prize: Earth Sciences: Josh Warner What does the surface of Mars tell us about its internal structure?

Prize for Original Scriptwriting: Robert Lazarus When are you Coming Back?

Humanities Prize: History: Zachary Selby The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 as a purely religious policy. Discuss.

Humanities Prize: Theology & Philosophy: Harjivan Singh Can Artificial Intelligence become conscious?

Humanities Prize: Sport & Society: Harry Cobb To what extent does social class affect participation in sport and how might any inequality be addressed.

Tietz STEM Prize: Biology: Tamilore Awosile Music Therapy: An effective treatment for pain?

We are very proud of all our students, both for their commitment to academic enquiry and for the stunning results that their hard work achieves. Many congratulations to them all.

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The Dawson Project Awards Wednesday 19 June 2019 marked the third Keith Dawson Independent Learning Project Prize Giving Assembly. This project provides an opportunity for Year 9 boys at Habs to pursue a subject of special interest. Over a period of five months pupils can research, engage with, and delve into a question of their choosing before presenting their project in any format they think suitable.

Haberdashers’ students are rightly known for their intellectual energy. It is this fact along with the passion that Habs boys must explore new ideas, concepts and theories and to discuss these with their peers that are the fundamental pillars upon which the Keith Dawson Independent Learning Project was built. In addition, the project was designed to give students as much freedom as possible, however, as Habs’ Director of Studies Ms Shah said, “All we asked is that they be ambitious and ask challenging questions. In that, as in many other things, our boys excel.”

This year’s prize winners reflect the outstanding quality of projects, engagement with academic enquiry and intellectual accomplishments of our Year 9 students. It is especially pleasing to see questions in fields not usually considered on a Year 9 curriculum, such psychology, sports science and economics to name but a few. We hope that this spirit of enquiry and the sense of achievement it brings will stay with our pupils for years to come.

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Keith Dawson Project Prize Winners 2019 Biology: Arayan Bid

Physics: Sacha Davidson What are reusable rockets, reusable launch systems, and reusable launch vehicles?

How are viruses used for good?

Politics: Max Dingle

Economics: Ozair Surti

The winners and losers of political protest in sport.

An investigation into the predictive power of bond yield curves.

Psychology: James Wellings

English: Sam Wolffe

Does exercise increase our brain strength and efficiency?

Why does the English language have such a rich vocabulary?

Geography: Sani Abubakar What leads to brain damage and how can we prevent it?

History: Ari Joseph The causes and consequences of the 1984 Miners’ Strike.

Sports Science: Maximillian Nissim How does adrenaline affect an athlete’s performance?

Theology and Philosophy: Armaan Marathe What is the concept of ‘luck’?

Medicine: John Hillan How could epigenetics help the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?

Music: Malcolm Parris To what extent is the appropriation of a piece for political purposes different to the composition of a political piece?

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Outreach Over the last year, the HABS Foundation has been able to assist funding several of the School’s outreach activities. These have included:

Reading partner programme - Almost 50 students from both Habs Boys and Girls Schools volunteered to take part in the second year of the Reading Partner Programme at local

The Thursday Group - a fortnightly outreach enhancement group run by Habs staff for prospective English and Humanities Sixth Form students from local maintained schools.

This year, 13 students from Mill Hill County, Bushey Meads, Bushey Academy, Beaumont and Chancellors took part, reading, discussing and exploring texts including ‘The End of the Affair’, ‘Tolstoy’s short stories’, ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’, ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Wuthering Heights’.

The students thoroughly and enthusiastically enjoyed the experience and our teachers said they were a delight to work with.

maintained primary schools. Having received training on working with young people and being an effective reading mentor, weekly visits were made to Cowley Hill and Woodlands schools for the first two terms of the year.

Oxbridge application support - Habs staff have provided Oxbridge application support to Year 13 students in a range of local maintained schools, including but not limited to members of the Thursday Group. They worked with students on their personal statements and preparing for a range of entrance exams, and most recently conducted a whole day of mock interviews at Mill Hill County School.

Telephone Campaign Over a period of two weeks at the end of August, the Foundation ran a telephone campaign with the aim of engaging the global Haberdashers’ community. During this time our enthusiastic callers, comprising of recent School leavers and current Sixth Form members, were able to not only share stories of Habs, but also ensure that all that were contacted were receiving regular news and invitations to the many Foundation reunion and School events being organised.

forthcoming television and film productions by one of our Old Boys!

Those that were called pledged almost £100,000 to help provide bursaries and facilities that will allow the current and future generations of boys at Habs to really benefit from their time here.

This is a wonderful indication of the support the Habs community has for the School and we are grateful to all who have contributed.

In addition, many Old Boys and parents kindly offered to return to the School to provide careers and mentoring advice, work experience to our current pupils as well as future introductions to institutions and people who might assist our callers. One of the calling team was even offered work as an extra on

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Happening at Habs

Moon rocks at Habs On Wednesday 12 June, rare samples of moon rocks and meteorites landed at Habs.

After arranging with the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to borrow the moon for a week, pupils were given the opportunity to handle pieces of meteorites along with lunar samples. These were collected in the late 1960s and early 1970s during some of NASA’s first manned space missions to the moon.

The samples were provided free of charge by the STFC and the pack included a 1.2 billion-

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year-old piece of Mars rock and a 4.3 billionyear-old nickel meteorite. It is unlikely that students will get a chance to hold an object older than this, since the Earth itself was formed 4.6 billion years ago!

