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St Hilda’s College The Chronicle 2016
St Hilda’s College Chronicle
2016
St Hilda’s College
Oxford
OX4 1DY
Tel: 01865 276828
Email: development.office@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk
www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk
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Contents
St Hilda’s College List ..................................................................................................................iv
ASM Committee............................................................................................................................ix
American Friends of St Hilda’s Board....................................................................................ix
Editorial ............................................................................................................................................x
A S M R E P O RT S
The Chairman’s Report ...............................................................................................................1
The 2016 Annual General Meeting........................................................................................4
ASM Financial Report..................................................................................................................7
The ASM Studentship 2017-18 ................................................................................................8
NE W S O F S E N I O R M E M B E R S
Recent Publications......................................................................................................................9
Other Recent News .......................................................................................................................11
Marriages and Partnerships.......................................................................................................13
Births..................................................................................................................................................14
Deaths................................................................................................................................................14
Deaths of Partners.........................................................................................................................16
O B I T UA R I E S
Jean Austin.......................................................................................................................................17
Kathleen Hall..................................................................................................................................18
Eileen Burbidge, OBE ...................................................................................................................19
Patricia Jones...................................................................................................................................20
Christine Hill..................................................................................................................................21
Elizabeth Foster .............................................................................................................................22
Cynthia Iliffe...................................................................................................................................23
Betty Hill...........................................................................................................................................24
Katharine Rees King.....................................................................................................................25
Audrey Fowler ................................................................................................................................26
Janet Cunliffe-Jones......................................................................................................................27
Jennifer Moon.................................................................................................................................28
Gillian O’Connor...........................................................................................................................29
Frances Hancox..............................................................................................................................30
Gillian Bagnell................................................................................................................................31
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CONTENTS
A RT I C L E S
Christmas University Challenge 2016 .....................................................................................32
From the Archives: St Hilda’s War-Work.............................................................................34
Reflections on a Career in Medicine ......................................................................................36
From Music to Medicine.............................................................................................................37
In Emergency..................................................................................................................................38
I would never have become a Clinical Psychologist... ....................................................39
Becoming a Plastic Surgeon ......................................................................................................40
Biomedicine and Beyond ...........................................................................................................41
A Hobby as Work ..........................................................................................................................42
A Woman in Plastic Surgery.....................................................................................................43
A Year in Oxford ............................................................................................................................44
Four Years as a Nurse....................................................................................................................45
Health Care outside the NHS ...................................................................................................46
A Career in Speech and Language Therapy ........................................................................47
Equine Reproduction...................................................................................................................48
L I S T O F D O N O R S T O C O L L E G E 2 0 1 6 .......................................................49
