Spring 2016 Development Newsletter

GirtonDevelopment Newsletter of Girton College, Cambridge Spring 2016

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Message from the MistressThe Mistress, Professor Susan J. Smith FBA writes.

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Our Financial ReportA look at the financial health of the College.

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A Great CampaignSecuring a sustainable future for the College.

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Creating a LegacyA commitment today to a gift for tomorrow will transformthis unique institution.

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Alumni InterviewsTwo alumni talk about their time at Girton and beyond.

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The Editor would like to thank many colleagues, and particularly Cherry Hopkins OBEand Gillian Jondorf, for their support in the production of the Development Newsletter.

Donors to the College 2014-15A list of those who have supported Girton in the lastfinancial year.

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Introduction

Next, I am delighted to report that ourCampaign is going from strength tostrength. In recent months you have,inspired by a generous matching gift,and with help from the largest bequestin the history of the College, almostcompleted a £10 million FellowshipsFund. Established to support sixpreviously underfunded subjects, thisvisionary initiative has enabled Girton to underwrite continuing teaching and research positions in the Arts and Humanities, Economics andMathematics. With less than £400,000to go, and some matching funds stillavailable, I am hopeful that before theink on this page is dry, this specialproject will be complete.

Coincidentally, we have formallylaunched a new legacy appeal, which I am personally endorsing, togetherwith my three predecessors as Mistress.I hope you will read the brochure andconsider the case for rememberingGirton in your Will. This is withoutdoubt the single most significant stepthat the majority of us can take tocontribute directly to the permanentendowment capital and secure thelong-term future of the College.Furthermore, all legators have the

opportunity to join the 1869 Society,and to receive regular dedicatedupdates, as well as occasionalinvitations to some very special events.

Finally, we have just heard that themaster plan for the main site has beengranted outline planning permission.The proposal was warmly received, and there have been numerouscompliments on the vision thatunderpins it. It is the outcome of aremarkable collaborative effort, and weare grateful to our neighbours in GirtonVillage, as well as to our alumni andfriends more broadly, for engaging withthis venture. As you know, this newsdoes not commit the College tobuilding anything specific in the shortterm; indeed a number of estateproposals are on the table for furtherdiscussion. However, it does create arange of options for the future, puttingGirton in an excellent position tocapitalise on its proximity to theUniversity’s flagship development inNorth-West Cambridge.

Add to all this an array of spectacularevents – the Founders’ Memorial Lecturedelivered by Sir Paul Nurse, dazzlingentries for the communications prizes

that are sponsored by Phil Hammondand Margaret Mountford, a series ofmusical and sporting extravaganzas,some notable examination successstories, and the myriad activities packedinto the pages of this newsletter – and I think you will agree that 2015 was ayear to remember!

For my own part, it was a treat to catchup with so many Girton alumni, at

Professor Susan J. Smith FBA

There is never a dull moment in a typical year at Girton. Amid the ups and downs – and I amafraid we have had both in recent times – I have some very good news to report.

First and most crucially we have, thanks to your extraordinary generosity, reached the half way mark in A Great Campaign. That is, the value of income received and pledges outstanding is close to £25 million. This is a major milestone, and on behalf of the Fellows, students and staffof the College, may I send heartfelt thanks to all who have contributed.

Message from the MistressProfessor Susan J. Smith FBA

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home and abroad, and in a wide varietyof settings. We shared some wonderfulyear-group reunions, thought-provokingsubject dinners, and numerous talks,concerts, ceremonies and celebrations.Last April, I had the privilege of visitingJapan, and was honoured to attend adinner hosted by the Tokyo Cambridgeand Oxford Society in the company of Her Imperial Highness PrincessTakamado, an alumna of the College. I also enjoyed the generous hospitalityof our friends and supporters on theEast Coast of the USA and in Singaporeand Hong Kong. As we turn to the nextphase of A Great Campaign, I shall betravelling again with our newDevelopment Director, Deborah Easlick,in anticipation of sharing our latestnews and ideas with you.

I hope in particular to look forwardswith you to the 150th anniversary of the Foundation of the College

in 2019. In the lead up to that we shall be fundraising to support athriving postgraduate community,widen participation, grow the bursaryfunds that so many students at everyage and stage rely on, and strengthenthe Fellowship that recruits, educates,encourages and examines cohort aftercohort of young people.

If you would like to help, there is agreat deal you can do. Keep in touch,take a call during the Telethon, becomea role model, offer networkingopportunities, be part of an event oractivity. Alongside this, if and when thetime is right, it will be my pleasure too,to welcome you as a Member, Friend orPatron of A Great Campaign.

With warm wishes

Girton mourns the untimely deathof Giulio Regeni (1988-2016). Our thoughts go out to his family,friends and colleagues during thisdifficult time. He was a valued andrespected member of the MCR; hewill be greatly missed.


Financial Report

Our Financial Report

Girton has had a good financial year, thanks not least to the generosity of our alumni and supporters.In addition, financial markets served us well. In all, the College’s endowment and investment assetsrose from £58.4 million in 2013–14 to £65.2 million in 2014–15, inclusive of loans for future projects.This is not yet enough to underpin the world-class residential educational experience that Girtonaspires to provide. Nevertheless, it provides for a substantial permanent uplift in income, underliningthe transformational potential of our ongoing endowment campaign.

As you know the College’s current permanent endowment – at around one third of the Cambridge average on a perstudent basis – is insufficient to support an institution as active and ambitious as Girton. This is why A Great Campaign aims to grow the unrestricted, permanent endowment whichoffers the College flexibility and enables us to plan ahead to secure a bright future for our students and the scholars who teach them.

Our Financial Performance in 2014-15

Unrestricted donations and bequests totalling £1,014,000 and restricted donations and bequests totalling £2,862,000were received in 2014–15 and added to the endowment. This compares favourably with the comparable amounts for2013–14 which were £640,000 and £403,000 respectively.

Despite this success, there is still a significant gap between the College’s overall income and expenditure, amounting to £1.9 million when depreciation is included. It is neverthelessheartening that the underlying deficit has not become markedlyworse since last year. Our supporters will be encouraged toknow that the College continues to work hard to manage theoperation effectively, developing the estate, providing the bestservice it can to commercial customers as well as to students,and of course raising funds to grow the endowment.

Figure 1 shows the consolidated income and expenditureaccounts for last year. From this it can be seen that:

(i) There is a shortfall between the income received from studentsand the expenditure required to educate them. In 2014–15, only 68.2% of educational expenditure wascovered by academic income received. This reflects the factthat academic fee income for home and EU students isconstrained externally (home and EU fees are capped) anddoes not cover the cost of delivering the small-group teachingwhich is the unique selling point of the collegiate university.Nor does fee income fully fund the measures we take to add

value to the students’ learning experience through tutorialsupport, fostering transferable skills, and measures to promoteall-round personal development. This is the position in allCambridge Colleges offering an undergraduate education.

(ii) Income from students’ and members’ rents and chargesdoes not cover the cost of delivering the residential servicesthat are an integral part of a Cambridge education, andthat nurtures the Colleges’ distinctive interdisciplinaryapproach. Nor is this shortfall covered by income fromcommercial conference and catering services, which in2014–15 was £833,000, up 4% from 2013–14. We areworking on increasing this income stream but in the end it will be limited by space and the resources needed foracademic use, which is our priority.

Figure 1: Consolidated Income and Expenditure 2014–15

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(iii) Income from investments, which – on the Cambridgemodel – is generally used to bridge the gap betweenincome and expenditure, is not sufficient in Girton’s case to balance the accounts or help create a fund to cover the costs of depreciation. This is not true for mostColleges, 62% of which have a higher endowment perstudent than Girton has. To bridge this gap, Girton needssubstantially to increase its permanent endowment.

This is indeed a key reason why A Great Campaign is anendowment campaign. Success will be measured not by itsdirect contribution to income but rather by the total investmentreturn it eventually generates for the College. Every gift to thisCampaign will contribute to the permanent endowment capitaland create an income stream in perpetuity.

Campaign update: taking stock

We are now half-way through A Great Campaign and lookingforward to the next benchmark – the 150th Anniversary of theFoundation of the College in 2019. We have raised – thanks toyour generosity – nearly half the campaign target of £50 millionthrough donations and legacies, and pledges for future legacies.

It is important to note that the main effect of your gifts to AGreat Campaign is hard to appreciate from Figure 1, becausethese gifts do not appear as ‘donation income’. Rather they areinvested and contribute a year-on-year uplift to the ‘investmentincome’ stream. Only funds donated for ‘one-off’ expendituresin the current year – gifts that donors have specifically asked tobe spent down in their entirety, rather than added to theendowment – are shown as donation income in this chart.Generally income of this kind is exactly balanced by theexpenditure for which it is earmarked. Funds donated to thepermanent endowment, in contrast, are channelled directly intoinvested capital where they immediately begin to generateincome for the College to deploy to meet its strategiceducational goals.

Figure 2 shows the difference the success of A Great Campaign isbeginning to make. In 2010–11 just before A Great Campaignwas publicaly launched in 2012, just £2.1 million had been

secured to ‘set the ball rolling’. The income this generatedamounted to £84,000 p.a. However, the £11.9 million fromdonations and legacies which we had received by the end of2014–15 is now generating £476,000 p.a. in income. This is stillrelatively small compared to the overall endowment income.However, if you add legacy pledges already committed (a further£13.4 million) there is already a sum which in future years willgenerate a further £536,000 p.a. in income from theendowment. By the time A Great Campaign is complete in2020–21, it will be contributing more or less double Girton’sinvestment income over the longer term: a game changing result.

We are very grateful to everyone who has supported theCollege during A Great Campaign. Thank you.

To see a full set of accounts please visit:

www.girton.cam.ac.uk/committees/college-accounts

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission

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A Great Campaign

Teaching and Research

At the heart of a Girton education is thetalented and caring Fellowship whodeliver the bespoke, research-infusedenvironment that is packed withintellectual excitement, practicalrelevance and pastoral support. As youcan imagine, the cost of delivering thispersonalised education is high. Our mainpriority for A Great Campaign has beento endow our six college-based teachingFellowships in Economics, English,History, Law, Mathematics, and Modernand Medieval Languages. We aremaking a final push to raise theremaining funds thanks to thegenerosity of alumni. However there isstill £400,000 left to fund across the sixteaching posts which, together with adonor’s generous offer to match alldonations on a 1:1 basis and with yourhelp, can soon be accomplished. Othersubjects also need support – close tohalf of our undergraduates studyNatural, Medical, Veterinary orComputer Sciences, or Engineering.However, no matter what the subject of

study is, it is fair to say that thesupervision system, staffed by world-classacademics, really does encourage apassion for learning. Gifts towardsTeaching and Research add pricelessvalue to each and every student’s degree.

Student Support

Girton stands by the principle that everybright, ambitious individual who hasthe ability to secure a place should havethe opportunity to study here: to enjoya residential learning experience that isthe envy of the world. It should notmatter who they are, where they comefrom, or how much they can afford.Gifts towards our UndergraduateBursaries or Graduate ResearchScholarships Funds make sure everypromising scholar is supported to realisetheir potential.

So far, since the start of A GreatCampaign, your donations haveenabled us to endow three Emily Davies

Bursaries in perpetuity, as well assubstantially support our many otherundergraduate bursaries. This is atimely achievement; as grants arereduced and loans are stretched, a growing number of students arerelying on an undergraduate bursary to bridge the gap. Such funds areespecially vital this year, as studentsarriving in October 2016 will be thefirst to start their studies since thedecision was made to withdrawgovernment-funded maintenancegrants altogether. The bursaries weoffer can be a crucial safety net forthese students.

Our 200 graduate students form acentral component of the vibrantacademic community that is GirtonCollege today. Students like Irit Katz,who has recently graduated (see articleon page 9), challenge the status quothrough their research, and in their livesand work are the engine of all we aspireto be. There is no shortage of well-qualified students; but there is a major

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In 2012 we launched A Great Campaign with a vision to secure a sustainable financial future forthe leading-edge learning environment that is Girton College. Four years on and we have markeda milestone: nearly £25 million of our £50 million target has been raised through a mixture ofdonations, legacies and legacy pledges. This is a tremendous achievement and we would like toextend our heartfelt thanks to all of you who have supported the College to make this possible.Here is a snapshot of what we have accomplished together so far:

This means we have:

> raised 95% of thepriority teaching post

funds

> endowed theequivalent of threenew undergraduate

bursaries

> invited over 1000donors to becomemembers of A Great

Campaign

Number of Donors

2840 donors, of whom 777 are new and 249 are under the age of 30.

