CLASS NOTES
TRINITY TODAY 2017
Srirurang Poolthupya M.A. (1962)
In 1962 Srirurang received an M.A. from Trinity. She returned home to Thailand to teach in Thammasat University (TU), Bangkok. In 1971 she earned her M.A. in Indian Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and became the first director of the India Studies Centre at TU where she received an award for her outstanding teaching. Today, she is Professor Emeritus at the university and teaches parttime. She has been a fellow of the Royal Society of Thailand since 1996 and this year she had the honour of being elected VicePresident. She is also President of the ThaiBharat Cultural Lodge Association, promoting Indo-Thai cultures and corporations.
Patricia Cleveland-Peck M.A. (1967)
Patricia wanted to be a writer from the age of ten. She enjoyed a stint on Trinity News as an undergraduate, encouraged to do so by previous editor Frances-Jane French. Later, married with a family, she began writing for children, publishing her first book in 1979. Patricia wrote several adult non-fiction books, radio plays and a stage play. At this time she was also working as a travel journalist which took her all over the globe. Now with a granddaughter, she has returned to the world of children’s books. Her most recent book, You Can’t Take An Elephant on the Bus, has been a surprise success, even coming out in Chinese.
Ian Bamford
LL.B., Barrister-at-Law, H.Dip Ed. (1955) Born in Portrush, Co Antrim, Ian came to Trinity in 1951 to study law. In 1953, as Trinity’s golf champion, he won the prestigious Boyd Quaich British Open Universities Championship at St Andrews, Scotland. He then went on to his first North of Ireland Open Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush. He was selected to play for Ireland in 1954 while still an undergraduate. In 1957 he was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland. He worked in the legal department of a bank in Toronto, Canada, before returning home to enter a partnership with D&E Fisher Solicitors in Newry. In 1980, he was invited by the Lord Chancellor to sit as a permanent District Judge, a post he held until his retirement in 2002. He is Chairman of the Mary Peters Sports Trust. In 2016, The Irish Golf Writers’ Association presented Ian with an award for his outstanding services to golf in Ireland.
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