As Girton continues to advance and evolve, so does our annual review. We have listened to your feedback and fashioned a new publication duo to cover both traditional reporting (The Year) and exciting new content (The Girtonian)
Here in The Year you’ll continue to find a Calendar of life at Girton from the past twelve months, together with details of the outstanding achievements of our students, Fellows and staff. The Register section, as ever, records important information about the ebb and flow of College life and key data from the year just gone. We also celebrate and pay tribute to the extraordinary lives of past members of Girton.
In our new magazine, The Girtonian, you will read fascinating features and inspiring news from our alumni across the globe. We hope you enjoy both elements of this fresh publication partnership and would love to hear what you think!
Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress
The College Choir toured the Iberian Peninsula, singing at services and concerts in Braga, Porto and Lisbon in Portugal and Vigo and Ourense in Spain, and finished with a concert back home at St Luke’s Chelsea.
JUL 2024
2024 was the first year of the College’s cut-flower border, a project led by gardener Emma Peirce. From mid-July to early October it supplied all Girton’s cut flowers and any surplus was offered to staff and Fellows on Fridays, proving very popular.
ROKOS INTERNSHIPS
Over the summer, six undergraduates took up paid internships to complete specific research projects alongside some of our STEM Fellows thanks to generous funding from Mr Chris Rokos. This provided them with additional support and research skills to help their studies, and they presented the impressive results of their projects to the College community and the donor at a special evening in Michaelmas Term.
Postgraduates now comprise over 40% of Girton’s students. Over 20 academic and social events were organised for them during the year by our MCR Committee. These included everpopular PechaKuchas (speed research presentations) and the chance to join the SCR at joint research evenings. Twenty-six Formals took place including swops with five other Cambridge colleges, and our sister college in Oxford, Somerville. Closer to home, the common room at Swirles Court was enhanced with new furniture, lighting and a pool table to aid relaxation and socialising. And, of course, there was punting too!
GIRTON IN BLOOM
CHARTER CENTENARY
24 August marked 100 years since we were granted our Royal Charter by King George V. The Charter effectively put the College's governance and the ownership of its properties in the hands of ‘The Mistress and Governors’. They were to have a common seal, and full powers to accept, acquire, and hold property and land. The Charter was instrumental in creating the spirit of Girton that we know today, not least by establishing the Fellowship. It also gave us leave to apply for a coat of arms, which was granted in 1928. An exhibition was mounted in College to commemorate the centenary.
We collected our first Girton College honey this year. By August we were up to three bee colonies on site and were ready for our first harvest. Our trusty bees produced some 100 kilos of delicious wildflower honey in their first year, which was used in our kitchens and distributed to the College community.
Nineteen school students were welcomed to Girton for a four-day residential stay over the summer as part of the University’s STEM SMART programme. They attended full days of lectures at the Cavendish Laboratory and enjoyed fun evening activities, including a delicious formal dinner at Fitzwilliam College.
Our IT team collected unused and unwanted laptops, monitors and other equipment and donated them to the local Air Ambulance, WNDLR. The charity supports frontline NHS services to reach patients and provide rapid lifesaving care at a range of emergency incidents. A TASTE OF GIRTON
STEM SMART
DIGITAL DETOX
PEOPLE’S PORTRAIT 2024
The portrait of Eli James by Antony Williams RP NEAC was added to the People’s Portraits exhibition which adorns the walls of the College. We were delighted that Antony Williams was able to attend the People’s Portraits reception and unveil his work.
Over two sparkling evenings, more than 200 alumni, Fellows and guests gathered for unforgettable reunion dinners. Friendships were rekindled and cherished memories relived. We were delighted that so many from the classes of 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004 and 2005 could attend the events and fill the Hall with laughter and lively conversation.
JAM-PACKED ROLL TRAILBLAZER
Our annual Roll Weekend was filled with talks, musical and art performances, exhibitions and more. It was also a full house in the Hall as we welcomed those from 1964, 1974, 1984, 1987 and 1988 for their reunions.
It was a privilege to welcome Jane Robinson—social historian, author and public speaker—to deliver Girton’s Annual Library Talk. Jane spoke about Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, the subject of her latest book, Trailblazer, and about the experience of carrying out research during the COVID lockdowns.
CONCERT FOR THE ROLL
The musical year began with a recital given by Georgie Malcolm (soprano) accompanied by PhD student Edward CampbellRowntree (piano). To a rapt audience of alumni, they reprised some of the programme they had presented days earlier in the final round of the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition. UNFORGETTABLE
On the 100th anniversary of the birth of philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock, Girton held a memorial conference on the past, present and future of assisted reproduction. Baroness Warnock was Mistress of Girton from 1984 to 1991 and Chair of the Government’s Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology, 1982 – 1984.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Among other events, we marked the month with an ‘In Conversation’ event for students with Charlene Prempah, founder of A Vibe Called Tech, a Black-owned creative agency that is dedicated to approaching creativity through an intersectional lens. Charlene is also a Financial Times columnist and contributing editor who writes about design, travel, and culture.
RECORD BREAKERS
Giving Day 2024 was a record-breaking success! Thanks to 420 donors from over 30 countries, we raised more than £140,000 to support Girton’s exceptional educational experience. A special highlight was the Tower Building Kit, made from 100% authentic LEGO® bricks – every donor was entered into a draw to win one of two of these popular kits. Thank you to all who took part.
LYRICAL AT LICHFIELD
Girton Choir sang services at Lichfield Cathedral during a weekend-long trip at the end of the month
BUILDING ASPIRATION WARNOCK AT 100
We hosted our first week of school visits this month including a Year 12 Masterclass Day, an MML Taster Day, and a Year 10 visit as part of our Pathways programme (a long-term outreach programme for our Link Area schools). We welcomed 240 students who enjoyed academic taster lectures, tours, and student Q&As.
Michaelmas Term began with a warm welcome to all our new students, both undergraduate and postgraduate.
COMMEMORATION OF BENEFACTORS 2024
At our annual Commemoration of Benefactors Ceremony and Foundation Dinner we celebrated the Royal Charter centenary. Musician-in-Residence Andrew Kennedy, one of the leading tenors of his generation, returned to Girton for this special occasion to perform Schumann’s Op. 39 Liederkreis and Quilter’s Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, accompanied on the piano by the Director of Music, Martin Ennis.
On 8 November we were thrilled to host the University’s annual LGBT+ Alumni Association dinner at Girton and the formal opening of the Q100 exhibition, which celebrated the achievements of a wide spectrum of LGBT+ alumni, friends and allies.
IN CHAPEL
Girton College Music Society presented, to great acclaim, three performances of Gian Carlo Menotti’s most celebrated opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors The work was directed by Isabella McLeod and conducted by Emily Clare-Hunt.
WALES AND THE WEST
Did you know that Girton alumni are based in 111 countries and territories around the world? It was fantastic to meet Girtonians for drinks and discussions in Bristol and Cardiff this month: thanks to Professor Elwen Evans KC, Dr Gwyneth Lewis MBE and Dr Carol Bell FSA FSLSW for hosting and speaking at the Cardiff gathering. Later in the month the Mistress met Girtonians in Oslo too.
OPERA
During the year, the College’s Joan Robinson Society, with the support of the Cambridge Political Economy Society Trust, hosted two workshops celebrating the great 20th-century economist who was a Fellow of Girton. The lectures were delivered by Professor Maria Cristina Marcuzzo on 'Joan Violet Robinson: The Beacon of Cambridge Economics' and Professor William Waller on 'Joan Robinson and Barbara Wootton: Institutions and the Cambridge Tradition in Economics.'
GIRTON JAZZ LAUNCHES
‘Girton Jazz’, a new programme of termly coaching sessions and professional concerts devised by Chaplain Tim Boniface, was launched with a concert featuring Natalie Williams, vocalist for Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, alongside Musician-in-Residence James Pearson, Sam Burgess and Chris Higginbottom. Before the concert, Natalie and James led a workshop for a group of student singers, who joined the band to close the concert.
REMEMBRANCE
DAY CONCERT
A programme of elegiac organ music was performed in Chapel on 10 November by Girton Organ Scholars, past and present, as well as the Director of Music.
STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
Our Bye-Fellow, Dr Matt Bothwell, who is University Public Astronomer, led the first of a series of night-time events introducing staff, students, Fellows and their families to the skies over Girton.
GERSHWIN CELEBRATION
To mark 100 years of the Rhapsody in Blue, the Tim Boniface/ James Pearson Quartet came together to present ‘A Jazz Portrait of George Gershwin’.
JOAN ROBINSON’S
An end-of-term concert featured Girton College Orchestra, A Cappella voices and a brass ensemble in a selection of carols and festive music from Otto Nicolai’s Christmas Overture to Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride. The conductors were Emily Clare-Hunt, Daniel Sandell and Adam Titcombe.
In early December, our Head Gardener led two wreath-making workshops making use of greenery from the grounds. The popular creative sessions were held in College over two nights, attended by staff and Fellows.
Before the year end, we met up with alumni in Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. We were honoured to have Honorary Fellow Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado in attendance at the event in Japan. Our heartfelt thanks also go to Roderick Martin for generously hosting the event in Singapore, and to Mr Franklin Heng for all his invaluable support in making the Hong Kong event possible.
In mid-December, after two days of hard work spent laying the plants out, the second border in Cloister Court was finally planted up as part of the redevelopment of our ‘front room’. The border preparation and the planting were carried out by the Gardens Team.
Girton Choir recorded Choral Evensong for BBC Radio 3 featuring music by contemporary composers Libby Croad, Trevor Weston, Gabriel Kennedy, and Gareth Wilson. The broadcast aired on 29 December. THE HOLLY AND THE IVY
NORFOLK BREAK
One of the highlights of Girton Choir’s calendar was singing evensong at Norwich Cathedral in January.
PROFESSOR DAME LINDA COLLEY
At the end of the month, we were thrilled to admit a new Honorary Fellow. Dame Linda Colley, the distinguished British historian of national identity, empire, and global constitutionalism, began her career as the Eugénie Strong Research Fellow at Girton College. She has since held academic positions at Yale University, the London School of Economics, and Princeton University, where she is currently the Shelby M C Davis 1958 Professor of History.
WOMEN IN CAMBRIDGE
Groups have visited the Archive throughout the year, including second-year History students taking the research project module, ‘Women in Cambridge 1900–1950’. For their visit we showcased various aspects of women’s lives at Girton, including admission to the College, academic study and research, social lives, career progression within the College and University, war work and beyond.
REMEMBERING GIULIO
The Mistress lit a candle in Chapel in memory of our former postgraduate Giulio Regeni, on the ninth anniversary of his disappearance and subsequent murder in Egypt. The College and University continue to stand in support of Giulio’s family and friends, and with Amnesty International, in their tireless efforts to uncover the truth of what happened to him.
PATHWAY TO SUCCESS
As part of our Pathways programme, we visited five schools to deliver sessions for Year 7 students focused on raising aspirations and introducing the concept of University. We managed to speak to just over 1000 students.
Prize-winning pianist Inbar Rothschild performed music by Chopin and his pupil Mathilde de Rothschild at a concert on 26 January. MUSIC
NATURE, ENERGY, VIBRATION
The painting of Rebecca Hawkins, from our People’s Portraits exhibition, was displayed at Oriel Môn in Anglesey, Wales, for their exhibition ‘Leonard McComb: Nature, Energy, Vibration’. The exhibition ran from February to August 2025.
TWO DECADES OF THE GIRTON POETRY SOCIETY
This month, our very popular Poetry Society, with members from across the College community, celebrated its 20th birthday.
ALL THAT JAZZ
As part of our Girton Jazz programme Trish Clowes and Ross Stanley, two of the UK’s leading jazz musicians, coached Girtonians in the art of improvisation before giving a concert featuring music from their latest album.
SCHOOL'S OUT
College was fizzing with almost 500 school students as we held a second week of events, including visits for Year 10 and Year 12, as well as subject taster days in Music, Biological Natural Sciences, Philosophy, TRPR (Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion), Classics, Archaeology, and ASNC.
PURCELL AND BRITTEN
Hall echoed to the sound of a wide-ranging programme of music by (arguably) Britain’s two greatest composers, devised by the Director of Music and Bye-Fellow Margaret Faultless and featuring members of the Music Society and the Chapel Choir. During the concert, Girton’s new timpani, purchased
with money from the Susan J. Smith Fund, were used for the first time.
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Congratulations to this year’s winners. Annabelle Fuller won the first prize for her poem 'Tillage'. Second Prize went to Cia Mangat, for her poems 'detonator' and 'Headliners'. With thanks to this year's judges, Caoilinn Hughes & Kirsten Norrie.
BRIDGING GENRES
Garbhán McEnoy, Girton Music student and singer–songwriter, was one of only four acts chosen for the final of Cambridge’s most prestigious popular-music competition, Take it to the Bridge, which took place at The Junction (the city’s performaning arts venue). Garbhán and fellow Girtonian Chiara Falls (2023 MMLL) were among the small group of students selected for this year’s Advanced Popular Performance Scheme (vocal pathway) run by the University’s Centre for Music Performance.
COMPOSERS
AND POETS
Girton College Music Society combined forces with members of the Poetry Society for an afternoon of original words and music curated by Fellow Marta Gentilucci. This month Marta also curated the second electro/acoustic day at West Road Concert Hall comprising four concerts, including one featuring a cameo appearance from Girton’s Choir.
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VANNUCCIO AT THE NATIONAL
One of the treasures of our art collection, a diptych by Francesco di Vannuccio, went on loan to the National Gallery, London for their exhibition ‘Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300 – 1350’. The exhibition ran from 8 March to 22 June 2025 and explored the vibrant artistic scene of Siena in the first half of the 14th century
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JANE MARTIN POETRY PRIZE
The ever-popular London Law and Finance Networking event was hosted by Slaughter and May, and booked up in record time this year. We are very grateful to Dr Guy O’Keefe for facilitating this and Shantanu Lodh for sharing his career pathway with the attendees.
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE
Girton Bach, an ensemble of specialists in historical performance practice from across the University and beyond, performed two cantatas and instrumental music by J S Bach. This concert was made possible by a grant from the Susan J Smith Fund.
WE CALLED, YOU ANSWERED
During the 2025 Telephone Campaign our student callers spoke with 562 Girtonians around the world. Thank you to all those who took the time to get to know our students and support Girton.
CELEBRITY PIANO RECITAL I
Richard Ormrod, prize-winner at the Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky international competitions, coached student pianists at Girton before giving a sparkling performance on our newest Steinway of works by J S Bach and Schubert.
TARGET WEST MIDLANDS
For the first time since 2019, we visited 19 different schools as part of our West Midlands Outreach Roadshow. Over five days we delivered talks to over 3000 students from Years 9 to 12 on introducing Oxbridge and how to make a competitive application.
ACROSS THE POND
The Mistress travelled to Washington DC and New York City at the end of March, where we were pleased to host two more alumni events. We are deeply grateful to Professor Angela Stent for generously hosting the Washington DC event, and to Shivani Nayyar and Gayathri Rajan for their insightful and thought-
provoking contributions to the discussion in New York City. A few weeks later, during a brief lecture visit to Stanford, the Mistress had the pleasure of meeting local alumni in San Francisco. We are extremely grateful to Dr Una Ryan for generously hosting the event.
DANCING FEET
Hundreds of students danced the night away at our 2025 Spring Ball ‘Carnival of Chaos’.
WELCOME HOME
It was fantastic to welcome back so many recent graduates and their guests to the MA Dinner and Congregation, catching up with friends, sharing memories and making new ones.
EVENSONG AT JESUS
Girton and Jesus College choirs sang a joint evensong together at Jesus College Chapel this month.
BRING ON THE BOAT RACE
Many congratulations to Girtonian James Richards (2024 Engineering) who helped row the Men’s Lightweight crew to victory, as part of Cambridge’s clean sweep this year.
LIBRARY CHART TOPPER
This year’s most borrowed title represents the hard work of our law students: the fifth edition of Administrative law: text and materials by Mark Elliott and Jason N E Varuhas. It’s 12 years now since Girton’s law collection was moved into the Library on the main site, although it retains a discrete area with a bench seat of its own. As the Squire Law Library is referenceonly for everyone except LLM students, our provision enables Girtonians to be able to use the books they need, in the format they prefer, at a time that suits them.
Football successes abounded this year with two Girtonian Blues in the winning Varsity team. Then the annual Alumni versus Students Match saw the current team lift the Fran Malaree Mug for the fourth year in a row. The post-match dinner included much discussion of how the alumni team could turn the tables and reclaim their crown. Plus the Girton Choir Football Team topped things off by winning the University-wide Choir Football League in a nail-biting decider against St John’s.
BRAD IN THE ARCHIVE
The personal papers of Muriel Bradbrook (Mistress 1968 –1976) are now catalogued online and available to researchers in the Archive. These illustrate her academic career, her personal life and her almost unbroken connection with Girton over 65 years. Although she was known primarily as a scholar of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan stage, her papers include an astonishing range of research into other literary periods and genres. We even have her portable typewriter, which accompanied her on many of her overseas lecture tours and research visits.
The biennial John Marks Symposium and Medics’ and Vets’ Dinner was a great success. From inspiring talks by alumni, students and Fellows in the afternoon to a fantastic evening of catching up over dinner, it was a brilliant day from start to finish. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended and helped make the day so special.