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Dr Mary Wrenn, JoanRobinson Research Fellowin Heterdox Economics

As a kid, I loved working puzzles –jigsaws, crosswords, and especiallyword problems in math class. Thelogical structure and puzzle-likeproblem solving of economics drewme to the subject. I was fascinated bythe idea that complex, sticky worldproblems might be solved through theunbiased, blind mechanics of calculusand statistics. The more deeply Istudied economics, however, the moreI realized that human behaviourcannot be fully or even adequatelydescribed with any degree ofmathematical precision. This idea – theinfallibility of hard numbers and colddata – is exactly what is wrong withthe economics discipline.

In graduate school, I decided tobroaden my scope of study to politicaleconomics, which put me squarely inthe marginalised minority of heterodoxeconomics. Briefly stated, heterodoxeconomics departs from mainstreameconomics in three critical ways: callsfor methodological pluralism withinthe discipline, emphasis oninterdisciplinary research, andinsistence that any economic study be

contextually situated and specific inboth time and space. While heterodoxeconomists still use the tools ofmathematics and statistics, their use isancillary to the process.

My current research is focused on the study of the political economyof developed Western nations overthe last nearly five decades – anexamination of neoliberalism. Study of the rise and evolution of neoliberalism is critical in attemptsto understand, confront, andameliorate the real-world problems of structural maladjustment andfinancial crises. I am particularlyinterested in exploring the ontologicaldimensions of neoliberalism asexpressed and experienced throughpersonal agency, identity, andemotions. Some of my latest workexplores the emotions of fear andenvy within neoliberal economicsystems; in other words, howinstitutions specific to neoliberalismmight shape (and in turn might be shaped by) the ways in whichindividuals experience the emotionsof fear and envy. I am more thanhappy to share copies of my work with any interested alumni.

Much as I love and find professionalfulfilment in research, I am still ateacher at heart. My fellowship isunusual because it is not solelyfocused on research – it also has ahalf-time teaching component. Allsupervision time is swallowed by therequirements of the paper – animperative for success in the Tripos –but all of the moments in betweenbelong to the real education of thestudents. Those moments before anevent over drinks in my office, orafterward in front of a blazing fire –that is the time when studentsbecome scholars and we can engage

in authentic conversation abouteconomics in the real world, aboutheterodox economics.

It probably would not surpriseGirtonians that the only fellowship inthe world created specifically forheterodox economists is housed atGirton College. Rebellion is Girton’sraison d’être; our founders thumbedtheir noses at those academics whostubbornly clung to the idea thathigher education belonged solely tothe realm of upper-class men. JoanRobinson (Maurice, 1922), for whomthe fellowship in heterodox economicsis named, kept alive that traditionwhen she demanded fearlessly andunrepentantly for economists toabandon their mathematicalcalisthenics and with raw honestyanswer questions of social relevance.Girton economics students carry theflame by continuing to challenge themainstream at the College through theJoan Robinson Society and at theuniversity level in the CambridgeSociety for Economic Pluralism. Whatmakes Girton unique – indeed, whatmakes it so unique especially withinCambridge – is that it is brave enoughto encourage academic insurrection.Girton’s greatest legacy is intellectualcourage, and I am proud to have beena part of its history.

Rebellion is Girton’s raisond’être; our foundersthumbed their noses atthose academics whostubbornly clung to theidea that higher educationbelonged solely to therealm of upper-class men.”

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funding gap which only a well-supported scholarship scheme canbridge. For the current academic year,owing to lack of funds, we took thedifficult decision to withhold newgraduate scholarships altogether, inorder to support our continuingstudents. With your help, we aredetermined to level the playing field sothat the brightest and best graduatescan benefit from Girton’s all-roundresidential educational experience, andbe empowered by their University career.

Our Buss Hardship Fund enables us tooffer support to students who sufferunexpected financial need while theyare at Girton. Examples include:students who are diagnosed with alearning disability and need help to buynew equipment, the replacement ofstolen bicycles, students who areinjured and need help paying taxi faresto get to lectures, and covering thecosts of travel for students to visit sickrelatives. We currently only have thecapacity to support around 30 studentsa year, and often we cannot give therequired amount. Donations towardsthis fund will help students who mayotherwise find continuing their studiesat Girton very difficult.

Unrestricted Endowment – supportthat lasts for ever*

Our primary aim for this Campaign is to increase the unrestricted endowment– if we do this, Girton will be sustainableand secure in the long term. Giftstowards our endowment are particularlyvaluable as they will last in perpetuity:the capital remains unspent while aproportion of the interest is used tounderpin every activity in the College. So far, these donations, which totalseven figures, have allowed us tocontinue our commitment to wideningparticipation, increase undergraduateand graduate bursaries and scholarships,help young scholars to build theirresearch careers, preserve our many and

Graduate Funding

Dr Irit Katz (Architecture, 2011)

It was only after joining Girton as a PhD student in Architecture that I discovered, to my pure joy, that thiswas one of the two Colleges whereVirginia Woolf gave the lectures whichlater formed the remarkable A Room of One’s Own. This gained an evendeeper meaning when I was awardedthe College’s Graduate ScholarshipAward in the Stanley Library – the verysame place where Woolf had lectured.

Before coming to Cambridge I workedas an Architect in Tel Aviv and inLondon, specialising in urban planningand housing schemes. I pursued myPhD in the Centre for Urban ConflictsResearch in the Department ofArchitecture in Cambridge followingthe decision to focus on therelationship between space and politics.I wanted to join Girton, among otherthings, because of its well-establishedpoetry group, which has long been apassion of mine.

In my doctoral dissertation I set out ananalytical strategy for the camp in itsvarious typologies and uses – such assettler camps, migrant camps,detention camps and refugee camps –in relation to the modern state. I focuson the case of Israel Palestine, wherecamps were and still are a prevalentspatio-political instrument used invaried ways to violently managepopulations and territories. Throughspatial, historical and ethnographicexplorations, the research examines theway camps and temporaryenvironments were and still are beingused by the state as a means ofcontrolling land and populations, whileon the other hand camp residents areactively using their temporary status fortheir ongoing struggles. I am currently

working on a book which is based onthis research. I also pursue furtherresearch in studying the state-madeand makeshift camps that create thecurrent threshold spaces of Europe.

During my years as a Girton Scholar I had the opportunity to present my research in several seminars,symposiums and conferences acrossEurope. I published my work inestablished academic journals and mypaper won the James Morris Prize ofThe Society of Architectural Historiansof Great Britain. From the beginning ofmy studies in Cambridge I have beeninvolved in teaching and supervisingstudents and in organising seminarsand conference sessions.

The generous support of Girton’sGraduate Scholarships and Awards,gave me the financial ‘room of myown’ just when this was most needed.It allowed me to concentrate on mystudies and academic career andencouraged me to strive for ambitiousgoals. I thank the College, especially myTutor, Frances Gandy, and the College’sbenefactors for this preciousopportunity and honour. I am nowproud to be a Girton Bye-Fellow andthe Director of Studies in Architecture. I look forward to continuing teachingand researching with the hope to writeand publish that ‘better book’ whichWoolf referred to in her lectures, andgive back all the trust put in me withthe College’s graduate awards.


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varied collections and improve our sportsfacilities and the estate. However, thereis more to do. Our endowment is stillaround one third of the Cambridgeaverage on a per student basis. This putsa strain on vital areas of College support,does not allow for adequate re-investment into the buildings, andhampers the implementation of someambitious and exciting new plans. Thiscould all change by 2019 if we canachieve our £50 million target of AGreat Campaign which would enable astep change in the size of our operatingbudget thanks to increased income from our permanent endowment capital.The flexibility and ability to plan ahead in uncertain times is priceless.

*By unrestricted endowment we mean the

unrestricted permanent endowment capital

How to donate…

If you have not done so already, please join A Great Campaign to secure the future of Girton, whoseuncompromising quest for excellence indiversity stands for everything educatorsshould be proud of. We shall be

grateful for any gift, at whatever levelyou are comfortable with.

Gifts may take the form of cash, sharesor financial instruments, and as Girtonis a registered charity, giving can be tax-efficient. Donations can be made usingthe form included in this Newsletter oronline at www.girton.cam.ac.uk/giving.

For more information about A GreatCampaign or to talk about a specific fundor gift please contact our DevelopmentOffice on +44 (0)1223 766672 [email protected].

£20 a month

From just 25 alumni, with Gift Aid, will endow a full week

of teaching, in one of ourpriority subjects, for a Girton

student, for ever.

150Undergraduate students

supported on an annual basiswith a bursary, who would

otherwise find University unaffordable.

200Number of awards for excellence

in the form of scholarships,awards and prizes we are able

to make each year.

10College Teaching Fellows your

donations are helping to sustain.


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Member (£500 donated)

• Receive an enamelledpin badge (pictured).

• Invited to occasionalspecial events includingthe biennial Benefactors’ Garden Party.

• Names will be recorded on a donorboard in Ash Court.

• The College is delighted that over960 alumni and supporters areMembers of A Great Campaign.

Benslow (£5,000 pledged)

• Receive an enamelledpin badge (pictured).

• Invited to the annualCommemoration of Benefactors and Foundation Dinner, as well as thebiennial Benefactors’ Garden Party.

• Names will be recorded on a donorboard in Ash Court.

• Over 40 of you are giving at the Benslow level, for which we are very grateful.

Friend (£10,000 pledged)

• Receive a bronze lapelpin (pictured).

• Invited to the annualCommemoration ofBenefactors and Foundation

Dinner, as well as the biennialBenefactors’ Garden Party.

• Names will be recorded on a donorboard in the College.

• The College is grateful to the morethan 60 alumni who have becomeFriends since the beginning of AGreat Campaign.

Jubilee (£50,000 pledged)

• Receive a silver andgreen lapel pin(pictured).

• Invited to the annualCommemoration of Benefactors andFoundation Dinner, the biennialBenefactors’ Garden Party andoccasional special events hosted bythe Mistress.


Patron (£100,000 pledged)

• Receive a silver lapel pin(pictured).

• Invited to the annualCommemoration ofBenefactors and Foundation Dinner,the biennial Benefactors’ GardenParty and special events hosted by the Mistress.


Bodichon (£500,000 pledged)

• Receive a gold lapel pin(pictured).

• Eligible for election bythe College Council to aBarbara Bodichon FoundationFellowship.

• Invited to a number of special eventseach year.

• Listed in the University Reporter.

1869 Society (Legators)

• Receive a purple lapelpin (pictured).

• Invited to events fromtime to time, hosted bythe Mistress.

• The College is grateful to the manyalumni who have already indicatedtheir intention to remember Girton in their Will. Please see pages 13–15from more information about ourlegacy campaign.

• Additionally, donors to Girton whohave given £250,000 are eligible to be nominated as members of theUniversity Vice-Chancellor’s Circle.Donors who make gifts totalling £1 million or more are eligible to jointhe University Guild of Benefactors.

‘With your help, we can seize the opportunity to write a new chapter in Girton’s inspiring story.On behalf of the Fellows and students of Girton today, and for generations to come, thank youfor sharing this vision.’ Professor Susan J. Smith

To acknowledge your support, for the lifetime of A Great Campaign, we have established various ways of recognising and honouring ourdonors outlined in the various giving circles below. All donors will be listed in the Development Newsletter (see pages 28–34) and onlineeach year (unless anonymity is requested).

Recognising your generosity

Our 15-strong student caller team hadnearly 800 calls with our alumni wherethey shared experiences, receivedinvaluable career advice andstrengthened the relationship betweenalumni and the College. We are alwaysextremely grateful to alumni whosupport students both in this way andthrough financial means. One alumnavery generously offered to match allleadership gifts (of £5000 or more) to theUnrestricted General Endowment Capitaland Graduate Research ScholarshipsFund, for which we are most grateful. In fact, we raised over £40,000 forgraduate support which will go towardssupporting half of our graduates, whowould otherwise have found taking up apostgraduate course impossible.

Some telethon views from Verity Roat,2015 telethon caller…Having decided to remain in Collegeduring the Easter holidays for the library,applying for the telethon seemed likethe next logical step. The hours – mostlyevenings and weekends – fitted in withmy plan to study nine to five and thepay was a definite bonus. Despite the

fact that my best-laid study plans wentsomewhat awry, I am still enormouslyglad that I took part in the telethon, notleast because of how much money weraised for such a noble cause!

