MAY2015
The termly newsletter for Latymerians
GRADUATE We congratulate these Latymerians on their recent achievements academically or in gaining professional qualifications
Class of 2009
Malcolm HANNEY MSc, South East Asian Studies, University of Malaya. Malaysia.
Alice BLACK BA, History of Art, University of Sussex.
Class of 1992
George BOWMAN MA, English, University of Leeds.
Nick CALINGAERT MA, Clinical Psychology, Roosevelt University, Illinois. USA.
Class of 2003 Tom de FONBLANQUE MPhil, Chinese, University of Oxford.
Class of 2005 Sav JEYENDRAN MSc, Embedded Systems, University of Westminster. Jonathan LEADER MAYNARD DPhil, Politics, New College, University of Oxford. Siavosh MAHBOUBIAN MSc, Applied Mathematics, Imperial College, London.
Class of 2006 Saskia HICKS MES, European Studies, School of Government, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Rome. Italy.
Upanishad LOOMBA BSc, International Management, University of Warwick. Guyannée SAUL MA, Medical Ethics and Law, King’s College, University of London. Toby SIMMONDS BSc, Environmental Science, University of Plymouth. Michael TAWAFIG BSc, Computer Science, University of Nottingham. Catherine TROIANO MA, 1st, History of Art, University of Edinburgh.
Class of 2010 Sumaya ANWAR BSc, Human Genetics, University College, University of London. Chloe HYLTON-POTTS BA, Public Relations, Regent’s University, London. Patty McCABE BA, History, University of Durham.
Joe MARKOWSKI MBA, Business School of Imperial College, London.
Anthony MASON BSc, 1st, Economics, Cardiff University.
Class of 2007
Emma ROBSON BA, English, University of Exeter.
Joss HOOREN (née FLEMING) ClinPsychD, Clinical Psychology, Royal Holloway College, University of London.
Brett ROTHBERG BS, Political Science, Wake Forest University, Florida. USA
Jon HATHAWAY BSc, Biomedical Informatics, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, and, MSc, Managing Business and IT, London South Bank University.
Class of 2008 Ellie BLACKFORD BA, Acting, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of the Arts, London. Theo CRUMP BSc, Economics and Geography, University of Leeds. Hassan JOUDI MEng, Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, London. Tom LEACH BA, History and Politics, University of Sussex. Harry LYNN-EVANS BSc, Zoology and Psychology, University of Bristol. Isabelle SCHWEICH BSc, International Relations and History, LSE, University of London. Rebecca RENTOUL BA, International Relations, University of Leeds. Rahul SETHI BSc, Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Manchester. Oliver WORSLEY GORTER BA, French and German, University of Nottingham.
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Sutharsan SIVANANTHAN BSc, Mathematics, Loughborough University.
CORNER
Class of 1971
Matthew STAHL BSc, Physiology, University College, University of London.
Class of 2011
Ash ATIGHETCHI BA, International Politics, City University, London. Laura BELL BA, English, University of Sussex. Rory BECKNOCK BA, Geography, University of Newcastle. Tom BIDDLE BSc, Music Technology, University of York (pic right). Moli DOW BA, 1st, Politics and International Relations, University of Lancaster.
Ashiana PRADHAN BA, Art History, University of Nottingham.
We welcome news of recent graduations and academic achievements or professional qualifications, especially those who will shortly graduate this summer – please email Nigel.
THE LATYMERIANS’ SHOP You can purchase items from our alumni shop online or by ringing one of the Development Officers.
NEWS OF n Professor Paul WHITE (1968) is a Professor of Geography at Sheffield University and more latterly the University’s Deputy Vice Chancellor. We congratulate Paul on his appointment by HM The Queen as a Deputy Lieutenant for South Yorkshire.
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n David SZERVANSZKY (2006) is an analyst in financial software company, JHC LLP; Alex KRON (2005) is now an analyst at Accenture. Andrew TEMPLETON (2002) is a FIG Debt Capital Markets Originator at BNP Paribas. n Isaac REED (2002) is an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company in London, focusing on financial services. n Ben CHESTON (2002) is Commercial Partnerships and Business Director for a mobile marketing company, Hi Mum! Said Dad. n Will SIDERY (1999) is the Editor of eprivateclient. n Tim HARRISON (1984) is Global Head of Communications, Commercial Banking for HSBC. n Rupert LOYDELL (1977) has published a new book of poems The Return of the Man Who Has Everything. He has also contributed a chapter to a forthcoming academic book, Brian Eno Oblique Sound, which will be published later this year.
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We share the following news we have gleaned about Latymerians. The date shown is the date of leaving School (other than on Graduate Corner where Latymerians are listed by their Class Of). We are always keen to receive news from former pupils to share in this newsletter. n Dr Mark WILLIAMS, (1984) aka Mark LAWRENCE, is an artificial intelligence scientist and a fantasy author. His book, Prince of Thorns was a finalist in Goodreads Choice Award’s ‘Best Fantasy 2011’; King of Thorns was a finalist in the same award category in 2012 finalist in the David Gemmell Legend Awards and in the Barnes and Noble Awards. The Emperor of Thorns won the 2014 David Gemmell Legend Award and made the Sunday Times Bestseller List. His latest book was Prince of Fools and he is shortly to release his next.
n Here is an update on Simon KUNZ’s (1981) three latest films. They were Son of God where he played Nicodemus; as Conner Scott in Alan Partridge: Papa Alpha and as Jozsef Greenberg in Walking with the Enemy.
n Ebury Press has acquired Love Sick, a witty collection of contemporary doodles by Jessie CAVE (2005) the Harry Potter actress, comedian, writer and artist, to be published in July. Jessie began a self-tasked mission in 2010 to post a doodle a day on Twitter inspired by the angst and worry felt by all young women; these funny and intelligent doodles cover all aspects of love, friendship and breakups. Jessie currently has scripted television projects in development with Kudos, NBCUni and What Larks and will star in Matteo Garone’s upcoming feature film The Tale of Tales. She will also return to Edinburgh this August with a new show, I Loved Her, at the Underbelly. Follow her on @pindippycave and www.pindippy.co.uk n Alastair KINROSS (2005) is now Artist & Repertoire (A&R) at BMG Chrysalis. Harry COWDEROY (2002) is working at the Universal Music Group.
n Dan JUDE (2003) is now Content Director at Redwood, a leading content marketing agency. After three and a half years as Deputy Editor at FHM, he is now responsible for the editorial output of Virgin Media.
n Gerry RANDELL’s (1949) latest book published last July, is about diagnosing and fixing organisational business flaws. It was received favourable reviews, for example, “You sense it will become a classic in its field”, and the accessible text has simple fixes.
n Based on his 25 years as an international make-up artist, Daniel SANDLER (1981) has launched his own London-based Professional Finish Makeup line. His products feature in editorials and have won iconic awards. For more information: www.danielsandler.com
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NEWS OF LATYMERIANS CONTINUED n Dan HERD (2004) recently directed Jack and the Beanstalk at the Lyric, Hammersmith.
