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Contents
3      From the President
4      From the Development Director
6      Your Gifts
8      Student Support
14 Graduate Scholarships
18 Access and Outreach
22 1555 Society
26 Legacies
30 Financial Report
32 Roll of Benefactors

Including Summary Financial Report, Sources and
Use of Funds for the year 2020–21

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From the President
I am writing in what is – incredibly to me –                          is hugely strengthened by your active
my tenth and final year as your President.                              participation and input to our day-to-
The past ten years have flown by. It has                                 day work and I am very grateful for it.
been a period when there have been
many high points but also, I realise,                                      In ten years I have learned a lot of
some very significant challenges as we                                     Latin, since my first Governing Body
have weathered the changes brought                                         meeting when I said ‘Do fidem’ to
about both by Brexit and the pandemic.                                   pledge my loyalty to St John’s, through to
                                                                      its use in countless University ceremonies.
When I arrived as St John’s 36th President                         The constant for me throughout my
in 2012, I was a seasoned academic – and so was            presidency has been your unwavering and generous
everyone else running the College. We now have            support of the College. I have hugely appreciated your
a more professionalised team in place and robust          wise counsel and kindness. Together with all members
structures to support both Governing Body and the         of St John’s, I am very thankful for the myriad ways
effective overall management of the College. At a         in which you help us. I know that I leave St John’s in
time of significant change in higher education and        excellent hands and with an incredibly dynamic and
increasing regulation, I am very pleased to note          generous group of benefactors who will continue to
that our governance is robust and supported by the        help the College flourish and grow. I look forward to
participation of many of you as external members of       continuing to see many of you in my retirement and
our committees. Alumni sit on the Finance & Estates       will continue as a benefactor myself, having joined the
Committee, Investment Advisory Group, Research            growing number of you in the College’s 1555 Society.
Committee, Remuneration Committee and, of course,         Floreat Domus!
our Development and Alumni Relations Committee.
Many alumni too have supported our projects and
initiatives, including the Women’s Network; our sector-
leading outreach and access programme, Inspire; and,
most recently, the Working Party on Race & Equality
and the Sustainability Working Group. The College         Professor Maggie Snowling CBE FBA FMedSci

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From the Development
Director
The world seems no more settled than                                       that we could offer a quiet and safe place
it was when I wrote last year but life                                       for study to many more students than
in St John’s, and the strong sense of                                         before its construction. Your generosity
community which accompanies it,                                                to the College’s dedicated Coronavirus
is beginning to return to something                                            Hardship Fund meant that we could
like normal and continues to                                                  meet the extraordinary needs of our
provide pleasure, stimulation and                                             students with alacrity and generosity.
companionship.                                                              Your giving to our access and outreach
                                                                          programmes meant that we had the
Having seen nearly all our in-person alumni                           resources to redirect these online. Your support
events disrupted for the past two years, this year we           enabled St John’s to be St John’s throughout it all.
have a very full calendar, with six Gaudies as well as
the other regular College events we have all missed –          As we begin to look ahead again, the recent
and a special retirement dinner for Charles Batty in           completion of the College’s academic ‘Size and Shape’
September which is already close to selling out. Our           review, the most comprehensive of its kind for many
alumni guest rooms are open again and continue to              decades, which considered our areas of strength as
be as popular as ever. More than anything else, we             well as weakness and which ultimately looked at what
are delighted to see so many of you back in College,           kind of college we want to be not just in five years’
whether it’s helping on our various committees or              time but fifty, has led to priorities beginning to emerge
simply visiting your college. It is lovely to have you back!   which will need your support to take shape and to
                                                               happen. These range from new Tutorial Fellowships
In spite of all the disruption, you have continued             to enhancing the financial support we can offer to
to be generous to St John’s; for that we continue              undergraduates and graduates to meet the needs of
to be extremely grateful. Just this year a wonderful           this century and beyond. We look forward to sharing
act of philanthropy has enabled the continuation of            these with you in the coming months.
our ambitious Inspire programme and its further
expansion; another has enabled a fully funded graduate         I remain profoundly grateful to the wonderful team I
scholarship in Modern Languages to be created.                 work with and to you for your friendship, generosity
Many of you continue to give generously to endow               and kindness.
and secure Fellowships as well as to provide essential
funding to help students in unexpected hardship.

Indeed, now that life in College is edging ever closer to
normal it is hard to imagine how St John’s would have
weathered the pandemic without your support. The
College’s not-quite-new Library and Study Centre meant         Robert Crow

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Your Gifts
Your gifts have a significant impact on every aspect of St John’s life. In the 2020–21
financial year your gifts, totalling £1,596,392, were directed to the following areas:

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Student
Support
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Shawn Loh (2021, Musicology)

               Shawn Loh is an MSt Musicology student. Below, he shares
               how he has benefited from the Academic Grant available to
                 undergraduates and postgraduates in St John’s College.

When asked by friends and family about                               at my desk more organised and less
St John’s, I often enthuse over how the                                stressful. Additionally, I am thankful
College provides a generous level of                                    that I was able to use the Academic
support to its students. Besides the                                     Grant to purchase a pair of earphones
affordable yet appetising food, and the                                  to replace my old pair, which sadly gave
central locality of excellent                                           way after more than five years of use.
accommodation, St John’s provides me                                    Having a pair of earphones is essential,
with a sizeable Academic Grant which                                  not least because I need to listen to
can be used to purchase approved books                              music in preparation for my seminars and
and materials of an academic nature. The                        dissertation work. It is also a key accessory
flexibility offered by the Academic Grant also means     in the virtual meetings with my seminar tutors and
that I can purchase items that I deem most useful for   academic supervisor.
my musicology studies in Oxford.
                                                        I am extremely grateful to St John’s College and to any
Thanks to the College’s Academic Grant, I was able to   donors who have made this Academic Grant possible
purchase a monitor to read the copious amounts of       for undergraduates and postgraduates to enjoy. It has
seminar and dissertation literature, and to write my    provided crucial support for my academic pursuits
essays (and this appreciation note!) in an organised    and had a hugely positive impact on my experience at
manner. With a monitor, I am now able to reference      Oxford. Thank you very much.
different readings while making notes, making work

                                                        When asked by friends and
                                                        family about St John’s, I often
                                                        enthuse over how the College
                                                        provides a generous level of
                                                        support to its students.

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Genevieve Hayes (2021, Engineering Science)

              Genevieve Hayes is a DPhil candidate in Engineering Sciences
                  and a beneficiary of the St John’s Academic Grant.

Studying in Oxford is a dream come true                               Oxford has a vibrant and welcoming
for me, but coming from Canada with                                     community, and there are so many ways
just a couple of suitcases has forced me                                 to get involved outside of my studies.
to start from scratch with my office                                      Knowing I have a supplied workplace to
supplies. I am very grateful for the                                      return to, I enjoy staying active with the
help that the St John’s Academic Grant                                   St John’s Boat Club and yoga classes,
has provided towards re-establishing                                     and I love doing weekend excursions with
my study materials here including                                      the mountaineering society. Despite being
books, office materials and computer                                only a few months into my degree, I feel I
accessories. The expenses from a big move                        have also made some great friends here thanks
can add up quickly, from office furnishings to           to the events and communal spaces offered through
adapters, and it was a huge relief to have support in   College. A huge thank you to the St John’s Academic
purchasing good quality supplies that will last me      Grant for their support. I’m very grateful for the
for years to come.                                      difference it has made in making Oxford feel like home.

