Hertford College Donor Report 2020

 
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Hertford College Donor Report 2020
Contents                                                                       Looking
Looking back over 9 years

Bursar’s view
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                                                                               back over
Taking the helm in turbulent times

Warnock Society Listing
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                                                                               9 years                     By Will Hutton

Donor Listing                                                           16

                                                                               By the time many of you read this I will be a former Principal; I was
                                                                               the future once, as David Cameron said of his departing self. The
                                                                               future is now Tom Fletcher’s, who I have got to know well over
                                                                               the last few months as I have tried to pass on all I have learned
                                                                               about Hertford and Oxford. He is a great appointment. Hertford is
                                                                               fortunate to have him.

                                                                               Talking to Tom has made me realise how far we have come. The
                                                                               college I walked into on the morning of 1 September 2011 was
                                                                               certainly friendly, inclusive and a tightly-run ship. I hope nobody
From the Editor                                                                will take umbrage but for all that, it was a ship that creaked at the
You will notice that this year’s Donor Report is a little different. As part   seams. It was uncertain who it was and above all lacked self-
of our commitment to reduce our environmental footprint, we have               confidence. It did, though, perform pretty well academically. The
slimmed down our report considerably to just 28 pages in total. But you        college that Tom takes over has got a much better infrastructure,
can find additional content on our dedicated website, either via this URL      hard and soft, than it had then. It has more sense of itself and
(HCDonorReport2020.com) or the QR codes included on the individual             takes justified pride in its achievements, especially over access
reports. We hope you like the postcards and would love to see some of          and its new professionalism, while I hope having lost none of its
them take pride of place on your mantle pieces!                                friendliness and inclusivity. Over the next decades – the disastrous
                                                                               impact of COVID aside – Hertford promises to do very well indeed,
                                                                               and even improve on its already strong academic standing.

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I should acknowledge immediately that there is always a                 provided by the new Porter Fellow for Academic Skills Dr
                certain amount of luck involved in running any organisation,            Catherine Sloan, a post made possible by the Porter Foundation.
                and I have been lucky. The fellowship has had a wholesale               The demand is high and growing.
                and strengthening makeover while I have been Principal – it is
                younger, more ambitious, research and teaching hungry, and              We’ve also strengthened our ties with our 60-strong lecturers,
                more diverse, with the number of women fellows doubled from             giving them a role in academic committee, meeting and briefing
                nine to eighteen.                                                       them regularly and holding an annual dinner, so there is a
                                                                                        growing sense of a teaching community that shares common
                There has also been a transformation in the capacity and reach          goals and high aims. The library has been revitalised under Alice
                of our academic office, which after all is the hub of any college. It   Roques and our academic results are sharply improving, as is
                is what we are all about. Many colleges have decided to relieve         the collective mood. Our chaplain Mia Smith is the liveliest of
                the Senior Tutor role (in effect Academic Director) from a tutorial     Anglican live-wires, and the choir – with no auditions – makes
                fellow who has direct experience of teaching challenges, and            the sweetest of sounds. Even the agnostic irreligious find the
                instead turn to a professional administrator who might hold             chapel’s music sometimes jaw-droppingly good. Overall, Hertford
                the post, sometimes, for ossifying decades. We have opted               is a community at ease with itself, working hard and having fun.
                for a hybrid model: to retain a fellow as Senior Tutor who still        The online videos the students and fellows made for the 2020
                teaches at the tutorial coalface, but to support him or her with a      Virtual Open Day, edited with stunning professionalism, showed
                professional registrar and director of admissions (a role now held      real love of Hertford. It was, they concluded, the perfect college.
                by the indefatigable and dynamic Lynn Featherstone) – thus              I was very proud. I shall apply myself!
                combining the best of both worlds.
                                                                                        Financially we have managed all this while posting financial
                The office has been further strengthened on two dimensions              surpluses for eight consecutive years (which would have been
                very important to me. We have steadily built up our access and          nine if COVID had not intervened). Here another decision that
                communications capacity, with an additional focus on STEM               might have gone wrong turned out well: when the outgoing (and
                subjects. Dr Kathryn Boast, a new appointment made possible             outstanding) director of our international conference business
                thanks to the generous support of Pip Wilson (1993), specialises        left after my second year, I decided to nominate two co-directors
                in recruiting candidates in STEM subjects, particularly trying to       to succeed her. It might have been a fraught relationship as
                interest women. Another new appointment, Nathan Stazicker,              many predict job share at this level to be, but Caroline Rice and
                combines schools outreach work with great social media and              Andrew Hemingway have increased the turnover by more than a
                communications content. They are steadily increasing student            half. Its profits, along with a great increase in our donations from
                interest in Hertford and making innovative waves – take                 you, dear Reader – as Jane Eyre might have said had she been
                a glance at Unsung Heroes of Science on our website for                 Principal – have together underpinned Hertford’s growth under
                example. I’m grateful to all of our alumni who have supported           my Principalship.
Ever since      our outreach work; I hope you feel proud of what you have
the launch of   helped us achieve.                                                      I think a turning point in the college’s relationship with our alumni
the Tanner                                                                              was the 2014 Bridge to Bridge bike ride – from the Hertford
                Ever since the launch of the Tanner Scheme, Hertford has been           Bridge to the Bridge of Sighs in Venice. It was certainly enjoyable
Scheme,
                an Oxford leader in admitting state school students. But now we         in its own right, even if slightly bonkers (14 days dedicated to
Hertford        have made the reputation really live: this year over 80% of our         cycling?), and raised a more than useful quarter of a million
has been an     offers were to state school candidates, the second highest in           pounds. But one of the unexpected by-products was people
Oxford leader   Oxford, up from just over 60% when I arrived. But this must not         taking notice that Hertford was now the kind of college that did
in admitting    be done with any sacrifice in academic quality. So in parallel we       things like biking 700 miles to Venice to raise money for student
                have strengthened the support we give to students by offering           support. And they liked it. Julia Thaxton, the then incoming
state school
                additional advice and coaching on how to approach learning,             Development Director, was a bit bemused, but she and I bonded
students.

