Issue 9 Easter Term 2006

First on the CamKat Astley

Cutting EdgeA Touch of Magic

Rugby Brothers

College LegendRuby Hunt

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contents editorial 1in the news 2development news 3cutting edge 5benefactors 6 & 7features 8members’ page 12events and reunions

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EditorialSport has long been a tradition at Christ’s and our teams haveperformed well this year. A joint Christ’s-Peterhouse basketball teamwon both the men’s League and Cuppers competition, recording a100% success rate for the season, and the women’s team reachedthe final of Cuppers. In rowing, the first men’s VIII overbumped St Catharine’s on the Wednesday of the Lent races – only the 7thtime since the 1880s that an overbump has occurred in the men’s1st division.The men’s rugby team had a very successful cup run,overcoming opposition from higher divisions to reach the Cuppersfinal.

This edition of pieces features two interviews with a sportingtheme, proving that academic success and sporting achievementcontinue to flourish in Cambridge. Christ’s scored a first withCambridge graduate Kat Astley becoming the first female ‘boatman’on the river (page 10). Christ’s successful rugby team includes theAkinluyi brothers, David and Didi, (pages 8–9). Both are studyingEngineering but the world of professional sport beckons.

Kat is one of the young members of the current staff but manyalumni will recall Ruby Hunt (page 11) who looked aftergenerations of students on D staircase. Ruby recalls life as sheremembers it in an interview with one of ‘her’ former students,The Marques (Michael) de Lendinez (m. 1958).

Christ’s Fellowship is regularly enriched by the admission of JuniorResearch Fellows, outstanding young academics at the very start oftheir career. Our ‘Cutting Edge’ interview on page 5 is with one ofthem, Dr Catherine Rider, who talks about her interest in topicssuch as medieval magic, impotence and canon law!

The editor welcomes all comments on pieces and suggestions for future editions. Please contact:Elizabeth Norris,Development Director,Christ’s College,Cambridge CB2 3BU Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 766710 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 766711E-mail: campaign@christs.cam.ac.uk

Front cover pictureLent Bumps 2006 1st Men’s VIII on the way to overbump

AcknowledgementsChrist’s College is very grateful to Sir Martin Sorrell, Group Chief Executive,WPP Group plc, forfacilitating the original design of pieces; and to John Murray, President and CEO of Globalbrander.com,for additional advice.Thanks are also due to Masa Amatt, Sarah Johnson of the Aimhigher Project, theMarques de Lendinez, Glen Walker and Steve Worley, for permission to reproduce photographs.

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in thenewsNew Year’s Honours

Dr Michael Lynch (1983) was awarded an OBE for services to enterprise. Dr Lynch is the Founder and Group CEO of AutonomyCorporation plc, a leading provider of enterprisesoftware.

Outstanding Young Scientist

Dr Luke Skinner, Junior Research Fellow of Christ’s since 2005, has been chosen as theOutstanding Young Scientist for 2006 by theEuropean Geosciences Union.The award, whichrecognises achievements by scientists under theage of 35, was made “for the application ofmultidisciplinary palaeoceanographic studies toinvestigate questions such as the conditions ofdeep ocean water circulation and changes in theconcentration of carbon dioxide in theatmosphere”. Dr Skinner works on climatechange in the University’s Department of EarthSciences.

English Golf Union President

Donald Steel (1957), a former Englandinternational, accomplished golf writer andcourse architect, has taken the post of thePresident of the English Golf Union for 2006.

Lady Margaret Beaufort Fellow hostsPresident Clinton

President Bill Clinton has visited the Cipla factoryin Goa run by Yusuf Hamied (1954), Lady

Margaret Beaufort Fellow of Christ’s.The HIV/AIDSInitiative of the Clinton Foundation has teamedup with Cipla and other drug makers to provideantiretroviral drugs to the developing world foras little as 10% of the price paid in the West. Inhis diary, Clinton described how as many as 50million Indians could die of AIDS before 2050without the vital contribution that Cipla is making.Cipla has also been granted a licence by theIndian government to distribute a generic versionof Tamiflu, the drug used to fight bird flu.

Honorary Degree for Honorary Fellow

Dr Rowan Williams (1968), Archbishop ofCanterbury and Honorary Fellow of Christ’s, willreceive an Honorary Doctorate in Divinity fromthe University of Cambridge on 27 June 2006.Dr Williams studied Theology at Christ’s, receivinghis BA in 1971. He was made an HonoraryFellow of the College in 2002 and preached thesermon at the Commemoration of Benefactorsservice on 2 December 2005. A copy of thatsermon is available on the college website viawww.christs.cam.ac.uk/development/events/sermon

Lomonosov Gold Medal for HonoraryFellow

Sir Peter Hirsch, Isaac Wolfson Professor ofMetallurgy at the University of Oxford andHonorary Fellow of Christ’s, was awarded theLomonosov Gold Medal for 2005.The Medal is the highest award of the Russian Academy ofSciences and has only ever been awarded to five

British scientists, including Lord Todd, formerMaster of Christ’s.The citation states that theaward has been made for an “outstandingcontribution to physics of solid state strength and plasticity as well as experimental discovery of dislocation motion therein”. Sir Peter Hirschwas a Fellow of Christ’s between 1960 and 1966,and was made an Honorary Fellow of theCollege in 1978.

New Sports Ground

From October 2007 students will benefit fromimproved facilities at a new sports ground,sharing with St Catharine’s College.The groundon Huntingdon Road that Christ’s has shared for many years with Sidney Sussex falls within amuch larger area of land which has been zonedfor development in the City local plan and thevarious owners of the entire space have jointlydecided to sell for development.The newfacilities include a cricket square, two footballpitches for men, one women’s football pitch, arugby pitch, an all-weather (Astroturf) hockeypitch, three Astroturf tennis courts, two squashcourts, a badminton court and a recentlyrefurbished pavilion.

Chapel Service Broadcast on BBC Radio

BBC Radio 4 broadcast its flagship SundayWorship progamme live from Christ’s CollegeChapel on 7 May 2006.The service exploredthemes of exile through readings, commentaryand music from the Christ’s College Choir.

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very much to all of you who have given so generously to theCampaign and helped us approach our target of £15 million.Yourgifts are already being used to support the work of the College,its teaching and our students.

It is clear, however, that we need to continue fundraising if we are to secure the financial future of our college and retain the edgeof excellence at Cambridge in both academic and sporting fields.

Many of us benefited from a virtually free education at Cambridge– but do you realise its true cost? To educate one undergraduatefor just one year at Cambridge now costs around £13,500averaged across subjects – over £40,000 for an average three year course. Student fees and direct government support togethercontribute only about £7,500 per annum.You may not be able torepay the real cost of your education here in full, but you can help.Every single gift, whether it is £10, £100, £1,000 or significantlymore, makes a difference. No gift is ever too small (or too large!).Please consider giving something back to Christ’s, whether by aone-off donation or perhaps even by making a regular commitmentto a monthly or annual gift.

You are probably aware that the University has launched its 800th Anniversary Campaign and I am delighted to say that a gift to Christ’s will also be counted towards the University’scampaign target.

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A Touch of Magic

Dr Catherine RiderJunior Research Fellow in History (since 2004).

It all started with an undergraduate dissertationon magic, romances and love magic atUniversity College London. I had always likedhistory and during my teens enjoyed readingKing Arthur stories. It is amazing how manymedievalists say that! I took a course on‘marriage in the Middle Ages’ during myundergraduate years; it was a way of gettinginto proper history through fun things, readingromances.