                   Joe Pollacco (2021, Interdisciplinary Biosciences)

           Joe Pollacco is a first-year DPhil candidate on the interdisciplinary
         biosciences Doctoral Training Programme. He received an Academic
            Grant and explains below how it has been useful for his studies.

I am incredibly grateful for the Academic                            without it I would have been at a real
Grant I received. When I arrived in                                   disadvantage. It has also enabled me to
Oxford to start my graduate studies, I                                 make the most of my first rotation
had been using an 8-year-old laptop to                                  project; I work in mathematical and
do most of the computing-related tasks                                  computational biology, so having a
for my studies, and it would crash or                                   laptop that is able to handle more
often freeze daily. Since most of my                                   intense simulations means I can work
work is done on a computer, this led to                              faster and more efficiently use my time.
the occasional data loss and crashing,
which was frustrating at the best of times and                  Since I will be doing this kind of work for
at worst caused delays in being able to complete my      most of the next three years, this is a useful long-term
work. However, late last year, I was fortunate enough   investment for my future at Oxford and for my future
to receive an Academic Grant to put towards a new       research. I would like to profusely thank the donors to
laptop. This was something that my funding body was     the Academic Grant fund for supporting me, and other
not open to funding at this stage in my studies, and    students in their academic needs.

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Supporting our students

        In the 2020/21 academic year we spent

                 £68,396
               on Academic Grants for

          224 students
  In 2021, grants were spent on:

Books          Laptops        Monitors     Headphones

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Professor Theresa Burt de Perera, Tutorial Fellow
                       in Biological Sciences and Senior Dean

             Theresa is the Senior Dean at St John’s. Here she explains how
                the College supports students throughout their studies.

The past two years have been challenging                               such as buying course books, or more
for everyone. While current St John’s                                    generally supports their studies by
students have displayed an enormous                                       alleviating other financial worries.
amount of resilience and optimism                                          Anxiety caused by a lack of funds can
throughout the pandemic, they have                                         seriously affect a student’s wellbeing
also required considerable support.                                       and ability to succeed. No student
Alumni gifts to the Coronavirus                                          should have to compromise their time
Hardship Fund enabled College to extend                                 at St John’s – grants and support during
support flexibly and quickly, ensuring our                           times of difficulty ensure our students are
students were and continue to be supported                       able to thrive and get the most out of being an
throughout this unprecedented crisis.                      Oxford student.

As we emerge from the pandemic, returning to on-          St John’s is committed to attracting the very best
site teaching and student social events, there is an      students, regardless of their background. Thanks
air of optimism throughout the College community.         in no small part to alumni support, in the 2020–21
However, our students have required ongoing support.      academic year 87 St John’s students from lower-
New students arriving at St John’s have now faced two     income backgrounds received a major bursary or
years of disrupted education, and so their academic       scholarship, ensuring that no student has to turn
and social integration into College requires additional   down a place at St John’s due to financial barriers.
forms of educational and wellbeing support.
                                                          As Senior Dean, I see first-hand the difference which
The College strives to support students throughout        alumni gifts make to St John’s students – particularly
their time at College. All St John’s students are also    to our most vulnerable students. For this support, we
eligible to receive an Academic Grant of £350 each        are all very grateful.
year, which helps them access educational resources

New students arriving at St John’s have now
faced two years of disrupted education, and
so their academic and social integration
into College requires additional forms of
educational and wellbeing support.

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Graham Heald (1971, Engineering Science)

   Graham matriculated in 1971 to read for a degree in Engineering Science. He
   tells us about the reason he chooses to support an undergraduate education.

At interview in 1970, Oliver Jacobs                                    I was fortunate to attend Oxford at a time
(Emeritus Fellow, previously Tutor in                                    when, for UK students, there were no
Engineering Science) asked me which                                       fees and undergraduates received a
branch of engineering I intended to                                        means tested grant for living expenses.
follow, and I didn’t have a clear answer. I                                By the time my son attended St John’s
now know that the answer is all of them.                                  there were still no fees but no grants
                                                                          either, with several reports of students
I learned early in my career that                                       in financial difficulty. Since then fees
my main interest was in the technical                                 have been introduced such that the cost
and commercial interfaces between civil,                          of even the cheapest undergraduate degree
mechanical, electrical, control and telecommunication      is now about £18,000 per year. I would not want
engineering. The result is that 50 years later I am       anyone to forego the opportunities that I faced in my
still advising clients on fascinating projects all over   career due to financial constraints at university, so I
the world with a career that has included aircraft and    now underwrite the cost of an undergraduate bursary
helicopters, buildings, communication satellites,         in the hope that the present generation of students
control systems, highways and vehicles, information       will have as much fun and enjoyment in their chosen
technology and computing, petrochemicals and              careers as I had in mine, without having to face
mineral resources, power stations (hydro and nuclear),    repayment of excessive debt as a first priority.
railways and rolling stock, telecommunications,
tunnels, and water storage and transfer.

Two key influences from Oxford have underpinned
that career: the broad technical knowledge across
multiple disciplines provided by the engineering
science course; and the ability to rapidly read and
assimilate a large body of written and visual data and
to communicate that knowledge (and any gaps and
uncertainties) succinctly to a non-specialist audience.

I would not want anyone to forego
the opportunities that I faced
in my career due to financial
constraints at university, so I
now underwrite the cost of an
undergraduate bursary.

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Graduate
Scholarships
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Anna Clark (2019, DPhil History)

       Anna is currently in her third year of a Collaborative Doctoral Award
     between the University of Oxford and the National Portrait Gallery. Here
      she writes about how receiving a scholarship has impacted her studies.

My research focuses on the                                              its foundation in 1555. I have enjoyed, in
commemoration through portraiture of                                      particular, developing a sense of the
sixteenth- and seventeenth-century                                         routines and cyclical traditions of the
female patrons to Oxford and                                                sixteenth-century college through
Cambridge colleges. I am exploring                                          its accounts – especially when I
how and why portraiture came to                                             see mentions of parts of College
dominate the visual culture of the                                         that are now occupied by my own
university, and how the legacies of these                                accommodation! During this year I have
early examples were shaped by and                                      used some of this research to contribute
themselves contributed to the fashioning of                         several pieces on the College’s portrait
the institutional identities of Oxford and Cambridge        collection to the St John’s ‘Visit Virtually’ art blog,
universities. I am interested in portraits of female       accessible on the website.
donors specifically because, in the sixteenth century,
these were spaces where female presence was often          I am keen to take every opportunity I can to develop
prohibited beyond women’s depiction as the subjects        connections between my academic research and
of visual culture. My thesis will consider the role of     the heritage sector, where I worked for several years
these depictions in this period, both as early modern      before beginning my DPhil. I spent time working as
women’s own articulation of their identities as patrons,   the Research Assistant for an exciting project hosted
negotiating complicated relationships with                 by the Museum of Oxford and run by several senior
universities, and as instruments of corporate identity.    academics in the University, including St John’s’
                                                           own Professor William Whyte, entitled ‘Oxford Re-
The onset of the pandemic brought new challenges           Formed’. The digital exhibition mapped and explored
to a project that relies on the viewing of physical        the evolution of the visual and material traces of the
paintings and undigitized archival material.               Reformation in Oxford’s cityscape. I am now mid-way
Nevertheless, due to many colleges closing to external     through a placement at the National Portrait Gallery,
visitors, I have had the unexpected pleasure of being      working on a number of Tudor projects.
able to spend a considerable amount of time in
St John’s own archives, and I am extremely grateful        I am hugely grateful to all the benefactors to graduate
to our archivist Mike Riordan for his assistance           scholarships at St John’s, whose generosity has
throughout. It has been a great experience to get to       supported me and my research through the adverse
know the history of the first century of St John’s, from   circumstances of the last year.