Bye-Fellow Margaret Faultless led two of Cambridge’s flagship ensembles, the University Chamber Choir and the Collegium Musicum, in a programme of music by Purcell for the church and theatre. The concert was performed in the round, with the musicians moving among the audience and encouraging some to dance.
Girton Choir launched its eighth commercial CD: Marc’Antonio Ingegneri volume five: Motets for the Liturgical Year. It reached number 15 in the Worldwide Classical Charts, the latest recognition for the Choir’s series of acclaimed recordings.
CLASSIC TIMES
We had a wonderful time at the Classics Reunion in May. Sincere thanks to our alumni speakers for sharing insights into their fascinating careers and Fellows on their research.
SAXOPHONES AND MORE
May also saw a return visit to Girton by star saxophonist Toni Kofi, who performed alongside Tim Boniface, Phil Merriman, Sophie Alloway and Jeremy Brown, having delivered a student workshop in the afternoon on the music of Thelonious Monk.
HIGHLY PRIZED HUMANITIES
Following entries from a highly competitive pool of applicants, we were able to invite the winners from the Humanities Writing Competition to Girton for tours of the College and the Lawrence Room, afternoon tea, and the presentation of prizes by the Mistress. The competition is aimed at sixth-formers interested in studying Humanities subjects at University and asks them to write either factually or creatively on objects from the Lawrence Room chosen by Dr Caroline Brett.
BEE ORCHIDS AT SWIRLES
Early in the year, two of our gardeners, Tom Bayliss-Smith and Emily McMullen, spotted what looked like bee orchid rosettes in the formal lawn at Swirles Court. This was confirmed by the Head Gardener and in late May the first flowers opened.
WOBBLE WEEK
The highlight of exam term for many was Wobble Week, five days filled to the brim with welfare activities. Students were
able to attend massage, yoga and Pilates sessions, painting classes, bonfire nights, zorbing and much else. Meanwhile, the JCR served regular tea and cake, while the Library dispensed 3½ stone (22¼ kg) of sweets across the exam period.
The choir sang from the top of Girton Tower to mark Ascension Day on 29 May. A NEW TRADITION
CELEBRITY PIANO RECITAL II
Mateusz Borowiak (2006 Music) returned to Girton to coach student pianists before giving magisterial performances of works by Szymanowski, Brahms and Chopin.
PROFESSOR NEENA MODI
This month we celebrated the admission of Professor Modi, the pioneering medical leader and clinical scientist, as the 35th member of our current Honorary Fellowship. She is Professor of Neonatal Medicine at Imperial College London and a former President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
GIRTON GOES DUTCH
The Dutch-based Belinfante String Quartet, on tour in the UK, visited Girton to perform late Haydn alongside ‘Baile’, a new work by Rhiannon Randle (2011 Music) that pays homage to Irish fiddle music.
FRENCH BAROQUE
Les Acolytes, a specialist ensemble founded by Edward Campbell-Rowntree, & rising mezzo-soprano Camilla Seale (2012 English) performed rarely heard works by Couperin le Grand, Clérambault, Francoeur and Montéclair. This event was made possible by a grant from the Susan J Smith Fund.
It was a delight to welcome Paresh Patel (1981 Engineering) into the Fellowship at a formal admissions ceremony in Easter Term in recognition of his generous support for our student bursaries and wider mission.
The Fellows’ Garden provided the setting for the summer GADS production of Romeo and Juliet enthralling a packed-out audience in gorgeous green surroundings.
The Music Society’s traditional end-of-year celebration was marked this year by the participation of a very wide range of students and no fewer than seven senior members, the most senior of whom excelled on the triangle! Repertoire ranged from a Bach cantata to a medley from The Sound of Music. The concert contained prominent contributions from Emily Clare-Hunt and Daniel Sandell who completed a spectacularly successful two-year stint as Co-Presidents of GCMS.
JCR GARDEN PARTY
The 2025 JCR Garden Party saw students and locals from Girton Village and Eddington celebrating. The music in the Fellows’ Garden was a particular highlight, including music from Eve’s Apple, Ferro and Stringy Bits. Other activities included pottery making, axe throwing and face painting, accompanied by a delicious BBQ and drinks provided by the College catering team as everyone wound down at the end of another year.
The year ended with a marvellous day of graduation celebration in early July for our students and their families, friends and supporters. Congratulations to them all.
FELLOWS AT LARGE
FELLOWS AT LARGE
Jimmy Anderson, our Bursar, was ordained a priest in the Church of England on 28 June at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Lady Arden (Honorary Fellow; 1965 Law) received an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Cambridge in June 2025 and was appointed an International Judge to the Supreme Court of Singapore from Jan 2025 to Jan 2027.
Congratulations to Dr David Arvidsson-Shukur and Eleni Courea who married in the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus in August 2024. In January 2025, David gave the first lecture in the Ray Dolby Centre, the new home for the Cavendish Laboratory at the Cambridge West Innovation District.
Professor Dame Madeleine Atkins (Honorary Fellow) was made an Honorary Doctor of Social Science by the City University of Hong Kong.
Professor Anthony Bale joined Girton as a Professorial Fellow in English. He was elected to the Fellowship of Birbeck College in 2024 and was awarded the Huntington Library Fletcher Jones Foundation Fellowship in 2025. He received the Professorial Appointment Support Fund Award from the University of Cambridge for ‘Medieval Ideas Creative Laboratory: For New Futures of the Medieval Past’, which runs from 2024 to 2027. During the year his book, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages. The World through Medieval Eyes (Penguin, 2023), was named a Waterstones’ Paperback of the Year 2024, one of The New Yorker’s Books of 2024, and one of Harvard Book Store's HB100 ‘100 notable books of 2024’. It has been translated into 10 languages. He published ‘Thinking with the renegade’, Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 55 (2025) and also appeared on BBC Radio 4’s ‘In Our Time’, with Melvyn Bragg, reflecting on ‘Pope Joan’. He presented at the Chelsea Literary Festival, the Festa del libro medieval e antico di Saluzzo in Italy and hosted the Girton Talks event ‘Bringing the past into the present: Medieval Women and Curating Manuscripts in the 21st Century’ with the Curator of Medieval Manuscripts at the British Library, Julian Harrison (1988 History).
The Revd Dr Charlie Bell was appointed an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at King’s College, London during the year. He published Unity: Anglicanism’s Impossible Dream? (SCM Press, 2024); ‘Marriage’ in Catholic Life in the Church of England, ed. S Cuff (SCM Press, 2024); Searched Me Out and Known Me: Journeying Lent with The Psalms (Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd, 2025); (jointly) ‘Glutathione alterations in depression: a metaanalysis and systematic review of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies’, Psychopharmacology 242(4) (2025), pp. 717–724. Congratulations also to Charlie and Piotr Bączyk who married at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City in May 2025.
Akeelah Bertram, emotion-led immersive artist, was our Cavendish Arts–Science Visiting Fellow Commoner for 2024–25.
The Revd Dr Tim Boniface launched Girton Jazz, a unique programme that gives students an opportunity to develop skills and abilities in jazz performance through workshops led by renowned jazz musicians. He released Psalter: Themes for Peace (Audio-B Records, 2025), which was recorded with Musician-in-Residence James Pearson, Malcolm Creese, and Jon Ormston in the Stanley Library at Girton.
Dr Matthew Bothwell published Astrophysics for Supervillains 2: The Great Alien Hunt (DK Books, 2025). He also featured on the Naked Scientist podcast about Planet X, a hypothetical planetary body that some scientists believe exists out beyond Pluto and Neptune.
Dr Emma Brownlee was appointed Radiocarbon Dating Specialist with Historic England. She published (jointly) ‘Where is everybody? The unburied dead in late Roman and early medieval England’, Antiquity 98(402) (2024), pp. 1610–1623; ‘Groundbreakers: Human Remains and Radiocarbon Dates from the First Burials in Churchyards on Gotland’, Current Swedish Archaeology 32 (2024), pp. 65–98.
Professor Dame Linda Colley (Honorary Fellow) was awarded a distinguished fellowship at the John W Kluge Centre of the Library of Congress, Washington DC, and received Princeton University’s Howard T Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities.
Dr Fiona Cooke published (jointly) Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (3rd Edition, OUP, 2025).
Jimmy Anderson
Mary Arden
David Arvidsson-Shukur
Anthony Bale
Charlie Bell
Tim Boniface
Professor Nik Cunniffe published (jointly) Identifiability and Observability in Epidemiological Models: A Primer (Springer Singapore, 2024); ‘The basic-reproduction number of infectious diseases in spatially structured host populations’, OIKOS 2024(10) (2024); ‘Why aphid virus retention needs more attention: modelling aphid behaviour and virus manipulation in non-persistent plant virus transmission’, PLOS Computational Biology 20(10) (2024); ‘A synoptic review of plant disease epidemics and outbreaks published in 2022’, Phytopathology 114(8) (2024), pp. 1717–1732.
Dr Stuart Davis was elected a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He published ‘In deep with Ouka Leele’, in Authoring Female Identities in Spanish and Latin American Art and Media, eds. N Albaladejo García and F Noble (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025).
Professor Amy Donovan published (all jointly) ‘Critical geographies of disaster and the geographical imagination’, Progress in Environmental Geography 3(3) (2024); ‘Situating the science of disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) in Nepal for policy and planning’, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 114 (2024), 104989–; ‘How residents and volcanoes co-produce risk knowledge: Ways of knowing and affective attunement to the rhythms of Lonquimay volcano, Chile’, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 454 (2024) 108180–; ‘Experts at risk: The influence of expertise on conceptualising multi-hazard risk perception and preparedness in Squamish, Canada’, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 117 (2025), 105208–. Amy’s prototype public engagement tool, ‘Volcano Voices’, which forms part of her ERC IMAGINE research project, was Highly Commended in the University’s Public Engagement Awards.
Magdalena Douleva joined Girton as Director of Development and Official Fellow.
Dr Clarck Drieshen was our Oschinsky Research Fellow in partnership with the University Library for 2024–25. During his Fellowship, he and a colleague catalogued most of the manuscript items that featured in the ‘Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World’ exhibition at the University Library. He presented ‘Research through Cataloguing: Exploring Middle English Manuscripts in Cambridge University Library’s Additional Collection’ at a Fellows’ Research Evening.
Dr Martin Ennis published ‘Unsung Riches: Brahms’s 1873 Cycle of Choral Miniatures’, Newsletter of the American Brahms Society 42(2) (2024), pp. 1–6.
Dr Seb Falk was awarded the American Astronomical Society’s Donald E Osterbrock Award for his book The Light Ages (Penguin, 2021).
Professor Margaret Faultless directed, jointly with Musicianin-Residence Nicholas Mulroy, the immersive performance of ‘Purcell: Sacred Theatre’ at Girton in May 2025.
Dr Freya Field-Donovan joined Girton as Rosalind, Lady Carlisle Research Fellow in Art History. She received the Oxford Art Journal Essay Prize for Early Career Researchers and published ‘Modernity’s Children: Form as Authority in the Films and Photobooks of Helen Levitt’, Oxford Art Journal 47(3) (2024), pp. 385–406.
Dr Shaun Fitzgerald examined how we could use marine environments to facilitate carbon dioxide removal and going beyond emissions reduction, at COP29.
Dr Jonathan Fuld published (all jointly) ‘Characterization of dysfunctional breathing using cardiopulmonary exercise testing’, Physiol Rep . 13(11) (2025); ‘Dysregulation of lipid mediators in patients with frequent exacerbations of COPD’, ERJ Open Res. 11(2) (2025); ‘User requirements: towards a systems approach to increasing uptake to pulmonary rehabilitation from primary care for people living with COPD’, NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 34(1) (2024).
Professor Dame Pratibha Gai (Honorary Fellow) gave the keynote lecture at the third Frontiers in Electron Microscopy for Physical and Life Sciences at Princeton University Nature Journals international convention in Princeton, USA. She also presented at the Bragg Exchange 2025 Conference at the University of Leeds, as well as featuring on BBC Radio 4’s Life Scientific talking about her work and career with Professor Jim Al-Khalili.
Dr Evelina Gambino published ‘Domesticating Logistical Futures: a grounded account of failure in Anaklia, West Georgia’, Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 43(1) (2024), pp. 1–24; ‘Infrastructures of Friendship’ in The Mountain Speaks to the Sea, ed. S Franceschini (Onomatopee, 2025), pp. 321–335; (both jointly) ‘Developmental promises of
Fiona Cooke
Amy Donovan
Matthew Bothwell
infrastructure-led development: learning from infrastructural failures’, Mobilities (2025); ‘Projects of Transition’, Economy and Society 53(3) (2024), pp. 351-375.
Dr Marta Gentilucci directed the University’s second annual electro//acoustic day. This brings together exceptional musicians performing both classical instrumental and vocal repertoire alongside cutting-edge electronic music, embracing nontraditional ways of experiencing sound to create new relationships between music, tradition and innovation.
Professor Mia Gray published (both jointly) ‘Place-based solidarity: Crisis, austerity and the devolution of responsibility’, Geoforum 163 (2025), pp. 104321–; ‘The UK’s energy crises: A study of market and institutional precarity’, King's Law Journal 35(2) (2024), pp. 286–311.
Dr Ben Griffin published ‘Liberalism, the law and parliament in modern British politics’ in Culture, Thought and Belief in British Political Life since 1800, eds. P Readman and G Thomas (Boydell, 2024).
Dr Sam Grimshaw published (all jointly) ‘Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Design of Electric Ducted Fans’ 109411, Aerospace Science and Technology 153 (2024); ‘Design and Analysis of a Liftfan for eVTOL Aircraft’ pp. 1-25, Journal of Turbomachinery 147(9) (2025); ‘Matching Fan and Motor Design Parameters in Electric Ducted Fans’, in Proceedings of GPPS Chania24 (2024). Sam received the Outstanding Contribution Award at the 2025 University’s Sports Awards for coaching Cambridge University Hockey Club (CUHC) Men’s 2nd Team, the ‘Wanderers’, and for his role on CUHC Senior Committee. Congratulations also to Sam and his wife Katie on the birth of their son William in November 2024.
The Revd Dr Malcolm Guite gave a talk on ‘Blake and the Prophetic Imagination: a reading of Jerusalem’ for Pembroke College’s inaugural cycle of public lectures on six major poets endowed by the critic A E Dyson.
Dr Kate Hughes was awarded a Pilkington Prize for teaching excellence by the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Teaching and Learning.
Dr Elisabeth Kendall, The Mistress, continued to be in regular demand by international broadcasters in relation to politics and conflict in the Middle East, featuring on CNN, BBC, ABC,
Sky and many other channels throughout the year. She also gave a feature-length interview on jihadi poetry for the awardwinning Conflicted podcast and recorded ‘Yemen: the Houthis and Al Qaeda’ for the Arab Digest podcast. She gave guest lectures all around the world, including in America, Norway, Japan, Romania, Sweden and Jordan, as well as delivering the annual Hinsley Memorial Lecture at St John’s College, Cambridge on ‘The Role of Yemen and the Houthis in the Broader Middle East Conflict’.
Dr Arik Kershenbaum was awarded the Science Communication Medal by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and the Göttingen Literary Festival for his long-standing commitment to making findings in zoology accessible to a broad audience through various formats. He published (all jointly) ‘Acoustic Localisation as a Tool to Aid Monitoring of Golden Jackals (Canis aureus) ’, Ecology and Evolution 15(3) (2025); ‘Automatic detection for bioacoustic research: a practical guide from and for biologists and computer scientists’, Biological Reviews 100(2) (2025), pp. 620–646; ‘Generative vocal plasticity in chimpanzees’, iScience 28(5) (2025) 112381.
Dr Tor Krever was the invited speaker at the Oxford Union debate on the proposition ‘This House Has No Confidence in the International Courts’ in February 2025. He convened two international conferences, ‘The Juridification of Justice’ at the University of Cambridge in April 2025 and ‘Social Hierarchies in Catastrophic Times’ in Kochi, Kerala, India in September 2024. He published ‘Recovering the radical tradition in the international legal history of decolonisation’, Journal of the History of International Law 27 (2025), pp. 99–129; ‘Limits of the portrait’, Cambridge Review of International Affairs 38 (2025), pp. 234–237; ‘Scurrying to the Hague’, Qadaya Isra’iliyya 95 (2024), pp. 30–32; (jointly) ‘On international law and Gaza: critical reflections’, London Review of International Law 12 (2024), pp. 217–301.
Dr Ross Lawther published ‘D₄-type subgroups of F₄(q)’, Pacific Journal of Mathematics 336(1) (2025), pp. 249–337; (jointly) ‘Generic Stabilizers in Actions of Simple Algebraic Groups’, Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society 300(1502) (2024).
Karen Lee edited (jointly) International Law Reports: Volumes 208 to 211 (CUP, 2025).
Dr Gwyneth Lewis MBE (1978 English; 2011 Visiting Fellow) published Nightshade Mother: A Disentangling (Calon, 2024).
