The Queen’s College

Welcome to the Queen's College Old Members list

Ash, John. 1965-1969

John spent three years in Australia having followed his D. Phil. supervisor (John Crossley) to Monash University. Back in England, he has had a career in computing, much of it with ICI Pharmaceuticals/AstraZeneca from whom he took early retirement at the end of 2001. He now lives on Wirral with his botanist wife Hilary (nee Gray, the first Organ Scholar at LMH(1974)), and they have two sons, Richard (reading Electronic Engineering at York University) and Martin (Upper Sixth). Current interests include music (as ever), the foundations of quantum mechanics, and chairing the local Churches Together.

Ball, Graham. 1967-1970

I was an Open Scholar in 1967 and read PPE I have a wife and two grown up sons I have worked in the public sector since return from India in 1974 I am currently in finance in the NHS

Bandaranayake, Senake . 1961-1965

My institute office contact telephone no. is ++0112673107 and the address is Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology (PGIAR), 407 Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7.

Barber, David. 1966-1970

David read Honour Moderations in Latin and Greek and then PPE. He is now a Development Manager with the local Education Business Partnership company in Lancashire.

Bateson, Keith. 1961-1964

Keith read Engineering Science at Queen's and greatly enjoyed rowing and OICCU. Nowadays he's a senior lecturer in the School of Electronic Engineering, Information Technology and Mathematics at the University of Surrey.

Bell, Peter. 1963-1967

Peter read Chemistry at Queen's and then completed MBA and PhD degrees at the Graduate School of Business, The University of Chicago. He is now Professor, Management Science and Information Systems at the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario in London Canada. Further details at his academic www-site: http://live1.ivey.uwo.ca/faculty/Peter_Bell.html or his corporate www-site: http://www.strategicmanagementscience.com/

Brand, Christopher Richard. 1962-1965

After graduation, Chris worked as a prison psychologist, a psychological researcher (Nuffield College, Oxford) and psychology lecturer (Edinburgh University). In 1996, his book about IQ, THE g FACTOR, led to media-orchestrated outrage at his political incorrectness. He now works as a research consultant to the Woodhill Foundation (USA) and lives in Edinburgh with his Taiwanese wife, Shiou-yun. He has a son and two daughters by former marriages.

Brown, Alistair R.. 1960-1963

Alistair was at Queen's reading Physics. He is now a consulting reservoir geophysicist based in Dallas Texas but travelling worldwide.

Browning, John. 1968-1971

John read Modern History at Queen's before emigrating to Australia in 1975. He is now an Area Supervisor of Schools with Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Brisbane, Queensland.

Butler, Ronald. 1967-1970

Ronald read Modern Languages (Fr./Ger.) at Queens and left the UK to work in Germany after graduating. Held various positions as Marketing Manager and Managing Director, then opted for independence. He is currently a translator and teacher of WingTsun kung fu living near Bristol.

Carson, John. 1965-1970

John took a university teaching position in Ontario in 1970; became a civil servant in 1978 and was Director of International Relations until 1990. Since 1991 he has taught government and international politics at the University of Toronto. He is married, has a son and daughter and two grandchildren. He will retire in December 2003 and plans extensive travel.

Connell, Tim. 1968-1971

Tim is now Professor Emeritus at City University London, and is an honorary Life Fellow of Gresham College in the City of London. He is active with the Chartered Institute of Linguists as Vice-President and also chairs the Educational Trust Board. He is a court assistant at the Stationers' and Newspaper Makers' Company.

Costen, Michael. 1959-1962

Michael retired from the University of Bristol in 2004 as Dean of Continuing Education. He is now Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology. Michael published his fifth book 'Anglo-Saxon Somerset' in 2011 and is now working with colleagues on a book on the castles of Stephen and Matilda. In the summertime he would rather be sailing.

Counsell, Christopher. 1970-1974

Christopher read Modern Languages (French and Spanish) at Queens before gaining a MBA at the City University, London in 1984. He is now working as a Managment and company improvement consultant, with his own business 'Day2'.