Boys and staff across the entire School enjoyed viewing the samples and learned much from talks given by Mr Kerr, Mr Pauletto and Mr Smith. One pupil said: “It was incredible to see pieces of Mars, the moon and meteorites up close - especially as it is my dream to be the first man on Mars.” Mr

Smith added: “It was wonderful to have the opportunity to learn about these rare samples and inspire our students and colleagues to learn more about space science.”

Samples like these can tell us a great deal about the planets, from which they originate, but there is still much to learn. The STFC hopes that these experiences will encourage students to become the next generation of astronomers.

The School would like to thank the STFC for this fantastic opportunity, which was truly out of this world!

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HabsDash - the race where everyone’s a winner What is HabsDash? HabsDash is a weekly community run started in the 2018/19 academic year, where pupils run alongside teachers and support staff, and which encourages fitness, wellbeing and support for communities and charities.

The initiative came about after an assembly delivered by Mr G Hall, Head of Middle School, on Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE. Paul’s goal was to create a community of runners who could challenge themselves to improve their times each week, whilst enjoying exercise and the outdoors.

Mr Broadwith, Mathematics teacher and Old Boy, who recently broke the record for the Land’s End to John o’Groats, End-to-End cycle, was very much behind the idea of HabsDash.

He saw that all the elements of this recipe were already available at Haberdashers’. The idea was to put on a regular run that was available for all to take part in, regardless of perceived ability, and which would allow people to take the run as seriously or leisurely as they wished.

The staff believed that if they promised to be there every week, come rain or shine, and to produce reliable results and associated data quickly, then people might engage and start to gain the physical and mental benefits that

regular exercise in a community can bring. From that, HabsDash was born.

The weekly community run has been a great way for students to improve their wellbeing, especially during the busy exam season.

Studies indicate that exercise is good not only for physical health, but also for mental health. It is proven to help deal with stress and can significantly increase performance in examinations and work in general.

Using a 3.5km route around the School grounds, runners complete three laps of the course in anywhere between 12 minutes and 40 minutes. The events are open to all members of the School community; boys from Year 7 up to Year 13, teachers and support staff.

The School produces a results sheet each week on the day of the run. Runners can track their progress, as well as work towards certificates of achievement to celebrate running a half-marathon, a marathon or even a double marathon – 24 HabsDash events!

The theme for the final HabsDash of the year was ‘DiscoDash’ – where students and teachers had the opportunity to celebrate the end of term, and end of examinations, with fancy dress and a barbecue after the run.

HabsDash events have taken place with over 500 members of the School community having run at least once. Overall, the runners have covered just over 8000km. Eight runners have managed every event, earning their Double Marathon award. More importantly, many people who wouldn’t necessarily have found themselves running are now tracking their progress every week, making impressive improvements and running with big smiles on their faces – a pattern that will no doubt continue into the next academic year and beyond.

The School is extremely proud that HabsDash has been a monumental success; from encouraging physical exercise and mental wellbeing, to promoting and supporting communities and charities, everyone really is a winner!

Careers convention On Thursday 15 November, the Careers team held its biennial Careers Convention – an important event in the School calendar.

At the Careers Convention, the School welcomed on site over 68 representatives from 56 organisations, offering advice on a wide variety of professions. Boys and their families were invited to learn about careers as diverse as finance, law, medicine, dentistry,

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scientific research, technology, journalism and PR. Organisations represented included: BBC World News, IBM, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Encore Capital, Chelsea Football Club, National Health Service, Jaguar Land Rover, Brand Champions, Frank PR and Shiva Hotels, amongst others.

The evening comprised an exhibition in the Medburn Centre, as well as interactive panel

sessions on a range of career areas with speakers outlining their careers so far and answering questions from boys and parents.

Panellists (and Old Haberdashers) included Professor Peter Childs – Head of the Dyson School of Engineering; Huw Gott – Co-Founder of Hawksmoor Restaurants; Simon Duffy – Bulldog Skincare for Men, and Jyotin Sethi – CoFounder of JKS Restaurants.

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Happening at Habs

Landrover Challenge We are Team Taurus, involved in an engineering competition run by Jaguar Land Rover.

Comprising of graphic designer Dhillon, electronic manager Maxim, manufacturer Krystjan, CAD designer Aarnav, and team leader Sajeev we aimed to make an impact in the automotive industry through use of our engineering and designing skills.

excellent CAD skills of Sajeev and Aarnav, we created innovative suspension and an all new chassis, to impress the next round of judges.

Krystjan and Sajeev worked for endless hours on a new pit display, to advertise and summarise our team’s ethos and aims for the judges and visitors; we looked forward to the competition days.

We worked tirelessly to finish our project, however during regional finals, we experienced small technical issues and a failure in our electronic components; but, through fantastic track performances by all the team members, and expert knowledge of up-to-date 4x4 components, the judges were impressed and we secured a somewhat lucky wild card, permitting us to attend the National Finals.

It finally arrived; with a good start to our morning, we approached the track with care.

Unfortunately, communication between our car and our remote inexplicably cut, destroying any chances of securing points for driving for the first day. After a quick fix, we re-attempted the track on day two. To our dismay, we struggled to climb the steepest section after getting stuck and our car was immobilised after the break of our rear servo and drivetrain.

We knew we had a lot of work to do, fixing and updating every aspect of our car. Through Dhillon’s effort, we achieved partnerships with many large companies, resulting in a healthy sponsorship sum to fuel our improvements.

Using a newly acquired 3D printer and the

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Teague (Junior and Senior) as well as Ms Harrison for making this trip possible and for helping us out during various stages of the competition.