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n Cyrus MAHBOUBIAN (2004) is the Artist in Residence at the Gate Theatre, London and in the autumn he enjoyed a solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Check out his website www.mahboubian.com n Lucy IVISON and TOM ELLEN (both 2001) co-wrote, Lobsters, which was nominated for an inaugural Young Adult Book Prize. n Actress Alix WILTON-REGAN (2004) presented the British Gaming Industry’s BAFTA Award for ‘Best British Game in 2015’ in March at The Tobacco Factory, London.
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n Harrison DUNK (2007) has notched up over 100 appearances for League 2’s Cambridge United FC. He came on for the second half in their nil-nil FA Cup 4th round encounter with Manchester United at Abbey Stadium, but was sadly ruled out with a knee injury from the re-run at Old Trafford. n Alan SENDOREK (2000) is a trustee and co-founder of the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation that is building the first proper cricket pitch in the country www.rcsf.org.uk
n James ARCH (2011) picked up his third Hockey Blue for Oxford in this year’s varsity match at Southgate. n Mia BAISE (2011) also won another Blue this year at Women’s Soccer. Mia is engaged on her MChem in an Oxford Materials Chemistry research group alongside DPhil student, Matt CLIFFE (2007). n Rugby centre, Dom WALDOUCK (2006) has transferred from Northampton Saints to London Irish RFC for next season. Matt KEVILLE (2007) has been playing centre for Richmond RFC this season. n Tom ROCHE (1995) has taken up a role as the Canoe Village and Venue Manager at Baku 2015 (the inaugural European Games). Charlie WIJERATNA (1986) who was Commercial Director to the European Games in Baku has left to take up the role of Chief Commercial Officer at Aston Villa FC. n Dan LARYEA (2004) has been working in the Marketing Department at Queens Park Rangers since April 2011.
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n Ashton MULLINS (2003) is a Director of Stuff (Hackney WickED Art Festival), a fundraising consultant (Stour Space), and a Programming Co-Ordinator (Nest Collective). n Abi HAYHOE (2004) is the Fashion Communications Manager for The Woolmark Company, managing the world’s most prestigious fashion design award ‘The International Woolmark Prize’, a role that has allowed her to meet top celebrities and travel widely.
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n Tim STOCKINGS (1981) is the Operations Director of the British Antarctic Survey. n Tom de FONBLANQUE (2003) works as a Desk Officer for the Middle East and North Africa at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. n Ted LOVEDAY (2011) was the lynchpin of Cambridge’s Gonville and Caius College team that won this season’s University Challenge on BBC2. Ted buzzed for ten correct starter questions, taking just three seconds to answer, “Hapax legomenon” for the ancient Greek term for an expression which is only found once in literature. Some newspapers hailed him as the ‘best contestant ever!’ and he received a huge Twitter following. Ted is reading Law.
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Georgia n Georgia COWLEY (2010) has joined the Academic Mentoring department at Latymer as a teaching assistant. n Kerin O’CONNOR (1989), Chief Executive of The Week, a digest of the best news articles from around the world, published by at Dennis Publishing came in to School to speak to students about current affairs publications. Sam HANCOCK (2012) gave a talk to pupils about the Higher Apprenticeship program at PwC.
n Robin NAYLER (1954) an occasional contributor of mathematical teasers to the Review section of the Sunday Times will have a TEASER published on 31 May, loosely based on the mathematics of the School’s Briault Cup ‘round the river’ run. n Jordy JURITZ (2013) has won a Scholarship at Mansfield College, Oxford where he is reading Physics. Lydia HEHIR (2011) has been awarded the Higgs Scholarship by Balliol College, Oxford where she is reading French. n Mia BAISE (2011) is engaged on her final year of a MChem degree in an Oxford Materials Chemistry research group alongside DPhil student, Matt CLIFFE (2007). n Louisa JONES (2008) is teaching RS at Bancroft’s School where Marwan MIKDADI (1991) is a Deputy Head. n Ben PRESTON (1999) is now Assistant Head of Science at Newquay Tretherras, an academy school. He recently completed a number of mud runs including ‘Tough Mudder’ in Wales, ‘The Scrooge’ in Cornwall last December, and the ‘Rock Solid Race’ in Exeter last March. n Jonny ROSS-TATAM has been elected President of the Edinburgh University Student Association along with Imogen WILSON (both 2012) as one of the Vice Presidents. n We thank Burma veteran Brian FISH who was at Latymer from 1929-1931 and attended what is now our Prep School, before his family moved to Leicestershire, for donating a copy of his Junior Autobiography to the Library.
n Benji DRUTTMAN (2011) kindly came in to speak to our modern linguists about his travels to South America as part of his degree course at Bristol. Ian LAVERS (1967) dropped by to deliver some School journals and magazines to the School’s Archive, before taking a tour of the DT studios (formerly the Art Rooms). n Nigel JONES (1969) works for the Tasman Rugby Union as a Referee Education Officer and visited School in January whilst over in London. We also saw David PAYNE (1959) who dropped by on an excursion to London from his home in Kinross-shire. Other who toured School included, Thomas CORREIA (1995) on a visit from Brisbane, Nick PERRY (2010) from Melbourne and we were also pleased to see Terry LIPWICK (1980), Adam BALON (1990), Guy BOWLES (1980), Michael NOURIL (1988) and Rahim VIRANI (1994) too. n Charlotte SUTHERLAND-HAWES (2011) was selected on Easter Monday by the Blackheath Morris Men, following a traditional dance and for a reward of a kiss, to be lifted shoulderhigh on a chair bedecked in flowers in Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich. Photo evidence of this fun made the Daily Telegraph.
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Latymerians in this section we feature news of Latymerians living or working abroad...
AUSTRALIA Sydney-based Jim TILLEY (1956) is Hon Chairman, British Pensions in Australia Inc and a Director of the International Consortium of British Pensioners who campaign for all UK pensioners living abroad to be treated fairly and receive indexlinked pensions. Under current regulations, some people living in particular countries have rates frozen to when they emigrated. Trevor JONAS (1955) in Perth was able to make contact recently with old school friend Trevor JONES (1955) in Toronto, Canada. They often confused their teachers with such similar names! Also living in Perth is Trevor’s brother Jim JONAS (1952) who recently celebrated his 80th birthday. Hamish MACLEOD (2003) works at the University of Western Australia, from where he graduated BComm in Marketing, Management and Business Law.