I am keen to take every opportunity I can to develop
connections between my academic research and the
heritage sector, where I worked for several years
before beginning my DPhil.

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Luca di Mare, Fellow for Graduates

      Luca di Mare, Tutorial Fellow in Engineering Science, also holds the role of
      Fellow for Graduates at St John’s. He tells us more about the community
       of graduate students, and the importance of scholarships in College life.

Each year St John’s College admits                                    There is also some proper fun and days
approximately 90 graduate students who                                 out, including punting and picnics.
join a community of 272 postgraduates                                   Popular and cherished during ordinary
pursuing doctoral studies as well as                                     times, these activities were even more
taught Master courses. The College’s                                     important during the pandemic with so
graduates form a truly diverse and                                      many of us prevented from travelling
international community with 191                                        and seeing College as our home away
overseas and EU students. The College                                 from home even more than usual.
graduate community also reflects the wide
range of research interests cultivated in                          If it were not for the Graduate Scholarships
St John’s, from classics to computer science, and           that the College is able to offer, so much of this
makes an essential contribution to the College’s          would not be possible. Thanks to the generosity of our
reputation for academic excellence. While research is a   donors, we welcome graduate students from a diverse
quintessentially individual effort, the College’s         range of backgrounds. These scholarships mean that
graduate community has a keen sense of cohesion and       finances are no barrier for our talented community,
purpose, best appreciated during a quiet informal         and our students can dedicate themselves fully to their
dinner in Hall during weekdays.                           studies without stress or hardship.

The pulsating heart of the graduate community is the      The College’s graduate community represents a
Middle Common Room (MCR). The MCR oversees                unique environment where some of our brightest
the organised activities of the graduate community,       young minds spend several years together, thinking
ranging from the negotiation of rents and charges         and acting about the most pressing issues of our times,
for graduate accommodation and facilities to the          forging connections, learning that nobody knows
organisation of graduate social events. The MCR           everything, and preparing to lead society into the
contributes to College governance through attendance      future. Such an environment cannot exist anywhere
at College committees and Governing Body meetings.        else but in an Oxford college and would not be possible
The graduate community elects an MCR committee            without your continuing and generous support.
comprising a president and several officers who
represent the voice and interests of the College’s
graduate students.

It is clearly not all work and serious business: there
is also some fun, or semi-serious fun. The MCR
selects the themes for the Lecture Suppers: these are
social events held twice a term (COVID permitting)
                                                          These scholarships mean that
and featuring talks by internal or external speakers      finances are no barrier for our
followed by a dinner. The Lecture Suppers are an
occasion to reflect on current topics and to create
                                                          talented community, and our
connections between individual research efforts and       students can dedicate themselves
the issues affecting our time. This year’s topic is
‘conflict and aid’ and was selected in summer 2021,
                                                          fully to their studies without
before the start of term. A very fitting choice indeed.   stress or hardship.

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William A Scott (1975, Politics, Philosophy and Economics)

         William matriculated in 1975 to read for a degree in PPE. He tells us
         about his reasons for supporting Graduate Scholarships at St John’s.

Everyone’s story about how they came to                                 insight into the wealth of academic
St John’s, how it affected their lives and                                enquiry that was going on all around me.
the reasons they choose to support the
College in its mission, differ. Here is                                    After leaving Oxford, I read Law at ‘the
mine.                                                                      other place’ and pursued a legal career
                                                                           in Canada, which continues to this day.
I came up in the autumn of 1975
after spending the previous year as an                                      Looking back over the years and
exchange student at Milton Abbey School                                  acknowledging that I didn’t fully appreciate
in Dorset. The choice to study at Oxford was                         it at the time, I was indeed fortunate to receive
not an obvious one (I initially intended to return to        at St John’s, and Oxford at large, an extraordinarily
university in Canada). However, once the opportunity       rich university experience which has been of great
became apparent and, with the encouragement of             benefit in the course of my professional and personal
several mentors, I grasped the nettle, studied hard,       life. The experience comprised not only academic
applied, wrote the entrance exams, attended several        instruction, which was always of the highest calibre,
gruelling interviews and, happily, was admitted. The       but also the opportunity to interact with a large
news came by telegram.                                     number of extraordinarily interesting people and
                                                           engage in a kaleidoscope of extra-curricular activities.
I knew little about St John’s other than reports that it   As a beneficiary of the educational experience
had ‘nice gardens’. Once I was installed in the Beehive    offered by St John’s, I believe it is only right to give
(with a lovely view of the aforementioned gardens),        back and ensure that other students at the College,
I quickly became caught up in the College’s active         undergraduates and graduates alike, continue to have
social and academic life. Many of the other students       the same opportunities to learn that I did, regardless
I encountered as we posed for our Freshers’ photo          of their financial means.
became life-long friends (one was the best man at my
wedding). Those of us reading PPE soon began our           My support for St John’s has taken several forms
academic work under the stern but generous tutelage        including assisting President Maggie Snowling and
of John Kay, Leslie MacFarlane, Peter Hacker and           her predecessor, Michael Scholar, to reach out to
Gordon Baker. There can be few experiences more            Canadian alumni and the establishment of the Lester
challenging (or, ultimately, more rewarding) than          B Pearson graduate scholarship in honour of Canada’s
reading an essay aloud during a tutorial and then          former Prime Minister and St John’s alumnus. With
defending it from pointed comments by one’s tutor          the relaxation of COVID restrictions. I look forward to
and others in the room.                                    opportunities to resume this work with our incoming
                                                           President, Professor Dame Sue Black.
Over the succeeding years, the interests of our
PPE group diverged: I was alone in reading mostly          These efforts have been made all the easier by
philosophy and was heavily involved with OUDS and          St John’s’ rise over the last 50 years to pre-eminence
Mummers’ theatrics; others focused on economics            among Oxford colleges in terms of its infrastructure, its
and politics (including high office in the JCR). As a      continuing commitment to excellence in teaching and
‘foreign’ undergraduate (of which there were relatively    the breadth and quality of the academic achievements
few at the time), I had a ready entrée to meet and spend   of its fellows and graduate students. I’m proud to be
time with an array of foreign graduates. Learning about    associated with the College and long may it flourish!
the work they were undertaking provided valuable

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Access and
Outreach
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Richard Waters, Access and Outreach Lead

              Richard Waters is the Access and Outreach Lead at St John’s.
             Below he outlines the work of the College’s Inspire Programme,
                  including its recent work in the Primary school sector.

