Appeal Update Spring 2020

for Selwyn College

Appeal Update, Spring 2020

GOING UP!

A new Library & Auditorium

£12.35m raised of £12.6m

A new Library & Auditorium for Selwyn College APPEAL UPDATE, SPRING 2020. THANK YOU! In the six months since we last wrote to you, a great deal has happened with our project to build a new Library and Auditorium. Not least has been the emergence of more than 300 new donors who have given nearly half a million pounds in new gifts – thank you! This means that, in total, we now have just £250,000 still to find before reaching our target of £12.6m. As you will read, progress on the building has been equally impressive, and it is now a permanent feature on the Grange Road skyline. With much of winter now behind us, the building is on time, on budget and it’s full steam ahead for completion towards the end of this year.

446

inscribed bricks

884 donors

£12.35m raised

60 80 inscribed

paving stones

inscribed chairs

Please help us to raise the final £250,000 by the end of March 2020 This is already the most successful public appeal in Selwyn’s history. We are aiming to complete our fundraising by the end of the current financial year – so those of you who wish to make a contribution have until 31 March 2020 – please join us. Although the deadline has passed to have an inscribed brick or paving stone, you can still have your name on a library or auditorium chair.

All the information and forms that you need to make a donation of any size are included with this brochure, along with a reply envelope. All gifts can be spread over a number of years and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, we can usually claim Gift Aid as well.

82 individuals whose name will appear on the Principal Donors’ plaque (gifts of £10,000 or more)

How to make your gift Just complete the Inscription & Gift Form enclosed, and return to us in the envelope provided.

Thank you.

LIST OF DONORS Thank you to those who have already supported, or pledged to support, this important project, and to those who wish to remain anonymous. (As of 8 January 2020.)