William Grimshaw
Gwyneth Lewis
Dr Alex Liu published (all jointly) ‘Morphogenesis of Fractofusus andersoni and the nature of early animal development’, Nature Communications 16(3439) (2025); ‘Remarkable fossils on unremarkable bedding planes? The role of true substrates in the fossil record of the Ediacaran macrobiota’, Geological Society, London, Special Publications 556 (2025); ‘Transport of ‘Nama’-type biota in sediment gravity and combined flows: Implications for terminal Ediacaran palaeoecology’, Sedimentology 72(2) (2025), pp. 365–407; ‘Identifying the signatures of the earliest benthic bulldozers in emergent subaerial conditions during the colonization of land by animals’, Proc Biol Sci. 291(2034) (2024).
Dr Simone Maghenzani was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Dr Antoinette Nestor joined Girton as a Bye-Fellow. She attended COP29 to work on a fair green transition for Indigenous peoples, building climate law and governance capacity, as well as strengthening Arctic Ocean governance. She published ‘Bridging the gap between international climate goals and local realities’, PLOS Climate 4(1) (2025). She appeared on BBC Look East talking about Northstowe (a new Cambridgeshire development set to become the biggest new town since Milton Keynes) and the challenge of building a socially and environmentally sustainable new community.
Dr Henry North joined as Tucker-Price Research Fellow in Zoology. During the year he was awarded his PhD for his thesis on 'Adaptation and hybridization in Helicoverpa crop pests', as well as obtaining funding from the Royal Society’s Theo Murphy Fund to organise a conference on the representation of genomic data as graphs (‘pangenomes’).
Dame Karen Pierce (1978 English; Honorary Fellow) was noted by BBC News for her exemplary leadership at the British Embassy in Washington DC, leading to two diplomatic successes for the UK with Team Trump.
Dr Andonis Ragusis published ‘Ethics and Ontology: Comparing Amartya Sen’s Ethics and Tony Lawson’s Critical Ethical Naturalism’, Cambridge Journal of Economics 49(1) (2025), pp. 19–40; ‘Social Choice, Agency, Inclusiveness and Capabilities’, Contributions to Political Economy (2025), 10.1093/cpe/bzaf013.
Dr Sally Ricketts published (all jointly) ‘A preliminary genome-
wide association study of paroxysmal dyskinesia in the Norwich Terrier’, Animal Genetics 55(6) (2024), pp. 914–917; ‘Common variants in the CPT1A gene are associated with cataracts in Northern breeds of domestic dog’, PLoS One 20(4) (2025); ‘Genome-wide association study of idiopathic epilepsy in the Italian Spinone dog breed’, PLoS One 20(3) (2025).
Dr James Riley explored the iconic music of the Sixties in his talk ‘Scream and Shout’ at the 2024 Barkway Literary Festival.
Professor Lucio Sarno set up the partnership between Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the University of Cambridge, where he directs the research efforts and leads a team working on research in international finance which CME sponsors. In December, he gave the keynote address at the 14th Workshop on ‘Exchange Rates’ for the research conference jointly organised by National Bank of Belgium, Banca d’Italia, the Bank for International Settlements, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Slovenia.
Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan gave the inaugural talk, ‘Entrepreneurship – taking an idea to market’, for the Girton Enterprise Program in February.
Professor Susan J Smith was elected President of the British Academy for four years from July 2025. In 2024, she was also elected to an Honorary Fellowship by St Peter’s College, University of Oxford. She received the Patron’s Gold Medal from the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Assent (2025) and an Honorary Degree (DLitt) from Queen Mary University of London (2025). She published (jointly) ‘Wellbeing at the Edges of Ownership: The Impacts of Housing Tenure, Social Capital, and Institutions’, International Regional Science Review (2024); ‘Housing and economic inequality. Long-run trends in the UK’, UK Housing Review 2025, eds. M Stephens, J Perry, P Williams, and G Young (Coventry: Chartered Institute of Housing, 2024), pp. 23–33; ‘Six provocations on the origins and impact of the UK housing emergency’, Journal of the British Academy 13(2) (2025); ‘The UK housing emergency: personal reflections’, Journal of the British Academy 13(2) (2025). She gave plenary presentations on ‘From the edges of homeownership to a fairer housing future’ at the Joint Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research and Australasian Housing Research Community Conference at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, and ‘Housing and economic inequality: the good, the bad and the future’ at Insights 2025: Housing at the Heart – Understanding Society, at the British Academy.
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Dr Shona Wilson Stark became our first Mary Arden Official Fellow in Law thanks to a generous donation from Lady Arden.
Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern published ‘Uncertain relations: Limits and possibilities’, Ethnologia Europaea: Journal of European Ethnology, 54(2) (2024), pp. 1–18; ‘Always relating: Reflections on some of anthropology’s pasts and futures’, Estudios Atacameños 70 (2024); ‘Ontological remoteness: Frazer at Nemi’, Thinking with classical matter, eds. M Leonard and T Whitmarsh (OUP, 2024) pp. 23–39; (joint editor) Crises in time: Ethnographic horizons in Amazonia and Melanesia (Sean Kingston Publishing, 2024).
Dr John Tadross published (all jointly) ‘A comprehensive spatio-cellular map of the human hypothalamus’, Nature 639 (8055) (2025), pp. 708–716; ‘Canine genome-wide association study identifies DENND1B as an obesity gene in dogs and humans’, Science 387 (6741) (2025); ‘Endoscopic, ultrasoundguided, radiofrequency ablation of aldosterone-producing adenomas (FABULAS): a UK, multicentre, prospective, proofof-concept trial’, The Lancet 405(10479) (2025), pp. 637–647; ‘Benefits for children with suspected cancer from routine whole-genome sequencing’, Nature Medicine 30(7) (2024), pp. 1905–1912.
Dr Dorothy Thompson published ‘The cleruchy in Hellenistic Egypt’, Vestnik Drevney Istorii 85(1) (2025), pp. 135–145.
Dr Stelios Tofaris published ‘Specific Performance and the Indian Contract Act: History, Theory and Politics’, Essays in Law and History for David Ibbetson: Querella, eds. J Sampson and S Tofaris (Hart, 2024), pp. 217–237; ‘Incorporation and Exemption Clauses in Consumer Contracts: Parker v South Eastern Railway Company’, Landmark Cases in Consumer Law, eds. J Gardner and I Ramsay (Hart, 2024), pp. 55–77; (jointly) ‘Illegality and Insanity in Tort Law’, Cambridge Law Journal 83 (2024), pp. 429–432; and edited (jointly) Essays in Law and History for David Ibbetson: Querella (Hart, 2024).
Sandi Toksvig (Honorary Fellow; 1977 Archaeology and Anthropology) was named in the inaugural Q100 list of trailblazing LGBT+ University of Cambridge Alumni. The Channel 4 series Sandi’s Great British Woodland Restoration saw Sandi on a mission to save and restore ancient UK woodlands at risk of extinction using wit and a chainsaw.
Dr Helen Van Noorden featured on the podcast An Ancient Language for a Modern Soul: Poemi Conviviali by Giovanni Pascoli, discussing the poem The Poet of the Helots.
Errollyn Wallen (Honorary Fellow) was appointed Master of the King’s Music and was elected 28th Fellow of Ivors Academy in 2024. The world première of BBC Radio 3’s commission of her orchestral work The Elements featured in the First Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in July 2025. She released Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works (Resonus, 2025) and Violin Concerto (soloist Philippe Quint) (Pentatone, 2025). Her book Becoming a Composer (Faber & Faber, 2025) was published in paperback.
Dr Claire White published ‘Pour la loi du nombre: George Sand et la République des paysans’, Lendemains de défaite: 1870–1871 dans l’imaginaire de la IIIe République, eds. M GlaumaudCarbonnier and N White (Presses universitaires de Lyon, 2024), pp. 103–116.
Dr John Wills published (all jointly) ‘Critical comparison of BMD and TD50 methods for the calculation of acceptable intakes for N-nitroso compounds’, Archives of Toxicology 99 (2025), pp. 983–993; ‘Ames test study designs for nitrosamine mutagenicity testing: qualitative and quantitative analysis of key assay parameters’, Mutagenesis 39 (2024), pp. 78–95; ‘A multi-biomarker micronucleus assay using imaging flow cytometry’, Archives of Toxicology 98 (2024), pp. 3137–3153; ‘An ovine model for investigation of the microenvironment of the male mammary gland’, Journal of Anatomy 245 (2024), pp. 405–419.
Dr Gareth Wilson published Music and Monotheism (CUP, 2025). In collaboration with Musician-in-Residence Jeremy West and his young Renaissance group, The Western Wyndes, the Girton College Chapel Choir released its latest album, Marc’Antonio Ingegneri Volume Five: Motets for the Liturgical Year (Toccata Classics, 2025). In 2024, he featured on Millennium of Music (USA) in the series Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Part 4, which included recordings from the Girton College Chapel Choir’s fourth album in this series. On 28 November, he directed the Girton College Chapel Choir for Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3, which aired in December 2024.
Shona Wilson Stark and Lady Arden
Claire White
Gareth Wilson
FELLOWS AND OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE JUNE 2025
VISITOR
The Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond, PC, DBE, MA, Hon FBA, Hon LLD, Hon FRCPsych
MISTRESS
Dr Elisabeth C Kendall, MA, DPhil (Oxford and PhD Cambridge), Hon DLitt (Glasgow)
HONORARY FELLOWS
Professor Anita Desai, CBE, BA, FRSL
The Rt Hon the Lord Mackay of Clashfern, KT, PC, Hon LLD, FRSE Queen Margrethe of Denmark, Hon LLD
Professor Dame Gillian Beer, DBE, MA, LittD, BLitt, Hon DLitt (Liverpool, Leicester, London, Sorbonne, Queen’s Belfast, Oxford, Harvard, St Andrews), FBA, FRSL
The Rt Revd David Conner, KCVO, MA
The Rt Hon Lady Arden, PC, DBE, MA, LLM, LLM, Hon LLD (Cambridge, Liverpool, Warwick, Royal Holloway, Nottingham, UCL)
The Rt Hon Baroness Perry of Southwark MA, Hon LLD (Bath, Aberdeen), Hon DLitt (Sussex, South Bank, City), Hon DEd (Wolverhampton), Hon DUniv (Surrey), Hon DLitt Hum (Mercy College NY), FRSA
Dame Rosalyn Higgins, GBE, LLB, MA, Hon LLD, Hon DCL (Oxford), Hon LLD (LSE), FBA
Dame Ann Bowtell, DCB, MA, PhD
Professor Dusa McDuff, BSc , PhD, FRS, Hon DSc (Edinburgh, York, Strasbourg)
Dame Ruth Runciman, DBE, BA, BA
The Rt Hon Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, PC, MA
Lady English, MA, MB, BChir, MRCP, FRCPsych
Ms J Rachel Lomax MA, MSc
Dr Margaret H Bent CBE, MA, MusB, PhD, Hon DMus (Glasgow), Hon DFA (Notre Dame), Dr hon c (Montreal), FBA, FSA, FRHistS
Dame Elizabeth L A Forgan DBE, BA, Hon FBA
Professor Dame Frances M Ashcroft DBE, MA, PhD, ScD, FRS
Professor Dame Athene Donald, DBE, MA, PhD, FRS
The Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth Gloster, PC, DBE, MA
Professor Dame Madeleine J Atkins DBE, MA, PGCE, PhD, Hon DSc (City University of Hong Kong)
Professor Dame Sarah M Springman, DBE, MA, PhD, FREng, FICE, Hon DUniv (Ghent, Strathclyde)
Ms Daphne Todd OBE, Hon PhD (De
Montfort)
HIH Hisako, The Princess Takamado of Japan MA, PhD, Hon LLD (Alberta, Prince Edward Island), Hon EdD (Hannam), Hon PhD (Josai)
Professor Dame Pratibha Gai DBE, BSc, MSc, PhD, FRS, HonFRMS, FRSC, FREng
Ms Sandra B Toksvig, OBE, MA, Hon DLitt (Portsmouth, York St John, Surrey, Westminster, Leicester)
Dame Karen E Pierce, DCMG, MA, MSc
Dr Suzannah C Lishman CBE, MA, BChir, MB, Hon FRCPI, Hon DSc (Swansea)
Ms Julia Gillard, AC, BA, LLB, Hon DLitt (Newcastle NSW), Hon LLD (Deakin, Glasgow Caledonian, RMIT), Hon DUniv (Adelaide, Ben-Gurion, Canberra, Victoria, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Professor Dame Lesley Regan DBE, MD, FRCOG, Hon DSc (UCL), Hon FCOG (America, Sri Lanka, India, Royal Australian and New Zealand), Hon FRCPI, Hon FRCMidwives
Sir Stephen A G Hough, Kt, BMus, MMus, CRNCM, Hon DMus (Liverpool)
Ms Errollyn Wallen, CBE, BMus, MMus, MPhil, Hon Fellow (Goldsmiths), Hon PhD (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
Professor Dame Linda J Colley, DBE, MA, PhD, FBA, FRHistS, FRSL, Hon Fellow (Harris Manchester College Oxford), Hon DLitt (South Bank, UEA, Bristol, Hull, Queen's Belfast, Cambridge), DUniv (Essex), Hon DPhil (Oxford)
Professor Neena Modi, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, FMedSci, Hon BAPM, Hon FFPM
BARBARA BODICHON FOUNDATION FELLOWS
Mrs Sally Alderson MA
Mrs Margaret Llewellyn, OBE, MA
Mrs Veronica Wootten MBE, MA
Dr Margaret A Branthwaite BA, MD, FFARCS, FRCP
Dr Ruth Whaley BA, MA, PhD
Miss Sarah C Holt, MA
Mr Colin S Grassie, MA
Mr Leif O Høegh MA, MBA
Ms Gladys Li MA
Mr Pareshbai Patel, MA
FELLOWS
Dorothy J Thompson, MA, PhD, Hon DLitt (Liverpool), FBA, Life Fellow
Melveena C McKendrick, MA, PhD, LittD, FBA, Life Fellow
Nancy J Lane Perham OBE, MA, PhD, ScD, MSc, DPhil, Hon LLD (Dalhousie), Hon ScD (Salford, Sheffield Hallam, Oxford Brookes, Surrey, Heriot Watt), Life Fellow
Gillian Jondorf MA, PhD, Life Fellow
Jill Mann, MA, PhD, FBA, Life Fellow
Ruth M Williams, MA, PhD, ScD, Life Fellow
Julia M Riley MA, PhD, Life Fellow
A Marilyn Strathern, DBE, MA, PhD, FBA, Hon DLitt (Oxford, St Andrews, ANU), Hon ScD (Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Durham), Hon Doctorate (Panteion), Hon DPhil (Papua New Guinea), Hon DSocSci (Queen’s Belfast, Yale, KCL), Hon LLD (Harvard), Life Fellow and Former Mistress
Roland E Randall, MA, MSc, PhD, FCIEEM, Life Fellow
Martin D Brand, MA, BSc, PhD, Life Fellow
John E Davies, MA, BSc, PhD, Life Fellow
Abigail L Fowden MA, PhD, ScD, Life Fellow
Juliet A S Dusinberre, MA, PhD, Life Fellow
Thomas Sherwood, MA, MB, BS, FRCR, FRCP, Life Fellow
Richard J Evans MA, PhD, MRCVS, Life Fellow
Alastair J Reid, MA, PhD, Life Fellow
Sarah Kay, MA, DPhil, LittD, FBA, Life Fellow
Howard P Hodson MA, PhD, FREng, Life Fellow
Peter C J Sparks, MA, DipArch, RIBA, Life Fellow
Stephanie Palmer, LLB, SJD, LLM, Life Fellow
Frances Gandy, BA, MA, MCLIP, Life Fellow
¹ Christopher J B Ford, MA, PhD, Professorial Fellow
Charity A Hopkins, OBE, MA, LLB, Life Fellow
W James Simpson, BA, MPhil, PhD, Life Fellow
Anne Fernihough, MA, PhD, Life Fellow
¹ Angela C Roberts PhD, FMedSci, Professorial Fellow
Hugh R Shercliff, MA, PhD, Life Fellow
Martin W Ennis, MA, PhD, FRCO, KRP (Organ), KRP (Harpsichord), Life Fellow, Director of Studies in Music and Director of College Music
Andrew R Jefferies, MA, VetMB, FRCPath, MRCVS, Life Fellow
Juliet J D’A Campbell CMG, MA, Life Fellow and Former Mistress
Peter H Abrahams, MBBS, FRCS, FRCR, Hon DO, Life Fellow
Deborah Lowther MA, ACA, Life Fellow
Clive Lawson, MA, PhD, Frank Wilkinson Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics
Julian D Slater, PhD, BVMS, Supernumerary Fellow
A Mark Savill, MA, PhD, FRAeS, Life Fellow
¹ S-P Gopal Madabhushi, PhD, FICE, Professorial Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering
