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ST CROSS COLLEGE RECORD

NUMBER 23 2006

EDITOR’S NOTE

This edition of the St Cross College Record covers the academic year October 2005

to September 2006. This year I have extended the scope to include reports by most

College Offi cers. As always, I would be pleased to hear from any member of the

College past or present who would be prepared to write something for publication. I

have tried hard to remove errors in Fellows’ and Students’ entries that have crept in

over the years and would be glad to be notifi ed of any errors that remain.

EJ Williamson

February, 2007

CONTENTS

The College of St Cross at Oxford 3

Degrees Taken 20

Master’s Report 25

Awards, Prizes and Recognition of Distinction 28

New Fellows 29Michael Biggs Herb Marsh

Nick Bostrom Timothy Power

Elizabeth Frood Julie Scott-Jackson

Sten Jacobsen Kate Venables (2003)

Peter Kemp Angus Wilkinson

Jane McNicholl Margaret Yee

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Archivist’s Report 34

Bursar’s Report 36

Development Executive’s Report 39

Director of IT’s Report 41

Librarian’s Report 42

Senior Tutor’s Report 45

Tutor for Admission’s Report 46

College Choir 47

Obituaries 48Paul Morgan

David Patterson

Per Saugman

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THE COLLEGE OF ST CROSS AT OXFORD

2006

MASTER

Goudie, Andrew Shaw, MA, DSc. (MA, Ph.D. Camb.)

FELLOWS

Browning David George, Order of José Matías Delgado, MA, DPhil (BA R’dg)

by Special Election; Registrar, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

James, Wendy Rosalind, BLitt, MA, DPhil, FBA Professor of Social Anthropology

Zimmermann, Friedrich Wilhelm, BPhil, MA, DPhil (MA Erlangen) University

Lecturer in Islamic Philosophy

Tiffany, John Michael, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) University Lecturer in

Ophthalmological Biochemistry

Parsons, Barry Eaton, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) Professor of Geodesy and Geophysics

Pethica, John Bernard, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) FRS Senior Research Fellow

Hedges, Robert Ernest Mortimer, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) Professor of Archaeology

Waters, David John, MA, DPhil (MA Camb.) University Lecturer in Metamorphic

Petrology; Curator, University Museum of Natural History

Pendry, Anna Elizabeth, MA, DPhil (BEd Camb.; MA (Ed) Lond.) University

Lecturer in Educational Studies (History)

Garcia-Bellido, E. Paloma, MA (MA Texas (Austin); MA, PhD Universidad

Complutense, Madrid) University Lecturer in Spanish Linguistics and Philology

Kruger, Nicholas, MA (PhD Camb.) University Lecturer in Plant Sciences

Mayhew, Nicholas, MA, DLitt by Special Election; Professor of Numismatics and

Monetary History, Deputy Director (Collections) Ashmolean Museum

Treadwell, William Luke, MA, DPhil (BA Camb.) Samir Shamma University Lecturer

in Islamic Numismatics, Ashmolean Museum

Thompson, Peter John, MA (BA Warw.; PhD Pennsylvania), Sydney L. Mayer

Lecturer in American History; Tutor for Admissions

Scott, Katherine, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) by Special Election

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Adam, Christopher, MA, MPhil, DPhil (MA St And.) Reader in Development

Economics

Davage, the Revd. William Ernest Peter, MA (BA Newc.; MPhil Leic.) Pusey

Fellow

Pieke, Frank Nikolaas, MA (BA, MA Amsterdam; PhD Berkeley) University

Lecturer in the Modern Politics and Society of China; Assessor

La Rue, Hélène, MA, DPhil University Lecturer; Curator of the Bate Collection and the

musical collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum

MacCulloch, Diarmaid Ninian John, MA, DD, (MA, PhD Camb.; Hon Dlitt

E.Anglia) FBA Professor of the History of the Church

Hope, Ronald Anthony, MA, BM, BCh (PhD Lond.) MRCPsych by Special

Election; Professor of Medical Ethics

Hamerow, Helena Francisca, MA, DPhil (BA Wisconsin-Madison) University

Lecturer in European Archaeology (Early Medieval); Vice Master

Whiteley, Jon James Lamont, MA, DPhil by Special Election; Senior Assistant Keeper,

Department of Western Art, Ashmolean Museum

Chatty, Dawn, MA (BA, DPhil UCLA; MA Institute of Social Studies, The

Hague) Reader in Forced Migration; Tutor for Women

Doherty, Maureen, MA (BA Lanc.; MA Open) by Special Election; Bursar; Wine

Steward

Rainey, Paul Barton, MA (BSc, MSc, PhD Canterbury NZ) Senior Research Fellow

MacGregor, Arthur Grant, MA (MA Edin.; MPhil, DLitt Durh.) by Special

Election; Senior Assistant Keeper, Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum

Endicott, Jane Anne, MA (MA, PhD Toronto) Professor of Structural Biology

Raynes, Edward Peter, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) FInstP, FRS Professor of

Optoelectronic Engineering

Ulijaszek, Stanley Jan, MA (BSc Manc.; MSc, PhD Lond.) Professor of Human

Ecology

Forbes, Lesley Eleanor, MA (BA Durh.) Keeper of the Oriental Collections, Bodleian

Library

Taylor, James, MA (MA Camb.; MSc Lanc.; PhD Lond.) Reader in Decision Science

Mitter, Rana Shantashil Rajyeswar, MA (BA, MPhil, PhD Camb.) University

Lecturer in Modern History and Politics of China

Orford, Barry Antony, MA (BA, MTh, PhD Wales) Pusey Fellow

Briant, William Richard Christian, MA (MA Camb.) by Special Election;

Administrator, Saïd Business School

Baltag, Alexandru, MA (MS Bucharest; PhD Indiana) University Lecturer in

Computer Science

Dalton, Gavin Bruce, MA. DPhil by Special Election; University Lecturer in

Astrophysics

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Savulescu, Julian, MA (BMedSci, MB, BS, PhD Monash) Uehiro Professor of

Practical Ethics

Ellis, Vivian Thomas, MA (BA Warw.; MA Washington State; PGCE Camb;

PhD Lond.) University Lecturer in Educational Studies (English)

Deutsch, Hans-Georg, MA (MA Hanover; PhD SOAS) University Lecturer in

Modern History; Senior Tutor

Parker, Michael John, MA (BEd W.England; PhD Hull) Professor of Medical Ethics

Baker, Jonathan Mark Robert, MA, MPhil Principal of Pusey House

Jirotka, Marina Denise Anne, MA, DPhil (BSc Lond.; MSc S.Bank) University

Lecturer in Computer Science

Lamb, Simon Henry, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) University Lecturer in Structural Geology

and Tectonics

Ligoxygakis, Petros, MA (BA Athens; MSc, PhD Crete) University Lecturer in

Genetics

Chambers, Stephan, MA, MLitt (BA Hull) by Special Election

Buck, Daniel, MA (BA, MA CSU Chico; MA, PhD Berkeley) University Lecturer in

Human Geography of China

von Mettenheim, Kurt, MA (BA Washington; MIA, PhD Columbia) University

Lecturer in Brazilian Studies)

Romero Morales, Dolores, MA (MSc Seville; PhD Erasmus University

Rotterdam) University Lecturer in Management Studies

Hall, Rodney Bruce, MA (MS, MA, PhD Pennsylvania) University Lecturer in

International Political Economy; Academic Director, Foreign Service Programme

Churchill, Grant Charles, MA (BSc, MSc Saskatchewan; PhD Minnesota)

University Lecturer in Chemical Pharmacology

Pfeiffer, Judith, MA (MA Köln; PhD Chicago) University Lecturer in Arabic; Welfare

and Equality Offi cer

Pelling, Margaret Hansen, MA, MLitt, DLitt by Special Election; Reader in Social

History of Medicine

Savage-Smith, Emilie, MA status (MA, PhD Camb.) Senior Research Fellow; Archivist

Perrow, David, MA (MA Camb.) by Special Election; Director University Library

Services; Bodley’s Librarian

Robinson, Mark, MA (PhD Lond.) University Lecturer in Environmental Archaeology

Jaffe, Harold, MA (AB UC Berkeley; MD UCLA) Professor of Public Health

Venables, Kate, MA status (BSc, MSc, MD Lond.) by Special Election; University

Lecturer in Occupational Medicine

Lin, Kun-Chin, (BA Harvard; MA, PhD Berkeley) Leverhulme Research Fellow

Ashbourn, Joanna Maria Anthonia, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) Junior Research Fellow;

Director of I.T.

Frenz, Margret, MA (MA, PhD Heidelberg) Junior Research Fellow

Hamill, Heather, MA, DPhil (MA St And.) University Lecturer in Sociology

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Papanikolaou, Dimitris, MA (BA Athens; MA, PhD Lond.) University Lecturer in

Modern Greek

Szymanska, Marzena Hanna, (MSc Warsaw; PhD Camb.) Junior Research Fellow

Thambisetty, Madhav, DPhil (MB BS Calicut) Emanoel Lee Junior Research Fellow

Sweetlove, Lee, MA (BSc E.Anglia; PhD Camb.) BBSRC Fellow; University Lecturer

in Plant Sciences

Dexter, Colin, (Hon MA Leic.; Hon DLitt Oxf.Brookes) by Special Election

Parr, Anthony Douglas, DPhil (MA Camb.) by Special Election

Kapanidis, Achillefs, MA (BA Thessaloniki; MSc, PhD Rutgers) University Lecturer

in Biological Physics

Hoellerer, Maria, (MSc Vienna) E.P. Abraham Junior Research Fellow

Wright, Timothy John, BA, MSc, DPhil (BA Camb.; MSc Lond.) Senior Research

Fellow

Watson, Oliver, MA (BA Durham; PhD Lond.) Keeper of Eastern Art, Ashmolean

Museum

Mahone, Sloan Courtney, MA, DPhil (BA Hofstra; MS Boston) University Lecturer

in the History of Medicine

Anderson, David McBeath, MA, MPhil, DPhil (MA St And.) Reader in the

Economics of Development

Bostrom, Nick Rolf Lars, MA (BA Gothenburg; MA Stockholm; MSc Lond.;

PhD LSE) Director, Future of Humanity Institute

Marsh, Herbert, MA (BA Indiana; MA, PhD California; DSc Western Sidney)

Professor of Educational Studies

Morrill Visiting Fellow

Power, Timothy, (BA Massachusetts; MA Florida; PhD Notre Dame) University

Lecturer in Brazilian Studies

Scott-Jackson, Julie Eileen, MA status, DPhil, (BSc Oxf.Brooks) by Special Election,

Senior Research Fellow, Pitt Rivers Museum

Wilkinson, Angus, MA (BSc, PhD Brist.) University Lecturer in Materials

Yee, Margaret, MA status, DPhil (BSc NSW; BD Sydney) Senior Research Fellow

Kemp, Peter Anthony, MA (BSc S’ton; MPhil Glas.; DPhil Sus.) Barnett Professor

of Social Policy

Biggs, Michael, (BA Victoria; MA, PhD Harvard) University Lecturer in Sociology

Frood, Elizabeth, DPhil (BA, MA New Zealand) University Lecturer in Egypology

Jacobsen, Sten Eiric, (MD, PhD Berger) Bass Professor of Developmental and Stem

Cell Biology

McNicholl, Jane, MSc (BSc Liv.; PhD Lond.) University Lecturer in Educational

Studies

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HONORARY FELLOWS

Allen,Professor Sir Geoffrey, Kt (BSc, PhD Leeds), FInstP, FPRI, FRS

Seyoum, Prince Mangashia, GCVO, MA

Stafford, Godfrey Harry, CBE, MA (MSc Capetown; PhD Camb.; Hon DSc

Birm.) FInstP, FRS Master 1979-87

Crutzen, Paul Josef, (MSc, PhD, DSc Stockholm) Director, Atmospheric Chemistry

Division, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie 1980- ; Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1995

Lee, Hermione, CBE, MA, BPhil Goldsmiths’ Professor of English Literature 1998-

Repp, Richard Cooper, MA, DPhil (BA Williams College, Massachusetts)

University Lecturer in Turkish History 1965-2003; Senior Proctor 1979; Pro-Vice-

Chancellor 1994-2003; Master 1987-2003

Brook, Sir Richard John, OBE, MA (BSc Leeds; ScD MIT) Professor of Materials

Science

Eisenstein, Elizabeth, (AB Vassar; MA, PhD Radcliffe College)

DOMUS FELLOW

Skipper, Constable Ian, MA

EMERITUS FELLOWS

†van Heyningen, Ruth Eleanor, MA, DPhil, DSc (MA Camb.) Fellow 1965-

1979; Senior Research Offi cer in Ophthalmology 1952-1978

†Jones, Alan, MA (MA Camb.) Fellow 1965-1980; Professor of Classical Arabic

1997-2000

Whittaker, Eric James William, MA (BSc, PhD Lond.) FInstP Fellow 1967-1983;

University Lecturer in Geochemistry 1965-1967, Reader in Mineralogy 1967-1983

†Tinsley, Thomas William, OBE, MA, DSc (BSc Durh., PhD Lond.) Fellow

1965-1984; University Lecturer in Invertebrate Virology 1962-1984; Director NERC

Institute of Virology 1963-1984

†Ward, Alan, MA, BLitt Fellow 1965-1984; University Lecturer in English 1951-1988