CANADA Two actors both from the Class of 2010, Sean TEAL and Toby
REGBO found themselves working together in Toronto on TV series, Reign Season 2 Part 2. The former classmates have a non-lethal duel. Sean plays Conde and Toby plays Francis. Anna WICKENDEN (2002) is working for HOPE – the Canadian Leprosy Mission in Toronto.
CZECH REPUBLIC Robert ANDERSON (1982) has left the Financial Times after almost 25 years and moved back to Prague with his Slovak wife and children to become Chief News Editor of business new europe, a website and magazine focused on central and eastern Europe. Robert was the FT’s central Europe correspondent from 1997-2007 and its Nordic and Baltic correspondent from 20072009. Last May he stood as a Labour Party candidate for the Ealing Broadway ward on Ealing council.
remote tribe, learning about their traditions, taking part in cultural ceremonies; helping plant cacao and partaking in Spanish classes.
FRANCE Matthew HILTON’s (1965) latest book, Heavy Waters is examines the impact of undersea warfare and high politics on life in the 1960s. More information is available at www. apwb.org. Matthew now lives in the hills south east of Toulouse.
ECUADOR Isabelle ENDACOTT (2014) is on her gap year having an adventure in Ecuador. After spending time in Quito she is part of a group that entered the jungle living with a
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Philip MORGAN (2004) is an artist living in Berlin for the last year whilst working on an art project. To view some of his work, visit www.philipmorganartist.co.uk
HONG KONG Katie SIMPSON (2002) is working for Flight Centre Business Travel in Hong Kong.
ITALY Saskia HICKS (2006) is based in Rome working in international development. A graduate of Rome’s John Cabot University, Saskia completed her Masters at Luiss Guido Carli University’s School of Government.
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OVERSEAS THAILAND
Malcolm HANNEY (1971) lives on Penang and is spending a week or so a month in Myanmar where he is a Senior Research Fellow for both the Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies and the Centre for Economy, Environment and Society, Yangon.
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PUERTO RICO Dr Jamie YOUNG (1989) is currently working on a NASA-sponsored research fellowship at the Institute for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Puerto Rico, with responsibilities that include research and development in the area of light harvesting.
Congratulations to Dan PIPONI (1984) who wins his third Oscar in ‘Scientific and Technical Achievement’, recognising his pioneering work in the development of Universal Capture at ESC Entertainment. It was presented on 7 February in Beverley Hills.
Matt GARRETT (1994) has entered his eighth year as Head Soccer Coach at Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania.
Andrew FOREMAN (2007) has moved to a new job as a Business Intelligence Consultant with Credera in Dallas, Texas. Sam COPPELL (2010) is studying for his MBA at Temple University, Philadelphia. Rob WELLBURNE (2006) is studying for a Masters in Urban Planning at Harvard University. Lara GREGORIANS (2012) has spent this academic year at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as part of her UCL course in Science and Arts.
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SINGAPORE Allie PAVRY (2004) is a sales enablement account manager for Quadmark Ltd. Christian NEILSEN (2010) is studying at Nanyang Technical University.
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David MILLWARD (1972) after 31 years working for the Daily Telegraph in London, including eight as transport editor, is now part of the US reporting staff based in Maine.
Poppy AHCHAY (2012) is nearing the end of her year at the University of Nevada in Reno before resuming Pharmacology studies at the University of Manchester in the autumn.
Ed PILKINGTON (1979) is the Chief Reporter for the Guardian US and author of Beyond the Mother Country, he is based in New York.
Sana SANAI (2012) is studying English and Classics at Trinity College, Dublin but this year has been enjoying her secondment to Barnard College, NY.
Catherine TROIANO (2009) is now Gallery Manager of the Sasha Wolf Gallery, an exhibition space, specialising in contemporary photography, in New York’s Lower East Side. Dr Sanjeev KAKAR (1992) is an orthopaedic surgeon in Rochester, MN.
Studying abroad for a year? Please let us know – Mr Ware especially welcomes contacts with North American institutions, so we can better support our pupils applying to study overseas. With 32 offers from the US and 14 from Canada, it seems that Latymer Upper’s U6th are in demand across the pond!
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SocialNEWS We congratulate these Latymerians on their happy events. If you have social news to share please contact the Editor.
George and Marie-Charlotte with George’s sister and classmates at the reception at Mas des Comtes de Provence, Tarascon, Provence.
George HOBSON (2004) married Dr Marie-Charlotte Brochut in her family church of Paroisse St Trophime in Arles, France on 30 August 2014. The ceremony was well attended by Latymerians: sister, Alice (1999), and Damian VESEY, Alex D’ANNUNZIO, Dominic DALGLISH, Will McFARLAND, Sean TOOZE, Jack FOREMAN, Nik LJUBICIC and Calum NICOL (all 2004).
Rhys EDWARDS (1995) married Kate Peterson in the Unison Hill Inn, Sonora, California on 22 November 2014 before honeymooning in Bora Bora. Latymerians attending included: Chris MILES, Dan MARKHAM, Neveen SURI (all 1995) and Henry WOLSTENCROFT (1994). Rhys now resides in Folsom, California and is a Communications and Marketing Manager for Honda Racing Corporation.
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James DURNFORD (2002) married Amanda HardingMorris on 3 August last year at Cripps Barn in the Cotswolds. Brother, Martyn (2005) and a number of Latymerians (all 2002) were in attendance: Hamish THOMSON and Nick MICHELL, Chris SAUNDERSON, Jack BAKER, Nicholas CEADEL, Rohit RAO and Jerome CHEUNG. Best men were Alex GOLDIE and Adam CRAIG. James and Amanda live in Hong Kong.
Jo PUGH (1999) married Helen Cox in August 2014. The wedding took place in a Medieval Guild Hall in York and the reception was held at The Castle Museum, befitting for an historian! Jo is currently studying for a PhD in York sponsored by the National Archives. He and his wife, a teacher and author, live in Kew. These Latymerians attended the wedding: Brother, Tom (2006), Andrew ORMEROD and Dominic THURGOOD (both 2001), Peter DAVIES (1998), Stefanie LYONS (née STEWART-HODGES) (2003) and from the Class of 1999: Dr Daniel FREEDMAN, Karl MEEKINGS, Simon BROOKE, Alex LITTLE, and Freddy KINGHAM who was Best Man.
Tamsin ADAMS (2004) became Mrs Bryant when she married William in Salcombe, Devon on 25 April 2014. Her brother Oliver (2001) gave a reading during the church service. Tamsin is now a partner in the architectural firm, Adams and Collingwood.
