Daphne Park Memorial book 3_3.indd - Somerville College
Daphne Park Memorial book 3_3.indd - Somerville College
Daphne Park Memorial book 3_3.indd - Somerville College
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alone all night through an African jungle. It made our lives seem drab and dull bycomparison, but it was fun and it was inspiring. She was full of life and enjoyment ofeverything and everyone around her. She brought colour and adventure into everydaythings. And she was unafraid to speak and fight for things that were important to her.Marian Dawkins, Fellow and Tutor in Biology, 1980 -I REMEMBER THOSE WONDERFUL STORIES – as in the time when she talkedherself out of being shot when temporarily leaving a country with the suggestion, ‘whydon’t you shoot me when I come back’ - and the fact that she claimed she could drinkthe Russians under the table (very useful to a spy). She also said she used to get her(male) assistant to walk ahead of her, thus making them think that he was the senior sothat she could look around freely and hear more indiscretions.I also remember the ‘captains of industry’ whom she invited to dinner in <strong>College</strong>, mostlyI think in order to open the eyes of undergraduates to employment opportunities inthe industrial world. As part of these, she used to let loose a group of undergraduateson her guests for a discussion; I remember her showing a certain pride when theundergraduates came off best from the encounter.Josephine Peach, Fellow and Tutor in Chemistry, 1970-2008WHAT A WONDERFUL PERSON SHE WAS. I owe her a very special debt forhaving given me the confidence to get back into work despite having two very smallchildren at the time, and thinking that no-one could possibly ever want to employme again. She was a wonderful person to work for - challenging, stimulating andalways surprising one with what she managed to get people to do, in the face of notinconsiderable opposition.Charlotte Beatson (Christie-Miller),1968DAPHNE WAS VERY KIND, and never stood on ceremony. When I was a newfellow, I think within a few months of my appointment, I fell ill with a heavy cold48 or flu or something of the kind. <strong>Daphne</strong> quite unexpectedly appeared in my set in