Donnelly, (Joseph) Brian. 1963-1966

Brian read PPE at Queen's and also edited Cherwell. After getting a Master's Degree from the University of Wisconsin he started an M.Phil at LSE butleft in 1970 to join, first, GCHQ and then, in 1973, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.After a variety of home and overseas diplomatic postings he became Ambassador to Yugoslavia and then Zimbabwe. He will be retiring from the FCO in 2004.

Eason, Joe. 1961-1964

Read Modern History. Worked for electricity generator, then LSE before joining management college of steel industry. After college Principal, became Education asnd Training Manager for British Steel/ Corus UK before retirement from employment. On the board of Foundation Degree Forward and involved in other education activities

Ellis, Anthony Ewart. 1965-1969

Tony graduated in zoology at Queen's and then went to do a PhD in fish immunology in Aberdeen's Marine Laboratory, where he happily remains as a researcher.He has had 5 wonderful children and enjoys the Highlands.

Fallows, James. 1970-1972

Jim has worked in journalism through most of the time since leaving Oxford, mainly for the Atlantic Monthly magazine (www.theatlantic.com). He and his wife Deb, who were married in the Queen's College chapel, are now based in Washington DC. Contact info at www.jamesfallows.com .

Fielding, Howard. 1964-1968

While at Queen's, Howard read Classics, captained the hockey team and was a member of the Occasionals. He then went into teaching and Local Government, ending as Director of Education in Harrow. Now running an education consultancy based in London which negotiates what contributions housing developments should make to local education facilities. Married with two children, he plays poor golf, and divides his leisure time between properties and wine cellars in France and Spain.

Gillman, Harvey. 1966-1970

Harvey read Modern Languages (French and Italian) and taught for a number of years. Worked for Quakers as publication secretary and for 18 years until December 2001 was outreach secretary.He has written on spirituality and Quakerism; is now (2002)Rowntree Quaker Fellow on the theme of "Communicating the spiritual quest in a puzzled world".

Gregory, John Robin. 1964-1967

John read Modern History at Queen's, then qualified as a solicitor. Worked in local government all his career, retiring as Corporate Director, Staffordshire County Council in 2004. Worked part time as Solicitor to Staffordshire Fire Authority until 2006 including a spell as Secretary to the Minister's Fire Advisory Forum. Married Janet Hardy (they met at Oxford) who died in 2004. Their son Andrew works in computing after a first in Maths at Trinity, Cambridge, and a PhD. Daughter Sarah works as a commercial property solicitor. John now lives in Worcestershire with his new partner, Elisabeth.

Hague, Rod. 1963-1966

Rod read PPE at Queens, and has taught at the University of Newcastle since 1969, where he is Senior Lecturer in Politics. Best known as co-author of a standard text on comparative government, Rod is also Executive Director of the Applied Policy Sciences Unit, which carries out research and consultancy for clients in public and private sectors. Currently on secondment to Westlakes Research Institute, Rod is contributing to the development of a postgraduate college in Cumbria with an innovative multi-disciplinary focus on environmental issues.

Hartnoll, Richard. 1966-1969

After graduating in 1969 Richard studied at the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge. Subsequently he pursued a career in social and epidemiological research on drug addiction, working in London (1972- 1990) Barcelona (1990-1995) and finally Lisbon (1995-2002). In 2002, he resigned from his job at the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and changed career. He now works as a professional photographer in Lisbon, Portugal, where he lives with his partner Dagmar and daughter Noa. His two older children, Sean and Kate, are currently working/studying in the USA and Cuba.

Hickson, Peter. 1965-1969

Peter read Classics at Queens before joining K. Shoes where he rose to be Managing Director of the Retail Company and main board director. He was then Head hunted to Lonrho as a Divisional Managing Director before moving into the 'not for Profit' world with The Prince's Trust, latterly as Divisional Director for the North of England. His final position before retirement in 2005 was as CEO of Groundwork Trust in West Cumbria. Peter has been married to Sheila for 33 years. They continue to live in Allithwaite in the Lake District where Sheila is the local GP. He has two children, Caroline having graduated from Cambridge reading French and Russian is now Manager International Executive Services Tax with KPMG in Sydney Australia, and Adrian gained a 1st in Mechanical Engineering at Coventry and now works for Cummins in Darlington.