Walshaw, Charles Desmond, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) Fellow 1968-1986; University

Lecturer in Atmospheric Physics 1963-1986

Porter, Simon Robert, MA, DPhil Fellow 1977-1987; Bursar 1977-1987

Hassall, Tom Grafton, OBE, MA, Fellow 1974-1988; Director, Oxfordshire

Archaeological Unit 1973-1985; Secretary, Royal Commission on the Historical

Monuments of England 1984-1993

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†Nye, Peter Hague, BSc, MA, FRS Fellow 1965-1988; Reader in Soil Science 1961-

1988

†Hodcroft, Frederick William, Commander of the Order of Isabel the Catholic,

MA (MA Manc.) Fellow 1965-1990; University Lecturer in Spanish 1953-1990

Juel-Jensen, Bent Einer, MA, DM (Cand. Med. Copenhagen) FRCP, MRCGP,

Hon FRGS Fellow 1973-1990; Medical Offi cer to the Medical School 1960-1977;

Clinical Lecturer in Communicable Diseases 1968-1990; University Medical Offi cer

1977-1990

Petford, Alfred David, MA, DPhil, FRAS Fellow 1967-1990; Senior Research Offi cer,

Department of Astrophysics 1961-1990

Tregear, Mary, MA (BA Lond.) FBA Fellow 1967-1991; Senior Assistant Keeper in

Chinese Art, Ashmolean Museum 1970-1987; University Lecturer in Chinese

Art 1978-1991; Keeper of the Department of Eastern Art 1987-1991

Barton, Revd John, MA, DPhil, DLitt (Hon DTheol, Bonn) Fellow 1974-1991;

University Lecturer in Old Testament Theology 1974-1989, Reader in Theology 1989-

91, Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture 1991-

Hockey, Susan Margaret, MA Fellow 1979-1991; Computing Offi cer in the Arts 1975-

1991

Smith, George David William, MA, DPhil, FInstP, FRS Fellow 1977-1991;

University Lecturer in Metallurgy 1977-1993, George Kelley Reader in Metallurgy

1993-1996, Professor of Materials Science 1996-

†Britton, Dennis, MA (MA Camb.) Fellow 1965-1992; University Lecturer in

Prehistory 1961-1992

Brookes, Edward Michael, MA (BSc Durh.; Hon LLD Waterloo; CEng, MICE)

Fellow 1972-1992; Assistant University Surveyor 1964-76; University Land Agent

1976-1983

Glare, Peter Geoffrey William, MA (MA Camb.) Fellow 1976-1992; Editor, Oxford

Latin Dictionary 1955-1981; Editor, Liddell & Scott Supplement 1981-1996

Brown, Helen Wingate, MA Fellow 1969-1994; Assistant Keeper, later Senior Assistant

Keeper, Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, 1958-1994

Beckett, Philip Henry Trim, MA, DPhil, DSc Fellow 1966-1995; University Lecturer

in Soil Science 1958-1988, Redesignated University Lecturer in Plant Science 1988-

1995

Mould, Charles Marshall, MA, DPhil (BSc (Eng.) Lond.) Fellow 1981-1995;

Secretary of the Bodleian Library 1981-1995

Olliver, Joseph Gascon, MA, DPhil (BSc Nott.) Fellow 1970-1996; University

Lecturer in Surveying and Geodesy 1966-1996

Tyler, Godfrey John, MA (MSc Lond.; PhD Brist.) Fellow 1970-1996; University

Lecturer in Agricultural Economics 1968-1996

Atkins, Frederick Brian, MA, DPhil Professorial Fellow 1975-1997; University Lecturer

in Mineralogy 1969-1997; Curator of the Mineralogical Collection 1969-1997

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Nizami, Farhan Ahmad, MA, DPhil (MA Aligarh) Junior Research Fellow 1983-

1985; Islamic Studies Fellow 1985-1997; Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

1985 -

Bishop, David Hugh Langler, MA, DSc (BSc, PhD Liv.) Fellow, 1984-1998;

Director, NERC Institute of Virology 1984-1995

Roberts, Adrian David Scudamore, MA, BLitt (MA Camb.) Fellow 1978-1998;

Sub-Librarian, Bodleian Library 1976-1998; Keeper of Oriental Books 1976-1998

Vessey, Martin Paterson, CBE, MA (MB, BS, MD Lond.) FRS Fellow 1973-

2000; Professor of Public Health 1974-2000

Richards, Donald Sidney, MA Fellow 1967-2000; University Lecturer in Arabic 1960-

2000; Dean of Degrees

Benton, Peter, MA (MA Camb.) Fellow 1987-2001; University Lecturer in Educational

Studies (English) 1976-2001

Woolnough, Brian Ernest, MA (BSc R’dg; Cert Ed Camb.) FInstP Fellow 1984-

2001; University Lecturer in Educational Studies (Physics) 1978-2001

Smith, Geoffrey MA, DPhil Fellow 1978-2001; University Lecturer in Astrophysics

1969-2001

Roe, Derek Arthur, MA, DLitt (MA, PhD Camb.) Fellow 1970-2003; University

Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology 1965-1997, Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology

1997-2003

Mackridge, Peter Alexander, MA, DPhil Fellow 1981-2000; University Lecturer in

Modern Greek 1981-1996, Professor of Modern Greek 1996-2003

Williamson, Edward James, MA, DPhil Fellow 1970-2004; University Lecturer in

Physics 1968-2004; Dean of Degrees

Abramson, Glenda, MA (MA, PhD Rand.) Senior Research Fellow 1981-1989,

Fellow 1989-2004; Cowley Lecturer in Post-Biblical Hebrew 1989-2004

Allan, James Wilson, MA, DPhil Fellow 1990-2005; Assistant Keeper, Department of

Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum 1966-1988, Senior Assistant Keeper 1988-1991,

Keeper (Professor) 1991-2005

McLatchie, Robert Craw Forsyth, MA (BSc Glas.) Senior Research Fellow 1991-

2005; Director, Oxford Parallel 1991-2005

Harris, Ann, MA (PhD Lond.) Fellow 1991-2005; University Lecturer in Paediatrics

1991-; Professor of Paediatric Molecular Genetics -2005

† Founding Fellow

VISITING FELLOWS

Thompson, Jon (BA, MB, BChir Camb.) May Beattie Visiting Fellow in Carpet

Studies

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RETIRED FOUNDING FELLOWS(other than Emeritus Fellows)

Barbour, Ruth, MA

Burridge, Kenelm Oswald Lancelot, MA

Zussman, Jack, MA, DPhil.

Griffi th, Thomas Gwynfor, B.Litt., MA MA, DPhil

Tucker, Richard George, B.Sc., BM, MA, DPhil.

Coles, Barry Arclay, MA, DPhil

GRADUATE SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS

1997 Charupongsopon, Wilert, (BBA Chulalongkorn Univ.; MBA

Thammasat Univ.; MPPM Yale)

1998 Antun, Thallein Mireille, (BA, MLitt, St And.)

Johnstone, Rachel Sara, (BA Univ. Idaho)

1999 Biggs, Timothy James, BA

Bruns, Dorothee, (ZP Berlin)

Bukach, David, (BA Victoria; BA Simon Fraser Univ.)

Kahlon, Amol, (MA, MPhil Jawaharlal Univ.)

Liy, Yan Tat, (BSc Sus.; MSc Wales)

Lou, Xing, (BEng Zhejiang)

2000 McGovern, Dermot Patrick Bracher, (MB, BS Lond.)

Mugume, Adam, (BSc Makerere; MA Botswana)

Rasool, Shahana, (BA Witwatersrand)

Washington, John Augustine, (BA Pepperdine)

2001 Acosta Garcia, Raul Gerardo, (BA Iteso Univ.)

Allan, Verity Louise, (BA Camb.)

Arapostathis, Efstathios, (BSc Thessaloniki; MSc Athens)

Arensdorf, Ashley Ives, (BA Penn. State; MA Millersville)

Bahg, Catherine, (MA New York)

Baiza, Yahia, MPhil (Dipl. Secondary Technical Coll. Tsnava, Czech

Republic)

Bassini-Jiuxianben, Patrizia, (BSc, MSc Brunel)

Dean, Anna Catherine, (BSc Durh.)

Edwards, Jane Andrea, (MA Edin.; MSc Sus.)

Fisher, Helen Sian, (BA Sur.; MA R’dg)

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Flanery, Patrick Denman, (BFA New York)

Gustafsson, Paer Lennart, MA

Lee, Jooha, MSc

Loukina, Anastassia, MPhil (Dipl. St Petersburg State Univ.)

Mustafa, Asma Basil, (BA R’dg)

Ruiz Castell, Pedro, (BSc Valencia)

Shimazono, Yosuke, (BA Waseda Univ.; MA Kyoto)

Shin, Ji Young, (BSc, MSc Yonsei Univ.)

Srimanosaowapak, Sompong, (MMet Sheff.)

Tacla, Adriene Baron, (BA, MPhil Univ. Federal Rio de Janeiro)

Wells, Graham William Henry

Wilson, Linus Theodore, MPhil

Witte, Holger, MSc (Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Univ. Wedel)

Yonan, Jonathan Joseph, (BA Gordon College)

Zambone, Albert Louis, (BA Johns Hopkins; MA Catholic Univ. of

America)

2002 Armstrong, Michael Stuart, (BA Camb.)

‡ Atallah, Louis Nicolas, (Dip. Lebanese Univ.)

Axford, Daniel Nathan, (BSc Birm.)

Bateson, Jonathan Gilder, (MSc Nott.Trent.)

Bhugun, Ian, (BEng, MSc Nott.Trent)

Bozzi, Evelyne, (BA UCLA; AM Brown)

Brahimi, Alia, (MA Edin.)

Byfi eld, Cheron Marie, (BA Hull; MSc, MBA Aston)

Chen, Shih-Chung, (BA Nat. Chenghi Univ.; MA SOAS)

Chow, Kai Yeung Anthony, (MSc, DIC Imperial College, Beng

Univ.; PhD Hong Kong)

Davies, James Peter Michael, (BA Lond.)

Davies, Victor Ayodele Bamijoko, (BSc Fourah Bay College Univ.; MA

United Nat. SA Inst.)

Davis, Angela Elizabeth Rose, (BA Lond.)

Fan, Xinyue, (BE Zhejiang Univ)

Frampton, Philip Peter Charles, MChem

Gallant, Jeanette Elise, (MA Univ. BC)

Grigg, Stephen Peter, (BS Univ. Mass.)

Hausseker, Dirk, (Pre-Dipl. Heidelberg)

Hausseker, Pei Ling, (BSc Univ. Malaysia)

Hebbert, Benjamin Mark, (BSc Lond.Guild.; MMus Leeds)

Hellmich, Christina, (MA St And.)

Lau, Pui Yan, (BSc, MPhil Hong Kong)

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Lawrence, Robert William, (BSc Kent; MSc Brist.)

Nicholls, Jason Richard, (BSc Portsmouth Poly.; MA Nott.; PGCE

Lond.)

Oberman, Kieran, (BA Wales)

Ochs, Kimberly Corann, MSc

Pall, Pardeep, (MSc Lond.)

Pellissery, Sony, (MPhil Indian Inst. of Tech.; MSW Bombay; BA

Vikram Univ.)

Pialek, Nicholas Charles, (MA St And.)

Pickup, Lyndsey Clare, MEng

Ray, Nicola Jane, (BSc Bolton Inst.; MSc R’dg.)

Reade, John James, (BA Durh.)

Roitman, Karem, (BA, BSc Arizona State Univ.)

Ryder, Isabelle Marjorie Anne, BA (BA Camb.)

Schmitt, Jean-Marie Didier, (BA Bard College; MS Banaras Hindu

Univ.)

Simakova, Elena Guennad’evna, (Dipl. Moscow State Univ.)

Spektor, Matias, (BA, MA Univ. Brasilia)

Stahlkopf, Christina Louise, MSc (BA Bowdoin College)

Tan, Huiling, (BA Beijing)

Thompson, Claire, (BSc Glas.)

Williams, Christopher Charles, (BA Salf.)

Yared, Hala Maria, (MPhil Lond.)

2003 Angrish, Deepshikha, (BSc Delhi Univ.; MSc IIT Delhi)

Bailey, Katy Elizabeth, (BSc Wales)

Behjati, Sam, BA

Berger, Carol Ann, (MA Univ. Alberta)

Brett, Nicholas Daniel, (MSc Lond.)

Bright, Ashleigh, (BSc; MSc Univ. Waikato)

Burke, Claudine Francesca, (MSc Lond.; MA Edin.)

Campbell, Helen Elizabeth, (BA Tees; MSc York)

Choudhury, Sutapa, (BSc LSE)

Clack, Andrew Aaron, (BA Univ Pittsburgh; MSc Yale)

Clark, Christina Rose, (MPhil Camb.)

Croydon, David Alexander, (BA Camb.)

Esteris, Kathryn Lynsey, (BA Stir.; MA Durh.)

Guy, Gwyneth Hilda, (BA Durh.; PGCE West Sussex Inst. of Higher

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Education)

Hammami, Mona, (MPA, ID Harvard; BA American Univ. of Beirut)

Heyburn, Rosse Geoffrey, (BSc Edin.)

Huang, Jia, (BA Nanjing Univ.)

Hutton, Cherry Warrington, (BA Durh.; MA Chelt. and Gloucs. Coll.