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Sian TOMLIN (2007) married Josh Brookes at their church, St Luke’s in Kentish Town on 22 June 2013. Having spent the past year in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Cornwall and various parts of London they now live back in Kentish Town. Sian is managing projects and designing services for vulnerable, isolated and lonely older people at the charity, Age UK. The couple met when they were students at Cambridge.
Dr Joss FLEMING (2007) married Alex Hooren in February this year in the Lake District. The couple will hold a beach blessing this autumn in Mozambique with their friends and family. Joss is working as a clinical psychologist.
Mr & Mrs Hooren. Photo courtesy of www.alexmillerweddings.co.uk
MAZIN ORFALI (2005) married Lauren Bennett at Cultra Manor, Belfast on 20 August 2014. Lawrence HAFEZ (2004) was the Groomsman. Mazin is currently working at Michaelis Boyd on several high-end residential projects and a resort on the island of Benguerra.
Joel BLACK, formerly known as LIVINGS (1999) and his wife are enjoying seeing their son grow up; Santiago has turned 16 months. Joel now works for Thomson Reuters as a Strategy Manager. Rachel SOLNICK (2002) is photographed with her son, Noah Oran Jameson born 9 March. Rachel and her husband Murdo married last year at Walnut Tree Farm, Halesworth, Suffolk and they live in Machynlleth, mid-Wales.
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ALUMNI Here are some brief reports of recent Latymerians’ events. Our forthcoming events are on the back cover. You can book online in the Alumni section of our website and visit our Gallery for more images.
The Annual Round the River Jog
The Latymerians’ Round the River Jog took place on Sunday 1st March. This annual event is a 4.1 mile (approx. 6.6km) run from Latymer’s Boat Club, across Barnes Bridge, up and across Hammersmith Bridge before finishing at Furnival Gardens. Including all the supporters, 22 hardy souls turned up to face the bracingly high ‘wind chill’ breeze, including David TALBOT (1964) over from Phoenix, Arizona. Otherwise, the weather was dry, bright and sunny; the best for several years. Ten runners wove their way through the crowds along the riverside watching a regatta and Tony TAYLOR (1957) and Rick STUBBING (1958) took the walk up to Chiswick Church and back. Also present Mike DONNAN (1963), Andy BALDOCK (1965) and a number of partners. Guy BOWLES (1980) recorded the fastest time and the cup was awarded to the fastest newcomer, Peter GOUGH (1996). The other runners were Mike STRACHAN (1974), Thomas JAGGS (1996), Simon UNDERWOOD (1982), Jerry SCOTT (1980), David TALBOT (1964), John IOANNOU (1956), Dave SKYE (1962) and Matt SENDOREK (1970). As ever thanks to Barry DORN (1950) for organising the event.
Oxford Latymerians’ Dinner The annual Oxford dinner was held at Balliol College in early March. It was enjoyed by a 40-strong mix of School staff and Latymerians, mainly undergraduates but also including Anthony THOMPSON (1950), and recently retired Head of Sixth Form, Chris Chivers. The Head, David Goodhew, and the dinner chair, Nikki MAKSIMOVIC (2011) both gave rousing speeches about the School. L-R: Amy WINSTOCK, Saskia MONDON-BALLANTYNE, Hattie FODDER and Alice MOORE (all 2014)
L-R: Dr Rogers (Head of Physics), Mr Goodhew (Head) and Dr Chaplin (Head of Science)
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L-R: Raffie HAGUENAUER, Alex TIMMONS, Hamish HALL and Andrew BROWN (all 2014)
L-R: Hannah MERWOOD, James LAVIN and Alex HILL (all 2014)
L-R: Olu ARISEKOLA (2013), Hamish HALL (2014) and Mr Niblett
EVENTS Latymerians’ Networking
On 11 March, Essential Security, owned by Chris EDWARDS (2000), sponsored an alumni event at The Queen’s Club for Latymerians’ working in media, communications, marketing and PR. According to our records in the South East region that is over 450 Latymerians.
It was a well-attended event and gave a fantastic opportunity for those attending to meet like-minded Latymerians and to create new contacts. There was a mixture of recent graduates, employers and experienced employees along with the Head, David Goodhew, and the School’s Head of Careers, Rebecca Hookham. There was much interest from this group in networking regularly, so keep an eye out for our next event! Our thanks go to Ollie DRUTTMAN (2002) for helping lead this event. Nigel Orton and Chris EDWARDS (2000) Jamie JOSEPH 1997) and Laura GILBERT (2011)
Ollie DRUTTMAN (2003)
Hannah MARKOWSKA (2007)
James PICKLES and Ben ROSIER (both 1992)
Hong Kong Dinner On 15 April there was a Latymerians’ dinner at the Hong Kong Football Club. In attendance were: (L-R Back row) Dr Cheung YU (1986), Dodo CHENG (1988), Kiron BOSE (1988), Archie PRESTON (2009). (L-R Front row) Charlie BEN-NATHAN (1990), Katie SIMPSON (2002), Victor and Leonie APPS (1966)
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SchoolNEWS A round up of last term’s news from King Street
The 1st VIII with the Schools’ Head pennant
SPORT ■ Latymer won their category in the Schools’ Head! Our 1st VIII cruised to victory winning their J18 First VIIIs Pennant in the Alan Watson – the boat purchased by kind donations from Latymerians who formed School crews in the 50s and 60s when Olympian Alan WATSON (1948) coached at Latymer. It was one of many great results as our other crews were well placed in their events; the W14 girls taking Gold too! ■ Strong performances were seen from all of our rowing squads at the Schools’ Head and the Junior Sculling Head. The senior boys won the 1st Eight Pennant at the Schools’ Head followed by two gold medals for the J14s, a silver medal for the senior girls and a bronze for the J15 girls. ■ Tom Yates (6th Form) has been selected for the GB Rowing Team to race in Munich in May. ■ The U15 Netball teams also have had an outstanding season – the A team has lost only one match, whilst the B team remains undefeated for three years.
DRAMA ■ The Middle School production this term was Dr Faustus. The sixty-six-strong fantastic cast, headed by James Bell and Immy London, treated the audience to a stunning and compelling show. ■ 9M were given the opportunity to see Arthur Miller’s play A View From the Bridge at the Wyndams Theatre and afterwards to meet the actor Mark Strong who plays the lead, Eddie Carbone, for a Q&A about the play.
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Middle School production of Dr Faustus
MUSIC ■ Latymer Upper’s Choirs and Orchestra performed at a packed St John’s Smith Square one evening in late March. The Chamber Choir and Schola Cantorum joined forces to perform Faure’s Requiem; in addition, the Chamber Orchestra performed the Saint Saens’ Carnival of the Animals, led by Sofia Kolupov and directed by Tony Henwood, with narration by our special guest, Bill Bailey.