Hudson, David. 1968-1971

After a long career in Marketing in the food industry, including 4 years in Japan, I have now retired and have taken on a number of trustee roles. The biggest of these is as a Court Governor for the Whitgift Foundation in Surrey, which is responsible for 3 independent schools-Whitgift, Trinity and Old Palace of John Whitgift.

Iribarren, Ignacio. 1961-1964

Ignacio read Mathematics at Queen's and has fond memories of his rowing for the College. He is now retired after a lifetime dedicated to academics, during which he held the position of Vice Chancellor for a number of years as well as other posts of responsibility in the academic environment of his country.

Jenner, Bryan. 1962-1966

Bryan read German and French at Queen's and sang in Schola Cantorum and the Opera Club. He taught modern languages for a few years, but then moved into linguistics and has worked at universities in Britain, Holland, Kenya, the Czech Republic and Japan, before settling in Vienna. He now divides his time between teaching and translating, commuting regularly between Austria and West Bohemia

Kerr, Tony. 1966-1969

Tony taught in England, Africa, Spain and Sweden, then became an LEA educational psychologist and Assistant Director of Education in a London borough. Co-ordinated a scheme promoting social enterprise in the rural South West, and now works freelance, mainly with voluntary and community groups. Married with two grown-up daughters.

Khan, Khalid Aziz. 1967-1969

Khalid studied PPE at Queen's. During the course he was selected for the Civil Service of Pakistan. While at Queen's Khalid represented the college in cricket, hockey and squash. He also played cricket for the Authentics. In 1981, Khalid was at Wolfson College, Cambridge where he obtained an M.Phil in Development Studies. Khalid has served for more than 30 years in the Civil Service. He has remained the Chief Secretary of the North West Frontier Province. He was also appointed the first civil servant head of Accountability Bureau of the govt of Pakistan, when it was created in 1999. Khalid now lives with his wife Tony and their children in Peshawar. Khalid's elder son Shumayl Aziz is a practising lawyer, who qualified for the Bar after obtaining a degree from the UK. Khalid is nowadays looking after the family furniture business, which he inherited from his father.

Khanna, Vinod. 1959-1961

1963-94: Indian Foreign Service. Served as Ambassador in Cuba, Indonesia and Bhutan but a lot of career dealt with China. Spent a year at Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, as a Fellow, 1988-89. Co-author of two books: "India and China: The Way Ahead" & "The Ramayana in Indonesia". Now: i. Executive Chairman, The Council of Social Development, New Delhi; ii. Principal Consultant, Tech Mahindra Foundation (a development support organization); iii. Trustee, Pratham Delhi Education Initiative (goal:Universal elementary education); iv. Emeritus Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi. V. Trustee, Rajeshwar Susheela Dayal Charitable Trust, Delhi.

Kwande, Yahaya. 1962-1963

Former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland, current Chairman - Board of Directors National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria.

Lamarque, Peter Vaudreuil. 1970-1972

Took the BPhil in Philosophy in 1972. Currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of York. Previous posts include Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Stirling (1972-1995) and Ferens Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hull (1995-2000). Visiting positions at Cornell University, Tsukuba University (Japan), the Australian National University,and the University of Lisbon. Most recent book is Work and Object: Explorations in the Metaphysics of Art (Oxford UP, 2010).

Lindley, Tony. 1968-1971

Tony Read Modern Languages (German & French) at Queens. He now lives in Oxford and is a faculty member of, and acts as Course Director for, the Chartered Institute of Marketing in Cookham, Berkshire. He is also a Visiting Fellow in Marketing at Bradford University School of Management. He co-presented a paper on "A brand identity framework for the arts sector" to the European Academy of Marketing in Rotterdam in 2000, and is currently writing a book on the subject.