Higher Education)

Ioannidou, Eleftheria, (MA Lond.)

Jones, Katherine Ann, (BA Camb.)

Kaur, Juss Rani, (BSc Concordia Univ.)

Kim, Yoon Hui, MPhil (BSc Georgetown Univ.)

Kim, Wook Sung, (BA, MSt Korea Univ.)

Mirza, Fareed, (BSc S.Bank; MSc Lond.)

Mofu, Suriel Semuel, (BEd Univ. Cenderawasih; MEd Univ. Sydney)

Nayak, Gopa, (MSt Hong Kong Poly. Univ.)

Newell, David Timothy, (MEng Sheff.)

Packer, Thomas Edmund, (BSc, MA LSE)

Raju, Paul Ananda, (BS Univ. Calif; MSc San Francisco State Univ.)

Ranawana, Romesh Mahen, (BSc Univ. Peradeniya)

Roberts, Shana Sun, (BA Univ. Swaziland; MSc Univ. Witwatersrand)

Schroeder, Hannes, (BSc Lond.)

Sheftel, Anna, (BA Concordia Univ.)

Shia, Alice Kwong Ha, (BSc Birm.)

Sihlongonyane, Mfaniseni Fana, (BA Univ. Swaziland; MSc Univ.

Witwatersrand)

Simon, Judit, (MSc York; MD, BSc, BA Univ. Szeged)

Souto Otero, Manuel, (MSc Bath)

Stefansson, Kolbeinn Holmar, (BA Univ. Iceland)

Stork, Anna Louise, (MSc Durh.)

Sturdy, Yvette Catherine, Mchem

Takaya, Kentei, (BA Univ. Queensland; MA NY Univ.)

Tan, Jo-Pei, (BSc, MSt Univ. Putra; MPhil Camb.)

Tzevelekos, Nikolaos-Pavlos, (BSc Univ. Athens)

Ukiwo, Ukoha Okarafor, (BSc, MSc Univ. Port Harcourt)

‡ Vlandas, Alexis, (MSc Lond.)

Wang, Xindan, (BSc Shanghai Jiau Tong Univ.)

2004 Abdulla, Fawaz Yousif, (BSc LSE)

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Athanson, Michael, MSt (MA Glas.; MPhil Glasgow School of Art)

Barisin, Ivana, (MSc Ulster)

Bin Ramli, Harith, (BA Durh.)

Blackledge, Aimee Evette, MSt (BA Oxf.Brookes)

Blackmore, Victoria Jayne, (MSc Lond.)

Chung, Dae Hae, MPhil (BA Brown Univ.)

Clifton, David Andrew, (MEng Brist.)

Cooper, Andrew David, (MPhil Camb.; BSc Durh.)

Davies, Graham Alan, (MSc, BSc Sheff.)

* Day, Michael Sean, (AB Georgetown Univ.)

Deganis, Isabelle Roseline Grace, (BBA Lanc.; Diplome Reims

Management School)

Efstathopoulos, Charalampos, (BA W.England; MA Warw.)

Eriyagolla, Udani Koushalya, (LLB Brist.)

Faitelson, David, MSc (BA Tel-Aviv Univ.)

Fazlali-Zadeh, Sara Roxana, (BA Brun.)

Fox, Melissa Kathryn, (MA Univ. of Virginia)

Fox, Kathleen Anne, (MA DePaul Univ. Chicago)

Grey, Matthew Richard, (BSc Univ. Cape Town)

Hale, Joseph John, (MRes York)

Hamer, Rebecca, (BA Camb.; MSc Exe.)

Harrington, Nicola, (BA, MA Lond.)

Harrington, Brian, (BSc Univ. Toronto)

Hart, Ian Menzies, (MSt Brist.; MA Sus.; MA Essex)

Hartung, Henrike, MSc (Pre-Dipl Philipps Univ.)

Heimsath, Kabir Mansingh, (MA Univ. Washington; BA Univ. of

California)

Hiruta, Kei, (MA Essex; BA Keio Univ.)

Hull, Bradley Douglas, (MA Edin.; MS Univ. Wisconsin)

Hung, Yu Yui Ruth, (BA, MPhil Univ. of Hong Kong)

Isom, Jesse Woodson, (BA Columbia Univ.)

Ivanov, Kalin Svetoslavov, (MSt NY Univ.; BA Conn Coll.)

Jefferson, Victoria Frances, (BSc Liv.)

Kerry, Philip Stephen, MBiochem

Kleinberg, Teri Tung, (BA Harvard)

Kotsovili, Eirini Dionysia, MSt (BA McGill)

Kuhn, Lars Thorsten, (BSc, MSc Univ. of Bonn)

Lachtman, Shane, (BA, MA Univ. California; MA Columbia)

Laffi n, Paul James, (BA Trinity Coll. Dublin)

Liu, Yi, (BA, MSt Fudan Univ.)

Lobley, Noel James, (MA St And.)

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Lopez Pascua, Laura Del Carmen, (BSc Bath; MSc Lond.)

Lowe, Avril V., (HDCR Merseyside Sch. Radiography)

McManus, Eoin, (BSc, MSc Univ. Coll. Dublin)

Mitchell, David Arthur, (MA UCL; BA Birkbeck; BA Kings)

Moore, Anne Lindsey, MSt (BA Westmont Coll.)

Morgan, Jasper, (BSc LSE)

Parsons, Robert Thad, (BA Duke Univ.)

Phillips, Amanda Hope, (MA Univ. Massachusetts)

Russell, Bruce Courtney, BA (BA Camb.)

Scales, Alan, (BA Kent)

Schauf, Zachary Charles, (BA Stanford)

Schoenaers, Caroline, (MPhil Univ de Liege; BA, AA Univ. Catholique

de Louvain)

Takeya, Nobuki, (MSc Lond.; BSc Univ. Tokyo)

Tee, Clive, (BSc S’ton Inst.)

Tetlay, Zein-Al Abideen, (BA Luton; MSc Cranfi eld)

Tsaltas, Dean Dexter, (BSc Dalhousie)

Wang, Lihui, (MSc Nat. Univ. Sing.; BSc Wuhan Univ.)

Weimer, Allyn Ann, (BA Univ. California)

Yakob, Laith William, (MSc Lond. BSc Glas.)

Zhang, Shu Yan, (MSc York; BSc Fudan Univ.)

2005 Afzal, Kashif Naseem, MSc (BSc Lond.)

Agius, Safja Marija, MSc (BDes Ontario College; BC Open)

Allen, Jonathan Kenneth, (BA Sheff.; MSc Lond.)

Alturki, Noura Saleh, MSc (BA Brown Univ.)

Aman, Amanullah

Arakelian, Catharine Isabel, (BA Brist.)

Azad, Arezou, MSt (BA, BS Boston Univ.)

Barr, Amie Rebecca, PGCE (BSc Brist.)

Barron Ayllon, Manuel Fernando, MSc (BA Catholic Univ. Peru)

Bassea, Erato, MSt (Ptychion Athens)

Bento, Thiago, (BA Lond. Metro Univ.)

Borsch-Supan, Johanna Ingrid

Boston, Nigel Alexander, MSc (BA Dalhousie Univ.)

Bowkett, Camilla Neale, MSc (BA Nott.)

Bowman, Clare Marie, MSc (BA, BSc Open)

Branch, Richard William, (MPhys Leic.)

Brosch, Maria-Christina, MSc (BA Int Partnership of B.S.)

Cahill, Nathan David, (BSc, MSc Rochester Inst. of Tech.)

Campbell, Peter Thomas Anthony, PGCE (BSc R’dg)

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Chao, Michael Jiajia, (MSc ICL; MSc KCL; BSc Luton)

Chitwood, Lauren Taylor, (BA Hawaii Pacifi c Univ.)

Ciocca, Christina Marie, MSt (BA Georgetown Univ.)

Cordingley, Alison Jane, PGCE (BA Univ. NUT)

Dairi, Mahmoud Omar, (BA UQAM)

Dave, Nomita, (BA Univ. Florida)

Dee, Michael William, (BSc Victoria Univ. of Wellington)

Dodson, Luke David, MSc BA North Texas Univ.)

Dutta, Diya, (BA Delhi)

Dutton, Vaughan Myles, (BSc, MSc Univ. Kwazulu, Natal; BSc Univ.

Natal)

Ekers, Michael Archer, (MSt York Univ. Toronto)

El Sayed, Maha Samer, MSc (BSc American Univ. of Beirut)

Erdal, Murat Ilican, (MSc LSE; BA Macalester College)

Everill, Bronwen Elisabeth, MSt (BA Harvard)

Ferguson, Christopher Alan, MSt (BA Univ. NUT)

Fowler, Jonathan David, (BA St Mary’s Univ.; MA Sheff.)

Gallo, Edoardo, (BA Harvard)

Ghanbari, Mohammed, (BSc Birm.)

Ghosh, Subhasish, Failed MSc (BA Moscow Power Eng Inst)

Gobo, Ayo-Kalata, Cert in Dipl St. (BA, MA Univ. Ibadan)

Godin, Marie Veronique Paul, MSc (BA ULB; BA Concordia Univ.)

Goldberg, Sarah Rachel, MSc (BA Swarthmore College)

Gorrie, Jonathan James, BA

Hall, Miguel Antonio Andrade

Hamill, Matthew, (BM, BS Brist.)

Harvey, Benjamin Mark, (MSt Bath)

Harvey, Ann Kirsten, (BA, MSc Oxf.Brookes)

Ho, Wei Meng, (BA, MA National Univ. Singapore)

Hocaoglu, Mevhibe Banu, MSc (BSc, BA William and Mary College)

Hollund, Hege Ingjerd, (BSc Cardiff; BA Oslo; BA Bergen)

Hunter, Kathleen Allison, (BA, MA, DPhil Univ. Western Ontario)

Hynd, Stacey, BA

Iqbal, Sarah, (BSc St Stephen’s College)

Jessop, Charlotte Laura, BA, PGCE

Johnson, Alexander Edward, (BA Durh.)

Jung, Jeeah, (BA, MA Korea Univ.)

Kang, Runbin

Kaplan, Josiah David, (AB Dartmouth College)

Kapur, Anjua, MSc (BSc LSE)

Karachiwalla, Naureen Iqbal, MSc (BA McGill)

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Kemal, Kiyim, (BA Cornell)

Kobayter Helayhel, Sabine, MSc (BA American Univ. Beirut)

Kuo, Caroline Chia, (BA Univ. Virginia)

Le Tu, Duc, MSc (BA Tech. Univ. Dresden)

Lee, Ericson Xuansheng, MSc (BEng Lond.)

Lee, Hanshin, (BA, MSc Yonsei Univ.)

Leigh, Claire Suzanne, (BA Camb.)

Li, Xingyu, MSc (BA SouthEast Univ.)

Liu, Hanqing, MSc (BSc Tsingua Univ.)

Lofi nk, Hayley Elizabeth, (BA, MSc Univ. Pennsylvania)

Lowne, Duncan Robert, (BSc Case Western Reserve Univ.)

Lundholm, Christiana Marie, MSc (BA Luther College)

Lynch, Anthony Howard, BA (Dipl Slough Coll)

Macalpine, Christopher Marcel, (BA Middx.)

Macfarlane, Elizabeth Clare, BA

Marshall, Matthew Spiro James, (BSc Toronto)

Matoses Osborne, Maria, MSc (BSc Univ. Valencia)

Matthews, Alexander William Geoffrey, BA, MSc

McCabe, David John, MPhys

McGill, Darryl Andrew, (BSc, MBBS Univ. NSW; PhD Austr. National

Univ.)

Milian, Dagmara Anna, BA, MSc

Milward, Polly Claire Evelyn, PG Dipl. in Sci. and(BM S’ton)

Morgan, Melissa Carolyn, MSc (BA Southern Methodist Univ.)

Mwangome, Martha Kaeni, MSc (BA Maseno Univ.)

Nathenson, Robert Aaron, MSc (BSc Wash. Univ. St Louis)

Oh, Yein Anna, (BSc Toronto)

Osborn, Michelle Ann, MSc (BA Vanderbilt Univ.; MSt Case Western

Res Univ.)

Oshmyansky, Alexander Roman, (BA Colorado; MD Duke)

Otton-Goulder, Catharine Anne, MA

Palm, Daniel James Wilmore, MSc (BBSc Univ. Cape Town)

Papo, Jacqueline Kim, (BA Stanford; MSc Lond.)

Pickavance, Graham Lee, (BSc Victoria; MSc Toronto)

Pieczynski, Piotr Janusz, (MA Adam Mickiewicz Univ.)

Presser-Velder, Gion-Otton

Pullinger, Claire Joanne, (BA Birm.)

Ranganathan, Sriram, MSc

Rasekhschaffe, Keywan Christian, (BSc Brist.)

Rode, Amit

Routh, David Chad, (BA Wabash Coll)

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Rubin, Sarah Ethel, MSc (BA Univ. Calif; MA Case Western Res.Univ.)

Schafer, Ulf, (BSc Univ. Appl. Schience Karlsruhe)

Schwartz, Julien Stephane, MSc (DEUG Louis Pasteur Univ.; BSc

Rennes; MSc Univ. SE Alaska)

Sengupta, Arindam

Sharpe, Bethany Ann, MSc (BA Louisville Univ.)

Shen, Boya, MSc (LLN Warw.)