1936 Mr C J Hinchcliffe

1939 Mr A W Laurie

1943 Mr T H Dixon

1944 Mr A P Brown

Dr M J Smyth

Mr M I D Sutherland

1946 Mr J R Belbin

The Revd M C Lapage

Mr R D Pope

1947 Mr J Crease

The Revd Canon G G White

1948 Dr J A Bland

Mr R J Harper

Dr M W Pascoe

Mr D R W Way

1949 Dr A G Dawrant

Mr A R Stephenson

1950 Mr H J de Voil

Mr W H Jones

The Revd A F I Noble

The Revd G M Rider

1951 Mr D M Boston

The Revd Prebendary A R Bould

Dr A J Dyer

Mr J E Farr

Mr R P Ground

Mr K A Hearne

Mr C Jones

Dr H F Oxer

Professor P Stanley Professor A M C Waterman

Mr A J Watkins

1952 Mr P Lancaster

1953 Dr S L Geoghegan

Mr C L Rice

Mr M Sharrock

Mr C I Trotz

The Revd Prebendary P A Tuft

Mr R G Warwick

1954 Mr B A Coe

The Revd R G Fleming

Mr D A Hammersley

Mr D A Palgrave

Mr N A Ratcliff

1955 Mr R G Baker

Mr J C Beckett

Dr A J Brown

Mr P Harrison

Mr D S Hutchinson

Mr D L Mayer

Dr M G Morris

Mr R S Newberry

1956 Mr D K Bisatt

Mr F M Broadbent

Dr G R Clarke

Professor Emeritus G E Connah

Mr W D Easterbrook

Mr C G J Emmins

Mr C K Preston

Mr R R Scott

Mr H J Smeeton

Dr R O C Summers

Mr D E Tisdall

Mr M K Wang

Mr H S C Webber

1957 The Revd M J Balchin

Mr D S Casstles

Dr M Cousins

Mr W J Crewe

Mr A Fawley

Mr J J Q Fox

Mr J G Gaddes

Dr S J Karran

Mr J P Leonard

Mr J J Love

The Revd P Nicholas

Mr G A I Owen

Mr R T Weston

1958 Dr B E Beeston

Mr J B Brenner

Dr P H M Cooper

Mr W A K Edmonds

Mr W Grant

Mr J M Hardwick

Mr M C L Herring

Mr R G Hood-Wright

Mr D E N B Jones

The Revd P L Sibley Professor D G Trelford

1959 Dr J W Baldock

Emeritus Professor R M N Bell

Mr D T Bryson

Dr M Chown

Dr K G Crook

Mr W B C Evans

Dr J R Griffiths

Mr D S Grover

Mr T W Hendy

Mr C C Holmes

Mr G S Hood

Mr R E Jeffs

Mr R J C Matthews

Mr P J Milner

Mr J D Ryan

Mr R C Shipley

Mr P R F White

1960 Mr T A Almond

Mr M J Anderson

Mr P M L Bingley

Mr R A Chatburn

Mr G L Grant

Mr D W Trimble

The Revd Canon P K Warren

Mr J C Wolters

Mr G R Wynne

1961 Mr C S Aubury Professor C I Cullingford

Mr P W Gibbs

Dr R H B Grey

Mr S A Otto

Sir J A Shepherd

Mr L A Smy

Mr C P Trye

1962 Mr H M Adair

Mr J Bamford

Mr S A Burnett

Dr B D Cutler

Mr A R P De Mello Kamath

Mr T S Goss

Mr J R Harris

The Very Revd K B Jones

The Revd D F Mawson

Mr J B McVittie

Mr J F Place

Mr C T Shepherd

Mr D J Vinney

Mr K Wade

Dr J S Watson

Mr G J Whybird

1963 Dr P N Addy

Mr J K Ayre

Dr B M J Barton

The Revd Canon M C S Bever

Dr M C Davis

Mr D H Day

Mr M J Dickinson

Mr D Gethin

Mr J A P Jones

Mr R D W Lacey

Professor G A Lane

Mr C J Ling

Mr M F Longhurst

Mr B E Norman

Mr R A P Rowland

Mr R J Snelson

Mr G C Strickland

1964 Dr P Cartwright

Mr C A Clarke

Mr S T Crompton

Mr R H C Legard

Mr J N Lyon

Mr D H Moss

Mr C B S Mujahid

Dr N C Rowley

Mr P M Wilkinson

1965 Professor E I Brodkin

Dr D L Dolman

Mr M J Drake

Mr D P M Dutton

Mr M A George

Dr S T Picraux

Dr G D S Price

Dr D Rowley-Jones

Mr N E Young

1966 Mr R G Agass

Mr M G Baker

Mr J Barnard

Mr T H Bartlam

The Revd Canon J M P Caldicott

Dr P G Cleland

The Revd D J Cowan