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£
over the exigencies of organising and then riding on it together
with a number of our alumni (including Tom Fletcher!)

                                                                      Bursar’s
That first bike ride became the springboard for a sense that
Hertford was on the move, and was followed by more bike
rides and other challenges. Alumni smiled on us, and our
Development Office became ever more professional with some
outstanding events, posts and publications, reaching a pinnacle

                                                                      view
with their efforts over lockdown. Gradually donations began to
rise. Many thanks to all of you.

With greater self-confidence has come a willingness to
strengthen our existing estate and build anew. Two major
initiatives are in train: doubling the study spaces in a made
                                                                      By Jamie Clark
over, modernised library, and increasing our accommodation
by nearly 100 beds in what will become a Hertford graduate
campus between Winchester Road and Banbury Road. Planning
permission will be sought over the next twelve months for both.
We raised a £20 million bond with the financing in mind and,
                                                                      The question posed most often to Bursars, and consuming
again with the support of our donors, we will make Hertford
                                                                      most of their attention right now, is how COVID impacts their
one of the best equipped colleges in both bedrooms and study
                                                                      college finances. So, while there are more interesting and
space in the university. We are deeply grateful to those who
                                                                      imaginative matters that I could choose to report on this year,
have already supported the early stages of our estates strategy
                                                                      none seem quite so urgent, or relevant, to focus on here.

I am leaving a six figure sum to Hertford in my declaration of
                                                                      If there is one lesson from the extraordinary events of this
wishes in my will – and I urge you, if you haven’t, to please do
                                                                      year, it is that our world can change very rapidly around us. I’m
the same. Hertford is a great institution that deserves all of our
                                                                      conscious that as I write - part way through the long vac, with
support. Those of us who have ridden the wave of the near 50-
                                                                      a good couple of months left before we hit next term - I may
year rise in property prices find ourselves better off than we ever
                                                                      be reflecting a context that is no longer relevant. Our current
expected and, frankly, we were lucky: let’s give something back
                                                                      assumption is the return of students and staff by October, albeit
to those who follow. There is an old Greek proverb that society
                                                                      with various distancing and other measures in place. Looking
grows great when old men and women plant trees under whose
                                                                      slightly further, we assume that we may be back to running
shade they know they will never sit. Let’s plant some trees!
                                                                      events and conference business at some point in 2021. All of
                                                                      these assumptions may have been revised by the time you
And once again many thanks for all the support and fun over
                                                                      read this.
the last nine years. I have enjoyed it enormously. Must write my
application form to come back as a fresher!
                                                                      Key to understanding the financial “hit” for college is
                                                                      appreciating how we typically balance the books; in particular,
                                                                      that our core teaching and student domestic services come
                                                                      at a net cost. Take undergraduate tuition as an example. We
                                                                      receive under half of all tuition fees charged (the majority goes
                                                                      to the University), and spend on average an additional £3,000+
                                                                      per undergraduate to provide tutorial and other academic
                                                                      services. Similarly, an additional cost is incurred providing

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heavily subsidised accommodation and catering services. The     COVID: Counting the cost
                     average undergraduate is a net cost to the college of about
                     £6,000 every year, and we have over 400 of them. We rely upon   £000s
                     a combination of endowment income, donations and conference
                     business to support this.

                                                                                                                                   Approx £2.7m net loss
                                                                                                                                   +? Donation reductions
                                                                                      2,700

                               The balancing act
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                                                        Residential                                                                          143            Misc
                                                          £2.2m                      Trading                                      307      Domestic
              Investments                                               Education                746                            Catering
                 £2.0m                                                    £1.0m                                         474
                            Trading
                                                                                               Domestic     283        CJRS
Fundraising                  £1.2m
  £0.6m                                                                                                   Catering

                                                                                     Looking ahead to the next academic (and financial) year, we
                                                                                     expect a further loss of around £2m. Some of this is certain, as it
                                                                                     relates to the late summer conference business this year, which we
                                                                                     know is not going to be possible. Some is based on our working
                                                                                     assumptions outlined above. This is of course subject to revision.