Shuyska, Jane Alexen, (BA Roskilde Univ. Centre, Denmark)

Sikka, Pilleriin, MSc (BSc, MSc Tallium Pedagogical Univ.)

Sofi eld, Clifford Martin, (AB Princeton)

Solywoda, Stephanie, MPhil (BA Smith Coll, Mass)

Stan, Razvan Sebastian, (BA Bucharest Univ,; MA Nat. Sch of Political

and Admin. Stud.)

Sternberg, Troy, (BA Univ. California; MSc Texas Tech Univ.)

Stout, Jeffrey Neil, MSt (BSc Univ. Denver)

Summers, Kate, (BSc Thames V.; Dipl S.Bank; PGCE Brighton)

Sun, Jie, MSc (BS Shanghai Maritime Univ.)

Sun, Weili, MSc (BA Ocean Univ. of Gingdao; MSt Plym.)

Thoma, Paraskevoulla, MSt (BA Univ. Crete)

Thomas, Bethan Joan, (BA Durh.)

Thompson, Edwina

Tiedemann-Nkabinde, Ra, MSc (BA Lond.)

Tighe, Bernice Jane, PGCE (BSc Robert Gordon Univ.; MSt

Roehampton Inst)

Tinti, Gemma Maria, (Physics, Univ. Milan)

Tsouderou, Athina, MSc (BSc Nat. and Kapodistrian Univ. of

Athens)

Ursu, Silvia, MSc (BA Ac of Economic Studies, Moldova)

Vastenavondt, Marc, MSc (BSc Mahidol Univ.)

Verma, Siddharth, MSc (BA York)

Vinson, Christina Cleo, (MSt Federal Univ. of Para)

Vitacolonna, Valerio, MSc

Vyday, Galina

Wang, Jingbo, (MPhil Hong Kong)

Wawrzak, Kaja Jda, (BA TT Coll Czestochona)

Weaver, Corinne Michelle, (BSc, MSc, MPhil Sheff.)

Werrell, Caitlin Eloise, (BA Mount Holyoke Coll.)

White, Benjamin Geoffrey, BA

Whitnah, Lauren Linn, MSt (BA Gordon College)

Winfi eld-Lesk, Mellissa Penny, MSc (BES Univ. Waterloo)

Wood, Rachel Elizaeth, (BSc Durh.)

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Xi, Mengbing, (BSc Middx.)

Yang, Jingjing, (BA Nanjing Univ.)

Yang, Yungdong, (BA Peking Univ.)

Yang, Eun Jung (Jen), MSc (BA Toronto)

Yang, Ye, MSc (BA North China Elec. Power Univ.)

Zauner, Michaela Maria, (BA Univ. Osnabruck)

Zukowska, Kornelia, MSc (BA, BBA Hofstra Univ.)

* Healy Scholar

‡ Unilever Scholar

MEMBERS OF STAFF(not already listed)

Librarian Sheila Allcock

Master’s Personal Assistant Celia Balmer

Maintenance Operative Maurice Brown

Junoir Accounts Assistant Carolyn Eagle

Accommodation Offi cer Annette Evans

Annexe Caretaker Mike Henderson

Assistant Bursar Suzy Hodge

Bursar’s Aministrative Assistant Laura King

Accounts Manager Judith Ledger

IT Offi cer Razvan Novacovschi

Admissions and Academic Secretary Chris Roberts

Accounts Assistant Ann Rowles

Garden Master Suki Walton

Catering Manager John Ward

Porter Paul Wicking

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DEGREES TAKEN

2005

DPhil Handaka, Sophia Anthropological Refl ections on

Greek Orthodox Votive Offerings

(Tamata) with reference to

the Mikes Paidousis Collection

* Haussecker, Dirk Intergenic Transcription in the

Human B-Globin Locus:

Structural and Functional

Investigations

Townsend, Gabrielle Menzie Proust’s Imaginary Museum:

Reproduction and Reproductions

in a La Recherche du Temps Perdu

MA* Townsend, Gabrielle Menzie

MBA

* Fuji, Yoshinobu

Sawhney, Pawan

MPhil * Barrass, Natasha Elise

Lou, Xing

* Tancock, Christopher Michael

Tong, Yuet Man Nora

MSc

* Clack, Andrew Aaron

* Dhembo, Elona

* Dickinson, Nicolas Louis

Dudani, Richa

Edwards, Philip John

Faiges-Hijon, Arantza

Geva, Sharon

Hartung, Henrike

* Ho, Kiam Khoon

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* Hu, Wenjun

* Isler, Res

* Kalantzis, Konstantinos

* McGough, Kristin Leigh

Miles, Wendy

Nogueira, Maria Beatriz Bonna

Seelig, Leo William

* Skuja, Michael Joseph

* Wang, Vivian Huei-Wen

* Xypolytas, Nikolaos

MSt Allen, Chay Henry

Banerjee, Sohini

* Ehrlich, Jeremy Simon

Frischmann, Chad Jonathon

Grunstra, Lydia R.

King, Mark Allan

Moore, Anne Lindsey

* Phillips, Amanda Hope

Rees, Sarah Frances

Schaffer, Adam Baruch

* Yoshioka, Masatsugu

Zitzmann, Brooks

2006

BCL Behjati, Sam

DPhil Armstrong, Michael Stuart Holonomy of Cartan Connections

Boyd, Catherine Louise Titanium Imido Compounds with

Pendant Arm Amidinate Ligands

Brady, Sinead Theresa Structure and fusion activity of a

fl avivirus

Coopmans, Catelijne An Ethnographic Study of Medical

Imaging: Mobility, Representation

Boundaries and Utility in a Digital

Age

Danson, Edward James Frazer Site-Specifi c Roles of Nitric Oxide

in Autonomic Regulation of

Cardial Excitability

Davies, James Peter Michael A Grammar of Transformation

Analysing Anthropologically

the Construction of the

Psychotherapeutic Practitioner

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Fan, Xinyue Intra-Gate Fault Diagnosis of

Cmos Integrated Circuits

Fisher, Helen Sian The Literacy Hour at Key Stage 2

The Child’s Perspective

Grigg, Stephen Peter Serrate Coordinates of Shoot

Meristem Function and Leaf

Axial Patterning in Arabidopsis

Thaliana

Harambat, Emanuelle Creating Places: Landscape,

Memory and Identity in the Mid

Zambezi Valley

Howell, Caroline Church and State in

Decolonization: The Case of

Buganda, 1939-1962

Kaniari, Assimina Modernity and the Scientifi c Uses

of Design. A Critical Investigation

in the Notion of Art and Style of

the Artifi cial with Special

Reference to the Human Antiquity

Controversy 1558 – 1908

Lymperopoulos, Konstantinos Functional Characterisation of the

Bluetongue Virus Non-Structural

Protein NS2: Protein and RNA

Protein Interactions

Maas, Korey, Devlin Robert Barns (1495 - 1540) as

Historical Theologian

Marasingha, Aruna Gihan On Pairs of Quadratic Forms

Mo, Yuet-Ha Interpersonal Trust and Business

Relationships

* Mugume, Adam Essays on Macroeconomics in

Uganda

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* Mwangi, Annabel Namik Refugees and the State in Kenya

The Politics of Identity

Rights and Displacement

Ray, Nicola Jane Visual Sensory Processing in

Dyslexia and the Effects of

Coloured Filters

* Ruiz Castell, Pedro Astronomy and Astrophysics in

Spain (1850-1914)

* Wanelik, Kazimierz Some Aspects of Adiabatic Evolution

MBA Stevenson, Keely Colleen

MPhil Day, Michael Sean

Fazlali-Zadeh, Sara Roxana

Fox, Melissa Kathryn

* Isom, Jesse Woodson

* Lee, Toby Kim

* Tang, Beibei

MSc* Abdulla, Fawaz Yousif

* Babelon, Jan Antoni

Barr, Graham Harvey

* Barron Ayllon, Manuel Fernando

Berland, Ari Harris

Boston, Nigel Alexander

Brosch, Maria-Christina

Chue, Connie Man Ying

* Clary, Oliver George

Dodson, Luke David

El Sayed, Maha

El-Shaarawi, Nadia Rose

Gatsos, Panagiotis

Guo, Jiehan

Hiruta, Kei

Karachiwalla, Naureen Iqbal

* Kinder, Kimberley Anne

* Kleinberg, Teri Tung

* Kobayter, Sabine

Lee, Ericson Xuansheng

* Li, Xiaoyi

Lorenzoni, Natalia

Lowe, Avril V.

Lundholm, Christiana Marie

Matoses Osborne, Maria

Nathenson, Robert Aaron

* Ranganathan, Sriram

* Ranganathan, Sriram

Sadler Spencer, Maria Michelle

* Schwartz, Julien Stephane

Sekki, Miriam Joanna

* Sharpe, Bethany Ann

* Shin, Ji Young

Sikurajapathy, Lankani

Verma, Siddharth

* Vitacolonna, Valerio

Winfi eld-Lesk, Mellissa Penny

Wong, Ka Yi Anissa

Yu, Alice

Zukowska, Kornelia

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MSt

* Anderson, Lorraine Susan

Bassea, Erato

Everill, Bronwen Elisabeth

Feng, Tao

* In absentia

* Howell, Caroline

* Selby, Bradley Neale

Thoma, Paraskevoulla

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MASTER’S REPORT

During the summer of 2006 we have been undertaking quite a major site

conversion project as part of our new arrangements with Pusey House. The main

consequence of this is that we shall be acquiring a new college meeting room

in what is now called the Darwell Stone Room. We have also refurbished the

Saugman Common Room, with new lighting, recovered chairs, and new paint

work.

This year we have maintained our international fl avour, with over 50 nationalities

in our student body. The College has been very pleased to have been involved

in accepting students in a number of new MScs in some very important areas

including Global Health and in African Studies.

College fund raising has proceeded during the year. We have received legacy

pledges of c £1.25 million, and through the generosity of fellows, friends and

alumni we were able to obtain the maximum matching funding from the College

Contributions Scheme - 75K to match the 75K of donations we received.

The St Cross Singers performed before the Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors at

a ceremony to admit Mr Tetsuji Uehiro to membership on 29th June 2006. I am

pleased to say that a book arising from our fi rst College lecture series on the Ethics

and Politics of Collecting Cultural Objects has now been published by Oxbow

Books – two of the three editors are fellows of the college: Luke Treadwell and

Chris Gosden.

Alumni events have included a Christmas party at the British Academy, the

annual Fred’s lunch, and a post-encaenia drinks party.

Each year, unfortunately, I have to report on sad losses, but this year they have been

especially grievous. Per Saugman, Emeritus fellow and Benefactor extraordinary

died on November 25th 2005. On December 10th 2005, one of our Founding

fellows, Dr David Patterson died. Our sympathy goes to José and the family.

There was a notable memorial gathering for him in college on June 18th, when my

predecessor, Dick Repp, spoke of David’s invaluable contribution to the College.

On March 10th 2006, we were sorry to learn of the death of Paul Morgan, a

former fellow (1978-1983). He was 91. He had also been college archivist. He had

a very extensive publication list and was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

On September 30th 2006 we were sad to note the departure of Margaret Taylor

from the fellowship following her resignation from her university post, Dr Tim

Wright on his appointment to a post in the University of Leeds, and Professor

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David Warrell, on his retirement as Professor of Tropical Medicine and Infectious

Diseases. David has brought great distinction to the College and has also been a

devoted and active member of our community. However, our fellowship continues

to be distinguished and active. Since I last reported, Dr Rana Mitter has won

the THES Young Academic Author of the Year 2005 for his book ‘A bitter

revolution’. We congratulate Chris Gosden, our former Dean, on his election to

the Chair of European Archaeology. Unfortunately this means he had to migrate

to Keble. Professor Harold Jaffe has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of

the National Academies in the USA. Dr Helena Hamerow has been awarded a

Senior Research fellowship by the British Academy for 2006-7. Fortunately she

will be able to continue as Vice Master. Through the generosity of James Martin,

the University has been able to establish the James Martin 21st Century School.

Of the eight new institutes, two are directed by St Cross fellows: Nick Bostrom

- the future of humanity, and Julian Savulescu - the ethics of the new biosciences.

Professor Tony Hope was awarded a Teaching Excellence award by the Medical

Sciences Division.

On March 21st the Royal Mail produced a set of stamps of Ice Age Animals,

based on the work of Kate Scott at Stanton Harcourt pit near Oxford. Given the

speed of the Royal Mail these days a glacial theme seemed entirely appropriate.

Hermione Lee, Honorary Fellow, was Chair of the Mann Booker prize for 2006.

Paul Crutzen, Honorary Fellow, was elected a foreign member of the Royal

Society in 2006.

Perhaps most importantly of all, four of our fellows were created Professors in

the Distinctions exercise in 2006: Glenda Abramson, David Anderson, Helena

Hamerow, and Emilie Savage-Smith. Kate Venables and Andy Pollard were

created Readers.

Since October 2005 we have welcomed the following new fellows: Dr Inge Daniel

(Social Anthropology), Dr Elizabeth Frood (Egyptology), Dr Michael Biggs

(Sociology), Dr Mary Bosworth (Criminology), Prof. Peter Kemp (Social Policy),

Dr Jane McNicoll (Educational Studies) and Prof. Herb Marsh (Educational

Studies), Dr Andy Pollard (Medicine), Luciano Floridi (Ethics) and Prof. Sten

Eirik Jacobsen (Stem Cell Biology).

