Before turning to specific areas of activity, I must thank those who played special roles in support of our development programme, serving as ambassadors and promoting the College’s strategic plans to others within the community. Among them were Roger Alexander (OA 1952-60), Vivian Bazalgette (OA 1961-69; Vice Chair of Governors; past parent), Jon Claydon (OA 1971-79), Bunt Ghosh (Governor; past parent), Ian Hay Davison CBE (OA 1945-49), Russ Kane (OA 1962-71), Nick Lawson (OA 1983-90), John Lovering (OA 1961-68; Governor), Peter Lyon (OA 1952-60), Dr Colin Niven OBE (OA 1952-60; Alleyn Club President 2013-14), Sir John Ritblat (OA 1945-52; Special Advisor to the Governors), Professor Karol Sikora (OA 1959-65), Professor Andrew Tomkins OBE (OA 1954-61) and Lord Turnbull KCB CVO (Chair of Governors; past parent). If you would like to become more involved with the College’s development programme then please get in touch. In October 2013 we completed the £1m matched funding challenge set by an anonymous benefactor for donations to the restoration and development of College buildings. We remain grateful to this donor, whose munificence allowed the gifts of more than 400 donors to be matched. Special thanks also go to Bunt and Susan Ghosh who, together with their son Raj (OA 2002-07), gave generously to both The Laboratory and Bursary Appeal Fund in 2013-14. Sanjay and Anjula Newatia (parents) made very generous donations to both the new building and bursaries in 2014, while parents David and Sarah Kowitz also made a significant gift to The Laboratory. An anonymous donor chose to support the restoration work that took place in the Great Hall over the summer holiday (see p10 for details) and we were also delighted to receive a very generous donation to The Laboratory from Cristian Nacht (OA 1959-61) in July 2014. During Michaelmas Term 2014 we received generous support from Paul Bostock (OA 1970-77), George Farha (OA 1983-88), Gavin Hall (OA 1979-86), Pavel Fuks and Tatiana Kudina (parents), the Wolfson Foundation and the Linbury Trust. We are grateful to these benefactors and a number of others who wish to remain anonymous. Major Benefactions
The 2014 telephone campaign team
2014 Telephone Campaign
Our 2014 telephone campaign succeeded in strengthening relationships with Old Alleynians and securing vital support for our development projects. Over the course of the two-week campaign, which ran between 7 and 21 July, our team of 15 recent leavers spoke to 633 OAs. In addition to sharing College news, exchanging stories and gathering updated personal details and preferences that will help us to improve events and communications, an impressive £156,606 was raised. We thank all the OAs who supported our team of callers and made a donation. We hope they enjoyed speaking to a recent leaver, while also learning about the College today and sharing valued advice with a young OA. A combination of new callers and veterans of our 2013 campaign, the 2014 call team was Hugo Avshu (2001-12), Dan Beese (2001-12), Felix Coid (2006-11), David Dabieh (2004-11), Zooey Gleaves (2002-13), Mike Higgs (2007-12), Andy Moss (2004-11), Jason Murugesu (2007-14), Hussain Noor (2008-13), Will Northwood (2007-12), Carl Okunubi (2006-11), Charlie Rew (2007-12), Luca Samara (2006-13), Miles Sherry (2007-12) and Matt Wilcock (2004-13).
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