The St John’s College Inspire Programme                                  supporting a programme co-ordinated
has established itself as one of Oxford’s                                  through the Oxford Hub, a charity which
leading sustained-contact outreach                                          works to connect community groups
initiatives. Alumni and benefactors will                                     across the city, and which was founded
already be aware of the Inspire                                              by University of Oxford students.
Programme’s role in fulfilling the                                          Through Oxford Hub, St John’s has
College’s commitment to connecting                                          been linked to Rose Hill Primary School,
with pupils, schools and sixth-form                                       whose headteacher, Sue Vermes, is a
colleges who are historically under-                                    St John’s alumna and a member of the first
represented amongst our successful applicants.                       cohort of women to be admitted to the College.
Our continuing development and expansion of the
Inspire Programme is a testament to this. St John’s is       The resources of St John’s – be they our outstanding
proud of its diverse community, and we are committed         students or excellent facilities – will enhance the
to creating exciting and innovative opportunities which      educational experience of young learners and, in
support pupils from a range of backgrounds.                  turn, the St John’s community will be enriched by
                                                             the involvement of the staff and pupils of Rose Hill.
In January we launched Inspire Primary, an initiative        Groups from Rose Hill will be welcome to visit the
which represents an extension of our outreach work           College and we hope that we can work together to
into the Primary sector. St John’s is one of five colleges   offer our spaces and services for school events, such as
                                                             productions, sports days or prize-giving ceremonies.
                                                             Meanwhile, the Access Office will work to recruit a
                                                             pool of undergraduates who will offer small-group
                                                             support to develop pupils’ confidence, academic
                                                             skills and intellectual curiosity. This engagement is
                                                             especially worthwhile in the contemporary context, in
                                                             which a large proportion of these children’s lives has
                                                             been shaped by the pandemic.

                                                             St John’s is proud of its diverse
                                                             community, and we are committed
                                                             to creating exciting and innovative
                                                             opportunities which support pupils
                                                             from a range of backgrounds.

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The Inspire Primary Project has two components         Sue Vermes, headteacher of Rose Hill Primary
beyond this to address the significant educational     School and herself a St John’s alumna,
inequality within Oxford. The first supports three     welcomed the venture:
of the most disadvantaged primary schools in
Oxford City with grants of £5,000. This can be
                                                       ‘I am delighted that we have
spent in any way the staff at each school see fit.     been invited to be partnered with
Within ever-more stretched budgets, we hope that       St John’s College. There are fantastic
this will help those most disadvantaged to have an     opportunities to extend and enhance
enriched and inspiring education.
                                                       our children’s learning and personal
The second is through partnerships with the            development. I was privileged to
University of Oxford’s Gardens, Libraries and          study at St John’s as one of the first
Museums (GLAM). These institutions receive a           women admitted, and it would be
high volume of visits from primary school groups,
                                                       wonderful to think that this link might
and we will offer these schools the opportunity to
supplement their GLAM experience with a visit to       open up for some of our children
St John’s. This could include a tour of the College,   the possibility that they could also
a learning session, a catered meal, or a space for     take that route in the future.’
pupils to enjoy lunch. These points of contact with
the College are vital for making young learners
                                                       Professor Maggie Snowling, President of St John’s
feel welcome in university spaces, and may form
                                                       College, commented:
the beginning of a continued interest in higher
education.                                             ‘I firmly believe that the early
                                                       school years set the stage for later
Inspire Primary will continue to strengthen the
bonds between St John’s staff, the JCR and the local
                                                       educational outcomes. It is therefore
community, and we are looking forward to working       crucial to raise children’s aspirations
with Rose Hill and other local partners in the         for the future and I welcome this
months ahead.                                          important new initiative. I look forward
                                                       to opening the doors of St John’s to
Although I only recently joined St John’s, I have
already seen first-hand the significant impact         children from Rose Hill and learning
that the generosity of alumni is having on pupils      from their experiences with us.’
nationally. I am confident that the Inspire Primary
initiative will ensure that the most disadvantaged
                                                       Daniel Hobart, JCR Access Rep, commented:
children within Oxford will also benefit from this.
                                                       ‘Projects like the Inspire Primary
                                                       Initiative remind us all what giving
                                                       back to the community is really
                                                       about, as the level of support it offers
                                                       to primary schools like Rose Hill is
                                                       truly game changing. The initiative
                                                       provides a unique opportunity
                                                       for St John’s students to use our
                                                       position for the good of the local
                                                       community; allowing us to enhance
                                                       our skill set as much as the primary
                                                       students we are working with.’

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Giles Mercer (1971, Modern History)

    Giles matriculated in 1971 and read for a DPhil in Modern History. Here he
    shares why he continues to support our Access and Outreach programmes.

‘It’s the economy, stupid!’ was Bill                                   as well as entries from across the world
Clinton’s campaigning mantra.                                            (as St John’s seemed less open globally
‘Education, education, education’ was                                     in the 1970s). It was apparent that
Tony Blair’s. Access and outreach bring                                    the College under its President, Sir
both together. This barrier-breaking                                       Richard Southern, was energetically
fund enables more and more with the                                       implementing a strategy of raising its
academic potential, aptitude, and                                         academic profile and supporting this
motivation to thrive at St John’s and to                                strategy with very considerable financial
contribute to university life. The fund                               investment. As a historian, it was an
needs constant strengthening, so that it can                      exciting community, led by the brilliant and
become an evermore effective engine for progress. It       inspiring, yet always approachable, President and the
also needs to be made known as widely as possible         tutor with care for graduate historians, Keith Thomas.
across society. The College is only as good as its
members, past, present and future. People are the         As well as the beauty of its buildings and gardens,
College’s chief asset, supported by the necessary         St John’s had a strong community sense. I made
financial resources and facilities.                       friends in the MCR, then in Museum Road (opposite
                                                          where I had a room), the JCR, and the SCR (to which
I am a donor to this core fund for two reasons: first,    I had access with dining rights and knew well some
my deep commitment to the removal of any unfairness       of the Junior Research Fellows). In my second year I
on moral and social grounds as well as academic,          had a room in Juxon Street and then spent six months
since St John’s must always be able to welcome the        in Italy researching my chosen subject of Italian
academically most promising; secondly, a lasting          Renaissance education. In my final year my wife,
gratitude for three of the most formative years of        then an A&E sister in the old Radcliffe Infirmary,
my life as a history DPhil student and senior scholar     and I married, with the reception in St Giles House.
(1971–74). Having graduated at my equally beloved         The College staff could not have been kinder. Happy
Churchill College, Cambridge, I immediately opted         memories flood back.
to incorporate my Cambridge BA out of a sense of
complete belonging to Oxford.                             St John’s today offers more opportunities than ever.
                                                          I very strongly urge all who can to help widen access
It seemed to me then that the College should end its      and outreach by supporting this vital fund.
men-only era. I hoped women would be admitted
soon and was delighted when they were in 1979. In
the MCR in 1973 we watched on television the UK’s
entry to the EC (later EU) in an upbeat spirit. I hoped
entry would be widened to EU applicants, as indeed
happened over the decades of our EU membership.
I hope such entries somehow will be maintained,
                                                          This barrier-breaking fund enables
                                                          more and more with the academic
                                                          potential, aptitude, and motivation
                                                          to thrive at St John’s and to
                                                          contribute to university life.