One of the gratifying things about the fellowship is that the number of women

who are fellows has increased from 17 in 2003 to 29 in 2006. This is a much

better ratio than is found in most Oxford colleges.

Our students have also been active. We had 4 players at the Varsity Rugby

match at Twickenham on Dec. 6th and although Oxford lost to Cambridge all

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the Oxford points were scored by our James Whittingham. Jon Gorrie obtained

a blue in Rugby League. Miguel Hall obtained a blue in the Varsity football

match. Richard Branch, one of our Life Sciences students, was chosen by the

European Space Agency to take part in a Parabolic Flight Campaign in an A300

aircraft to experience zero-gravity. Ben Hebbert, virtuoso fi ddler and former

Student President, who has been awarded a second Coleman fellowship at the

Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York – this time in Conservation Science.

Sam Behjati was jointly awarded the Radcliffe Infi rmary Essay Prize in Pathology

2006.

During the year we were sorry to see the departure of two popular members of

the administrative staff, Dawn Sheridan-Kasaj and Hannah Shadbolt, who left to

become a new mother to Toby.

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AWARDS, PRIZES AND RECOGNITION OF DISTINCTION

Jo Ashbourn has been awarded a National Endowment for Science, Technology

and the Arts (NESTA) Crucible Award.

Dimitris Papanikolaou has received a Teaching Award from the Humanities

Division.

Marina Jirotka has won an ESRC-SSRC Visiting Fellowship to conduct fi eld work

and interviews in the United States. She has also been awarded an Excellence in

Teaching award by the University of Oxford.

Dawn Chattey has been awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship

Arthur MacGregor has been elected Vice-President of the Royal Archaeological

Institute and to a Fellowship of the Linnean Society.

Rana Mitter was named ‘Young Academic Author of the Year 2005’ in the

inaugural Times Higher Education Supplement Awards for his book A bitter

Revolution: China’s Struggle with the Modern World. The book was also a fi nalist for

the 2005 British Academy Book Prize.

David Anderson has been twice interviewed by the BBC in connection with the

Mau Mau uprising in Kenya. He has also embarked on an AHRC project in

collaboration with Sloan Mahone on Trauma and Personhood in Late Colonial Kenya.

Margaret Yee, as Honorary Associate Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre, has

received a plaque from the Metanexus Institute, Philadelphia in recognition for

her group’s achievements, 2005-2006.

John Barton and David Warrell were appointed Delegates of the Oxford

University Press in Trinity Term 2006.

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NEW FELLOWS

The following ‘pen portraits’ of new fellows were available at the time of going

to press.

Michael Biggs grew up in Wellington, New Zealand. He did his postgraduate

work at Harvard, and was employed by the University of Illinois and Queen’s

University Belfast before coming to Oxford as lecturer in Sociology. His research

on social movements and political protest is animated by two theoretical puzzles.

The fi rst puzzle is the volatility of collective protest: why a mass movement can

emerge suddenly, appear powerful, and yet collapse quickly. He has investigated

two such episodes, the strike wave which swept American cities in 1886, and the

sit-ins against racial segregation in the American South in 1960. The second

puzzle is why protesters sometimes infl ict costs on themselves. That defi es the

logic of bargaining, exemplifi ed by strikes and sit-ins, which is to infl ict costs on

recalcitrant opponents. He has investigated protest by self- immolation across the

world since 1963, and is embarking on a new research project on hunger strikes

by female suffragettes and Irish Republicans in the early twentieth century. Aside

from work, he is enjoying living on a narrowboat, and hopes that this enthusiasm

will survive his fi rst winter.

Nick Bostrom left his native Sweden in 1996 after getting a graduate degree in

physics, philosophy, and mathematical logic. Arriving in London, he got another

graduate degree in computational neuroscience, and a PhD in philosophy of

science. He then taught at Yale for a couple of years, before returning to the UK

to take up a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at Oxford. He is now the

director of the Oxford Future of Humanity Institute, which is part of the Faculty

of Philosophy and the new James Martin 21st Century School. He is busy building

up this institute as well as with his own research, which ranges over multiple areas.

He developed the fi rst mathematically explicit theory of observation selection

effects (a topic in the foundations of probability theory). He has also done extensive

work in ethics, being one of the founders of the transhumanist movement, and

on the implications of future technologies. He has advised the CIA, European

Commission, and the UK Government on issues ranging from global catastrophic

risk to human enhancement technologies. He gets frequent calls from the media

and has done in excess of two hundred media interviews in the past several years.

There are currently some 150,000 web pages that refer to his work.

Elizabeth Frood began her study of Egyptology at the University of Auckland,

New Zealand, graduating with a BA and MA in the subject, with an additional

major in Archaeology. In 1999, Elizabeth was awarded a Commonwealth

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Scholarship to undertake doctoral research at Oxford (The Queen’s College) on

biographical inscriptions of nonroyal individuals from the Ramessid period (ca.

1280–1070 BCE). From 2002–03, she held a teaching post at the university and,

in 2003, she was appointed Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool.

Her doctorate was completed in 2004. This research has led her into broader

studies of the transformation of high culture in Egypt during the late second

millennium and early fi rst millennium BCE. Her work seeks to integrate textual

and visual components of elite representation with architectural structures and

landscape. Vital to this research is her involvement in fi eld projects in Egypt,

particularly at the site of Kom Firin in the Delta (British Museum Expedition to

Kom Firin) and at Saqqara (Oxford Expedition to Egypt).

Peter Kemp grew up in Essex and was subsequently educated at the Universities

of Southampton, Glasgow and Sussex. After leaving university, he worked as a

researcher for a housing charity for two years before becoming an academic,

initially as a research fellow and then as a lecturer. He held professorial posts at

the Universities of York and Glasgow before moving to Oxford in April 2006.

Peter’s DPhil research looked at the transformation of the urban housing market

in Britain between c1885 and 1939. This led onto a succession of research

projects on the post-war development of the privately rented housing market,

the characteristics and problems of this housing sector, and the nature of private

landlordism. Peter has also completed a succession of research projects on means-

tested housing benefi t (housing vouchers) and several studies of homelessness.

In recent years, his research has increasingly focused on social security policy,

particularly in relation to incapacity benefi ts (disability insurance) and people on

the margins of the labour market. As well as contributing to academic knowledge

and debates, Peter has also provided advice on policy to governments in Britain

and abroad.

Jane McNicholl grew up in North Staffordshire. She graduated with a degree

in biochemistry from the University of Liverpool in 1982 and then followed this

with a PhD in Human Biochemical Genetics from University College London.

The research for her PhD focused on the development of a cell assay system

for the detection of oncogenes in cells derived from patients with a hereditary

predisposition to colon cancer. Following a short career break she then completed

a Post Graduate Certifi cate of Education (PGCE) in science at the University

of Oxford before teaching science in two Northamptonshire secondary schools.

Her involvement in science teacher education began when she studied for an

MSc in Educational Research Methodology at the University of Oxford in 1997.

She continued her involvement in the Department of Educational Studies by

teaching on the PGCE, the Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies and

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the MSc in Professional Development in Education courses. Her main research

interest involves science teachers’ professional knowledge and the ways in which

this is developed in and by different contexts and draws largely upon socio-

cultural theoretical perspectives. In 2006 she was appointed to a Lecturership in

Educational Studies in association with a fellowship at St Cross College.

Herb Marsh is a recently appointed Professor at the University of Oxford’s

Department of Educational Studies. Born and educated in the USA (Psychology

BA-Hons, Indiana Univ; MA & PhD, UCLA), he moved to Sydney Australia in 1980

where he lived until 2006. He is a highly cited researcher on ISI’s list of the ‘world’s

most cited and infl uential scientifi c authors over a sustained period according

to a common standard that covers all countries and all scientifi c disciplines’

(http://isihighlycited.com/), one of only eight UK social science researchers to

achieve this recognition. He is the founder of the SELF (Self-concept Enhancement

and Learning Facilitation) Research Centre, an international programme (350

members from 45 countries) dedicated to the study of self-beliefs, motivation, and

related psycho-social constructs. The multidisciplinary rationale is that individuals

who feel more positively about themselves in a particular domain are likely to be

more successful; systems must simultaneously reinforce objective outcomes and self-

beliefs (e.g., academic self-concept and achievement in education). Translating this

message into diverse settings, his research program emphasises a methodological/

substantive synergy, drawing on advanced quantitative methodology in pursuit of

substantive/policy-oriented research published in leading international journals.

Other research areas include statistical modeling of latent variables, the peer

review process, students’ evaluations of university teaching, role of part-time

employment and extracurricular activities during high school, developmental

psychology, sport psychology, and higher education.

Timothy J. Power is a native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and spent part of

his childhood in Puerto Rico. He studied political science at the University of

Massachusetts and Latin American studies at the University of Florida before

moving on to a PhD in political science from the University of Notre Dame

(1993). His dissertation concerned the role of the civilian political right in Brazil,

examining how politicians who had previously supported military rule came to

endorse democracy in the 1980s. He taught at Louisiana State University and at

Florida International University before joining St Cross in 2005. He has lived and

worked extensively in Brazil, having served as Fulbright professor at the federal

universities in Brasília and Porto Alegre, and spends a good deal of his time

wandering the halls of Oscar Niemeyer’s modernist National Congress buildings

in Brasília. Most of his research concerns political parties, elections, and national

legislatures in Latin America and asks whether the design of political institutions

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affects the sustainability of democracy. He holds a joint appointment between the

School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS) and the Department of Politics

and International Relations.

Julie Scott-Jackson joined St Cross College in 1992 as a doctoral student

studying Palaeolithic geo-archaeology under the supervision of Professor Derek

Roe. Her DPhil, ‘A study of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts found in

relation to deposits mapped as Clay-with-fl ints on the chalk downlands of Southern

England’, was awarded in 1997. From 1997 to 1999, as a Pitt Rivers Research

Fellow, she continued her research into the association of karstic environments and

the retention of high-level Palaeolithic sites. In 1999, under the auspices of the Pitt

Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, she established the PADMAC Unit (Unit

for the study of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts from deposits mapped as

clay-with-fl ints) which is a multi-disciplinary geo-archaeological Unit specialising

in geology; sedimentology; pedology; Palaeolithic artefact technology; landscape

archaeology, spatial analysis and geophysics. The Unit offers students and

researchers an opportunity to investigate geo-archaeological processes implicated

in the retention, over geological time, of high-level in-situ Palaeolithic sites on

karstic landforms, particularly the chalk downlands of southern England, and the

genesis, variability and distribution of the associated (English) deposits mapped

as clay-with-fl ints. Also investigated by the PADMAC Unit are Palaeolithic sites

found in similar high-level contexts both in Continental Europe and the Middle

East. In many instances, these high-level sites represent the earliest evidence of

human occupation - in Britain from around 600,000 to 40,000 years ago and in

the Middle East considerably earlier (see: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~padmac/index/

html). Her current fi eldwork includes investigations and excavation at Dickett’s

Field (Alton, Hampshire, UK, a Palaeolithic high-level site on deposits mapped

as clay-with-fl ints, and her newly discovered Upper Pleistocene high-level site, on

a limestone outcrop, in Sharjah Emirate, United Arab Emirates. She also acts as

Palaeolithic geo-archaeological advisor for the Avebury World Heritage site, UK.

Kate Venables came from a medical family in Yorkshire and read medicine

at Barts, qualifying in 1973. After junior medical posts in London, she went on

to research at the National Heart and Lung Institute, with an MD on asthma

caused by tetrachlorophthalic anhydride. After this, she was appointed as a

Senior Lecturer and initiated, with colleagues, major programmes of prospective

epidemiological research on asthma caused by allergens in the baking and milling

industries, in laboratory research, and in the chemicals and plastics industries.

During a sabbatical at Harvard School of Public Health in 1991-92, she developed,

with colleagues, collaborative research which led to three multi-centre European

research programmes on occupational asthma. These interests also led to an

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investigation of the causes of a major epidemic of asthma attacks associated with

an unusually severe thunderstorm. She came to Oxford’s Department of Public

Health in 1998 as University Lecturer (now Reader) in Occupational Medicine.

Her longstanding interest in the aetiology of occupational disease led to ongoing

research, with colleagues, on mortality and cancer incidence after participation

in human trials at Porton Down, a study which includes some 40,000 military

veterans. Her interests in prevention of disease led to a national project on the

quality of occupational health provision. She is an Honorary Consultant in

Occupational Medicine and Public Health Medicine to the local Strategic Health

Authority and is active in the medical Royal Colleges, government advisory

committees, and professional societies.