After that, I moved to King’s College (London) to do an MA. At that time I went back to my oldtutor at UCL wanting to find out if there wasscope for a research project on medieval lovemagic which would link up with myundergraduate dissertation. He said that therewas quite a lot of material on magic causingimpotence in medieval canon law andsuggested it as a possible research topic. At firstI thought he was just teasing me, but it thenturned into quite an interesting topic. It is the sortof thing that you would only discover if you hada tutor who had already come across it. Itturned out to be a really good topic becausethere were several sources out there that havenever really been studied before. Althoughtrawling through primary sources can be tedious,it is during that process that interesting thingscome to light. On one such occasion Idiscovered a manuscript which provided aclassification of magic – magic that works onits own, magic that works by demons and magicthat works by a combination of the two. Nobodyelse has found anything similar.

Although not everyone finishes their PhD andstarts publishing books, I knew I wanted to dothat even before I had finished my thesis. Assoon as my viva was over, we approachedOxford University Press and I was lucky – theysaid yes! The thesis itself needed some revision inorder to improve what was already there and Ispent most of my first year at Christ’s workingon that. The reactions to the book have all beenpositive and everyone has been very supportive,although some did think it a slightly mad topic! However, it is not a dry historical,chronological book so it makes a fun read.*

When I was applying for research fellowships I did not have a preference for a particularCambridge college, because I did not knowvery much about them. It turned out very wellbecause it has been lovely being a member of Christ’s; Iespecially appreciate the collegiateenvironment which is so different from UCL. Itgenerates a sense of community which is soimportant for people coming in not knowinganybody. I also enjoy the sense of tradition

which makes Cambridge what it is.

My current research is focusing on several areasthat I came across during my doctoral work. One ofthem is a 16th century medical text which talksabout how to cure illnesses caused by magic. Itis a wonderful text, almost like reading theBrothers Grimm. There are such fantastic recipesfor poisoned apples etc. It then helpfully also lists cures that can beapplied by doctors. The study of this aspect ofmagic should allow for a line to be drawnbetween magic that is bad and the good magicpractised by doctors, because it all looks verysimilar from our perspective.

It is hard to tell from the sources how importantmagic was in everyday life; there is just notenough information about it. Magic in relation toimpotence was more something that peopleknew could happen (but not very often). On theother hand, using charms and incantations tocure illnesses was very common. Eventually, fromthe 13th century onwards, the Church started tobecome involved because it worried aboutsuch practices. This is also the time when theeducated churchmen started writing manualsfor priests. I want to study these in more detail tosee what they say about magic.

People were doing all sorts of strange things andonly once the church started listening toconfessions a bit harder than it had been, did itsuddenly realise that all manner of crazypractices were so common. There is a fantasticbook by a French historian who writes about aDominican prior in the 13th century who goesout into a village where people are venerating adog as a saint. He is scandalised, pulls down theshrine and writes about how bad a practice it is.So the other part of my current research is going to be to look into confessional andpreaching manuals, and magic which shouldallow us a better insight into what ordinarypeople were doing at the time.

The sources are not easy to find. Some havebeen printed either recently or in the 16th and17th centuries. There is quite a lot of material inthe British Library in London, and in Cambridgeand Oxford. The material on the Continent,however, has been less well catalogued so it is more of a guess as to what may be available out there.

Overall, such research touches on manyinteresting questions about relationshipsbetween the laity and the clergy, and thepopular ideas about religion. I would like to

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The BenefactorsWe would like to thank all our benefactors, both anonymous and those listed below, for their generous support.

* 500th Anniversary Friends ** The 1505 Club(FC) The Foundation Circle (QB) Quincentenary Benefactor (LMBF) Lady Margaret Beaufort Fellowitalics indicate legacy

1921The late Dr F K Boston

1925The late Mr J C AllanThe Ven C R ForderThe late Mr G Hucks OBEThe late Dr S K K Sze

1926The late Mr E M BissetThe late Mr R Emery OBE

1928The late Mr E L Halliwell

1929The late Mr W C Kerr

1930The late Mr J M WentworthMr S A T Wheeler

1931Mr H G Button (FC)The late Mr A TattersallMr K H Waters

1932The late The Rev A J C

BeddowMr J F ChildThe late Dr O GollanczThe late Mr E A GoodmanDr J Smith OBE TDThe late Mr J A G StentThe Very Rev R S Wingfield

Digby

1933The late Brig F H M

Rushmore CBE*Mr J F Vickers

1934Dr P T BoyleThe late Sir Robert Clayton

CBEThe Rev G M P HamiltonThe late Mr G W LabramDr A D PayneMr F C PenleyThe Rt Rev R D Say KCVOMr A G P SmithBrig. F R Webster

1935Lt.-Cdr. G R Blackburn RNR VRD

Mr J M GullickMr H Harris-Taylor OBEMr C P W HaywardThe late Mr J M HunterThe late Mr W B LauderProfessor G J Romanes CBEMr P W E E Taylor QC

1936Mr C C CummingThe late Mr A F JenkinsonDr E Pringle Dr A G RichardsLt-Col J H RuscoeMr R S G Wilcock

1937Mr E S BellThe late Maj M W de BeerMr M G F HallDr A G HarroldProfessor G B MilnerMr H PringleDr P H Rogers

1938Mr A O AhlquistMr R AllenMr H R AstburyMr R N Barlow-Poole

CBE (FC)Professor P R BellThe late Mr P M BurrowsProfessor P GeorgeProfessor A R Hall The late Mr A B Hampton DLDr J R HandforthThe late Mr R LoeweProfessor R G E Murray*The Right Hon the Lord

Rawlinson of Ewell QCProfessor P R SwyerThe late Venerable E J Ward

1939Mr M J BoothMr S J GarvinThe late Dr J E GoldthorpeDr R HubyDr B B Jacobs*Surgn Rear-Adm H R

MallowsDr P S SquireMr J E TwinnThe Rev Canon J WhittakerSir Oliver Wright GCMG

GCVO DSC**

1940Mr J Blade*Mr D S BucklandThe late Mr W N ChiversProfessor L R Lewitter*The late Mr T SlatorThe Rev P L C SmithMr J G TaylorMaj T W TinsleyThe late Mr R B Webber

1941The late Mr W A Dodd CMGMr J HollingsworthProfessor H E Huxley MBEMr D J KneeMr M F Phillips

1942The late Rev Canon E M Abbott

The Rev George BangsMr K G BergerMr K W Bushell**Sir Anthony Caro OM

CBEMr R S A CookMr P J DaviesDr C W HollingsworthMr F HughesSqdn Ldr A M Laidlay

DFCProfessor J A LaingMr A McKayThe Rev Canon M A H

MelinskyMr J W SaundersMr D WhitehouseDr F P WillisDr O H Wyatt

1943Mr P H AnnsMr E A BassettMr J R Crabtree*Mr V H CrellinDr W G DawsonDr J DunderdaleThe Rev A J GracieDr J L HineMr R J HobsonMr D B JenkinMr P E JonesMr P N LewisDr R M LittauerMr D G MadgettMr P A MucklowMr A S RogersMr A J SobeyThe Rev A J StoreyMr H B WienerProfessor Sir Christopher

Zeeman KT

1944Mr R N BarrattMr G L BennettMr H C Bowron*Professor J G BuchananThe late Mr G DenleyMr F B DowlingDr I EdeleanuMr D J Hall*Mr M S Maclure CBEMr D M RichardsThe late Mr J RouseProfessor K K SchwarzThe late Mr C D Sundius-