² Mia Gray, MA, BA, MRCP, PhD, Supernumerary Fellow
Ruth M L Warren MA, MD, FRCP, FRCR, Life Fellow
Alexandra M Fulton, BSc, PhD, Life Fellow
Maureen J Hackett BA, MA, Official Fellow and Junior Bursar
¹ Crispin H W Barnes, BSc, PhD, Professorial Fellow
* Judith A Drinkwater, MA, Official Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Linguistics, Modern and Medieval Languages, and History and Modern Languages
Edward J Briscoe BA, MPhil, PhD, Supernumerary Fellow
K M Veronica Bennett MA, BSc, PhD, Life Fellow
*¹ Harriet D Allen MA, MSc, PhD, Professorial Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Geography, and Education
¹¹ Shaun D Fitzgerald OBE, MA, PhD, FREng, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering
Stephen Robertson, MA, MSc, PhD, Life Fellow
The Revd A Malcolm Guite MA, PhD, Hon DD (Virginia Theological Seminary), Life Fellow
⁹ Stuart Davis MA, BA, MPhil, PhD, SFHEA, Deputy Senior Tutor, Tutor, Foundation Year Tutor and Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages, and History and Modern Languages
*³ Benjamin J Griffin, MA, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in History
⁸ Fiona J Cooke MA, BM, BCh, PhD, MSc, MRCP, FRCPath, DTM&H, SFHEA, Official Fellow in Medicine and Dean of Discipline
Ross Lawther, MA, PhD, Olga Taussky Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics
⁷ Karen L Lee MA, Official Fellow and Tutor
¹ Stuart A Scott, MA, PhD, Professorial Fellow and Director of Studies in Chemical Engineering
³ Stelios Tofaris, MA, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Law
⁶ Liliana Janik, MPhil, PhD, FSA, Official Fellow, Tutor for Postgraduates and Director of Studies in Archaeology
² Samantha K Williams BA, MSc, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in History and Politics
Susan J Smith, BA, MA, DPhil, PhD, Hon DLitt (QML), FAcSS, FBA, FRSE, Life Fellow and Former Mistress
² Nik Cunniffe MA, MPhil, MSc, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Biological Sciences
Emma J L Weisblatt, BA, MB, BCh, MRCP, MRCPsych, PhD, Official Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences
Sophia M I Shellard von Weikersthal, BSc, PhD, Official Fellow, Postgraduate Admissions Tutor, Tutor for Postgraduates and Director of Studies in Medicine
² Henrik Latter, BA, BSc, MSc, PhD, Non-Stipendiary Fellow
¹ Matthew J Allen, MA, VetMB, PhD, FORS, Professorial Fellow and Director of Studies in Veterinary Medicine
* James Wade, BA, MA, PhD, ViceMistress, Jane Elizabeth Martin Official Fellow, Director of Studies in English and Fellow for Postdoctoral Affairs
R James E Riley, BA, MA, PhD, Muriel Bradbrook Official Fellow, Director of Studies in English and Fellow for Postgraduate Affairs
⁹ Simone Maghenzani, MA, BA, MA, PhD, FRHistS, Marilyn Strathern Official Fellow and Director of Studies in History
* Samuel D Grimshaw, MEng, PhD, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Senior Research Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering
Arik Kershenbaum, MA, PhD, ScD, FZSL, Official Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Biological Sciences
⁷ Andrew C Irvine, BSc, DPhil, MA,
Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Physical Sciences
Sebastian L D Falk, BA, MA, PGCE, MPhil, PhD, Official Fellow in History and Philosophy of Science, Senior Admissions Tutor, Tutor, Foundation Year Director of Studies and Praelector
⁴ Aaron Hornkohl, BA, MA, PhD, Official Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
³ Claire E White, MA, PhD, Brenda Stacey Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages, and History and Modern Languages
⁴ Shona Wilson Stark, LLB, LLM, PhD, Mary Arden Official Fellow in Law
* Jenny K Blackhurst, MA (Hons), MA, MCLIP, Official Fellow and Librarian
Carolina C Alves, MA, BSc, MSc, PhD, Non-Stipendiary Fellow
Hilary F Marlow BA, BA, PhD, Official Fellow, Tutor for Postgraduates and Director of Studies in Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion
³ Diana Fusco BPhys, MPhys, PhD, Official Fellow in Physical Sciences and Tutor for Postgraduates
* The Revd Charles J M Bączyk-Bell MA, MA, PhD, MB, BChir, MRCPsych, Official Fellow in Medicine and Public Theology, Director of Studies in Medicine and Praelector
¹ Marie-Aude A C Genain MA, DMV, MSc, PGCTLHE, DipECVDI, MRCVS, Professorial Fellow, Director of Studies in Veterinary Medicine and Tutor for Postgraduates
Soudabeh Imanikia, BSc, MSc, PhD, Official Fellow and Tutor
David R M Arvidsson-Shukur, BSc, MASt, PhD, Official Fellow and Tutor
Stephen A Cummins BSc, PhD,
Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Computer Science
* The Revd James S Anderson, MA, MA, Official Fellow and Bursar
Emma C Brownlee, BA, MA, PhD, Official Fellow and Tutor
Collin M Constantine BSc, MSc, PhD, Official Fellow, Director of Studies in Economics and Tutor
Thomas C Hawker-Dawson, MA, MPhil, PhD, Brenda Hale Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Law
⁷ Sally L Ricketts BSc, PhD, Official Fellow and Tutor for Postgraduates
⁹ Stéphanie M Swarbreck BSc, MSc, PhD, Janet Harker Official Fellow in Biological Sciences
Matthew R J Neal, MA, PhD, Official Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in History and Politics
* ¹⁰ Simon N Fairclough MA, Official Fellow for Music Performance
⁷ John A Tadross, BSc, PhD, MBBS, FRCPath, John Marks Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Medicine
⁵ Marta Gentilucci, MMus, MA, MA, PUK, PhD, Official Fellow for Music Composition
⁵ Jacob M R Currie, BA, MPhil, PhD, Official Fellow in Classics
* Gail A Williams, BA, PhD, Hon LLD (UCL), Official Fellow and Senior Tutor
Evelina R Gambino BA, MA, MA, PhD, Margaret Tyler Research Fellow in Geography and Director of Studies in Geography
Marieke I Dhont BA, MA, MA, PhD, Official Fellow, Tutor for Postgraduates and Director of Studies in Theology, Religion and the Philosophy of Religion
Michael J Degani BA, MA, PhD, Juliet Campbell Official Fellow
Hannah M Banks, MSci, MASt, PhD, Henslow Research Fellow in Theoretical Physics
¹ ¹² Lucio Sarno MA, BEcon, MSc,
PhD, Professorial Fellow and Director of Studies for Management Studies
¹⁵ Alastair J D Flett, BA, MA, NonStipendiary Fellow
Tor Krever, AB, MPhil, JD, LLM, PGCE, PhD, Official Fellow in Law
Jasmine D Cooper, MA, MA, PhD, Fairlie–Hutchinson Research Fellow in French
Lena S Holzer, BA, MA, PhD, Sheila Lesley Official Fellow in Law
Maria Reyes Baztán, BA, MA, PhD, Jean Sybil Dannatt Official Fellow in Modern and Medieval Languages
* Andonis Ragusis BSc, MA, MA, PhD, Joan Robinson Research Fellow in Heterodox Economics and Director of Studies in Economics
Maria Roca Lizarazu, BA, MA, PhD, Official Fellow in Modern and Medieval Languages
Brynmor C Pickering MA, MEng, MRes, PhD, ARUP Official Fellow in Engineering
Magdalena Douleva, BSc, Official Fellow and Development Director
¹ Anthony P Bale BA, MA, DPhil, Professorial Fellow
Clarck H M Drieshan, BA, MA, PhD, Oschinsky Research Fellow
Freya F Field-Donovan BA, MA, PhD, Rosalind Lady Carlisle Research Fellow in History of Art
Elizabeth M Steell, MSci, PhD, Sarah Woodhead Research Fellow in Earth Sciences
Henry L North, BSc, MSc, PhD, Tucker-Price Research Fellow in Zoology
⁵ Shannon K Philip, BA, MSc, DPhil, Official Fellow in Human, Social and Political Sciences
Matthew A Adeleye BSc, MSc, PhD, Non-Stipendiary Fellow in Geography
Siddhartha Bishnu MS, MS, PhD, Rokos Girton Research Fellow in Climate Repair
Alice R Bird, MA, VetMB, DipECVAA, MRCVS, Director of Studies in Veterinary Medicine
The Revd Timothy R Boniface, BA, MA, PhD, Chaplain
¹⁴ Matthew S Bothwell, MPhys, PhD (Astronomy)
⁴ Caroline J A Brett, MA, PhD, Director of Studies in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
Kathryn J Burton, MB, BChir, MRCP, MD, FRCPH, Director of Studies in Clinical Medicine
Adam Crothers, MA, BA, MPhil, PhD (English)
⁴ Claudia Domenici, BA, MA, Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages, and History and Modern Languages
Judith R Farman, MEng, PhD, CEng MIET (Engineering)
¹³ Margaret Faultless, MA, Hon FBC, FTCL, ARCM, Hon RAM (Music)
Sarah L Fawcett BA, BM, BCh, MRCS, FRCR, PhD (Medicine and Veterinary Medicine)
Jonathan P Fuld, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCP, Director of Studies in Clinical Medicine
Kamilah Jooganah, BSc, MRes, PhD, SFHEA, Bye-Fellow for Awarding Gap and Fellows Career Progression
Maggan M Kalenak, BA, MA, PhD, Legacies of Enslavement Research Associate
André J Kortum BVSC, MRCVS, DipECVIM-CA, Director of Studies in Veterinary Medicine
John Lawson BA, PhD, Director of Studies in Politics, International Relations and Sociology, and Psychologicaland Behavioural Sciences
Hugo V Lepage, BSc, MASt, PhD (Physical Sciences)
Hazel M Mills, MA, BA, DPhil, ByeFellow for Legacies of Enslavement and College History
M Antoinette Nestor, BCL, LLM, PhD, Director of Studies in Land Economy
⁴ Eleonora Po, DVM, MS, DipACVIM, MRCVS, Director of Studies in Veterinary Medicine
Ruchit P Purohit, BArch, MSc, PhD, Director of Studies in Architecture and Design
⁸ Shyane Siriwardena, BA, MPhil, PhD, Foundation Year Bye-Fellow and Director of Studies in Philosophy
Mark Smith, LLB, LPC, MBA, MSc, ByeFellow for Workplace Transition
John W Wills, BSc, PhD, Bye-Fellow for STEM Career Transition
Gareth F Wilson, BMus, DipRAM, DipPGPerfRAM, MA, PGCert, ARAM, PhD, Director of Chapel Music and Assistant Director of Music
⁸ University Teaching Associate/ Associate Lecturer
⁹ Faculty Affiliated Lecturer
¹⁰ Director of the Cambridge University Centre for Music Performance
¹¹ Director of the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge
¹² J M Keynes Fellow in Financial Economics, Judge Business School
¹³ Director of Performance, Faculty of Music
¹⁴ University Public Astronomer
¹⁵ Deputy University Librarian
Fellows and Officers
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AWARDS 2024 – 2025
HIGHER DEGREES
PhD:
L T Atherley, B H D Baillif, A J Balmer, S T B Bonner, I Chirca, T M Colvin, M Constantinou, G Cowperthwaite, A Crespo Del Castillo, J Davies, D Folayan, R M Forrest, J Gao, V Gladkova, P A Gomersall, M E Gozzard, L J Green, F Guo, I Howe, P C Hsu, T Hughes, R N Jamieson, A C Jesus Correia Da Silva, Y Kindap, R Kortvelesy, A Kumar, A M Li, L Liu, Z N D Liu, B Manneh, M Meng, G Milone, M O Morales Alvarado, M Niihori, M Saghafifar, D Salmoiraghi, T B Silseth, A H Thompson, C Tien, A J Tripp, J Wang, X Wang, L Yao, Y Yin, F Zheng, B Zhou
MRes:
T P Crean, R D Hine, P Zheng
MPhil:
H E Aktas, M Ali, J F O Aljamal, S E Anderson, T Anderson, R K Armitage, M Arrigoni, A Askarova, M B Barber, S L Bebon, M J Beckett, R A Bergman, C Betterelli Giuliano, E M Birt, B L Brückner, N Cabrera-Morales, A Cardozo, I B Cerulle, K Chaovavanich, Jiajun Chen, Jiayu Chen, S P Church, P Clarke, G R Cooper, S M Daloglu, S Dasso, N A H Davis, S J Delgado Suárez, D Esteve Alguacil, M Fort, C Y Fu, S S Gillani, G W Gresley, B Gu, K Gupta, C F Hilliard, J Howarth, S Huang, W-L V Huang, X Huang, Z Jia, A R Jiang, D Kim, S Kim, S C J Kopp, Jiajun Li, Jiarui Li, M Li, S R Lieblein, N Litovsky, X Liu, Y Liu, Y Luo, W M B Matthews, V C Mayya, J C Mbamalu, P B McElligott, S McGetrick, M W Mecca, D Milhem, K G Mischke-Reeds, F F R Moller, A Muthada Pottayya Appannah, J R H Naish, L Ndevu, E E Nott, M H B Oakes, R Ono, B K H Ooi, Y Ou, Z Ouyang, A Ovsianas, A Pantoura, J Park, N M Parmar, M Popovici, V Prada Florez, L B Salazar Gómez, M J Saniewska, K N Schneider, Z Shao, B A Slater, N Song, L L Steiner, I R Stephenson, D C Stone, O Stones, N D Tafradzhiyski, R E K Tait, R Tan, T Tang, A Tardella, R Tetteh-Narh, S Toyting, K Vanstone, A K F Von Heimburg, C Wang, S Wang, X Wang, Y Wei, E I Williams, F Wu, J Wu, H Xiao, P Xu, R Xue, S Xue, V Yip, Y Yuan, I Zalevskyi, R Zhan, B Zhang, C Zhang, M Zhang, M
Zhao, J Zhong, Y Zhong
MArch:
M-A Spencer
MASt:
L Ajvazaj, D G J Bosgoed, K Choubey, Y Dhunna, M Essekelli, C Y Fan, H Gothen, A Kallushi, D Lloyd-Jones, Á Muñiz Brea, R M Olsen, G Ortame, I Papastaikoudis, G H Smith, M Subira Jorge
MCL:
L Y L Huang, E Zeineldin
LLM:
K Chawla, K T K Khoo, K Talwar, B C-W Ying
MB:
S O Anyanwu, N Carter, B C Davison, E C Healy, C J Howdle, A P John, Z Lu, C O’Hara, G Scrase, M S Wickramarachchi
MEd:
E J Thomas
VetMB:
C Butters, N Cardoza, E K Collinson, I P Duncalf, L A Elcock, F A Fox, N D Honey, M A King, C Y Lee
UNIVERSITY PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Geography, William Vaughan Lewis Prize: R Croft, A Williams Moura Costa
Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion, Lightfoot Prize: F di Castiglione
COLLEGE AWARDS 2024 – 2025
COLLEGE COMPETITIONS
The Barbara Wrigley Prize: A Chougule for ‘The Collector’
Hammond Science and Communication Prize: G Fadel (Judges’ Prize and Audience Prize), A Chezhian (Abstract Prize and Pathology Prize), T Leeson (Judges’ Second Prize)
Jane Martin Poetry Prize: A Fuller (First Prize) for ‘Tillage' and C Mangat (Second Prize) for ‘detonator’ and ‘Headliners’
Mountford Arts and Humanities Communication Prize: H Abdelatti, S Gillani and V Herdeg (Joint Judges’ Prize), A Williams Moura Costa (Lawrence Room Prize and Abstract Prize), H Abdelatti (Audience Prize)
Ridding Reading Prize: H Irvine (Overall Winner), M Robertson (Judges’ Special Commendation Prize), M Karinatan (Audience Prize)
Rima Alamuddin Prize: P Francisca Naranjo for ‘Spotlight: a 5-character miniature opera for piano solo’
ACADEMIC AWARDS
POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
Anne and Caroline Wilson Scholarship: Kopp, Samuel (MPhil, Classics)
Cambridge Opportunity Master’s and Doris Woodall Girton Studentship: H Hassan (MPhil, Economics)
Cambridge Opportunity Master’s and Rosalie Crawford Girton Studentships: C Shah (MPhil, English), K Talwar (LLM) B Wallner (MPhil, Scientific Computing)
Cambridge Trust and Girton Singapore Studentship: M Wong (PhD, Chemistry)
Cambridge Trust and Maria Luisa de Sanchez Scholarship: M Faria (MPhil, Cognitive Neuroscience)
Cambridge Trust Master’s and Pfeiffer Girton Studentship: S Tsiapali (MPhil, Machine Learning and Intelligence)
CDT Data Intensive Science and Women in Physical Science
Girton Studentship: M Koller (PhD, Physics)
CFI, Cambridge Trust and Ruth Whaley Studentship: K Schneider (MPhil, Ethics of AI, Data and Algorithms)
Chan and Mok Scholarship: H Chan (MPhil, Biological Sciences)
Elizabeth Stribling Award: I Cerulle (PhD, Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic)
Hebrew Studies, Cambridge Trust and Ida and Isidore Cohen
Girton Studentship: N Stawski (PhD, Hebrew Studies)
Irene Hallinan Scholarship: K Bucek (MPhil, Korean Studies)
Joyce Biddle Scholarship: C Bright (MPhil, English)
OOC AHRC DTP and Pamela Thayer Girton Studentship: D Graca (PhD, Music)
Rowan Williams Cambridge and Rosalie Crawford Girton Studentship: I Zalevskyi (MPhil, Classics)
FOURTH YEAR AND CLINICAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Alice Violet Jenkinson: H Gothen (Physics)
John Bowyer Buckley: S Anyanwu (Clinical Medicine), A John (Clinical Medicine)