Article written by Sajeev

With pride in our effort, we returned to School having achieved 9th placing out of 25 teams. We look forward to entering again next year and hope to win a podium place on the Jaguar Land Rover stands. We wanted to say a huge thank you to Mr

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HabsMUN From 15 to 17 March 2019, our annual Model United Nations Conference (HabsMUN) was held. Given its international reputation as THIMUN certified, the conference is one of the highlights of the School year.

This year topics ranged from the use of drones in warfare, to the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, to controlling epidemics. These deeply complex and controversial topics were discussed by over 350 delegates from 32 different schools. Reflecting the global nature of this conference, and the topics discussed, delegates came from, not only the UK, but also

France, The Netherlands, The UAE, and Greece.

The conference was open to students from Year 9 upwards and ran alongside the weekly MUN club and the opportunity to participate in other schools’ conference. There were also opportunities for both the Boys’ and Girls’ Schools to take part in running the event; for example, there were teams in press, reprographics and secretariat roles. The Conference was coordinated by two Year 13 students (Alex Curtis and Aditya Venkatraman), assisted by a number of boys and girls in the Sixth Form, alongside Mr Cooper, Miss McGrath

and Miss Kerkhof.

It was a hugely successful event, opened by the Headmaster on the Friday evening and closed

by Mr Amlot on the Sunday. There was a real buzz around campus all weekend, and firm friendships were made across all the schools participating. We eagerly look forward to next years’ event.

History Careers Talks and reunion Wednesday 6 February 2019 saw the first ever Habs History Careers afternoon take place in the Old Refectory. Old Boys who went onto study History at university after Habs were invited back to the School to sit down with current pupils who are thinking about pursuing a degree in History and talk to them about their experiences since leaving university.

The afternoon provided our current boys with valuable knowledge as to where the study of History might take their careers, and we are very grateful to all who volunteered their time to come and chat to the boys.

a range of over 50 years and to swap stories about life at Habs (as well as post Habs) was relished by all.

Former members of the School’s History Department (left to right): Dr Roy Sloan, Mr David Griffiths, Mr Keith Dawson (Headmaster; 1987-1996), Mr Anthony Rowlands, Dr John Wigley

The reunion took place immediately after the careers event and provided Old Boys the chance to connect with other Habs Historians, as well as their former teachers. All who attended the event had a wonderful time with the opportunity to meet other Old Boys from

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Speakers Professor Lord Winston On Thursday 11 October, the Habs Science Society hosted Professor Lord Robert Winston. His visit appealed to all sections of the Habs community, with a number of pupils from the Boys’ and Girls’ Schools, as well as teaching and support staff, all enthralled by his talks.

ethics. This gave valuable insights into the current state of medicine, and the opportunity for the boys and girls to consider the wider role of science and medicine in society.

In the first sessions, Professor Winston gave an engaging account of the history and development of the human species from a scientific viewpoint to a packed Aske Hall. He then moved onto his own research of fertility treatment, and some of the key developments in the area, while reflecting on the difficult ethical decisions associated with this field, and how creativity in music and science could support each other.

Lord Winston then held a Q & A session with A Level biologists about his experiences of medical research and

Israeli Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Mark Regev On Tuesday 5 February, the Jewish Society and Politics Society had the privilege of welcoming His Excellency Mark Regev, the Israeli Ambassador to the UK, to speak to a packed lunchtime audience of Boys’ and Girls’ School students in the Aske Hall.

the current political situation in the Middle East as well as future Israeli-UK relations, post Brexit, highlighting the very close historic relationship and noting the signing of the recent trade agreement between Israel and the UK.

Having been introduced by Avi from the Lower Sixth, Mr Regev was then ‘in conversation’ with Edward, also in Lower Sixth, answering a wide variety of questions, ranging from ‘Did he think there would ever be peace in the Middle East’ to questions pertaining to President Trump.

Throughout, Mr Regev gave extremely knowledgeable, full and insightful answers on the current position of the Israeli government in contemporary political issues. He was evidently well-equipped to provide thought-provoking views as to

The opportunity for questions from the floor was grasped eagerly by the audience, and these ranged from questions relating to the recent burial of six Holocaust victims, to the Israeli Defence Forces, all of which Mr Regev answered expertly.

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It was an incredible honour and privilege to host such a highly esteemed diplomat at Habs and every student who attended will have learned a huge amount, while being inspired by Mr Regev’s enthusiasm and his passion for his role as the Ambassador to the UK.

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Chief Rabbi The Jewish Society was honoured to welcome Mr Ephraim Mirvis, the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and The Commonwealth to Habs, to discuss “Why a digital detox is needed in the 21st Century now more than ever.”

Held in the Aske Hall and attended by boys, girls and members of staff, the Chief Rabbi provided the audience with some wonderful thought-provoking insights and he highlighted some key issues that young people face in this day and age because of technology. Unfortunately, the question and answer portion was cut short by an untimely fire drill, however, this did not take away from the honour that all who attended felt having heard from the Chief Rabbi himself.

Emmanuel Jal Habs was delighted to welcome UN Ambassador and former child soldier Emmanuel Jal to the School. Emmanuel had not only performed at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert but also a concert for the Dalai Lama, while also being known for his collaborations with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Nelly Furtado.

Emmanuel entered the Bourne Hall singing his song, ‘We Want Peace’. He then spoke of his traumatic past as a child soldier in Southern Sudan, a deeply moving account which captivated the entire audience with each and every word.

The event concluded with a sing-along to another of Emmanuel’s songs, ‘More Power’, where the audience was treated to some fantastic dancing.