                                                                                     There is a widely held view that all Oxford colleges are wealthy
                                                                                     and must be well able to withstand this sort of heavy blow. To
                                                                                     an extent this is reasonable, when we take the long view. Some
                                                                                     colleges have reasonably substantial endowments that do provide
                                                                                     a broad base of financial security. However, such assets are not
                                                                                     much help in the short term. For the most part, endowments are
                     And then came COVID. The single biggest problem is that
                                                                                     permanent: colleges can spend the income but must preserve the
                     it has brought domestic service provision to an abrupt
                                                                                     capital. The income generated is generally fairly stable, and cannot
                     halt, which affects both sides of our equation. We have
                                                                                     be dialled up or down at short notice. The current challenges are
                     lost student rental income for a whole term (so far), which
                                                                                     that our income has diminished, but most expenditure remains. The
                     increases our domestic subsidy requirements. At the same
                                                                                     problem right now is not about assets, but about cashflow. (Our
                     time, one of our largest sources of balancing income –
                                                                                     endowment funds did suffer a significant decline in value, reflecting
                     conference trade – has dried up entirely. Clearly we have
                                                                                     the movement in financial markets. Although much ground has
                     been able to save in some areas, and have also chosen, as
                                                                                     already been recovered, reductions in dividend levels are reducing
                     have other colleges, to make use of government assistance
                                                                                     the income we receive from investments.)
                     where we can (e.g. by furloughing staff). Even with this, our
                     net loss up until the end of July is around £2.7m.
                                                                                     Colleges seek to use their resources as fully as possible, to
                                                                                     maximise benefit in accordance with their charitable objectives.
                                                                                     Income and expenditure, as well as cashflow, are finely balanced.
                                                                                     From most colleges, COVID could not have chosen a worse part of

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the financial year to happen. Just as cash is at a low point (a quirk
of how tuition fee reconciliations work across the calendar) and
colleges are relying upon Easter and then summer conference

                                                                          Taking
trade to replenish bank accounts, the tap is switched off. To make
matters worse, the usual Trinity Term domestic income is also lost.
An endowment offers no immediate help.

To put some numbers on this: in Hertford’s case, by this time

                                                                          the helm in
next year, we predict that we will have consumed around £5m
more cash than we generate from day to day operations AND
endowment income combined. That needs to come from
somewhere.

                                                                          turbulent
In this respect we are lucky enough to have a range of options.
While allocated in the long term for estates strategy purposes,
we have access to relatively liquid funds from the proceeds of
the Bond Placement (£20m) we arranged in 2017, as a temporary
source of cash. We also have some element of expendable
endowment and unrestricted funds invested in financial assets that

                                                                          times
have not suffered in value, and would thus not crystallise a loss if
liquidated. Finally, we have arranged short term bank financing at
very favourable rates, should we need it. This puts us in a relatively
fortunate position, and provides a significant buffer against
cashflow demands for the time being, and for some time ahead.
                                                                          By Frances Wheare, Director of Development
However, the loss is real, and by effectively reducing our free
reserves has clear consequences for our ability to fund all that we
would wish. Most immediately, we have scaled back our capital
projects to only the priority investments. We are continuing with
the initial planning phases for both the Library and Winchester           I joined Hertford halfway through what has turned out to be an
Road projects, as well as some of the more critical remediation           extraordinary academic year, taking over from Julia Thaxton.
items. In some areas we have been able to revise our plans by             Over the last six years, under Julia’s leadership, Hertford’s
postponing certain requirements to reduce the overall cost over           Development office became a force to be reckoned with:
the next few years. Other projects have been put on hold for now,         donations have risen, engagement has flourished, and Julia has
pending a re-plan of our funding strategy.                                brought together a fantastic team. I arrived at the Lodge on my
                                                                          first day with no small amount of trepidation, considering what
In summary, although the financial impacts are significant, we have       big shoes I had to fill, but excited and ready to get stuck in.
responded satisfactorily to the immediate challenges. We hope for
a better financial outcome next year, but are reasonably positioned       We all know what happened next. If there’s one thing COVID-19
to deal with an extended period of downturn, should that be               has taught us, it’s that you can’t predict the future, but you can
the case. Beyond this, we need to adjust and revise our plans             prepare for it. The financial effects of COVID-19 will continue to
and ambitions for investment, and consider our funding options            be felt for some time but, as our Bursar writes, we are fortunate
carefully. By next year’s report, I hope to be able to share details of   to be in a relatively resilient position for the foreseeable future.
how we have done that.