2 0 1 8 E V E N T S ........................................................................................................................62
2 0 1 7 E V E N T S .......................................................................................................back cover
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St Hilda’s College Smith, Lorna, MA, DPhil, Tutor in Inorganic
The Chronicle Chemistry, Peacock Fellow, Disability Fellow
Armstrong, Rebecca, BA, MSt, DPhil, Tutor
2016 in Classics, Mary Bennett Fellow
Swift, Helen, MA, MSt, DPhil, Tutor in
St Hilda’s College List French, Eleanor Boyle Fellow, Tutor for
Graduates
Visitor
The Rt Hon Baroness Elizabeth Butler- Smith, Hannah, BA (Cambridge), MPhil
Sloss, GBE, PC (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge), Tutor in
History
Principal Seregin, Gregory, PhD (Leningrad Polytech
Duff, Professor Sir Gordon William, MA, Inst), MD (Leningrad Polytech Inst), DrSci
BM, BCh, PhD, MD, FFPM (Hon), (VA Steklov Mathematical Inst St
FBSPharmacol (Hon), FRCP, FMedSci, FRSE Petersburg), Tutor in Pure Mathematics
Fellows Filatov, Dmitry, PhD (Moscow), Tutor in
Paul, Georgina, MA, DPhil, Tutor in Biology
German, Vice-Principal Travers, Bronwyn, BA (Auckland),
Yeomans, Julia, MA, DPhil, FRS, Tutor in Development Director
Physics, Pauline Chan Fellow, Professor of Payne, Elinor, MA (Cambridge), MPhil
Physics (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge), Fellow in
Avramides, Anita, MA, DPhil, BA Phonetics and Phonology
(Oberlin), MPhil (Lond), Tutor in Philosophy, Hoge, Kerstin, MPhil, DPhil, MA (Ohio
Southover Manor Trust Fellow, Reader in State), MLS (Ohio State), Fellow in German
Philosophy of Mind Linguistics
Cooper-Sarkar, Amanda, MA, DPhil, Tutor Glitsch, Maike, PhD (Göttingen),
in Physics, Professor of Particle Physics DipBiolSci (Göttingen), Tutor in Biomedical
Moroz, Irene, MA, PhD (Leeds), Tutor in Sciences, Muriel Tomlinson Fellow
Applied Mathematics Macintosh, Fiona, BA (Leeds), MA (Leeds),
Croghan, Maria, MA, MA (Lond), MSc PhD (Lond), PGCE (Lond), Fellow in Classical
(Lond), Librarian Reception
Clarke, Katherine, MA, DPhil, Tutor in Condry, Rachel, BSc (LSE), PhD (LSE),
Ancient History, Atkinson Fellow Fellow in Criminology
Schleiter, Petra, MA, MPhil, DPhil, BSc Green, Sarah, MA, MSc, Tutor in Law, Lord
(Lond), Tutor in Politics Hoffmann Fellow
Jones, Susan, MA, DPhil, Tutor in English, McHugh, Stephen, MSc, DPhil, MA
Barbara Pym Fellow, AFStH Fellow (Edinburgh), Tutor in Psychology
Kean, Margaret, MA, DPhil, Tutor in Paton, Robert, MA (Cambridge), MSci
English, Dame Helen Gardner Fellow (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge), Tutor in
Organic Chemistry
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COLLEGE LIST
Todd, Selina, BA (Warwick), MA (Sussex), Butler-Sloss, Elizabeth, (The Rt Hon
DPhil (Sussex), Tutor in History Baroness), GBE, PC, Hon LLD (Hull), Hon
Noble, Alison, OBE, MA, DPhil, Professor of DLitt (Loughborough), Hon DUniv (UCE)
Biomedical Engineering, Professorial Fellow Goodhart, Celia, (The Lady Goodhart), MA
Katzourakis, Aris, BSc (Imperial), PhD Moore, G Mary, MA, Hon LLD (Mount
(Imperial), Tutor in Zoology Holyoke)
Swales, Catherine, BSc (UCL), PhD (UCL), Shephard, Gillian, (The Rt Hon Baroness
Tutor in Clinical Medicine Shephard of Northwold), PC, MA
Wakelin, Daniel, BA (Cambridge), MPhil Jones, Gwyneth, (Dame), DBE, Hon DMus
(Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge), Jeremy (Wales), Hon Mem RACM
Griffiths Professor of Medieval English LeFanu, Nicola, MA, DMus (Lond), Hon
Palaeography, Professorial Fellow DMus (Durham, Aberdeen), Hon DUniv
Howey, David, BA (Cambridge), MEng (Open), Hon PhD (Patros), FRCM
(Cambridge), PhD (Imperial), Tutor in Lefkowitz, Mary, BA (Wellesley), MA
Engineering Sciences (Radcliffe), PhD (Radcliffe), LHD (Trinity),
Hulley, Philippa, BSc (Cape Town), PhD Hon DMus (Durham), Hon DU (Open)
(Cape Town), Tutor in Biomedical Sciences Morrison, C Toni, Hon DLitt, BA (Howard),
Gangjee, Dev, BCL, MPhil, DPhil, BA MA (Cornell)
(Bangalore), Tutor in Law Caldicott, Fiona, (Dame), DBE, BM, BCh,
Gargent, Frank, MA, MA (Cambridge), MA, FMedSci, FRCGP, FRCP, FRCPI,
MSc (Birkbeck), FCA, Bursar FRCPsych
Gibbons, John, BA (Evergreen State), PhD Pomeroy, Sarah, BA (Barnard), MA
(Brown), Tutor in Philosophy (Columbia), PhD (Columbia)
Wild, Lorraine, MA, DPhil, Dean Le Pichon, Doreen, (The Hon Mrs Justice),
Bulte, Daniel, BSc (Tasmania), PhD BA, BCL
(Tasmania), Tutor in Engineering Lee, Hermione, (Dame), DBE, MA, MPhil,
Barlow, Jane, MSc, DPhil, BA (Warwick), FRSL, FBA
Fellow in Social Policy & Intervention Stevenson, Catherine, (Lady), MA
Norman, Sarah, BSc (Edinburgh), PhD Greenfield, Susan, (The Baroness
(Cambridge), Senior Tutor Greenfield), CBE, MA, DPhil, Hon DSc
(Oxford Brookes, St Andrews, Exeter)
Honorary Fellows
Weir, Judith, CBE, MA (Cambridge)
Kennan, Elizabeth, MA, PhD
Llewellyn-Smith, Elizabeth, CB, MA
(Washington)
Gaymer, Janet, (Dame), DBE, MA, LLM,
Lee Rudgard, Deanna, OBE, BM, BCh, MA
Hon DLaws (Nottingham, Westminster),
Ishibashi, Hiro, OBE, MA, PhD (Keio) Hon D (Surrey)
Foster, Joanna, CBE Wagley, Mary-Frances, MA, DPhil, BSc
(MIT)
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Edgington, Dorothy, BPhil, MA, FBA Supernumerary Fellows
Baird, Vera, QC, LLB (Newcastle), BA (Open) Watts, Nita, OBE, MA, BSc (Econ) (Lond)
Rose, Joanna, BA (Bryn Mawr) Harris, Rita, MA
Neville, Elizabeth, (Dame), DBE, QPM, Williamson, Karina, MA, BLitt, DLitt
MA, PhD (Lond), Hon LLD (Southampton) Rees, Margaret, MA, DPhil, BSc (Lond), MB
Smethurst, Jacqueline, MA, MEd (Lond), BS (Lond), MRCOG
(Massachusetts), PhD (Massachusetts) Brown, Verity, MA, MA (St Andrews)
English, Judith, (Lady), MA, MB King, Gillian, MA, DPhil
(Cambridge), MRCP, FRCPsych Aldgate, Jane, MA, MA (Edinburgh), PhD
Owers, Anne, (Dame), DBE, BA (Cambridge) (Edinburgh)
MacMillan, Margaret, BPhil, MA, DPhil Perrott, Alayne, MA, MA (Colorado), MA
Salmon, Paul, BSc (Lond), MRCS, MB, BS (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge), FRGS
(Lond), FRCP (Edinburgh, Lond), MRCP McAuley, Mary, MA, DPhil
Allen, Thomas, (Sir), CBE Gray, Christine, MA, DPhil, MA
McDermid, Val, BA, LC, Hon DEd (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge)
(Sunderland), Hon DLaw (Dundee), Hon Taylor, Jane, MA, DPhil, HonD-ès-Lettres
DCL (Northumbria) (Reims-Champagne)
Almond, Jayne, MA Edwards, Anne, BA (Wales), MEd (Wales),
Mason, Monica, (Dame), DBE PhD (Wales), ACSS, AFBPSS, CPsychol
Forbes, Sheila, CBE, MA Brown, Hilda, MA, Blitt, DLitt, BA
(Western Australia)
Emeritus Fellows Mountford, Brian, (The Revd Canon),
Christie, Margaret, MA, PhD (Cambridge), MBE, MA, BA (Newcastle), MA