McBride, Richard. 1970-1974

After completing research at the Open University with the Rutherford and Appleton Laboratory, Richard worked on Stirling Engine development. In the 1980's, he moved to Scotland, and later to Perth, Western Australia. He returned to the UK in 1997, and currently works as Director of Strategic Futures for Intec Telecom Systems PLC. He continues to devote time to his lifelong interest in painting and photography.

Moss, John Robin. 1958-1962

Robin read Greats at Queens and enjoyed his four years at Oxford enormously. Captain of Boats 1960-61 he still rows at stroke for the Thames Rowing Club Casuals and Veterans crew as often as possible. Robin now works for the ITC in London, as Head of Education and finds regulation of British television at the end of the 20th century is much enlivened by his PhD (1970) study of the fall of the West Roman Empire.

Muir, Sydney Andrew Macdonald. 1958-61

I continue to live in Leicester with my wife, Ann. Our two children, Graham and Alison also live here and we now have 4 grandchildren. I/we would love to hear from any and all members of that fabulously successful 1958-1961 soccer team and from any linguists I knew.

Porter, Vincent. 1958-1962

After taking a degree in Natural Sciences, Vincent worked for five years making sponsored documentary films with Film Centre (International). From 1967 he taught film and mass communications at the Polytechnic, Regent Street (which was succesively renamed the Polytechnic of Central London, and the University of Westminster). He was made Professor of Mass Communications in 1991, and he retired as an Emeritus Professor in 2004. Between 2005 and 2008, he was the President of EURALVA, the European Alliance of Listeners' and Viewers' Associations. He now lives in Chichester, West Sussex.

Quarrell, Peter John. 1961-1964

Peter read PPE at Queen's, and spent 9 years in the steel industry doing Operational Research and qualifying as a Chartered Statistician. Emigrating to the Cotswolds in 1973 he has worked ever since as a management consultant, first with a large consultancy and since 1998 as an independent. Having produced two daughters (one a D Phil organic chemist who is Daily Telegraph Rowing correspondent, and one the Head of History at Bryanston School) he was widowed early in 2003. He has now returned to his Sheffield roots, married an old friend, and is living in a converted cowshed half a mile from his birthplace.

Quest, Barry. 1963-1967

Barry read Chemistry at Queen's and is now a Chartered Patent Attorney. More complete details are available onhis firm's web site.

Read, Simon. 1970-1973

Having spent some time lecturing in aeronautical engineering, Simon is now a freelance consultant living in Bridlington. He would be happy to hear from any of his old college mates!

Ronhovde, Erik. 1959-1962

Erik read for a D.Phil. in International Relations at Queen's. Since then he has served four years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, and then fifteen years as a U.S. diplomat with postings in Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, and Budapest. He now works on international exchanges in Washington.

Royall, Robert A. 1970-1971

I am now retired and living in the Lake District.

Sagar, David. 1965-1969

Now living in Manchester.

Schmid, Wilhelm. 1970-1971

Florey Student 1970/71. In the Swiss diplomatic service since 1974; currently Ambassador to The Netherlands

Segal, Victor. 1959-1962

Having matriculated in 1959 to read Law, and briefly practicing as a solicitor, Victor was with Singer & Friedlander from 1968 until 2000. More recently, he keeps out of trouble by chairing three small companies.

Sheldon, Neil. 1967-1970

Read Mathematics and Philosophy. Went to teach at Manchester Grammar School. Still there.

Sibson, Christopher. 1960-1964

Christopher studied Modern Languages at Queens. He is now Secretary General, European Investment Fund, Luxembourg.