M T Meyer: D G J Bosgoed (Theoretical Physics), Y Dhunna (Theoretical Physics), C Y Fan (Pure Mathematics), D LloydJones (Theoretical Physics), G Smith (Theoretical Physics), Lilias Sophia Ashworth Hallett: E Zeineldin
POSTGRADUATE TRAVEL AND CONFERENCE AWARDS
Sidney and Marguerite Cody Travel Awards: K Alexopoulos, K Arivanandan, E Campbell-Rowntree, T Collins, R Davies, R Fatthelbab, D Graca, G Gresley, R Tetteh-Narh, X Wang
Pillman Conference Awards: H E Aktas, R A Botchway, N Cabrera-Morales, I Cernauskiene, I Cerulle, L Chai, J Chen, Z Coady, R Davies, O Dixon, M S Faria De Abreu, K Geonyoung, D Graca, S Guo, B Hatchett, A Heathcote, C Hilliard, A Issa, A Ivanova, G Kim, H Y Kok, S Kopp, C K
Leung, H Li, J Li, M Li, Z J Liew, S Lin, Y Liu, D Macedo, J Matulia, O Moxham, S Y J Ng, K Piccin, H Schneider, R A Shimabukuro Cabrera, P Stepanov, Z Sun, C Taylor, D
Teng, S Tunas-Corzon, G Turner, L J Uttinger, K Vanstone, I Vlasiuk, A Vogt, T Wang, X Wang, Y Wentian, Y Xing, S Yang, P Zheng
FINALIST PRIZES
First Class Prizes (Finalists ranked in the top 25% of the First Class)
Charity Reeves: H Irvine (English)
SENIOR COLLEGE PRIZES FOR FINALISTS
Thérèse Montefiore Prize: H Irvine
Laurie Hart Prize: F Stott
Bennett Prize: E Clare-Hunt
FINALIST SCHOLARSHIPS
Angela Dunn-Garner: J Larner (Economics), A Tuck-Bridge (Law)
Barbara Bodichon: O Booth (Land Economy), A McMullan (Natural Sciences), L Pertl (Natural Sciences), H Zhang (Natural Sciences)
Florence Ethel Gwyn: A Reale (History)
Henry Tomkinson: Z McGuire (Natural Sciences)
John Bowyer Buckley: A Gibbon (Natural Sciences), T McManus (Natural Sciences), O Minns (Natural Sciences)
J Y Gibson: F di Castiglione (Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion)
Lilias Sophia Ashworth Hallett: R Croft (Geography), I Hammond (Geography), L McDermott (Geography), A Williams Moura Costa (Geography)
Mary Ann Leighton: K Shah (Engineering)
Mary Graham: Y J Hong (Human, Social, and Political Sciences)
Mary Higgins: G Bernardi (Natural Sciences)
Mary Sparke: M Cespa (Natural Sciences), H Irvine (English), I McLeod (English)
M T Meyer: C Lensing-Wolff (Mathematics), J Hickingbotham (Mathematics), D Macartney (Mathematics), T Mehta (Mathematics), M Stear (Mathematics)
Sir Arthur Arnold: R Conley (Natural Sciences), S Miccolis (Natural Sciences), A Tu (Natural Sciences), A Vargas
Richards (Natural Sciences),
Sir Francis Goldsmid: P Bowater (Manufacturing Engineering), M Mak (Mechanical and Bio- Engineering), N Rix (Manufacturing Engineering)
Sophia Turle 1914: E Clare-Hunt (Music), D Sandell (Music)
Todd Memorial: F Stott (Modern and Medieval Languages)
Joseph Brandenbourg: F Stott (Modern and Medieval Languages)
Margaret Anderson: A Williams Moura Costa (Geography)
Marion Bidder: S Miccolis (Natural Sciences)
Ida Freund: G Bernardi (Natural Sciences), L Pertl (Natural Sciences)
Achievement Awards (Finalists ranked in the top 10% of the Upper Second Class)
Beatrice Mills: K Sin (Psychological and Behavioural Sciences)
Christina Bernard: E Hamilton-Croft (Architecture)
Ellen Delf-Smith: S Itam (Natural Sciences)
Emily Davies: A Raghu (Computer Science)
Gwendolen Crewdson: A Martin (Natural Sciences)
Isabella Crawshaw: C Capras (Psychological and Behavioural Sciences)
Margaret Anderson: T Bobs (Geography)
Marion Bidder: I Hill (History)
Phyllis Tillyard: O Ambler (Engineering)
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
Alice Violet Jenkinson: P Jackson (Natural Sciences),H Preston (English), F Sutaria (English), A Upshall (English)
Amelia Gurney: L Quentin (Classics)
Angela Dunn Gardner: J Aw (Economics), V Rikunov (Economics), D Sleeman (Economics)
Edith Lydia Johns: J Lee (Medical Sciences), H Wells (Veterinary Sciences)
Emily Davies: S Kileff (History and Modern Languages), A Salecha (Land Economy)
Florence Ethel Gwyn: A Bawa (History), C Rowan (History), A Soskind (History)
Henry Tomkinson: O Bennett (Computer Science), M Budd (Natural Sciences), M Guenther (Computer Science), M Jarvis (Natural Sciences), D Parodi (Natural Sciences), F Peake (Natural Sciences)
Jane Agnes Chessar: H Mauldridge (Classics)
Jean Hunter: D Hanlon (Modern and Medieval Languages) John Bowyer Buckley: D Sim (Natural Sciences)
Lilias Sophia Ashworth Hallett: E Buermann (Geography), T Knight (Geography), C Lai (Geography), P Santarius (Geography), J Standring (Geography)
Mary Ann Leighton: B Esmailjee (Chemical Engineering), O Martyniuk (ASNC), B Workman (ASNC)
Mary Gurney: J Hitchcock (Classics)
Mary Higgins: S Hofmann (Architecture), J Lee (Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology), A Ngai (Law)
M T Meyer: R Jasko (Mathematics), A Letchford (Mathematics), T Manchester (Mathematics), V Ravikumar (Mathematics), C Shoebridge (Mathematics), S Wang (Mathematics)
Rosalind, Lady Carlisle: A Clough (Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion), N Coombs (Land Economy)
Russell Gurney: W Murphy (History)
Sir Francis Goldsmid: I Agarwal (Engineering), L Bolam (Engineering), K Dai (Engineering), T Downey (Engineering), O Flavin (Engineering), N Hu (Engineering), S Huang (Manufacturing Engineering), N McEvoy (Engineering), W Royce (Natural Sciences), H Shahrestani (Engineering),
T Treutenaere (Engineering)
Sophia Turle 1914: G Burford (Music), O Gardner (Music), M Lowe (Music)
Sophia Turle 1924: E Koral (Archaeology)
Todd Memorial: H Brand (Modern and Medieval Languages)
UNDERGRADUATE PRIZES
Directors of Studies Prize for Outstanding Achievement (Undergraduate examination candidate who gained the top first in the overall class list)
Beatrice Mills: E Koral (Archaeology)
C B West: A Salecha (Land Economy)
Eileen Power: C Rowan (History)
Ida Freund: M Budd (Natural Sciences)
Raemakers: O Martyniuk (ASNC)
First Class Prizes
(Undergraduate examination candidates ranked in the top 25% of the First Class)
Charity Reeves: F Sutaria (English), A Upshall (English)
Christina Barnard: P Bowater (Engineering), N Rix (Engineering)
Thomas and Elizabeth Walton: A Ngai (Law)
Special Regulation Prizes
Anita Bannerji Prize: V Rikunov (Economics)
Appleton Cup: J Lee (Music)
Charlton Award: A Upshall (English)
Eileen Alexander Prize: F Sutaria (English)
Elizabeth Hill Prize: H Brand (Modern and Medieval Languages)
Janet Chamberlain: A Williams Moura Costa (Geography)
Lady Arden: A Tuck-Bridge (Law)
Achievement Awards
(Undergraduate examination candidates ranked in the top 10% of the Upper Second Class)
Beatrice Mills: E Burke (Human, Social, and Political Sciences)
C B West: Z He (Engineering)
Charity Reeves: S Nekovee-Fitzgerald (English)
Edith Neal: B Zou (Natural Sciences)
Isabella Crawshaw: J Haynes (Psychological and Behavioural Sciences)
Lillian Knowles: A Broadbent (History), M Gray-Cullum (Law)
Margaret Hastings: D Hewitt (History)
May Smithells: T Herbert (Mathematics), S Lewis (Mathematics), C Liu (Mathematics)
Ming Yang Lee: B Zou (Natural Sciences)
Phyllis Tillyard: D Burstow (Philosophy)
MUSIC AWARDS
Brooks Hodson Music Scholarship: P Dawid (mezzo-soprano)
College Music Scholarship: L Lim (cello)
London Girton Association Award: E Campbell-Rowntree (piano)
Organ Scholarship: B Nolan
Daphne Bird Instrumental Awards: L Armitage (trumpet), O Gardner (piano), C Howdle (violin), G Kennedy (piano), M Lowe (harpsichord), M Scrivener (piano), A Titcombe (piano), A Zhou (piano)
Instrumental Bursaries: C Brain (organ), Y Dubey (piano), I Dubovsky (flute), I Graham (viola), C Liu (piano)
Jill Vlasto Choral Award: S Hofmann
Siem Music Prize: O Gardner, D Sandell
University Choral Awards: G Burford, P Dawid, C Falls, S
Kileff, M Lowe, H Mauldridge, W Mauldridge, O Napier, G
Nickson, F Sutaria
TRAVEL AWARDS AND INTERNSHIPS
Adela Marion Adam: H Abdelatti, E Buermann, H Cruft
Charlotte Rycroft: A Soskind, O Wooding
College Travel Award: J Bland, C Owen, A Valencia
Dorothy Chadwick: T Collis
Dorothy Tempest: O Flavin, M Lowe, R Mensah
Edith Helen Major: S A Belz, R Croft, S Friend, G Leckebusch
Eileen Ellenbogen: L Brooke, D Sandell
E M Pooley: M Robertson, A Wylie
Harry Barkley: Y Guo, F Liu, F Magjuni, S Perera, S Symum
J K Brightwell: I Graves, P Santarius, O Shaikh, A Treasure
Judith Eccleshare: I Hammond, A Ngai, R Sail
K J Baker: M Cooper, E Hinchcliffe
Marina Shakich: E Honey, L Hynes, R McKinney, J Standring
Marion Blackwell Hird: D Hanlon, H Harte
Mary Morrison: D Heneghan, S Itam, S Rutledge, J
Seabrook-Wafer
Monica Wilson: S Maheswaran, A Mitchell
Rokos STEM: G Bernardi, S Huang, A Tu, A Valencia, A
Vargas Richards, A Vishwakarma
Rosemary Delbridge: E Burke
Ruth Morgan: P Drinkwater
Sheila Lesley: H Abdelatti, J Magomba, A Ngai
Sheila Spire: A Williams Moura Costa
SPORTS AWARDS
Diana Lees-Jones Sports Award: O Aneju, C Shoebridge
Joan M McGrath Sports Award: G Langley, C Lord, D Mentiply
Robin Sports Award: A Corlett, J Richards
Will and Grace Smith Award: C Haspel, R Linney, J Vasireddy
Athletics: O Aneju
Basketball: E Oyewole
Cycling: C Shoebridge
Equestrian: L Hinde
Eton Fives: E Collinson
Football: G Clark, B Cohen, J Hickingbotham, R Linney
Golf: M Mecca, O Olsen
Gymnastics: A Strait, B Workman
Hockey: C Haspel, J Lipson, C Lord
Ice Hockey: A Coyle
Karate: E (Y-H) Shen
Korfball: D Macartney
Lightweight Rowing: J Richards
Marathon: D Hobbs
Mixed Martial Arts: J Vasireddy
Netball: N McEvoy
Pole: Y Oguntimirin
Rifle Shooting: A Meagher
Rugby League: C Haspel
Rugby Union: C Weatherhogg, A Wylie
Shooting: P Santarius
Skiing: S White
Swimming: I Chadwick
Table Tennis: T-Y Li, N Miller, L Von Schoenfeld
Tennis: D Mentiply, L Trepanier
Triathlon: A Corlett, C Shoebridge
University Football: M Cooper
Volleyball: M Benthanane Khiar, N Despres
Water Polo: A Corlett
Women’s Rugby Club: N Rix
ANNE BAYLEY
( 1934 – 2024 )
I n 1983, the surgical oncologist Dr Anne Bayley, working in Lusaka, first began to observe cases of an atypical, aggressive Kaposi’s sarcoma, different in presentation from the form endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, and which she suspected was associated with a new disease known colloquially as ‘Slim’ emerging in East Africa. She was able to confirm this in 1984, when an antibody test for the virus had been developed and she was able to send samples to the UK for analysis. In the early 1980s, AIDS was believed to be transmitted primarily by sex between men or through blood transfusions. However, in the mid-1980s, prompted by Anne’s clinical reports of a vast rise of the distinctive purple skin lesions presenting in exclusively straight men, the US Centers for Diseases Control sent a team to work in Lusaka, and this collaboration resulted in the groundbreaking 1986 article in The Lancet recognising heterosexual transmission of HIV (as it had now been officially named), of which Anne was a joint author. Over the next few years Anne produced further key papers on the subject and she travelled widely to raise awareness of HIV transmission, its high mortality rate, and the plight of AIDS orphans. In 1986 she was awarded an honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as an authority on Kaposi’s Sarcoma and the surgical pathology of HIV. Later the same year she was awarded an OBE for services to medical education in Zambia.
Her great love of Africa and a fervent desire to improve the health and wellbeing of the population led her back there on frequent occasions
Anne Bayley was born on 31 May 1934 in Watford and was educated at the County High School for Girls, Colchester, from where in 1952 she gained a place to study medicine at Girton. This she followed with clinical training at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1958. In 1961, after House Officer posts in the UK, she worked for two years as the Medical Officer at St Francis’ Hospital, Katete, in what was then Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. She then returned to the UK for further training and to study for her surgical fellowship, rising to the post of Registrar in General Surgery in Bedford Hospital.
On obtaining her FRCS in 1968 and keen to return to surgery in Africa she was appointed Senior Registrar and Lecturer in the Department of Surgery in Accra, Ghana. In 1971 she moved to work in the Department of Surgery at the University of Zambia, initially as Senior Lecturer and ultimately as Professor and Head of the Department of Surgery where she remained until 1990. During her tenure the University established its postgraduate surgical training programme and the first seven candidates were enrolled and graduated. Anne also served on the Council of the Association of Surgeons of East Africa and was its President in 1983–84. In 2020, a lecture theatre was named in Anne’s honour at the Levy Mwanawasa Medical University in Lusaka.
In 1990 Anne left Zambia and medicine to undertake theological training: a long-held ambition. On 16 April 1994 she was ordained at St Paul’s Cathedral, one of the first female Anglican priests. She then worked part time as a non-stipendiary priest in parishes in Wembley, Kirkbymoorside and Hereford.
Anne’s continued interest in AIDS, and particularly the ethical issues raised by the pandemic, prompted her to write One New Humanity: The Challenge of AIDS (SPCK, 1996). Her great love of Africa and a fervent desire to improve the health and wellbeing of the general population led her back there on frequent occasions to run workshops and attend meetings and to co-author two Called to Care workbooks: ‘Time to Talk’ and ‘More and Better Food’ of which thousands of copies have been distributed in multiple languages.
Alongside her professional life, she developed and maintained many relationships with friends and family around the world, including her Ghanaian ‘daughter’ Faustina, and Faustina’s and Peter’s three children. In 2019 with failing health, Anne moved to the College of St Barnabas, a residential community for retired Christians in Lingfield, Surrey. She died on 31 December 2024. She was an inspirational surgeon, clinician and scientist; a dedicated priest; and someone who cared very deeply for the welfare and wellbeing of the people of Africa which was, to her, home.
- Michael Bayley
Simon Burall was a dedicated champion of civic engagement and a prominent advocate for deliberative democracy over a 30-year career, before his untimely death aged 54. In a letter left for his successor at the charity Involve, with which he was so much associated, Simon summarised his political motivations: ‘how do we give skills and tools to communities, individuals and the least powerful to help them to make their voices heard, while ensuring that the powerful listen to them and cede power? How do we help them create the shared vision for the world they want to live in?’
Simon was born in Wisbech on 3 May 1970, the son of David and Susie Burall, who ran the family’s printing firm, and was educated at Oakham School. On leaving there, Simon spent his gap year teaching English with Project Trust in Namibia, before arriving at Girton in 1989, where he gained a BA in Natural Sciences and a PGCE. He then taught science with VSO for 18 months in a rural school in Zimbabwe with no mains electricity and only cold water from a standpipe. After completing an MSc in Development Studies at SOAS in 1996, he joined VSO in London as a Volunteer Manager.