SmithMr A M Tupling

1945Mr G G BentonThe Rev Canon C D BiddellDr J A D BriggsMr H R BurrellMr R G F de StacpooleThe Rev H Embleton Mr A J ForbesMr F S FoulshamDr E B D HamiltonMr A E HorsfieldMr J F E KeenanMr J R K MacDowellProfessor Sir Laurence Martin

DL, in memory of Lady MartinMr T S PrestonMr A J W ProbertThe Ven D A Rogers

1946Dr L P Balfour-LynnDr E BendorThe late Mr A J BennettMr J D M BurlendThe Rev H M ButcherMr R G DickensProfessor N H EvansMr P FussellThe Rt Rev Mgr T J GavinDr B E Hersov (FC)The Rev G MaherMr G G MorrisMr C A PocockMr E M TarlingThe late Professor L M Trefethen

1947Mr D G BirchMr M N BlandProfessor D W BrokenshaMr J M DennesDr J FairleyMr G W Gardiner (FC)Mr F H HardmanDr L H HurrellMr J C D InmanProfessor B W RidleyMr S SmithThe Rt Rev John Taylor

KCVOMr K D R Washbourn

1948The Rev D B AshburnerMr A L BennettThe late Mr H M A A BristowMr D P J Browning CBEThe late Mr A D CooperMr R T C HarveyDr J HeadsCount LabiaMr J R MonkMr T E Nodder CBDr P B NutterMr D G PellattMr F H PuddefootThe Rt Hon the Lord ReaMr R C Rees OBE (QB)Mr J M Romanes (FC)Dr G D H ShephardEmeritus Professor R G WardMr M Z Wasilewski

1949Mr D N BarclayMr P J BucknellMr D CawseyMr E F T CribbMr H A EmersonMr V T GreenDr A G Hearnden OBE*Mr A HodgsonThe late Mr B J HogbenMr M D N HuntMr J D MantonThe late Mr D O MarshDr W NewtonDistrict Judge A W OrmerodDr N B PrideDr S PriestmanDr E PrinceMr J A RichardsonMr D A SimonsonProfessor H S SmithThe late Rev W D M SturdyDr W L Wilkinson CBEMr G G Williams*Professor J H Williamson

1950Dr J H BlytheMr A C BourneMr I R H CrailMr J DayDr C A DekkerMr M A EvansMr P J FishMr L G GlossopProfessor J F D GreenhalghMr J R HartreeMr P D HollisProfessor M KoganSir John LyonsThe Very Rev F A MilesDr P D MulcahySir James Nursaw KCB QCMr G C G Philo CMGMr T V PriorProfessor T B A SeniorMr W H StreetsThe Rev M J ThistlewoodMr K W ThomsonMr P O G WhiteMr J WhittakerMr R J Winfrey (FC)Dr J J Wren**Dr A A WrightMr D E C C Yale Hon QC*

1951Mr D G AdlerDr B BarberProfessor E H ColhounMr P CreightonMr J C Dickins (FC)Professor S DoniachMr R F DyerDr R H EllisMr R G C Freeman*Mr J L Gardner (QB)Mr J C HicksMr J G HowatMr D H Jones*Dr P J MillDr J H MolyneuxDr R J MontgomeryMr P K M OakeshottDr A A Patchett*Mr J O PounderProfessor H RishbethMr R M RouseMr R C C Sandys*Mr C J ShaddockMr R M SlaterMr B J Turner*Mr B Ward

1952Mr J P ArnoldMr J B BartlettThe Rev M C DoddDr G S Galer*Mr J B HeaneyMr G P Holloway*Mr D G LloydDr B Moore*Mr O R NottidgeMr J L Quie (FC)The late Mr R P B RothMr G N TaylorMr D N VermontMr J WhybrowDr P J Wyatt (FC)

1953Mr P R BattyMr N Burden*Mr D A ButlerMr B K ChestertonMr B E ClarkeMr D J Davies (FC)The Rev R A DearmanMr N A M EastwoodSir Henry de B. Forde QC

(FC)Mr A M D GnoddeMr R W GoldsmithMr R M GreenMr A GreenMr L GriffithsMr S H Hall TDMr A M KoefoedMr W E P Lloyd WilliamsThe Rev Canon G R D

ManleyThe Rev R A PatenMr D QuilleyMr B D Robinson

Mr D SculthorpeProfessor Sir Colin Stansfield

Smith CBEDr D F L WatkinMr M I M WatsonDr V M Whitehead Mr P A B Whitmee*Mr A M Williams (FC)Dr M S WilsonMr A G F Young*

1954Mr J R BottomleyMr B BrimelowThe Rev Prebendary David

BronnertProfessor J W Burrow Mr T J Cann (QB)The Ven A G ClarksonMr J F Coke-WallisMr M J CooperMr F C EvansDr Y K Hamied (LMBF)Dr W D HarperMr N K S HensmanMr J HerbertMr N Howard*Mr L C M HowellsMr W Micheal R JohnstonProfessor P K King CBE Dr A LangsfordMr M E LewisMr R H M LindesayMr P E LuffDr A J Lyon (FC)Mr M B GlossopDr J H PenningtonThe late Dr W J PetcheyMr D B Powell*Mr J A RobertsMr E A J RoweThe Rt Rev J W Rowthorn

DDMr J W G SharpEmeritus Professor W M

Steen*Mr J N TurnerThe Rev Emeritus Professor

F WhalingMr R W WhiteMr M R WigstenProfessor D R M WilkinsonMr A G B Young*

1955Mr P A AnwylMr R D ArmstrongMr G A T AstburyProfessor A D Bain OBE*Mr B A Bangert (FC)Mr M L BhatiaProfessor R F C BrownMr I F ChapmanMr R D CheethamMr R C V CornwellMr J E Fraser CBMr P M GillhamChief H A HarrimanMr R G HillerMr C HollowayMr C J Honnor*Mr B E HowardDr D H P JonesMr A H LairdMr R LovedayMr J MedlynDr A J B MissenDr J M PageMr G P QuayleThe late Dr C P QuinnThe late Mr J R Stables

1956Dr E R G AndertonMr J J BarkerMr P R BattyMr P A BedfordDr P K BregazziMr J D CarrMr E G CarrMr P R ConnollyMr R H F Croft CBMr P S P DimseyMr P J Downes OBEMr M F C FitzGerald OBE QCThe late Sir John Gray KBE

CMGDr A E Hanwell (FC)Professor C Laird

Emeritus Professor D L LeeDr C M MorgansMr A C Purkis*Mr A M SmithMr G H StevensMr P K J ThompsonDr A B Wells

1957Mr D BennettMr M D BrownDr H J ClaseProfessor J A ConnorMr A T Cope OBE (FC)Mr H Donaldson (FC)Mr D N Donaldson**Mr R G GillardMr R E HarrisDr P J HiltonThe Rt Hon the Lord Luce

GCVO PC DLMr R C McIntoshDr A J MunroMr R D NelsonMr N L C ParkMr R G Paterson*Mr C D PighillsMr G P RenwickMr A B SladenProfessor I W M Smith Mr A M C WilcoxProfessor D F Wright