When I first applied, I have to admit thatI did not realise the benefits that Ipersonally would gain from being a partof the telethon. Firstly, the two daystraining was not only essential for thework but also gave me an insight intothe history and day-to-day running ofCollege that I would not have otherwisehad – my colleagues and I evensuggested that it might be prudent torun some of these talks we receivedduring Freshers’ Week so that allstudents have a chance to become betterinformed about Girton! Furthermore, itgave me an opportunity to get to knowa lovely new group of my fellowstudents. Our fantastic managers instilleda sense of solidarity in the group, whichcomprised both undergraduate andgraduate students, by inventing fungames and treats to enliven the shifts.

Finally, I was delighted to be able tomake the acquaintance of some reallyfascinating Girton alumni, as well as tocatch up with a few friends whograduated last year. I spoke to manyinteresting people in many time zones,including a female judge who spoke tome for an hour about the trials of beingin the first year of coeducation at Girtonand trying to climb the job ladder in thelegal profession, before giving anincredibly generous gift. I also spoke to agentleman who initially assumed I was acold-caller, but admired my persistenceand insisted his wife, our ex-Girtonian,donate! All in all, it was a fantasticexperience that I would recommend toany Girtonian.

Girton Telethon 2015

It was another successful year for the Girton Telephone Campaign, raising more than £243,000over a three-week period during the Easter vacation. Once again Girtonians proved their loyalsupport – 75% made a gift, which was the highest telethon participation rate in the UK!


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Transformational giving

Legacy gifts have had a remarkableimpact on A Great Campaign withbequests worth £5 million alreadyreceived out of a total raised of £11.4million. In addition supporters havepledged over £13 million collectively intheir Wills, a figure that has the powerto transform Girton.

This year Girton is extremely grateful tohave received an extraordinarily generousbequest from the estate of Mrs BrendaStacey (Smith, 1949). The bequest willadd significantly to the TeachingFellowships Fund bringing us close to securing the funds needed to endowsix teaching posts in perpetuity, an astonishing achievement that willbenefit students and academics alike for generations to come.

Mrs Stacey came up to Girton to readGeography in 1949 and studying at theCollege, and Cambridge, was animmense source of pride to her. Sheembraced College life, welcoming the

freedom to participate in the tremendousvariety of activities available to a studenthere. Mrs Stacey was greatly influencedby Girton not only in her academicpursuits while a student but also in hersubsequent career in marketing, and shemaintained a strong ethos that anythingwas possible with sufficient focus andhard work. Brenda’s life encapsulates allthat Girton is striving to achieve:attracting the brightest students to theCollege, delivering the best all-roundexperience whilst in residence, andsending graduates out into the world tomake the most of their experienceswherever life takes them.

Girton needs your support to continueoffering this unique and invaluableeducational experience. By rememberingthe College in your Will you will help

Girton to plan confidently for thefuture; to continue offering life-changing opportunities to students; toattract world-class academics to teachand inspire, and whose research ishelping us to understand and transformthe world we live in; and to developand protect the estate, collections, andpriceless archival material for all.

As with any form of donation, gifts to theCollege for the unrestricted permanentendowment capital offer the mostflexibility as they can be directed to theareas that require most support at anygiven time. Girton is naturally, however,also happy to receive gifts directed tospecific areas of College life. Please doget in touch if you would like to discusshow your generosity might best bedirected to reflect your wishes.

Creating A Legacy

Legacy



Legacy

Leaving a Gift in your Will

We are grateful to all of those whoremember Girton in their Will. A legacygift can be written into a new Will, oradded to an existing one using aCodicil form. We recommend that youseek professional legal advice whenmaking or amending a Will.

There are currently several methods by which you can remember Girton in your Will:

A residuary legacy is a gift of all, or apercentage of, your estate after otherbequests, taxes and charges have beenmet. We ask you please to consider themerits of leaving a residuary legacy; itprotects your gift to Girton againstinflation, while insulating your otherbeneficiaries from the effects ofdeflation, as well as from any decisionyou may make to reduce the size of yourestate for your own needs in older age.So this can be a win-win arrangement.

A pecuniary legacy is a monetary giftof a specific sum; to safeguard itsfuture value it can be index linked.

A specific or non-monetary legacyallows you to leave items to theCollege: for example, stocks andshares, property, furniture, paintings or other fixed assets, either to be used,or to be sold to generate funds.

A reversionary legacy or life interesttrust leaves your assets to namedbeneficiaries to enjoy in their lifetime.Upon their death the whole, or aproportion of what remains, could passto the College.

Whichever option you choose, we suggest that you use the followingwording when leaving your gift to Girton:

‘I give to the Mistress, Fellows andScholars of Girton College, Cambridge

(Registered Charity Number1137541)[the residue of my estate][_____ % of the residue of my estate][the sum of _________] free of tax forthe Unrestricted PermanentEndowment Capital of the College andI declare that the receipt by the Bursaror other authorised Officer of theCollege shall be good and sufficientdischarge to my Executors.’

As a registered charity Girton pays notax on gifts bequeathed and a legacy tothe College may reduce your estate’sInheritance Tax liability.

Alumni and supporters of Girton in theUnited States can make a planned giftto the College with Cambridge inAmerica. To discuss this, or if you aremaking a Will outside the UnitedKingdom, please contact theDevelopment Office.

Further information regarding leaving alegacy, including a pledge form shouldyou wish to notify the College of yourintentions and a Codicil form shouldyou wish to make a change to yourexisting Will, is available on ourwebsite, www.girton.cam.ac.uk/legacy.

To discuss your legacy giving pleasecontact the Development Directoron +44 (0)1223 339893 or the LegacyOfficer on +44 (0)1223 338901,[email protected].

The Development Office team is alsohappy to work with your solicitorshould you prefer.

Recognising your Generosity

College recognises that leaving a legacyis a very personal matter and one thatyou may wish to keep private. However,by telling us about your Will you canhave an immediate impact; not leastbecause it will enable us to plan.

Education has the power totransform lives. It is the greatleveller; whatever one's familybackground or circumstances. Ibenefited hugely from theexcellence of a Girton education andbelieve that those who havebenefited from the privilege of suchan incredible opportunity should, iftheir later circumstances allow, tryto find some way of giving back tothe institution that set them on theirpath to success. This will help toensure that future generations havethe same opportunities and qualityof education as we did. Asresponsibility for funding highereducation shifts from the public toprivate sphere, the Americanconcept of ‘pay it forward’ – theidea that if one benefits from thegoodness of others, one shouldconsider giving further down theline if one is in the fortunateposition of being able to do so – ismore important today than it hasever been. Remembering Girton inmy Will is a way I can help ensurethat the next generation ofGirtonians have access to the bestthat higher education has to offer.

Catherine Bailey (Crick, 1978)

Legacy

Twenty years ago a benefactornearing the end of her lifebequeathed us the Austin and HopePilkington Music Fellowship. Thanksto this catalyst, Girton today has aflourishing mixed-voice choir, anarray of instrumental ensembles anda vibrant classical and popular musicscene. Thanks to the foresight of asingle, visionary donor, studentsfrom all subjects have everyopportunity to work with anoutstanding complement ofprofessional musicians.

It will also allow us fully to understandyour wishes and express our thanks for your generosity.

As a legator you are eligible to join the1869 Society, named to recall the yearof the College’s foundation. Membersof the 1869 Society will receive apurple lapel pin and they, and a guest,will be invited from time to time toevents hosted by the Mistress.

There may also be opportunities toname Fellowships, scholarships, prizes,bursaries and buildings for certain gifts.

Please do get in touch for more details.

By leaving a legacy you are supportinga remarkable institution with a proudhistory and an exciting future.

On behalf of the Fellows and studentsof Girton for many generations tocome, thank you for sharing this visionand helping to secure our future.


1869 Society Facts

75%Increase in the Society

membership since launching A Great Campaign

£13MAmount pleged in legacies

60Number of different

matriculation years represented in the Society, spanning

1935–2006


Cultural Heritage

Celebrating our heritage

Our many and various collections are a fundamental part of Girton. These collections help enrich daily life in

College, as well as promoting research and cultural appreciation. They range from the artwork that is

encountered in the College corridors and the grounds, and the museum collections housed in the Lawrence

Room, to the rare books and historical material preserved in the Duke building repository.

The College works hard to curate thesecollections, and to make themaccessible to the College communityand beyond. So it was with real regretthat in 2015 we saw the retirement of Frances Gandy from her roles asLibrarian and Curator.

2015 also saw the fifteenth anniversary ofThe People’s Portraits collection. To markthe occasion a reception was held in Aprilat the Mall Galleries hosted jointly byGirton and the Royal Society of PortraitPainters (RP). Six of the paintings from theexhibition at Girton were put on displayin the Gallery as part of the RP’s annualexhibition. The speakers were the Mistressof Girton, Professor Susan J. Smith, thePresident of the Royal Society of PortraitPainters, Robin-Lee Hall and eminentClassicist, Professor Mary Beard OBE. Thereception was attended by 160 guests.

2015 has continued to see ourcollections used in a range of culturaland academic activities, but therichness of the collections is particularlyshowcased by the annual series of talksat the September Alumni weekend.

For the annual Library talk we werepleased to welcome back ProfessorDianne Edwards CBE, FRS. Dianne is aResearch Professor at Cardiff University,and until recently the President of theLinnean Society. She is also a Girtonian,having been an undergraduate andlater the Ethel Sargant Research Fellowin 1967. For her talk Dianne looked atimportant women in the early study of Botany at Cambridge. Perhaps of

greatest interest to the College Archivewas her in-depth look at the botanistEthel Sargant. Miss Sargant,1863–1918, who came up to Girton in1881, went on to work at the JodrellLaboratory at Kew Gardens. She thenset up her own laboratory in hergarden, ‘Little Jodrell’, in order to workon seedling anatomy. Her personalpapers are held in the Archive andamong the most significant items inthis collection are the letters written by her to Agnes Arber (née Robertson),a fellow botanist who studied atNewnham. These letters, beautifullysewn into fabric letter books, coverpersonal subjects as well as discussionsof the two women’s botanical research.

The Lawrence Room’s annual talk wasgiven by art historian Professor Jean-

Michel Massing, a Fellow at King’sCollege, Cambridge, who spoke aboutantiquarian headrests from ancientEgypt to East Africa. He started bylooking at Egyptian mummy headrests,exploring their design, symbolism andmulti-functionality. He explained howthey were used to support their ownerwhilst asleep and to ward off danger inthe world of dreams, and were thenoften buried with their owner to protectthe head from decapitation in theafterlife. Jean-Michel then moved on todiscuss how such headrests evolved,looking in particular at Africanexamples, and drawing parallels withtheir ancient Egyptian counterparts. Hewent on to assure the audience from hispersonal experience that woodenheadrests still used by African tribesmenare very comfortable. After the talk the

Some of the People's Portraits on display in the Mall Galleries

audience accompanied Jean-Michel tothe Lawrence Room to look at thewooden Egyptian headrest on display.

At the annual People’s Portraits eventthe latest addition to the collection,‘Jim Winter’ by Andrew Festing PPRP,was unveiled. Unfortunately AndrewFesting was unable to attend the eventso Robin-Lee Hall, the President of theRoyal Society of Portrait Painters, gave an introduction to the painting,talking about its subject-matter and composition.

The event also saw a second unveiling –the photographic portrait of FrancesGandy by Sonny Sanjay Vadgama, theCollege’s Artist in Residence 2014–15.This portrait was commissioned by theCollege to mark Frances’s retirementafter 28 years as Librarian and Curator.Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern,Mistress of Girton 1998–2009, spokewith warmth and gratitude aboutFrances’ many achievements during hertenure. Following this both Frances andSonny discussed the process of creatingthe portrait. All present at the unveilingagreed that the chosen portrait capturesFrances’s personality and energy, andspeaks volumes about their collaborationand Sonny’s insight. Frances thenconcluded by reflecting on her years atthe College and the immense enjoymentthat she had derived from her variousroles at Girton, particularly as Curator.

Daphne Todd OBE PPRP then went onto speak about six of the portraits inthe collection, looking in particular attheir composition, movement and thetechniques employed by the artists. She too touched on the process andjourney that take place during thecreation of a portrait, and therelationship that develops between asubject and artist. She gave a humorousaccount of the painting of the portraitof Marilyn Strathern, which the Collegecommissioned in 2000. It wasparticularly fitting to have both Daphneand Marilyn speak in this anniversaryyear of the People’s Portraits, as it wasduring the painting of Marilyn’s portraitthat the initial idea that Girton mightoffer the collection a permanent homewas conceived.