Following a further stint at a small charity in Yorkshire, in 1999 he was appointed Executive Director of the One World Trust, an NGO committed to promoting accountability of global governance. This set the future direction of his career and his significant contribution to the worldwide ‘deliberative wave’ of citizen involvement. He spent three years from 2006 as a research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, then in 2009 became Director of the charity Involve. Involve had been founded in 2003 to improve UK democracy by engaging the public in key policy issues. There, he landed a major project, NHS Citizen, which included a citizens’ jury advising the board of NHS England on health priorities. He was head of public dialogue and then programme director of Sciencewise, which supports Government in including the public’s views when formulating science and technology policy, and one of his proudest achievements was working with the Cabinet Office to set up the UK’s Open Government Partnership process to promote transparent, participatory, inclusive and accountable governance at an international level. In 2016 Simon stepped down as Director of Involve to become a senior associate, thus freeing up funds to allow its work to continue.
Simon also undertook a range of trustee and advisory roles. From 1997 to 2007 he was a VSO trustee and member of its
Council. He was an ambassador and then Fellow of the World Wildlife Fund from 2006 onwards. He was chair of trustees of Democratic Audit from 2008 to 2014. And in 2019 he was appointed to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, and worked closely with it on its project on assisted dying which finally reported in March 2025.
Simon married Dr Pam Mason, an environmental economist, in 2000 and they had three children: Elspeth, Alex and Ollie. The family moved from London to Lewes in Sussex where Simon was for a while chair of the Lewes Liberal Democrats.
In 2021, an expected diagnosis for Simon of long COVID turned out in fact to be Multiple Sclerosis, a disease which had sadly killed his sister Katie in 2018. Following this, Simon continued to work with Involve, leading a UK citizens’ jury on Genome Editing for the Wellcome Foundation in 2022. In late 2022, however, a scan revealed a brain tumour. After surgery and initial treatment Simon underwent cutting–edge immunotherapy treatment in Cologne, including a personalised vaccine to teach the immune system to recognise and destroy the cancer. Despite this, the tumour reappeared and a second operation in early 2024 precipitated a severe stroke. He kept blogging up to this point, sharing thoughts about his treatments and prospects. During his final months, family, friends, and hospital staff were inspired by his bravery, kindness and good humour.
- Pam Mason
DAVID DUMVILLE
As a nervous new Girton historian, knocking on the door of Dr Dumville, my Director of Studies, I very soon experienced the truth of these lines in his obituary in Aberdeen University’s newsletter: ‘He had the rare gift of talking to beginners –even to first-year undergraduates – in a way that made them feel that they were not just passively absorbing information, but were genuine participants in making knowledge.’ As his supervisee, I soon found out that he relentlessly demanded the highest standards, but not in the manner of a pedantic gatekeeper, more that of an alert and mischievous fellow conspirator, impatient for the beginner to join the assault on historical obfuscation.
David was born in 1949; he never spoke much about his background, but his forebears included soldiers, printers, farm workers and molecatchers; no one could have predicted the speed and completeness of his development as a scholar. He took his BA in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1976; in 1977 he was made lecturer in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Cambridge, and in the following year he became a Fellow of Girton. He was already a well-travelled academic, with lecturing stints
David was at the forefront of all the disciplines that would inject new rigour and creativity into early medieval studies
at Swansea and at the University of Pennsylvania behind him. Over the following decades, David and his colleagues in the ASNC Department led the way in a root-and-branch reinvention of early medieval studies in Britain and Ireland. In the 1970s, the history of England before 1066 was a fusty discipline still dominated by Victorian legalism and by the ‘Germanist’ interpretation of F. M. Stenton, whose 1943 tome Anglo-Saxon England headed every reading list. The early histories of Celtic Britain and Ireland were even more poorly served, with King Arthur, Vortigern and other legendary heroes forming the staple of ‘historical’ narratives based on later medieval sources. In 1977 David’s paper ‘Sub-Roman
Britain: History and Legend’ set the agenda for his career, ruthlessly sweeping away such constructions. To those who feared that there would be nothing to take their place, the answer is the hundred-page ‘bibliographical guide’ that has replaced one-page reading lists in the briefcases of ASNC students.
David was at the forefront of all the disciplines that would inject new rigour and creativity into early medieval studies. He was a brilliant palaeographer, using the history of scripts and manuscript production to elucidate cultural links between Ireland, Britain and the Continent. His skills as a textual critic helped to disentangle the complex relationships between surviving versions of anonymous chronicles, and thus to determine their historical authority: he did groundbreaking work of this kind on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and on the Welsh and Irish annals. His close literary reading of key authors like ‘Nennius’ and Britain’s first historian Gildas led to a transformed understanding of their agendas and contexts. He acquired a thorough understanding of biblical texts and liturgy and their place in Insular culture. He contributed greatly to our understanding of Old English, Welsh and Gaelic poetry as historical evidence and as literature: throughout his career he was working on a history of Gaelic literature which, unfortunately, remained incomplete. All this was underpinned by a seemingly effortless familiarity with the languages of early medieval Britain and Ireland: Latin, Old English, Old Norse, Irish, Welsh and Breton. He kept up a demanding teaching schedule at the same time as publishing prolifically and promoting collaborative projects. He founded the series Studies in Celtic History, published by Boydell, which now runs to forty-six volumes, and supervised numerous doctoral students, many of whom went on to have distinguished academic careers.
In 1991 David was promoted to Reader in Early Mediaeval History and Culture of the British Isles at Cambridge, and in 1995 became Professor of Palaeography and Cultural History. In 2005, while remaining a Life Fellow of Girton, he moved to the University of Aberdeen, first as Professor in History and Palaeography and soon afterwards as Professor in History, Palaeography and Celtic. At Aberdeen he worked as tirelessly as he had at Cambridge, setting up new Centres of Scandinavian, Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies, and establishing an MA course and several academic journals, until his retirement in 2020. He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Royal Societies of Antiquaries of both Scotland and Ireland, as
well as holding visiting lecturer or professor posts at Oxford, Berkeley, UCLA and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, a British Academy Research Readership, and an honorary MA at the University of Pennsylvania.
In the early 1980s, David lived a happy, boisterous family life in his semi-detached house on Newmarket Road – where I was warmly welcomed as a lodger – with his beloved wife Sally and their son Elliott, perhaps the only boy in history whose father pointed out his use of captatio benevolentiae as a three-year-old. Sally’s tragic early death from cancer in 1989 was a bitter blow. David subsequently had a brief marriage and academic partnership with Yoko Wada, a specialist in Middle English literature at Kansai University, and later he was in a partnership with Professor Clare Downham of Liverpool University: they had a daughter, Jenny, in whom he took great pride and delight. His health began to decline, leading to his retirement in 2020; in his last years, from early 2022, he was cared for by Clare and Jenny in Liverpool.
David’s energy, humour, commitment and joy in learning enriched very many colleagues and students, and his influence on his field of study has been incalculable. He will be greatly missed.
- Caroline Brett
YASMINE GOONERATNE
My mother, Professor Yasmine Gooneratne, was a scholar, teacher, writer and critic. Born in Sri Lanka in 1935, she was the daughter of Esther Ramkeesoon and Samuel Dias Bandaranaike, a tea planter, whose cousin became the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon. After attending Bishop’s College for Girls in Colombo, she took a first-class degree in English from the University of Ceylon Peradeniya in 1958. Her elder sister Sonia had completed her medical studies at Girton (1951 Natural Sciences) and so Yasmine followed her there to undertake doctoral research, for which she was funded by a Bartle Frere exhibition from the University.
Yasmine’s doctoral thesis was groundbreaking: one of the first analyses of what came to be called Commonwealth Literature, looking at Sri Lankan writing in English, and published as English Literature in Ceylon, 1815–1878 (Tisawra Prakasakayo, 1968). She was also an insightful scholar of English literature, and in addition to her many journal articles and monographs, her classic books on Jane Austen (1970) and Alexander Pope (1976), published by Cambridge University Press, have been studied by university students all over the world.
Yasmine’s doctoral thesis was groundbreaking: one of the first analyses of what came to be called Commonwealth Literature
After Girton she lectured at the University of Ceylon Peradeniya from 1958 to 1972 and founded the literary journal ‘New Ceylon Writing’, to recognise the writing of Sri Lankan writers in English. In 1962 she married Brendon Gooneratne, a Sri Lankan doctor, keen amateur cricketer, historian and conservationist. They moved to Australia with their young family in 1972, when Yasmine was appointed Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney in the Department of English and Linguistics. There, she obtained a DLitt (the University’s first) in 1981 and founded the first Postcolonial Literatures and Languages Research Centre in 1988, being awarded a personal chair in the School of English and Linguistics in 1990. She retired in 2002. Many of her students went on to become writers and teachers themselves and well remember
the Professor in the sari who taught them with such knowledge and enthusiasm for her subject; opened their eyes to postcolonial literature by V. S. Naipaul and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (among others); and broadened their horizons to encompass world literature.
Yasmine became one of the youngest Officers, in 1990, of the Order of Australia, an honour which was conferred for her distinguished services to literature and education. She won the 2001 Raja Rao Award in India, and the 2008 Sahithya Ratna Lifetime Achievement Award in Sri Lanka; and was patron of the Jane Austen Society of Australia and of the Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka.
After writing a family memoir Relative Merits in 1986, Yasmine turned to poetry and novels. A Change of Skies portrayed the challenges of a Sri Lankan couple’s immigration to Australia. The Pleasures of Conquest was a novel combining four interlinked stories of British, American and Dutch postcolonial life in the fictitious country of Amnesia. Both of these novels were shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Her third novel The Sweet and Simple Kind, a family saga set at the moment of Sri Lanka’s independence, was shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Award in 2008. In her final years she wrote two further novels, still to be published: Rannygazoo and A Little Light Reading
At the time of her death she had been engaged in creating the Gooneratne Memorial Library, comprising the collections of our family, at our country home in Haputale in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. The Memorial Library is the foundation for the research centre, envisioned by Yasmine and Brendon in the mid-1990s, after they had been residents at Bellagio, the international study centre established on Lake Como by the Rockefeller Foundation. It was their wish to offer access to their books and educational and literary resources to writers, academics, students and researchers, in the same way, in Sri Lanka.
- Devika Brendon
Professor Enid MacRobbie, a fellow at Girton for an extraordinary 66 years, was the first woman scientist to be awarded a Personal Chair at the University of Cambridge. Her distinguished career as a plant biophysicist resulted in worldwide recognition.
Enid was born in Edinburgh on 5 December 1931, the daughter of George MacRobbie and his wife Agnes Kerr Campbell. Following education at Mary Erskine School she gained a BSc in Physics and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, becoming the first graduate student in Jack Dainty’s new Biophysics research group. In her PhD project Enid made the first use of radioisotopes to measure ion fluxes in plants. Her initial work was on the seaweeds Rhodymenia palmata and Ulva lactuca but she moved to the conceptually simpler system of giant internode cells of the alga Nitellopsis obtusa. Her doctorate established the theoretical framework for, and practical application of, isotope efflux analysis, a technique that had been developed in animal cells but which was made more complicated in plants because of the presence of the large central vacuole. The resulting papers were pioneering and immediately established Enid’s reputation in her chosen field.
Enid moved to a postdoctoral position in Copenhagen and a year later (1958) secured the Tucker-Price Research Fellowship at Girton. Enid’s initial hope had been to work with Nobel Laureate Alan Hodgkin in the Department of Physiology but, given her interests, he suggested she join George Briggs, Professor of Botany, who was interested in the ionic relations of plant cells. Thus began her association with the Botany School (now Department of Plant Sciences) in the University of Cambridge, where she was an inspirational colleague for over half a century.
She was at the forefront of studies of ion transport in plants, addressing fundamental questions in plant nutrition and cell signalling. Her pioneering use of radiotracers to measure ion fluxes, identifying active and passive transport processes in giant algae is noted above. Later, and for the rest of her research career, Enid developed a particular interest in stomata: the pores through which oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapour are exchanged between the plant and the surrounding environment. Enid’s research helped to explain how they close – to regulate gas intake and conserve water
– through the loss of potassium ions from their surrounding guard cells. She secured an international reputation and helped establish a more quantitative and biophysical approach to studies of plant transport systems.
In 1962 Enid became a Demonstrator (Cambridge’s equivalent of a non-tenured Assistant Professor) in the Department and an Official Fellow at Girton. Her research was given a major boost in 1964 when she, Jack Dainty (by then the inaugural Professor of Biophysics at the University of East Anglia), and Charles Whittingham (Imperial College, London) were awarded a substantial five-year grant by the Nuffield Foundation. So began Enid’s role as an inspirational PhD supervisor. She was appointed to a permanent Lectureship in 1966, and promoted to a Readership in 1973. Her personal Chair came in 1987. College offered her a Supernumerary Fellowship (that is, with no teaching). However, Enid decided to continue to supervise undergraduates. At Girton she played a full part in College committees and activities including as a regular member of Council; the Yarrow Board, recruiting to Research Fellowships in Science; the Audit Committee; and naturally, the Garden Committee.
In her role as a teacher she influenced generations of Cambridge undergraduates to consider a career in research. Together with the late Tom ap Rees, she revolutionised the content of botanical courses in Cambridge in the 1960s and 1970s, introducing more cell biology and biochemistry, and emphasising quantitative approaches and analytical thinking. Throughout her career Enid sought to make biologists think quantitatively. Often she had an uphill struggle because many considered themselves mathematically inept and unable to use equations. Enid’s aim was to show them that they could, and that their scientific understanding was enhanced as a result. Her own work demonstrated how such an approach can enlighten, and her outstanding achievements as a scientist, teacher and unselfish individual had an influence on her discipline for many years.
Enid’s laboratory was the incubator for the fledgling careers of many now–distinguished plant physiologists. Yet only about a quarter of the papers published by her PhD students and postdoctoral researchers while in her lab included her as a co-author, at her request. Therefore, any literature search on her work substantially underestimates the full extent of the output of her laboratory. This was a remarkably selfless
approach to science that gave added impetus — as it was intended — to the careers of those whom she mentored.
Her many honours included Doctor of Science, University of Cambridge (1988), Fellow of the Royal Society of London (1991), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1998), and Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (1999). She was also a Corresponding Member of the American Society of Plant Biologists. Honours often came scandalously late considering her achievements and the influence she had on her field. This was partly because she was a woman operating in the male-dominated environment of her time, and partly because of her generosity in absenting herself from co-authorship of published papers. There is no doubt that her career helped change conditions for women scientists, to the benefit of those who have followed.
Throughout her career she conducted her own experiments, with much of her free time spent at the bench. Following her official retirement in 1999 she remained a visible presence in the lab, and was elected to a Life Fellowship at Girton, which she held for 25 years. When not at her bench, Enid loved gardening, walking and trout fishing at her holiday home on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula, the most westerly point on mainland Scotland, which she shared with Dr Janet Harker (1927–2016), Fellow in Zoology at Girton.
Her legacy is both an outstanding research record and a cohort of talented individuals who have gone on to make their own mark on plant biophysics and to develop a further generation.
- Roger Leigh, with contributions from Dorothy Thompson, Sandra Fulton and Alex Webb.
I
n his review of The Oxford Companion to Italian Food for the Guardian in 2007, John Dickie advised that the author needed to be ‘brave, brilliant, learned and almost certainly a little unhinged’. The food historian and typographer Gillian Riley, who has died aged 90, fulfilled all these requirements when composing that very book. That a single person was able to master the labyrinthine complexities of Italian food culture, embracing history, literature, the visual arts, politics and an infinite quantity of processes, ingredients and recipes is remarkable. That it was done with humour, humanity and lashings of erudition was the needful icing to make it digestible.
Gillian’s career in food history occupied the second half of her life, although she was always a ‘greedy’ girl, her family asserts, and ever a fine cook, but at the outset she was a book designer and typographer. It was through art history, more specifically the depiction of food and foodstuffs in paintings, that she first made her mark, by seeing the food on the canvas and then pursuing it back to the kitchen, market stall or botanic garden.
She made culinary sense of those 18th-century Spanish still-lifes, by Luis Meléndez for example, being more than random jumbles of store cupboard items; she chased with determination the appearance of New World foods in Renaissance European narrative paintings. These perceptions she then filled out with admirable commentary and recipes drawn from contemporary sources.
The translation and discussion of these sources, principally Italian, was another string to her bow. Her first published book, in 1989, was a translation of Giacomo Castelvetro’s Brief Account of the Fruit, Herbs and Vegetables of Italy (a work which existed only in manuscript), which Castelvetro, an Italian Protestant living in exile in England, dedicated to Lucy Countess of Bedford in about 1614, doubtless hoping for a secure berth after a lifetime of pillar to post.
Gillian went on to translate, and comment upon, the critical 15th-century Italian recipe book by Maestro Martino of Como. (It is a pity that this was available only on a CD-ROM published by Octavo in the US in 2005.) Martino’s instructions were relied upon by Bartolomeo Platina, the humanist author of Europe’s first book on gastronomy, Of Virtuous Pleasure and Good Health, printed in 1474.
Building on this foundation of art studies and extensive reading of early Italian material – allied to fluency in the language and many years of travel and consumption in the country of her choice – Gillian embarked on the mammoth project of an Oxford Companion, largely written by herself.
