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Eric Rosier (47-52) received the Lawn Tennis Association’s Meritorious Service Award in June, in recognition of his 25 years of dedicated service to Selsdon Tennis Club in South Croydon where he is a regular player and LTA qualified coach. The presentation was made by fellow Old Alleyninan, David Cianfarani (48-56) of Surrey Lawn Tennis Association during the club’s annual open tournament.
The plaque at Dorset House
Eric Rosier (left) with David Cianfarani
Dr Ovidiu Precup (95-97) moved to Arbor Education Partners to take up the role of Senior Data Scientist. Ovidiu worked at the College for 15 years, as a residential boarding house tutor and latterly as Database Systems Engineer. Graham Prothero (73-79) is to marry Miranda Duncan Walker at the College on Saturday 26 April 2014. Professor Stewart Purvis CBE (60-66) published When Reporters Cross the Line: The Heroes, the Villains, the Hackers and the Spies (Biteback) with Jeff Hulbert in September. A former editor-in-chief and CEO of ITN, Professor Purvis is now Professor of Television Journalism at City University. The book tells the story of moments when the worlds of media, propaganda, politics, espionage and crime collide, and the effects these have on journalism. Its pages feature some of the best-known names in British broadcasting. Lawrence Raw (69-78) is a specialist in adaptation studies within the Department of English at Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, and also edits the Journal of American Studies of Turkey. In 2013, he published three works: Adaptation and Learning (Scarecrow Press); Global Jane Austen (Palgrave Macmillan); and The Silk Road of Adaptation (Cambridge Scholars Publishing). In January 2013, Freddie Reed (06-12) visited Gonder, a city in northwest Ethiopia, with the charity Broomwood in Ethiopia, established by Broomwood Hall School in Wandsworth with the aim of building and running a school in Gonder. The purpose of his trip was to document the lives of the children of Gonder, to provide a stronger link between them and supporters in the UK. As a result, a video and a collection of photographs were produced to show the children’s way of life. Charne Rochford (92-97), a freelance opera singer based in Zurich, toured the UK with the English Touring Opera, performing in the company’s production of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra.
Matthew Ruttley (02-07), who received the Judge’s Choice Award at the 2012 Wall Street Journal Data Transparency Weekend, was awarded two prizes for his computer programs at the TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 Hackathon, held at the Manhattan Center in New York in April. Professor Alec Ryrie (82-89), Head of the Department of Theology & Religion at Durham University, visited the College in October 2013 to open the archives exhibition, Magic in Tudor England. Toby Sargent (66-73), Deputy Head of News at the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, was appointed OBE in the 2013 Birthday Honours List, for services to Government communications. Captain John Scarlett (99-04) of the Coldstream Guards was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in recognition of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the Taliban in the Upper Gereshk Valley in Helmand, Afghanistan. Captain Scarlett, who held the rank of Lieutenant at the time of the engagement, led his Police Advisory Team to visit an Afghan National Civil Police check point. Leaving members of his team, including his second-in-command, with their vehicles, he took the remainder into the check point. When the people they were expecting to meet did not arrive, Lt Scarlett gathered his men into patrol formation and began to leave through the only available exit: a confined corridor leading to a pedestrian gate. An Afghan policeman turned fire on the team and three men were seriously wounded. Lt Scarlett instructed the remaining members to suppress the sangar position before running back into the compound to assist his wounded colleagues. While firing at the enemy, his rifle jammed but he continued to engage with his pistol until struck in the leg and body armour, suffering serious injuries. Corporal Shaw, a Combat Medical Technician with the Army Medical Corps who was also awarded the MC, raced back inside to drag him clear and tend his wounds.
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