For the annual Gardens talk we weredelighted to welcome Dr Harriet Allen,Fellow in Geography, to speak aboutMediterranean Wild Flowers. Harrietlooked at the geography and ecology ofthe wild flowers, and in particular whythey are such useful plants in sunny anddry areas, and how they are likely tobecome a more important element inour gardens as climate changes.

Girton’s cultural heritage is hugelyimportant to the College, and we takevery seriously the preservation of ourcollections as well as promoting access tothem. We very much hope to welcometo you to some of our 2016 events.

Hannah WestallArchivist and Curator

Cultural Heritage


Professor Mary Beard OBE Professor Dianne Edwards CBE, FRSSonny Vadgama unveils his portraitof Frances Gandy

Professor Jean Michel Massing Dr Harriet Allen


Alumni Profiles

Alumni Profiles

Zarine Kharas (Law, 1970)

‘More than anything else, studying Lawteaches you to think in a disciplinedand structured way,’ says Zarine Kharas,who graduated from Girton with a Lawdegree in 1973. Her structured thinkinghas been behind the success of thephenomenal JustGiving.com, which sheco-founded in 2000.

The online platform JustGiving.com,which Kharas co-founded, hastransformed the way people give tocharitable causes in the UK. The sitehas been used to raise and donate over£2.5 billion, with more than 25 millionpeople giving through JustGiving. Lastyear Kharas was made a DameCommander of the British Empire forher services to business and charity.

Kharas grew up in Karachi, Pakistan; herfather was a civil engineer and hermother a housewife. She came toEngland to begin her Law degree in1970, shortly before the College becameco-educational. She followed in thefootsteps of her sister and her aunt, whoboth also studied law at Girton, and shemade lasting friendships, includingfellow lawyer, businesswoman and TVpersonality Margaret Mountford .Despite

already having a grasp of College lifefrom her sister, the experience ofstudying at Cambridge was formidable.‘I was bit overawed by the sheer weightof the academic achievement and historyof the College,’ she says. On top of that,the Law Faculty was peopled by some ofthe best legal minds of the time,including John Hopkins, Tony Jolowiczand David Williams. ‘At first I was almostoverwhelmed, and then you get used tositting in the same room as them,learning directly from the authors of thebooks you’ve studied.’

After Girton, Kharas went to theCollege of Law, and then joined thefirm of Linklaters & Paines, specialisingin corporate and financial law. Later shemoved into the world of investmentbanking at the London-based CreditSuisse First Boston, which had just 120employees. In 1993, after five years ofbanking, and a brief return to the law,she took up the challenge of helping toform a new investment bank.

It was her first experience of setting upa new venture and involved launching inCentral and Eastern Europe soon afterthe fall of the Berlin Wall. The role gaveher a taste for starting her ownbusiness, so she was open mindedwhen a former colleague approachedher towards the end of the dotcomboom and suggested that she form abusiness in the charity sector. ‘I thought,‘charities need to raise funds and tocommunicate with their supporters, andwhat could be more efficient thanfundraising and communicating withyour supporters online.’’

Given the nature of the charity sectorand the challenges she faced, it was

important that she and her partnerwere not just interested in the bottomline. ‘I was very keen on starting myown business, not to make moneynecessarily but I think businesses have alot to offer to the world, a big part toplay in society,’ she says. Kharas is,however, a pragmatist and JustGiving isa profit-making enterprise. ‘Peopleoften ask me ‘Why didn’t you createJustGiving as a not-for-profit?’ and theanswer is that I believe that thedisciplines brought to bear on a for-profit company (despite often-heardprotestations to the contrary) are morelikely to result in the creation of anenterprise of greater value for society atlarge and therefore for the third sector.’

Building a business was certainly not aneasy option. The venture had to navigatethrough the nascent technology of theinternet, bearing in mind that Amazondidn’t launch in the UK until 1999. ‘Trustwas a huge element and we wanted toimbue the company with trust, whileconcentrating on the needs of the users,the individuals and the charities,’ saysKharas. Online payment was a minefieldand creating a sophisticated onlineplatform was even more critical becauseJustGiving was working with charitiesand good causes. Then came thedotcom crash, just six months afterJustGiving launched. But Kharas stuckwith it, ‘totally hooked by the challengesof setting up and creating a business.’

Her business acumen is underpinned bythe discipline acquired in her timestudying Law at Girton ‘The thing Ithink had the most influence was beingtaught how to challenge an assertion:how to think about it, analyse it, pushback and challenge. It wasn’t about


Alumni Profiles

argument, it was about debate,’ shesays. ‘Even today it’s one of the keyfundamentals of JustGiving - everyonedebates almost everything.’ So, whenevaluating risk, rather than seeing thedanger and calling a halt, ‘I’m able toweigh them up in a much morecommercial way, because I’m a lawyerand I’m more aware of the risks.Sometimes I’ll be saying that somethingis fine when the in-house lawyers aresaying no.’

JustGiving continues to thrive. It nowemploys 150 people and more recentlyit has expanded into crowdfundingwhere individuals can fundraise fornon-charitable causes and for otherindividuals in need. JustGiving alsoworks with ‘big data’ and has a datascience team to allow givers to find andfund causes that they are interested in,however small.

Alongside the DBE, Kharas’ ownrecognition includes the RSA’s AlbertMedal for democratising fundraisingand technology for charities, which wasawarded in 2009. Previous recipientshave included Sir Tim Berners-Lee andProfessor Stephen Hawking.

And how does she sum up thecontribution that Girton andCambridge made to her life and career?‘As you get older you understand moreabout how much of a contribution thattime made,’ she says. ‘I know it soundscorny, but it’s so true that when youlook back on your life you realise whata pervasive influence university and theCollege were at every level. That’sparticularly because it teaches you tothink in a certain way.’

‘Thinking back, it takes time tounderstand and realise that it gives youa huge amount of confidence whenyou’ve been not just somewhere likeCambridge, which in itself is amazing,but somewhere like Girton, with itshistoric associations.’

Rob Durkin (ComputerSciences, 2004)

Rob Durkin is one of this country’sleading young digital entrepreneurs.When he came up to Girton in 2004 healready had the idea for the ecommercemarketing software that underpinsFusePump, the business that he builtwith fellow Girtonian Chris Conn (2004).

Durkin is as generous as he isenthusiastic and talented. He is investingin a growing list of digital start-ups, twoof which are also the brainchild of formerGirtonians. Describing his time at Collegeas ‘probably the best three years of mylife,’ he’s contributed to A GreatCampaign and was elected to theCampaign Board in 2014.

‘The College is not run like a business,so if you want it to continue then youhave to help,’ he says. ‘It’s reallyimportant for the people who’ve beenthere to give support afterwards.’

Durkin followed his sister Gemma toGirton (she studied languages between2001 and 2005), so he was certain thatit was where he wanted to study. Healso followed in his sister’s footsteps bywinning a choral scholarship.

One of three Girtonians studyingComputer Science in his year, hisuniversity experience was exemplar foran up-and-coming entrepreneur. Hearrived with a plan to use his degree, inpart, to get a better understanding of

the software that he’d alreadydeveloped. He honed his financial skillsas treasurer of the JCR. And he forgedlasting friendships, including sharingtutorials, lunches and cycle rides to andfrom College with Chris Conn, whowas to become the Chief TechnologyOfficer at FusePump.

‘It’s a fantastic few years,’ he says. ‘Butyou don’t realise when you’re therehaving such a great time how much itenriches you as a person, partly throughthe education, also through the friendsyou make for life, and the activities.’

Singing with the choir was a big part ofRob’s life in College. As well as choirpractices several times a week, therewere annual choir tours in the summer,which took them across Europe andfurther afield to Australia andSingapore. He made great friendsthrough the choir and the Director ofMusic, Martin Ennis, was inspirational.‘Singing is still my absolute passion andmusic is what keeps me going duringthe more stressful times, so I can neverthank Martin enough for that.’

Rob has been a digital enthusiast fromthe age of 8, when his father firstbrought home a BBC Micro and Robbegan to teach himself how to code. By 14, he had a website design anddevelopment business up and running,and was helping local businesses, wherehe comes from in Yorkshire, to sellonline. In order to make time forschoolwork and then his degree work,he developed a dynamic pricing solutionfor his first e-commerce website. It wasthis that formed the basis for hisundergraduate dissertation: ‘generic pricecomparison in an online marketplace’

When he graduated in 2007, with abusiness plan and useful software, the world economy was heading intorecession. Despite his evident ability, it was tough to convince clients andassociates that he was serious. ‘As a

young entrepreneur with no money andno experience really – in a corporatesense – all I had was my degree. Therewas no chance that I could have donewhat I have without it.’

Apart from a small bank loan, therewas very little outside funding forFusePump, although another formerGirtonian, Rufus Evison (1986), put in asmall investment and brought usefulexperience to the start-up. But, fromthe start, the business grew, attractingbig retail clients including Waitrose, Skyand Thomas Cook. FusePump’splatform was something that couldmake a clear difference to the bottomline: it uses web-scraping technology toallow e-ecommerce sellers to improvetheir online product visibility and driveincreased sales.

‘It was very tough growing the businesswith no external finance,’ he says. ‘But Irealise now that I gained a unique skillby developing the know-how to run abusiness without venture capitalfunding and pots of money.’

After five years, in early 2014, thecompany was sold to marketing giantWPP, with Rob continuing as CEO. Inthe same year, he was shortlisted fordigital entrepreneur of the year at theGreat British Entrepreneur Awards. Hisvaluable experience, as well as theincome from the sale of his business,has put him in a great position to investin other start-ups. ‘I’m genuinelypassionate about the potential oftechnology and think that there is stillso much to be explored, which is whyI’m also a serial investor in e-commerceand digital start-ups. It's great tosupport other entrepreneurs who arestarting out on a similar journey to me.’

Those start-ups include Grabble, afashion mobile e-commerce companywhere Chris Conn now also works.Another of Rob’s investments is inMarket Porter, an online foodie heaven

that was started two years ago by aformer fellow Girton chorister StefanPorter (2006).

Stefan was married at Girton in 2014and Rob attended the wedding. It’s oneof Rob’s few return visits so far, but hiselection to the Campaign Board keepshim in touch with the College. He isthe youngest member of the Board andhe sees the logic in having someonewith a different perspective helping toraise the money needed to secure thefuture of Girton.

‘For me there’s an element of a duty,’ he says. ‘If you want Girton tocontinue and you really valued yourtime there you should be thinking ofhow to help that longevity. I’m alsointerested in supporting people whootherwise wouldn’t have been able togo. I feel it’s something you should doif you’ve got the means to do it, youshould give back.’

Alumni Profiles


Pippa Considine (1985)

English/Law

Our alumni were interviewed byPippa Considine. Pippa is a is awriter, editor and conferenceproducer. She has contributed toThe Times, Marketing Week,Campaign, The Daily Mail andproduces the Televisual FactualFestival. She is also launching herown online personalised stationerybusiness www.considine.london and is on the warpath toreintroduce real letter writing to a lost generation of emailers.


Saying thank you…

We are extremely grateful to all thosewho support the College and we weredelighted to hold our Commemorationof Benefactors and Foundation Dinnerfor over 90 loyal supporters lastOctober. The Sarah Woodhead Fellowin Experimental Psychology, Dr LucyCheke, gave an illuminating talk on theneural science of memory, and theChapel Choir, under the newdirectorship of Gareth Wilson, sangbeautifully both during the ceremonyand at dinner. We also took theopportunity to showcase a little projectour Fellows and staff have been busyknitting – namely cosy accessories forthe Girton squirrel toys! A silent auctionwas held for A Great Campaign andthe squirrels raised a fantastic £2500.Thank you to all who took part. Ourthanks also go to the catering team fortheir superb dishes, which included adelicious Girton-coloured Baked Alaskafor dessert.

It was an especially touching occasionto welcome the friends of Nirmala deMel (Archaeology and Anthropology,1959) back to the College on a sunnySunday afternoon in September, tounveil a specially commissioned benchthey had donated in Nirmala’s memory.The designers of the bench, JimPartridge and Liz Walmsley, areregarded as two of the best Britishartists working in wood. Theirinternationally known work is in majorcollections including the V&A inLondon. Their work, with its ‘minimalaesthetic’, is known for its ‘strong butquiet presence in the landscape’.Partridge and Walmsley designed thebench not just to be site specific in theGirton College grounds but also toreflect Nirmala’s personality. She had so

happily spent her undergraduate yearsat Girton reading Archaeology andAnthropology before returning to herhome country of Sri Lanka and adistinguished career in furtheringtourism for Sri Lanka and supportingecological and cultural projects.Although the artists had never knownher they spoke with some of her closest

friends and have responded to whatthey heard about her – for examplethey were told – ‘not an angular bench– Nim was very curvy’!

