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Golden Wedding Congratulations to Chris (51-59) and Eileen Field who celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary in 2019. They were married on the 16 August 1969 at St Michael and All Angels Church in Mickleham. Chris has been an integral part of the College and was made a Fellow in 2016. Chris is a former pupil (51-59), Assistant Master (69-78), President of the Common Room (76-79), Head of Lower School (78-91), Deputy Master (91-00), Acting Master (95-96), President of Alleyn Club (99-00) and Alleyn Club Secretary (02-15). Since 1998 he has been Chair of Trustees of Southwark Community Education Charity, the body which runs enrichment classes on Saturday mornings for 160 children from maintained primary schools in the borough at the College, Alleyn's and JAGS. We wish Chris and Eileen a happy anniversary.
We are always interested to discover what our OAs are doing now. Here is a small selection of news that has taken place over the past few months.
New Year's Honours Our congratulations to those who have been honoured in the New Year’s Honours list. Dame Floella Benjamin, former Governor and past parent, has been made a Dame for her services to charity. Also honoured were Commander Graham Hockley (66–73) who received the title of LVO and Eoin Morgan (99), England One Day International Cricket Captain who was awarded a DBE for his services to cricket. Congratulations to all those who received honours this year
OA receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise Irteza Piracha (95-97) celebrated his engineering company’s success in winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in May 2019. Berkeley Engineering Consultants (BEC) was awarded the prize for outstanding achievement in the sphere of international trade and its short-term growth in overseas sales.
Dame Floella Benjamin reflects on her honour: “ I am thrilled and overwhelmed at being honoured in the Queen’s New Year Honours List. I just wish my mum and dad were still here to see the fruits of their labour. They always encouraged me to contribute my time and name to numerous charitable organisations, including my ten years as a Governor of Dulwich College and as Chair of Governors for the Isle of Sheppey Academy which Dulwich College was instrumental in setting up. My association with Dulwich goes back to the 1960s when Marmie (my late beloved mother) worked at a laundry ironing the Dulwich College boarders’ clothes. In the 1980s my son Aston was a Dulwich boy and spent ten wonderful years there, and later I became a Parent Governor. For the last 45 years or more giving back is second nature to me as I have always believed in fighting injustice, inequality, as well as supporting the vulnerable and those in need. When I received the DBE for my charity work I was truly surprised and felt totally blessed. It really is so wonderful to be recognised in this way. I will continue to fight tooth and nail to make the world a better place, especially for our children. I will always remain a loyal friend and supporter of Dulwich College because it’s a place where students are encouraged to give back and make a difference to the world.”
Graham Ward CBE We welcomed GrahamWard (63-70) CBE as a Fellow of Dulwich College. Graham served as Governor of the College from 2008 to 2019 and Chair of the Finance Committee between 2011 and 2019. Graham was educated at the College and Jesus College, Oxford (MA Chemistry, Captain of Oxford University Amateur Boxing Club), where he achieved an Oxford Blue for Boxing. He also is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Fellow of the Energy Institute, Companion of the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2004 Graham was appointed CBE for services to exports. This autumn, Graham was appointed as President of Goodenough College in central London. Adrian Carr appointed College Governor Dr Adrian Carr (73-80) was appointed as a Governor in August 2019. Adrian divides his time between running an impact portfolio at ADCA Investments and working on a range of sub-Saharan projects in a non- executive capacity. Adrian is Chair of EducAid, an NGO providing quality free education and teacher training to over 1,000 students across five sites in Sierra Leone. He is founder and principal of Grow Salone, an active member of Breakfast Club Africa, a pan African leadership group. Adrian is a NED for Volta Capital, a specialist impact investment firm. Adrian was formerly Managing Director at Credit Suisse and had previous roles at Paribas and JP Morgan.
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