Univ Record 2017

Contents
The Record
Volume XVII Number 4 December 2017
Editor’s Notes 1
Master’s Notes 2
Fellows and Staff 5
The Governing Body 6
Honorary Fellows 11
Foundation Fellows 12
Newly Elected Fellows 12
Fellows’ News 14
Leaving Fellows and Staff 19
Academic Results, Awards and Achievements 21
Academic Results and Distinctions 22
University Prizes and Other Awards 26
Scholarships & Exhibitions 29
Travel Scholarships 32
2016-17 in Review 33
From the Chaplain 34
From the Librarian 36
From the Director of Music 39
From the Development Director 41
The Chalet 48
Junior Common Room 49
Weir Common Room 50
Obituaries51
Emeritus Fellows 52
Honorary Fellows 54
Former Lecturers and Chaplain 55
Old Members 56
Univ Lost List 94
Univ Lost List 96
Univ Benefactors 2016-17 107
The 1249 Society 108
Major Benefactors 113
Principal Benefactors 115
The William of Durham Club 116
Roll of Donors 119
College Information 148
Calendar for Degree Ceremonies 150
College Contact Details 151
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Editor’s Notes
In many ways, this has been a vintage year for Univ. All our finalists achieved a 2.1 or
above, plans are in place for a new site in north Oxford, and we welcomed the first group
of students supported by our Opportunity Programme. And to top it all, Oxford was
named the best university in the world for a second year running (Times Higher Education
World University Rankings). However, the last 12 months has also seen the loss of an
unprecedented number of Old Members, friends and colleagues, including the former
Shaw Professor of Chinese and Univ Fellow, Professor Glen Dudbridge.
Professor Dudbridge was at Univ for more than 15 years and played an important role
in the lives of countless students and staff. He will be greatly missed. Dr Tao Tao Liu and
Professor Barend ter Haar remember the hard-working, conscientious man who loved to
play the piano (page 52).
My thanks go to Dr Liu and Professor ter Haar and to all the friends and families
who took the time to write tributes and to share their memories for the Obituary section
of the Record.
Near the back of the Record you will find a full list of everyone who has made a gift to
Univ this year. We hope that this permanent record of the remarkable generosity of our
Old Members will go some way to showing our gratitude for their support.
My thanks of course go to all those who contributed an update for the Review section
of the Record and to all those members of staff without whom this publication could not
have been produced, in particular Robin Darwall-Smith (1982, Classics) who collated
the Obituaries section. I am indebted also to Ian Boutle, Sally Stubbs and Cameron Ott
in the Academic Office, and to Louise Wright, for their help with the Fellows listings
and academic results. And finally, a big thank you to our designer, Rob Moss.
If you have any comments about this issue, or news or tributes that you would like to
share with the Univ community, please do get in touch.
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Martin Cornish, Communications Officer
communications@univ.ox.ac.uk