Lastly, we hope many of you havereceived your A Great Campaign pinbadges. They are our small way ofsaying thank you to all of you whosupport and share Girton’s vision in theadvancement of higher education.

Development

Alumni Events


The following photographs provide a snapshot of the many varied and fascinating alumni events that have been held in2015. We are delighted to have hosted over 1200 alumni, students and guests at events in College and around the world.

Our events programme would not be possible nor as successful without the help and enthusiasm of so many alumni. The College isvery grateful to event hosts in Singapore, Hong Kong, and London – Mark Hanson (1985), Kevin Chan (1986), Guy O’Keefe (1990),Rob Durkin (2004), Dawn Airey (1981), and Elizabeth Werry (1955); to Sophia Bergqvist (1978) for providing delicious wine for theWine-tasting evening, and to all those who encouraged groups to attend their reunions, or organised events for Girtonians.

Alumni Events

Singapore 2015

Law and Finance Event 2015:Professor Jochen Runde addressesthe audience

Young Alumni Technology Networking Event 2015 at Yahoo!

Law and Finance Event 2015: HostGuy O’Keefe and guests Medics and Vets Dinner 2015

Young Alumni Event 2015:Guest speaker Dawn Airey

Hong Kong 2015Tokyo 2015

Alumni Events


Roll of Alumni Weekend 2015: Robin-Lee Hall (PRP) unveilsthe latest donation to the People’s Portraits ExhibitionRoll of Alumni Weekend 2015: Drinks Reception

Roll of Alumni Weekend 2015:The Manchester Piano QuintetAlumni Rugby Match 2015

May Bumps 2015

Wine-tasting event 2015

Artist in Residence Event 2015

Artist in Residence Event 2015

Boat Club Dinner 1985 Crew

Classical Society Reunion 2015

Music and Choir Event 2015

Music and Choir Event 2015


PrizesMountford Arts and Humanities CommunicationsPrize 2015

This prize, founded by alumna DrMargaret Mountford (1970), requiresstudents to take ‘the specialist, esotericand complex, and make them accessibleand engaging’. Participants are asked tochoose either an artefact from amuseum, or even a museum itself, whichthey feel conveys the chosen theme. The2015 theme was ‘The Body’. This year’stopics ranged from photography, torepresentations of HIV/AIDS, to Anglo-Saxon brooches and to many itemsconcerning the human body, includinghuman enhancement.

The Judges chose the following winners:Judges' Prize, Adam Patel; OriginalityPrize, Charlotte Wilk; Audience Prize,Morgan Steag, Sarah Weston; LawrenceRoom Prize, Olivia Crawford; AbstractPrize, Sarah Weston.

Winning Abstract:Photographs. It is 2015, and we aresaturated with them. We pose for andpost pictures and “selfies” without asecond thought. But just over ahundred years ago, at the advent ofphotography, some approached theprospect of having their photographstaken with an almost-dread. Popularbelief was that through the process oftaking a photograph, a slice of one’ssoul was shed, only to find itselfmystically inhabiting a previously blankpage, as if transported and trapped in aseparate “body” – a mere slip of paper– by some witchcraft.

For some photography was alarming.Staring at their photograph, they would

realize that their photographic replicadid not belong to their body (any more),and was therefore out of their control.What would this body-snatcheddoppelgänger do? But for soldiers goinginto battle, having a piece of a lovedone stowed inside paper producedmuch comfort. Looking back on earlyphotographs – it is easy to see whypeople were so convinced their soulscould live on paper. They seem morehaunted than ours: as if immortalizedslivers of lives still being lived.

In this talk, I shall examine with youseveral souls captured by the American,

Lewis Hine, who embarked, in the early1900s, on an investigative seriesdocumenting the souls of child factory-labourers. Hine desperately kept hissubjects alive, fashioning paper-bodies.But there are those who just-escapeHine’s “mummification” – ghosts on theperiphery, who are blurred, whose souldid not get transferred to paper, andwhom we cannot remember.

Dr Margaret Mountford (centre) and contestants

Prizes


Prizes

This prize was established in 2008 by Dr Phil Hammond (1981) andencourages undergraduate students to convey scientific ideas in terms thatnon-scientists would understand; tohelp promote and improve the publicunderstanding of science in anencouraging, fun and humorous way.

This year’s theme was ‘Recognition’ andcontestants presented ideas aboutmathematical problems and patterns,the Universe’s weight, prosopagnosia,machines learning our world, humanbehaviours and blind sentinels.

The Judges chose the followingwinners: Judges' Prize, Sophie Moss;Second Prize, Sebastian Mizera;Audience Prize, Sebastian Mizera;Pathology Prize (donated by SuzyLishman, 1986), Stefano Vianello;Abstract Prize, Rishabh Bhargava

Winning Abstract:How does the United States Postal Service(USPS) recognise the addresses scrawledon 18 million trays of mail a year? Howdoes Netflix already know what youwould like to watch? What aboutAmazon, who will recommend itemsyou’ve never searched for and yet theycomplement the items in your cart? You

can rest assured that USPS does not havean army typing up all those addresses,and that Netflix and Amazon aren’twatching your every move. No, thesecompanies recognise what we write,what we like, and what we need withoutthe help of a single human. Machines,instead, are learning our world.

For a baby, much learning is recognition –of faces, scents, voices, and things thatare okay to touch and things that aren’t(stovetops are hot!). For a young child,learning evolves to recognising letters,numbers, words. For an adult, there is stillmore recognition – of problems that need

to be solved. Machine learning, a branchof computer science, aims to teachcomputers how to learn for themselves –whether it be through text, audio, orimages. The applications are extremelydiverse. You can teach a computer torecognise the author of a piece ofliterature, or the artist who created apainting. Machine learning can helpresearchers recognise the genetic markersthat lead to cancer, or help ships steerclear of whales in the ocean. All of this isdone through algorithms and statistics,drawn on previous data, much like ourpast experiences, and how we learn from them.

Hammond Science Communication Prize 2015

Dr Phil Hammond (centre) and contestants

The College was delighted to host thepresentation evening for this nationalpoetry prize for 18–30-year-olds last May.The prize was created by Professor SirLaurence Martin in memory of hisdaughter, who read Classics at Girtonfrom 1978 to 1981, and derived greatpleasure from writing poetry. The judges,author Hisham Matar and Cultural Fellowat the University of Leeds, Helen Mort,awarded Theophilus Kwek the First Prizeand Charlotte Buckley the Second Prize.

Dr Mort commented on the winners:‘Ultimately, what we admired in boththe winning entries was a subtle butfirm command of language, a confidentbut unshowy approach to form and aclear investment in not just what wasbeing written about but how it wasbeing written.’

You can read the winning poems on ourwebsite at www.girton.cam.ac.uk/jane-martin-poetry-prize

Jane Martin Poetry Prize 2015


Sport

Both teams pushed hard for the win butafter 90 minutes of fantastic rugby thescores remained level at 19 apiecemeaning the current team retain theJohn Marks salver for another year.Many thanks to the captains, AnthonyRubinstein Baylis (2013) and DanPoulson (1986), and to all the playersand supporters for making this fixturesuch a great occasion. Morephotographs from the day can be foundonline: www.facebook.com/girtonsports

It’s a Draw!

Near-perfect conditions greeted the alumni and student rugby teams as they took to the field for

this long-awaited match on Saturday 7 March 2015.

The Infidel Boat Club at Cambridge City Sprints

On Sunday 3 May 2015 TIBCentered a scratch crew in the CitySprints, a 400m side-by-side regattaheld in front of the boathouses.

Racing in the IM38+ final the crewmade the most of the advantage givento them by starting on the outside of the bend and at 200m they still had their lead but City were gainingground. By 100m it was nearly neck-and-neck. After crossing the finish lineit was too close to call but the officialresults showed that TIBC had won by a canvas.

Thanks must go to everyone involvedon the day especially Calum Eadie(2010) for getting the crew together,Sam Daniell (2001) for liaising with GCBC, Tim Nye (2013), the current GCBC president, and Simon Schoenbuchner (2012) GCBCmen’s captain, for the loan of a boatand blades.

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The crew: Cox: Ed Gazeley (2013),Stroke: Alastair Springgay (2010), 7:

Jonathan Fuhrmann (2007), 6: CalumEadie (2010), 5: Richard Stutt (2005), 4:James Boardman (2010), 3: Max Thoma(2010), 2: Alex Fudge (2010), Bow:Carlo Minciacchi (2010).


Sport

Women on theTideway andat Twickenham

A special mention this year must go tothe Girton women who rowed in theBlondie boat and those who weremembers of the Women’s Rugby 1st XV.Both the Boat Race on the Tideway andthe Varisty rugby match at Twickenhamincluded the women’s competition for

the first time in their long histories. The College was thrilled to be cheeringthem on.


Donors

Class of 1928 Lady Clark (G White)

Class of 1932 Mrs V Garner (Clague)

Class of 1934Miss J Macaulay

Class of 1935 Miss E ChadwickMiss N CurryMiss J MangoldMrs J Westwood (Murrant)

Class of 1936 AnonymousMrs M Tyndall (Blench)

Class of 1938 AnonymousMiss K Auty

Class of 1939 AnonymousDr M Metcalfe (Davies)Miss J NorrisMiss E Yonge

Class of 1940 Dr M BrownMiss E SeniorMrs R Winegarten (Aarons)

Class of 1941 Mrs S Seddon (Proudlock-Dunbar)

Class of 1942 Mrs P Churchill (Harwood)Miss M EvansMrs A Finch (Dickson)Mrs A Sinnhuber (Daubercies)

Class of 1943 AnonymousDr R Brooke (Clark) and Professor C Brooke Mrs C Heptonstall (Smith)Mrs A Nowell (Giles)Dr J Trusted (Turner)

Class of 1944 AnonymousMrs P Broomhead (Wagstaff)Mrs M Child (Bond)Miss O SearlesMrs V Williams (Grubb)

Class of 1945 Miss M Chevallier

Mrs J Humphreys (Bosomworth)Mrs H Kingsley Brown (Sears)Mrs J Mothersill (Brock)Mrs D Sykes (White)

Class of 1946 AnonymousMrs L Grant (Belton)Miss M Macleod

Class of 1947 AnonymousMrs P Bollam (Waterhouse)Mrs R Collins (Mottershead)Mrs M Conn (Sumner)Mrs R Felton (Holt)Professor H Francis (Wright)Mrs J A Jolowicz (Stanley)Mrs R Osborn (Woodford)Dr P Talalay (Samuels)Mrs P Wilson (Knight)

Class of 1948 AnonymousDr S Beare (Reed)Lady Chilver (C Grigson)Mrs M Clark (Ronald)Dr I Ferguson (McLaren)Mrs J GoddardMrs S Greig (Stutchbury)Mrs P Hobhouse (Chichester-Clark)Dr O Hollings (Stone)Mrs K Kummer (Morris)To' Puan Lau-Gunn (C Gunn)Mrs P Marsh (Holland) and Mr D MarshMrs D Mayes (Law)Mrs M Morgan (Bryant) and Mr M MorganDr M RendelMrs S Tyler (Morris)

Class of 1949 AnonymousMrs A Aitken (Rolfe)Mrs A Atkinson (Barrett)Mrs J Bridgwood (Berry-Hart)Mrs M Bryan (Grant)Mrs E Bullock (Pomeroy)Miss J HaringtonMrs J Hewlett (Williams)Mrs M Hodgkinson (Wass)Mrs R Howell (Griffin)Dr J Lloyd-Thomas (Baron)Professor V Minogue (Hallett)Dr J Orrell (Kemp)Dr V Pearson (Mercer)The Baroness Perry of Southwark (P Welch)Mrs D Shaw-Stewart (Lewis)Dr M Snook (Butler)

Mrs A Thomas (Kendon)Dr M Tiffen (Steele-Perkins)Dr V van der Lande

Class of 1950Participation Rate: 23.2%AnonymousDr J Attfield (White)Mrs J Carruthers (Stevens)Mrs R Dams (Bailey)Mrs D Dennis (Hinnels)Dr J GibsonMiss S LesleyMrs M Owen (Baron)Mrs J Schofield (Plowman)Mrs S Stanley (Wright)Mrs S Turner (Davis)Dr P Watney (Lachelin)

Class of 1951 Participation Rate: 28.6% AnonymousDr R BaileyMrs R Bennett (Appleton)Miss C CrumpMrs A Hamaker (Church)Dr M Howatson (Craven)Mrs M Macey (Denton)Ms S MarsdenMiss E Murray Mrs A Oldroyd (Holloway)Mrs G Scales (Grimsey)Mrs R Smart (Armstrong)Miss B StephensonMrs P Ward (Nobes)Mrs H Wright (Mingins)Dr E Wyatt

Class of 1952 Participation Rate: 25.8% AnonymousMiss J ButlerMrs A Carey (Patrick)Mrs J Foord (Greenacre)Lady Foster (K Bullock)Ms M GilbertMrs R Harris (Barry)Mrs J Hurst (Kohner)Mrs J Lovegrove (Bourne)Mrs P Ross (Davies)Mrs N Schaffer (Thomas)Miss C SomersetMrs P Souter (Baker)Mrs F Wallace (Macleod)Mrs I Wiener (Pollak)Mrs J Wood (Felton)

Donors to the College 2014–15

The College is extremely grateful to all the following for their support. Donors from 1 July 2014 to 30 June

2015 are listed below; donors from July 2015 will be listed next year. In addition to those listed below, our

thanks also go to all donors who wish to remain anonymous.