BSc (Glasgow), PhD (Glasgow) (Cambridge)
Sisam, Celia, MA Blackshaw, Susanna, MA, BSc
Rayner, Margaret, CBE, MA, DPhil, MSc (Birmingham), PhD (Wales)
(Lond) Tudor, Maya, BA (Stanford), MA
Levick, Barbara, MA, DPhil, FSA (Princeton), PhD (Princeton), Government
Innes, Doreen, MA, DPhil, MA (Aberdeen) and Public Policy
Ault, Irene, MA, BSc (Lond), PhD (Lond) Elliott, Victoria, MSc, DPhil, BA
(Cambridge), MPhil (Cambridge), PGCE
Mellanby, Jane, MA, DPhil
(Leeds), English and Literacy Education
Gregory, Mary, MA, DPhil, MA (Glasgow)
Watkinson, Sarah, MA, PhD (Cambridge)
Howarth, Janet, MA, FRHistS
Goodden, Angelica, MA, DLitt
Newby, Laura, MA, DPhil, BA (Lond)
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COLLEGE LIST
Senior Research Fellows Wren, Stephen, BSc (Manchester), PhD
Gordon, Lyndall, MA, MA (Columbia), (Cambridge), Associate Research Fellow
PhD (Columbia), English Povey, Richard, BA, MPhil, DPhil, Fixed
Kearns, Emily, MA, DPhil, Classics Term Fellow Economics
Maclean, Mavis, CBE, MA, MSc (Lond),
Lecturers
LLB (Lond), Law
Baroghel, Elsa, DPhil, BA (Sorbonne), MA
Muschel, Ruth, BA (Cornell), PhD (Albert (Sorbonne), French
Einstein College), MD (Albert Einstein
Bateman, Chimene, BA (Berkeley), BA
College), Medicine
(Cambridge), PhD (Yale), French
Junior Research Fellows/Career Board, Mary, MA, DPhil, Biochemistry
Development Fellows/Associate Brzezinski, Krzysztof, BA, MSc (Warsaw),
Research Fellows Economics
Slaney, Helen, BA (Melbourne), MA Buckle, Alexandra, MSt, DPhil, BMus
(Melbourne), Junior Research Fellow (Lond), Music
Aswad, Amr, BSc (KCL), MSc (Imperial), Coombes, Martin, BSc (Durham), MSc
Junior Research Fellow (Exeter), PhD (Exeter), Geography
Couch, Yvonne, MSc, DPhil, BSc Derakhshan, Jamshid, DPhil, Pure
(Manchester), Junior Research Fellow Mathematics
Doyle, Casey, BA (Bates), PhD (Pittsburgh), Dorigatti, Marco, DPhil, DottLett
Junior Research Fellow (Florence), Italian
McKeown, Maeve, BSocSci (Manchester), Dowker, Ann Derore, BA, PhD (Lond),
MA (UCL), PhD (UCL), Junior Research Experimental Psychology
Fellow
Dries, Manuel, BA (Exeter), MPhil
Namburete, Ana, BSc (Simon Fraser), (Cambridge), DPhil (Cambridge), Philosophy
Junior Research Fellow
Evans, Gareth, DPhil, BA (Durham), MA
Wedler, Sebastian, DPhil, BA (Zurich), MA (Durham), English
(Durham), Junior Research Fellow
Farguson, Julie, BA, MSt, DPhil, History
Brenncke, Martin, PhD (Zurich), LLM
Ford, Mark, BSc (York), DPhil (York),
(Cambridge), Career Development Fellow
Physical Chemistry
Cendon Boveda, Karina, MS
Gartrell, Amber, BA (Warwick), MA
(Georgetown), PhD (Yale), Career
(Warwick), Classics
Development Fellow
Goddard, Stephen, MA, DPhil, French
Patterson, Jonathan, BA (Cambridge),
MPhil (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge), Grange, Huw, BA (Cambridge), MPhil
Career Development Fellow (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge), French
Bradford, Ben, BSc (UCL), MSc (UCL), MSc Gwenlan, Claire, MSci (UCL), PhD (UCL),
(LSE), PhD (LSE), Associate Research Fellow Physics
Troeberg, Linda, BSc (KwaZulu-Natal), PhD Gwilym, Stephen, BSc, MB, BS, DPhil,
KwaZulu-Natal, Associate Research Fellow FRCS (Tr & Orth), Medicine
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Harry, Martyn, MA (Cambridge), MPhil Troeberg, Linda, BSc (KwaZulu-Natal),
(Lond), PhD (Lond), Music PhD (KwaZulu-Natal), Biomedical Molecules
Hills, David, MA, DSc, PhD (Trent Viles, Heather, MA, DPhil, MA
Polytechnic), CEng, FIMechE, Engineering (Cambridge), Geography
Hodgetts, Timothy, BA, MPhil, DPhil, MA Ward-Perkins, Bryan, MA, History
(Open), Human Geography Wild, Lorraine, MA, DPhil, Geography
Jennings, Emily, DPhil, BA (Cambridge), Wilkins, Robert, BA, DPhil, Medicine
MPhil (Cambridge), English
Kearns, Emily, MA, DPhil, Classics Staff
Anstey, Tom, IT Manager
Klimek, Aleksander, BA (Warsaw),
MMath (Warsaw), Mathematics Bountra, Hemlata, BSc (Manchester), PhD
(Manchester), ACA, College Accountant
Ligoxygakis, Petros, BA (Athens), MSc
(Crete), PhD (Crete), Biology Cane, Gerri, Domestic Bursar
Littleton, Suellen, BSc (California), MBA Castillo Bernaus, José, DipArch
(Lond), Management Studies (Barcelona), DipCEng (Madrid), FFB,
Buildings Manager
Malo, Aurelio, BSc (Madrid), MRes
(Madrid), PhD (Madrid), Biology Drautzburg, Anja, Junior Dean
McGilvray, Matthew, BSc (Queensland), Frankum, Ennis, RGN, BA (Oxford
DPhil (Queensland), Engineering Brookes), MSc (Manchester), College Nurse
Nash, Calypso, BA, MSt, Classics Griffiths, Rachael, Junior Dean
Nodal, Fernando, BSc (Salamanca), MSc Hancock, Susan, Academic Registrar
(Salamanca), PhD (Salamanca), Medicine Harnett, Elizabeth, Junior Dean
Norton, Roy, BA, MSt, DPhil, Spanish Harvey, Claire, Communications Manager
Percy, Ruth, BA (Sussex), PhD (Toronto), Luke, Garry, Catering Manager
History Maddison, Antony, MB, ChB, DRCOG,
Przedlacka, Joanna, MA (Warsaw), PhD DCH, College Doctor
(Warsaw), Linguistics McDonnell, Catherine, MB, BCh, BAO,
Sohail, Muhammad, DPhil, BSc (Punjab), DCH, DROCG (Dublin), College Doctor
MSc (Quaid-i-Azam), MPhil (Quaid-i- Mountford, Brian, (The Revd Canon),
Azam), Biochemsistry MBE, MA, BA (Newcastle), MA (Camb),
Song, Yang, BA (PR China), MA (York), Chaplain
Oriental Studies Williams, Jonathan, MPhil, DPhil, BMus
Teichmann, Roger, DPhil, BA (Cambridge), (Manchester), Director of College Music
Philosophy
Thomas, Nicola, MA (Edinburgh), MA
(Nottingham), PhD (Nottingham), German
Traill, John, DPhil, MMus (UEA), Music
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COLLEGE LIST
Middle Common Room Committee American Friends of St Hilda’s Committee
President: Zhao, Stephen Co-Chair:
Secretary: Bower, Hannah Fenster, Julie (1979)
Treasurer: Sharif, Nafisa Co-Chair:
Teale, Sarah (1980)
Junior Common Room Committee
Treasurer:
President: Lyon-Fraser, Anya
Coquillette, Judith (Rogers, 1965)
Vice-President/Secretary: Kaul, Shasta
Diamond, Sarah (Brandenburger, 1975)
ASM Committee 2016-17 Ganshi, Ankur (1995)
Chairman:
Stevens, Rosemary (1957)
Fuller-Sessions, Ruth (1986)
Secretary: Ex-officio
Featherstone, Lynn (2000) Honorary Fellows:
Editor of The Chronicle: Kennan, Elizabeth (1960)
Co-opted: Ellis, Margaret (1963)
Lefkowitz, Mary (Visiting Fellow, 1979-80)
Treasurer:
Morrison, Toni
Pinder, Charlotte (1975)
Pomeroy, Sarah (Visiting Fellow, 1990)
Governing Body Representative:
Travers, Bronwyn Rose, Joanna Semel (1952)
Smethurst, Jacqueline (1960)
Committee Members:
Wagley, Mary Frances (Penney, 1947-50)
Adams, Triona (1993), 125 Events
Consultant (Any correspondence for AFStH Board
Members should be sent c/o 12 Rutland Street,
Archer, Jan (1966)
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.)
