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News From Old Members
Our Old Members have continued to update us with their exploits. Here, we highlight some of the most exciting news.
edited By Christina de Bellaigue, Fellow in History
A note from the editor
One of the pleasures of being part of the
Exeter community is discovering what
Old Members and former colleagues
have been up to, so many thanks to those
of you who have kept us up-to-date with
your news this year. Please do continue
to share your news with us by sending
in the enclosed form or informing the
Development Office via e-mail, post or
telephone. Your contact details will not
be included unless you wish them to be.
Marriages, births, deaths, honours,
appointments and publications will
continue to be reported in the Exeter
College Association Register – so do
please send news of those on the
enclosed form or to: The Editor of
the Register, Exeter College, Oxford
OX1 3DP, UK.
– Christina de Bellaigue
Congratulations to Dr John Chartres
(1937, Medicine). He and his wife
Marie celebrated their 65 th wedding
anniversary in July. Dr Chartres met his
wife at a hospital ball in Headington and
they were married in the Oxford registry
office in 1944, with a special blessing
in Exeter College Chapel afterwards.
Shortly after the war they left England
for Africa, where Dr Chartres practiced
in tropical medicine. He then specialised
as a radiologist and worked at Withybush
hospital in Pembrokeshire as a consultant
from 1960 until the 1980s.
We also congratulate Dr John Hughes
(1950, PPP) who has been elected
as Fellow of the International Napoleonic
Society.
Alan Bennett (1954, Modern History)
presented papers from his literary
archive to the Bodleian Library this
year. To mark the occasion, a special
reception was held at the Library
where he was presented with the
Bodleian medal.
Ian Huish (1964, Modern Languages) is
now contactable on ian.huish@onetel.net.
James Chater (1970, Music) divides his
time between working with an editorial
team of two journals dealing with
affication of special metals in industry,
and musicological research and
composing. In particular he is
challenging the Orthodox Church
to adopt a more creative approach
to introducing new music into
church services.
We congratulate the Revd Dr George
Lings (1974, PGCE), who has just
gained a PhD. The title of his thesis
is “The Church’s calling and capacity
to reproduce”, which he hopes will
establish a deeper ecclesiological
foundation for the phenomena now
known as “fresh expressions of Church”,
or before that as “church planting”.
The College was delighted to hear that
Kenneth Blades Parker, Esq, QC,
(1964, Literae Humaniores) has been
appointed a Justice of the High Court
with effect from October 2009. Mr
Parker will be assigned to the Queen’s
Bench Division.
At the end of 2008, Paul Paynter (1981,
PPE) became Director of the British
Trade Office in Calgary, Canada.
The UN Human Rights Council has
appointed Professor Surya P. Subedi
(1989, International Law) as the next UN
Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in
Cambodia. One of only eight countryspecific
UN Special Rapporteurs in the
world, Professor Subedi will work to
identify human rights problems in
the country, and give constructive
recommendations on tackling them.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Guilford
(2000, Earth Sciences) who has been
recognised for her work helping rebuild
communities in Indonesia devastated by
the Tsunami in 2004. Under challenging
conditions, she has been working to
design permanent water supplies for
over 40 villages which are still being
reconstructed in the wake of the
Tsunami. She was presented with
the Chartered Institute of Water and
Environmental Management
International Young Member of the Year
2009 Award in May.
Dr Sung-Hee Kim (2001, English) has
directed a short film based around the
installation of the Antony Gormley statue
at Exeter. The film was made as part of
the Voices from Oxford webcast series,
an ongoing series of webcasts which
broadcasts documentaries and
interviews from within the University.
It can be viewed on their website http://
www.voicesfromoxford.org/gormley.html
Congratulations to Jennifer Green (2005,
Jurisprudence), who has been appointed
to a stipendiary lectureship in Law at
Hertford, just a year after completing
her undergraduate degree at Exeter.
Another of our lawyers, Tarunabh
Khaitan (2004, Law), was awarded a
five-year Studentship (equivalent to a
Fellowship) at Christ Church College.
Finally, with sadness, we note the
passing this year of Professor Peter
Rickard (1941). Professor Rickard was
Emeritus Drapers’ Professor of French
and Life Fellow at Emmanuel College,
Cambridge; a memorial service was held
at Emmanuel in June.
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