OLD ALLEYNIANS
Sport AKIL GREENIDGE (11-15) CHRIS NG (09-11) was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar at the Tsinghua University in China. made his 1st class cricket debut in March for Cambridge against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. DARSHAN CHOHAN (09-14) and ALEX RACKOW (10-15) represented Cambridge and Oxford respectively in the prestigious Varsity Match at Lords in June. Rackow, and Oxford, came out on top in a closely fought tussle. e match was «rst played in 1827 at the instigation of Charles Wordsworth who was also responsible for founding the Boat Race in 1829. Glasgow Warriors signed South Africa U20 loose-head prop OLI KEBBLE (09-11) on a two-year deal ahead of the 2017/18 season. ALFIE BROWN (12-17) was selected to represent the Great Britain Junior Rowing Team at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in France. e Colleges Assistant Head of Rowing, Alice Denyer, was selected to coach the Great Britain coxless four at the same event. is Director-General, Economic and Consular at the Foreign and Commonwealth O¨ce. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and has over 30 years of experience as a diplomat, which have taken him to parts of the world as diverse as Pakistan, Afghanistan, and France. He has spent three years as Foreign and Commonwealth O¨ce Director for Africa, and most recently four years as British Ambassador to Tokyo. Prof IAN PHILLIPS (89-99) was appointed Professor of Philosophy of Psychology at the University of Birmingham where his spouse, Hanna Pickard, has also been promoted to Professor of Philosophy. RUSTAM STOLKIN (84-92) has been appointed Professor of Robotics at Birmingham University.
Investiture in 1969. e Coronet was made in the Research and Development Chemical Laboratories where he was Head of Research; its story was featured in a Channel 4 programme with Dame Penelope Keith in 2017. Awards and commemorations In June, a plaque commemorating the life of RON BRANSCOMBE (46-51) was unveiled at a lunch held in his honour. In attendance were a number of Rons closest friends including Senior Fellow TERRY WALSH, RON BLYTHE (47-54), JOHN WALTERS (54-62) and JOE CROW (62-70). Guests of honour were Rons niece Sophie and nephew Neil. ey were present both for the unveiling and also to hear the Master of the College, Dr Spence, speak warmly about Rons long association with both the school and the OA Club. e plaque can be seen on the balcony on the south side of the Pavilion under that of his great friend DAVID DESTEFANO (49-57). GRAHAM KAHN (57-66) received the award for Northern Radio Personality of the Year 2017 for the Graham Douglas Radio Show (his stage name). PETER THOMPSON (57-65) was honoured with a lifetime award for urology by Zenith Healthcare. GRAHAM SWIFT (60-66) won the 2017 Hawthornden Prize for Literature recognised along with his wife Sally Donaldson (Head of Kindergarten at DUCKS) at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards for their tremendous voluntary work with grassroots rugby. ey were thanked by four members of the GB Rugby Sevens team. TOM SCHOLAR (79-86), Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, was awarded a knighthood for public service. ASIF KHAN (88-98) was awarded an MBE for services to Architecture for his novel Mothering Sunday . IAN GOODHEW (74–79) was
in the Queens Birthday Honours. MARK BOLEAT, former teacher at Dulwich College and former Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee at the City of London, was recognised with a knighthood for services to the Financial Services Industry and to Local Government in London. College visits JOHN RICHARDS (56-63) gave a comprehensive and provocative talk to boys in Years 10 and 13 on Intellectual Property in the 21st century, exploring the interrelationship between patents, copyright and trade secrets. John is a New York ¦Super Lawyer and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Fordham University School of Law, with more than four decades of patent experience. Brigadier ROB RIDER CBE (77-83) was Guest of Honour at the annual CCF Reunion Dinner. e Brigadier made presentations to the leaving senior Non-Commissioned O¨cers followed by a speech on his career as an Army O¨cer. He also spoke about the importance of the CCF as an organisation, and the qualities it helps to instill in young people. In December 2017, just three days a©er the 1st XV players won U18 Champions Trophy at Allianz Park (thus becoming the «rst school to win both the Champions Trophy and the Schools Cup), the College welcomed back arguably the most famous English School team ever, the INVINCIBLES. During that «rst term of the 1997- 98 season, no one came close to Andrew Sheridan, David Flatman and company. Played 15, won 15, 826 points scored, 47 points conceded for an average weekly rout of 55-3. Academic
TIM HITCHENS CGM LVO (72- 79) has been appointed President of Wolfson College Oxford. Tim
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