Magdalene College Magazine No.60 2015-16

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ALUMNI AND DEVELOPMENT

1 REUNIONS A Reunion Dinner was held on 18 September 2015 for members matriculating in the years 1971–1973, attended by 63 alumni, 12 Fellows and staff. The speaker was Mr Tim Young (1971). A Reunion Dinner was held on 25 September 2015 for 1974–1976 members. It was attended by 79 alumni, 11 Fellows and staff. The speaker was The Hon Mr James Stourton (1976). A Reunion Dinner took place on 8 April 2016 for members matriculating in the years 2005–2007. It was attended by 55 alumni, 10 Fellows and staff. The speaker was Mr Thomas Barfield (2006). On 7 May 2016, a Reunion Lunch for members matriculating in the years 1958–1962 welcomed 92 alumni and guests with 10 Fellows and staff. The speaker was Mr Brian Woodrow OBE (1958). 2 AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Professor R D Blandford, FRS (1967, formerly Bye-Fellow): won the Crafoord Prize, shared with Professor R Kerr of the University of New Zealand, for their research on the physics of quasars and rotating black holes Dr R M Bradfield (1943): completed an archive in the Wren Library at Trinity College on English archaeologists in North Africa, 1947–1954 The Revd Prebendary Dr M C R Braybrooke (1958): gave the Sir Francis Younghusband Lecture in 2015 Professor T R H Davenport (1973): Hon D Litt from Rhodes University, South Africa M Elias (2014), elected to a Junior Research fellowship at St Catharine’s College Cambridge I M Evans, MBE (1955): won the inaugural Gilbert White adult award (with his late wife, Pat) for Terrestrial and Freshwater recording from the National Biodiversity Network Trust W D M Fairbairn (1973): MBE for Services to Young People in the 2016 New Year’s Honours List Professor C B Hague (1963): OBE for Services to Planning in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2016; chaired an International Advisory Board for the United Nations into the planning system in the occupied West Bank of the Palestinian Territory S J Oliver (1987): appointed Cathedral Architect to Peterborough Cathedral in 2014 and to Brecon Cathedral in 2015 I M Osborne (1963): MSc in Classics from Edinburgh University D R Ouvry (1953): supplied handmade musical instrument to the Royal College of Music, London and to Trinity Laban Conservatoire, Greenwich Z H A Razak (1997): MPA (Master in Public Administration) from the John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

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