(Kate Venables joined the college in 2004)

Margaret Yee born and brought up in Sydney, Australia, undertook her studies

at the University of New South Wales in clinical and industrial psychology, and

the University of Sydney for her honours degree in historical and philosophical

theology. Her doctoral and postdoctoral studies were undertaken at St. John’s

College, Oxford, re “The Validity of Theology as an Academic Discipline with

reference to the History and Philosophy of Science and the thought of Austin

Farrer.” She was appointed College Chaplain of Nuffi eld College (1989-

2004), is a member of the Faculty of Theology, and both tutors and lectures in

Christian Doctrine of Creation and Psychology of Religion. In 1996, she was

appointed Associate Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre, Oxford, concerned

with regional activities for research in science and religion in Great Britain and

Ireland. She won John Templeton Science and Religion Program Awards in

1998 and 2000 for her lectures on “Current Issues in Theology and the Sciences

I & II: Methodology and Epistemology.” She has held Fellowships, lecturing

on The Principles of Knowing: Science, Humanities and Theology in Tokyo, Japan, and

been invited to speak at conferences in Australia, Europe and USA. She has

been Chairman of Examiners for the Master of Studies in Science and Religion

(2004-6). Her interest in multi-disciplinary exchange led to her appointment as

Chairman and Joint Convener of Sophia Europa Oxford. As Senior Research Fellow

of St. Cross College, her major research is concerned with the metaphysics and

philosophical theology of Austin Farrer, for which a book entitled “A Science of

God? Divine Action, Agency and Providence – An Introduction to the thought

of Austin Farrer” is being prepared for publication. Margaret is an ordained

Minister of the United Reformed Church of Great Britain, and is happily married

to Malcolm, a pharmacist.

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ARCHIVIST’S REPORT

In 2006 a team of four -- Alan Coates (our previous archivist), Jan-Georg Deutsch

(our Senior Tutor), and Angela Davis (one of our students working on oral history),

and myself -- began a project to record interviews with Founding Fellows, former

Masters, and early members of College. Because we are a young college, we have

the rare opportunity to record both visually and by sound many of the people

who were so important in the foundation and development of the College in its

early days. We began the project by testing our equipment and techniques on

Donald Richards (now an Emeritus Fellow and, though not a Founding Fellow,

nonetheless amongst the earliest members of the Fellowship and a Vice-Master).

After that successful launch of the programme, we proceeded to interview the

second Master of the College, Godfrey Stafford, who played a pivotal role in the

move of the College from the St Cross Road site to its present home on St Giles.

Thereafter we interviewed two Founding Fellows, Ruth van Heyningen and Fred

Hodcroft, as well as one of the very early Fellows and a former Vice-Master, Eric

Whittaker. Digital audio recordings are being made of these interviews and will

be stored in the archives. The project will continue throughout at least the next

year.

During this past year, the fi les of deceased Fellows (as well as Visiting Fellows,

and Members of Common Room) have been transferred from the College

Offi ce to the archives for storage and preservation. Additional transfers will

be made periodically, as need be. Three shelves were also constructed over the

desk in the archives room, thus providing much need storage space. Twenty

additional archival boxes were ordered and delivered, not only for newly

acquired materials but also for storage of material from over-packed boxes and

overfl ow from certain categories of records.

I would like to thank José Patterson (widow of David Patterson, one of our

Founding Fellows) for giving to the archives materials from the papers of her

late husband. These included letters as well as a number of pamphlets prepared

in the early days of the College that were otherwise missing from the archives,

and a complete set of the College Record (thus allowing the archivist to have a

full working set at hand while keeping another set in archival boxes). Founding

Fellow Ruth van Heyningen has also kindly given to the archives various

newspaper clippings and documents that relate directly to the history of the

College.

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Photographs from the days when the College was at the site on St Cross Road

are still very few. If anyone has photographs of the College in these early days,

or of events that were taking place in the College buildings, it would be greatly

appreciated if either those could be donated to the archives or the archivist

could make scans of them. Moreover, all donations of papers and memorabilia

(including ties, t-shirts, etc. of which there are presently none in the archives)

from any time in the life of our College are important contributions to the

archives and to the history of our College. They will be gratefully recorded and

acknowledged.

Emilie Savage-Smith

Senior Research Fellow and Archivist

‘Celebration on 2 July 1980 of the agreement between

St Cross College and Pusey House’

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BURSAR’S REPORT

Early in the year, the College was notifi ed that the Saugman Common Room

needed to be re-wired. We took the opportunity to re-furbish the room and

installed a new ceiling with a new, sophisticated lighting system, re-upholstered

and re-covered the furniture and Maurice gave the room a fresh coat of paint.

Everyone seems pleased with the results.

Refurbished Common Room

The east wing guest fl at on the second fl oor was also given a new lease of life. The

walls were re-plastered and painted, the fl oor was sanded and new furnishings

were installed. The bathroom and kitchen were re-fi tted to provide sparkling,

new spaces.

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Guest fl at lounge

The area on the fi rst fl oor corridor near to the Upper Library, which used to

contain Fellows’ lockers and students’ pigeon holes was re-decorated and the

beautiful oak fl oor was sanded. Chairs were provided and paintings put up to

provide a comfortable atmosphere in the new waiting area for visitors.

As part of the recent agreement with Pusey House, the stairwell from the lobby

to the waiting area has become the main entrance to the administrative offi ces

for students and visitors and during summer 2006 it was re-decorated and the

stonework was professionally cleaned. Ruth van Heyningen kindly provided the

funds to install a spotlight over the silver knight on horseback situated at the top

of the staircase. The Art Committee has decided to position some statues in the

window ledges and this work should be fi nished before too long.

In 2005 a wireless IT system was installed in the Saugman Common Room, the

Lange Room and at the Annexe. This facility has enabled students to use their

laptops in these rooms without the need to “plug in” to the network and has been

an immensely popular initiative.

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The Licensing Act 2003 ushered in a new era for colleges in relation to the sale

and provision of alcohol. The Master and Fellows were obliged to apply for a

Premises Licence, the Common Room gained a Club Licence for the bar and

the Bursar, Assistant Bursar, Catering Manager, Head Chef, Bar Manager and

various members of bar staff became “Personal Licence Holders” following a

day’s tuition and a stiff examination! Naturally, life continued as usual despite the

fl urry of activity.

During the year the College welcomed a new Accommodation Offi cer, Annette

Evans and a new Master’s PA, Hannah Shadbolt. Hannah departed after one

year to become a full time mother and was replaced by Celia Balmer. The

increase in student numbers in college and the increasing administrative load led

to the creation of two new posts. Carolyn Eagle joined the college in summer

2006 as Accounts Assistant and Dawn Sheridan-Kasaj took the post of Bursar’s

Administrative Assistant in summer 2005. Unfortunately Dawn departed in

summer 2006 when relocating with her husband, but the College has been

fortunate in obtaining the services of Laura King instead. The College also bade

farewell to the Catering Manager/ Head Chef, James Rudman and welcomed

the promotion of his twin brother, Robert to the position of Head Chef and the

arrival of John Ward from Oriel College, as the new Catering Manager.

Maureen Doherty

Bursar

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DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE’S REPORT

EventsIt has been another busy year for the Alumni and Development Offi ce at St Cross.

A programme of regular events for alumni, fellows and friends of the College

has now been established, with a drinks reception in London in the winter and

a summer party in Oxford on Encaenia day in June, in addition to the now-

traditional alumni reunion known as Fred’s Lunch in the Spring.

From time to time we hope to hold subject-related events and the fi rst of these

is planned to take place in March 2007, around the foci of Archaeology and

Anthropology.

Reports of past events – with photos – and announcements of forthcoming events

appear on the College website, and in the newsletter, Crossword.

CrosswordThe newsletter of St Cross College is published once a year in the Summer, and we

welcome your personal and professional news to include in the alumni networking

section. If you should like to submit a longer article about any aspect of your life

or work, please send it along with some photos.

If you have any photos of your time at St Cross, especially if these date from the

“hut days”, then we would be delighted to publish them with your reminiscences.

WebsiteOver the summer, the St Cross website underwent a complete overhaul to give it

a fresh new look and to introduce a number of improvements and additions. We

hope that the new site will be easier to use and have more information, and have

welcome innovations like on-line booking for Halls and dinners.

Supporting the College’s plans for the futureDuring the year, St Cross launched an Annual Fund to continue the important work

of raising funds to support all areas of activity of the College. Some alumni in the

US and the UK were also telephoned by current students to share experiences of

the College and to talk about our plans for the future, and to seek contributions.

We were fortunate in being able to attract the maximum matched funding allocated

by the Colleges Contributions Scheme, so a very big thank you to everyone who

helped us achieve this target. Supporters of the College are listed in the St Cross

newsletter, Crossword.

In addition to our major plans to build on the rear quad, several other renovations

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and refurbishments have been undertaken or planned. The Saugman Common

Room was given a face-lift over the summer, with new lighting and reupholstered

furniture, and the Darwell Stone Room is to be converted into a meeting room

for St Cross.

Keep in touch with St CrossAs ever, we try very hard to keep our records correct and up to date. Please do let

us know if you move house or change your name or job, so we can keep you in

touch with what’s happening at St Cross.

Joelle Hoggan

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DIRECTOR OF IT’s REPORT

IT at St Cross has been fl ourishing, particularly over the past year after the

establishment of a College IT Working Group chaired by the Director of IT to

oversee College IT facilities and to keep pace with the increasing developments

in IT infrastructure. This Working Group meets typically twice each term to

review various ongoing IT projects and to plan a longer-term IT strategy for

the College. Since 2005 there has been a thorough overhaul of the College’s IT

provision with several new initiatives which have greatly improved the availability

and accessibility of computing to all College members and visitors. The principal

new developments in IT during 2005-2006 are as follows:

1) An online booking system for dinners in College including Special Dinners and

Feasts was successfully introduced in Trinity Term 2006. This can be accessed

from the direct weblink for College Members on the College website.

2) A wireless network was installed both at the main site and at the Annexe with

wireless access points available in the Saugman Common Room, the Library

and the Annexe Common Room. This now enables all College members and

visitors to the College to use their laptops on site.

3) A new College website has been designed and went live in Michaelmas

Term 2006. The new website has an improved navigation system and now

incorporates the student website as well. It is fully standards-compliant for

special needs accessibility criteria and has been developed in such a way

that several authorised contributors (i.e. College Offi cers, staff and CRC/

SRC student representatives) will be able to update the site and to keep web

content dynamic and current. The new site, which has News, an Events

Calendar and also copies of the College Handbooks available online as well as

many new sections with College information for students and alumni, remains

at the URL address: http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk.

Jo Ashbourn,

Director of IT

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LIBRARIAN’S REPORT

The usual induction sessions to new students on “An introduction to Oxford

Library Services and Electronic Resources” were given during Noughth Week.

Students do not just use resources physically available in Oxford, but more and

more rely on the “virtual” or “digital” library resources. I always introduce them

to OXLIP as an easy way in to both the OLIS catalogue and online resources

such as electronic journals. For the fi rst time I offered three days in Noughth

Week and three different times and managed to see about 50 new students, a

greater number than previously but still well under half of the intake. I followed

up by sending an email telling them how to contact me and where to fi nd Library

information on the College website.

During the year the Library received six donations to the Alumnus Collection

– somewhat lower than in previous years. I would like to thank those listed below

for their generous donations to the Collection, and encourage others (especially

new members of College) to do likewise when they have a book published. As well

as contributing to the Library’s holdings it helps your colleagues in St. Cross to

appreciate and understand your work.

Jonathan Baker and William Davage, (joint editors)

Who is this man? Christ in the renewal of the church.

Continuum. 2006.

William Davage

In this sign conquer: a history of the Society of the Holy Cross (Societas Sancti Crucis), 1855-

2005.

Continuum. 2006

Margaret Pelling

Medical confl icts in early modern London: patronage, physicians and irregular practitioners,

1550-1640.

Clarendon Press. 2003.

Margaret Pelling et al., (joint editors)

The practice of reform in health, medicine and science, 1500-2000: essays for Charles

Webster.

Ashgate. 2005.

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Timothy Power and Nicol C. Rae, (joint editors)

Exporting Congress: the infl uence of the U.S. Congress on world legislatures.

Pittsburgh University Press. 2006.

Emilie Savage-Smith, et al.

Der mittelalterliche Kosmos: Karten der christlichen und islamischen Welt.

Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft

There were slightly fewer new accessions (360 as compared with 388 the previous

year). Part of the reason for this is the continuing work on Retrospective Cataloguing

of older books already in the Accessions Register but yet not catalogued on OLIS.

Of these new accessions only 75 (21%) were bought, mainly in response to student

requests, the rest were donations. These donations, of course, are very helpful for

the Library budget, but represent only a few individuals who are very generous.

An exceptional donation was made during the year by Dr. Philip Beckett of

Camden’s Britannica, 1695. There was an exhibition of this book and the other rare

books in the collection one lunchtime during Michaelmas term.

The number of books borrowed was down on 2004-2005 at 1,158 compared

with 1,338 loans last year – the record number so far. There were 116 “active

users” compared with 107 the previous year and 102 the year before. An “active

user” is defi ned as having borrowed at least one book during the year. Junior

members are the greatest users of the Library, as might be expected; 109 out of

the 116 being Junior members, leaving the same 7 senior members. There were

only 557 online renewals – a drop of 33% on the previous year.

The displays of new books continued, a different one each term. In Michaelmas

Term the display is always on study, research and writing techniques and is

very popular with new students. The other topics in Hilary and Trinity Terms

were geography, exploration and archaeology. We deliberately feature displays

of books which are normally shelved in the van Heyningen Room where it is

diffi cult for readers to browse.

During the year the pressure on space, which had become acute, was relieved by

the Art Committee removing some of the exhibits from the Lange Room thus

allowing two new bays of shelves to be constructed. As usual the new shelves have

been well designed and constructed to match the earlier ones and to new library

users will look as if they have always been there.