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This is thanks in no small part to the loyalty and generosity of our   Will is going to be greatly missed, not just in Hertford but
supporters. We know that with your continued support we will           across the Oxford community. However, we are excited to
be in the best possible position to face whatever challenges           have welcomed Tom Fletcher as our new Principal. I know
may follow.                                                            how much he is looking forward to getting to know our alumni
                                                                       and friends, and leading Hertford into a new era.
Indeed, the year had got off to a flying start with a generous
donation from alumnus Nick Carn (1976) in support of the               Lockdown notwithstanding, life at Hertford carried on, albeit
redevelopment of the Catte Street site, in particular the library.     with some significant modifications. We all quickly adapted
Nick has also included a bequest to Hertford in his will. We           to much-mentioned ‘new normal’ of online living. Zoom has
are enormously grateful to Nick, who becomes our second                become the indispensable sixth member of our team, and
Foundation Fellow, and to all those who have supported our             during the past six months we have held eight online events;
capital works so far.                                                  from the first virtual John Donne lecture to a Philosophy
                                                                       reunion evening hosted by Peter Millican, with webinars by
Having started my career in Oxford in the Department of                four of our Fellows addressing different areas of the current
Computer Science, I’m happy to see how generously our alumni           crisis. At the time of writing we are planning a series of online
and friends support both this subject and the areas it intersects      events for Michaelmas Term and beyond, so do let us know if
with Philosophy. We are grateful for the continued support of          you have any suggestions.                                               My one regret
the Finistere Charitable Foundation for Peter Millican’s outreach
                                                                                                                                               in joining
work, including the BEBRAS and Turtle projects. We are also            In his farewell webinar, Will Hutton said that the thing he
delighted to announce that the law firm Clifford Chance has            would miss most about Hertford was the camaraderie. We’ve               Hertford
funded Hertford’s second Philosophy Fellow, Carissa Véliz,             tried to maintain that sense of community in an age of social           when I did
who specialises in AI and Ethics, as well as supporting outreach       distancing, and we hope you’ve enjoyed what we’ve been                  is that I will
activity and undergraduate bursaries.                                  doing. That said, it hasn’t escaped our notice that much of our
                                                                                                                                               have had just
                                                                       communications recently have been somewhat one sided,
Outreach, access and student support have always been at the           and that’s why our telethon this year will be slightly different,       six months
heart of everything we do, and we’re grateful to everyone who          with an emphasis on hearing your views on our plans for the             working with
supports this work. I’d particularly like to highlight the Drapers’    future. We’d love to hear from you though so don’t wait for a           Will Hutton
Company – who, at 20 years and counting, are amongst                   phone call – you can find our contact details, as well as our
Hertford’s longest standing donors – for continuing their support      social media channels, within this publication.
of graduate scholarships. You can read about the experiences
of a Drapers’ Scholar on lockdown on our dedicated Donor               I often think about what would be dominating the headlines
Report website.                                                        this year if it weren’t for COVID-19. Climate change, surely,
                                                                       would have greater prominence. I know that this is an issue
One regret in joining Hertford when I did is that I had just six       many of you care deeply about, and we are committed to
months working with Will Hutton (of which five have been               doing everything in our power to reduce our footprint. As
conducted through a computer screen). The respect and high             a first step you may have noticed that our publications are
regard in which Will is held by the Hertford community has been        now being sent to you in compostable wraps, printed on
wonderful to see, and I have been told on many occasions that          FSC-certified paper. We will also work with the catering
his leadership is the reason for alumni involvement. Elsewhere         team to ensure that when we are able to hold events again,
in this publication, Will has expressed his intention to leave a       our menus will be sustainably and ethically sourced, and
legacy to the college, and I’m delighted that his relationship with    our Estates Strategy will continue to follow sustainability
Hertford will continue as a member of the Warnock Society.             standards.