Dr J W V Grant

Mr R J Hagon

Dr R N Hobbs

Mr A C Jones

Mr R J Price

Dr P J Riley

Mr D R Sherry

Mr P L Tann

Mr J A V Townsend

Mr P A Tuthill

1967 Mr C J Bevan

Mr G Z Brassay

Mr M T Bruce Lockhart

Dr P Coxhead

Mr R G Davies Professor R A Harrison

Colonel S A S Miller

Mr C G Mottram

Mr D A Richards

Mr R B Shannon

Mr A D Waterhouse

Dr P L Williams

1968 The Revd D Barton

Mr S P Berry

Mr S J S Brown

Mr A T Bull

Dr F Cunliffe

Mr P Finch

Mr E G Haythorne

Mr T Heath

Mr F K J Jackson

Dr R G W Kidd

Mr C D Longhurst

Mr R B M Quayle

Mr S R Shaw

Mr J K Taylor

Dr E E Tepper

Mr P R Thompson

Mr R J Wade

1969 Mr P R Dale

Mr D Forbes

Mr I J Gaunt

The Revd Canon N C Heavisides

The Hon M H Laing

The Most Revd B C Morgan Commodore R C Pelly Professor S A Petersen

Mr J E Rose

Mr C J Shaw

Mr P B Venn

Mr M C Warburton

Mr P Whiteman

1970 The Revd H O Alby

Mr J P Burgon

The Revd Dr N P Henderson

Sir S H W Hughes

Mr S J Hughes

Mr P G R Lloyd

Dr P D Marshall

Mr J A Rudofsky

Mr M A Seaman

Mr S K Towsey

Mr R C Wainwright

1971 Mr D J Aspinall

Mr S J Chatwin

Mr J Fletcher

Dr R R Harris

Mr G D G Master

Mr A G M McEwan

Mr D W Skinner

Dr J D Taylor

Mr G P Tyler

Dr C J Wales

Mr J P Wearing

1972 Mr C S Anderson

Mr C S Craig

Dr R P T Davenport Hines

Mr M A Emly

Mr S K Lewis

Mr K R Nuttall

Dr S Paetke

Mr G G A Pentecost

Mr C A Walsh

1973 Mr G S Allcott

Mr S Cambridge

The Revd Dr A J Craig

Mr W J G Daniel

The Revd D B England

Dr A R Galazka

Dr N K Harrison

Mr G Mann

Mr D J Markham

Dr C G Newton

Mr F B Pike

Mr P B A Renshaw

Mr J E B Roberson

Mr A M Stevens

Mr A G Wade

Mr P J d’A Willis

Dr P A Winston

Dr P G Wood

1974 Mr P A Brooks

Mr M D Gledhill

Mr E B Lambourne

Mr A E Macfarlane

Mr H A Rayment

Dr P N Stidolph

Mr D N Tatlock

Mr A Todd

Mr O J Traylor

Dr N J C Tyler

Mr D H Waters

1975 Mr R J Dickinson

Mr R W L Edwards

Mr M E Garbett

Mr R G Hollingdale

Mr B J Hornsby

The Revd R R J Lapwood

1976 Mrs R A Boyle

Mr S K Butcher

Mrs C C Carey Matts

Ms C C Coates

Mrs J C Cribb

Ms A M Donoghue

Mr J A C Greaves

Mr C S Hyatt

Dr G E Jones

Mrs L C Jones

Miss L F Jones

Mr G P Keattch

Dr S M Kilfeather

Dr A S McNelly

Miss F J Morrison

Mr F Nation-Dixon

Mr P New

Dr W R Pitt

Mr I G Stanley

Mr N A Swinnerton

Dr S J Thornton

Dr B W H Tolley

Mrs K D Weber

Mr H E Weston

Miss C B A Whalley

Mrs R J Wilshaw

1977 Miss B A R Allen

Miss S Ashby

Mrs F M A Barlow

Mrs C Campbell

Mrs S E M Collins

Miss L H Dupré

Mr N M Evans

Mr J M Featherby

Dr A J R Hudson

Mr M N Maggs

The Revd M F Manley

Mr P A Manning

Mrs F M Marsh

Miss R E O’Connell

Dr T R Perrior

Ms G E Phillips

Mrs A Sinclair

Mrs J M Thomas

1978 Mrs J M S Abel Smith

The Revd T R Albin

Mr P R Bennell

Mr A F Bolton

Ms L A Cawthra

Mr S R Evans

Dr S E Foster

Mr N F C Gale

Dr A M Hardy

Mr M J Lum

Mrs H A Metcalf

Dr B Morgan

Mr R H O’Neill

Mr G D Quarry

Mr N C W Ralph

Mr R A Reed

Ms G R Saunders

Mr I Thomas

Mrs D C Tucker

Mrs H N J Tudor

Ms V A Ward

Ms J Y Whitehouse

1979 Ms K Bosher

Mr K S Brown

Mrs S C Cootes