CHARITY INITIATIVES ■ Our pupils have raised an amazing £23,000 for external charities so far this School year. The wide range of activities included: • A frame stall at the Anonymous Art Sale and the Middle School’s Dodgeball tournament jointly raised nearly £1,000 for Cancer Research UK. • A cake sale and the Lower School Talent Show raised over £600 for the Alzheimer’s Society. • £ 3,170 for Comic Relief was raised from a non-uniform day and a Krispy Kreme doughnut sale. • The Drama Department’s ‘Play in a Day’ raised £588 for the Syria Crisis Appeal. • Over £4,000 was raised for Soft Power Education and M-Lisada by pupils planning to go to Uganda at Easter. They packed bags in Tesco, hosted a quiz night, sold homemade chutneys, taken part in a sponsored run or cycle and had two cake sales. The Disney Company has also donated a lot of clothes for the students to pass to the orphanages and schools. It was a huge disappointment that the security situation prevented our group travelling at the last moment.
SCIENCE ■ L6 formers, Amna Ahmed and Humaira Hussain are pursuing a CREST Gold Award, placement at UCL to undertake part in the 100,000 Genomes Project. Crest is a UCAS recognised award run by the British Science Association.
LITERATURE ■ The Main Hall at Latymer Upper was host to the inaugural Trinity Schools’ Book Awards. Students from 14 Trinity Group schools took part reading from the Junior or Senior Award shortlists and voting for their favourite,
and entering a student competition for the best responses to the books. Ariana Rubio (Y8) won Best Review of a Book in any Format, Nikolas Brown (Y7) won Best Creative Response to a Book (Junior) and Eloise Rodger (Y7) won Best Creative Response to a Book (Senior). Joining the festivities were a stellar list of award-winning writers from the two shortlists: Paul Dowswell (author of Eleven Eleven); Judith Kerr (author of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit) and mother of award-winning Latymerian author, Matthew KNEALE (1979); Lindy McKinnel (for Robert Westall, author of The Machine Gunners); Bea Ballard (daughter of J.G. Ballard, author of Empire of the Sun); and Elizabeth Wein (author of Code Name Verity). A thrilling surprise visit fresh from the Dubai Literature Festival was Michael Morpurgo (author of Private Peaceful) who added more stardust to the Awards Ceremony. The authors formed a panel and responded to enthusiastic questions from the floor. Asked what her inspiration had been for writing When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Judith Kerr explained Robert Orme with Judith Kerr that it had come from her own experience as a child, growing up in Berlin during the rise of Nazi power. When asked which book he wished he had written, Michael Morpurgo, without pausing for a second to reflect, replied Tolstoy’s War Rowan Thomas (Year 11) and Peace. with Michael Morpurgo
Timeless – playground soccer!
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SCHOOL NEWS CONTINUED
A NEW SCHOOL WEBSITE This March the School re-launched its website with a new design and more dynamic content. As well as all the latest School news and sporting fixtures, the website includes a student-led Politics and Economics blog ‘Latymonics’ and three short films, which we think offer a really good flavour of Latymer in 2015! Please visit www.latymer-upper.org and let us know what you think! While you’re there, don’t forget to visit the re-vamped alumni pages that feature a portal to the online secure Directory of Latymerians; your forthcoming events, the alumni shop, an event photo gallery, back copies of the alumni newsletter and our twitter feed: @Edward_ Latymer. Please enjoy visiting this site. The three videos are started from the home page.
Letters to the Editor... Economics in the milk bar, and hitch hiking! Please assure David BAINES (‘1940 Memories’ in last edition) that there are others with long memories. I joined the Prep in 1946 and recall those names and will always be thankful to Mr Forsyth from LSE who came to tutor A Level Economics. Teaching space was limited and we moved between choir stalls, Armoury and the milk bar in Rivercourt House basement. I also recall the efforts of Mr Townsend to encourage rugby. On one occasion some of the team were transported in his American style shooting brake to play Eton when we were coached by Mr Taraway (a New Zealander and an Olympic athlete).
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I recently came across my record of a 34th Hammersmith scout camp (The School’s Scout Group) in Southern Ireland. Two days before departing the Scoutmaster, Mr Tollyfield was quarantined as a family member had suspected polio. Fortunately a parent volunteered to take over the lead with the help of senior scouts. The scouts had two weeks in Cahir and we Seniors followed with a hitch hiking tour around Eire. Are there any of those on this trip who are still in touch with the School? Doug TAVENER (1953)
Whatever happened to…? I recall some students who joined for a year or so to study minority subjects. Aisla Fryer (spelling?) from Twickenham
County School for Girls who came to study Russian, and Arvid Lindshog. Aisla soldered the Gild’s sound mixer for the Jantaculum around 1953. Arvid was being held by his ankles from the Town Hall roof, having been persuaded as the lightest crew member to adjust the spot lights. I think that we put a safety rope round his waist! We borrowed a few dozen 15-foot plywood flats from Denham Studios and the whole pack was blown over (inside the front gate) by the wind onto AH who was unscathed. Did that really happen? I would be interested if anyone knows what these two students went on to do? Brian HUGHES (1954)
SUPPORTING THE 2014/15 BURSARIES APPEAL We are absolutely delighted to announce that through the efforts
Latymer’s ‘Big Art’ Studio
of the whole school community, the Bursaries Appeal 2014/15 our 10th appeal has already raised more than two thirds of its funding target. This means that, from this source alone, we have been able to commit to giving FIVE children a 100% free place at Latymer Upper School and they will start in Year 7 this September. Since setting ourselves this ambitious target, we have been overwhelmed by the generosity of more than 700 current and former parents, Latymerians and staff who have given to this year’s appeal. Fund raising activities have included a fascinating and entertaining events programme featuring Latymer teaching legends David Mumby and Robert Orme, tours of the Imperial War Museum and of the Foundling Museum and a hugely popular wine-tasting evening.
Robert Orme in conversation after one of his popular lectures
LATYMER
High Five! 10th Anniversary Bursary Appeal is on Target
There is still some way to go to reach our final appeal target, but we are right on track thanks to the support of the wonderful Latymer community.
To find out more about the Bursaries Appeal and how you can get involved, please visit the ‘Giving to Latymer’ area of the School’s new website, or contact Lisa Cullen in the Development Office (contacts are on page 20).
A Five-Finger Exercise – an Opportunity to Remember
What are your memories of music lessons at Latymer? Did you dread them with your fingers all thumbs through lack of practice? Or perhaps, despite a noticeable lack of any natural talent, you are thankful for that introduction to music? Maybe you had innate musicality and your lessons were an introduction to a life of music making?
