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Appointments & awards
The latest awards and honours from across the University
Honours
and awards
New Year
Honours
Five academics were
recognised:
HEW STRACHAN, Chichele
Professor of the History of
War and a fellow of All Souls
College, was knighted for
services to the Ministry
of Defence.
CAROL ROBINSON, Royal
Society Professor, Dr Lee’s
Professor of Chemistry and
a fellow of Exeter College,
was made a DBE for services
to science and industry.
DAVID M CLARK, Professor
of Experimental Psychology
and a fellow of Magdalen
College, was appointed CBE
for services to mental health.
RAYMOND DWEK,
Director of the Glycobiology
Institute, Emeritus Professor
of Glycobiology and an
emeritus fellow of Exeter
College, was made a CBE
for services to UK-Israel
scientific collaboration.
JUDITH FREEDMAN,
Professor of Taxation Law
and a fellow of Worcester
College, was made a CBE for
services to tax research.
Chancellor’s
Court of
Benefactors
In October, a record 16 new
members were admitted to
the Court in recognition of
their generosity to the
collegiate University and
University Chancellor Lord Patten shakes hands with Mr Leonard
Blavatnik as he receives the sixth Sheldon Medal
Americans for Oxford, Inc.
Those admitted were: DR
PETER J BRAAM, Founder,
CEO and Chief Architect
of Parallel Scientific;
CAROLINE BUTT, Trustee
of the Calleva Foundation;
STEPHEN BUTT, Chairman
of Silchester International
Investors; MICHAEL
DANSON, Executive
Chairman of Progressive
Digital Media Group; MICA
ERTEGUN, Founder of MAC
II, a New York city design firm;
JULIA HANDS, Chairman
and Chief Executive of Hand
Picked Hotels; CHRISTOS
IOANNOU, an Executive
Director of the J&P Group;
ALASDAIR LOCKE,
Chairman of Hardy Oil
& Gas; NICHOLAS NOPS,
an Insurance Analyst with
Hampden Agencies Ltd;
PATRICK PICHETTE, Chief
Financial Officer and Senior
Vice-President of Google Inc;
TAMAR PICHETTE, a
director of Positive Coaching
Alliance, a youth sports
training organisation; CHRIS
ROKOS, a founding partner
of Brevan Howard Asset
Management; BERNARD
SELZ, Managing Partner
of Selz Capital LLC; LISA
SELZ, Manager of the Selz
Foundation; TIMOTHY
TACCHI, Senior and
Founding Partner of the
London-based management
fund TT International; and
BERNARD TAYLOR,
Chairman of Evercore
Partners International LLP.
JOHN CAIRNS
Due to their exceptional
support for the University of
Oxford, MICA ERTEGUN
(through Americans for
Oxford, Inc.) and DICKSON
POON, CBE, were recognised
as new Fellows of the Court.
Membership of the
Chancellor’s Court of
Benefactors stands at more
than 190 and the impact of
the Court’s generosity is felt
both in Oxford and around
the world.
The Sheldon Medal
As part of the annual
meeting of the Chancellor’s
Court of Benefactors,
Oxford’s highest honour
for philanthropy, the Sheldon
Medal, was presented to
MR LEONARD BLAVATNIK
in honour and recognition
of his transformative
benefaction of £75 million
to create the Blavatnik School
of Government. Michaelmas
term saw the first cohort of
Blavatnik Scholars begin
their studies and many of
them were able to attend the
special ceremony to see Mr
Blavatnik receive the medal.
As Chairman of Access
Industries, which he founded
in 1986, Mr Blavatnik is a
leading global industrialist,
with interests in natural
resources and chemicals,
real estate, and media and
telecommunications. This is
only the sixth time that the
Medal has been presented
to an outstanding Oxford
benefactor since its inception
in 2002. Previous recipients
are the late Lord Wolfson,
FBA, Chairman of the
Wolfson Foundation; Mr
Wafic Rida Saïd; Dr James
Martin; Mr Michael Moritz
and Ms Harriet Heyman; and
Lord and Lady Sainsbury of
Preston Candover.