The Queen's College Record 2020
Old Members’ Activities FROM THE PRESIDENT Paul Newton President of The Queen’s College Association It is an obvious understatement to say that it has been an unusual year. Reflecting my optimistic nature, however, I refuse to believe that things will never be the same again. Medical scientists (doubtless Oxford ones!) will find a solution to the current pandemic. They are a special breed as epitomised by Old Member and Honorary Fellow Dr A.W. ‘Bill’ Frankland MBE, DM, FRCP. Bill, who died earlier this year at the age of 108, was the College’s and the University’s oldest Old Member. His dedicated work on allergies spanned nearly ninety years. He popularised the pollen count to help clinicians and patients understand what triggers their seasonal allergies and amazingly completed his last paper in March of this year, only a few weeks before he died. This paper can be accessed through the College’s website (bit.ly/bill-frankland). A tribute to him and his life can also be found there, and his obituary appears later in this year’s Record. Bill led an incredible life which included a period spent in a Japanese prisoner of war camp following the fall of Singapore in 1942. He was, unsurprisingly, the camp doctor treating fellow prisoners in conditions we can only imagine. The current COVID-19 pandemic meant that this year’s Old Members’ programme disappointingly divided into two very distinctive halves. Events during the first half continued as normal, culminating in the Queen’s Women’s Network Dinner: In Conversation with the Provost. This event took place in early March at the University Women’s Club in London as a continuation of the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Co-Education at the College. If anyone missed this event, it is possible to watch the Conversation online at the College’s YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/ queenscollegeox). Other events during the first half that offered Old Members opportunities to eat heartily, drink copiously and reminisce unashamedly, lest we forget what these occasions entail, included the Jubilee Matriculation Gaudy Lunch (1949 / 1959 / 1969); the Ten Years’ later Lunch (2009); the MA Reunion Lunch (for undergraduates who matriculated in 2012 and who are now eligible to take their MA); the Boar’s Head Gaudy (1996 / 1997) and the Needle and Thread Gaudy (2004 / 2005). They were enjoyed by nearly 500 people, representing a significant proportion of the Old Members’ community. The second half of the year’s Old Members’ programme unfortunately saw the cancellation of a reunion dinner in Berlin and a US trip which would have included dinners in New York and Washington, DC. Summer in-College events were also 86 The Queen’s College | College Record 2020
Old Members’ Activities cancelled: the Benefactors’ Dinner and the Garden Party, which would have been the closing event for the year-long activities for the 40th Anniversary of Co-Education. Sadly, it has been announced recently that all face-to-face Old Members’ events have been cancelled until January 2021. The College plans to introduce some virtual events this year. Over time these will be incorporated as welcomed additions or natural accoutrements to the Old Members’ programme. For example, and particularly benefitting overseas Old Members who do not find it easy to return to College on a regular basis, topical lectures and talks can be streamed to an online global audience. I am sure that other Old Members join me in hoping that this virtual style of attendance is not a harbinger for the future and that it will soon also be possible to enjoy Old Members’ events with the same level of exuberance and closeness as we have done in non-plague/pandemic times. The College incontrovertibly continues to exist today as a highly respected and very much alive institution which will survive this pandemic as it has survived many plagues and pandemics over hundreds of years, even though – and as an open plea to our Provost to stay safe – our Founder and Provost, Robert de Eglesfield, reputedly died from the plague in 1349. On behalf of all Old Members I wish to thank Jen Stedman and her team, as well as Justin Jacobs for his oversight as the Director of Development, for the excellent work that has been done in organising events and encouraging the excellent relations with the Old Members’ community in very trying circumstances. College Record 2020 | The Queen’s College 87
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Old Members’ Activities<br />
cancelled: the Benefactors’ Dinner and the Garden Party, which would have been the<br />
closing event for the year-long activities for the 40th Anniversary of Co-Education.<br />
Sadly, it has been announced recently that all face-to-face Old Members’ events<br />
have been cancelled until January 2021. <strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong> plans to introduce some virtual<br />
events this year. Over time these will be incorporated as welcomed additions or<br />
natural accoutrements to the Old Members’ programme. For example, and particularly<br />
benefitting overseas Old Members who do not find it easy to return to <strong>College</strong> on a<br />
regular basis, topical lectures and talks can be streamed to an online global audience.<br />
I am sure that other Old Members join me in hoping that this virtual style of attendance<br />
is not a harbinger for the future and that it will soon also be possible to enjoy Old<br />
Members’ events with the same level of exuberance and closeness as we have done<br />
in non-plague/pandemic times. <strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong> incontrovertibly continues to exist today<br />
as a highly respected and very much alive institution which will survive this pandemic<br />
as it has survived many plagues and pandemics over hundreds of years, even though<br />
– and as an open plea to our Provost to stay safe – our Founder and Provost, Robert<br />
de Eglesfield, reputedly died from the plague in 1349.<br />
On behalf of all Old Members I wish to thank Jen Stedman and her team, as well as<br />
Justin Jacobs for his oversight as the Director of Development, for the excellent work<br />
that has been done in organising events and encouraging the excellent relations with<br />
the Old Members’ community in very trying circumstances.<br />
<strong>College</strong> <strong>Record</strong> <strong>2020</strong> | <strong>The</strong> Queen’s <strong>College</strong> 87
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