Booth, Jennifer (2009)
Dyson, Julie (1982)
Hughes, Jacqueline (1965)
Meakin, Lucy (2002)
Moore, Alison (1989)
Co-opted: Burton, Pauline (1963)
Co-opted: Clarebourne, Catherine (1989)
Woodcock, Fran (2004)
Alumnae Relations & Communications
Manager, ex-officio
(Any correspondence for ASM Officers may be
sent to St Hilda's College, c/o the Development &
Alumnae Office.)
ixT H E C H RO N I C L E 2 0 1 6 Editorial It is a pleasure to be back helping with The Chronicle, though I am conscious that I have a very hard act to follow. Margaret Rayner and Eileen Roberts have steered the magazine for many years and through several big changes while ensuring that it continues to express those values of excellence, care and friendliness that are peculiar to St Hilda’s. I am extremely grateful to them, both for the enjoyment and information that these issues have given and for their support and help at this time. This year we are able to celebrate the achievement of our alumnae University Challenge team in winning the celebrity Christmas television series with three impressive appearances; to have a glimpse of St Hilda’s work with the wounded during the First World War; and to have insights into the careers of some of our Senior Members in the medical world. For the next issue, as we adjust to changes in the shape of our global connections, we would like to invite articles from those whose work has taken them abroad – either coming to the UK or going overseas. Contributions (of 400 – 450 words) should be sent to The Editor at St Hilda’s by early November. The issue will, of course, also celebrate our 125th anniversary and we have included an advanced list of some of the events planned for that occasion at the back of this issue. Lastly, I would like to thank Bronwyn Travers and members of our Development & Alumnae Office for the work that they do for us as Senior Members, and in particular Fran Woodcock whose competence, advice and patience have made this production possible. Margaret Ellis (Vaughan, 1963) Editor x
ASM REPORTS
ASM Reports
The Chairman’s Report to the Annual General Meeting,
25 June 2016
The aims of the Association of Senior a performance developed and presented
Members, as agreed in our terms of by Triona. Over 140 enjoyed a VE Day
reference (revised two years ago), are: “to themed Gaudy Dinner, organised by
foster dialogue and continuity of contact Edith Coulton (Gainford, 1973) and Jan
between individual members of the ASM Archer (1966), supported by Catering
and the College for the benefit of both; Manager Garry Luke and the Catering
and to enhance and promote the profile Team. During Dinner our Honorary
and the ongoing success of the College.” Fellow and alumna Val McDermid (1972)
As you know, the main way we realise spoke wonderfully in memory of the late
that continuity of contact is through PD James. Second Desserts (an apparently
events – made possible by the venerable College tradition that started
Development & Alumnae Office and the after my time) was accompanied by
College. Here are some highlights of the readings by Triona Adams. Over the
last year: weekend the Development & Alumnae
Office also held reunions for alumnae
Garden Party – 25 June 2015
who matriculated in ’55, ’65 and ’75.
The VE Day-themed Garden Party
masterminded by Triona Adams (1993) Autumn Drinks – 29 October 2015
was a great fun and I thought extremely Dr Stephen McHugh, Fellow in
stylish success last year. We are very Experimental Psychology, stepped in for
lucky that Triona is again overseeing the Principal and gave a brilliant talk on
today – I think it’s going to be an Music, Emotion and the Brain. The event,
interesting afternoon with the Hobbit at the Lansdowne Club, was sold out and
theme. the Club proved itself an ideal venue: a
central location, with spacious rooms and
Gaudy – 18-20 September 2015
delicious food. Thanks to Lady Duff for
We enjoyed a variety of events: a
making our booking possible.
screening of the St Hilda’s College Living
History Project where we saw selected We returned to the Lansdowne Club for
interviews from Senior Members who the London Tea on 12 March 2016. We
were up in the ’40s and ’50s, to fit with the enjoyed an exploration of Hell from our
VE day theme. We had wonderful own Dr Margaret Kean, Helen Gardner
readings of the Pym and Larkin letters in Fellow in English, talking about her
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forthcoming book, Inferno: A Cultural organised a St Hilda’s day at the FT
History of Hell. Weekend Oxford Literary Festival which
involved four events featuring alumnae
The Development team worked with the
writers. There was great variety and it was
American Friends of St Hilda’s on two St
a stimulating day, kicked off by a
Hilda’s events for alumnae and friends in
networking coffee. Huge thanks to
the US between 7-10 April. Alumna
Nicolette Jones (1978) for making this
Ginger Haskell (1978) and Tim Oliver
unique-among-colleges event happen for
kindly hosted a dinner in Alexandria for
the last seven years.
more than 25 Senior Members and guests
as part of the North American Reunion In June the Law Network held their
Weekend. Honorary Fellow Rachel annual St Hilda’s in the City Summer
Brandenburger (1973) introduced the Drinks. Sarah Higgins (1981), Chair of the
speaker, Development Director Bronwyn Law Network, again kindly hosted at
Travers, who gave a presentation about Charles Russell Speechlys LLP. Alumna
the plans to transform the College site in Sarah Baxter (1978), Deputy Editor of The
celebration of the forthcoming 125th Sunday Times, spoke to a gathering of 70
Anniversary. Bronwyn later met with a alumnae and current students and gave
group in Boston for dinner and discussion us a glimpse into being there to ‘write the
about College. There was lively exchange first draft of history’.
of views at both events and College
Publications
was pleased to receive feedback on the
You heard last year about the change in
design competition.
the College’s publications. I would like to
thank Dr Margaret Rayner and Eileen
Roberts for their generous and diligent
work over many years on the Report &
Chronicle and in particular for their last
editorial double-act on the new Chronicle
earlier this year. Jan Archer was the ASM
Editor for that first edition in April. Penny
Birdseye (Smith, 1965) was to take over
but had to resign for personal reasons.
The Living History Project continues
under the Media Network. The aim is to
record 125 interviews with Senior
Members before the College’s 125th
Anniversary. We are still seeking
The Career Networks run by Senior
interviewees and of course funding, so if
Members are flourishing. A brief
you would like to be interviewed or have
summary of events this year:
suggestions for others – or would like to
In April the Media Network once more donate! – please do contact the
2ASM REPORTS
Development Office. The ASM I said it last year and I will say it again: the
Committee has also decided to explore Committee almost always has room for
the possibility of commissioning a new new members. We are open to all Senior
portrait of Miss Beale for the 125th Members and we want the group to
Anniversary. represent and reflect the whole Senior
Membership. Please feel free to express an
Finally, ‘thank yous’. Thank you to all the
interest in joining.
ASM Committee – including those who
have just completed their terms of office Ruth Fuller-Sessions (1986),
and those who are just joining us – but ASM Chairman
particularly to Jan (Vice Chair), Charlotte
(Treasurer) and Lynn (Secretary). And a
heartfelt and large thank you to Bronwyn
and Audrone and all of the Development
& Alumnae Relations team for all they do
to help the Senior Members, much of it
unseen. Thank you too to Garry and the
Catering team for all they do to make our
College events so enjoyable.
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The 2016 Annual General 2009: Jen Booth
Meeting of the Association of Margaret Rayner, Emeritus Fellow;
Senior Members Bronwyn Travers, Development Director
The 91st Annual General Meeting was
The Chairman welcomed the Principal,
held at St Hilda’s College in the Lady
Professor Sir Gordon Duff. The Principal
Brodie Room on Saturday 25 June 2016
updated members on recent College
at 2.30pm. Ruth Fuller-Sessions was in
developments and plans for the future.
the Chair.