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Had it not been for COVID-19 you would doubtless be reading a
          very different piece by now, sharing plans for the new Graduate
          Centre in Winchester Road and the Library renovation project.
          We are fortunate that these two projects have been funded
                                                                                Warnock Society
                                                                                1944                       1960                        1970                        1981
          until planning permission is submitted, and our intention is          Anonymous                  Rex Goad                    Walter Bodmer               Sukhvinder Kaur-
          to proceed. As Will reflects earlier in this magazine, Hertford       Richard Lloyd              James Hemsley               Andrew Binks                Stubbs
                                                                                                           Mike St John                Neil Swindells              Lorne Whiteway
          continues to improve its standing in the Norrington table, and we     1945                       Roger Westbrook             John Wells
          are one of the leaders in outreach and improving the diversity of     Anonymous                  Marc Wigan                                              1982
                                                                                Tim Eccles                                             1971                        Isobel Collyer
          our student body. Our estates strategy means that our buildings                                  1961                        Alan Barlow                 Jacquie Glomski
                                                                                1947                       Christopher Craig           Roderic Mitchell            Markus Jaigirder
          will match and facilitate our ambitions, providing an environment     Peter Nicholls             Malcolm Duce                Graeme Marshall             Stewart Kennedy
          for our students to thrive.                                                                      David Elkington             David Worskett
                                                                                1951                       Colin Harris                                            1983
                                                                                George Jupe                David Mander                1972                        Anonymous
          Last year, in these pages, Julia asked the question, ‘What next?’     Michael Port               Eric Martin                 Anonymous                   Ian Whitmore
                                                                                                           Hugh Nicklin                Peter Dart
          In an increasingly uncertain world, with the threat of second         1952                       Ken Waters                  Lindsay Forbes              1985
                                                                                Michael Harris                                         Tom Hutton                  DB Lenck
          waves, further lockdowns and recession looming over us, this          David Henderson            1962
          becomes a difficult question to answer. What I can say is that,       Philip Hobson              Chris Brooks                1973                        1986
                                                                                Patrick Jeffers            John Doble                  Mellor Hennessy             Martin Dunsby
          although Hertford must, and will, adapt to the realities of a post-   Francis Scott              Neville Gaffin              George Patton
          COVID world, our essence and our core values must, and will,          Tim Strevens               Michael Gee                 John Salmon                 1987
                                                                                                                                                                   Peter Aeberli
          remain the same. We will continue to prioritise accessibility and     1953                       1963                        1974                        Jonathan Sharp
                                                                                Alan Broome                Bob Eastwood                Stephen Taylor
          inclusivity, providing a welcoming environment for our students       David Clay                 Christopher Fance                                       1988
          to thrive, regardless of background and circumstance. And we          Bob Coupe                  John Mollon                 1975                        Phil Smith
                                                                                Quintin Knight                                         John Asquith
          will continue to invest in everything that makes an Oxford, and                                  1964                        Robert Lusardi              1989
          Hertford, education so special, from the quality of teaching and      1954                       Anonymous                                               Pete Houston
                                                                                Malcolm Busfield           Tony Champion               1976                        Ian Whittaker
          resources to our infrastructure and surroundings – not forgetting     Jim Catty                  Tim Cornish                 David Brennan
                                                                                Michael Kirby              Geoffrey Dobson             Bill Jamieson               1992
          our countless societies and groups.                                   David Loewe                Graham Jones                Stephen Massey              Nancy O’Brien
                                                                                                                                       Paul Rose                   Stuart
                                                                                1955                       1965
          We are enormously grateful to every single one of you for your        Clive Aldred               John Crook                  1977                        1995
          ongoing support. From the smallest gift to the largest, every         David Cutler               Mike Henderson              Amanda Benton               Matthew Briers
                                                                                John Langley               Stephen Potel               Edward Fisher
          single donation helps – and I look forward to thanking you in         David Moseley                                          Nicholas Haag               1996
                                                                                John Wroughton             1966                        Keith Lyall                 Jo Briers
          person one day.                                                                                  Peter Hollins
                                                                                1956                                                   1978                        1997
                                                                                David Cressey              1967                        David Budd                  Hermione Ruck
                                                                                Mark Drake                 Anonymous                   Paul Chaston                Keene
                                                                                                           Philip Chapman              Rose Jackson
                                                                                1957                       Brian Fortnum               Adam Johnson                2003
                                                                                Anonymous                  Edwin Gale                  Malcolm Wood                Jessica Tooby
                                                                                Peter Loveday              Victor Rayward-
                                                                                Gerald Paterson            Smith                       1979                        2004
                                                                                Ronald Pattinson           Ian Reid                    Peter Beckford              Andrew Voysey
                                                                                Judy & Peter               Phillip Runchman            Gary Collins
                                                                                Whiteman                   Robin Selby                 Elizabeth McManus           2007
                                                                                                           Mike Wyatt                                              Dan Millichip
                                                                                1958                                                   1980
As Will reflects earlier in this magazine,                                      Rodney Chambers            1968                        Anonymous                   Other
                                                                                Timothy Lawrence           John Dewar                  Jonathan Searle             Barry Ryan
Hertford continues to improve its standing                                                                                             Sheila Sharp                Angelina Gibson
                                                                                1959                       1969                        Duncan Stone                Will Hutton
in the Norrington table, and we are one of                                      Charles Gibson             Anonymous                                               Ann McAfee
the leaders in outreach and improving the                                       David Grant                Colin Berry                                             Philip Pentney
                                                                                Jeffrey Preston            Alex Bristow                                            Tim Fletcher
diversity of our student body.                                                  Hugh Sturzaker             Simon Webb

                                                                                   We are grateful to all alumni and friends who chose to support Hertford with a gift in their will.