* The participation rate is the percentage of living, addressable alumni making a gift within the financial year.

Names in italic type indicate a legacy.


Donors

Class of 1953 Participation Rate: 31.4% AnonymousMrs S Alderson (Heard)Mrs A Attree (Chapman)Dr M Barnes (Sampson)Mrs E Britton (Prichard)The Revd L BrownDr E Dobie (Marcus)Dr B Evans (Morgan)Miss O HarperDr P Hill (Harper)Mrs K Larkin (Gibson) and Mr M LarkinMrs J Marshallsay (Hall-Smith)Mrs P Maryfield (Cowgill)Dr H Morgan (Retter)Mrs B Plummer (Lobb)Lady Reid (M Kier)Mrs J Round (Baum)Mrs J Shipley (Leeman)Mrs E Silva (Barratt)Mrs S Turner (Pascal)

Class of 1954 Participation Rate: 25.7% AnonymousMrs M Biggart (Murrary)The Rev H Catton (Middleton)Mrs M Chan (Lee)Mrs C Coleman (Whiten)Dr M Cox (Whichelow)Miss A DayMrs E Fenwick (Roberts)Mrs A Franklin (Glossop)Mrs J Jordan (Hogbin)Mrs D Lees-Jones (Nayler)Miss M McNultyMrs H Silk (Wallace)Mrs D Stallard (Randall)Mrs F Strong (Ranger)Ms M Swanwick (Richardson)The Baroness Whitaker (J Stewart)Mrs D Woolley (McGrath)

Class of 1955 Participation Rate: 41.4% AnonymousDr S Adam (Merrell)Mrs A Alexander (Coulton)Mrs R Allen (Green)Mrs J Anstice (Williams)Mrs P Bainbridge (Lawrence)Mrs J Barker (Cotton)Mrs J Cardell Lawe (Cardell)Professor J ChandlerMrs R Edwards (Moore)Mrs D Geliot (Stebbing)Mrs J Gilbraith (Southern)Mrs M Goodrich (Bennett)Dr B Hammerton (Mann)Mrs J Hamor (Wilkinson)Dame Rosalyn Higgins (Cohen)Mrs S Holmans (Edge)Mrs C McLean (Lithgow)Mrs E Newton (Ringer)Mrs G Parr (Loft)Dr S Radcliffe (Wickramasinghe)Mrs J Rodden (Wilkins)Dr B Thomson (Bland)Mrs D Thorp (Galbraith)Mrs S Threlfall (Jackson)Mrs C Vigars (Walton)Mrs J Walker (Brown)Dr V WarriorMrs E WerryThe Rev T Witter (Lock)

Mrs D York (Macdonald)

Class of 1956 Participation Rate: 22.5% AnonymousMrs J Barrett (Fountain)Mrs M Bright (Abel)Dr J Davies (Dadds)Dr D Downes (Slow)Madame W Hellegouarc'h (Thomas)Mrs M Pedlar-Perks (Tillett)Mrs M Poole (Smith)Dr M RossiterDr F Simpson (Zuill)Lady Swinnerton-Dyer (H Browne)Mrs M Thorpe (Perry)Mrs R Treves Brown (Harding)Ms M VincentDr B Watson (Dawson)

Class of 1957 Participation Rate: 21.1% AnonymousProfessor J AshworthMrs M Boucher (Pearson)Mrs M Davies (Owen)Mrs G du Charme (Brown)Mrs A Goosey (Alexander)Mrs J Hull (Mee)Mrs J Jenkins (Chorley)Mrs J Kenrick (Greaves)Mrs V Roberts (Chapman)Dr E Vinestock (Morrison)Mrs V Wood-Robinson (Ginman)Mrs P Youngman (Coates)

Class of 1958 Participation Rate: 29.5% AnonymousDr H Bewes (Bryant)Mrs J Blackburn (Saunders)Miss M DysonMrs A Eccles (Chib)Mrs C Gascoigne (Ditchburn) and Mr BGascoigneLady Gass (E Acland-Hood)Mrs H Greenstock (Fellowes)Miss C HaworthMrs D Hobden (Hutchings)Mrs A Holland (Telling)Dr J Knell (Brown)Dr G LachelinDr J Lloyd (Muir-Smith)Miss K LoMrs K Norman (Redwood)Mrs J Pardey (Stoker)Professor F Rhoads (Secker)Dr J Rizvi (Clarke)Mrs R Ross (Fincher)Mrs C Stewart (Custance)Mrs B Stocks (Martin)

Class of 1959 Participation Rate: 23.3% AnonymousMrs F Bates (Spillard)Mrs S Beasley (Brown)Dr M Bent (Bassington)Mrs D Boatman (Coles)Dr A Deveson (Richards)Mrs S Diggle (Chapman)Lady English (J Milne)Mrs A Foat (Goldup)Mrs R Griffiths (Roaf)Mrs V Hall (Heard) and Dr J HallMrs C Hopkins (Busbridge)

Mrs K Lawther (Cameron)Mrs A Montgomery (Hurrell)Mrs M Morgan (Stallard-Penoyre)Mrs J Paine (Smith)Mrs L Ruffe (Cuppage)Mrs D Turner (Greenaway)

Class of 1960 Participation Rate: 24.1% AnonymousDr D DevlinMrs L Eshag (Lewis)Mrs M Field (Chisholm)Mrs B Gardner (Brennan)Dr A Hamblin (Peel)Mrs F Hebditch (Davies)Mrs J Herriott (Maclean)Dr A McDonald (Lamming)Miss F MillsMrs D Nicholson (Hilton)Mrs E Siddall (Stone)Mrs C Smith (Webster)Mrs S Thomson (Dowty)Mrs J Thorpe (Oakley)Dr M WalmsleyDr R Warren (Copping)Ms C Webb

Class of 1961 Participation Rate: 28.9% AnonymousDr S Bain (Stanley)Mrs H Blair (Tunnard)Mrs C Brack (Cashin)Mrs K Brind (Williams)Mrs S Chivers (Campbell-Ferguson)Dr A Conyers (Williams)Mrs S Cox (Crombie)Mrs J de Swiet (Hawkins)Mrs E Fleet (Sainsbury)Mrs D Jefkins (Peacock)Mrs L Merriman (Megarry)Miss B NevillProfessor C Nyamweru (Washbourn)Mrs M Poole-Wilson (Gemmell)Mrs F Price (Hough)Mrs A Richards (Brown)Ms A RobertsonMrs L Scott-Joynt (White)Mrs R Sjolin (Brooking)Mrs S Smith (Jenkins)Mrs J Stancomb (Cooper)Mrs J Standage (Ward)Dr A ThompsonDr R Toms (Peregrine-Jones)Mrs S Wilson (Waller)

Class of 1962 Participation Rate: 27.9% AnonymousDr J BainbridgeMrs R Binney (Chanter)Mrs D Bond (MacFarlane)Miss A DarvallMrs P Downes (Sterry) and Mr P DownesMrs P Glanville (Fox-Robinson)Miss H GreigMrs S Hirom (Wells)Professor C Humphrey (Waddington)Ms J McAdoo (Hibbert)Dr L Pollard (Robertson)Dr V Raman (Srinivasan)Dr J Roy (Anderson)Miss P SimpsonMiss H StroutsMrs W Tucker (Jones)

Mrs J Way (Whitehead)Mrs H Willoughby-Ellis (Moerman)

Class of 1963 Participation Rate: 19% AnonymousLady J Atkinson (Mandeville)Dr E Burroughs (Clyma)Mrs S Hill (Gleeson-White)Mrs H Langslow (Addison)Mrs L Lyne (Rees)Miss E RobertsDr U Ryan (Scully)Mrs M Stoney (Wild)Dr P Taylor (Francis)Dr V Thorne (Stanton)Mrs J Wakefield (Dawes)

Class of 1964 Participation Rate: 16.2% AnonymousMs N Acland (Gatley)Mrs C Ansorge (Broadbelt)Dr J Baldock (Cottrell)Mrs C Beasley-Murray (Griffiths)The Rev A Bradbrook (Turner)Miss D CrowderMs I FreebairnMs M Grech (Ganado)Ms V Horsler (Sheen)Mrs J McManus (Edwards)Mrs R Oliver (Armitstead)Dr R Osmond (Beck)Mrs P Shaw (Northcroft)Mrs C Thorp (Kenyon)

Class of 1965 Participation Rate: 20% AnonymousThe Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden (M Arden)Dr D Challis (Pennington)Dr S DelamontMrs P Eaton (Mills)Ms J GardinerMrs G Henchley (Cassels)Mrs J Houghton (Rumsey)Mrs R Katz (Horwich)Dr J Mallison (Hallowes)Dr R Page (Wight)Dr M Picton (Jones)Mrs P Sharp (Monach)Professor A Sinclair (Lees)Dr A TyndaleProfessor V van Heyningen (Daniel)Mrs D Wells (Bousfield)

Class of 1966 Participation Rate: 19.4% AnonymousMrs L Andrews (Scott)Dr L Bacon (Rayner)Dr E Capewell (Aldridge)Miss F CorrieMrs L Curgenven (Charlton)Mrs H Davies (Waters)Mrs S Forster (Hawley)Mrs B Hird (Holden) and Mr A HirdMiss M LeesonDr A Lishman Mrs A NusseyDr R Smith (Loewenthal)

Class of 1967 Participation Rate: 18% Anonymous

Dr B Castleton (Smith)Dr P ChadwickMrs L Chesneau (Jacot)Mrs K Coleman (MacKenzie)Dr D Cunningham (Yeates)Miss M DayDr E EmersonDr P FordDr N Gibbons (Bole)Mrs D McAndrew (Harrison)Mrs B Moran (Jones)Mrs A Rowe (Helliwell)Mrs M Saunders (Cain)Mrs B Walker (Fogg) and Mr W Walker

Class of 1968 Participation Rate: 24.8% AnonymousDr G Ball (Harte)Dr A BlackburnDr L BraddockMs S Burrows-Goodwill (Burrows)Dr R Carter (Rayner)Mrs V Challacombe (Brousson)Mrs H Chown (Benians)Dr J CrossMiss S CubittDr H FalkMs H Goy (Corke)Professor R Jenkins (McDougall)Ms E KlingamanMrs D Knight (Watson)Dr A McLeanMs J Mercer (Clarke)Ms S MinterMrs S Penfold (Marshall)Ms F OatesDr F Smith (Rankin)Mrs H Swallow (Symes)Miss J Thompson

Class of 1969 Participation Rate: 20.4% AnonymousDr C Bell (Howe)Miss S Blacker (Brenton)Ms M Friend Dr A Griffin (Ryder)Professor M FowlerMrs S Hinkley (Booth)Dr G Monsell (Thomas)Professor E NesbittMrs A Perry (Blackwell)Mrs Z Powers (Jones)Mrs R Sheldon (Martin)Dr B Taylor (Slimming)Mrs K Ward (Mee)Mrs S Watson (Head)Dr J Wilson (Trotter)Mrs M Winfield (Richards)Ms C Wright

