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DOWNING COLLEGE ASSOCIATIONAcross the College, undergraduates and graduates have engaged with successin other activities. The Boat Club has again been especially successful in this,its 150th anniversary year. The women’s 1st VIII retained the Lent and Maysheadship having won pretty well everything they have entered this year; themen’s 1st VIII retained 2nd position in both Lent and May bumps, comingclose but not quite close enough to take the headship. We are used to academicsuccess and high achievement among our rowers, but this year, the DCBCcaptain, as well as the men’s and women’s captains, each took 1sts (in law,natural sciences and classics), which is achievement at an exceptional level. Mycongratulations to two alumni and world champion rowers Annie Vernon(2001, History) and Rod Chisholm (1992, Natural Sciences) who will both berowing at the London Olympics, Annie for Team GB, Rod for Australia and Iam sure we wish them every success.During the year the College has recognized the great distinction of a numberof Downing alumni by electing them to Honorary Fellowships. They are: HowardJacobson (1961, English), distinguished author and winner of the 2011 BookerPrize; Lord Justice Lewison (1970, English) who was appointed Lord Justice ofAppeal in 2011; Sir David Lloyd-Jones (1970, Law) who has been appointedChair of the Law Commission and is a former Fellow of the College; ProfessorJohn Cardy F.R.S. (1965, Mathematics) who is a distinguished mathematicianand a Fellow of All Souls in Oxford; Sir Stuart Peach (M.Phil. in InternationalRelations, 1996) who has been made head of the UK’s new Joint ForcesCommand. Downing is extremely proud to welcome them as Honorary Fellows.I am also delighted to record the promotions of three Fellows: Dr JohnMcCombie (Economics) and Dr Bill O’Neill (Engineering) have been promotedto Professorships of the University and Dr Subha Mukherjee (English) to aSenior Lectureship. Professor Trevor Robbins F.R.S. was awarded a CBE in theNew Year’s Honours list for his services to neuroscience. Amy Goymour (Law)has been appointed to a lectureship in the University, and we are delighted thatthe early career support provided by the Hopkins Parry Fellowship establishedthrough the generosity of old members, has enabled Amy to consolidate herfuture academic career in law at Cambridge. Dr Adam Ramadan (CTO inGeography) has been appointed to a lectureship at the University ofBirmingham and so leaves us this summer, as does Professor Sarah Bray(Biological Sciences); we are very sorry to see them leave and wish them everysuccess in the future. As you will read elsewhere in the Association Newsletter,there was sad news this year, too. David Holbrook (1941, English), former Fellowand Director of Studies in English died in the summer of 2011; the Collegeheld a memorial event early in May this year to celebrate his remarkable life.Most recently we learned the sad news of the death of Lord Maples (1961, Law);23