Today’s pupils delight in learning an instrument. Currently more than 650 pupils take individual music lessons in School which equates to about 800 lessons a week. So it is no surprise that our pianos suffer an immense amount of wear and tear, both from teachers and young enthusiasts, and now need to be replaced. These sturdy workhorses were bought in 1998 when the Edward Latymer Arts Centre first opened and we hope that their replacements will last as long! To that end we have chosen to replace them with a model by the same manufacturer, the Yamaha YUS5 upright piano. We now need 12 new upright pianos to go on the first floor of the Arts Centre and they will be used continuously each day by teachers and pupils from the Prep and the Upper School. The old pianos will be sold in part exchange. Can you help? You can sponsor one of these new pianos by making a donation of £5,750 (or £4,600 plus Gift Aid). In recognition of your generosity we will offer the opportunity to commission a brass plaque to be fixed to the lid of a new piano and inscribed with a simple message of your choice. Perhaps with your name and the dates you were at Latymer, or maybe the name of someone you wish to thank or commemorate (perhaps a long suffering piano teacher)? For further details please contact either Nigel Orton or Jane Myerson (see page 20 for contact info).
Classified...
The following Latymerians ran the London Marathon. You can still support their efforts:
• Professor Jim SMITH (1972) ran for Cancer Research UK and the Francis Crick Institute. You can support him on virginmoneygiving.com/profjimsmith • Alix WILTON REGAN (2004) @AlixWiltonRegan ran in aid of @RefugeCharity. Please support her at www.justgiving.com/AlixWilton-Regan1/ • Rose MAXWELL (2013) @rosemaxwell54 ran for @OrchidCancer. Support Rose at justgiving.com/rosemaxwell/ Mike RICHARDS (2002) is co-founder of the Necker Open Pro Am and Qualifer charity golf events. If anyone wants information on this, or Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Cup Tennis events visit www.neckeropen.com
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THE LATYMER
ARCHIVES: Memories “Lining up outside the school together with our luggage all visibly marked H.67 as our evacuation destination, we were marched across to Ravenscourt Park Station in crocodile formation and transported via trains and buses to Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire. Here we were lined up in the local school and were assigned billets to waiting home owners...” John DARGAN (1944) Last autumn Latymer Archivist, Malcolm Smith and Adriana WILLIAMS (2004) embarked upon a project to capture the fascinating and often entertaining recollections of Latymerians during their time at the School, beginning with a cohort from the 1940s. As well as hilarious stories of pranks, tales of Headmasters Dr Dale and Mr Wilkinson, the war against Paulines on the District Line, the 100-page document recalls the School’s evacuation during the war and the creation of our longrunning Hamburg Exchange with the Johanneum at the end of this period. The account covers nicknames of teachers, favourite subjects, wise quotes and amusing incidents. Nights spent in air raid shelters, the incendiary bomb landing on the Gym, V1 and V2 rockets, cross-country running past the Beemax factory and many more. The Gild and its opportunities to perform and be creative are fondly described by so many. One alumnus remembers “getting too many female parts in the plays”, and Alan PINNOCK (1946) writes, “together with John SKINNER (1945) we became known for our sketches and skits”; while Michael NELSON (1948) and Alan HAYTER (1945) recall with some pride being Clerke and Master of the Pageant respectively.
The bombed School Gym
Gerry RANDELL’s (1949) Gild memory is “Laurence WARWICKER (1949) and I set up a double act to sing scurrilous songs at Gild shows, accompanied by HALBERSTEIN on the piano. We were known as Rag & Wal, our initials backwards!” The document, which we hope to make available for all, compliments the Nigel Watson book, Latymer Upper School: A History of the School and its Foundation. All in all their responses makes for fascinating reading. A huge thank you to the contributors: Brian Fish Vincent Gray Philip Laundy Reg Green Xav Hindmarsh Robert Duncan Derek Greenhough Edward Prettejohn Ronald Brickell Brian Catling George Terry Peter Whitton John Dargan Peter Simpson Alan Casy Ted Deeley Alan Hayter Alan Pinnock Michael Prigorowsky Ian Seavers Tony Abbott Stanley Duncan Don Hinton John Hurst Adrian King
Fred Spencer Frank Venables Douglas Webber Michael Catliff Dennis Lewis Ernie Maynard John Neal Geoff Rainbow Arthur Tarrant Ken Chennour Jack Cooper John Cuffley John Middleton Michael Nelson Gerry Randell Arthur Skinner Mike Spence Peter Worsley Gordon Blythe Keith Meecham Mike Rogers Alan Ruffhead Michael Smith Norman Wilson Vasili Zakharov
Malcolm now looks forward to discovering from Latymerians what life was like at Latymer in the 1950s. Please contact Malcolm Smith on mjs@latymer-upper.org if you would like to take part in this project.
Please tell the editor of your news ad achievements, job changes, marriage, and community roles. If you can assist us with careers advice or placements for pupils, recent leavers or those just graduating please contact our Head of Careers, Rebecca Hookham (rch@Latymer-upper.org)
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OBITUARIES It is with deep regret that we note the passing of the following Latymerians: Bryan Thomas EDGAR (1948) John HINES (1954)
David Fieller
Decca Radar joining Plessey Radar 1965, rising to Chief Draughtsman; retiring in 1983.
Norman Henry HUNT (1939) Bryan Philip David KELLETT FCII (1954)
Raymond BAROUX (1952) Ray saw National Service in the Royal Artillery, at the Amphibious Warfare Centre. He then worked for 40 years in sales management in the frozen food industry, supplying the hospitality trade. Geoffrey CLARKE FCA (1944) From Latymer Geoffrey entered the Army going to Bletchley Park and then to Italy where he enjoyed an office in St Mark’s Square, Venice. After leaving the Army he had a number of sales and finance roles, studying accountancy in his spare time, obtaining FCA status in 1961. As Company Secretary and Finance Director of Lonsdale Universal, a commercial stationery company, he oversaw their acquisition by John Menzies in 1982. There followed several jobs in marketing and PR until he finished his working life as Company Secretary for Rufus Leonard, a brand management agency. After the death of his first wife he remarried and moved to Littlehampton where he took an active part in the local community. Throughout his life he was a supporter and spent a large part of his time raising funds for Christian Aid and the National Childrens Home. He leaves a daughter, Alison, and two sons, Michael (1976) and Andrew (1979). David Nigel William FIELLER BA DipEd (1958) Born in Nottingham his family moved to Teddington David joined Latymer in 1950. He enjoyed acting and played leading roles in The Gild and other productions and regularly played for the first XV. David studied French, German and Russian. He participated on many exchanges; one family had Basque connections in northern Spain so he soon became fluent in Spanish too. This taste for foreign travel shaped his future career. He went on to
King’s College, Cambridge to read French and Russian with subsidiary Serbo-Croat. After Cambridge, David gained a Diploma in Education at the University of London. His first posting with the British Council was to a secondary school in Amoud, and then in Sheikh, Somalia where he stayed for a decade. After a course in Edinburgh he was posted as a British Council Officer to Baghdad in 1972. Here he met his wife, Mariam who was a Somali from Mogadishu, and secretary to the Somali Ambassador to Iraq. David’s later British Council postings were in Accra, Alexandria, Kano, Khartoum, Rangoon and Algiers before retirement in 1995. He had lots of friends from his travels particularly from Somali communities, and his house was frequently filled with the sound of Somali from the many cousins and his former pupils who passed through. He is survived by Mariam, his three sons, ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Our condolences extend to his brother Nick (1959).