The Principal left before the start of
There were 23 people present. Those formal business.
recorded as being present were:
1. Welcome and apologies for absence
1952: Ann Billingshurst (Barnett); Anna
The Chairman welcomed those present
Horovitz (Landau); Monica Morris
and thanked them for attending.
(Short); Amelia Woolmore (Mulligan)
Apologies were received from: Elizabeth
1959: Sandra Margolies (Colbeck) 1963:
Shanahan (2004) and Mark Stevenson
Pauline Burton; Jenny Rowley-Williams
(2009).
(Wright) 1965: Jacky Hughes
(Beaumont) 1966: Jan Archer 1967: Mary 2. Minutes of the previous meeting
Ibbotson (Starkey) 1972: Jane Broughton The minutes for 27 June 2015 were
Perry (Broughton) 1975: Charlotte Pinder agreed. Proposed: Lynn Featherstone;
(Crowther) 1981: Amanda Last 1982: Seconded: Jan Archer.
Julie Dyson 1986: Ruth Fuller-Sessions
3. Matters arising from the minutes
1989: Catherine Clarebourne; Alison
There were no matters arising from the
Moore 2000: Lynn Featherstone 2002:
minutes.
Lucy Meakin 2004: Fran Woodcock
4ASM REPORTS
2015 expenditure on ASM events is
incorrect. Regrettably, it is now too late
for this to be amended, but the Treasurer
reassured the meeting that the actual
figures are in good order.
The Treasurer reminded the meeting
that the ASM Committee had voted in
August 2014 to use the funds from the
Miss Beale Scholarship in partnership
4. Report from the Chairman
with the Clarendon Fund and a
The Chairman presented her report,
benefactor to make one full graduate
which is printed on page 1 of
scholarship. The Clarendon, Miss Beale
The Chronicle.
and Margaret Mabbs Scholarship is
5. Report from the Treasurer available to students in the Humanities,
The Treasurer gave her report. The ASM and is tenable for three years. The
accounts for the years ending 31 July Scholarship was awarded, but not taken
2012 to 31 July 2015 had been made up, in 2015-16.
available to the meeting and were
reported to be in good order. The
financial report separated out the
different ASM funds for the first time
this year, following feedback from last
year's meeting, making the accounts
clearer to understand. Updated figures
will be available later in the year, and are
printed on page 7 of The Chronicle.
The Treasurer drew attention to the 6. Report from the Editor of The
increase in costs associated with the Chronicle
Report & Chronicle (now The Chronicle) The Chairman provided an update on
over the period 31 July 2012 to 31 July The Chronicle on behalf of the Editor in
2015, accounted for by the increasing her report.
cost of postage. However, the overall
7. Election of Committee Members
costs have been reduced to £4k (down
The Secretary explained that
from £11k in 2015) as a result of the
nominations for new Committee
separation of The Report and The Chronicle
members had to be received one month
and the switch by 70% of our members
before the date of the AGM, as required
to receiving the publications
by the ASM By-laws. There were six
electronically.
vacancies for ordinary Committee
The Treasurer noted that, due to a membership, and six nominations had
difference in calculations, the reported been received:
5T H E C H RO N I C L E 2 0 1 6 Triona Adams (English, 1993). Proposed: Ruth Fuller-Sessions; Seconded: Sandra Margolies. Jen Booth (Geography & the Environment, 2009). Proposed: Charlotte Pinder; Seconded: Ruth Fuller-Sessions. Julie Dyson (English, 1982). Proposed: Fran Woodcock; Seconded: Ruth Fuller- Sessions. Jacky Hughes (History, 1965). Proposed: Lucy Meakin; Seconded: Ruth Fuller- Sessions. Lucy Meakin (English, 2002). Proposed: Charlotte Pinder; Seconded: Ruth Fuller- Sessions. Alison Moore (Law, 1989). Proposed: Fran Woodcock; Seconded: Ruth Fuller- Sessions. Pauline Burton (English, 1963) and Catherine Clarebourne (Oriental Studies, 1989) expressed an interest in joining the Committee, and will attend meetings as co-opted members in the coming year. Members interested in joining the Committee themselves, or nominating others, were encouraged by the Chairman to speak to current Committee members or the Development Office staff. 8. Any Other Business There being no further formal business, the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 3.30pm. The next AGM will be held on Saturday 24 June 2017 Lynn Featherstone, ASM Committee Secretary 6
ASM REPORTS
ASM Financial Report
1 August 2014 to 31 July 2015
01 Aug 15 01 Aug 14 01 Aug 13 01 Aug 12
- 31 July 16 - 31 July 15 - 31 July 14 - 31 July 13
£ £ £ £
ASM FUND
INCOME
Investment income 1,208 1,204 1,126 1,110
Events 6,535 6,646 16,951 12,597
Capitation fees 5,590 5,460 4,509 4,365
Total income 13,333 13,310 22,586 18,0728
EXPENDITURE
Events -5,238 6,266 17,453 -14,636
Publications -3,361 -11,032 -7,212 -6,017
Total expenditure -8,599 -17,298 -25,065 -20,653
ASM FUND
Fund value at 1 August 40,331 42,444 40,805 35,142
Fund value at 31 July 45,616 40,331 42,444 40,805
Unspent income cfwd 25,724 21,370 25,358 24,232
ASM MISS BEALE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Investment income 2,749 2,741 2,562 2,526
Expenditure 0 -2,500 0 -2000
Unspent income 2,749 241 2,562 526
ASM MISS BEALE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Fund value at 1 August 99,987 94,615 90,887 80,000
Fund value at 31 July 103,978 99,987 94,615 90,887
Unspent income cfwd 6,078 3,329 3,088 526
ASM STUDENTSHIP FUND
Fund value at 1 August 94,103 87,888 85,575 74,636
Fund value at 31 July 97,863 94,103 87,888 85,575
Expenditure 0 1,200 1,200 1,200
Unspent income cfwd 23,365 20,766 19,384 16,970
Charlotte Pinder, ASM Treasurer
7T H E C H RO N I C L E 2 0 1 6
THE ASM STUDENTSHIP The Committee would also appreciate
a current CV. The successful candidate
2017-2018 will be required to submit a report of
Senior Members are invited to apply up to 400 words at the completion of
for the Studentship which will be the Studentship for publication in The
awarded to facilitate independent Chronicle.
study during the 2017-2018 academic
Applications will be considered during
year. The aim of the Studentship is ‘to
Trinity Term 2017 and the Committee
enable the holder to return to an
may invite shortlisted candidates to
interrupted academic career or to re-
come for an interview. Applications for
orientate by change of subject’. The
the Studentship should be sent to:
Studentship carries an honorarium of
up to £1,200, which is not renewable
The Alumnae Relations &
and is unlikely to be adequate for a full-
Communications Manager,
time research project. The holder may
St Hilda’s College,
use the facilities of the SCR and,
Oxford
according to the holder’s requirements,
OX4 1DY
the Governing Body will grant up to a
week’s residence in each vacation. by 1 June 2017.