Emmanuel’s visit was linked to the School’s chosen charity, Third Hope. Third Hope is building a village in Northern Uganda where former child soldiers might find a place to learn, train, heal and rediscover hope for their future and the restoration of their communities.

After performing some poignant poetry, Emmanuel explained how he had found his purpose in music and the importance of selflessness in our own lives. He spoke about his hopes for world peace, the role we can play in making the future better for all and asserted that we might only experience true joy by giving time to others.

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Year 8 Oral History Projects

The Haberdashers Oral History Project is a new initiative seeking to garner the memories of Old Boys who attended the School at formative times, or who participated in activities which have great significance in its history.

The major innovation has been the involvement of the School’s Year 8 historians. Having already carried out a Family History project in Year 7, they were now set the task of compiling questions to ask our Old Boys with the intent that they would then have the privilege of interviewing them in person.

Over the last five months, three separate days of interviews have been carried out bringing together Old Boys who were at the Westbere Road site in the Second World War; were at the School as it moved from Westbere Road to Elstree in 1961/2 and those who experienced life in the Boarding House at Elstree before it closed in 1983.

In the first session, aside from being captivated by the likes of tales of air raids over the School, fire watching and working on summer camps bringing in the harvest, our 12 year olds heard how one of the interviewees led a boycott of the School canteen food and walked all the pupils to the local Joe Lyons teashop to buy lunch one day.

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In the second session on ‘The Move to Elstree’, they learned how the boys were corralled into physically moving the School chair by chair and desk by desk from Westbere Road to Elstree and how the Headmaster had to address the School with a megaphone on the quad for assembly as the (later termed) Bourne Hall had not been built in time.)

In the third session on Life in the Boarding House, our boys were able to hear the perspective of both former Boarders and Boarding House masters who were accommodated in the upper reaches of Aldenham House while having the run of the whole School estate in the evenings and weekends.

This project has proved very popular and the exchange of good-natured banter with our Old Boys as to the success of their respective Houses or reflections on school lunches, sport or the merits of favourite teachers would seem to indicate that really not much has changed at Habs in the past 80 years.

It is the intention that these interviews will be available for all to hear via the School website and we hope to hold more of such events in the coming years.

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OH SUCCESS STORIES

US University Success for Habs Boys Tamilore Awosile, 2019 School Captain, received a stunning set of acceptances from worldrenowned universities, including several Ivy League schools. He has been offered places at Dartmouth College, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia and Brown universities. Tamilore accepted a place at Stanford University and he hopes to combine his interest in science research and leadership by studying within the crossroads of biology and public policy.

The School’s Debating captain, Ishan Gandhi,

also received an impressive set of acceptances from Stanford, Brown, Chicago and Northwestern universities. As well as being flown out to Duke University in order to participate in the Robertson Scholars Finalist Weekend. Ishan has also accepted a place at Stanford to study the social sciences.

One of the School’s CCF Navy Chief Petty Officers, Aryaman Jhunjhunwala, received offers from many top-ranked Engineering schools including UC Berkeley and Georgia Tech. Aryaman will be studying Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley.

The success of this year’s applicants can be credited to the increasing visibility and strength of the Aske-Princeton International Fellowship.

In its third year, the Fellowship invites a recent graduate of Princeton University to contribute to Haberdashers’ academic and co-curricular community for a year. While acting as an American cultural ambassador and an example of collegial scholarship, the Fellow assists with US university applications, academic activities and co-curricular life.

Dilan Markanday On Sunday 24 March, Tottenham Hotspur held the first fixture at their new stadium in the form of an Under-18 match between Spurs and Southampton.

The Spurs’ youngsters easily ran out as 3-1 winners, and celebrations have since stretched as far as Elstree as ‘Old’ Haberdasher Dilan

Markanday started the game and marked the occasion with a goal! In front of 28,000 spectators – including Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino – Dilan scored the third goal in the victory, and his overall performance on the day has received great reviews. Described as ‘a clever attacking midfielder’ on the Spurs website, at Habs Dilan is remembered for his

mazy runs and technical ability by many of the Habs PE staff.

The Foundation wishes Dilan all the very best for what promises to be a bright sporting future for this particular Old Boy.

Charlie Schaffer Huge congratulations go to Charlie Schaffer (OH 2010) who in 2018 won the Brian Botting Prize for the second time for “an outstanding representation of the human figure” with his painting “Head of Thandi.” This year he won the prestigious BP Portrait Award 2019 with his portrait “Imara in her winter coat”. The judging panel said that Charlie’s portrait was a skilful piece. They commented that a “combination of several different textures including faux fur, hair and skin are revealed by prolonged looking and together these produce an image that is

traditional, but clearly contemporary.”

Miss Bird, Charlie’s former art teacher here at Habs had the following to say on Charlie’s success and his time at Habs: “The Habs Art Department is so very proud to hear of Charlie’s continuing success into the world of art, in particular his portrait painting.

Charlie’s paintings at School had an element of mystery and the unknown, they engaged the viewer in a dialogue posing questions about the painting. He liked to represent the face and figure in particular, sculpting outward

appearance and inner aspect with oil and brush, layering and building until he reached a surface that let us come across a challenged individual.”

The BP Portrait exhibition runs from 13 June to 20 October 2019 at the National Portrait Gallery.

Michael Broadwith On Friday 15 June at 8am, Michael Broadwith (OH 1996) – and current Habs Maths teacher took on the Land’s End to John O’Groats cycling challenge. He aimed to solidify his place in End to End history, there having been only 11 successful attempts on the men’s record in 132 years. The record holder, Gethin Butler clocked the “unbeatable” time of 44 hours, 4 minutes

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and 19 seconds back in 2001.