1958Mr L J A Ayling TDDr J N Bardsley (FC)Mr C H BaystonThe Rev Canon P ClarkMr J D Crowley QCMr M D C CussMr W R DaviesMr D J M Doubble OBEMr J C GeorgeMr T J B George CMGMr A Harrison (LMBF)Dr J J HatchMr P M HowlettMr A M KerrMr J D D MacBeanMr R J Mansfield (FC)Mr D C Martin (FC)Mr J S MercerMr R M Morris CVOMr P J NetherwoodMr C A ParkMr A J A Parkes*Mr J T ParkinsonMr R A PearceMr D G PerryMr R C RobertsonProfessor R K ScopesMr J N Sefton OBEMr C A Shaw OBEMr J J L G SheffieldMr A G L Shore MBEMr D M W SimpsonMr M B L StockThe Rev R W TaylorMr R H Tym*Mr M D VollerMr P H WiggallMr J A Young

1959Dr R P AxtonMr S G G BensonMr P V Dickins*Mr C A FarrisMr M A GoreMr M J HitchcockMr P HopleyMr P JenkinsSir David John KCMG**Mr A W JonesThe Rt Rev V MaloneDr C W D MooreMr J M RadcliffeMr A W RossabiMr J G C StainerDr J A ThompsonMr S B TurnerMr M G Woolley

1960Mr R AtkinProfessor C R W EdwardsMr R Grenville-Jones (QB)Mr D N HeatonMr E M S Lewis

Professor J D McCowanMr C K MorganMr J R K PeileDr J M PollardDr J B RidyardMr J C N RobinsonMr M C W Sandford

1961Dr L L Chin (FC)Professor J Clarke Mr I T DunlopMr A H EdwardsMr D Harriss*Mr M L T Harvey QCMr C A LongMr L McMorrisMr M J H RuscoeMr P J C SchickerMr I E ScholeyThe late Mr C J TurnbullMr M G Walton

1962Professor C J AlldayThe Rev J R BarffMr T J CallanProfessor R W DavisMr D K Hargreaves (FC)Capt R G KerrProfessor J R KerridgeMr J B Lott OBE**Mr C E Lysaght*Dr M MathewsMr J A D MellinMr G S Minto MBEMr J R OliverMr G A PatersonMr W S RukeyserMr A A SlomeMr I C Strachan (FC)Mr R A S ThomsonDr G Tunnicliffe-Wilson

1963Mr M N Baily*Mr T P Barnes QCDr K M BowkettMr C M F BrookerMr P H ColtmanDr J D Davies (FC)Dr R S FidlerMr G I HealdMr P G HofmanProfessor M H Johnson*Dr M A MatovichDr S J MorrisProfessor S M Schama

CBE**Mr J G Scriven (FC)Dr J D TempleMr G L Tite

1964Mr R Birkby (FC)Mr P C D BragginsProfessor P CareyMr J E Fawkner-CorbettMr N R HallMr P F H Holt*Dr W T HorsfieldMr A R G JamesMr M K JennerDr B LewinMr G H Morley (FC)Mr P S M Ramsey*Dr P M G ReynoldsDr A E Smith CBE (QB)Dr I M TattersallThe Rt Hon the Lord Turnbull of Enfield*

1965Dr W AvelingMr M E BalstonMr A L Brooke (FC)Mr P A Cartmell (FC)Mr G D FarnsworthMr M R HeslipMr R G JonesMr S L JonesMr J T Kyle (QB)Mr A W LauderMr M R Lewis*Dr J M LloydMr J MackisonDr E J McParlandThe Rt Hon Lord Justice

Moore-Bick (FC)

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Mr M S Rapaport (FC)Dr R TreciokasMr R F Vander SteenDr G WigmoreMr R J Yerbury

1966The late Mr D C ap Simon

(FC)Professor R R Clements MBE

(FC)Mr H Fabre-LuceMr M B Harris*Mr A B JacksonMr R A Nelson (FC)Mr P A OsborneMr C E C RadboneDr P R SterlandMr G R Suggett

1967Mr R M BroadwayDr M G ColebyMr D H ColvilleMr O M DaviesMr F N EdwardsMr P W EwartThe Rev L E A Franks*Mr J Michael Henry

GrimsdickThe late Mr P L Heslop QCMr J L HorderMr C J JonesMr R A MacAndrewThe Rev P J MottDr G H D RoystonMr J A WebberProfessor D B Williams (FC)Mr A S Winckler (FC)

1968The Rev R D BainbridgeMr P H BradneyDr C J CatherasooThe Hon Mr Justice CoghlinDr D C EmanuelMr H FordDr S J S HartMr R D Machell QC (FC)Mr R W MeldrumMr W A NoblettMr R W SavageMr P D ThomasMr M R Woffenden

1969Professor W H BrysonDr P F BullettDr T J CassidyMr H L DicksteinDr J M LambertMr H H NewmanDr P S NyholmMr C D O’BrienProfessor P R Sabor*Professor R N SwansonProfessor M W WalshDr E J WebbMr R C White

1970Mr J M ArmstrongMr S B BainProfessor D P ClarkMr E M DehnMr W D HinesMr C A MooreMr M T NicholsonMr P J O’Grady*Mr T J PattisonMr A K RossThe late Mr C SturmanMr J H Tattersall*Mr M H Thurston Smith*Mr J G Watson*Professor M H WikanderMr H V Williams

1971Mr R P BrothertonMr A J Brown (FC)Dr R G FosterMr J W GalassiMr J D KitchingMr C J Lemar (FC)Mr T M R R Lintott (FC)Mr C B NicolDr F M K S NkongeMr W PeskettMr A J Robertson QCMr G A R SpyrouMr J A L Wethered*Mr R L M Wohanka (FC)

1972Mr S J BagnallMr S A Clark (FC)Mr R B CoatesMr C M DavidMr T Downing

Mr F DrasarProfessor D M GaleMr K H Godshall (FC)Mr M HuqDr P J LanghamMr D Main Thompson**Mr A R Mehran*Mr W J Morgan (FC)Mr J H Owen (FC)Mr M S J Pimley (FC)Mr H W ToyodaMr J Whelan

1973Mr T G BeddallMr B A BermanMr D A BolgerMr J P BosshardtMr F S BrownleeMr A J Bruckland (FC)Mr J R CerkeliunasMr N P J CocksedgeMr D J DensleyDr J S R GibbsMr S N Gibbs*The Rev P T F HattonProfessor G F HeyerDr J P HoskerJudge M A HovingtonMr J A HudsonMr A P Jackson*Dr J L KingMr J C Makinson CBE (FC)Mr J M MayMr P W H MillerMr R J NelsonThe Rev J J NewlinMr C R OleszyckiMr P A ReacherMr P S RedstoneMr C W Rees*Mr J P SauermanMr C SheaMr C ScottMr A G SmithProfessor J C Smith Dr K J WalshMr K S WarwickMr J H WendorfMr A B WesolowskyLt D B B WrightMr G Y Yeo

1974Professor P F AlexanderDr A B AppsDr S K Bangert*Professor J G BaskerMr R J F Bassett**Mr P W BernsteinDr A M C BrownMr M H GeorgeMr C W Habgood (FC)Mr C S Hawkins (LMBF)Mr P E Littlewood*Mr E J NodderDr R G RidleyMr A C ShimwellDr C E T SmithMr N J TannerMr A C TurnerMr C M Wadlow*Mr G R Whittaker (LMBF)Mr G L Wingrove*

