The College Record 2022

Old Members’ Activities
Credit: John Cairns
DEVELOPMENT AND OLD MEMBER
RELATIONS REPORT
Dr Justin B. Jacobs
Director of
Development &
Supernumerary Fellow
The 2021-22 academic year saw the welcome return of Old
Members to Queen’s for a number of memorable events
and continued success in fundraising as the College
launched the second phase of Access All Areas.
The year began with the traditional Old Members’ Dinner,
a hosting of the Queen’s Women’s Network for an event
focused on careers in finance and then continued with
the celebration of the 50 th anniversary of matriculation for
Old Members from 1970 and 1971.
Although we were saddened that the Boar’s Head and
Needle and Thread Gaudies had to be postponed for
the second straight year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were delighted
that the good times returned in the new year, with the annual Taberdars’ Society
Lunch taking place as planned and with a private tour of the University’s Botanic
Gardens included.
The College also had the opportunity to hold memorials and subject dinners in
Chemistry and Maths to say a delayed but fond and heartfelt goodbye to two
of its longest serving and much beloved subject tutors: Morrin Acheson and
Peter Neumann (Mathematics, 1959). The College was also able to hold its first event
in London since 2019, and in July welcomed its benefactors back for the annual
Benefactors’ Dinner, which included a premiere of a Queen’s produced version of
Old Member Thomas Middleton (1596) and William Rowley’s The Changeling.
For further highlights and details from the year’s Old Members’ events and relations
please see the report of the President of the Old Members’ Association on the
following pages.
On the fundraising front, Queen’s launched the second phase of Access All Areas,
our continuing programme of raising funds that are focused on providing for those
who make the Queen’s community the dynamic, vibrant and enriching home that it is.
The £25M in gifts Queen's has received to date through Access All Areas has
enabled us to create a community that is as well positioned as possible to support
its students and researchers of today, and those of tomorrow.
In the second phase of Access All Areas the College has re-committed to working
with Old Members and Friends to enhance its academic excellence – by completing
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