Class of 1970 Participation Rate: 15.4% AnonymousMrs C Avery Jones (Bobbett)Dr R Brooks (Byerley)Mrs M Cobbold (MacFarlane)Mrs B Coulson (Chambers)Ms E GuppyMrs S HargreavesProfessor M HaycockMs P JonesDr S Lawton (Marsh-Smith)Miss P ManderDr A Marlow (Sheppard)

Mrs V Martin (Bennett)Dr J Melia (Gibson)Dr M Mountford (Gamble)Ms J NockoldsMrs G Phillips (Osborne)Dr R Siddals

Class of 1971 Participation Rate: 13.4% Dr H Caldwell (Burtenshaw)Ms V ChamberlainMrs V Chiesa (Wilkie)Dr F Clifton-Hadley (Christian)Dr A CobbyMrs A Cowley (Bazin)Miss L FlukerThe Revd C Hetherington (Bourne)Dr S HeywoodThe Revd K KirbyMrs J McKnight (Ruddle)Dr E O'Keefe (Robinson)Miss J PalmerDr H TaylorMrs J Tierney (Briggs)Mrs G Waters (Cutmore)

Class of 1972 Participation Rate: 16.3% AnonymousMrs J Bell (Spurgin)Mrs A BrownDr F CampbellMrs S Cooper (Vale)Ms S DawsonDr A EdmondsMiss G EdwardsMs J HannaMs A HeyMs B Hines (Fejtek)Mrs E Hope (Bentley)Dr J Kinder Dr A Overzee (Hunt)Miss S PargeterMs V PlattMrs M Samuels (Moss)Mrs C Stoker (Porter) and Mr A StokerMs D SutherlandMrs C Turner (Ogle)Mrs R Whatmore (Robertson)Ms A Williams (Joyce)

Class of 1973 Participation Rate: 14.2% AnonymousMrs A Bamforth (Burgess)Mrs G Bargery (Hetherington)Dr M DaviesDr L Dumbreck (Devlin)Ms G FeldmanMrs V Knight (Hammerton)Dr A Lyon (Butland)Dr T MadejMrs N Miller (Thomas)Mrs P O'Driscoll (Thrower)Dr A OwenMrs A Stainsby (Sutton)Dr S Tilby (Wharton)Ms P Wade (Wellburn)

Class of 1974 Participation Rate: 14.1% AnonymousLady Baker (H Sharrock)Mrs M Bonsall (Shaw)Mrs C Borrill (Pateras)


Donors

Dr J Clayton (Gardner)Mrs M Craig (MacCoby)Dr S Dyson Miss G GilmanMrs F Hallworth (Whiston)Dr D LambMrs P Marr (Swanney)Mrs F Morris (Milner)Ms M MorrisDr C Morrison (Page)Dr E Oakes (Jacques)Miss N PowellMiss K RefsonMiss A RhodesDr M TrustedDr R WhaleyMrs A Whipp (Smith)

Class of 1975 Participation Rate: 17.5% AnonymousMs F Anderson (Wells-Thorpe)Mrs J Barker (Leske)Miss F BoyersMrs A Davidson (Jones)Professor F DoyleMrs S Finlay (Perry)Ms J HayballDr M JubbMiss J MannMrs S Mead (Chan)Mrs C Mitchell (Teall)Dr R Nye (Painter)Mrs S Palmer (Hull)Her Honour Judge I ParryDr R Rayner (Talbot)Mrs R RossDr V Smith (Tate)Miss A StebbingDr G Tozer-Hotchkiss (Tozer)Professor P TyrrellMs F WergeMrs M Wolf (Gibb)

Class of 1976 Participation Rate: 18.2% AnonymousDr C Anderson (Aston)Dr H BenbowDr C Bryce (Ford)Mrs P Cakebread (James)Ms J DangerfieldMs J FerransMrs E Jones (Dando)Miss M KnowlesMrs S Maunder (McVicar)Dr B Mensch and Mr M EvansMrs G Millinger (Aston)Mrs S Morgan (Richardson)Ms H MorrisonDr A RobertsDr C Robinson (Murphy)Dr Y RoeMrs J Smallwood (Smith)Miss E WadeMrs S Weatherhead (Wallace)

Class of 1977 Participation Rate: 19.7% AnonymousMrs S Ballingall (Sampson)Mrs C Bromhead (Smith)Dr C BrownDr B BurinMrs J Collyer (Kiwana)Mrs A Coulton (McWatters)

Dr C DavisDr R Dyer (Snelling)Ms C EganMrs S Hawkins (Oldfield)Mrs C Hesketh (Castle)Ms S Hunt (Robin)Mrs H Jeffreson (Miller)Ms R JonesMrs N King (Cowell)Mrs C Oram (Hughes)Dr L Pillidge (Robinson)Professor S Rowland-JonesMrs B Schouten (Edwards)Mrs P Somervell (Holt)Professor H ThomasMrs L Turner (Gemmell)Mrs G White (Lupton)Ms S WoodallMrs G Woon (Doubleday)

Class of 1978 Participation Rate: 23.8% AnonymousMrs R Anderson (Naish) and Mr J AndersonProfessor H Atkinson (Bavister)Ms S BergqvistDr P BostonDr M ChambersMrs J Clifford (Floyd)Mrs S Conolly (Ruch)The Rev Dr M De Quidt (Williamson)Mrs G Dodd (Andrewes)Ms J EltonMrs A Francis (Fairbairn)Mrs J George (Peterson)Mrs A Higgs (Beynon)Ms B HillMrs M Jackson (Strudwick)Ms K Knight (Otter)Mrs H Lim (Tan)Mrs A Masters (Elms Neale)Dr J Mitchell (Stebbing)Dr A Mynors-Wallis (Lloyd-Thomas)Ms S O'Mahony (Bigg)Professor C PoppiDr J RisdallMrs S Routledge (Blythe)Mrs S Shrimpton (Lightfoot)Dr A Streetly Ms S TateLady Turing (N Simmonds)Miss A Weitzel

Class of 1979 Participation Rate: 21.8% AnonymousMrs J Barwick-Nesbit (Nicholson)Mr R BlythMs A BriceMs J Caddick (Roberts)Mrs R Cargill (Francis)Dr P Child (Skeggs)Mrs J Clough (Richardson)Mrs J Edis (Askew)Mr J FordDr A GemmillDr P GibsonMr K GrocottDr S HalesMiss J Hewett-Cooney (Hewett)Ms S HewinMiss L JerramMrs M Lewis (Wallington)Mr J LongstaffDr J Martin (Hewitt)Miss T Nicholls

Mr N PearsDr D PooleProfessor M PowerMr S RichardsonMr L RocheMs I RuhemannMrs A Sheil (Simpson)Professor A Taylor (Rosser)Mrs S Waller (Skelland)Mrs F Weston (Simpson)Dr N Wilkinson (Nanji)Dr C Young

Class of 1980 Participation Rate: 19.2% AnonymousMr P BernsteinMrs H Blackburn (Egan)Mr S ButterworthMr I CraggsMr J DoyleProfessor M FewtrellMr S FirthMs A FyffeMs S GillMs S Hall (Hetherington)Dr A HendersonMr D HollingworthMrs S Lancashire (Marr)Dr N LandDr I LaurensonDr K MarwickMr C MilneProfessor K MorrisonMrs K Pugh (Burton)Mr D RecaldinMrs B Shah (Pandey)Mr I TeagueMs P TreacyDr C VizeMrs H Wilderspin (Chatters)

Class of 1981 Participation Rate: 9.5% AnonymousMr G Counsell and Ms A Reece (1981)Mrs T Cowen (Castling)Ms C Edwards Miss J GreyMr N HarveyProfessor S HoulgateMr A LaneMrs Y Maxtone-Smith (Maxtone-Graham)Ms F SmithMrs R Stileman (Cremer)Mr N WellsMrs A Whitaker (Rundle)

Class of 1982 Participation Rate: 12.4% AnonymousProfessor J CassellMs L DavyMr M HoltMr S HoodMrs K Ip (Jopson)Mrs A KaneMiss S LeongThe Revd Canon C MethuenMr S NamasivayamMrs K Peissel (Lynn)Miss M Quinn Mr J Rae-SmithMrs J Raffle (Lobell)Mr A SimpsonMs L Simpson


Donors

Class of 1983 Participation Rate: 11% AnonymousMr S BellMr R BullerMr C GibbsMr L HoeghDr J HoltMrs A House (McNiff)Ms J Kirrane (Cronan)Professor M LindsayMs A MacFarlaneMr C MainMs C Orchard (Brind)Mr J PikeDr K StewardMs F Van DijkMr D Wittmann

Class of 1984 Participation Rate: 7.6% AnonymousMrs T Bradley (Jennings)Mr P CameronDr T Crickmore (Bartram)Professor M GaleMr S HackingMr A JacksonMr C MokDr L PowerMrs H StrongMr P Williams

Class of 1985 Participation Rate: 15.9% AnonymousDr R AverillDr S Bankes (Thorniley)Dr C BradleyMr P Bream and Mrs J Bream (Sharp) (1988)Mrs H Butler (Penfold)Dr D Cara and Dr M Cara (Blake) (1985)Dr H ChanMrs K Collins (Scrivener)Mrs P ConsidineMrs A Davies-Jones (King)Ms S DrewMs M HackettMr F HengDr R HydeMrs S Parton (Reid) and Mr J Parton (1984)Mr T RamoutarMs P RobertsDr D SmithMs M SngMrs E Strachan (Hill)Mrs C Travis (Bygrave)Miss S WilliamsMr C Woodford

Class of 1986 Participation Rate: 14% AnonymousMrs D Banerji (Urwin)Mr K ChanMrs S Croft (White)Mr D DibosaMrs F Emmerson (McCoig)Mr R EvisonMr D FieldingMr G Freeman Ms C LiassidesDr S LishmanMr A PymerMr R RaywardDr P Shah

Dr W SimonsonDr N StorerMrs K StormontDr S TamMr S WalkerDr E Wang

Class of 1987 Participation Rate: 11.7% AnonymousMrs J Ahlberg (Simms) and Professor PAhlberg (1982)Mr M AndersonMs T BarnesMr R Bayall (Buaal)Mr T BrittonMr S CloseMr R Day and Ms R Day (Jayasundera) 1987Dr L FallonMr K GallowayMr P GroombridgeProfessor S PandaDr J Saunders (Golding)Ms J Wilson (Hainsworth)

Class of 1988 Participation Rate: 11.2% AnonymousMs C Bardon (Heslop)Mr A CraigieMs F GrahamMr G GreenMr M HoldenMr M HuttMr M KeadyDr M Koo (Leather)Dr J MaltMr P MillerMr R MossMrs A Orsi (Knight)Dr J RippinMr J ShortMr A TyrerMs A Young

Class of 1989 Participation Rate: 10.3% AnonymousDr D BellMr P BrabinMiss J BuckMrs R Cowin (Clark)Dr M de MirandaDr G GosallMs N Guest and Mr D RiddellMr D HendersonMr J HowlingDr J JacobsMs S Jones (Griffith)Mr S MarsdenMrs F Mussio (Gonsalves)Mr A RidleyMrs C Seward (Stanley)

Class of 1990 Participation Rate: 10% AnonymousMr S BealeMr M HallettMrs G McPherson (Hunter)Miss V MilnerMr J MoffettMr D PoppletonDr K Rutherford and Dr S Rutherford(Whitby) 1990Mr C Selwa

Dr M StidworthyMr T TaylorMrs J Treutenaere (Amos)Ms E WagnerDr M Weston

Class of 1991 Participation Rate: 12.1% AnonymousMr S BradleyMr J CreightonMr D GermainMr R GoldsmithMr R GoodheadDr S HaywardMr S IrvineMr P JamesMrs C Kendal (Currie)Mrs P Martin (Hall)Mr R PavryDr D RammMr A RedfernMr J RouseMr T SouthernMr J VinerMs M VintiadisDr S Wallace

Class of 1992 Participation Rate: 10.4% AnonymousDr S AguilarMr D BatchelorMrs N Budd (Hill)Dr E ChesneauMrs J Dumbelton (Ainsworth)Mr J EnglishMrs J Geldart (Kelly)Mr J GestonMr O HaffendenProfessor K Hwee-LingMr J MarshMr A McCreadyMr R PatersonMr A PoulsonDr C Themans-Warwick (Warwick)Dr D Thurley

Class of 1993 Participation Rate: 11.8% AnonymousMr G ArnoldMrs R Austin (Patterson)Mr T BarnesMr W CollinsMr I FurlongerMrs S Galbraith (Smith)Ms R KerrMrs A Lancaster (Mills)Dr J NowellMr A O'RourkeMrs S Parsons (Relf)Mr W PottenMr V RawalMrs J Riley (Hook)Mr N SartainMr D SemalMr H StokesMr R TillMrs A TobinMr G Williams