There were ups and downs, geographically and emotionally, heavy rain and the cold threatened Michael’s chances to continue. However, with the support of his wife, Helen, Michael managed to not only complete the challenge, but finished it in an astonishing 43 hours, 25 minutes and 13 seconds.

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Reunions Class of 1968 - 50 Year Reunion The Foundation was honoured to stage a special 50th anniversary reunion at the School for the Class of 1968 On Wednesday 30 May 2018, 80 (not so) Old Boys, their spouses and guests were welcomed back to the School for leisurely tours, a peek into the archives, photographs outside Aldenham House and a slap-up dinner in the Aske Hall. David Best, the main inspiration for the event, addressed all at the dinner speaking of their shared time at the School and highlighted the immense contribution of the inspirational teaching staff of their day. One of those very people, Keith Dawson (former Head of History and latterly Headmaster) replied, pointing out the special significance of this particular cohort, being the first generation of boys to have their senior school education solely at the Elstree site, and at a time when the world was changing immeasurably.

Before the reunion all attending had been asked to suggest a favourite song from 1968, and this playlist then became the backdrop to the many hugely enjoyable conversations throughout the dinner. As Cream’s ‘Crossroads’ loudly came to an end the last revellers departed, and plans were already being hatched for the 60th anniversary reunion.

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Class of 1978 - 40 Years On The upstairs bar of the Bishop’s Finger at Smithfield Circus was the venue on 27 September 2018 for the reunion for 30 Old Haberdashers celebrating 40 years (and a bit) since leaving the School in July 1978.

especially for the event with his wife, Sheila.

Director of the HABS Foundation, Mr Roger Llewellyn added “It was a wonderful occasion, and so good to hear of the shared affection

for the School and tales of the inspirational teachers who made our Old Boys’ time there so life-changing. Thanks to everyone who came, and here’s looking forward to the 50 year anniversary in 10 years’ time!”

Organised by Peter Bloom, Tony Beare and Simon Friend (in conjunction with the HABS Foundation), the event was great fun, with all sharing jokes and stories of their time at the School, whilst enjoying a drink or two in very convivial company.

Old Boys came from far and wide to be there, from France, Cornwall and York (one or two even ventured in from Stanmore) but we think the prize for travelling the greatest distance went to Malcolm Hallam, who flew in from New Jersey

Class of 2014 Reunion Monday 19 November 2018 saw Old Boys from the Class of 2014 returned to Habs for their almost five year reunion. For many it was not only their first time back to the School since their departure, but also the first to be inside the new Medburn sports hall, which opened in 2016.

scheduled finishing time, so engrossed were they in their conversations. However, all good things must come to an end and as the evening came to a close, all left having had an excellent evening.

Everyone who attended had a great time catching up with old school friends as well as teachers. Many of the attendees had graduated within the last 12 months. With working life now a reality, conversations inevitably were filled with tales of new jobs as well as university stories. The majority stayed long after the

Class of 2009 Reunion Old Boys from the Class of 2009 gathered in the upstairs bar of The Bishops Finger at Smithfield Circus for their, almost 10-year reunion on Monday 12 November 2018.

All had a wonderful time and as the evening came to a close, promises were made to stay in

touch with each other, as well as the School.

Organised by The HABS Foundation, the evening was great fun. The bar transformed into a lively atmosphere with the OH sharing stories filled with memories and jokes from their time at the School, as well as what they had been up to ‘post Habs’.

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Class of 2018 Reunion & Certificate Collection On the evening of the 13 December 2018, the Class of 2018 returned to Habs for the first time as Old Boys. The evening provided them with the opportunity to collect their A Level certificates and to catch up with old friends and teachers, with memories being rekindled through shared stories of life at Habs. Many who attended had just completed their first

term at University, and naturally conversations were filled with tales of their first few months of life ‘post Habs’.

All had a wonderful time and as the evening came to a close, promises were made to stay in touch with each other, as well as the School.

Former Prep Reunion On Monday 4 March 2019 60 Old Boys returned to Habs, many for the first time since they left 40 years ago. They were able to revisit their old classrooms in what used to be the Prep Block, now the Art and D&T Block, and see for themselves how much Habs has changed (or remained unaltered in some areas) since they were taught here.

classmates as well as their former teachers, and former Headmistress Mrs Pamela Bryant.

The evening was a wonderful occasion with many seeing classmates for the first time in over 30 years. The evening ended all too soon and contact details were exchanged as well as promises to stay in touch.

They were treated to a performance from our very own Habs Big Band in the Bourne Hall followed by a welcome to the ‘new’ Prep by current Headmaster Mr Matteo Rossetti. After inspecting the new Prep facilities, the group were guided to the Old Refectory, which for many was their old dining hall, where they were able to spend time catching up with their old

Oxford Reunion Dinner The HABS Foundation held its annual reunion at Oxford on Wednesday 15 May 2019 – bringing together Old Haberdashers from both the Boys’ and Girls’ Schools who are currently studying at the university. Joined by the Headmaster, Mr Lock, and a large group of their former teachers, an excellent evening was enjoyed by all in the summer sunshine.

allowing them so share their experiences of studying at Oxford with each other.

Many thanks to all who attended including the staff who made the trip to Oxford especially for the occasion.