Details would be a matter for
discussion at the time of election. In
order to consider your application the
Committee would find it helpful to
receive the following information:
• a detailed programme of work for a
self-contained academic project or a
specific plan of activities to be
undertaken. There should be a
clearly defined end within the year.
• what you envisage as the outcome of
the work and how you intend to
develop the work after the end of the
Studentship.
• what difference the honorarium
would make to your ability to
complete the project.
• how you will use the College and
University facilities.
8NEWS OF SENIOR MEMBERS
News of Senior Members 1972
Recent Publications Cush, Professor Denise publications
include ed. Celebrating Planet Earth, a
Buchanan, Professor Ann MBE, Pagan/Christian Conversation: First Steps in
Supernumerary Fellow: with Rotkirch A, Interfaith Dialogue, Moon Books, 2015; with
Grandfathers: Global Perspectives, Palgrave Robinson, C, ‘Developments in Religious
McMillan, 2017 Studies: Towards a Dialogue with Religious
1951 Education’, British Journal of Religious
Williamson, Dr Charlotte OBE Education, 2014; ‘Religious and Cultural
(Macdonald): ‘Electronic self check-in for Plurality in Education’ in ed. Ward, S
patients: the costs and consequences’, Education Studies: a Student Guide,
British Journal of General Practice, 2016; RoutledgeFalmer, 2013
‘Fostering empowerment: ethical, political
and practical considerations’, British Journal 1975
of General Practice, 2016 Johnstone, Dr Lucy: A Straight Talking
Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis, PCCS
1954 Books, 2014
Stevens, Professor Rosemary (Wallace):
A Time of Scandal: Charles R. Forbes, 1976
Warren G. Harding, and the Making of the Francis, Professor Leslie (Pickering): with
Veterans Bureau, Johns Hopkins University Francis, JG, Privacy: What Everyone Needs to
Press, 2016. Know, OUP, July 2017; ed. The Oxford
Handbook of Reproductive Ethics, OUP, 2017
1958
Lomax, Judith (Lawson): Third Edition of 1979
Norway (nautical pilot book to the coast of Towers, Katharine: The Remedies, Picador,
Norway), Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson for 2016
the Royal Cruising Club Pilotage
Foundation, 2016 1980
Dempsey, Katharine (Prior): The Space
1966 Between, Doire Press, 2016
Gray, Charlotte: The Promise of Canada: 150
Years – People and Ideas that have Shaped our Hughes, Professor Rebecca: publications
Country, Simon & Schuster, 2016 include Teaching and Researching Speaking,
Longman, 2017; ‘International
1969 Collaborations and the Effects of
Bird, Jennifer (Barrett): with Gornall, S, International Rankings’ in ed. Stiasny, M
The Art of Coaching, Routledge, 2015 and Gore, T, Going Global: the Landscape for
Policy Makers and Practitioners in Tertiary
Education, British Council and Emerald
9T H E C H RO N I C L E 2 0 1 6
Publishing, 2012; ‘“Our Universities in 2001
2030”: a case study in network effects’ in ed. Irisarri, Dr Kate (Ash): ‘St Margaret and the
Stiasny, M, and Gore, T, Global Education – Literary Politics of Scottish Sainthood’ in ed.
Knowledge Based Economies for 21st Century von Contain, E and Bernau, A, Sanctity as
Nations, British Council and Emerald Literature in Late Medieval Britain,
Publishing, 2014 Manchester University Press, 2015
1981 2004
Abrey, Julia (Heighton): ‘A law to support Kerr, Emily: Who Does He Think He Is?,
dignified living – Singapore’s Mental Crooked Cat Books, 2016
Capacity Act 2008 has plans to move on’,
Elder Law Journal, 2016 Wyatt, Dr Charlotte: publications include,
with Tighe, MP, ‘Case report: Erythema
1984 multiforme – Lyme disease in a paediatric
Casey, Anne-Marie: The Real Liddy James, patient’, BMA Archives of Diseases in
Hodder, 2016 Childhood, 2015
1988 2007
Jarvie, Professor Dr Helen: et al ‘Increased Morley, Annabel: with Pfeiffer, T, ‘An
Soluble Phosphorus Loads to Lake Erie: evolutionary perspective on the Crabtree
Unintended Consequences of Conservation effect’, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2014
Practices?’, Journal of Environmental Quality,
2017; et al, ‘Inorganic carbon dominates 2008
total dissolved carbon concentrations and Lutz-Bachmann, Julia (Hübner) published
fluxes in British rivers: Application of the her dissertation: Mater rixarum? Contracts
THINCARB model - Thermodynamic between the State and Jewish and Muslim
modelling of inorganic carbon in fresh Religious Communities, Mohr Siebeck, 2016
waters’, Science of the Total Environment, 2017
2010
1997 Morrison, Dr Rachel: with Thompson, J,
Caruso, Dr Martina: publications include Bird, L, et al, ‘Synthesis and characterization
Italian Humanist Photography from Fascism to of polystyrene embolization particles doped
the Cold War, Bloomsbury, 2016; ed with with tantalum oxide nanoparticles for X-ray
Swan, A: ‘Iconic Images in Modern Italy: contrast, Journal of Materials Science: Materials
Politics, Culture and Society’, Modern Italy, in Medicine, 2015
CUP, 2016
2013
Peters, Rosalind: writing as Rosalind Jana,
Notes on Being Teenage, Weyland, 2016
10NEWS OF SENIOR MEMBERS
Other Recent News 1966
Gaymer, Dame Janet, DBE, QC (Hon) has
Baird, Vera, QC, Honorary Fellow, was
been appointed Chair, Administration
appointed Dame in the 2017 New Year’s
Estimate and Members Estimate Audit
Honours list for her services to Women
Committees, to House of Commons
and Equality.
Commission as Non-Executive Member,
Foster, Joanna (Mead), CBE, Honorary February 2016.
Fellow, is a Trustee of the Old Fire Station
1969
Arts Centre in Oxford which is a partner
Bird, Jennifer (Barrett) has qualified as a
of the homeless charity Crisis. She
Master Certified Coach (MCC), the highest
continues as President of Oxfordshire
level of coaching credential awarded by
Craft Guild and is now Chair of the
the International Coach Federation.
Oxford University medical research
project US-PEx – understanding how Pugh, Katharine, OBE (Maxwell) has
frontline staff use patient experience data been awarded Ecclesiastical’s Heritage
for healthcare service improvement. Hero Award, 2016.
Gilbert, Professor Margaret, Former 1972
Fellow, UCI Professor of Philosophy, has Curtis, Dr Lisa (Riding), following
been elected to the American Academy of retirement, is able to pursue voluntary
Arts and Sciences for her contributions to interests as Director of the Craighead
Moral Philosophy. Institute of Life and Faith, chair of Village
Storytelling Centre and Vestry member of
1955
St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow; she has also
Riddell, Rosemary (Harrison), always
been appointed Hon Research Fellow at
interested in foreign languages, was
Centre for Health Policy, University of
awarded a 2.1 for German and Spanish
Strathclyde.
from the Open University in 2014.