Sint, Peter P. 1969-1970

Peter was a Florey European Scholar at Queens doing post graduate research at the Departments of Biomathematics and of Statistics (in correspondence clustering). He now works at theInstitutional Change and European Integration, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Skidmore, John Gordon. 1965-1968

Head of Electrical & Control Design at Crown Cork & Seal Corporate Technologies, Wantage

Teague, Anthony G.. 1960-1969

Anthony has been a member of the ecumenical Community of Taize (France) since 1969 and is usually known as Brother Anthony. In 1980 he went to Korea and for over 20 years he was Professor in the English Department, Sogang University, Seoul, teaching medieval and renaissance literature. He has now retired, has been appointed Professor Emeritus, and continues to teach there. He has published more than 20 volumes of English translations of contemporary Korean poetry and fiction as well as an introduction to the Korean Way of Tea. He has Korean nationality, his Korean name is An Sonjae.

Thatcher, Christopher. 1968-1973

With a Degree in German and French, and a PGCE, Chris entered teaching and taught in Germany, Malaysia, Austria, and England. He went to Leicester for his M.Ed. in 1979-80. In 1998 he went into the world of property management, and now lives in Bournemouth with wife Marianne (married 1973 in Queen's), but not with his three children who are all energetically pursuing their own careers elsewhere in the world.

Thompson, Mike. 1967-1972

After graduation and a PGCE at the Oxford Department of Education, Mike taught modern languages on Merseyside and in Hertfordshire for six years. He then returned to his native Kent in 1978 and has had a number of management posts with Kent County Council: he is currently Local Education Officer for the Cranbrook cluster of schools. He has been married to Janet for 20 years and they live in Maidstone with their children, David and Jessica.

Thornton, Grahame Michael. 1961-1965

Since 1970 has been engaged in the book trade, initially in academic and professional publishing, thence to library supply, and latterly as a second-hand bookseller (can be taken either way),specialist medical bookseller at conferences, book searcher and book fair organiser. Took most of his working life to realise that he was unemployable, so is now self-employed and works from home, enjoying commuting downstairs, reporting to none, and with none reporting to him. Semi-retired, though some say semi-retarded. Used to call himself a bachelor gay. Is still a bachelor. Archetypal SINK (Single Income No Kids). Would welcome social and professional contact from all and sundry.

Tully, Roger. 1963-1970

Roger read chemistry at Queens before completing his DPhil. He worked in pharamceutical research for 23 years before returning to his native Cumbria where he is now an Internet Consultant. Details of his company, Inglewood Computer Services, can be found at his web sitehttp://www.cumbria.com/ics/

Turner, Graham. 1964-1967

Graham studied Modern Languages (French, Spanish) and moved to Spain in 1974. He embarked on a career in sports writing for El Pais, Daily Telegraph, World Soccer etc and had three years working at FC Barcelona when Terry Venables was manager in the 1980s. He then returned to press and TV journalism before starting work with UEFA in 1994.

Wadsworth, John. 1962-1965

John graduated in Physics and spent four years with Plessey Telecommunications before leaving to join the family business of Ratcliffe's Office Stationers in Rotherham. There he has taken an active part in local affairs, becoming President of Rotherham Rotary Club and of the Chamber of Trade. The business was taken over in 2006 by the BOS Office Supplies Group, for whom John now works as a Consultant. His interests include sailing, walking and skiing.

Webber, Bryan. 1961-1964

Bryan has been appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at Cambridge. His web page is linked.

Wiggham, Barrie. 1958-1961

Modern languages Boxing Blue Hong Kong Government 1961-96 Retired Sussex, UK

Wilcock, John Denis. 1958-1961

John was the Caving Leader of the Oxford University Expedition to Northern Spain 1961. After graduating, he worked in the computer industry for 7 years before lecturing in Higher Education, retiring as Reader in Computing at Staffordshire University in 1997. He is still Honorary Research Fellow at Staffordshire University, and Hon. Secretary of the British Cave Research Association. Besides this he enjoys archaeology, orienteering and Scottish Dancing, as well as running several web sites which may be accessed from his personal home page.

Wilde, Julian. 1964-1969

Julian Wilde, was an Open Scholar of The Queen's College, Oxford, where he took an Honours Degree in Theology. He has taught in state and independent schools in Manchester and Oxfordshire, and from 1984 to 1993 was Headmaster of The City School, Lincoln. He has travelled on study visits to the United States, the West Indies and New Zealand in recent years.