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With our thanks
                                                                                        Donald McCready †     Pat Rhodes                Simon Kirby           Fran Gunning
                                                                                        James Scrymgeour-     Martin Spencer            Peter Manning         Eleanor Hellier
                                                                                        Wedderburn            Kate Stross               Dix Roberts           Markus Jaigirder
                                                                                        Neil Swindells        Stephen Taylor            Fiona Robertson       Tom Jensen
                                                                                        John Wells            Boris Tyzuk               Peter Whatley         Mossy Kennedy
                                                                                                              Tim Wheeler               Michael Wheeler       Andrew Leonard
                                                                                        1971                                                                  Phil Martin
                                                                                        Anonymous             1975                      1979                  Anna Morgan
Donors by Matriculation                                                                 Anonymous             Rosalind & Mark           Anonymous             Michael Nicholls
                                                                                        David Arscott         Atkins                    Francesca Barrow      Salman Ullah
1940                1958                      Anthony Quigley       Rodney Nelson-      Kevin Bounds          Paul Hughes               Bridget Calvert
John Oram †         Ian Barnett               Peter Sabine          Jones               Crispian Cartwright   Robert Lusardi            David Cooke           1983
                    John Beck                 Keith Sheather        Anthony Swing       Peter Crowley         John Mason                Philip Dutton         Gilbert Benz
1945                Michael Brignall          Clive Williams                            Jonathan Davies       Dave McCabe               Sarah Hewitt          Malcolm Dowden
Tim Eccles          Rodney Chambers                                 1966                Peter Friend          Stuart McLaren            Meryl James           Mike Fordham
Keith Haywood †     Richard Copley            1962                  Steve Greenwald     Anthony Jones         John Needham              Oliver O’Toole        Nick Foulkes
                    John Fry                  Robert Bearman        Peter Hollins       Peter Lane            Michael Ratcliff          Debbie Sarjant        Paul Meader
1948                Ian Gunn                  David Cattrall        Howard Johnson      Graeme Marshall       Paul Simpson              Mary Wood             Vicky Pollitt
Michael Fish        Richard Hartley           John Doble            David Levy          Philip Masson         Kirk Tellwright                                 Simon Pride
Norman Perrin       Philip Myerscough         Alan Fearnley         Bob Morrow          Graham Rogers         Sarah Walker              1980                  Gabrielle Remedios
                    Charles Phythian-         David Gallifant       Mick North          Alan Sandall          Richard Watts             Grace Belfiore        Mike Shiels
1950                Adams                     Michael Knee          Chris Osland        Tony Smith            Kevin Wesbroom            Stephen Bell          Martin Talbot
Peter Coulson       Andrew Stubbs †           Ian Michael           Rupert Perry        Jonathan Swallow †    Kenneth White             Eric Beste            Stephen Tickell
Colin Curley        Tom Wansbrough †          Richard Scott         David Walker        Joe Szurszewski                                 Rachel Blissett       Heather Walton
Robert Graham       Brian Wilson              Peter Stokes                              Mike Waller           1976                      Alastair Blundell     Ian Whitmore
Peter Harkness                                Warwick Wilson        1967                David Worskett        Robin Arthur              Andrew Callard
Christian Strover   1959                                            Robin Bynoe                               Anthony Bailey            Emilio Cattaneo       1984
                    Robin Cocks               1963                  Philip Chapman      1972                  Jane Bird                 John Clark            Elizabeth Akka
1951                Charles Gibson            Clive Eiles           David Clark         Bulent Atalay         Nick Carn                 Roger Edbrooke        Paul & Elaine
Dennis Bonney       Brian Glover              Christopher Fance     Edwin Gale          Simon Attwood         Nicholas Fishwick         Ed Farquharson        Fiddaman
Edward Greenwood    David Grant               Leo Horton            Richard Harington   John Burrows          Jon Fitton                Christopher           Barbara McGowan
Ed Pomeroy          Jeffrey Preston           John Leigh            Raymond Leonard     Richard Fisher        John Hughes               Godfrey               Timothy Monelle
George Jupe         Hugh Sturzaker            Christopher           Christopher Morle   Lindsay Forbes        Colin Hughes              Julie Hazell          John Newman
Michael Port        Roger Trafford            Mockler               Robin Selby         Tom Hutton            Barry Lester              Chris Hornby          Vicky Rietkerk
                    Richard Willcock          Richard Partridge                         Peter Ireland         Janet McCourt             Julian Kiely          Deborah Shears
1952                Colin Wright              Chris Plunkett        1968                Stephen Jukes         Martin Milnes             David Knight          Julian Stander
Michael Harris                                Ray Proctor           Anonymous           John Landers          Peter Norman              Simone Lobo           Fiona Yates
Patrick Jeffers     1960                      Patrick Walsh-        Lindsay Bashford    Bernard Murphy        Alan Radford              Fiona Macaulay
Denis Price         David Baker               Atkins                Peter Binham        David Newman          Neil Simister             Garrett Nagle         1985
Allan Scott         Iain Cheyne               Derek Winstanley      Meredith            Pete Owen             Julian Worth              Andy Tighe            Anonymous
                    Martin Davies             Julian Whitehead      Childerstone        Christopher Smale                               Basil Zotiades        Chris Barber
1953                Rex Goad                                        John Clark          Jeremy Stevens        1977                                            Marian Berkowitz
John Crowhurst      Peter Johansen            1964                  Ken France                                Hilary Allison            1981                  Chris Birkle
Mike Essex          Geoff Martin              Mike Brumage          Robert Peel         1973                  Tessa Bamford             Anonymous             Cicely Brown
                    Nick McCave               Tony Champion         Richard Ward        Jon Billowes          Amanda Benton             Lis Bellamy           Douglas Busvine
1954                Peter Poulter             Jim Copper            William Webster     Phil Davies           Henrietta Ewart           Julia Brookes         Paul Gleeson
Thomas              Clive Prior               Peter Edwards                             George Drinka         Edward Fisher             David Eatough         Shahriar Khan
Charlesworth        Michael Ross              Julian Hay            1969                Mike Frederick        Jenny Hopper              Ian Gatt              Martin Lipton
Richard             Mike St John              David Holton          Paul Aynsley        Stephen Gill          Robert Mellors            Mark Glover           Simon Mason
Christophers        Roger Westbrook           Graham Jones          Jonathan Bynoe      Bob Grant             Sheila Niven              Guy Leaf              Huw Peach
Alan Fraser †                                 Tony Mitcheson        Alan Gelb           Steven Jones          Nick O’Brien              Penny Neu             Cindy Von
Michael Kirby       1961                      Chris Morton          Neil Kinghan        Paul Masters          Richard Quinn             John Nixon            Kaufmann
David Loewe         Anonymous                 Adrian Oldknow        Ken Patterson       Peter Newman          Robert Taylor             Amanda Rumming        Sarah Wells
John McLaughlin     Alan Bowers               Mike Paul             Tom Robinson        Stephen Pratt         Adam Williams             Kath Shailer          Joanne Wicks
                    Christopher Craig         Roger Sherman         David Tester        Mark Szymanski                                  Jacqui Smith          Jock Wills
1955                Ian Crichton              George Spencer        Nigel Wilkes        Mark Teversham        1978                      Ian Valentine         James Wilson
John Wroughton      Andrew                                                              Mark White            Jenifer Batten            Gerry Wait
                    Cunningham                1965                  1970                                      Duncan Brack              Jeremy White          1986
1956                Andrew Davies             Andrew Blake          Brian Belchers      1974                  Xanthe Brooke                                   Anonymous
Robin Carey         Malcolm Duce              David Cornwell        Walter Bodmer       Alice & Rob           Naomi & Michael           1982                  Sarah Barwood
Gordon Davy         Jonathan Fletcher         Jeremy Dawkins        Colin Bradley       Barrigan              Clarke                    Michael Adamson       Martin Dunsby
Mark Drake          Martin Friend             Ivor Fiennes          Chris Dowell        Paul Batho            Angela Fane               Frank & Wendy         Philip Jones
Alan Freeman        Garry Gauss               Richard Groom         Tom Greenshields    David Harrison        Sarah Gooden              Ashcroft              Jonathan Park
                    John Guyatt               Mike Henderson        Nigel Henson        John Johnson          Trevor Hicks              Robin Ashworth        Rob Pritchard
1957                Ted Laing                 Alan Hinchcliffe      Chris Humphries     Stephen Kinsey        Ed Hundert                Monica Buckley        Nick Rollason
Simon Frazer        David Mander              Graham Johnson        Barry Levy          Antony Longworth      Adam Johnson              Yolande Chan          John Schilizzi
John Jordan         Eric Martin               Nick Keith            Henry MacDonald     Anne McGlashan        Ian Jones                 Colin Cook            Don Ting
Ronald Pattinson                                                    Paul Manduca        Robert Norton         Michael Joynson           Lewis Findlay         Peter Wiley