The Library Assistant, who also represents the students on the Library Committee

and the Library on the Common Room Committee, was again Angela Davis. She

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carries out much of the routine work of processing new books and re-shelving

returned books as well as organising the special displays. She has been very reliable

and helpful. I would like again to record my appreciation of her work

Sheila Allcock

Librarian

October 2006

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SENIOR TUTOR’S REPORT

In the last few years the work involved in being a Senior Tutor at St Cross College

has seen few dramatic alterations. Routine tasks, such as organising the annual

‘Senior Sponsor System’, overseeing the Michaelmas ‘Student Induction Event’,

signing offi cial letters or talking to students who seek advice take up most of

the time. In this, as before, the Senior Tutors receive tremendous help from the

College administrative staff: their support is crucial and without it the Senor

Tutor would simply be unable to perform any of his or her duties.

The number and profi le of the students coming to the College has changed in

the last few years and thus the problems and issues with which the Senior Tutor

is concerned. Two aspects might be highlighted in this respect. In line with the

general trend within the wider University, the number of students taking one-

year courses and thus the ‘student turnover’ has signifi cantly increased. Secondly,

again in line with the general trend in the wider University, the international

profi le of the student body has expanded.

Many new students fi nd Oxford to be a particularly challenging environment,

particularly in the fi rst few months and the Senior Tutor is increasingly called

upon to assist the Senior Sponsors in helping new students to settle as quickly as

possible. The higher student turnover also means that there is a larger number

of students seeking support from College resources each year. Taken together,

these factors ensure that the Senior Tutor and the College Administrative staff

have very busy Michaelmas (matriculation) and Trinity (examination) terms.

Jane Endicott

Jan-Georg Deutsch

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TUTOR FOR ADMISSIONS’ REPORT

My four years in the offi ce of Tutor for Admissions at St Cross saw both a great

expansion of student intake, and the introduction of a new central admissions

process (ISIDORE) by the University. Across the period 1998 to 2001, our student

intake increased from 73 per year to 93; between the years 2002 and 2005, our

intake increased from 95 to 139. This increase refl ects both the increased emphasis

that the University has placed on graduate education in recent years, and to some

extent also the increased awareness among potential graduate students of St Cross

College. Across the period of my stewardship of this offi ce, the balance of student

intake remained relatively equal in respect of gender, and of the arts – science

divide. A signifi cant and slightly increasing proportion of the new intake of

students across this period came to take one year courses; this refl ects the growth

in the number of of one year Masters degree in the University generally. The

College has maintained its internationalism, with the vast majority of the yearly

student intake coming from over 20 nations. The new admissions system promised

increased transparency and effi ciency of a system which at the Collegiate level

needed reform. I agreed to serve a fourth year of offi ce to see it into its fi rst year

of use. This was not without complication, and I thank the administrative staff

at College for working often beyond the call of duty, to see that we achieved our

admissions targets. I also thank the Fellowship for their critical and practical support

across the fi rst year of this new system. It has been an honour to serve College in

this way across an exciting period of increasing maturity and expansion.

Stanley Ulijaszek, Tutor for Admissions

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COLLEGE CHOIR

Each year, because so far St Cross has no endowed provision for music, we reinvent

the wheel by gathering a fresh choir to sing for the annual College carol service,

as we have done since the early days of the College. In recent years, as St Cross

numbers have expanded, the task of marshalling forces has been easier, and it is

now possible to gather an impressive body of singers without calling on friends

from outside. This year’s carol service in Pusey Chapel, led by Frs Jonathan

Baker, Barry Orford and William Davage, was as usual a standing-room-only-

occasion, beginning in darkness which was gradually lit up by Advent candles as

choir and congregation sang ‘O come O come Emmanuel’. Choir items ranged

in time and place from plainsong and the rousing medieval ‘Gaudete’ to the bell-

like eight-part setting of ‘In Dulci Jubilo’.

At the Musical Evening later in the year, singers from the choir vied with the

other contributions (including South African gumboot dancing, classical fl utes

and Northumbrian pipes) to deliver the most satisfyingly morbid of Victorian

ballads in choral arrangements. And in Trinity Term, St Cross Choir sang at the

University Ceremony of Admission for Mr Eiji Uehiro held in the Divinity School

on 29 June 2006. The program, ‘Songs for a Summer Ceremony’, included two

madrigals and a Finzi song. We are grateful to all those whose enthusiasm and

skill enriched the College’s life during the year.

Diarmaid MacCulloch

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OBITUARIES

Paul Morgan 1915 − 2006

Paul Morgan was as English as Shakespeare. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon on

19th October 1915, he devoted his life to and spent most of it in the land where

Shakespeare grew up and returned to live. His father was an estate agent at

Stratford, and he grew up knowing it and the country round intimately. His uncle

F.C. Morgan, who lived to be 100, was then a bookseller in the town - before

he moved to Hereford to become city librarian and honorary librarian of the

Chapter Library. Books, as well as the country, were in his nephew’s blood.

He was born in 1915 (at 11 Broad Walk) and attended King Edward VI School,

from which he went, in 1933, to Birmingham University, where he read English,

French, Philosophy and Latin, fi nding the last, which he studied with Louis

MacNeice, hard going.

Already as an undergraduate he had contributed to the Victoria County History

of Warwickshire, and regretted afterwards that he had not read History rather

than a general degree, which he had been told would better qualify him for a

career in libraries. In 1937 he was taken on by Birmingham University Library as

a library apprentice at £1 a week, working on the counter at Edmund Street. He

graduated next year, and got a job immediately as assistant in the Shakespeare

Memorial Library at Stratford.

On 3 September 1939 he volunteered for immediate service in the Warwickshire

Yeomanry, still then a cavalry regiment. He adored riding, and it was with horses

that he set off for the war. A storm in the Bay of Biscay prevented him from

reaching active service until after 31 December, thus depriving him of the 1939

Star, but he had every other campaign medal. Converted fi rst to lorries and

then tanks, he was busily engaged, fi rst in Palestine and Iraq, then fi ghting at El

Alamein in 1942 and following the Eighth and First Armies from North Africa

to Italy. After fi ve years’ continuous engagement, he fi nally got home leave and

was demobbed in December 1945. He loved the Yeomanry and kept in constant

touch with old comrades for the rest of his life.

Morgan went back to the Shakespeare Memorial Library, but Birmingham had not

forgotten him, and next year he was back, fi rst at the science library at Edgbaston,

then returning to Edmund Street in charge of history and archaeology. In 1948

he took over cataloguing and second-hand book acquisition. This gave him a

chance to deploy what had long been a personal interest professionally. He set a

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high standard, and sacked two cataloguers whose work was not up to standard;

one of those who stayed was Rosemary Bayne, whom he married in 1950.

He also found time to fi nish his MA in 1952, and, outside the library, he began a

long series of articles on matters of local antiquarian interest. He was Honorary

Secretary of the Birmingham Archaeological Society from 1949 to 1961, editing

its Archaeological Journal. He was an energetic member of the Dugdale Society,

which took its name from the great 17th-century Warwick antiquary William

Dugdale, and became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

In 1958 he published English Provincial Printing, a pioneering study. He compiled

the fi rst handlist of the great collection of Joseph Chamberlain’s papers when

they came to the university. He also worked on the libraries of Thomas Wigan

of Bewdley, and St Mary’s Church, Warwick, where he discovered a hitherto

unknown book printed by Caxton, which was acquired by the British Museum.

All this time he had been living in Stratford, taking the train to Birmingham every

day. When the university library moved to its new Main Building at Edgbaston

in 1960, the extra length of the journey seemed increasingly a waste of time. He

was quite glad to leave at the end of the year to become an assistant librarian at

the Bodleian Library, Oxford. There he was in his element, one of a singularly

talented and congenial group who shared his antiquarian interests. Together they

made the Bodleian a magnet for others with the same passion for books and

antiquity in general.

Settled in Oxford, he became a member of the Council of the Oxford

Bibliographical Society, editor of its publications (1968-80), and later its President.

He took his Oxford MA in 1968, and became a Fellow of St Cross College in 1978.

He compiled an invaluable guidebook in Oxford Libraries outside the Bodleian

(1973). He was also Librarian of the Printer’s Library at the Oxford University

Press, 1970-80, and served on the Council of the Bibliographical Society. He

retired from the Bodleian in 1983.

He did not lose touch with his Warwickshire roots. He was General Editor of the

Dugdale Society, 1977-84, and, halfway between Oxford and Stratford, President

of the Shipston-on-Stour and District Local History Society, 1979-86. With his

cousin Penelope, daughter of F.C. Morgan and his successor as Librarian of

Hereford Cathedral, he joined the successful campaign to frustrate the Chapter’s

nefarious attempt to sell the famous Mappa Mundi in 1985. In 1954 he was made

a governor of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (later the Royal Shakespeare

Company); in 1996 he became life trustee of the Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust.

His last publication, Printing and Publishing in Warwickshire: miscellaneous

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notes, came out in 2004.

Paul Morgan’s burly fi gure and brusque manner of speech quite failed to conceal

a very warm heart. If he took all his duties, offi cial and self-imposed, seriously

and dealt with them punctually and effi ciently, he enjoyed all the gossip that they

generated as well. He took an almost limitless delight in helping friends and even

casual visitors with information, sometimes asked for but often unsolicited.

The Autobibliography that he published in 1999 is the record of over 70 years

spent in preserving the small but no less important details of Shakespeare’s

country over fi ve centuries.

Reprinted from The Independent

Per Saugman 1925 – 2005

Per Saugman was the pre-eminent medical and scientifi c publisher of his

generation.

After coming to England to join the fl edgeling Blackwell Scientifi c Publications

(BSP) in 1962, through a combination of fl air, determination, opportunism and

hard work, Saugman took the company to a position of dominance in its fi eld.

His infl uence on today’s leaders in academic publishing remains strong.

Per Saugman was born in Slagelse in Zealand, Denmark on June 26th 1925. His

determination and discipline came from his father who rowed in Denmark’s fi rst

Olympic eight and became director general of the Danish army medical corps.

His fl air came through his mother; one ancestor had been central in moving

Denmark from absolute monarchy to parliamentary democracy.

Saugman was the youngest of four and his siblings had had done nothing to

prepare his father, in particular, for his lack of enthusiasm for learning. They

never understood one another. He left school at 16 and began work with the

bookseller Ejnar Munksgaard (whose enterprise he would bring to the Blackwell

group many years later). From the moment he began commercial studies,

however, he knew he had found his way forward.

These took him to Switzerland and then on to George’s Bookshop in Bristol.

Bristol provided his introduction to both the Blackwells and to his future wife, Pat,

his foil and mainstay for more than 50 years.

Saugman’s business philosophy was simple: publish to meet a need, keep a keen

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eye on overheads and profi t will fall out of the bottom.

The 1950s and 1960s saw both an explosion in Bristol-led medical science and

an enormous hunger for information around the world. Saugman’s prodigious

energy saw to it that, in both book and journal publishing, the quality of the

company’s output and quality of authorship kept the business ahead of the

competition.

By the time he retired in 1987, he had taken BSP into the US, Australia,

Scandinavia and continental Europe, and served the Blackwell group more widely

on the bookselling and library supply sides.

He was a governor of local schools and then Oxford Polytechnic, now Oxford

Brookes University, where he helped to establish the publishing course. He chaired

the international Scientifi c Technical and Medical Group of Publishers. He

was a founding father and life president of Sunningwell School of Art. Oxford

University gave him an honorary MA and he was a Fellow of Green College

and Honorary Fellow of St Cross College. He was created Knight of the Order

of Danebrog in Denmark, and Chevalier, Order of Icelandic Falcon. He was,

however, probably most proud of the honorary OBE to which he was appointed

by his adopted country in 1989 for services to the booktrade and publishing in

particular.

Saugman was a generous and lively host with an appetite for red wine and

conversation, something that many authors learnt to their cost and benefi t. His

speeches, spontaneously delivered but meticulously planned, were legendary, and

he liked nothing more than to leave an audience weak with laughter, but wiser,

for all that.

His fi rst signifi cant contribution had been the creation of the British Journal of

Haematology. Although he retired to Denmark, he recently returned for the golden

jubilee of that journal. All present were deeply moved by his echoes of friendship

in earlier times.

Per Saugman died on November 25th, 2005 shortly after his wife Pat. He is

survived by two sons and a daughter.

Reprinted from The Times

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David Patterson 1922 – 2005Founding Fellow

As a scholar of modern Hebrew literature, David Patterson’s crowning achievement

was the establishment in 1972 of the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew

Studies (now the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies) within Oxford

University.

In the days before the Centre, modern Jewish studies at Oxford were inadequately

represented. Modern Hebrew literature had been taught as part of the degree

in Oriental Studies since the early 1950s, but modern Jewish history, Jewish

literatures and languages, the history of the State of Israel and a range of other

Jewish topics were broadly ignored by the University. Patterson’s ambitious

plan for a new institution of Jewish learning at Oxford arose out of a desire to

try to make good some of the losses to Jewish scholarship sustained during the

Holocaust, when thousands of Jewish educational institutions were destroyed.

His vision of a distinguished centre of Jewish studies rising from the ashes of the

Holocaust was one which caught on with the British Jewish community.

