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| 5L O N G V A C A T I O N 2 0 1 1O L D M E M B E R S ’ N E W SRemembering ClareClare Pettit (née Martin) (2000, Physics and Philosophy)Clare came to Exeter College in October 2000 to study physics and philosophy. Inher time there she was heavily involved in all aspects of College life, from rowing ina novice VIII to being elected as Women’s Officer – her enthusiasm always shonethrough. Clare met her future husband, Richard Pettit (2000, Jurisprudence) at Exeterand they were married in the College Chapel on 25 July 2009. After graduatingClare won a place on TeachFirst and taught maths in Merton. Having completedTeachFirst, and attaining Ambassador Status with a distinction, Clare went on to workat an investment bank in the City.Open-hearted and generous, Clare lived life to the full but always found time andenergy to help and motivate her numerous mentees. Clare died, aged 30, on 6 April2011. She is greatly missed and touched the lives of many in Exeter and beyond.Her family and friends are now raising funds in Clare’s memory for a bursary for anExeter student. For more information please contact Lisa Pugh or Katrina Hancock.John Kufuor receives World Food PrizeJohn Kufuor (1961, PPE) has been awarded the 2011 World Food Prize jointly withLuiz da Silva. They were awarded the prize for their leadership and commitment toalleviating hunger and poverty in their countries while serving as the presidents ofGhana and Brazil respectively. Mr Kufuor also became the first Ghanaian head ofstate to have a foundation named after him in his lifetime earlier this month.Exonians in printJames Steel (1990, Modern History) published his third book this August, calledWarlord. It is a thriller featuring Alex Devereux, the hero of Steel’s first two books, ashe attempts to impose peace between warring militias in the Congo.Fr Nicholas Schofield (1994, Modern History) published a book on a fellow Exonianin July, William Lockhart: First Fruits of the Oxford Movement. William Lockhart (1838)was one of the disciples of John Henry Newman and his conversion to Catholicism in1842, a year after leaving Exeter, caused a great stir and led to Newman’s resignationfrom St Mary’s (the University Church).This month saw the publication of Masters of Nothing: The Crash and how it will happenagain unless we understand human nature by Matthew Hancock (1996, PPE) and NadhimZahawi. The book looks at the reasons for recent economic crises in an engaging andaccessible manner with the benefit of the authors’ experiences as MPs.Also published this month was Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning ofEverything by David Bellos (1963, Modern Languages). Mr Bellos looks at the whole ofhuman experience, from foreign films to philosophy, to show why translation is at theheart of what we do and who we are, and asks such questions as how do you translatea joke, what’s the difference between a native tongue and a learned one, and can youtranslate between any pair of languages, or only between some.