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1555 Society
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Tomisin Osibona (2019, Philosophy, Politics and Economics)

          Tomisin is currently in her third year of her undergraduate degree
         in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Here she tells us a little about
             the impact that philanthropic support has had on her studies.

As a result of the Hans Michael Caspari                            during the International Relations paper
United Nations Travel Grant, I was able                             as well as to supplement my knowledge.
to travel to New York during the 2021
Winter Vacation. This provided an                                     Outside of the UN, just exploring the
amazing learning opportunity as one of                                city was extremely insightful – from
my core Politics papers is International                              trips to museums to walks around
Relations, in which one of the sub-                                   Central Park. I had so many interesting
topics is the United Nations.                                       conversations with New Yorkers who
                                                                   were more than willing to answer any
Although the UN Headquarters was closed                        questions that I had regarding politics and
during my visit due to the global pandemic, I           culture, simply due to overhearing my accent.
was nonetheless able to have a hugely educational
trip. Instead, I organised a virtual tour which was    It was an incredible experience for which I am
still incredibly informative and had the pleasure of   profoundly grateful. Thank you for the opportunity to
engaging in lengthy discussions with various UN        learn through cultural immersion and to contextualise
employees online and in person. It was a wonderful     my studies of International Relations.
opportunity to test myself on what I had learned

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John Richards (1975, Chemistry)

       John Richards matriculated in 1975 and read for an MA in Chemistry
      before completing a DPhil in Organic Chemistry, also at St John’s. After
        working in academia at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of
      Molecular Biology in Cambridge for a while, John then transferred into
      industry, ultimately moving to the United States in the 1990s where he
     worked as an entrepreneur developing and commercialising pharmaceutical
        drugs which have positively impacted many lives around the world.

I grew up in Sandwell, West Midlands.                                    every turn from the back and forth of my
While my parents were passionate to see                                    weekly tutorials, conversations with my
me succeed, they had no college                                             fellow students across the tables each
education themselves. I also attended a                                      evening in formal hall and the many
newly opened comprehensive school                                            late-night discussions with my friends.
that had no history of sending students                                     I was amazed by the passion of the JCR
to Oxbridge. The thought of applying to                                     politics, enjoyed learning the College’s
the University of Oxford never occurred                                   traditions and insider language. Walking
to me until my head of sixth form                                       through the College gardens on my way
suggested that I should consider applying to                        to lectures early each morning reminded me
Oxbridge, and actually took me to both Oxford and            every day of the privilege of just being there.
Cambridge to get a feel for the universities. I decided
to apply to Oxford with St John’s as my first choice,       At the end of my first year I was surprised and
based solely on the fact that, according to the             delighted to receive a letter from Sir Richard Southern,
university prospectus, it boasted three chemistry tutors.   the President, informing me that the Governing Body
                                                            was awarding me a grant to travel abroad over the
After completing the admissions exam and going up           summer. This was totally unbidden. I had never left
for an interview, to my surprise I was offered a place.     Britain. My summer travels around Europe led to a
I was delighted to accept, becoming the first student       lifelong love of travel.
from my school to go to Oxford.
                                                            My experience at St John’s changed my life. It
I arrived at St John’s in the autumn of 1975 and            developed my unformed intellectual curiosity and
walked through a magical door into a new world.             enriched my life in all of its aspects; it made me
The mixture of ancient and modern enchanted me.             who I am. As I grew older and particularly after
I loved the intellectual stimulation that I received at     my children went through university in the United

I arrived at St John’s in the autumn of 1975
and walked through a magical door into
a new world. The mixture of ancient and
modern enchanted me.

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States, I realised that the 1970s had truly been
a golden time for people from my background
in Britain. Not only did the government pay my
tuition, I also received a maintenance grant, so        My hope is that financial support
after graduation I had no loans or debts to impact
my early work life. The University itself was in a
                                                        from myself and many others
period of rapid change. Men’s colleges like St John’s   will enable St John’s to continue
were moving to admit women and address the
roughly seven to one ratio of male to female
                                                        to educate people from all
undergraduates; modernity was changing age-old          backgrounds to change and heal
traditions whilst retaining their essence. The mix
of fellow undergraduates from across the social
                                                        the world.
spectrum opened and transformed my thinking. I
never in any way thought that any of us felt that we
                                                        It was easy to decide that, as I had the means – largely
did not belong or were not fully part of the College.
                                                        thanks to my Oxford education – I should in some
                                                        small way help the College to continue to flourish
As I reflected on this I started to understand that
                                                        and to develop the intellects of those who might
the opportunity I had enjoyed may actually be
                                                        benefit. Thus enabling Oxford’s unique intellectual
more challenging for prospective students from
                                                        environment and educational system to continue
backgrounds similar to mine now than it was in
                                                        to be accessible to those from all backgrounds and
the 1970s. The quality education and life-changing
                                                        countries, regardless of means.
environment is still available, but the fees, and
debts that 21st-century students inevitably accrue,
                                                        Oxford not only changed my life but helped me use
put it beyond the reach of many highly intelligent
                                                        my abilities to develop lifesaving and life-changing
and able potential students.
                                                        pharmaceuticals. My hope is that financial support
                                                        from myself and many others will enable St John’s to
                                                        continue to educate people from all backgrounds to
                                                        change and heal the world.

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Legacies
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Julian Parish (1979, Modern Languages)

            Julian matriculated in 1979 and read French and German. He tells
                  us why he chose to include a gift to St John’s in his will.

I was the first person in my family to go to university
and studying at Oxford was one of the greatest
privileges of my life. I read Modern Languages (French
and German) at St John’s and have gone on to live and
                                                             I have made a couple
work abroad for most of my career. I have made a             of small gifts over
couple of small gifts over the years to the College, but
wanted to make provision for a larger bequest in my
                                                             the years to the
will. With the help of the Development Office, I was         College, but
able to apply my legacy so that it will be used to provide
either a travel scholarship for students at St John’s to
                                                             wanted to make
extend their studies abroad, or funding for an overseas      provision for a
student to come to St John’s. I am a non-UK taxpayer
and the team in college also helped me structure my
                                                             larger bequest
donations and legacy in the most tax-efficient way.          in my will.

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Judit Molnár (2020, Anthropology)

 Judit is a postgraduate student at St John’s, reading for a DPhil in Anthropology.
      Here she writes about the difference that alumni support, including the
      support provided by legacies, has made during her time at the College.