Patterson proved himself to be a brilliant fundraiser, public speaker and

administrator. If modern Jewish studies until the 1970s were something of a

Cinderella subject, this was to change. In 1973, a fi ne Georgian building in St

Giles’ was rented from St John’s College to house the new staff taken on by the

Centre. The following year, much of its administration moved to the Yarnton

Manor estate, a short distance from Oxford, which had been aquired for the use

of the Centre by the Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust. The estate was bought

by the Centre in 1991. Today the manor and outbuildings are used for teaching

and fellows’ accomodation, while the old tithe barn houses a fi rst rate Judaica.

In addition, a newly build fl oor of Oxford’s Oriental Institute, fi nanced by the

supporters and friends of the Centre, hosts modern Jewish and Hebrew activities

in the University. Within 14 years of its inception, the Centre had become one of

the leading institutions for the study of Hebrew and Jewish subjects in the world,

with a wide range of interests from the Dead Sea Scrolls to Yiddish literature.

It is truly remarkable that a single individual, and a gentle and modest one at

that, could achieve such a revolution in an institution so traditional and averse to

change as Oxford University. In recognition of his achievements with the Centre

Patterson was appointed CBE in 2003.

Patterson was a concerned and warm-hearted teacher, and his students now hold

important teaching posts in this and other countries. His published academic

work concentrated largely on the beginnings of modern Hebrew literature in

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Europe and particularly on the Hebrew novel in Tsarist Russia and on literary

translations from the Hebrew. Modernity for East European Jewry may be said

to have started with the Haskalah, the Jewish enlightenment movement. The

literature of the Haskalah – extressed initially in Biblical Hebrew – had been

largely ignored by western scholars. Patterson’s work on Abraham Mapu (1808

– 67), the fi rst Hebrew novelist, was published in 1964, and his wider treatment

of the Hebrew novel in its Russian setting was published in the same year (The

Hebrew novel in Czarist Russia). These two monographs, followed in 1990 by A Phoenix

in Fetters, provide students of the subject with a foundation for understanding

the complex evolution of the modern Hebrew novel. This Hebrew genre has

progressed from its obscure beginnings to be a major international literary force,

as exemplifi ed in the work of S. Y. Agnon, Amos Oz, A. B. Yehoshua, Aharan

Aplefeld, David Grossman and many others.

David Patterson was born in Liverpool in 1922. His parents were part of the

great wave of Jewish emigration to the west which followed the pogroms of 1881.

Although Liverpool’s Jewish community had been founded in about 1750, it was

towards the end of the 19th century, swollen with refugees, that it reached its peak.

Indeed for a while it was the most important Jewish community outside London,

with about eight synagogues and a range of Jewish communal organisations.

Patterson’s family struggled through the depression but managed to provide

him with a warm and supportive home and a good education at Oulton High

School, which developed his musical as well as his linguistic gifts. Leaving school

in 1940 with his Higher School Certifi cate, he was sent to work in a “reserved

occupation” in Royal Ordnance factories as an engineering draftsman. Released

in 1945 he went to Manchester University where he read modern and medieval

Hebrew and Arabic. Patterson’s lifelong passion for modern Hebrew literature

had been ignited during his fi rst year at the University by reading the poetry of

Chaim Nahman Bialik – the uncrowned poet laureate of the Jewish people in the

fi rst decades of the 20th century.

Patterson received a fi rst class degree and in 1951 he embarked, with his wife

José, whom he had married the year before, for Israel. They joined Kibbutz Kfar

ha-Nasi, which is situated close to the Syrian border. One of the main tasks of

the young volunteers, working with hired Yemenite Jews, was to clear the volcanic

stones which covered most of the land surface of the kibbutz. This task, which

typifi ed the early years of Zionist endeavour, was called in Hebrew sikkul and was

regularly allocated to idealistic pioneers. Patterson often remarked that in those

days as a new immigrant in Israel if you were not a member of a kibbutz (and

thus engaged in sikkul) you had to provide a reason why not..

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After a few months of this tedious and back-breaking work, Patterson and his

wife left the kibbutz and moved around Israel, taking what jobs they could fi nd,

including a spell for Patterson as a high school teacher, until in 1953 Professor

H. H. Rowley wrote inviting him to return to Manchester University to take up

a new position in modern Hebrew literature. Three years later Patterson was

appointed Cowley Lecturer in post-biblical Hebrew at Oxford. He became a

founding fellow of St Cross College in 1965.

During the 1960s Patterson often spoke to his students of his dream of starting

some sort of new centre devoted to modern Hebrew studies. However the

acquisition of the manor came about by chance. One of his students put him

in touch with the owners of Yarnton Manor who after many months of gentle

persuasion agreed to sell the estate for a pretty hefty sum. This left the problem

of fi nding the money to buy it. To illustrate the problem he then faced, Patterson

enjoyed telling a story set in 18th century Poland. A matchmaker had visited

the Rabbi of a poor Jewish shtetl and told him that he had found a splendid

match for his somewhat overweight and dim-witted daughter – none other than

the illustrious son of Prince Radzivill. The Rabbi was furious at the suggestion

that he should marry off his daughter to a gentile, no matter how highly placed,

but was gradually persuaded by the undoubted benefi ts that might accrue to the

Jewish community as a result of such a match. Finally the Rabbi gave in. The

matchmaker exclaimed: “Splendid news! Now all I have to do is convince Prince

Radzivill!”

Patterson did persuade the Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust to buy the manor

and carried on persuading friends of the Centre in Britain and the US to support

his vision. He was fond of quoting his father who used to say: “Even a thousand

friends is not enough”

He is survived by his widow José and their four children.

Reprinted from The Times.

The following Eulogy was delivered at David’s funeral by Professor Raymond

Dwek.

David Patterson was a remarkable man. He was a scholar, an administrator, a

leader and a visionary, and above all he was modest. David’s lasting legacy will

be that he founded the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, in a small

room in the Oriental Institute of the University of Oxford in 1972.

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David was extremely astute at academic politics. He knew instinctively when

to go forward or when to hold his ground and such qualities, coupled with his

vision and devotion, made him an ideal institute builder. Many agreed with his

vision but few actually thought that it really would happen. In this David showed

once again the passion necessary in order to achieve dreams. Ben Gurion said

in another context “in order to be a realist you have to believe in miracles”.

David certainly seemed to bring about a number of miracles in founding and

sustaining the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies and he always had

a remarkable and special affection for ALL the staff at the Centre.

David Patterson was a scholarly leader. Both his public and private life related to

the same person. The warmth and genuine affection that he showed to all his

friends and colleagues, and his kindness and sensitivity together with his humour

made David an exceptional man - who was liked by almost everyone. Isaiah

Berlin said of David that “I know of no man who combines intellectual and

personal honesty, kindness, professional integrity, a great deal of common sense,

administrative skills and what I can only describe as goodness of heart to an equal

degree”. There is a saying in the Pirtei Avot, kol shruah habriot nocha heymanu, ruah

hamakom nocha heymenu - when a person’s fellow creatures delight in him, God too

takes delight in him.

David was an outstanding translator and because he was also a connoisseur of

the English language and understood all the nuances - this led to wonderful

interpretations. Signifi cant among these was Moshe Shamir’s historical novel,

to which I have already referred, Melekh Basar Vedam - The King of Flesh and Blood

which was fi rst published in 1958 and is considered to be a landmark. In this

book Moshe Shamir writes about the Maccabean era while attempting to create

language that would be reminiscent of post-biblical Hebrew. What a tremendous

and exacting challenge for the translator. David told me that he could fi nd no

stratum in English which could refl ect the specifi c

quality of the post-biblical Hebrew, which is one of the novel’s main characteristics.

David, in recognising this diffi culty, nevertheless produced a brilliant translation

- a mark of his outstanding scholarship.

In his recent article in August 2005, which I have already mentioned, and which

was contributed for the Festschrift of Alan Crown, with whom he had a long and

lasting friendship, David revisited this novel and analysed the author’s instinctive

understanding of “some intriguing but elusive ancient texts”. One has only to

read David’s article to recognise his enormous grasp of Jewish sources such as the

Bible, the Talmud, Midrash, Jewish mysticism and of Rabbinic Judaism.

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Because David was a remarkable scholar, it explains, I think, his exceptional

judgement in selecting distinguished scholars from Israel and elsewhere to become

Fellows of the Centre. He was widely respected by all signifi cant scholars of

Jewish studies throughout the world. It was highly appropriate that David should

have been awarded the CBE in 2003 the fi rst, since the order was introduced in

1917, that had the citation “for services to Jewish Studies”.

I need to say a word about David’s publications so that we can revisit the depth

of his scholarship. These publications include Abraham Mapu, the fi rst Hebrew

novelist published in 1964 and republished in 1968. The Hebrew novel in Tzarist

Russia published in 1964, and the second revised edition published a few years

ago in 1999. A Phoenix Fetters was published in 1990 and Tradition and Trauma

published in 1994 was jointly edited with Glenda Abramson.

His translations which are indeed masterful include The King of Flesh and Blood by

Moshe Shamir published in 1958 which I have already mentioned, then there

is Out of the depth by J H Brenner published in 1992, and fi nally in 1999, Random

Harvest: The Novellas of Bialik which he translated jointly with Ezra Spicehandler

and which was republished in 2002. Only a couple of months ago he read from

this, at our house, at a Menorah Society evening.

David’s writings and translations will I am sure remain as a tribute to him and to

his original work on 19th century Hebrew literature in Russia – a comparatively

neglected fi eld until he started to work on it. Many have commented that his books

and articles have defi nitely helped the modern Jewish renaissance, particularly of

the Hebrew language.

His writings really show the enormous breadth and depth of his scholarship. And

he could communicate well. He had an easy and natural manner of speaking,

there was virtually no pomposity, but he did have a tremendous sense of humour

and fun, something I believe that he also shared with José.

His knowledge of the Bible and of the Talmud was considerable. Because he was

such a great scholar he was tolerant, something that comes easily to those with

great wisdom. This was coupled with David’s easy style which made his capacity

for friendship enormous.

I well remember him in the Choolant Society in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Every

Society was required by the University rules to have one senior member and

there was always confusion as to whether for the Choolant Society this was David

Daube, Professor of Roman Law or David Patterson as either could have been

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the senior member! At successive termly dinners fi rst one David then the other

would give a scholarly discourse using Talmudic and Biblical precedents to show

why he was the clear choice of senior member. The wit and the scholarship were

humbling to behold and we all felt tremendously privileged to be in the same

company as these two outstanding scholars.

David had become Cowley Lecturer in Post Biblical Hebrew at Oxford University

from1956 to 1989. Another skill of David was that he really understood the

nuances of Hebrew grammar. It was through this that David and I really

began to know each other. My own interest in Hebrew grammar was such that

whenever David and I would meet, usually in the Synagogue, we would exchange

comments on words that I had found or phrases that I had come across. We

discussed grammar in exceptional detail. I delighted in his knowledge, in his

breadth, in bringing new examples. When Amos Oz, another one of David’s

discoveries, visited Oxford I went to have tea in the Old Parsonage with him and

David to discuss certain grammatical interpretations of some phrases in Isaiah.

But it was David’s sense of fun, of mischief and of humour that made the process

of learning so exciting and exhilarating. And it was this, and his scholarship that

enabled so many people to benefi t from what he had set up at the Centre. He was

still passionate about raising funds for the Centre and even discussed ideas with

me at a Friday night dinner at my home, just a few weeks ago.

If David could leave one message about the Centre, I suspect he would quote

from the Pirkei Avot “lo aleha hamelacha ligmor velo ata ben-chorin lehitbatel mimenah”

– “you are not obliged to complete the task but neither are you free to give it up”.

He has created a legacy in providing a Jewish intellectual and cultural centre in

Oxford.

Indeed there are many scholars worldwide who have seen David as a guardian

angel of Jewish identity in Great Britain, not only for his founding of the Centre,

but because he was an expert on Jewish and Hebrew literature and a true admirer

of Israel and its culture. While the award of the CBE represented national

recognition of David’s contribution to Judaica in Great Britain, it was also

signifi cant that the best picture of David on the steps of Buckingham Palace had

Jose by his side. This was widely circulated in the community, largely because of

the Oxford Shir, the choir whose resident poet laureate/songwriter and borrower

of tunes is José, and where both of them sang.

Indeed, throughout his life David had José at his side. Organising him, supporting

him and helping him realise his dreams and sharing a great sense of humour.

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The Centre owes a huge debt to José as well. It was not a case of ‘behind every

successful man there is an amazed woman’! José knew it would happen because

she shared the dreams. And David liked José to be involved and he depended on

her. They had been married for 55 years. Together they made a lovely couple

and we shared with them the stories of their children, Deborah, Louise, Dan and

Ben and their grandchildren.

The last few weeks have been very diffi cult for José and the family and indeed for

their many friends. But we have seen how Jose has coped with David’s illness,

often without much sleep, but always with humour, and friendship courage and

practicality. But although it has been an enormous strain, Jose has still managed

to maintain her passionate interest in local events, especially the very successful

Oxford Shir concert at Yarnton two weeks ago, which she initiated but alas in

which neither she nor David could take part.

We shall celebrate and remember David’s achievements. We shall mourn the loss

of a good friend and a family man. He was universally loved as is his family. David

leaves the crown of a good name which is the greatest crown of all - as it says in

the Pirkei Avot. Perhaps though we can leave the last word to Shakespeare.

“His life was gentle, and the elements So mix’d in him, that Nature might stand

up And say to the world, This was a man!”.

May his memory be blessed - Yihieyeh Zichromo Baruch.

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