Mrs J V Davison Professor C A G Deadman

Mr E M Harley

Mr L A Hopkins

Mr H J Morgan

Miss H M Nixseaman

Mrs J C Reast

The Revd A J Wadsworth

1980 Mr K C Chatfield

Dr M J Chatfield

Mr G H Davies

Miss K M Fernie

Dr P S Jarrett

Mr S G Nash

Mr J T H Root

Mrs C M Scott

Mr D A Shaw

1981 Mr D N Boothroyd

Mr J C P Calladine

Mrs S J Chao

Ms A Davis

Dr J M Dinwoodie

Mr D M England

The Venerable M Gorick

Mr D A Horton

Mrs M V S Blackman

Mr K K Ng

Mr M J E Peppitt

Mrs S M Peppitt

Mr M J J Svoboda

Miss S J Woodward

1982 Mr R Bassil

Dr N P Byott

Mr P Elder

Mrs B W Foden

Miss J A Gilliver

Mrs S E J Greenbank

Mr D A Greenbank Captain M C Grenfell-Shaw

Dr C Hales

Dr A P Harrington

Professor A M Hollis

Mr A J T Low

Mr S B Offen

Dr C J Podmore

Ms J B C Strudwick

Dr D R Tooth

Mrs A C Triossi

Mr S C Williams

1983 Mrs Y F Beardmore-Gray

Ms E H Carey Professor S J S Chataway

Professor S K Clark

Mr M A Coker

Mr A M Coleman

Dr J A Hailey

Mr T D W Jackson

Miss C L Maddox

Mrs K G Parry

Lieutenant Colonel H A Simpson

1984 Mrs J C Baker

Mrs A P Bulmer

Dr A J R Bushby

Mrs L S Elder

Ms J K Fordham

Mr A R Harley

Mr J J Kistler

Mr K S Lee

Mr C H Newman

Mr S K Randall

Mr A D B Rimmer

Mr C A E Spicer

Mr P J Thacker

Mr N J Whittle

1985 Mr A K Chandaria

Mr M A J Colyer

Dr R M Cottam

Mrs V I Emmett

Mr C Godsmark

Mrs K E Godsmark

Mr D C Heale

Dr A J Jones

Mr G A L Low

Professor A Philpott

1986 Mr H D Cardozo

Mr T J Cutts

Mr J A Ferrar

Mrs R L Ferrari

Mr N P Howard

Mr J K P McCaffrey

Dr F J F McLauchlan

Ms I D Muller

Mr M H Sims

Dr S Targett

Mr C A Tattersfield

Miss F B Tennyson

Mr P N B Yeung

1987 Mr G S Boyle

Mrs R Cairns

Mrs J Smith

Mr D Wolfson

1988 Dr R Beier

Mr M W N Edgar

Mr T D Emmerson

Mrs V J Emmerson

Mr M Q Farley

Mr A P Hammacott

Mr R K Hawley

Dr P J Keown

Mr M H Lloyd

Mr S J McDonald

Mr S J Smith

Ms G S Whitty Collins

Mr H W Wood

1989 Mr J R Cable

Mr J K C Cheung

Mr E E Dix Perkin

Mrs F C Dix Perkin

Mrs C E Farley

Mr P D Ryan

The Revd J W Stewart

Dr J C Y Welch

1990 Mr S D Bhattacharya

Father J E Davies

The Revd Dr G Gakuru

Dr N M W Haggett

Mr J W K Leong

Mr D J Partridge

Mrs S C Partridge

Mrs S K Pointon

Mrs S S Syed

Dr M Vindlacheruvu

1991 Mr J N Abdey

Dr N J Bell

Mr J F L Birbeck

Mr P Blackburn

Ms L A Brailsford

Dr W Chen

Mr P N Dyke

Dr J M Ellery

Mr N P Fletcher

Mr A Goodwin

Dr R Grover

Mr B R D Jones

Mr P Lynn

Mr P A Maxwell

Mrs C H McCarthy

Mr R J Milla

Ms L M Newberry

Ms E C Nott

Mrs E C Othen

Mr C M Pitcher

Mr J K Ratcliffe

Mr D P Sellen

Mr B N Slingsby

Ms S H Walters

Ms L S Wood

1992 Mr A J Bailes

Mrs C L Brooks

Dr S Fairhurst

Mr J D P Gibbons

Mr D W Griffiths

Dr P N Jones

Ms M A Kalaugher

Dr J Kim

Mr C M M Leung Professor J T Llewellyn

Mrs A C Lock

Mr S C Low

Dr E C McClure

Dr M D Outram

Mr P J Patel

Dr D G Reavell

Dr A L Rich

Dr M D Rich

Mr R J Ross

Mrs S Suri

Mrs K Swainson

Mr I R Tillotson

Mr J A Webb

1993 Dr E M Bell

Mr B J M Board

Mr R A J T Chaffey

Mr P R de Verneuil Smith

Miss H L L Foo

Ms S J Landray

Mr D J Popplewell