I would like to send a huge heartfelt thank                           about responsible leadership with
you to the benefactors of St John’s for                                  graduate students from different
making it possible for me to become a                                     disciplines at the University and
DPhil student at Oxford. Although my                                      have been guided by a mentor in my
first year was an extremely challenging                                   leadership journey. I have also become
one, with many obstacles in the way,                                      social secretary of the College and have
like not being able to start on time due                                 already organised many events and
to the pandemic and then arriving                                      cultural activities, including a Hungarian
straight into four months of lockdown, it                            takeaway dinner, where I cooked a four-
has still been one of the most exceptional                       course meal for 40 MCR members. I have
times of my life. Coming from Eastern Europe, I           also just taken on the Presidency of the Anthropology
never imagined that, one day, Oxford could be a          Society and plan to popularise the discipline through
possibility for me and, without your generous help, I    fun activities.
would have never had the opportunity to study at one
of the best universities in the world!                   Although I have only been here for less than a year,
                                                         I have already collected many fond memories, made
Throughout my life, due to financial constraints, the    some close friends, and developed myself in a variety of
only way I could afford to study was by simultaneously   ways. Without donors to the College, none of this would
working on the side. The reception of a scholarship      have been possible. I keep a gratitude journal and every
takes this burden off my shoulders and has made          day, I give thanks for this fantastic opportunity, which
it possible for me to engage with a wide range of        has enabled me to become a better version of myself
extra-curricular activities. In January, I was chosen    and to follow my passion of continuing in academia. I
to become part of the Global Leadership Initiative’s     am extremely inspired by all that this opportunity has
Oxford Character Programme, which means that for         given me and I have resolved to make it my priority to
the past two terms, I have engaged in conversations      do the same for another student one day in the future.

Although I have only been here for less
than a year, I have already collected many
fond memories, made some close friends,
and developed myself in a variety of ways.
Without donors to the College, none of
this would have been possible.

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The Holmes Benefaction

Sarah Holmes was the wife of William Holmes,         to invest in land, with the income to be used to
a Fellow of the College who went on to serve         support younger Fellows. Putting it in modern
as President from 1728 until his death in 1748.      terms, she provided sufficient capital to create eight
Although Fellows were not allowed to marry at        scholarships. The estimated value today of the
the time, Presidents were, and so in 1733 William    bequests of Dr and Mrs Holmes is approximately
married the once-widowed Sarah.                      £600,000, making them some of the greatest
                                                     benefactors of the early modern College.
On his death William Holmes left the College a
bequest of almost £2,000, a considerable amount      Nowadays, St John’s celebrates Sarah’s benefaction
of money at the time, with directions that this      with the annual Sarah Holmes dinner for College
was to be used to erect a new building to house      scholars, and her portrait hangs in Hall as a
some of the Fellows. This would later become         reminder of the long-reaching impact of the
the Holmes Building. When Sarah died several         Holmes’s generosity.
years later, she left the College a further £1,000

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Summary Financial Report
Sources of and Use of Funds for the year 2020/2021

The College presents its results for the year ended 31 July 2021 in accordance with the Statement of Recommended
Practice on Accounting and Reporting by Charities issued by the Charity Commission in 2014. A summary of the
College’s consolidated financial activities is as follows:

                                                                                              2021       2020
            Incoming College Resources                                                        £’000      £’000
            Resources from charitable activities                                              5,466      6,096
            Unrestricted revenue legacies and donations                                         776      1,029
            Restricted revenue legacies and donations                                           456      1,703
            Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme income                                             583        639
            Trading income and other generation of funds                                         63        402
                                                                                              7,344      9,869

            Funding from the College Endowment
            Investment income and interest                                                   16,140     16,750
            Capital gains                                                                     6,000      3,750
            Capital gains used to fund restricted and designated activity                       206         39
                                                                                             22,346     20,662
            Total incoming resource                                                          29,690     30,531

            College Expenditure
            Teaching and research                                                            28,709     26,321
            Public worship                                                                       90         91
            Fundraising                                                                         622        653
            Trading and sundry expenditure                                                      275        461
            Total Expenditure                                                                29,696     27,526

            Net College Revenue                                                                 (6)      3,005

                                                                                              2021       2020
            Summary of Endowment Movements                                                    £’000      £’000
            Opening Endowments                                                              606,864    573,457
            Investment gains                                                                110,695     43,935
            New Endowments                                                                      446        548
            Endowment costs                                                                  (7,362)    (6,187)
            Gains used to fund operating activity                                            (6,000)    (3,750)
            Gains on restricted and designated endowments used to fund operating activity     (206)       (39)
            Gains used to fund fixed assets                                                   (820)     (1,100)
            Closing Endowments                                                              703,617    606,864

            Total net return                                                                119,473     54,498
            as % opening endowment                                                            19.7%       9.5%
            Returns as % opening endowment used to fund:
            Revenue activity                                                                   3.7%       3.6%
            Revenue activity and fixed asset changes                                           3.8%       3.8%

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The full Annual Report and Financial Statement are now available at:
              www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation/finance-and-funding.

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Roll of
Benefactors
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This section contains the names of major benefactors, current as of 31 December 2021.
∆ Member of the Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors
◊ Member of the Vice-Chancellor’s Circle
Names in bold indicate members of the 1555 Society

Major Benefactors
Sir Thomas and Lady White Benefactors (£1,000,000 +)
Nicholas Bratt 1967 ◊
Professor Ioan James Hon Fellow and The late Dr Rosemary James
Angus McLeod 1982 ◊
Graham Sharp 1979 ∆
Bernard Taylor CBE DL 1975 Hon Fellow ∆
The Thompson Family Charitable Trust

Laud Benefactors (£750,000 +)
Anonymous 1994 ◊
Anonymous Friend
Daniel Slifkin 1984 ◊

Rawlinson Benefactors (£500,000 +)
Edward Hocknell 1980 ◊

Holmes Benefactors (£250,000 +)
John Appleby 1962 ◊
Mark Bedingham 1974
Dr Peter Fan 1954 ◊
Dr Yungtai A. Hsu 1971 ◊
Matthew Lindsey-Clark 1981 and Frances Lindsey-Clark 1981 ◊
Roger Short 1958 and Susan Short ◊
Peter Thompson 1976 ◊

Fereday Benefactors (£100,000 +)
Anonymous (2007) in honour of Professor Walter Mattli
Stephen Barber 1974
Professor Wendy Erber 1982 and Professor Gary Hoffman
The late Professor Elizabeth Fallaize and Professor Alan Grafen FRS
Nick Hunsworth 1976
Dr Eugene Lambert 1984 and Jana Lambert
Dr Hugo Madden 1967
Dr Geoffrey Penzer 1962
Michael Pragnell CBE 1965
Dr Simon Tong 1994

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Casberd Benefactors (£50,000 +)
Anonymous 1954
Michael Barclay 1951
Professor Dorothy Bishop Hon Fellow
The late Brenda Fielding Friend
David Fischel 1976
Angela Y Fu Friend
Brian Hill 1950
Robert Kipling 1974
Dr James Lin 1991 and Nisa Lin
Michael McDonough 1994
Dr Nigel Meir 1975
David Ryan 1978
Gavin Sanderson 1976
Patrick Smith 2000