The venture might also be called intrepid, for the intellectual elephant traps are as common as potholes on an English minor road, and any error liable to be excoriated by a battalion of scholars and suchlike. How could she misidentify pampetato for panpetato when describing the Ferrarese panforte? they asked. But the result is arresting: infused by a down-to-earth realism; eager to chase down the precise, yet impossibly confusing, topographies of Italian foods and recipes; anxious to involve her beloved painters and artists in the long history of cookery. It has much to satisfy every sort of reader – chef, cook, amateur and academic. Gillian’s career in food history occupied the second half of her life, although she was always a ‘greedy’ girl, her family asserts, and ever a fine cook
Gillian was the elder child of Major Riley and his wife Millicent (née Lees). Her father was an artist turned teacher, the founding principal of Selby College of Art and Crafts in North Yorkshire and later an inspector of art and technical schools, while her mother was a textile artist. After Selby Girls’ High School and Cheadle Hulme School in Manchester, Gillian went on to Girton in 1952 to study history.
While at Cambridge she got involved in the historicising Water Lane Press created by the bibliographer Pip Gaskell in an undercroft of King’s College using original Caslon type and an early iron press. There she met her lifelong partner James Mosley, who was to direct the typographical and printing library at St Bride’s, Fleet Street, for more than 40 years. They eventually married in 2000.
Gillian first worked as a designer and typographer at the publisher Thames & Hudson before taking on freelance design work, which kept her occupied until well into the 1980s. Her first book, the Castelvetro translation, was followed in quick succession by four short monographs on art and food published by Pomegranate Artbooks in California, and then a larger survey, A Feast for the Eyes, mixing masterpieces and recipes for the National Gallery, which appeared in 1997. Her work in this field was compressed into a single volume called Food in Art which came out in 2015.
Although Gillian was a welcome attendee at and contributor to various conferences and symposia, her work in journalism was restricted to a highly entertaining cookery column in her local community newspaper, the Hackney Citizen, near her home in London. However, she managed, more than many, to bridge two worlds.
She is survived by her husband, and by her sister, Joanna.
- Tom Jaine
Dr Muriel Sidaway, who has died aged 100, was a pioneering radiologist who introduced the groundbreaking technique of coronary angiography to the UK, revolutionising heart surgery in the 1960s.
Muriel was born in Old Hill in the heart of the Black Country, west of Birmingham. Her father was an accountant and early car enthusiast and her mother a teacher. When the family moved to the more rural fringes of Halesowen, Muriel discovered a love of nature and the outdoors on long walks and bike rides with her younger brother George. She attended Dudley Girls High School, and from there went to study Natural Sciences (focusing on Physics) at Girton, graduating in 1944. She recalled volunteer firewatching duty with a group including Sir Arthur Eddington, the Plumian Professor, who was unimpressed to be out at night, decked in his dressing gown.
Advised against continuing a career in that subject on the grounds that she might not fit in with the Communist ethos of the Cambridge Physics department, she went to work as a physiology demonstrator at King’s College, London, before going to study medicine at Birmingham University Medical School. She returned to London in 1949 as a House Physician in the London Chest Hospital, the first woman doctor ever to work there. As there was no female accommodation, she lodged at the local vicarage: she liked to tell the tale of being licked awake on her first morning by the vicar’s Labrador.
In 1951 she worked as a Resident Medical Officer at the Connaught Hospital in East London, again the first woman doctor there. A reference from the Medical Director states that despite their initial misgivings in employing a woman, they were surprised to find her to be an exemplary physician and couldn’t recommend her highly enough. In 1952 as a Medical Registrar at Hackney Hospital, she met Cyril Sheridan, who was later to become her husband. He went into General Practice in Edmonton in northeast London. From 1954 Muriel worked for two years at the Edgware Chest Clinic in respiratory medicine, largely meaning at that time TB. As well as becoming adept at interpreting chest radiographs, she learned to perform bronchoscopy, bronchograms and artificial pneumothorax (then a common and partially effective TB treatment). She passed the MRCP of both the Edinburgh and London Colleges in 1956.
Given her background in Physics, radiology must have seemed an obvious choice of speciality. She trained at St Bartholomew’s, UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospitals. She was active in research and enterprising in developing techniques for visualising internal organs in the era before CT and ultrasound. At UCL, this included gynaecography using pneumo-peritoneum to study the ovaries. She became expert in arteriography, angiocardiography and paediatric genitourinary radiology. She gained a particular interest in developing cine-radiography across a range of clinical areas, including GI barium studies, cystograms and angiocardiography. In 1964 she was appointed consultant radiologist at Charing Cross Hospital.
She was in 1961 the first woman Fellow of the Faculty of Radiologists (later the Royal College of Radiologists) and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1971. She was also a member of the British Institute of Radiology, regularly presenting at their Annual Congress. She spent time at the Karolinska Hospital, Sweden, on a Wellcome grant. Throughout her career, she enjoyed working with other disciplines and loved to mentor trainees and teach, using her extensive catalogue of images.
After mastering the technique of coronary angiography, she was almost certainly the first woman to do it in the UK
In 1966 she travelled to the USA to learn the emerging technique of coronary angiography. It had been invented by accident in 1958 by the cardiologist, Mason Sones, when he had inadvertently introduced contrast medium directly into a patient’s right coronary artery and found not only was this not fatal, but that it enabled clear visualisation of the vessels. This made possible the development of coronary bypass surgery and stenting. Muriel went to the Cleveland Clinic to learn directly from Dr Sones himself. He took Muriel under his wing, proving an excellent teacher. After mastering the technique, she returned to introduce it in Charing Cross. The cardiologist Aubrey Leatham had performed the first one in Europe in 1963, but Muriel was almost certainly the first woman to do it in the UK.
In the 1980s, not yet ready to retire and looking for a new challenge, she set up a private radiology practice in Harley Street with colleagues, stopping in the late 1990s when the shift towards more costly diagnostic equipment and rising rents made it unviable. Still not ready for retirement, in addition to studying with Cyril for a Diploma in Art History at Birkbeck College, she embarked on a career as an expert witness. Her experience in examining plain films from nonaccidental injury cases in her Great Ormond Street days meant she was much in demand in criminal cases, in addition to the more run-of-the-mill negligence reports. She continued to write reports and even appear in court into her nineties.
Outside Medicine she was a keen skier, only stopping aged 93 when she had to start taking anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation. She was known as a snappy dresser, keeping up with the latest fashions, which early on meant making the clothes herself in the evenings. An intrepid traveller and Europhile, she also enjoyed hill walking and ice skating; loved ballet, opera and the theatre; and was an avid gardener, cook and raconteur with a wide circle of friends. Muriel could talk happily with almost anyone, was always interested in people, irrespective of their background, and had a special knack for putting people at ease to the extent that complete strangers had frequently volunteered their entire life history and all their troubles, within minutes of meeting her. A great animal lover, she owned a string of rescue dogs, developing a fondness for lurchers in her later years.
Cyril died in 2013. Muriel is survived by her daughter, Liz, a Consultant Microbiologist.
- Liz Sheridan
Bennett. On 9 February 2025, Myra Cathleen (Low) MA (1947 Natural Sciences; Moral Sciences).
Bruck. On 15 September 2024, Ursula MA (1944 History).
Christie. On 17 July 2024, Naida Joan (Bentley) MA (1946 English). Naida arrived at Cambridge with her twin sister Brenda (1946 Newnham), having worked at Bletchley Park during the war. After Girton she trained as a teacher and then married Henry Christie, whom she had met at Cambridge and who eventually became Warden of St Edward’s School, Oxford. As well as being a brilliant English teacher, Naida was an energetic and popular headmaster’s wife, and an active member of the Oxford Old Girtonians. She died just a short time after she and Brenda had joyously celebrated their 100th birthday.
Christie. On 20 December 2024, Mary Shirley (Makepeace) BA (1947 Natural Sciences).
Clark. On 13 June 2019, Mary Ellen (Ronald). Mary Ellen attended Girton as an affiliated student from 1948 to 1949, having studied journalism at Northwestern University, Illinois, and served as an intern and then a staff assistant in the earliest years of the United Nations in Washington DC. Supervised by Helen Cam at Girton, she studied the history of public opinion in modern international organisations. Mary Ellen met her future husband at Cambridge, and they moved back to Washington DC where they raised three children, and she established a successful winery on her estate at Fan Mountain Farm, Virginia, which she managed for more than 50 years.
Cooper. In 2024, Rona Ruth (Littler) BA (1943 Mathematics).
Downs. On 4 December 2019, Kathleen Patricia (Parnell) BA (1944 Modern and Medieval Languages).
Eden. In December 2024, Elizabeth Stanley (Rawlinson) BA (1944 Classics).
Gehring. On 30 December 2023, Lois Caroline (Bigger) PhD (1949 Biochemistry). Lois came to Girton from Iowa as one of
the first Fulbright Scholars to come to the UK. Her dissertation on ‘The amino acid metabolism of saccharomyces fragilis’ (which she called her ‘yeastie beasties’) also made her one of the first women to graduate with a doctorate from Cambridge. She then undertook postdoctoral work at Yale and Harvard and in 1955 was offered (with her husband Fred Gehring, the distinguished mathematician, whom she married in 1953) a faculty position at the University of Michigan where she spent the rest of her career. Warm, friendly and a dedicated scientist, with a love of entertaining, music, art, crosswords and nature conservation, Lois is survived by her two sons and three grandchildren.
Grobecker. On 17 February 2025, Audrey Kathleen (Bessell) BA (1943 Mathematics).
Jackson. On 24 January 2025, Janet Edith (Gulland), BA (1947 English).
Marsh. On 14 June 2024, Prudence Hermione (Holland) MA (1948 History).
Page. On 13 April 2024, Ann Elizabeth (Savory) BA (1945 Modern and Medieval Languages). Ann attended Girton when there were ‘no men and no degrees!’ Coal was shared with Joyce Struthers (McMurran) and Hilary Kingsley Brown (Seers) who remained lifelong friends. Following Girton, Ann worked in publishing in London. She married James Page (King’s), in 1954. She had four children and lived in Lincoln, Blackburn, Plymouth, Newark and Berkshire. In Farndon near Newark she became a councillor and then Chairman of the Parish Council. She was followed to Girton by her daughter Charlotte Morrison (1974 Engineering), and grandson Christopher Patrick (2007 Computer Science).
Pendlebury. In 2013, Mary Elizabeth (Gilliat) BA (1943 English; Moral Sciences).
Pepper. On 5 June 2024, Barbara (Siddons) MA (1943 Mathematics; Theology). After Girton, Barbara undertook a PGCE at Hughes Hall and taught at Mayfield School, Putney, until her marriage to John Pepper (Emmanuel) in 1951, when she moved to Colwyn Bay where John taught at Rydal School. They had three daughters. and she remained in Colwyn Bay for the rest of her long life. She did some RE teaching and private Maths tuition and, among her other interests, Barbara was involved in choral singing (she was chair of the National
Federation of Music Societies Wales Committee from 1982 to 1991), the University Womenʼs Group, Traidcraft, Amnesty International and the Methodist Church, particularly church property and manses.
Price. On 7 March 2025, Audrey Elsie (Steel) MA (1947 Natural Sciences). Audrey, born 1929, was at Girton during the transformative period when Cambridge first awarded degrees to women. On graduation, she joined London Transport where she contributed to projects such as the paint chemistry of London’s iconic buses. Audrey balanced her professional pursuits with raising three children, later dedicating herself to education as a respected chemistry teacher at Judd Grammar School, Tonbridge, and Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks. With both a son and grandson at Oxford, she never missed a chance to tease whenever Cambridge triumphed in the Boat Race. Audrey’s warmth will be fondly remembered.
Shaw-Stewart. On 10 February 2024, Diana Tyndale (Young née Lewis) BA (1949 Moral Sciences). Diana was the granddaughter of Eliza Baker, after whom Girton’s Eliza Baker Court is named. She followed Girton with a PGCE, went on to become an accomplished dyslexia teacher, and was also a passionate gardener. She is survived by one of her three sons, and her daughter.
Sidaway. On 26 June 2024, Muriel Elizabeth BA (1942 Natural Sciences). See Obituaries.
Thomas. On 25 November 2024, Anne Elsie (Moss) MA (1944 Mathematics).
Ward. On 5 July 2024, Jean Margaret (Walker) MA (1949 Classics).
Waterhouse. On 4 June 2024, Jessie Campbell (Faber) MA (1947 English). After Girton, Jessie worked at the Royal Opera House, then moved to Paris to work at SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe), acting and stage-managing with the British Drama Group in her spare time. Returning to London, and after a brief stint at MI5, Jessie became personal assistant to George Devine at the Royal Court Theatre. She married David Waterhouse in 1957, raising Davidʼs three children and adding four more to the brood. The company of her children, grandchildren and increasing numbers of great-grandchildren continued to give her great pleasure throughout her last years, battling dementia.
Price. Audrey Elsie (Steel) MA (1947 Natural Sciences).
Waterhouse Jessie Campbell (Faber) MA (1947 English)
Page. Ann Elizabeth (Savory) BA (1945 Modern and Medieval Languages)
IN MEMORIAM 1950 – 1959
Akester. On 2 November 2024, Brenda Valerie (Dyer) MA (1950 Natural Sciences).
Ashworth. On 23 July 2024, Earline Jennifer MA (1957 History). After graduation, Jennifer obtained her PhD at Bryn Mawr College in the USA, and rapidly became a distinguished international scholar in Medieval Philosophy. Her first academic lecturing post was at the University of Manitoba in Canada, before she moved to the Department of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo in Ontario where she was a full professor. She published well over 100 academic journal papers and book chapters, as well as nine of her own authored and edited books, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She retired back to the UK in 2006, continuing her academic research in retirement. Her sister, brother, nephews, great-nephews and great-nieces all miss her deeply.
Bayley. On 31 December 2024, Anne Christine MA (1952 Natural Sciences). See Obituaries.
Beasley. On 11 August 2024, Susan (Brown) MA (1959 Mathematics).
Bewes. On 2 September 2024, Hilary Stansfeld (Bryant) MA (1958 Natural Sciences).
Chandler. On 27 December 2024, Joan Mary MA (1955 History). Joan, who had been President of the Girton JCR, emigrated to the USA in 1968 and took citizenship there some years later. She earned a PhD in American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 1972 and was a founding faculty member of UT at Dallas, serving for many years as a faculty member and Department Head of American Studies. She was also a professionally trained singer and a competitive swimmer, continuing to swim into her 80s, competing at the Senior Olympics, in which she won numerous gold medals. She loved gardening, and her cats, and is survived by her sister-in-law, her nieces and nephew, and their children.
Currie. In 2024, Jean Ila MA (1955 Economics).
Dean On 2 December 2024, Linda Louise (Keating) BA (1958 Classics). After teaching the youngest children in primary schools, Linda married solicitor Peter Dean and became a brilliantly supportive and much-loved materfamilias. Though without hearing in one ear, she was a highly skilled musician, with a beautiful alto voice which she used in choirs and as a soloist; she also composed and conducted. She was a longstanding member of the congregation and choir at St Mary’s, Primrose Hill, and after being ordained priest in 2006, she served with the ministry team there, especially enjoying work with children and young people. She suffered a serious illness in 2013 and spent her final years in a care home, where she took up painting.
Farrington. On 22 January 2024, Mary Valerie (Poole) MA (1957 Modern and Medieval Languages). While at Girton, Mary joined the University Pentacle (Magic) Club and helped organise and perform their 1958 summer tour of Germany. She was a vivacious and enthusiastic French teacher and lifelong cyclist, often to be seen cycling round the villages near her home in Cambridge. Her enthusiasm for life also showed in her love of gardening. She is survived by her four children Rachel, Ben (1985 Management Studies), Ruth and Dan, and eight grandchildren.
Gooneratne. On 15 February 2024, Maline Yasmine (Bandaranaike) PhD (1959 English). See Obituaries.
Hales. On 23 February 2022, Jennifer Frances Neale MA (1951 History).
Harris. On 22 December 2022, Rosemary Ann (Williams née Barry) MA (1952 History). Rosemary overcame early hardship, losing her home in the Blitz, before moving to Southwell where her father was Bishop. Like her mother (Lilian Gray, 1922), she read History and played hockey. After working in the London County Council’s Education Department, by 1970 she had three young children but had been widowed twice. She rebuilt her life with great courage, later becoming Head of History at the Prebendal School and a GCSE examiner. A talented watercolourist, she remarried in 2001. Rosemary was overjoyed when her grandson, Fred Kelly, entered Girton to read Classics in 2008.
Henderson. On 7 March 2025, Ann Elizabeth (Rankin) MA (1950 Modern and Medieval Languages). Ann was an inspirational Spanish teacher, including time as Head of Languages at
Dean Linda Louise (Keating) BA (1958 Classics).
Farrington Mary Valerie (Poole) MA (1957 Modern and Medieval Languages).
Ashworth Earline Jennifer MA (1957 History)
Bradford Girls’ Grammar School. She was awarded a PhD by Manchester University in 1986, and became a Lecturer in Spanish at Queen Mary University of London. She was President of the Northeast Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese; on the committee of the Wakefield Association of University Women; and Honorary Secretary of the Wakefield Family Planning Association. After retirement Ann organised student gap-year placements to Brazil and Latin America, and much enjoyed travelling there. She and husband Alistair, whom she met at Cambridge, had four children: Rachel, Neil, Gavin and Ewan; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in 2024.
Henwood. On 26 June 2023, Daphne Muirhead (Schroeder) MA (1950 Modern and Medieval Languages; History).