Cush, Professor Denise gave a keynote
1956
lecture at the International Seminar for
Nixon, Pamela (Lawrence) has been
Religious Education and Values, at York St
accepted as an accredited speaker by the
John University, 2014; she continues to be
Oxfordshire Branch of the Women’s
Deputy Editor of The British Journal of
Institute to give talks on ‘writing a novel’.
Religious Education.
1957
Lacroix, Dr Susan (Weinstock) is a
Jackson, Helen, CBE (Price) is currently
qualified homeopath, counsellor and
the Chair of the charity Grandparents
shiatsu practitioner, leaving farm work to
Plus.
those who are younger and fitter!
11T H E C H RO N I C L E 2 0 1 6
Wooley, Geraldine has been appointed led the response to the Government’s
Ordinary Member of the First-tier Triennial Review of the British Council in
Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and areas relating to education. She has
Property Chamber) and, in October 2015, participated in or led a range of bilateral
Member of the Accounts Commission for round tables with Ministry of Education
Scotland, the ‘watchdog’ for local level delegations to the UK, and is the
government spending in Scotland. sector lead for a number of international
education programmes managed or
1975
delivered for the UK by the British
Feldman, Dr Eleanor retired from clinical
Council.
practice in 2013 and now runs an antiques
business and is writing a book on Stuart 1983
Crystal. Riachi, Rhonda completed an MSc in
Managing Professional Education in 2014;
1976
her dissertation was on ‘Communication
Francis, Leslie (Pickering) is currently
in Dementia Care’.
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and
Distinguished Alfred C Emery Professor of 1986
Law at the University of Utah. She was the Reisman, Lisa was the 2nd runner-up for
2015 President of the Pacific Division of 2015 Literary Award by the Santa Fe
the American Philosophical Association. Writers Project (SFWP) for her memoir 5
Months, 10 Years, 2 Hours.
1977
Strickland, Dr Nicola became President 1988
Elect of the Royal College of Radiologists Jarvie, Professor Dr Helen was made a
in 2016 for a three year term. Visiting Professor in Water Quality
Science at the University of Tokyo and a
1979
Visiting Professor in Environmental
Durham, Vivienne (Johnson) after
Chemistry at Plymouth University in
retirement at the end of 2015, became
2016. Since 2013 she has also held a
Director of Schools Advisory Service at
Visiting Professorship in Fluvial Sciences
Enjoy Education.
at the University of Arkansas. She
Harrison, Alison (Leach) was appointed continues her research in Environmental
trustee and board member of the National Chemistry at the Centre for Ecology and
Alzheimer’s Society in September 2016. Hydrology in Wallingford, Oxfordshire,
where she has worked for the last 22 years.
1980
Hughes, Professor Rebecca is currently Rogers, Lisa was made Master of Arts
working with Cabinet Office on the HMG- with Distinction in Forensic Linguistics,
wide ‘GREAT’ campaign and leading the Hofstra University, USA in 2015, and has
British Council’s delivery of the started PhD research at Aston University.
‘Education is GREAT’ strand to strengthen
inward student numbers to the UK. She
12NEWS OF SENIOR MEMBERS
1992 Marriages and Partnerships
Woollard, Catherine was appointed
Foster, Joanna (Mead), Honorary Fellow,
ECRE (European Council of Refugees and
to Nicholas Tresilian, February 2016
Exiles) Secretary General in February
2016. 2001
Ash, Dr Kate, to Damian Miguel Irisarri, 26
2001
September 2015
Irisarri, Dr Kate (Ash) became an
Honorary Research Fellow at the 2003
University of Manchester in 2016. Standing, Rachel, to Victoria Forbes, 16
May 2015 (Forbes-Standing)
2003
Redford, Dr Catherine won the British 2004
Academy’s Rising Star Engagement Award Wyatt, Dr Charlotte, to Dr Ralph Xiu-Gee
for distinguished Early Career Man, 30 October 2015
Researchers.
2005
2007 Davidson, Elizabeth, to Mark David
Rehman, Narmeen has been appointed to Krempley, 19 September 2016
WISE (Women in Science and
Wild, Elizabeth, to Eliza Barrett, 19
Engineering) Young Women’s Board,
December 2015 (Barrett-Wild)
2016/17.
2006
2009
Sutton, Sophie, to Peter Makepeace, 6
Hershberger, Dr Andrew, Visiting
February 2016
Fellow, formerly Associate Professor, has
been made Professor of Contemporary Art 2008
History at Bowling Green State University, Jackson, Hattie, to Philip Buxton, 3
Ohio, USA. December 2016
Hübner, Julia, to Sebastian Lutz-
Bachmann, 6 July 2016
2009
Wright, Charlotte, to James Flynn, 20
August 2016
13T H E C H RO N I C L E 2 0 1 6
Births Deaths
1988 Austin, Jean (Coutts), Emeritus Fellow,
Roston, Elana, a son, Maxwell Roston-Saul, 26 July 2016
born 1 April 2007
1939
1992 Newport, Beryl Maureen (Adams), 28
Davidson, Harriet, a daughter, Miriam Isle January 2016
Taylor, born 14 September 2014
1940
Ledward, Andrea, a son, Daniel Dutson, Morrison, Margaret Elsie, September
born January 2013 2016
1994 1941
Feehan, Dr Jane, twins, Lua Monique Róisín Gray, Joan (Houldsworth), 31 December
and Briac Michael Célestin, born July 2015, a 2016
sister and brother to Malo John Joseph
1942
1995 Hall, Dr Kathleen Mary, 14 November
Hatch, Rachel (Chambers), a son Evan 2016
Oliver, born 26 March 2016, a brother for
Turner, Barbara Canham, 21 October
Stella and Jake
2015
1996
1943
Brown, Lucy (Scadding), a daughter
Bibby, Ruth Shirley Ascroft, 3 March 2016
Emily, born 22 November 2011
Kirkham, Madge (Fothergill), 4
1997
November 2016
Tamman, Laura (Walters), twins,
Penelope Novella and Raffaella Charlotte, 1944
born 19 February 2013, sisters to Tallulah Burbidge, Eileen Margaret (Brown), June
Memory, born 4 April 2011 2016
1999 Jones, Patricia Mary (Brooks), 10
Pitcaithly, Rebecca (Hayes), a son, John December 2016
Roland Giles, born 11 August 2015
1945
2003 Hill, Christine Muriel, 8 February 2016
Forbes-Standing, Rachel (Standing), a son,
Phillips, Phyllis Irene (Polly Jones), 29
Felix Walter Henry, born 20 March 2016
February 2016
Wilson, Elizabeth (Byrom), a son, Oscar
Slessenger, Iola Margaret (Tushingham),
James, born 6 January 2012, and a daughter,
21 December 2016
Eleanor Jill, born 31 December 2014
1946
2004
Hall, Dr Susan Penelope (Carrington), 19
Cummins, Katharine (Platt), a son, James,
September 2016
born November 2015
14NEWS OF SENIOR MEMBERS
1947 Shillito, Jennifer (Horne), 20 November
Foster, Elizabeth Ann (Hawkins), 8 2014
December 2016
Talmage, Margaret (Thomas), 13 February
Grun, June (Stonestreet),28 October 2016 2014
Iliffe, Cynthia Irene (Rayman), 28 April 1953
2016 Wilken, Elsie Wickens (Barker), 19 May 2016
Somerskill, Florence Marion Johnston 1954