Beginning with a drinks reception in the shadow of the Radcliffe Camera, the party effortlessly segued into an excellent dinner in the Vaults and Garden Restaurant. The evening provided recent alumni the chance to reconnect with those that they may have lost contact with, whilst also

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Cambridge Reunion Drinks Following the very successful Cambridge Reunion Dinner last year, The HABS Foundation held a summer drinks reception for all those currently studying at Cambridge.

The reunion took place on the evening of Wednesday 12 June 2019 at Fitzbillies (home of the famous bun) on Trumpington Street, Cambridge. Bringing together pupils from both the Boys’ and Girls’ Schools, as well as a number of their former teachers, the evening provided our recent alumni the opportunity to catch up with old friends from both sides of the terracotta wall and swap stories of Habs and Cambridge - while looking forward to the long summer vacation.

Despite the lack of summer sun, a wonderful evening was had by all.

Annual CCF Dinner The sumptuous surroundings of The RAF Club on London’s Piccadilly was once again the venue for the Annual CCF Dinner on Friday 21 June. The event brought together members of the Habs contingent from over the last 60 years, as well as some of our current CCF cadets.

Air Vice Marshal Tony Woodford (OH 1956), Mr Colin Blessley (President of the OHA, OH 1965) and Mr Rodney Jakeman OH 1961) As Officer presiding, Lt Cdr Hardman provided an enthralling account of the past year’s CCF’s activities, while the School’s Senior Cadet Keeran Mahendra Kumar proposed the toast to the Old Haberdashers present and reflected on his own life-changing time in the School’s CCF. We are particularly grateful to those individual OHs and the Old Haberdashers Association who kindly sponsored the places of current cadets to enable them to attend the dinner.

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Obituaries Alan Taylor It was with much sadness that the School learned that Alan Taylor, former Director of Music at Haberdashers, passed away on Thursday 15 November 2018 at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage.

Alan was a chorister at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge and graduated with an honours degree in Music followed by a postgraduate Diploma in Education. A first post as a Head of Music in Nottinghamshire was followed by his recruitment to Haberdashers in 1961 by the then Headmaster, Tom Taylor (no relation). On the retirement through ill health of Dr Eric McLellan one year later, Alan was rapidly appointed Director of Music at Habs, a role which he held for the following 34 years. As teacher, composer, conductor and choirmaster, Alan oversaw and led performances of the School Choir at the Royal Opera House, the annual Christmas Carol Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall and latterly at The Barbican.

Generations of Habs boys benefited from his inspirational teaching and his ability to coax the very best out of his choirs. Recordings of concerts made during those 35 years still bear testament to this. Some OHs will also remember him as a skilful Fives player and teacher.

Out of School, Alan worked with all the major conductors and his choirs were continually in demand for performances in the London concert halls, taking part in many broadcasts, Promenade Concerts and recordings. His contribution to Music and Music Education was recognised in 1982 with the award of an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Very appropriately Thursday 15 November was St Cecilia’s Day, the patron Saint of Music, and the final carol Alan composed (The Cradle) was sung at the School’s Carol Service at St Albans Cathedral on Monday 10 December.

Alan Taylor

John Lear It is with great sadness that we inform you that John Lear passed away aged 93 on Saturday 2 March 2019 in the Verulam Nursing Home in St Albans, having suffered from dementia for two years. John was one of Tom Taylor’s first appointments as Headmaster at Haberdashers and was at the School from 1946 until retiring as Head of Art & Design in 1985. It was John’s great achievement to design, plan and oversee the conversion of the old Prep/ BBC Block move to the Art & Design Centre shortly before

he retired. He was also closely involved in the building the stage and designing the sets for over 50 School drama and opera productions, a number of which went on tour as far as Germany. John was a true gentleman and our condolences are with his partner, Rob, who looked after John with such devotion.

John Lear

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Pat McGowan Pat, the wife of Bruce McGowan, Habs’ much respected and fondly remembered Headmaster from 1974-1987, passed away on 28 December 2018 after a short illness during a family holiday in Rome. Hale, hearty and cheerful to the end, Pat was 93 years old.

Having met during their schooldays and marrying shortly after Bruce returned from war time active service, Pat was a tower of strength and support for Bruce during his time as a teacher at Kings School, Rochester and Wallasey Grammar School and then as Headmaster of De Aston School, Solihull School and finally at Haberdashers. At Habs, Pat’s enthusiasm for meeting people, hosting School occasions and welcoming staff and guests to

their home behind the yew tree garden was boundless. Pat was a wonderful ambassadress for the School and was known as such throughout the Habs community.

Pat also combined this tireless involvement at the School with a role as School Attendance Officer in Borehamwood, a position she carried out until Bruce retired in 1987. They then they moved to Woodstock to a house which was always open to Haberdashers of every and any vintage. Several years after Bruce’s death in 2004, Pat moved to Bristol to be nearer to one of their four children who lived close by.

Pat was a true force of nature, full of life, love and endless energy and will be much missed.

Pat McGowan

Jean Davies Jean Davies, the wife of David Davies – the former Head of the Boarding House and Director of Sport – passed away at the end of February in Watford General Hospital. During their 62 years of happy marriage, Jean provided endless support to David and while bringing up their own close family also provided the

very same to those members of her extended family, the boarders in Aldenham House. Many were the ‘waifs and strays’ who benefited from her inestimable kindness, patience and generosity. Our thoughts are with David and their daughters, Jane, Ella, and Louise.