Class of 1994 Participation Rate: 10.2% AnonymousDr A Blaxter Paliwala


Donors

Dr G BradburyDr J ChenMr N Coram-WrightDr T CourtneyMiss C EziefulaMr C HulattMrs S Huxley-Reynard (Edgar)Dr S KraussMr K LochererMr P MasonMs C Maugham (Hibbitt)Mr L McLernonDr J MidgleyDr J PammentMr E PughMr H ThomasMr B West and Mrs E West (Kelley) 1994Mr O Wilson

Class of 1995 Participation Rate: 11.2% AnonynousMr T BoughtonMs R BriggsMr S DavidsonMr A EveryMr B FehnertMiss A JacobsMr L JohnDr L Lamb (Baker)Mr T MassinghamDr P NichollsMr N ParkerDr J PoltonMr P RylandMiss L ShackletonDr L ShawDr A Thurrell

Class of 1996 Participation Rate: 10.6% AnonymousDr K Best (Smith)Ms H BradleyMiss C ChanMr M CobleyMs Y ErdenMiss A GeeMr P GloverMr S HoMiss L JamesMr T RadcliffeMrs B Richards (Goodridge)Ms C RobertsMr R SmithDr L Wilson-Shaw (Jackson)Mrs C Wookey-Evans

Class of 1997 Participation Rate: 16.1% AnonymousMiss L AllenMr J Anthony-Edwards (Anthony)Mr P BeerMiss M Bingham-WalkerMr E BuckleyDr E ButterworthMr C CheungMr A ChisholmMs E CoxMr M CullingfordMrs C Gruffudd Jones (Mullis)Mr R HakesMr P HallDr J Hawes and Mrs C Hawes (Slevin) (1997)Dr L Hulatt

Mrs B Kushida (Parfitt)Miss K MoorhouseMr T MurphyMr S NelsonMs E O'Reilly (Reynolds)Mr N RobinsonMr P RutlandDr J SchonfieldDr M Shaw-ChampionMr M SidhomMiss J SmithMr C VickersMiss L WalkerMrs K Yates (Grey)

Class of 1998 Participation Rate: 11.1% AnonymousMiss F BrysonMr T CapdevielleMiss K ClarkMr P CornmellDr T CraggsMr G Dobson and Mrs A Dobson (Ambrose) (1999)

Mrs H Francis (Barnes)Mrs P Frowde (Barclay)Mr J GilberthorpeMrs S Holt (Merrigan)Ms K Kennedy (Laver)Miss R PopeMr G RedmanMrs C Smith (Thomas)Ms K TymienieckaMr J Vali

Class of 1999 Participation Rate: 10% AnonymousMiss K BinghamMiss L BullockDr J ClaassMiss T CollierMr J Cooper-Colliander (Cooper)Mr D EmmensDr N JenningsDr H LuMr P MarshallMr J MorganMrs R Morris (Bowes)Dr R OrrMr E OwlesMr H RowntreeMiss N RumpMrs H Underwood (Keeble)Mr G WilliamsProfessor K Zhen

Class of 2000 Participation Rate: 10.4% AnonymousMrs S Bradnum (Degge)Mrs C Bright (Wright)Mr C CaulkinMr S CostelloMr I DeaconDr M DriesDr C DuckworthMiss K FulcherMs P GiaieroMr R KariaMiss K KnellerMr A MohamedbhaiMr J PanchaudMr J SmithDr D Smith

Mr T SneddonMr B Speight and Mrs H Speight (Haggie) (2000)

Mr T WeyMiss L White

Class of 2001 Participation Rate: 13.2% AnonymousMiss Z BestDr J BichardMiss B CainMr D CashMrs R Claydon (Goodacre)Miss S DaniellMiss G DurkinMiss R DyerMr T ElliottMiss K EllisonMr P HempsallMr U InameteMr J KnibbsMrs H LloydMr J MeenowaMs R MooreMr T MosherDr A OwenMiss A SharmaDr D Stretton (Marshall)Mrs R Walker (Clements)Mr R Wright

Class of 2002 Participation Rate: 10% AnonymousMr J AndrewsMr J BeesonDr D BlackMiss G BryceMrs K Clark (Irving)Miss H CraikMr S de HaasMr T ElsonDr G GnanakumaranMr R GriffithsMr J HoggMrs P Hook (Tudor)Mr T HoultonMr K MerrettMs A OuthwaiteMr M SchneiderMr J TurnerMr S WestMr T Yates

Class of 2003 Participation Rate: 8% AnonymousMr A DarntonMiss A GoddardMr M HughesMr H JohnsonMr A KumarMrs C Murrells (Clifton) and Mr J Murrells(2003)Miss S PankajMrs S Saeed (Adam)Mrs S Staff (Penny)Mr B StimmlerDr M White

Class of 2004 Participation Rate: 6.9% AnonymousMr M BeckettMr M Birmingham


Donors

Mrs E Bridge (Kawashima)Mr D DeitzMr P DowerMr R DurkinMrs K Fryatt (McDonnell) and Mr J Fryatt(2004)Mr V HandaMr A LeungMr O LewisMrs W Lung (Dong) and Mr R Lung (2003)Mr S MurrayDr I SidesDr L WalkerMr K Wong

Class of 2005 Participation Rate: 14.4% AnonymousMr J AndersonMr L AndrewsMiss D BradleyMiss K CaroMr N CulshawMiss N de Pointis BrightyMr M EatonMr M ForsmanMiss C KellasMiss M LavinMr E LivingstonMiss D LuoMr S MutterMrs J Naseman (Bromage) and Mr BNaseman (2007)Miss C NicholsMr E NimmonsMiss K NutterMr A PaulMr W PriorDr D ReesDr J RustonMr D Ryder-CookMr R SandsMiss K ScotterMrs J Sheard (Gulliver)Mr R StuttMr W Walters

Class of 2006 Participation Rate: 11.7% AnonymousMr R AhmedMr N AnandakumarMiss R AnthonyMr M BeevorMiss K GastonMiss N HamiltonMiss J HarriesMiss S HawkinsMiss L IredaleMr C JohnstonMr T KeenMrs S LiangMiss D MargolisMr O PateyMr S Porter and Mrs R Porter (Dinham)(2007)Miss N ShawMiss L SheenMiss R TandyMr B TraversMr H WongMr Y Xu

Class of 2007 Participation Rate: 14.7% Anonymous

Miss S ChidlawMiss F DickinsonMrs E Dower (Kostalas)Mr W GamesterMr T GaultDr F HansellMr S HayesMr A HigginsonMr T IthellMr C KingcombeMr A KoMiss R LangtonMr J MoreMr H NarulaMiss J NutterMr O NzeluMs P OlivariMr C PatrickMr F Perez CutinoMiss K SaarMr A SmithMiss R SmithMr B TreloarMr M VroobelMr S WaitMr C WiltscheMr A Young

Class of 2008 Participation Rate: 11.6% AnonymousMiss K BonhamMr J BrightonMr E ButtonDr I CardinaleMs E DarleyMr M DuyzendMiss A EadesMr L FletcherMiss C FordMr J FreedmanMrs A Harris (West)Mrs J Hopkins (Cragg)Miss R HunterMr M IshaqMr C LynnMr N MeadMr C PaceyMr R PavesiMr M RendallMr G ShankarMiss R SingerMr D SpencerMr J WongMr P Woollins

Class of 2009 Participation Rate: 10.3% AnonymousMr P BrookMiss R ButterfillMiss J DavisonReverend Dr J GibsonMiss E HanMr S HartMr M HathrellMr T HellierMr E HillaryMiss J HuMiss M KangMr F KirschMr M LeachMr C LockwoodMr S ProbynMiss E RichardsMr A Stikonas

Mr J StreatherMr A WesselyMr L Wong

Class of 2010 AnonymousMs M ChuiMs M Johnson

Class of 2011 Mr R BhopalMr A EvripidesMr C FletcherMr J FraczykDr G NgMiss F UrMr S Xie

Fellows1, staff and supportersMr T AldrichMr A BlakeMr P BriggsMr B BrownMr R BruhinDr L CogginsMiss T ElbournMs M FaultlessMs M GardnerMr K GrayMs D LowtherDr E MainMs F Malarée and Mr R Wielechowski (2002)Dr J Marks Professor Sir L Martin Professor G McGrathDr H MillsMr N PeacockMrs V ReesMs J ReynoldsMr K Ridley (in memory of Mrs J Ridley (Baldrey) 1947)

Mr D ShelleyMr A SmithMrs P SmithMrs J VarneyMr S VennMr L WatsonMs J WilkinsonMr P WilkinsonMr H B K WilliamsMr P Wilson

OrganisationsThe Bergqvist Charitable TrustBuckingham Mountain FoundationGoldman SachsThe Lo Family Charitable TrustLondon Girton AssociationMead Family FoundationSlaughter and MayUniversity of the Third Age

1 Who are not also alumni


Donors

Our new Development Director, Deborah Easlick, joined the team in January 2016. Deborah comes to Girton from a military welfare charity having previously worked for the University of Cambridge on their 800th AnniversaryCampaign. As Development Director, Deborah is responsible for the College's Development Campaign, long-termfundraising strategy, major giving and all aspects of Collegealumni relations and development. Deborah would be happy tohear from you if you have any comments regarding the College’sdevelopment plans and events. If you would like to know moreabout A Great Campaign Deborah can be contacted [email protected] or on +44 (0)1223 339893.

Our Alumni and Legacy Officer, Emma Cornwall, oversees theCollege’s alumni events and communications, as well assupporting the hardworking volunteers involved with Girton’svarious alumni associations. Emma also now has responsibilityfor the College’s legacy giving programme. Contact Emma ifyou want to find out more about any of our alumni relationsactivities or if you are thinking about leaving a legacy to theCollege. Emma can be reached on [email protected] +44 (0)1223 338901.

Hannah James ([email protected], +44 (0)1223764935) is our Development Officer and manages the busyadministrative hub of the office. She has responsibility forbackground research for development campaigns and alumnievents, and maintenance of our alumni database. Hannah isalso responsible for all aspects of gift administration and forpreparing the College’s quarterly and annual fundraising reports.

Our Annual Fund and Events Officer, Tamsin Elbourn, isresponsible for the organisation of Development Office eventsand also spearheads Girton’s Annual Fund giving whichincludes the Easter telethon campaign, so please contact her ifyou have any queries about this at [email protected] on +44 (0)1223 765685.

Ingrid Koning ([email protected]) +44 (0)1223764935 joined the team last year. Ingrid assists with all ourevents and provides administrative support to the office.

Meet the Team

Deborah Easlick Emma Cornwall Hannah James

Tamsin Elbourn Ingrid Koning


Friday 1 AprilMA DinnerGirton College

Saturday 2 AprilMA CongregationGirton College

10-16 AprilMistress and Development Directorvisit to the Far East

Friday 29 AprilSpring Gardens WalkGirton College

Thursday 5 MayJane Martin Poetry PrizeGirton College

Thursday 19 MayAlumni Formal HallGirton College

Saturday 11 JuneMay Bumps Marquee and Boat Club DinnerCaius Meadow

Sunday 12 JuneAlumni Cricket Match (TBC)Girton College

Saturday 18 JuneBenefactors’ Garden PartyGirton College

Saturday 17 September1990-1992 and 2006 Reunion DinnerGirton College

Saturday 24 SeptemberLibrary talkGirton College

Saturday 24 SeptemberLawrence Room talkGirton College

Saturday 24 SeptemberPeople’s Portraits Annual ReceptionGirton College

Saturday 24 SeptemberRoll of Alumni Weekend ConcertGirton College

Saturday 24 SeptemberRoll of Alumni Dinner including thereunion for those who matriculatedin 1956, 1966 and 1976Girton College

Sunday 25 SeptemberGardens TalkGirton College

Saturday 15 OctoberCommemoration of Benefactors and Foundation DinnerGirton College

Tuesday 18 OctoberAutumn Gardens WalkGirton College

Thursday 27 OctoberAlumni Formal HallGirton College

Early NovemberInfidel Boat Club Dinner (TBC)Girton College

Events Calendar 2016

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Details of all events are available by emailing [email protected] by visiting the Alumni and Supporters section of the College’s websitewww.girton.cam.ac.uk

Spring 2016 Development Newsletter

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