ALUMNI NEWSJack and his wifeJeannineIn 1998, Jack, who was apilot with the RAF duringthe Second World War,was awarded the MBEfor his work with theRoyal British Legion inthe Bordeaux areaEnglish to some more contemporaryversions; from that of Devonshiresoldiers to that of Glasgow factoryworkers. A job in the drawing officeof the Rolls Royce aero-enginefactory in Glasgow also taught methe intricacies of imperial scalesthat were so different from thefamiliar, simpler, metric system!I volunteered for aircrew duties inthe Royal Air Force (RAF) when Iwas eighteen, and spent five yearsflying Spitfires and, just before VEDay, Meteor twin jets. As FlightCommander, with the rank ofFlight-Lieutenant, I became duefor demobilisation in November 1946. I had managedto go and visit my family in 1944 soon after they hadbeen liberated in July. Although they were safe, theyhad lived through a terrible ordeal, and I knew that itwas up to me to find my way in post-war Europe.The RAF quickly saw to it that everyone was informedof the possibilities available to them on their returnto civilian life. For many of us, who had joined afterschool, it was difficult to imagine life outside theForces. I learnt of ex-servicemen’s grants, discoveredI could obtain one, and decided to become a forester.At Easter 1946, I naïvely toured the Oxford colleges.I met with little success until a college porter suggestedthat I approach<strong>St</strong> Catherine’sSociety.The head of<strong>St</strong> Catherine’s,the ReverendBrook, wasextremely kind,understandingand welcoming.Going back to school after seven years of adventure wasnot all that easy; nor was applying University rules andregulations designed for students straight out of schoolto a population of ex-servicemen. Nevertheless, we allmanaged to get on together.After three years, I left Oxford with a BA in Forestry.I joined the Colonial Forestry Service and servedas Assistant Conservator of Forests in Sierra Leone.In 1954, at the outset of a graduate year workingmainly on developments for the use of Gmelina arborea(an Indian tropical fast-growing tree widely used inreforestation programmes in Africa), I was awarded theSchlich Memorial Prize at the Imperial Forestry Institute.The approaching independence of Sierra Leone, andthe undoubted impact that independence would haveon Forest Conservation, lead me to resign in 1956.I returned to France, and worked in a variety of sectorsof the timber industry, all connected with the use anddevelopment of the pine forest in the South-West ofFrance, until my retirement in 1983.42/JACK DOUAY
ALUMNI NEWSNews in briefSophie Childs (1992, Modern History)Writing under the name Thea Faye, Sophiehas had her first book, Wizardry for theUninitiated published. She also has essaysincluded in a limited edition anthology ongrimoire magick and another anthologyon cultural misappropriation due forpublication in addition to a planned followupto her wizardry book in the pipeline.Sophie emigrated ‘Down Under’ a coupleof years ago with her husband and two –now three – children.Adrian Waite (1978, Geography)Adrian is now a full member of the CharteredInstitute of Public Finance and Accountancy,an associate Member of the CharteredInstitute of Housing and an Honorary Fellowand Vice-President of the Institute of PublicSector Management. After seventeen yearsworking in local government in a successionof accountancy and management positions,he founded AWICS Limited in 1999(www.awics.co.uk). AWICS Limited is amanagement consultancy specialising insupporting those who provide public servicesincluding local and central governmentand housing associations. This includesmanagement consultancy, training andpublishing. In 1984, Adrian married Elaine,and they now have three children andlive in Murton, a village near Appleby, inWestmorland, Cumbria. In his spare time,Adrian organises events with the historicalre-enactment society The Red Wyverns(www.red-wyverns.org.uk).James Brudney (1971, PPE)James Brudney was named one of theten recipients of the 2008 Alumni Award forDistinguished Teaching at Ohio <strong>St</strong>ate Universityin Columbus, Ohio. The award honours facultymembers for superior teaching, with recipientsbeing nominated by present and formerstudents and colleagues and chosen by acommittee of alumni, students and facultymembers. Those chosen are inducted intothe University’s Academy of Teaching, whichprovides leadership for the improvement ofteaching at Ohio <strong>St</strong>ate University. Speaking ofProfessor Brudney’s award, the Dean, NancyRogers, remarked that, ‘anyone who hasvisited Professor Brudney’s class knows howrichly he deserves this award.’ James Brudneycurrently serves on the Public Review Boardof the United Automobile Workers of Americaand as an associate editor for TheEncyclopedia of Congress.Nick Roberts (Christensen Fellow,Michaelmas 2005)Nick, who is a Professor in MathematicalBiology at Massey University, Auckland,has been elected a Fellow of the RoyalSociety, New Zealand.Peter Price (1983, Geography)Peter has moved from Bradfield <strong>College</strong> tobe Head of Geography at Charterhouse.Sally Lincoln (1976, English)Sally has published a book of portraitsof American soldiers wounded in Iraq andAfghanistan: Sucking it Up: American Soldiersin 2008 (Edgecliffe Press: 2008). To findout more about Sally’s work, please go towww.sallylincoln.comDavid Hill (1991, Modern Languages)Journalist and author David Hill offers quirkyperspectives on modern life in his poetrycollection Consumed (KenArnoldBooks: 2008).The book prompted James Bowman, formerAmerican editor of the Times LiterarySupplement to describe Hill as ‘well on hisway to becoming a major poet – perhaps thefirst for the era of globalisation’. Todd Swift,Oxfam’s Poet in Residence, called theST CATHERINE’S COLLEGE 2008/43
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