Hooker. On 26 February 2025, Patricia Mary (Warren) MA (1956 Geography). After Girton, Pat took an Oxford PGCE in preparation for missionary work, following in the footsteps of her father who was General Secretary of the Church Missionary Society (CMS). While training she met Roger, an Anglican priest; they married in 1963 and moved to India – mainly Varanasi – for the CMS in 1965, where their two children, Richard and Mary, were born. On returning to England in 1978, Pat worked with various Indian women’s communities in the West Midlands, while Roger became canon and missioner at Birmingham Cathedral. After his death in 1999, Pat moved to Leeds to be closer to her daughter. Near the very end she would still greet her carers in Hindi, despite dementia, to their delight.
Ita. In 2024, Jean Marian (Jull) MA PhD (1955 Modern and Medieval Languages).
Iversen In February 2025, Susan Diana (Kibble) MA PhD ScD (1958, Natural Sciences; 1966, Research Fellow; 1967, Official Fellow). Sue was a clinical psychologist with a particular interest in neurotransmitters and the pharmacological treatment of brain diseases. She married Leslie Iversen (Trinity), an acclaimed pharmacologist and neuroscientist, in 1961 and they had one son and two daughters. She was lecturer and tutor at Girton from 1967 to 1975; a Reader in the University from 1966 to 1983; and a Fellow of Jesus College from 1981 to 1993. In 1993 she became Professor and Head of the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford, which she combined with a Fellowship at Magdalen College. Sue was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1999, among many other
honours; and became Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and then for Planning and Resources at Oxford from 2000 to 2004. In 2022, Magdalen College selected Professor Iversen to be the first woman to have a building named after her on the Oxford Science Park. In recognition of her remarkable contributions to science and education, Professor Iversen was appointed CBE in 2005.
Johnson. In 2022, Margaret Ilene (Walker) MA (1951 Geography).
Kingsley. On 27 April 2025, Jacqueline Susan (Schofield) MA (1955 Law). After qualifying at the Bar, Jackie combined motherhood with marking Bar papers. In 1969 she turned to teaching. She was a housemistress at Wycombe Abbey and in 1979 became headmistress of Abbot’s Hill School, Hemel Hempstead. A double blue in tennis and lacrosse who played both sports at county level, there Jackie promoted greater competitive sport and was the inspiration for the character Mrs Kingsley played by Natasha Richardson in the 2008 teen comedy film Wild Child written by Abbot’s Hill old girl Lucy Dahl. In retirement Jackie became a trustee of two local charities, and embraced gardening, occasionally producing enough peas and potatoes for a meal, served with her delicious mint jelly. She is greatly missed by her four children, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Lawe. On 4 September 2024, Jean Magor (Cardell) MA (1955 Economics; Law). Following Girton, Jean became an editor of law journals in London, then at Harvard. For 28 years she was editor of the Journal of Neurosurgery in Hanover, New Hampshire, as well as freelancing for the Tuck Business School and the Vermont Law School. For many years Jean was involved in planning and conservation activity, charities, church and community groups in Norwich, Vermont where she lived. She loved horses, gardening, cooking, skiing, canoeing and travel with her husband John. They were married for 62 years and were devoted to their son Stephen and his wife Kathryn and their grandchildren, Spencer and Julia, and took great pride in their accomplishments.
MacRobbie. On 23 September 2024, Enid Anne Campbell MA (1958 Fellow). See Obituaries.
Ogborn. On 9 January 2025, Jane Ann (MacKereth) MA (1953 English). Over four decades, as a teacher, school inspector, and chief examiner, and through work with the English Media Centre and Cambridge University Press, Jane worked to transform
Lawe Jean Magor (Cardell) MA (1955 Economics; Law).
English teaching in this country. This involved reshaping it to take in feminist, socialist and anti-racist principles. She helped to develop the first English Literature O-level in which students had copies of set texts in the examination room, and the first A-level syllabus to include coursework: revolutionary ideas at the time. She also made the best marmalade anyone ever tasted. Jane is survived by her three children, her four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Preston. On 7 March 2025, Ann (Walmsley) BA (1955 Natural Sciences).
Reynolds. On 4 March 2025, Pauline (Thorpe) MA (1957 Natural Sciences). Pauline was born in Truro and moved to Luton aged seven. As a child, she had dreamed of studying at Cambridge, and she always spoke of her time at Girton with great fondness. Together with friends – who became friends for life – Pauline enjoyed extra-curricular activities including piano-playing and rowing, and was on the winning side of the Boat Race. She married Peter, a former Magdalene student, in 1961. They soon moved to Girton village, where they remained the rest of their lives. Having taught Maths and Chemistry for a few years, Pauline turned her focus to caring for her family from 1964, when the first of their three children arrived.
Riley. On 11 November 2024, Gillian MA (1952 History). See Obituaries.
Roberts. On 20 March 2024, Valerie Ann (Chapman) BA (1957 Law).
Rowan. On 30 July 2020, Ann Martha (Wrinch) BA (1957 English). Ann Martha spent her professional life creating and maintaining the monumental Dictionary of Irish Architects, for which she was awarded an honorary degree by Trinity College, Dublin, in 2018. She was survived by her husband, Alistair Rowan, and daughter Harriet. Remembered as a noble, gracious, gentle lady and very beloved friend.
Somerset. On 9 December 2023, Barbara Carol MA (1952 Classics). Barbara was the granddaughter of Elinor Howell (1892 Medieval and Modern Languages) and came from a distinguished military family. A lifelong lover of books and later boats, she began her career at Hatchardʼs, Piccadilly, before joining Methuen Publishers, where she became Director of Production. She took early retirement to travel and moved to Aldeburgh, a town with long family ties. There she embraced
sailing and community service, becoming a Yacht Club member, Trustee of the Moot Hall Museum, and Honorary Secretary of the Friends of the Aldeburgh Lifeboat. Colleagues fondly recalled her resilience, saying that in tough times she would metaphorically ‘put on her tin hat.’
Trotman. On 7 January 2024, Margaret Olive (Pocock) MA (1952 History). A London childhood, wartime evacuation to Oxfordshire and au-pairing in France preceded Margaret's arrival at Girton. The following three years were a golden era for her, always spoken of with great joy. She married Peter (St John's) in 1957 and moved to Nottingham where their son and daughter were born and raised. Margaret worked at the London County Council before marriage, then in teaching, and later assisted Peter in the family textile business. They enjoyed a very active social life based around a shared love of classical music, and the local branch of the Cambridge Society.
IN MEMORIAM 1960 – 1969
Barham Carter. In May 2024, Elizabeth Jane (Seymour) MA (1963 History).
Bayly On 29 January 2025, Helen McKinnon Beaumont (Nowell) MA (1963 History).
Corrie. On 4 November 2024, Frances Elaine MA (1966 Classics).
Davies. On 31 December 2021, Hilary (Waters) BA (1966 Natural Sciences).
Ferraro. On 14 August 2024, Mary Agnes Antoinette (Condon) MA (1965 Natural Sciences). Antoinette followed her first-class degree with a Master’s and a PhD at the London Hospital. She married Michael (Peterhouse) in 1972 and they had two sons and a daughter. As a new mother, she was introduced by a health visitor to the social network of the National Housewives’ Register (now the National Women’s Register), where she computerised its records, and became its National Organiser in 1981. Antoinette later worked for Buckinghamshire GP surgeries including as Practice Manager at Little Chalfont. She loved travelling, skiing, singing and mountain walking
Trotman. Margaret Olive (Pocock) MA (1952 History).
Reynolds Pauline (Thorpe) MA (1957 Natural Sciences).
and was a keen volunteer, especially as trustee and treasurer of The Friends of the Belarusian Children’s Hospice. She died suddenly, while watering her garden.
Finney. In 2024, Barbara Gill (Cook) MA (1960 Classics). Barbara was a teacher, examiner and stalwart supporter of Classics in the UK; her enthusiasm and dedication to the subject will be much missed by members of the Classical Association. She was appointed Joint Honorary Secretary for Branches in 1997, a role in which she championed local classics communities across England and Wales, sourcing grants and support, and helping branches to flourish. Barbara contributed a chapter to a volume of the Association’s history in 2003 and remained in her role until 2019, continuing as a trustee of the Association until March 2024. In 2023, she was appointed a Vice-President of the Association as a distinguished member. She and her husband Jack, a vicar, had two sons.
Hodgart. On 16 September 2024, Jane Katherine BA (1966 Classics; English). Jane was born in Scotland in 1947 but lived all her life in Cambridge. After Girton she worked for MAFF and at Cambridge University Press and later hosted students of English at her home in Victoria Road. Her most treasured possessions were her books, her garden and her dogs. Her many interests included reading, plants and the natural world. Jane is remembered for both writing and producing plays, particularly nativity plays, for the United Reformed Church of which she was a long-term active member. She died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 77.
Ingram. On 9 September 2024, Margaret MA (1966 English). Peg followed her time at Girton with postgraduate studies at Yale and then returned to her home state of Texas where she worked for various university presses for some years. She qualified as an attorney in 1985 and spent two decades drafting legislation for the Texas Legislative Council, specialising in water law. She was an enthusiastic baseball, R&B and rockabilly fan; loved travelling, reading and opera; and supported a wide range of humanitarian, political and environmental charities.
Oakes On 4 April 2024, Suzanne Margaret MA (1967 Modern and Medieval Languages). At Girton Suzanne made lifelong friends and indeed throughout her life she was known for her gift for friendship. After a brief period of teaching, Suzanne trained as a librarian, and worked for several years with the British Council, including a posting to Warsaw in the 1970s, in the days before Solidarity. Later she spent some years as
a Carmelite at Sclerder, Cornwall, and Wood Hall, Yorkshire, before deciding that the religious life was not for her. She then obtained a post as librarian at the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds, utilising her skills as a modern linguist. This was followed by a busy and hospitable retirement in Bramley, Leeds. Suzanne will be much missed by her family and many friends.
Parkinson. On 20 March 2024, Dilys Avril (Cousins) MA (1965 Classics). Two short spells teaching Classics punctuated by a year teaching English in Sweden led Dilys to make a conscious move into teaching English as a Foreign Language, returning to Cambridge to take a postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics. There she met husband Stephen (Jesus), marrying in 1976. For some 20 years she taught English to overseas postgraduates at Aberdeen and Oxford, before moving into lexicography and editing EFL Dictionaries at OUP, where she made significant contributions to the renowned Advanced Learnerʼs Dictionary, as well as creating a pioneering dictionary of Business English. She retired in 2009, devoting her time to family, gardening, quilting and local activism. She had three children — Tom (d. 2007), Nick and Jenni — and four cherished grandchildren.
Stebbing. On 11 November 2024, Veronica Mary BA (1964 Classics).
Toms. On 28 January 2025, Rhinedd Margaret (PeregrineJones) MA (1961 Natural Sciences). Following Girton, Rhinedd dedicated her life to the medical profession, working in public and occupational health, and then psychiatry, becoming a consultant psychiatrist at Severalls Hospital in Colchester, and an honorary consultant to St Luke’s Hospital for the Clergy. She was a College Tutor, examiner and adviser to the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She retired in 2005 but continued to do second-opinion work and Mental Health Act assessments. Rhinedd married Dr Brian Toms in 1968 and is survived by her two children. She loved gardening, music, craft, and choral singing. Her life was marked by a deep sense of responsibility, compassion, and a commitment to helping others. She will be much missed.
Walker. On 29 November 2023, Cynthia Ann LLM (1967 Law). Cynthia came to Girton after working as a secretary to the Dean of Harvard Law School, who had discouraged her from applying for postgraduate study there. Having obtained her LLB here instead, she undertook legal work for the United Nations in the USA and Europe as well as for the OECD and
Toms Rhinedd Margaret (PeregrineJones) MA (1961 Natural Sciences; 1968 Medical Sciences).
Parkinson. Dilys Avril (Cousins) MA (1965 Classics)
Finney. Barbara Gill (Cook) MA (1960 Classics).
the African Development Bank, becoming fluent in French, Italian and German. Cynthia loved opera, theatre, dance, and entertaining friends; and was a volunteer at the White House from 2008 to 2016 and in her local community at Watergate West, Washington DC.
Woods. On 29 July 2024, Elisabeth Ann (Singleton) MA (1960 Modern and Medieval Languages). After graduating with a Double First, Lis joined the Civil Service fast track, first at the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance and then in the Department for Health and Social Security where she rose to become an Under-Secretary as Head of Finance. The final years of her career were spent at HM Customs and Excise, where as a Commissioner she had ministerial seniority. On retirement, Lis became a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, as well as a volunteer at her local Citizens’ Advice in Salisbury. She and her husband James were great music-lovers, travellers and keen supporters of the George Herbert Society in Bemerton.
Woods. Elisabeth Ann (Singleton) MA (1960 Modern and Medieval Languages).
IN MEMORIAM 1970 – 1979
Dumville. On 8 September 2024, David Norman MA (1978 Fellow). See Obituaries.
Jenkins. On 20 August 2024, Christine [Krysia] Mary (Kubikowski) MA (1971 Natural Sciences).
Morris. On 26 August 2024, Jennifer Susan MA (1972 Classics).
Politi. On 24 May 2023, Georgia Jina (1970 PhD English; 1979 Helen Cam Visiting Fellow). Jina was born in Athens in 1930 and studied at Columbia University in New York before coming to Girton where she gained a doctorate for her innovative study of the structure and intellectual pre-suppositions of major eighteenth-century novels. This work was published as a book in 1976. She became an award-winning author and academic, a Fellow of Churchill College and eventually Emerita Professor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Jina's publications included many books on works in English and in Greek, as well as on comparative literature. She won the Diavazo Prize in 2007. Retiring back to Athens, she remained active in left-wing radical political and cultural affairs. Jina
was predeceased by both her husband and her son Stephanos (1980 Economics). Of her time at Girton she wrote in 2020
‘I often find myself there in memory, dining at High Table, talking with other Fellows...I shall never forget the gardens at twilight. I considered England my second country.’
Robinson. In 2024, Joyce Elizabeth (Butterfield) MA (1974 Economics).
MEMORIAM 1980 – 1989
Burall. On 4 July 2024, Simon Charles MA PGCE (1989 Natural Sciences). See Obituaries.
Goldsmith. On 2 October 2024, Mary Helen (1987 Brenda Ryman Visiting Fellow). Mary Goldsmith was a distinguished researcher, teacher and advocate for women in science who became Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University; Master of Sillman College, Yale; and Director of the Marsh Botanical Gardens at Yale. She was sometime President of the American Society of Plant Physiologists and was a keen botanist, gardener, birdwatcher and sailor. She is survived by her husband, two children and four grandchildren.
MEMORIAM 1990 – 1999
Von Meier-Ince On 18 February 2022, Beatrix (Von Meier) MA (1992 Veterinary Medicine).
Beckett. In February 2024, Mark Stephen BA (2004 Natural Sciences).
2000 – 2009
Politi. Georgia Jina (1970 PhD English; 1979 Helen Cam Visiting Fellow)
POSTGRADUATES
Other Named Bursaries include: Three Margaret Barton Bursaries; the Bateman Bursary for Economics; the Elizabeth Brown Bursary; Class Bursaries from 1958,
1975, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982,
1986,
1989, 1990, 1998, 2024; the Juliet Dusinberre Bursary; the Margaret Norah Fulcher Bursary; two Sybil Lewis Bursary; the Jean Lindsay Memorial Bursary; four Dr Christine McKie Bursaries; three E Joan Miller Bursaries; the Northcroft Bursary; two Paresh Patel Bursaries; the Gillian Somerscales Bursary; two Anne and Caroline Wilson Bursaries; the Wittman Curry Bursary; and the Elma Wyatt Bursary.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATES
STAFF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
WELCOME FAREWELL
Catering
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Many thanks to all our contributors this year, and as ever to the stalwart editorial team of Jill Jondorf, Cherry Hopkins, Ross Lawther, Rachael Humphrey and Emily Swettenham. Also much gratitude to Freya Paulucci-Couldrick, Emma Cornwall, Martin Ennis and Peter Sparks and our designers The District, www.thedistrict.co.uk.
pp. 11(07), 11(09), 27(32), 36(29) Phil Mynott; 11(08) Chris Donnelly; 13(10) Marwood Jenkins/Alamy; 17(16) Walter Bird/National Portrait Gallery; 19(19) HIH The Princess Takamado; 21(24) Girton College Archive (GCAS 3/3/6); 27(34) Ben Brogan; 29(38) Row 360; 31(40) Girton College Archive (GCPP Bradbrook 1/1/22); 35(45) Elena Buermann; 40(Arden) Tempest Photography; 47 Rii Schroer/British Academy; 65 Involve; 75 John Thompson/JET Photography; and the families and friends of those featured in our In Memoriam notices and Obituaries.
Other photographs were taken by the Mistress, Girton Staff and Fellows: Julia Andersson, Emma Cornwall, Lauren Court, Magdalena Douleva, Abby Hallett, Rachael Humphrey, Ingrid Koning, Freya Paulucci-Couldrick, Emily Swettenham, Hannah Westall and Gareth Wilson.
The obituary of Gillian Riley by Tom Jaine is reproduced by kind permission of The Guardian.