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1987                  Roderich Moessner          Ken Yap               Nick Collins         2004                     Sarah Harvey               2012                    2015
Anonymous             Charlotte Morgan                                 David Doan           Rebecca Cooper           Dorothea Hill              John Alekna             Andrew Boczek
Peter Aeberli         Heather Newton             1995                  Sharat Dua           Bethany Ehlmann          Rohan Kandasamy            Joy Aston               Martin Gellermann
Harvey Dobbs          Tim Polli                  Calvin Cheng          Helen Hardman        Edward Lamb              Sungmin Kim                Brian Balchin           Nathalie Mylog
Andrew Dodd           Stephen Reid               Emma Cremin           Glyn Kennington      John Marnham             Luke MacLeod               Helen Carswell          Peter Norgaard
Philippa Goodwin      Katherine                  Harry Dunlop          Robin Norton-Hale    Viral Mehta              Emily Richey               Frederick Harris
Ailsa Holland         Rouendaal                  Paul Jessop           Kate & Malcolm       Daniel Okusaga           Michelle Sahai             Justin Hubbard          2016
John Jardine          Britta Von Lewinski        Michaela Lowrie       Parks                Abigail & Peter Orr      Alex Woolgar               Rachel Hunter           Scott Reu
Guy Mason             Gareth Williams            Catherine Martin      Bao Pham             Laura Pettit                                        Tomos Rees              Rebecca Stephens
Joseph Stokoe         Jayne Woodside             Matthew               Ashan                Russ Taylor              2008
Karen Thompson        Alice Yew                  Middleweek            Ramakrishnan         Andrew Voysey            Anonymous                  2013                    2017
Ian Thompson                                     David Parish          Simon Ramsden                                 Jeremy Boon                Eric Clement            Nathan Appanna
Judith Toms           1992                       Barney Stueck         Sam Roake            2005                     Nicholas Buchanan          Jessica Rush            Josephine Bellman
Tooba Zaidi           Paula Clarke               David Tunley          Ben Steele           Eleanor Bull             Simon Gage                 Anna Solomkina          India Cosgrove
                      Margaret Gray              Victoria Walton       Ruth Tarrant         Emma Gerald              Sharon Hubmann             Richard Tanburn         Jacob Kalnins-
1988                  Eric Hayman                                                           Alexander Gilkes         Charles Janeway            Daniel Valentine        Holtom
Anonymous             Thomas Heath               1996                  2000                 Lisa Incledon            Sarah Kelly                                        Lauren Keiller
Anonymous             Michael Hunter             Paul Armitt           Stephan Bocklet      Emma Jones               Ling Lu                    2014                    Harriet Thomas
Ruth Boardman         James Hylins               Lisa Bate             Kelly Hagedorn       Pierce Louis             Anna Pietrowski            Francis Chmiel
Sheila Chapman        Vickie Kottler             Oliver Bullough       Ben Joyce            Thomas Lowe              Nicholas Smith             Calla Glavin            2018
Roanna Doe            Sarah Ryan                 Katharine Byers       Victoria Laurie      Thomas Nunn              Alice Thornton             Annie Taylor            Alison Carrington
Michael Doyle         Joanna Willmott            Alistair Feeney       Michael Newbold      Yvonne Ow                                           Jacob Vivian            Alexander Diwan
Gareth Dunn                                      Adam Gross                                 Tom Roberts              2009                       Khai Yen                Lizzy Skells
Chris Harris          1993                       David Ingham          2001                 Phillip Robinson-        Laila Dowse                                        Olivia Stakem
Robert Jones          David Head                 Mateusz Lasik         Anonymous            Moore                    Lauren Eyland                                      Susannah Webster
Robert Keys           Andrew Hull                Colin Leckey          Mussayab Abbas       Holly Rouse-             Dominic Farrell
John Millar           Scott Loftus-Reid          Matthew Mellor        Fiona Coady          Sweeney                  Nikolina Ionova
Steven Ngo            Aaron Punwani              James Redfern         David Dierksheide    Adam Samoon              Natalie McDaid
Vernee Samuel         Emily Rayfield                                   James Fisher         Poppy Street             Dan Parker                 Friends of Hertford
Alison Stevens        Pauline Robson             1997                  James Grigg          Kelsey Traher            Joanna Raisbeck
                      Natasha Standen            Alistair Allen        Christopher Jones    Katharine Tuohy          Adam Rheinberg             Anonymous               Ryan Grimes
1989                  Pip Wilson                 Marianne Butler       Jan Lasik            Elizabeth Weinfield      Markus Salonen             Anonymous               Jan Haraldson
Richard Butterwick-                              Charlotte Buxton      Huw Lloyd            Eric Wilkins             Earth Sivakul              Anonymous               Suzanne Heywood
