The Record 2009 - Keble College - University of Oxford

Keble College: The Record 2008
1978 David Jackman is launching a ‘Twenty-first Century Charter’ at the House of
Commons on 13 October 2009.
Michael Roe is pleased to announce a new position in the Rail Industry as
Engineering Director — Traction & Rolling Stock at Unipart Rail Limited, located
in Doncaster. He will be leading the company’s engineering strategy including new
product development for rail vehicles.
1979 Hugh Corder writes: ‘The major development recently has been the birth of our fifth
child, Lauren Rachel, on 20 October 2007. I will be finishing my second five-year term
as Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Town in December, after
which I will be on sabbatical leave for 2009.’
1981 John Caperon, former head of the Bennett Memorial Diocesan School, Kent, has
now been Director of the Bloxham Project for the past three years. The next two
years see the Bloxham Project undertaking a national study of school chaplaincy in
C of E-related schools: the first attempt to map and describe school chaplaincy and
to identify what makes for good practice. Any Keble alumni or students who have
significant experience of the impact of the work of school chaplains, and would be
prepared to share this, are invited to contact John Caperon at bloxhamdirector@
btinternet.com
Douglas Hedley has been appointed Reader in Hermeneutics and Metaphysics at the
University of Cambridge.
1982 Jeremy Filsell has moved to the USA to become Principal Organist at the Basilica of
the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington, America’s flagship
Catholic church and the 8th largest in the world. In 2007, he was awarded a PhD by
Birmingham City University for his thesis on Aesthetic and Interpretative issues in the Organ
Music of Marcel Dupré (1886–1971); www.jeremyfilsell.com.
Catherine Wastie (Gamble) writes: ‘I left the city some time ago, now happily
resurrecting an olive grove in the south of France. Mucky fingernails! Glad I studied
French at Oxford. ‘
1983 Peter Holden has been promoted to the rank of Chief Superintendent with the British
Transport Police in October 2008, occupying the role of Area Commander for the
Force’s North Western Area.
1985 Vera McEwan was appointed Professor of Family Law, Institute of Law, Jersey,
Channel Islands in January 2009.
Geoff Sheard with co-author, Andrew Kakabadse, published his first book, Leadership
Teams: Developing and Sustaining High Performance by Palgrave Macmillan in September
2009. He has been elected a visiting fellow of the University of Northampton,
specializing in leadership and team development; has also been elected to the Board
of the Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) and has joined the Aston
University Industry Advisory Board for the School of Engineering and Applied
Science to develop schools strengths in research, teaching and contributions to the
broader community.
1986 Niels de Vos has been made CEO of UK Athletics.
Fiona Garrett Ryan (King) and Daniel, a son Arthur Jerome Marcus, born 20 April
2009, a little brother for Darcey
Hilary Stock currently lives at Glebe Farm, Acton Scott, which was featured on BBC
2’s A Victorian Farm.
1989 Rachel Margolis and Tim Nuttall, Alice Wynne Nuttall — born 15 February 2008.
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