North Benefactors (£25,000 +)
Anonymous 1957
Anonymous Fellow
Christopher Barfoot 1952
Roger Barnes 1957
Alexander Bashforth 1988 and Dr Pauline Bashforth 1988
Thomas Ewing 1995 and Claire Ewing 1995
Michael Fitzpatrick 1975
Dr Charles Fryer 1958
Sir Stuart Hampson 1966 Hon Fellow
Graham Heald 1971
David Hutchinson 1980 and Melanie Hutchinson
Peter Jarvis 1990
Simon Jay 1978
Nicholas Jones 1981
Martin Jones 1987
Piers Kenyon 1986 and Helen Kenyon
Dr Alastair Lawson Friend
Peter Loose 1953
Neil Matheson 1976
David O’Connell 1982 and Janet O’Connell 1982
Dr Robert Oxlade 1959
Timothy Polglase 1980
The late John Rednall 1942
Dr John Richards 1975
Graham Robinson 1992 and Dr Esther Robinson 1994
William A Scott 1975
Howard Smith 1986
Dr David Standring 1970
Dr Rashmi Tank 1988
Robert Tann 1976
Corrinne Teo 1994
Dr David Thomas 1970

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Richard Wake 1966
John Waters 1984
Dr Trudy Watt Friend ◊
The late Norman Webster 1962
Mark White 1973
Dr Jonathan Wittmann 1970
Steven Woolley 1975
The Rickety Charitable Trust

Juxon Benefactors (£10,000 +)
Anonymous 1957 (2)
Anonymous 1959
Anonymous 1982
Jonny Allison 1993
Henry Amar 1957
Rupert Atkin 1977
Garry Borland 1994
Dr Ian Bostridge CBE 1983 Hon Fellow
Dr Anthony Boyce 1957 Hon Fellow
Dr Alexander Bridges 1968
Richard Burns 1979
Sir Nigel Carrington 1975 Hon Fellow
Bill Carson 1952
Dr Clifton R. Cleaveland, MACP 1958
Michael Collett QC 1989
Philip Collins CBE 1973
Rupert Cox 1983
David Cullingham 1954
John Davidson 1978
Geoffrey Davies 1973
Jonathan Davies 1965
Peter Davies 1967
Michael Deeming 1963
Jim Dempsey 1974
Michael Diamond 1984
Dr Jonathan Duke-Evans 1974
John Eckersley 1949
Simon Egan 1971
David Elmer 1968
Dr Robin Fabel 1955
Professor Stephen Ferruolo 1971
Robert D Garvin 1972
Professor Gerard van Gelder Friend
Dr Francis Goodall 1951
John Graham 1970
Stephen Green 1985
Professor Emeritus Peter Griffiths 1961
Bill Hanlon 1975
Ian Hargrave 1978
Dr Joseph M Hassett Friend

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James Herndon 1976
Dr Andrew Hodgson 1976
Michael Hodgson 1986
Dr Peter Howard 1953
Alastair Hunter 1975
Ian Ingram 1962
Peter Jones 1963
Allan Kaufman 1983
Professor Helen Lambert 1979
Cressida Legge CBE 1987
The Hon Keith Long 1976
William Mackesy 1978
Carl Michel 1981
Denis Moriarty 1956
The Revd Peter Moth 1957
Sandy Muirhead ACA 1972
Jonathan Nash QC 1981
Robert Needham 1952
Toby Owens 1989
Will Pack 1990
Edwin Palmer 1956
Michael Partridge 1951
Dr Anthony Pawley 1962
Bleddyn Phillips 1975
Professor Robert Picken 1956
The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Richards 1968 Hon Fellow
Alastair Robinson 2000 and Rachel Robinson 2002
Jonathan Ross 1991 and Katie Ross 1991
Sir Michael Scholar KCB Hon Fellow and Lady Scholar
Michael Servent 1989
Pratik Shah 1992
Robert Shaw 1974
Ed Simnett 1985
Dr Kevin Singleton 1975
Hector Smith 1971
Professor Maggie Snowling President
Dr Gill Sutherland in memory of Alister Sutherland 1953
Rupert Swyer 1965
Sir Geoffrey Tantum CMG OBE 1966
Dr Michael Tappin 1982
His Honour Judge Robert Taylor 1957
Professor Gwynne Thomas MRCP FRACP FRCP 1973
Roger Thomas 1974
Ben Travers 1953
Dr Jay Watson 1984
Matthew Whittell 1983
John Wilshaw 1956
Graham Wood 1966

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This section contains the name of all donors who have given between 1 August 2020 and 31 July 2021.
Names in bold indicate members of the 1555 Society.

Donations 2020/21
1943                         The late David Faulkner        Robin Guenier                   The late Professor Keith
Gilbert McMillan             Michael Harris                 The Venerable Brian Halfpenny     Wigmore
Douglas Nicholson            Peter Holland                  Dr Raymond Harley
                             Dr Peter Howard                Don Herbison-Evans              1960
1944                         Bruce Hyatt Dip. Theology      Alexander Leckie                Anonymous
The late Philip Bowcock        (London)                     Dr Malcolm Merrick              Professor Emeritus Ervand
                             The late Ivor Smith FSS FBCS   The Revd Peter Moth               Abrahamian
1946                                                        Ernest Newhouse                 His Honour Richard Behar
The late James Minnis        1954                           Professor Michael Pratt         The Rt Revd Graham Dow
                             Anonymous (4)                  Martin Shelton                  Roger Hawkins
1947                         Professor John Carey FBA       Brian Simmonds                  Stephen Higginson
The late Nicholas Nottidge     Hon Fellow                   His Honour Judge Robert         The late His Honour Judge
Professor Robert Spencer     Ernest Chapman                   Taylor                          Hugh Mayor QC
                             The late Revd Alan Cliff       Michael Walker                  Dr David Mitchell
1948                         Richard Collingwood-Selby      Colin Wiseman                   His Honour Judge Andrew
Anonymous                      OBE                                                            Patience QC
The Revd Frank Wells         Dr Peter Fan                   1958                            Canon Timothy Sedgley
                             The late John Pollard          Anonymous                       Robert Thirlby
1949                         Harold Steer MBE               David Bastow                    Dr Robert Tomkinson
Dr Robyn Cain                The Revd James Whysall         Dr Rodney Bessent
Dr John Thompson CB CVO                                     Dr Clifton R. Cleaveland,       1961
                             1955                              MACP                         Anonymous (3)
1950                         Anonymous                      Robert Crawley                  Anthony Addis
Professor Paul D.A. Harvey   Dr Michael Baxendine           Denis Finning                   Professor Robert Cameron
Alan Jacobs                  Michael Cross                  Dr Charles Fryer                Floyd Copeland
Michael Moriarty and         Dr Robin Fabel                 David Harwood                   Professor Emeritus Peter
  Rachel Moriarty            Michael Godfrey                Clive Horsford                     Griffiths
The Revd James Quin          Richard Gowing                 Jon Jeffery                     Ian House
                             Nicholas Lynam                 Graham Laurie                   Anthony Hyder
1951                         Charles Salisbury              Michael Mann                    Dr John Lingard
Anonymous (4)                                               Alan Matthews                   Richard Pettit
The late Ronald Duff         1956                           Stephen Orr                     Tim Price
Dr Francis Goodall           Anonymous                      Norman Smith                    Dr Richard Sawyer
The late Brian Hussey        Christopher Barclay                                            Tony Sheridan
Michael O’Hanlon             Dr Keith Corless               1959                            Brian Swale
Dennis Usher                 Peter Hayes-Davies             Anonymous (4)                   Dr Barry Thomas
                             Edwin Palmer                   Peter Allan                     Dr Ian Treharne
1952                         Professor Robert Picken        Charles Dixon                   Dr Richard Trounce
David Brandrick CBE          Peter Scott                    Peter Goodchild                 Dr Brian Tulloch BM
William Clarance             Richard Timms OBE              Christopher Kearton                BCh(Oxon)
Dr Alistair Fuge             John Wilshaw                   The late John Livesey           Nigel Underwood
The Revd Canon Michael                                      Robert Lyons                    Dr Roderick Woods
  McAdam                     1957                           Peter McManus
Dr Andy Welsh, KCLJ, FSPH    Anonymous (3)                  Dr Robert Oxlade                1962
Geoffrey Ziman               Colin Bagnall                  Christopher Parker              Anonymous (2)
                             Dr Anthony Boyce Hon Fellow    John Ingham Smith               Dr Michael Anson
1953                         Eric Coates                    Roger Watkins                   John Appleby
Anonymous                    Dr Alfred Frohlich             Peter Whittaker                 James Berry