Mrs J P Stearn

Mr T C Tse

1994 Dr M S Bingham

Mr J C Fairburn

Mr G Konaris

Dr G D J Morton

Mr S M Routledge

Mr M G Thurgood

Mr A A Youatt

Dr J L Youatt

1995 Ms R Becker

Mr S G A Becker

Mr H A Dowlen

Mrs J V Mulcahy

Dr C E Mulligan

Mrs C L F Rhodes

1996 Mr C J Aird

Mrs H R Aird

Dr R W Neville

Mr R G Thexton

1997 Dr D Baraldi

Mrs M L Boyes

Mr M B Clark

Mrs A K Croke

Mr A M Fraser

Mr J J Walsh

Dr L J Zolfaghari

1998 Mr A Ballester

Mr J B Bole

Dr P D Bright

Mr S C Buxton

Mr T W E Goose

Mr M J Janzarik

Mr A P P O’Tuairisg

Dr K Sedlenieks

Mrs A E Styles

Mr T R Styles

Dr M Yamazaki

1999 Miss L A Brookes

Mr T Catchesides

Mr M F Coffin

Mr J J P Higgs

Ms T M C Houghton

Dr S S Ramloll Mungaroo

Dr G Wastlbauer

2000 Mr D E Arden

Mr D G Cockayne

Mr V D Dhokia

Mr O H Jones

Mrs C E Lipscomb

Mrs L M K McBirnie

Mrs H M Moffatt

Ms A B Morgan

Dr J M Quayle

Mr N J F Sandars

Ms E H R Sidwell Dr M J T Stubbington

Mr S J White

2001 Dr E M d Castro e Silva

Dr B T C Frank

Dr K P Kopper

Mrs R H McGhee

Mrs T C Russell

Ms C P Sugarman Banaszak

2002 Mrs L M R Arnold

Mrs M K Fisher

Mr D C Holland

Mrs S V K Newton

Dr N Parton

Dr Y Saatchi

Dr M Seppel

2003 Mr R N Bavishi

Dr A M Dai

Mr J R Galton

Ms M C Herlihy

Dr P M Hoi

Mr W D Macleod

Professor Dr A Maier

Mr P J May

Dr C Ortiz Dueñas

Dr M Rodosthenous Balafa

Dr D Trocmé-Latter

Dr D Zhu

2004 Dr G C Barndollar

Ms R E Cooper

Mr S J Dougan Hyde

Dr R S Samant

Dr E A Turner

Mr J P Turner

2005 Dr A D Beale

Mrs J Beale

Miss E J Blakeley

Mr T R P Chadwick

Mr M L Cullen

Mrs H R Dods

Dr E S LaBuzetta

Dr L J Littlefield

Dr S R Littlefield

Mr P M McGarry

Dr A P McLaren

Ms C L Norman

Ms J Riggs

Dr M Shaunak

Ms S T N Yeung

2006 Dr A A Berman

Mrs E K Inkester Dann

Mr J F Western

Dr H Wu

Mr H Xu

2007 Group Captain J Alexander

Mr T J Alldred

Dr E A O Freer

Miss S Grieves

Dr E E Hesketh

Dr W Hu

Miss E R Johnstone

Dr L L McNeilly

Dr T R R Pintelon

Dr E R Sanders

Dr P J Wilkinson

2008 Mr A J A Cohen

Mr S L Cribb

The Revd Dr A G Curtis

Miss K E Forbes

Miss C M Funatsuki

Mr J E Lincoln

Dr C C Seneschall

Mr L A Sharpin

Dr R J D Siddall

Miss R Teo

Mr J W G Willis

2009 Dr M Deneckere

Miss L A John

Mr M Kudo

Miss P E J Naylor

Dr M G Powell

2010 Ms S B Ab-Rahman

The Revd Dr S P A Edmonds

Photo by Barnes Construction

View through Library (2nd floor)

Ms E L Gait

Mr C T Hutton

Mr A A Jkoshi

Mr H A T Jones

Mr J M Steadman

Dr A Steinforth

Miss I S White

2011 Ms A C Escobedo

Dr X Huang

Mr Z Mao

Mr D I G Morris

2012 Mr J R Heseltine

Mr K C Patel

Mr C J Wallace

2013 Mr Z Gu

Mr J S Heeg

Mr P G A Sammut

2014 Mr P E Boothroyd

Miss Z Gong

Miss R J P Sturge

Mr Y Zhang

2015 Miss E J Harper

Dr R M A Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh

Miss J C Offley

Mr R Parthipan

Mr S E Thomas

Mr J Zhou 2017 Miss A Xia 2018 Mr J Barker Fellows, Honorary Fellows and Former Fellows Mr P L Agar Dr D A Beauregard Dr J R Benson Professor W R Brock Dr A N Chester Mr D H Chin (1986) Mr K J Coutts (1968) Mr R Cripps Professor A G Davies