1975Mr R B Barrett*Dr M C CookMr A R CunninghamMr H A Hyman*Mr S R LewisMr D R MasseyMr K W McWilliams (FC)Mr S D Palley (QB)Mr J M K PhillipsMr S M Revell (FC)Dr A P RossiterDr M J SeymourMr D M C StoneMr S H WhittleDr C S Wolfe (FC)

1976Dr H E Brunner*Dr A J S ChojeckiMr B H Gallaher**Mr M GreeningMr P R KirbyMr M P McGuireMr W R MorroghMr C R PendrillMr A P Pinhorn**Mr T J RobsonMr J M SmithMr J D ThomasDr M W ThompsonMr S WaiMr M WebsterMr P M Whitlock

1977Mr I D BuleyHis Hon Judge Kay QCMr G W LloydMr D LorimerMr T C MayThe Honourable Michael

McLaren QCMr J ThorntonMr P H M Turner (FC)

1978Mr J E GoldbergMr D C HollidayMr W G NabneyMr T M PodestaProfessor A H ReddickDr M P M RedmondMr R M Sopher

1979Mr G S Clapp (QB)Mr J C Dodds*Mr D G R EastwoodMs F L HumeDr J G LaneMr C J I McDermott*Mr C T Nodder

1980Miss L ArnoldMr M AsipowiczMr A S BoothMr R BrownMr I G DoddMr H M FitzpatrickMr R B GoldsteinDr T D HeymannMr S C Piggott*Dr J Slee**Dr P A SterneMr H M Stewart

1981Mr M B CorbettMr T A CrossleyMr T M Davies (FC)Mr B H Hearnden (FC)Mrs J M HinksMiss V J HoulderMr S J Hubner*Mr M H Lewisohn (FC)Mrs L A McLaughlinMr J A O’FarrellMrs A J SchlumsMr P J Turner (FC)

1982Dr J S BlytheDr J P ChitnavisMr I J H CoulterMr D A ElmesMrs M T HardwickMr P D MannMr M J NyeMs J F SatterthwaiteMrs C L F Stone

1983Mr N J CandlerMr D J S CapperMr H A CartlidgeDr W ChanDr J C CooperMr D W GentMr R J Gnodde (FC)Mr C D HinksMs R E JaffeMr N R JeffreysThe Honourable Timothy

KnatchbullDr M R Lynch OBE (LMBF)Mr C T Munday*Mr B N RobertsonDr J M WideMiss E F Willis

1984Mr K M DonnellyMr T E JonesMrs S M MeechMr A H RonnMr A N RossMr N R Winter*

1985Dr E G AbelMrs L E Bailey*Dr S J Blyth (FC)Dr J A BreslinMr S M DixonMr J KittmerMs A C Lewisohn (FC)Mr R M P SmithMrs E J WatsonMr M A Wilkinson

1986Mrs A V HartleyMrs J S Kean*

Dr J LukeDr C A NicolaouDr P A PullanMr A J Rigney*

1987Mr J A L AllenMr J R T BarkerHRH Prince ZeidMr S M HarrisonMr R M HaseldineMs J A MartinsonMrs J S SmithMr M StoddartDr P N SuganthanProfessor R A Woodgate

1988Mr N C P AndersonMr C P BrealeyMrs A J CheethamMrs J A LargeMr J O Lewisohn (FC)Mr D J Platt*Mrs F E Platt*Ms A B Puhar (FC)

1989Mrs L C CartyMr P G CoghlanMr P W HaspelMiss J M HaywoodMr J H Maxwell-Scott*

1990Mrs J S S ArcherMr J J BartonMr M Davies*Ms A E Duffield (FC)Mr D E FeatherDr C E GutteridgeDr A S WalkerDr T A H Wilkinson*Mr G P Woods

1991Mr J J S Anderson*Ms E J BulmanMr J A EmmettMr A J Eynon-EvansMrs E A OsakoDr D P SmethurstDr S T WIlsonDr J M Woolf

1992Mr V H M Lam*Dr N C Levy-CarrickMiss G H Neo

1993Dr G K Chan*Mr K J W Chan*Mr M DroscMrs S L MusokeMs M S RajaratnamMr A TurnbullDr C L Yuca

1994Mr J B ClarkinMr A K ParkinsonMr C P TeohMrs A I Wales

1995Mr J R L DallasMr D J NastroMrs N F ThomasMr T R VilesMiss A C Wood

1996Dr C M Harris*Mr A P W Hennessy*Miss R HindochaMr D W Russell

1997Miss H C EvansMr M J LucasDr W MulliganMiss L F PatonMr M W K Siew*

1998Mr D Y ChiangMr R D Morris

1999Mr B ClareMr R J M CottrellMiss S GutzwillerDr W K MitchellMr P O Nikiforov

2000Mr G B H Sheah

2001Miss S L Howe

2002Mr I G Mansfield

2003Mr D BardLt-Col S L C Diggins

The Master, Fellows, LifeFellows, Honorary Fellows,Fellow Commoners, FormerFellows,Visiting Scholarsand Honorary Members(who are not also alumni)

Mr R HarrisDr A W E BainhamProfessor B Bailyn Mr R G J Ballard (FC)Professor G M Bancroft Dr D C BarkerDr S B BaylyProfessor A G Bearn (FC)Professor M M BowieProfessor J BrunschwigProfessor D E CaneProfessor D N CannadineMr S P Carroll (FC)Professor L J Colley Sir Alan Cottrell Professor F M-J CrouzetDr R Diamond (FC)Mrs F Fattal (FC)Dr D R FergusonProfessor W J FitzgeraldDr N J A GayDr J H GillardProfessor J G Hall OCDr M P HalsteadDr J HiddlestonProfessor Sir Peter Hirsch Dr S HowardDr R E HuntProfessor A R HunterDr V E IzzetDr O T JohnsonDr M JonesDr S JonesProfessor H B KellerProfessor F P Kelly The late Dr A E KemptonDr C J KnappettProfessor Sir Hans Kornberg Dr S KusukawaProfessor Sir Peter

Lachmann Professor P V Landshoff (FC)Professor S H LangerProfessor I M Leslie*Mr O M Lewisohn (FC)Sir Ian McFarlane (FC)Dame Anne McLaren DBEProfessor P A McNaughtonProfessor G A T Martin (FC)Dr J MooreProfessor I MuellerProfessor J MuellerDr V Navaratnam (FC)Miss E A NorrisProfessor P O’HigginsMr C A Parker (FC)Mr G S PayneDr W G ReesProfessor D J Reynolds*Professor P B RhinesProfessor C B Ricks Professor R G RobinsDr & Mrs Raymond R Sackler

Hon KBE*Professor D N SedleyProfessor Q R D SkinnerThe Rev Canon O Spencer-Thomas

Professor M A Stanley OBEThe late Dr P SykesMr Chia-Ming SzeDr I P WassenaarMs S WhiteProfessor G WrightDr A N H H Yeo

Family, friends and well-wishers

Dr M AmattMr N AndersonMr C AndrewsThe Most Hon the Marquess

of AngleseyMr J BaileyMr R BaileyMr N D T BakerMr R BarrettMrs K de BeerMs J BennettBetty, Lady Grantchester (FC)

Ms F BlanshardMrs G BowdenMrs M BrassMr T BridgeMr D BuggeMr R BullockMr & Mrs I C ButterworthDr & Mrs S F Campbell

(LMBF)Dr P Campbell SmithMr R ChandlerMr R CochraneMr I CollettMr A CookeMs J CooneyDr H Y CooperThe Honourable Mrs Cork