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David Bodger                   Jonathan Davies                 Christopher Sawyers             Professor Stephen Ferruolo
Robert Chase                   Professor Michael Grace         Michael Thomas                  Dr Robert Galeta
Richard Harper                 Dr Peter Humphrey               Crispian Villeneuve             Jonathan Hancock
Grahame Higginson              Dr David Hunt                   Baron Alexander von Ungern-     Graham Heald
Ian Ingram                     Marek Kwiatkowski                 Sternberg                     Richard Horrocks
Michael Lowe                   Michael Pragnell CBE            Professor Simon Watts           Dr Jonathan Howell, MFPH
Richard Moyse                  Dr Andrew Salmon                                                Dr Yungtai A. Hsu
Dr Anthony Pawley              Anthony Whitestone              1969                            Nigel Inkster CMG
Dr Geoffrey Penzer             Dr Christopher Wright           Anonymous                       Dr John Jolleys
David Phillips                                                 Jim Amoss                       Dr Maurice Leslie
Dr Peter Smail                 1966                            David Antcliffe                 Dr Giles Mercer
Robert Wilson                  Peter Brown                     Geoffrey Bourne                 Ed Rispin
                               Sir William Callaghan           Philip Butcher                  Alan Sandall
1963                           Phillip Drummond                Jeremy Butterfield              David Scivier
Anonymous                      Dennys Guild                    Andrew Campbell                 Professor Stephen R.J.
Ralph Cake                     Sir Stuart Hampson Hon Fellow   Canon Jeremy Cresswell             Sheppard, ASLA
Philip Cunliffe-Jones          Patrick Longhurst CFP FCIA      Richard Darbourne               Hector Smith
Michael Deeming                Professor Stephen Mitchell      Peter Evans                     Michael Staples
The Revd Barry Entwisle          Hon Fellow                    Derek Hart                      Jeremy White
Dr Ronen Ghosh                 Philip Quarterman               Martin Haworth
William Hadman                 The Revd Geoffrey Richardson    Dr Michael Hayes                1972
Roger Hobby                    Sir Geoffrey Tantum CMG         Charles Mitchell                Anonymous
George Hodgkinson                 OBE                          Dr Stephen Postle               Robert D Garvin
Clement Huzzey                 Dr David Webster                Hugh Roberts                    Dr Daryl Goodwin
Peter Jones                    Graham Wood                     Dr David Treacher, FRCP         Nigel Hughes
Robert Mackenzie                                               Barry Wild                      The Revd Prebendary Nicholas
Nicol McGregor                 1967                                                              Lowton FRSA
Michael Nield                  Dr Michael Atkinson             1970                            Dr John Mathias
Peter Robinson                 Dr Nigel Buttery                Anonymous (2)                   Mark Owen
Tony Sloggett                  Peter Davies                    Dr Andy Boyd                    Dr James Robertson
Damien Tunnacliffe             Dr David Giachardi, FRSC        Professor Sir John Cunningham   Dr Nicholas Robinson
Robin Harcourt Williams FSA    Richard Hoare OBE               Timothy Day                     Michael Russell
Dr Christopher Winfield CBE,   Dr Michael Langdon              Dr Robert Dingley               Jonathan Toll
  FRCP                         Martin Lee                      Charles Dodd
                               Andrew Lynn                     Nicholas Downes                 1973
1964                           Dr Hugo Madden                  John Graham                     Anonymous (2)
Anonymous                      Dr Michael Orr                  Professor Paul Ladenson         Richard Axford
Dr John Brocklehurst           Dr John Patchell                Nicholas McCarthy               Graham Belcher
Dr Alan Butt-Philip            Christopher Ward                The Rt Revd Jonathan Meyrick    Dr Alan R Bishop
Courtenay Ellis                Ian Whitfield                   The late Dr Robert Pleming      Clayton Brammall
Tony Foster                    Professor Peter Young           Dr Peter Purton, FSA            Dr Thom Braun
Stephen Lloyd                                                  The Rev Melvin Schlachter       John Coull
Michael Pye                    1968                            John Schultz CBE                Richard Dell
Martyn Robinson                John Allan                      Dr David Standring              Graham Downing
David Royle                    Graham Ashurst                  Andrew Taylor                   Gary Duckworth
Dr John Schofield              Jonathan Backhouse              Dr Jonathan Wittmann            Nigel Fisher
Norman Smith                   Dr Alexander Bridges                                            Brian Gambles MBE
Tony Smith                     David Elmer                     1971                            John R. Hauge
Kelvin Walton                  Dr Philip Gamlen FRSC           Anonymous                       Peter Johnson
Nick White                     Kevin Alton Honeywell           Gareth Allinson                 Paul Boon Hui Khoo
                               Adrian Mitchell                 The Very Revd Peter Atkinson    James King-Smith
1965                           Edward Peacock                  Dr Mike Bissett                 Andrew Lane
Anonymous                      Charles Price                   Dr Pat Call                     Dr Eric Marshall
Dr Richard Aisbitt             Dr Thomas Reinecke              Professor David Clarke, FBPsS   Dr Peter Moore
Ian Alexander-Sinclair         The Rt Hon Sir Stephen            CPsychol                      Mark Pitter
Dr Michael Astles                Richards Hon Fellow           Dr George Dempsey               Professor Barnaby Reeves
William Bailey                 Tim Roberts                     Timothy Down                    Dan Reynell
Dan Bernard                    Peter Robinson                  John Dyke FRGS                  William Ruff
Michael Bousfield              Dr Andrew Russakoff             Simon Egan                      Professor Roger Woods

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