OA News in Brief
Derek Akers, Peter Edgley, Alan Gregory, Peter Hart, Neville Jones, Charles Mansfield, Rupert Sutton and John Watson – all members of the Classical fourth form of 1939-40 – gathered at the College on Founder’s Day 2011 for their annual reunion, with a further six members sending their apologies. The reunion marked the 72nd anniversary of the form coming together at Tonbridge in September 1939, when the College was evacuated on the outbreak of the Second World War. Rear Admiral Martin Alabaster (67-76), Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland (FOSNNI) was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours. Professor Ewan Anderson (49-56) and his wife Sian celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on 6 January 2012. He also had an exhibition of his tree drawings mounted in the new conservatory at the Royal Horticultural Society. Harry Bellenberg (04-11) and Felix Tran (03-10) attended a Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award ceremony at St James’s Palace in March and were personally congratulated by HRH The Prince Philip. Following the completion of his MMath at Cambridge University, Matthew Burke (00-07) is now working on a research degree in the Centre of Australian Category Theory at Macquarie University in Sydney. Brigadier Alan Clacher (69-76) was promoted to Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours. Norman Dale (47-51) and his wife, Daphne, celebrated their golden wedding in 2011, having been married in the College chapel in on 17 June 1961. Ed Dolman (71-78) stepped down as chairman of auction house Christie’s International to join the board of the Qatar Museums Authority, where he sits on the board of trustees and is executive director in the office of Sheikha Mayassa Al Thani, the daughter of the emir of Qatar and a driving force in the country’s art collection. Mark Easter (96-01) moved from Northampton Saints to Sale Sharks, joining fellow OA Andrew Sheridan (90-98).
Nick Easter (91-96) and Andrew Sheridan (90-98) were selected to represent England at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In February Nick also signed a new three year contract with his club, Harlequins, of the Aviva Premiership. Gordon Egwu (95-02), better known as rap artist G FrSH, signed a record deal with Parlophone/EMI in May 2011, with the signing taking place in the Masters’ Library at Dulwich College. In February 2012 Nigel Harman (86-89) won WhatsOnStage.com’s Best Supporting Actor in a Musical award in recognition of his performance as Lord Farquaad in Shrek The Musical , which is being staged at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West End. Jonathan Head (74-78) reported from Libya for the BBC during the country’s uprising, including the siege of Sirte, birthplace of Muammar Gaddafi. Between 2000 and 2009 Jonathan served as BBC South East Asia Correspondent, and reported on the devastating 2005 tsunami. Bryan Hemming (42-48) writes from California of his experience of being diagnosed in 2001 with thyroid cancer and, following treatment at the California Pacific Medical Center, his decision to fund what is now the Bryan Hemming Cancer Care Cente. ‘When I was first diagnosed I didn’t know what to do – I needed to be guided. That inspired me to create a “haven” for all people with cancer.’ Stuart Hulse (50-57) has written Is it that bad? Reflections of a Grumpy Optimist , described by one reviewer as ‘the poems of Everyman’. Dr Yasir Kasmi (88-96) has been appointed Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist within Humberside and is Visiting Psychiatrist to HM Prison Hull and HM Prison Wakefield. He recently completed masters degrees in Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health Law. On Thursday 17 November 2011 international chess Grandaster Raymond Keene OBE (59-66) invited ten Dulwich College boys to play against him and fellow Grandmaster Jon Speelman in two pods of the London Eye on the south bank of the River Thames as part of an event organised by the UK Mind Sports Association. Another ten boys also played xiangqi against Chinese Grandmasters Dong Xizhong and Li Xiaoqiu, while a further four boys took part in a game of bridge against members of Richmond and Wimbledon bridge clubs.
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