(FC)Mr B CosteMrs H CrossMr B Drew*Mr M DrinkwaterMrs J Eade* (in memory of

Dr F Eade)Mr J ElliottMr J EpsteinMr J ErskineMr P FabianMr V FarrellMrs E Forbes (FC)Mr M GarrawayMrs H GerversLady Katharine GilesMr B GrantMs E GrantMr J GrantMs P GrantThe Rt Hon the Lord

Grantchester (FC)Lady GrayMs B Green-GaylerThe Honourable Mrs

Grimstone (FC)Mr D HallMr C A R HelmMr M HerbertMr C HibbertMr N HigsonMr G HornigMr R HoustonMrs M de la HoydeMr B S JacksonBaroness James of Holland

ParkMr A JennerMr & Mrs P J JoblingMs P JukesDr S KamalanathanMr J Keast-ButlerMr W KeatleyMs G KinkeadMrs L Lalandi-EmeryThe late Professor J R

LanderThe late Ms K LeesMrs M T LupiniMr W MacCareyMr M MallinsonMr J MarkMs C MathiesonProfessor G J MilburnMr G MillerMs A MorganMs J MortMr A MurleyMrs M MurrayMr H M NealLord NeidpathSir Edwin Nixon CBE DLMr R Norris in memory of A Thompson (1954)

Mr J O’NeillMr J S O’Rourke, IVMs V OliverMs J PickeringMrs J Pumfrey*Mrs J Quinn (FC)Mr F RaphaelMrs P M A Raphael*Mrs J RothLt-Col T J ReynoldsMr W RobsonMrs B SandersMr R SchreinerMr G M SharpMr R SimeDr & Mrs I G Simpson (FC)Ms J SlusserMrs S SmithLady SoamesMrs Jack SteinbergThe Honourable J Suenson-Taylor (FC)

Mr J Suenson-Taylor (FC)The Honourable K Suenson-Taylor (FC)

Ms H SykesMrs J SykesMr N SykesMr S Sykes

Mr J D TaylorMs I TenchMr P ThompsonMrs H A E E ThorntonMrs F TrefethenMrs A M TrembathProfessor W F TulasiewiczMr & Mrs J TurnhamMs J VaughanMr S O VennMr M VincentMiss N WalkerDr H Y WangMr H WebbMr S M WideMr R WillanMr S A WoolfriesMr C WykesMr M S Zatman

Companies, CharitableTrusts and Foundations

Bank of AmericaBebb Charitable TrustBP Amoco CorporationBP FoundationBPBuccaneers Cricket ClubDennis Carlton Walmsley Trust

Deutsche BankDr Scholl FoundationEnterprise TravelEranda FoundationGenzyme CorporationGladys Wightwick TrustGough Charitable TrustHerbert Smith LtdHSBC Bank PlcJD & DP Nutting Charitable Trust

Johnson & JohnsonJosiah Macey, Jnr.

FoundationJP Morgan & Co IncLCCILord Hanson FoundationLouisa Lewisohn Memorial Trust

Merck Company FoundationMinchin estate (in lieu of

royalties)Peterborough OSCPlant Bioscience LimitedPrince Rupert Loewenstein

OCTRichard & Kara Gnodde

FoundationSalo mon Brothers

International LtdSchroder Salomon Smith

BarneySearch FoundationSosnow Charitable Trust

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

The Boeing CompanyThe Courtenay Charitable Trust

The Merck Company Foundation

The Mercers’ CompanyThe Rothschild FoundationThe Salters’ CompanyThe Weinberg FoundationWilliams CompaniesWorld Reach Inc

8 Feature Christ’s College Cambridge

Rugby

David Akinluyi, Born 10 February 1984, Ilesha,Nigeria. Studied Engineering at Christ’s College,2002–06.

Hooked on

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When David Akinluyi came to Christ’s in 2002, he was a long way from being physically fit with anankle injury keeping him off the sports field for hisentire freshman year. By the time his youngerbrother, Didi, came to Christ’s in 2005,determination and a simple desire to be fit againhad seen him become a strong, well-establishedmember of the Cambridge University Rugby UnionFootball Club squad. Early on, Didi was to provehimself to be equally gifted. In Didi’s first term atCambridge, David had been selected by theBlues’ rugby coaches to represent the Universityand Didi would be playing in the U21s Varsity side.They would both be going to play atTwickenham. For David, this meant winning hisfirst Blue.

Tuesday, 6 December 2005 at Twickenhamremains a memorable day not only for thebrothers but also for Cambridge who triumphedover Oxford, winning the 124th Varsity RugbyMatch by 31–16. The Light Blues’ last win was in2002. Didi, having already played that day, recallshis brother’s performance as left wing in theVarsity Match, “I was watching with the rest ofthe under twenty-ones right in the corner whereDavid scored a try. That was a great moment.”

It was hardly surprising that the two Engineeringundergraduates would excel in sport. The Akinluyiscome from a family of sportspeople. A nationalyouth record for running held by their Nigerianfather, a mother who played hockey at statelevel in Nigeria and an elder brother, Sam, who has played forLoughborough and Harlequins (and may end upbecoming a student at Cambridge, too).

Under such circumstances, what could beconsidered surprising is that both applied to read

Engineering at Christ’s with its traditionallyacademic reputation. What is clear, however, isthat the brothers take their studies with the upmostseriousness. With typical determination Davidremarked,“I saw the prospectus and Christ’swas at the top of the table. I think if you’re goingto go to university you should probably think about theacademics before the sports.” Later in theinterview, he continued, “I remember reading ina prospectus when I was applying that Christ’speople work hard and play hard.”

Born in Nigeria, their family left West Africa whenthe boys were four and two and settled in Kent.Their enthusiasm for the game began at StOlave’s Grammar School in Orpington, whereboth were Head Boys, though they would be thefirst to admit that “neither of us really liked rugby”, favouring athleticsinstead. (David and Didi have been members ofCUAC.) “Rugby was the main sport at school.The more you play, the more you get to enjoy it.”“I played some reasonably high level rugby in myfinal year at school,” noted David.

While at university, David’s talent attracted theattention of the Premiership scouts. As hecompletes his Masters in Engineering this summer,he contemplates a future with NorthamptonSaints as a professional rugby union player next season. Theoffer came at the start of 2006 after David’ssuccessful participation in games like the onesagainst Samoa, a pre-season warm up match inpreparation for a Samoa vs England game, andthe Varsity Match. “I did a lot of thinking. It wasvery difficult,” he commented, yet the pressureto accept was made easier knowing that he hadthe full backing of his family and that once his

contract at Franklins Gardens came to an end hehad the option to resume another of his passionsin life, namely engineering. A consultancy job withMercer Oliver Wyman is being kept open for himin the City. His ties with Cambridge may alsocontinue beyond 2006 as he considers embarkingon a part-time Engineering post-graduate degreewhilst with Northampton Saints.

On the other hand, Didi’s talent cannot beunderestimated. He was part of the rugby teamthat took Christ’s to the Cuppers Final against StJohn’s in March (see photo). A minor injury keptDavid from participating in the final.

Didi has another three years at Cambridge toconsider his future. Whether he opts to pursue acareer in rugby or achieves his ambition to set upa charitable organisation with his two brothers,only time will tell. One certainty, at the moment, isthat at the end of his second year he intends tospecialise in something other than Electrical andElectronic Engineering, David’s specialism.

