Regent's Now Magazine 2019 WEB

Dr Carroll Stevens at the
2018 Valedictory with
(left) Elizabeth Smith,
visiting student from
Georgetown College and
(right) Makayla Haussler,
visiting student from
Yale University.
REGENT’S NOW ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
“Regent’s Christian ethos, its intellectual hospitality, and its
inclusive spirit beckon the best and brightest from our shores
to this very special place where lives are transformed, my own
included. It has been and will remain, my proudest affiliation.”
Visiting Regent’s students from America have gone on
to careers of distinction in law, medicine, ministry,
business, finance, the military, government, and
university education. Many Georgetown participants
have earned doctorates in the US and abroad, in such
disparate fields as Art History, English, Mathematics,
History, Sociology, Chemistry, Philosophy, Psychology,
Medieval Literature, Medieval Irish and Celtic
Studies, and Neuroscience. Among them is the US
Episcopal Church’s youngest cathedral dean and the
newest member of the Georgetown College faculty of
Sociology.
This legion of American students both derived
nourishment from Regent’s and gave sustenance to it,
regularly rising to positions of leadership in Oxford
University student organizations. They are a vivid
expression of the College’s mission to be of service to
the wider world.
As for myself, I have migrated to a broader Regent’s
repertoire, becoming an Honorary Fellow of the
College and serving as a member of Governing Body.
Over the next two years I will transition from my
leadership roles with a sense of fulfillment in the
considerable progress made by the College and with
gratitude for the opportunity to serve. Regent’s Park
is now in a posture of financial and programmatic
sustainability, and is situated nicely to enhance its
position of leadership in the University.
‘Test everything, hold fast to that which is good’: the
College’s motto derived from scripture, has proven
to be a clarion call to the American spirit. Regent’s
Christian ethos, its intellectual hospitality, and its
inclusive spirit beckon the best and brightest from
our shores to this very special place where lives are
transformed, my own included. It has been and will
remain, my proudest affiliation.
Dr Carroll D. Stevens is an emeritus member-leader of
the Yale Law School and Claremont McKenna College
communities. He is an investor in and advisor to
new technology companies spanning the domains of
additive manufacturing, orphan drug pharmaceuticals,
agricultural metadata, and software and financial services
for the education sector.
Alumni and friends of Regent’s and Greyfriars are warmly invited to join us for
drinks on the evening of Saturday 18 April 2020 at The Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt
Avenue, New York, as part of the University of Oxford Meeting Minds Alumni
Weekend. Contact development@regents.ox.ac.uk for further information.
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