Chapter XII - 1451k - the University Offices - University of Cambridge

FUNDS, STUDENTSHIPS, PRIZES, LECTURESHIPS, ETC.
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LEWIN MEMORIAL FUND
1. The gift of Charles Lewin and Mrs Caroline Evans in memory of their father, Walpole S. Lewin,
CBE, FRCS, Senior Neurological Surgeon to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, and Fellow of Darwin College,
together with other sums donated for the purpose shall form a fund, called the Lewin Memorial Fund,
to provide a biennial Lewin Memorial Lecture.
2. The Lewin Memorial Lecturer shall be appointed by the Electors to the Lectureship in the
Michaelmas Term of the academical year in which the Lecture is to be given. In appointing the Lecturer
the Electors shall take into account the late W. S. Lewin’s interests in head injuries and medical
education, and any wishes expressed by his children.
3. The Electors shall be the Regius Professor of Physic, the Senior Neurological Surgeon to
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, and one person distinguished in the field of neurological surgery or the
neurosciences appointed by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine for a period of four years.
4. The Electors shall be empowered to make arrangements for the Lecture and to determine the
honorarium and expenses to be paid to the Lecturer within the income of the Fund. Any unspent
income shall be added to the capital of the Fund.
Title and
purpose.
Appointment of
Lecturer.
Electors.
Lecturer’s
honorarium and
expenses.
LEWIN PRIZE FUND
1. Donations of £1,000 from former colleagues of Walpole S. Lewin, CBE, FRCS, Senior Neurological
Surgeon to Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Fellow of Darwin College, shall form a fund called the Lewin
Prize Fund for the purpose of awarding a prize in Surgery to candidates for Part II of the Final M.B.
Examination.
2. The title of the prize shall be the Lewin Prize in Medicine.
3. The Prize shall be awarded each year to the candidate who achieves the second highest combined
score in the multiple choice, extended matching, and structured-answer components of Part II of the
Final M.B. Examination held in that academical year.
4. The value of the Prize shall be the annual income of the Fund.
Fund and
purpose.
Title.
How awarded.
Value.
WILLIAM VAUGHAN LEWIS FUND AND PRIZES
1. The sum subscribed in memory of William Vaughan Lewis, Fellow of Trinity College and
University Lecturer in Geography, who was killed in a motor accident in the United States of America
on 8 June 1961, shall form a fund called the William Vaughan Lewis Fund for the encouragement of
study and research in geography.
2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Head of the Department of Geography and three persons
appointed by the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography from among the members of the
Faculty who are not themselves eligible to receive an award under Regulation 4 of these regulations.
The members appointed by the Faculty Board shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for
three years from 1 January following their appointment. No resolution shall be valid unless it is
approved by three of the Managers.
3. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the provision of one or more William
Vaughan Lewis Prizes, which shall be of equal value and which shall be awarded annually to candidates
for Part II of the Geographical Tripos who, in the opinion of the Examiners for that Part, have submitted
outstanding dissertations on some geographical subject. The value of a William Vaughan Lewis Prize
shall be such sum not exceeding the available income of the Fund as may be determined each year by
the Managers, within a range approved from time to time by the Council.
4. After provision has been made for the Prize or Prizes in accordance with Regulation 3 of these
regulations, the remaining income of the Fund shall be at the disposal of the Managers to make grants
from time to time as they may think fit for the encouragement of research in any branch of geography.
A grant may be made to any member of the University who is of not less than one year’s and not
more than ten years’ standing from his or her first degree, whether of this or another university.
Title and
purpose.
Managers.
Prizes.
Research
grants.
LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND
The income of the Library Endowment Fund shall be expended for the general purposes of the
University Library at the discretion of the Library Syndicate.