Bryan passed away in January aged 77. Bryan spent most of his career as a Lloyd’s underwriter, specialising in reinsurance, and was one of the early champions of the need to admit corporate capital to the market. His own successful syndicate was formed in 1973. He chaired one of the underwriting agency companies. He made a significant contribution to the London insurance market and held several senior roles in the industry, including President of the Institute of London (1989). At Lloyd’s his stature and expertise resulted in him serving on the Council of Lloyd’s (1990-1992) helping it through the reconstruction following troubled times. His service to the wider London market culminated in Bryan becoming the President of the Chartered Insurance Institute for 1996-1997. Since retiring he often acted as an arbitrator. Bryan was a regular supporter of alumni events and a member of Latymer’s 1624 Society. Innes Jack Wynhall LINCOLN ISO (1930) Innes was a civil servant who worked in various departments, including for the Crown Commissioners. In the 1971 Queen’s Birthday Honours list he was made a Companion to the Imperial Service Order; at the time he was a Principle in the Department of Trade and Industry. Anthony John LEWIS CBE (1952) Tony passed away peacefully in September 2014 aged 80. He had been the Chief Accountant at the House of Commons, retiring in 1994.
Ralph HOYAL (1939)
Paul Frederick Ernest MANN (1941)
Ralph passed away in 2013. He completed his National Service as an indentured Midshipman; he then joined G.E.C. Coventry as a draughtsman; spent ten years with
Paul studied Chemistry after leaving Latymer at the Royal College of Sciences, a constituent college of Imperial College, University of London.
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posts at Cambridge; this is where he met his wife. He went on to become Cambridge’s Professor of Structural Biochemistry and on his retirement was honoured with the status as an Emeritus Professor of Molecular Biology, remaining active in his research until just last year. He was a founder of the university’s Centre for Molecular Recognition. He was elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society in 1984. Richard was appointed Master of St John’s College, in 2004 presiding until 2007.
Professor Richard Nelson PERHAM MA PhD DSc FRS FMedSci FRSA (1955) Richard sadly passed away after a short illness in February. He had been a Governor of the Latymer Foundation since 1991 and was Chairman of Governors from 2005 to 2010. Then until his death he was President of the 1624 Society, which recognises those who have told the School of their intention to leave a bequest to the Latymer Foundation. Richard and his wife, Dr Nancy Lane Perham were gracious and enormously popular hosts at School events. He will be enormously missed at Latymer. Richard‘s father was a carriagepainter on the London Underground and his mother, Helen, worked as head of the front-of-house staff at the Kensington Odeon cinema; it was a financially modest home. He won a scholarship to Latymer. Richard loved the school, excelling at languages and learning to row eights on the river as well as powering ahead in science. He never forgot that his own progress had been made possible also by the encouragement of an inspiring teacher, Bernard Moody who encouraged him to apply to Cambridge. Richard had a distinguished academic career following his National Service in the Royal Navy. Richard was a graduate of St John’s College where he also completed his PhD and DSc. In his young days he enjoyed a fellowship at Yale alongside his research and lecturing
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His research, notably of the amino acid sequences of proteins, was published in books and in over 250 journal papers and was pioneering work in helping science to understand the molecular workings of living cells. He accrued numerous major honours and prizes and he was Editor-in-Chief of the Federation of European Biochemistry Societies. He served on and chaired a number of advisory boards and committees.
humour. He is much missed and we send our thoughts and condolences to his partner and family. Sally Hitchcock We sadly report that Sally Hitchcock who taught drama at Latymer briefly as maternity cover lost her fight with cancer in March. She was popular with pupils and colleagues and we send our condolences to her family.
Former Headmaster Maurice Leonard Reginald Isaac MA
Richard funded a full annual bursary in his name at Latymer so that other young people would benefit from the same life-changing opportunity that he had, and the first recipient will join the School this September.
Staff Michael Hill Michael, a part-time rowing coach who oversaw our J15 Girls crew, was tragically lost in an accident on the Thames in February whilst coaching for a local rowing club. He enjoyed an excellent rapport with students and was a caring mentor with a lively sense of
Michael Hill
Maurice Isaac was born in Croydon and attended Selhurst Grammar School where his academic achievements were matched by his sporting prowess. He ran for Surrey in the 200-yard sprint and played in his school’s rugby 1st XV. He went on to read History at Magdalene College, Cambridge and took part in choral and theatrical productions, where he met Anne; they married in Colchester in 1954.