Central to everything that the Akinluyi family does,is their resolute Christian faith. David begins, “Mybeliefs are the first thing and then everything elsesubjugates under that. I wouldn’t rank anythingunder that. I’d just say it’s that...” “...the other things you do,are things you occupy your time with”, finishesDidi. In their short lives, these young men whobegan life in Ilesha, “somewhere you’dprobably struggle to find on the map”, andBenin have managed to occupy their time inremarkable ways and Christ’s can be justifiablyproud of their contribution to college life.

Emmanuel (Didi) Akinluyi, Born 17 October1986, Benin, Nigeria. Studying Engineering atChrist’s College, 2005.

BrothersEngineering

Kat joined Christ’s this winter as the first everwoman boathouse manager/boatman on theRiver Cam. With her strong background in Collegeand University rowing it seems that the Collegestruck gold. For three years in a row Kat strokedCambridge University Women’s Boat Club crewsto victory against Oxford (1996 Blondie, 1997 &1998 Blue Boat), the last one marked by herPresidency. More recently, upon her return toCambridge, she became involved in coachingthe University Women’s squad with particularfocus on the Lightweight boat. The effort wasrewarded this year when the Lightweight VIII wasthe only CUWBC crew to reap victory at theHenley Boat Races setting the new course record(6 mins flat), held by Oxford since 1999. The lastCUW Lightweight win against Oxford dates backto 2001.

Although she was very well received in theboatmen circle on the river, there were a fewraised eyebrows. “But they are exceptions”, saysKat, “and everyone has been really supportive. Ithink it is just amusing and there is noconsequence for what they have said except thatit will make them look silly when my crews bumptheir crews…which they will!” She may not havebeen pointedly looking for this job, but “has beentoying with it for a while”.

“While I was still at University I was often asked tocoach because of my experience with CUW, but Idid not have any confidence in my ability to doso. I was embarrassed to try and more often thannot refused. When I came back to Cambridge, afriend of mine was rowing for Emmanuel 1stWomen’s VIII. They were struggling with coaches,their performance was faltering, and she reallypressed me to help. Eventually I agreed, it wentvery well and I really enjoyed it. They won theFairbairns and went Head of the River in thefollowing Lent Bumps. And that is how I got thebug for coaching. I learned the link betweenbeing enthusiastic about something yourself andbringing the message across. It is all aboutengendering a positive atmosphere in whichpeople try to learn something. Eventually the moreenthusiasm and effort you put in, the more you getback. I always wanted to do something where Ifelt that my personality and effort made adifference.”

Christ’s College Boat Club is doing reasonablywell with strong financial support from theFriends*, but there is always room forimprovement. One of the things Kat would like tosee happen soon is more integration between themen’s and women’s sections. “There seems tobe a discrepancy in the sense of ownership of theclub between men and women. The boatmancould play a key role in bringing the two together,instilling club discipline, setting realistic goals and

providing the sense of stability and continuity. Ifyou look at Caius or LMBC, in both of thosecollege clubs the boatmen were instrumental intheir long-running success. I see myself as a teammanager of sorts, trying to get good performanceout of the squad.”

“The men’s side of the club is fairly strong. Wejust have to make sure that we let everybodyknow how well they are doing, both on and offthe water. In the past few years, the 1st Men’s VIIIhave been stacked with exam Firsts (most notably1st May VIII in 2000 – all eight plus cox (ed.)). Thatis an incredible achievement but I am not surethat it is widely known. The men need support tokeep up with their efforts. We also need tocontinue developing the depth through lowerboats. Karthik (CCBC Captain) has set a goal ofgoing up two places in the May Bumps. I think thatis quite achievable. They should do well!”

“It is a little bit different in the women’s club. Itneeds more work to develop the depth andintegrate them into the overall club, developingthat sense of ownership. And we may have aspark of good things to come in the making. Although they got spoonsin the Lent Bumps, over the course of those fourdays they made tremendous improvements. Nowwe have to build on that. There are enough women tomake up a good boat for the May Bumps andthere is no reason why they should not do as wellas they did last year when they won blades. Whatis really important is to keep involved those fromthe 1st Lent boat who do not make it into the 1stMay boat. They should make the core of a 2ndboat, around which we can start building somedepth for the future.”

Although Christ’s does not have any returningBlues, predictions for the May Bumps areencouraging and, in any case, Kat thinks thatcrews do not always benefit from Universityrowers returning. “Quite often it takes a long time to adapt. You can end up withconflict in style, expectations etc. Uninterruptedcontinuity of crews such as the Men’s 1st VIII canbe very good.”

Kat says she would like to carry on working with theCUWBC squad for the foreseeable future.“Provided that the College thinks I am jugglingthe two commitments well, I will stay involved withCUWBC. It should also bode well for the CCBC,because I will keep working with and learning fromsome of the best coaches in the country. There isso much subtlety about coaching and crewselections, things I was not aware of when I wasrowing in the squad.”

Kat’s energy and enthusiasm are infectious and

Kat Astley, BoathouseManager for the Christ’sCollege Boat Club,CUWBC 1996–98 M.A. Cantab.

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Christ’s College Cambridge Feature 11

The Bedder

Many Christ’s graduates appreciate that it wasthe College servants who were a major influenceon their lives in College. Who can forget theHead Porter and the team in his lodge, thebuttery man, the carver in Hall, the gyps andmost of all the bedders. Without the support ofthe College servants, life would be most difficult.

Ruby Hunt is one of the longest serving and bestknown bedders in the history of the College. Sheworked on D staircase, Second Court, for morethan forty years before transferring to theFellows’ Staircase where she remained foranother decade.

Ruby is now 87 and has a host of memories of theyoung men and Fellows she worked for. Naturallyshe is of the old school and does not mince herwords. Not for her the political correctness of the21st Century. For example, during her years ofservice comprehensive education did not exist andso the undergraduates were either from public orgrammar schools.

Ruby always preferred working for Public Schoolrather than Grammar School boys because‘they knew how to treat servants’. Ruby has scant regard fortoday’s political correctness – a servant is aservant and to this day she regards herself as acontented College servant.

Ruby’s sister Vera worked as a bedder atChrist’s and in 1953 Ruby joined the College staffin the same job. Vera worked on F staircase,Second Court, and so Ruby was allocated Dstaircase. An incident on the first day almost led toRuby’s abrupt departure from the College. Filledwith enthusiasm she knocked on the door of thefirst room, a deep voice said ‘Enter’. She wentin and there lying on the bed was anundergraduate as naked as nature intended. Heintroduced himself without a care in the world butRuby bolted from the room and ran to her sister inthe next staircase. She told her if this was howundergraduates behaved then she would resign,as D staircase to her innocent eyes was a den ofiniquity. Vera calmed her down and told her thatalthough she would see many strange sights shemust always act as if she had seen nothing. Verasaid that in future they would work the twostaircases together and this they did until her sisterleft a couple of years later. By that time Ruby hadbecome a hardened veteran and nothing evershocked her again.

Over the decades, life at Christ’s has changed.Ruby remembers the days of the annual cricketmatch between the servants, male and female,and undergraduates. Every run scored by theservants was doubled and so it was a mostexciting game. Ruby was a mean bowler and her

greatest feat was when she clean bowled aCambridge Cricket Blue much to the annoyanceof the great star. After the game he came up toher and asked her to autograph his bat. After thegame the teams repaired to College and theplayers were served a feast followed by ahumorous show put on by the undergraduates.