(Elliott), 18 January 2017 Hartley, Susan (Coles), 2016
1948 1955
Hill, Dr Betty, 26 July 2016 Turner, Dr Rosemary Ann (Bland), 31 July
2016
Ross, Leslie Beatrice (Arnell), 20 August
2016 1956
Cunliffe-Jones, Janet Mary (Marshall), 11
Salisbury Jones, Margaret Celia Newton
January 2017
(Wilson), 13 May 2016
1959
1949
Mathews, Julia Madeleine (Holtom), 1
Whitehead, Pauline Marianne, 16
August 2016
December 2015
1960
1950
Thomas, Erica Jean (Distin), 2016
Folkedal, Marie (Penrose), 7 January 2015
1961
Knowles, Barbara Ann (O’Malley), 16
O’Connor, Gillian Rose Mcdougall, 3 April
September 2016
2016
Rees King, Dr Katharine Elizabeth (Rees),
1962
29 February 2016
Hancox, Frances Ann (Milroy), 23 April
1951 2016
Bailey, Freda Margaret,30 March 2016
1963
Fisher, Jennifer Mary (Illsley), 11 January Stewart, Jennifer (Russell), 11 January 2017
2017
1967
Fowler, Audrey, June (Smith), 29 December Unsworth, Susan Elizabeth, 17 March 2016
2016
1968
1952 Lintott, Lesley Joan (Hutson), 30 June 2016
Mitchell, Dr Ruth, 17 March 2016
1976
Rawson, Judith Ann (Hammond), 10 Hall, Patricia (Wright), 19 November 2015
January 2016
15T H E C H RO N I C L E 2 0 1 6
1987 Deaths of Partners
Bagnall, Gillian (Rowntree), June 2016
Arthur, John, June 2016, husband of Joan
1991 Hughes (1960)
Lightfoot, Sonia (Burge), 1 March 2016
Barnett, Gordon, June 2016, husband of
2001 Cynthia (Hopkins, 1962)
Hull, Sophie Natasha, 17 May 2016
Stewart, Dr John, 14 November 2016,
husband of Mary (Cock, 1962)
16OBITUARIES
O B I T UA R I E S precepts and methods. Her
great gift was the ability to
Jean Austin
combine this vigour and
(Coutts, Fellow & Tutor,
discipline with real
1964-86, Emeritus Fellow)
kindness and humanity, so
that one always felt as
Mrs Austin, as I and a great
though she appreciated the
many other of her
interaction as much as we
philosophy students knew
did, which in retrospect is
her, was born Jean Coutts in
hard to believe.
Hampstead in December
1918, the eldest of six Jean lived in Old Marston,
children. Her childhood was by all where she ingeniously adapted to
accounts idyllic until the sudden death of changing circumstances by first converting
her father, which occurred around the time the large family home into two separate
she won a scholarship to Somerville to read flats, thereby enabling her to supplement
Greats. her income by letting to visiting lecturers.
She then sold the main house with only
Oxford changed her life for ever. As an
part of the garden, keeping ownership of
undergraduate she discovered the two
her beloved pond and building a house
loves of her life, philosophy and her
better adapted to her needs in later life. A
husband John Langshaw Austin, famous as
measure of how great an impact she had on
J L Austin. Against normal regulations,
generations of students is the number with
they married in 1941, while Jean was still
whom she kept in touch in the twenty
an undergraduate and they were very
years of her retirement.
happily married for nearly twenty years
until his early death in 1960. After a long and slow decline she died on
26 July 2016, leaving four children, nine
Only forty-one and with her youngest child
grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren,
still under the age of ten she courageously
as well as a multitude of grateful students.
faced the vicissitudes of life head-on and by
1965 was St Hilda’s Philosophy Tutor, a Sarah Long (Classics, 1979, former student)
post she held until she retired in 1986. I am
far from the only student to remember her
tutorials with a profound debt of gratitude
for her patience with our clumsy,
unformed, immature ideas and her
unerring ability to bring out the best in us,
to encourage us to look at the great
philosophical questions with intellectual
vigour. I am also far from the only student
to remember the thrill of our resulting
clarity of thought as we applied her
17T H E C H RO N I C L E 2 0 1 6
Kathleen Hall presentation of the ideas in
(Modern Languages, the dialogues.”
1942-4, 1947-52)
After a year as English
assistant at an Ecole Normale
Many of us will remember
at Angoulême and two as an
Kate Hall for her faithful
assistant lecturer in French
attendance at the Annual
at Queen’s University,
General Meeting of the ASM
Belfast, Kate spent thirty
and for her meticulous
years as Lecturer and Senior
work after retirement as
Lecturer at the University of
Editor of the ASM Chronicle
Southampton. During that
from 1987.
time she published editions of plays by
She was admirably prepared for this task. three French Renaissance writers,
As a student she entered a competition in a including Jodelle’s Cleopatre Captive (Exeter
left-wing magazine called The Gown for a UP, 1980), and collaborated in a book about
verse translation of a French poem, won du Bellay’s poems published by Grant and
first prize, an invitation to tea with the Cutler in 1985. Her critical guide to
Editor, and the offer of a post as his Rabelais’ plays Pantagruel and Gargantua
assistant. She accepted all three and found was also published by Grant and Cutler in
that she enjoyed the duties of weeding out 1991 and she was made Chevalier de l’Ordre
impossible contributions before passing on des Palmes Academiques.
the possibles.
On retirement Kate returned to Oxford and
Returning to College after the war, she found, like so many, that retirement is not
completed her BA and embarked on her retirement. She taught and translated from
DPhil, an edition of the six Discours Esperanto, and in 2002 received the John
Philosophiques of Pontus de Tyard (1522- Buchanan Prize in Esperanto from the
1605) with introduction. The introduction University of Liverpool. She became Editor
turned out to be 100,000 words, the edition of the annual journal of the Esperanto
was reduced to one discourse with extracts Historical Society as well as of the quarterly
from others, and only the introduction, Oxford Consumer before taking on the
(abridged) was published. Nevertheless, Chronicle. Many, including St Hilda’s Senior
Kate reported, she learnt editing of a sort Members, owe a great deal to her
and how to write persuasive letters when dedication and to her eye for detail.
asking for time extensions. And the
Edited from Kate’s own autobiographical
introduction, published by OUP in 1963,
article in the Chronicle and other College
was well-reviewed in the magazine French
records.
Studies. “Dr Hall provides in highly readable
form a short and sensible account of the
life, a careful examination of the scope and
intentions of the Discours Philosophiques, a
study of the variants and a clear
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