Jean Davies

David Grossel David Grossel, who died on May 8 2018, taught History at the Boys' School in Elstree from 1974 until 1980. His dry wit, broad academic interests, vast knowledge of past and present, and his devotion to Fulham FC were a potent combination. He was deeply admired by those whom he taught throughout the school but especially in the Sixth-Form and he inspired many boys to read History at university. Fresh from a first-class degree at King's College, London, he had been appointed together with

Stuart Moore when the School suddenly lost two History teachers at Christmas 1973. He taught subsequently at Kingston Grammar, UCS, City of London Boys' School and King's College, Wimbledon, where he was Deputy Head in both schools, and he enjoyed a final swansong at the Hampton School. We send condolences to his wife, Lucy, and his two daughters, Rosie and Eleanor.

Professor Lawrence Goldman (OH 1975) David Grossel

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The Foundation and the OHA The HABS Foundation works closely with the Old Haberdashers’ Association (OHA) to keep Old Boys and their families in touch with the Habs community in the UK and throughout the world. Membership of the OHA is open to all members of this community via an annual subscription and enables all to join a number of sports clubs (rugby, cricket, golf, football, rifle shooting) while also providing the facility to enjoy the pre- and post-match social

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activities in the Croxdale Road Clubhouse in Borehamwood.

Impromptu meetings, gatherings and reunions are held in London and the highlight of the year is the black-tie Annual Dinner at Haberdashers’ Hall. Regular e-newsletters also keep members up to date with OH news and events. For further details, please contact the OHA Administrator Richard Carlowe (administrator@oldhabs.com).

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Habscommunity Habscommunity was launched on 1 December 2017, 18 months later we have 1,600 Old Boys registered on the network and it is still growing.

It is a free platform that allows Alumni as well as former staff to reconnect with old classmates and colleagues, keep in touch with friends, share photos, hear about reunions and find out what is going on at Habs. The site offers opportunities for mentoring and professional advice with over 70% of our members willing

to offer help. It also enables you to use the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School’s series of networks, spanning over 25 countries and 5 continents to contact and build on your career and social connections.

by, or up to date current affairs, we can tailor it to your needs. Once you have registered, the site is yours to use, so get involved; start a conversation, build a group, reconnect and more.

The network has been designed for you, the Old Boys, so please do share your thoughts of what you would like to see, whether it is current School news, memories of the times gone

If you have not registered yet, join us at Habscommunity.org. It’s quick to sign up either via LinkedIn, Facebook or email.

Online Archives Over the last year a number of items from the School Archives have been digitised using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software and are now available to access on a dedicated website: https://www.habsboysarchives.org.uk/.

The search function on the site enables researchers to find material about specific people and subjects with relative ease.

As some of the School's most informative records, the first issues of Skylark from 1903-1919 were digitised and uploaded to the site first. Following this, First World War

material which was collated for a display to mark the Centenary of Armistice in November 2018 at Habs was added.

Digitisation is expensive, but it is hoped that as funding becomes available more records from the archives will be digitised and alongside a full catalogue of the archives (another project in the pipeline), will provide our international community with greater access to our archives.

Thereby enabling further research into and engagement with the history of the School and its many interesting characters!

If you have any questions or suggestions of material you'd like to see digitised please contact the archivist: archives@habsboys.org.uk

Upcoming Events Forthcoming Events Date

Event

Location

Sunday 8 September

Class of 1999 Reunion

Habs Boys, Elstree

Thursday 12 September

Class of 1979 Reunion

London

Tuesday 24 September

Science & Maths Careers Afternoon & Reunion

Habs Boys, Elstree

Wednesday 2 October

Bristol Reunion Drinks

Bristol

Monday 7 October

Class of 1969 Reunion

Bishops Finger, London

Friday 8 November

CCF Remembrance Service & Parade

Habs Boys, Elstree

Monday 11 November

Class of 2010 Reunion

Bishops Finger, London

Monday 18 November

Class of 2015 Reunion

Habs Boys, Elstree

Wednesday 18 December

Class of 2019 Reunion

Habs Boys, Elstree

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Foundation Philanthropists

Donations received by The HABS Foundation Trustees from June 2018 to May 2019

Mr E J T Acaster Mr N H F Andrews Mr R M Avery Mr A C Bagguley Mr A M Bakhda Anonymous Mr N F Barnes Mr J Barnett Mr S W Barry Mr A W Barton Mr W J Beaman Anonymous Mr J D Bell Dr N A Benedikt Mr A D Bennet Mr J M H Benson Mr P Benson & Mrs Lee-Benson Dr Y J Berkowitz Mr R C Berryman Mr D G Best Mr H T Bevan Anonymous Mr J N Black Mr C P Blessley Mr P G Bloom Mr J A Brenton Mr A H Briggs Mr & Dr T P Briggs Mr D J Brown Mr N C Brown Mr N C R Buckingham Mr S T Burnham Mr I M Bussey Anonymous Anonymous Dr A Chakravorty Mr M H Chalfen Dr O Chan Mr G M Charlesworth Dr A W Cheang Mr P J T Z Choong Anonymous Mr I H Chu Mr R C Clarke Mr N K Cooper Mr M E H Cope Dr A P Coral Mr G Cornwel-Smith Mr D W Curtis Dr I M Dady Dr A Daitz & Dr V Watkin