Dr C D Dobson (1957) Mr N J A Downer Professor K J Ellis Dr S M Eves Dr J Gardner The Venerable D C Garnett Dr A J Gebauer Professor P R Grant (1957) The Rt Revd R M Hardy The Rt Revd Lord Harries of Pentregarth Sir David Harrison (1950) Emeritus Professor D W Holton Professor Sir Colin Humphreys Professor R P Johnson Dr A V Jones Professor K Jones (1973) Dr J H Keeler Dr S L Kenyon Slade (1991) Mr J H C Laurie (1978) Dr W A Laurie (1969) The Hon Sir Clive Lewis Professor I A McFarland Professor A M S McMahon Professor A P J Middelberg Dr W Morton Mr R Mosey Professor D E Newland (1954) Mr J N Newton (1973) Mr M Nicholson Professor V Nutton (1962) Dr D R O’Donnell Dr J A O’Sullivan Professor E Royle Dr S O Sage Professor J K M Sanders Dr M Seccombe Dr D L Smith (1982) Dr P L Spargo (1980) Dr M J Tilby Mr S R Tromans (1975) Dr R H Whitaker (1957) Professor J S Whitehead Dr L B Wilcox Dr B J Williams (1977) Dr C A Woodford The Most Revd and Right Hon, The Lord Archbishop of York (1974) Dr J M Young (1957)

Friends of Selwyn College

Dr A K Adams Mrs D Barnes Dr J J Barnes P Berney-Smith Mrs R Blackburn Ms E L Bond Mrs C Butcher Miss L Chagla Dr J Chalk Mr D P Charters

Mrs I Chin Mr A J Culshaw Ms H Davenport Mrs C Dawson Mr P A Dawson Mr M R G Dodd Mr M Donlan & Mrs I Donlan Mr J & Mrs S Downey Mrs K Dunne Ms K Dyer Dr N S Egnal Mr J Emmett Mr A H L Fisher Mrs K Fitzgerald Mr A R Flather Ms C Frost Mr M Fudeuchi Professor F Gilbert Mrs F Harper Mr M Hesketh Dr J D S Hodgson Mr M Hutton Mrs J Johnson Mrs J Jones Mr E Kelsall Mrs S Kelsall Mr J Kimbell Mrs J Knopoff Mr G Lazar Mr G A Lindsay Mr A Lockwood Mr S Lutzmann Mr F Mayne Mrs K Mayne Mrs C M McDonald Professor W C McGrew Mrs J C McLelland Mme I Metais Ms U Michel Mr C Mills Mrs T T Moylan Mrs D Netschert Professor E W Nye Mr L Oakes & Mrs W Oakes Mrs A Osborn Dr P Phull Mrs H E Pitt Mrs J Richards Mrs R Rugg-Gunn Mrs C M Smith Mr S M H Smith Mrs K Speciale Mrs S Stamford Mrs I B Stephens Mr N D Thomas & Mrs E Thomas Miss P Thomson Dr T Thuraisingham Mrs J Twentyman Mrs J Wallace-Tarry Mr E Walters Mrs W C Wang & Mr C Zhang Mr J H Wardle Mrs V Waters Mrs J E Wheeler Mrs F Wilson Mrs A Wright Mr O Wright Renée (Mrs Percy) Young

Photo by Richard Morgan

Built to last One of the most successful features of the first

two phases of Ann’s Court has been the use of

distinctive, high quality materials that embellish the construction and help provide continuity

and cohesion with the historic buildings of Old

Court. The Library and Auditorium, like phases

1 & 2 of Ann’s Court, is designed by Porphyrios

Associates, and will make extensive use of natural stone, brick and metalwork. The stone is sourced

from the same quarry used for the previous phases,

and the Saxon Red Multi bricks are handmade and specified so that the blend and bonding is

similar to the existing buildings. The metalwork

to the windows, doors and lanterns is in a bronze metallic finish. Overall, the scale and detailing

of the Library and Auditorium will appear

significantly larger than the existing residential buildings, making this new building a striking

and impressive addition to the Selwyn estate.