Maurice taught History at Liverpool Collegiate, before moving to Bristol Grammar School. It was here that he and Keith Robbins helped inspire a young Robert Lacey to become a historian. In 1962 he became Head of History at Colchester Royal Grammar School where he was form tutor to Julian Foynes whom he later appointed to teach History at Latymer. In 1960 Maurice Isaac’s A History of Europe since 1870 became a highly successful school textbook, with further editions in 1971 and 1980. In 1966 he took on his first headship at Yeovil Grammar School. He developed the school academically, musically and in sport during the following five years. In 1971, aged 42, he was appointed Headmaster of Latymer Upper School, staying with us for the remainder of his career, retiring in 1988. His aim was to run a highly academic school without creating a sense of failure in those who were slightly less able, by recognising the qualities of each individual; he certainly had an uncanny ability to remember the names of every one of his 1,000 plus boys. The academic ranking of Latymer Upper rose impressively during these years, as did the strength of the drama department and the School’s annual Jantaculum drama review led by Colin Turner. Maurice recalled, “Those days of Jantaculum epitomised so much that I found enjoyable about Latymer. There was fun but there was professionalism, there was a friendly, relaxed atmosphere but there was respect, tradition and innovation.” He and his Second Master, George Terry made an annual appearance – as caretakers or in other bit-part roles – to the delight of the expectant audience. Sport too was developed, with Latymer’s rowing success boosted by the appointment of international oarsman Jim Clark. Nigel Watson, the author of the School’s history, describes him as an efficient, business-like leader who was clear about his objectives and made forthright and sound decisions. Maurice’s time as Headmaster covered the very difficult transition when the Direct Grant scheme ended in 1976 and the School became fully independent. His strong leadership was critical to chart a safe course through this
Maurice refereeing the Staff v 1st XV rugby match
difficult period and to later lead us to join the Assisted Places scheme. Maurice was not only concerned with the academic excellence of the School, but recognised and actively support the tradition here of an extraordinarily rich extra-curricular programme that helped to develop his pupils in to grounded and rounded individuals. Maurice himself would enter in to that spirit as evidenced by joining in sketches in the annual Jantaculum, refereeing the Staff v 1st XV match, or joining the orchestra to play the triangle! Past and present colleagues who recall serving during his era held him in very high regard. This was also true of many pupils and their families as evidenced by some comments posted by them on social media. A typical tribute is this comment received from a former staff secretary: “I have fond memories of Maurice Issac as he interviewed and appointed me for the post I held at Latymer for 23 years. Very happy years during which time I made some very good friends.” When he retired he left the School in a good state and performing highly successfully and the family can be proud of his achievements as Headmaster. In 2001, Maurice and Anne moved to Repton to live near his eldest daughter, Susan and her family. Maurice was widowed in late 2003, but continued to live independently for some years in Repton. He finally moved to Hoar Cross Nursing Home in Derbyshire where he was looked after with great care and dignity. He
leaves behind his loving daughters Susan, Catherine and Penelope; his much loved sons-in-law Nick and Brien; his grandchildren, George, Harriet, Rupert and Henrietta and his great-grandson Alfie. His memory will be held in high esteem in our history. We saluted him and offered our deepest sympathy to his family in their loss at a memorial service held at School on 29 April and attended by many former colleagues and a number of his former pupils. Eulogies were given by Peter Winter (Latymer’s Head from 2002-12) and TV broadcaster, historian and an Old Bristolian, Robert Lacey. George TERRY (1941) gave a reading and former Classics teacher and lay Chaplain, Malcolm Smith led the service.
Former Governor Bill SMITH OBE JP Bill died on 30th March aged 96. Bill served Hammersmith & Fulham as council leader from 1968 to 1971 and after remained as a councillor for Wormholt Ward until 1986 when he lost his seat. He was re-elected to represent Ravenscourt Ward from 1990-1998. He served as Deputy Mayor and then as Mayor four times from 1978 to 1982. Bill also served on the Greater London Council for two terms; he was awarded an OBE for his political work. Bill was a member of Hammersmith Rotary Club, a magistrate for 30 years, a director of QPR FC and a governor of Latymer Upper School for 40 years.
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The Latymerian Council (UK) 1957 Norman Donkin 1961 John Williams 1969 Geoff Lavers 1973 Steve Faktor 1978 Matthew Bond 1979 Mike Cooper 1983 Peter Kasic 1990 Harmeet Ahuja 1992 Laurence Hopkins 1996 Talat El-Sherbiny 1999 Alastair Lauder L6th Otto Terrell The Asian Latymerian Council 1966 Victor Apps 1990 Arif Anwar 1994 Daniel Jobsz 2002 Leela Pandit 2002 James Durnford The Australasian Latymer Council 1946 Basil Walby 1955 Clive Trotman 1956 Jim Tilley 1969 John King 1994 Ed Gapper 1995 Thomas Correia 2003 Aleco Lazaridis The Canadian Latymerian Council 1955 Trevor Jones 1955 David Havard 1960 C. Hugh Grant 1962 Jeffrey Simons 1963 Peter Basey 1982 Jimson Bienenstock US Friends of Latymer Board of Directors 1957 Ron Phillips (Treasurer) 1963 David Godfrey 1976 Jamie Grant (Chair) 1980 Mark Bullimore (Secretary) 1981 Rory Curtis 1993 Jennifer Evans Casey 2011 Nkenna Ibeakanma South American Latymerian Council 1997 Dan Torres
The Development Office Team Amanda Scott Director of Development 020 3004 0465 • ams@latymer-upper.org Nigel Orton Director of Alumni Relations 020 3004 0311 • nro@latymer-upper.org Jane Myerson Assistant Director of Development 020 3004 0470 • jfm@latymer-upper.org Lisa Cullen Development Officer 020 3004 0466 • ldc@latymer-upper.org Linn Alexander Development Officer 020 3004 0434 • lda@latymer-upper.org Cristabel Middleton Development Officer 020 3004 0469 • cdm@latymer-upper.org Siân Davis Communications Manager 020 3004 0456 • sdd@latymer-upper.org Susan Bartholomew Assistant Communications Manager 020 3004 0405 • smb@latymer-upper.org Consultant: Chris Hammond Latymer Upper School King Street Hammersmith W6 9LR 020 8629 2024 www.latymer-upper.org
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FORTHCOMING LATYMERIANS’ EVENTS June 3: 1624 Society An afternoon tea for members of the 1624 Society at School. June 8: Robert Orme’s Talk Suppor ting the Bursaries Appeal, Robert will talk in the Edward Latyme r Theatre on Images of the Body in Italian Renaissance Art. Book tickets at £20 online. June 12: Latymerians’ Golf Day An afternoon round at Hoebridge GC, Woking followed by supper. Contac t Ian MACLEOD (1962): ian@im2020.com July 1: Tea at Henley Royal Regatta* Join us in the Stewards’ Enclosure for a tea, hosted by Richard PHELP S (1983). Suppor t Latymer’s crew and enjoy the regatta. If interested please e-mail cdm@latymer-upper.org September 8: Latymerians’ House of Lords Dinner Latymerians and their partners will gather and dine in the Cholmondeley Room. Hosted by Lord WHITTY (1961). Book online. September 10: Recent Leavers’ Reception An evening to catch up informally with former classmates and teache rs for the Classes of 2010 and 2014. Book now! November 7: Cambridge Latymerians’ Dinner A black-tie dinner at Corpus Christ College. Bookings will open shortly . November 27: Annual Latymerians’ Dinner In the School Hall. Why not meet up with friends at this enjoyable evenin g? (*Please note this date was wrongly shown as July 2 in our last edition , our apologies for that error.) To arrange a tour of the School or attend a School event please contac t Cristabel Middleton or Nigel Orton. To book for our alumni events visit the alumni section of the School website or contact Cristabel/Nigel. Please advise us of any mobilit y or dietary issue if you are visiting. We are trying to develop events that appeal to fellow Latymerians. If you can host an event that might appeal please contact Nigel to discuss this, e.g. a back-stage visit, private gallery showing or museum tour, access to behind the scenes or VIP area at a sporting event, concert, or car rally etc. Maybe you can host a talk by an interesting speaker, or invite fellow alumni and their partners to a drinks party or BBQ?
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