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Anonymous Mr J M Davis Anonymous Anonymous Mr F Dubignon & Ms S Ghelani Mr S J Duffy Mr & Mrs G B Dyan Mr J L Economides Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Mr P J Elston Mr A R Evans Mr B G Evans Dr A S Fielding Major R M Flint Mr T C Fotheringham Mr A F Frank Mr P H Frank Anonymous Mr F M Fulton Dr R C Ganatra Mr M D Gansser-Potts Mr M K Garner Mr K I Gear Mr & Mrs R M Gherson Mr B Goater Mr P J Goldsmith Mr J A Graham Mr & Mrs S Grant Mr C C Gray Anonymous Dr & Mrs M P Grenfell Anonymous Mr C Griffiths Mr J D M Griffiths Mr J M A Grubb Mr R M Grundy Anonymous Dr G Hakhamaneshi Anonymous Mr N S Hamdulay Mr F H Hanbidge Mr D J Hanes Mr A C Harris Mr & Mrs L Harris Dr M J Harris Professor P D Harris Mr G L Hart Mr N D Hatfield Mr J S Havardi

Mr & Mrs P Hayler Mr N Hockaday Anonymous Mr C R Hopping Dr D Cowan & Miss F Hornsby Mr R G Howe Dr P A Humphris Dr R C Hutchings Dr M R Isherwood Mr M O Jacobs Mr P A Jardine Mr C C Jeffries Mr A G Joachim Mr J P Joseph Mrs & Dr Kanakaratnam Mr Z A Karim Mr & Mrs S Karpe Mr & Mrs N Kaul Anonymous Mr R S Kempner Mr J Kent Mr R Khanna Mr S J Kirby Mr N R Klendjian Mr & Mrs S M Kupfer Mr J B La Roche Mr E R S Lakeland Mr N C A Lane Anonymous Professor R M Langford Professor F T Last Mr M D Lawton Lt Cdr M J Y J Leong Professor M J Lerego Dr B Leventhal Anonymous Mr J R Levy Dr B M S Li Mr D C Lindsell Mr J R Little Mr R de H Llewellyn Mr J C G Lockey Mr J M Lyon Mr G J Macfarlane Mr W A Mackenzie Mr D J Magrath Mr P S Marks Mr N P Markwick Mr C N Mbonu Mr H C McGechan Mr K M McGonnell

Mr D R Medcalf Mr S B Mehta Mr S J Mellor Mr L Meng Mr & Mrs R D Metcalfe Mr J M R Milner Mr M J Milner Professor D M Mond Mr & Mrs D J Mort Anonymous Anonymous Mr & Mrs D A Mushin Mr J S Mushlin Mr B Narendran Mr A P S Newman Mr R H Newman Mrs P Newton Mr R G Norton Mr G R Nunan Mr J W Nuttall Mr M O'Byrne Mr A J Oddy Mr A M Page Anonymous Mr D Parekh Mr C P Parr Dr B T Parsons Dr M S Patel Dr S Patel Anonymous Mr M C Pepper Mr & Mrs D I Pereira-Mendoza Rev C B Perkins Mr A C Pieri Mr A H Posner Anonymous Mr A Purohit Mr T Puvaneswaran Mr M S Radia Anonymous Mr M A F Raw Rev Canon Dr R P Reiss Mr P J Richmond Mr N Ridge Mr N J Ridout Dr H G Roberton John Rolfe Mr M N Rosen Mr J D Rudoe Mr & Mrs S S M Salam Professor R C Sale

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Foundation Philanthropists Continued

Mr B Sarvananthan Mr K Satheshkumar Anonymous Mr N P Schon Anonymous Anonymous Mr & Mrs A Shah Mr B M Shah Mr J R Shah Mr R C Shah Mr V N Shah Mr J I Silverman Mr B R Silvester Dr K Singh Mr C A Slinn Anonymous Mr C J Smith

Anonymous Mr D J Smith Anonymous Mr R A Smith Mr N I Somper Mr B Steiner Mr & Ms J N D Stelzer Anonymous Mr M J Switzer Mr P C Talbot Mr M G Taylor Professor P Tekkis & Mrs P Lanitou-Tekki Mr D Y Thaker Mr R W Thompson Mr S N Todhunter Mr & Mrs M Tooze

Professor S B Torrance Dr D R Tsukagoshi Mr R G Twohey Mr M R Tyler Mr A Unadkat Mr S M Usiskin Mr & Mrs S Varathan Mr A J Vardy Mr D Vayanos Mr & Mrs M Vekaria Mr A S Virani Dr & Mrs J Vyas Mr V K Wagjiani Mr K J Walker Dr M Waring Mr T M Watson Mr K G L Webb

Mr & Mrs D W Wells Mr & Mrs J Wheeler Mr J G Whitehead Mr R J Wickerson Dr J Wigley Mr D F Williams Mr G D L Williams Mr P Winney Mr C J Withers Mr D Wolfson Anonymous Mr D Woodruff Mr R S Woods Mr M L Wratten Mr E R Wright Mr A A Yassaee Mr D I Yeabsley

Mr J W Lear Dr E L Littauer Mr R de H Llewellyn Mr R G Lovell Mr M J Milner Mr B N Parker Mr D R Pearce Professor W Peters Mr M A F Raw Rev J F Risby Dr & Mrs T W Taylor

Mr W H Taylor Mr S B Tietz Mr L P Walter Ms M E Warrick Dr D B Webb Mr & Mrs D W Wells Miss A B Wills Mr P G Wulff

The Dr TW Taylor Society Bequest gifts fulfilled or pledged

Anonymous Mrs D E Bailey Mr and Mrs R C Barker Mr M Beaman Professor M A Bennett Anonymous Rev Canon B L Brandie Anonymous Mr C W E Cave Anonymous Mr D A Davidson

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Mr G W Franklin Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Mr G C Hickman Anonymous Dr S J Holt Mr R G Howe Mr J A R Jeffers Anonymous Mr B T Jones

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