Sample panel under construction on-site showing the interaction between stone and brickwork

Luke Hughes ‘Downing’ library chair

High quality Library Furniture from Luke Hughes Selwyn’s new Library will have 24 hour access and be open for

business almost every day of the year. We needed to identify

furniture that would be modern, stylish and comfortable – but

robust enough to deal with extensive daily use for the next 50

years – and still be looking good. The designer and manufacturer that impressed us the most was Luke Hughes, the founder and

CEO of this specialist firm that bears his name. Luke’s team, based in Covent Garden, have designed and made furniture for libraries

in the UK and around the world. Remarkably, his furniture is in 60

Oxbridge colleges – so Selwyn will be in very good company. The ethos of the firm is simply to create a strong connection between

the architecture of the building and the furniture within – and

we believe the understated elegance of Luke Hughes’ designs will perfectly complement the architecture of Selwyn’s new Library.

We’re delighted to offer our supporters the chance to sponsor a Library Chair that will bear an engraved plaque with an

inscription of your choice (see enclosed forms for details). We

can’t promise Luke’s furniture will be there forever – but it will probably outlast most of us reading this.

Photo by Luke Hughes

Photo by Richard Morgan

It’s been an unusually wet last few months in Cambridge, but fortunately this has not impacted on the progress of the building construction, which is firmly on schedule.

Since our last update the team from Barnes Construction have achieved the following:

Progress since September 2019 ü Excavated basement ü Concreted foundations for columns ü Installed drainage ü Concreted basement floor slab ü Concreted columns to support the ground floor slab

ü Concreted perimeter walls ü Concreted the ground floor slab ü Installed waterproofing within the basement Concrete columns supporting the ground floor slab

ü Installed the structural steel frame

Photo by Richard Morgan

ü Insulated and screeded within the basement ü Installed basement walls ü Installed floors to the 1st and 2nd floor ü Installed stairs to all levels ü Started infilling between the structural steel frame and form window openings

ü Started brick and stonework ü Installed roofing members Looking ahead Between March and June 2020 we aim to: • Continue brick and stonework • Install walls to 1st and 2nd floor • Install windows Installed stairs to all levels

• Install mechanical pipework and electrical wiring

HOW ALUMNI AND FRIENDS ARE HELPING The Donald Welbourn Reading Room Donald Welbourn was a distinguished Fellow of Selwyn College (1955–2009) and a key pioneer of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM). His work made a major contribution to the establishment of Cambridge University as the principal centre for CADCAM research and his teaching inspired generations of students. One of whom – Robin Jeffs (SE 1959), a Fellow Benefactor of Selwyn College – has made an extremely generous gift to the appeal, and requested that the second floor Library Reading Room be known as the Donald Welbourn Reading Room, in honour of his teacher’s exceptional contribution to Selwyn and to Cambridge.

ISHMAEL Bob Shannon (SE 1967) provided one of the more unusual brick inscriptions we received. It simply reads ISHMAEL. Bob explained, “I feel I owe a debt of gratitude to Herman Melville and Moby Dick, which is one of those works of fiction that can haunt you. The first three words, ‘Call me Ishmael’, are an arresting and formidable start to the novel, which goes on to deal with some of literature’s biggest themes. It seemed appropriate to have this name on a wall of the new Library…”

Photo by Nic Marchant

Donald Welbourn

Congratulations to the 1991 Year Group for their fantastic achievement in raising £100,000 for the Paddy Smith & Tony Hitch 1991 Study Room. Members of Paddy’s family are very pleased and touched that the 1991 year has raised money in order to name a room in memory of Paddy and Tony.

Robin Jeffs

Wen-Jen Chen (SE 1991) was inspired by the Professor Ken Wallace Room

If you’re thinking of leaving a bequest to Selwyn and would like to help the college maintain its new library in the future, we would be pleased to earmark your legacy for this purpose, or for the purchase of books and other other library needs. Please contact the Development Director, Mike Nicholson, for more information: mgn24@cam.ac.uk, 01223 330403.

Development & Alumni Relations Office: Selwyn College, Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DQ, UK

If you have any queries, please contact Erin Bond, Development Manager, 01223 767846 development@sel.cam.ac.uk Registered Charity No. 1137517

Cover photo by Richard Morgan

“My decision to make a donation was driven by the information in the last appeal update regarding the Professor Ken Wallace Room.

Ken was my PhD supervisor, and I would not have had an opportunity to study at Cambridge University and become a member of Selwyn without his help. I look forward to paying tribute to Ken in the room named after him one day in the near future. I am confident that the new library and auditorium project will provide a better environment for many generations.”

A legacy for the library?