Ruby’s philosophy towards her young men was toregard them in exactly the same way as shewould treat her son. This perhaps made her theonly bedder who never reported any of hercharges. She never asked questions, neversnooped in wastepaper baskets, and neverentered a room if there was a note on the doorasking her not to. This meant that she can put herhand on her heart and say that she was neveraware that any female had ever spent the nighton D staircase.

Ruby remembers those who got into trouble. Shehelped all who asked, considering this to be partof her duty of care to her charges; in other wordsshe became a surrogate mother to her charges.Her gentlemen included many distinguishedalumni.

She spent the last ten years at Christ’s on theFellows’ staircase and she adapted swiftly to therequirements of the distinguished Fellows whosenumber also included the Chaplain. Many are thestories she could perhaps tell of the Fellows butthey are best left unreported, she says. DrCannadine is one of her favourites and she wasdelighted that she and her husband, Gordon,were invited to his wedding; all the more becausethe bride was a Fellow living on the samestaircase.

On 4 October 1986, Ruby and Gordon wereinvited by some of those who lived in her staircaseto a dinner in the Mountbatten Room. It was amomentous evening.

Ruby remembers both Dr Pratt and Dr Plumb well.During most of Ruby’s service Dr Lucan Pratt,who is about to become a centenarian, was theSenior and/or Admissions Tutor; by chance hisdaughter attends the same Cambridge Churchas Ruby and afterwards they always exchangewords about life in Christ’s during the Prattregime. She is a great admirer of Dr Pratt andrecounts a story of when one of the ways ofclimbing into College after hours was through awindow in his house. One evening a clumsy youngman climbed in and made such a noise that DrPratt came down to investigate, determined togive the student the fright of his life. He knew thatthe undergraduate was hiding behind a sofa, sohe sat down on it and read a book for an hour.Then Dr Pratt is reported to have spoken theunforgettable words “I don’t know about you

but I am tired and am about to go to bed. Pleaseturn the light out when you leave.”

Ruby has had a contented life and looks back ather time at Christ’s with affection. She returned inDecember to attend her first College CarolService after which the pensioners were served atraditional dinner in Upper Hall and given aChristmas pudding to take home.

Despite her hankering after the good old times,Ruby has to admit that the present dayeducational system has enabled three membersof her own growing family to attend university andtheir graduation photographs take pride of place

Ruby Hunt, Born 1919,Bedder at Christ’s College1953–95.

12 Members’ page Christ’s College Cambridge

AccessIt has been another busy year for the Christ’sCollege Access Initiative, the project which beganjust three and a half years ago. Having taken overin September 2005, it was straight into planning thenext programme of Oxbridge events andwidening participation activities for schools in ourtarget region of Lincolnshire.

This year we have organised and attendedseveral major Oxbridge events in both the Northand South of the county and in Lincoln itself. The eventsattract excellent Year 12 students from schoolsthroughout Lincolnshire providing them with directcontact with tutors and current undergraduates,demystifying the admissions process and providingencouragement for the A-level exams.

For younger students in Years 10 and 11, we haverecently piloted a new Access Tour organisedjointly with the JCR Access Officer, Stuart Pearson(1st year SPS). The end of the April vacation saw sixundergraduates, representing Christ’s and JesusColleges, arrive in the coastal Lincolnshire town of

Grimsby. Conducting twelve sessions over threedays, we saw around 300 students from schools inthe North East Lincolnshire region. Many of thestudents had little or no background of HigherEducation and the sessions certainly helped tohighlight the many options these students haveavailable to them. Some of the sessions were alsoattended by sixth formers from the region keen tofind out more about Oxbridge and the coursesand opportunities available.

As well as these larger events, I have alsoresponded to numerous requests for visits to schools andhelped arrange opportunities for schools to visitChrist’s College. One such visit took place at theend of March with 25 students from SouthLincolnshire attending a day of tours, talks andeven mini-lectures at the University.

With so many events for students, teachers have not been left out. January saw several staff fromthe Lincolnshire region attend a two day inter-collegiate conference on the CambridgeAdmissions process.

By Helen Flanagan, Access and School Liaison Officerfor Homerton, Jesus and Christ’s Colleges.

The staff invited from our target region praised theevent as hugely informative, providing clear andpractical advice on how they could best support their own students.

The Lincolnshire schools liaison project hasreached over 1500 students and staff across thecounty so far this year and with several more visitsand the busiest season of Open Days to come,

Nicholas This July will see the showcase of a production titled No Horizon. It is a biographical musicalabout Nicholas Saunderson (1682–1739), theLucasian Professor of Mathematics, written byAndy Platt (Vibe Theatre). Saunderson’s is an amazingstory of a mathematical genius who overcame hishumble origins and blindness (as aconsequence of smallpox) to become auniversity lecturer without any formalqualifications.

Christ’s played a crucial part in his success as it was the college which recognised his talent andpotential. A friend brought him to Christ’s in1707 to share his rooms and he remained inCollege for the next sixteen years. The LucasianProfessor William Whiston was impressed with hisabilities and very soon Saunderson was lecturingto students. Following a petition of CambridgeColleges to Queen Anne, Saunderson wasawarded an MA in 1711 and almostimmediately appointed Whiston’s successor(some years later King George II conferred an

LLD on him). In 1719 Saunderson was elected aFellow of the Royal Society. Only towards theend of his days, and under pressure from friends and colleagues,did Saunderson start putting together histeachings for print. The two volume Elements ofAlgebra was published posthumously by hisfamily in 1739.

More recently, Christ’s has also played animportant role in the making of the musical itselfwhen Andy Platt (then a teacher inSaunderson’s home town of Penistone)decided to take his pupils on a residential visit toCambridge. The Master welcomed the 35 pupilsto the Lodge. From here, Platt took his idea totwo friends, the businessman Max Ried and aformer lawyer, Dominic Hirst, and with theirsupport the musical was born.

Following the premiere in July, the production team’s goal is to take the show to the West Endand ultimately to film. If you would like to learnmore about the production or would like to getinvolved visit www.vibetheatre.com

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Saturday 1 July 2006Christ’s College Association Dinner (open to all alumni)To request an application form please contact the Steward’s Officeon 01223 334962.

Saturday 15 July 2006, 1.30-5.00pmFamily Day (open to all alumni)An afternoon of entertainment for children and adults, includingface-painting and bouncy castle, followed by high tea. Reserve yourplace with the Alumni Office; early booking is advised.

July 2006Choir Tour of Australia and New ZealandFor more information please contact Margaret Hartley(meh43@cam.ac.uk) and Helen Walter (hmw41@cam.ac.uk).

Saturday 16 September 2006Reunion DinnerFor members who matriculated in 1956, 1957, 1961 and 1962.

Saturday 16 September 2006Drinks in TorontoLunch-time reception in Toronto with Dr David Jones, Fellow andalumnus. Details will be circulated to Canadian alumni shortly.

Friday 22 - Sunday 24 September 2006University Alumni Weekend (open to all alumni)Further details available from the University Alumni Office.Members of Christ’s College attending the weekend are invited to abuffet lunch in the Master’s Lodge at 12.45 on Saturday 23September.

Saturday 23 September 2006Friends of the Old Library EventA talk in the Master’s Lodge. Details will be circulated to all Friends.If you are not a Friend and would like information on how to joinplease contact in the Alumni Office.

Saturday 23 September 2006Reunion DinnerFor members who matriculated in 1971, 1972, 1976 and 1977.

Wednesday 24 January 2007CP Snow LectureTo be given by Professor Linda Colley FBA. Further details will beavailable nearer the time.E

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