Pawlikowski           1994                       Duncan Chisholm       Will Lynn                                     Rachelle Tilly             Americans for           Heather Howard
William Hancock       Natasha Ashdown            David Daker           Marsha Ma            2006                     Adam Tyndall               Oxford                  Will Hutton
Andrew Lee            Amanda Berlan              Aidan Liddle          Robert Pace          Tosin Awoyinka           Jonathan Ward              AT&T                    Delaney Kerkhof
Iain Lownes           Eleanor Blair              Helen Manley          Simon Pritchard      Dan Cariad               Richard Winslett           Gaenor Bagley           Legal & General
Emily Muffett         Jennifer Calver            Chantal Taylor        Philip Smelt         Dewan Chowdhury                                     Carissa Bardsley        Group Plc
Eklavya Sareen        Helen Campbell             Rachel Williamson                          Jesse Freedman           2010                       Adrian Beecroft         Jessica Li
Mark Warren           Greg Davidson-             George Woods          2002                 Alok Gupta               Yiyang Bao                 Timothy Bellman         James Miller
Ian & Leslye          Shrine                                           Vicky Arnold         Joanna Hemmings          Lizzy Fitzgerald           Chris & Louise          Anca Popescu
Whittaker             Ed Ethelston               1998                  Callum Bailey        Eve Jackson              James & Carol              Bracebridge             Uwe Ringling
                      Daniel Harvey              Anonymous             James Gilbert        Swapandeep Mann          Holley                     Brewin Dolphin &        Douglas Rogers
1990                  Sarah Hemsley              Charlie Apps          Chris Godwin         Isti Nadas               Matthew Jones              Co Ltd                  Sarah Rohan
Anonymous             Janet Henderson            Tom Bashford          Scott Johnston       Alex Simmons             Katy Kiernan               Robert Brown            Jeremy Savage
Matthew Bailey        Jo Hewitt                  Melissa Ellis         Mike Loydon          Katie Traxton            Sarah McKinnon             Jenna Christiansen      Schwab Charitable
Colin Black           Elizabeth Hibbert          Tom Elliston          Samuel Peacock       Alex Van Besouw          Tajinder Sandhu            Clifford Chance LLP     Slaughter and May -
Tom Brody             Graham Hinde               Rory Galloway         Bridget Phillipson   Alexander                Andrew Turner              - London                London
Charlotte Elston      Richard Hogwood            Marina Hamilton-      Amy Savage           Woodham                                             Deutsche Bank           Oliver Stein
Joanna Forbes         Andrew Huddleston          Baillie               Rachel Sharples      William Wu               2011                       The Draper’s            Scott Szeglowski
L’Estrange            Nick Jefferson             Kitty Hung            Jonas Vibell                                  Kiran Barhey               Company                 The Porter
Clare Forsyth         Edmund Jolliffe            Chris Meier           Tristan Walker       2007                     Aneesha Chauhan            Martin Donnelly         Foundation
Rachel Gauke          Nicola Kohn                Richard Paterson                           Matthew Barrett          Alethia Kang               Edison International    United
Chi Man               Katherine Lucarotti        Louise Peckett        2003                 Fiona Butterfield        Adam Knight                Finistere Charitable    Technologies
Isabelle Mast         Alex New                   Alex Preston          Judith Cohen         Simon Coppack            Eva Miller                 Foundation              University of Oxford
Carol Pearson         David Nicholls             Amy Reyniers          Rhiannon Guibert     David Edelman            Louise Murgatroyd          Patrick & Anne          Development Office
David Shelton         Catherine O’Hare           Donald Stark          Antonia Halker       Ella Fry                 Rhys Owens                 Foster                  Thomas Watkin
Daren Wake            Emma Plunkett              Catherine Travers     Joseph Jones         Holly Foster                                        Thomas Fritz            Mary Warnock †
Richard Wilkinson     Rahul Rao                  Nina Winter           Alexander Le         James Golden                                        Angelina Gibson         West Coast
Andrew Yorke          Louisa Reid                Helen                 Anne-Sophie                                                              Caroline Glackin        University
                      Guy Reid                   Wolstenholme          Leonhardt                                                                Andrew Goudie
1991                  Gillian Roll                                     Morag Taylor
Jeremy Goodwin        Sandip Sengupta            1999                  Jessica Tooby
Roland Harris         Sam Tomlinson              Anonymous             John Whitworth
Judith Hudson         Rachel Turner              Tim Boswell
Hsin Loke             Chris Vann                 Jude Bunting
                      David Vince                Guy Clark                                               We are enormously grateful to those who made a gift to college between
Richard Millns
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