Gerhard Schneider (1978) has been reelected as "Prorektor der Universitaet Freiburg", which corresponds to pro-Vice-Chancellor role in UK universities. The fields for which he is in charge are IT and technology transfer.
Steven Prestwich (1978) is lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, University College, Cork, Ireland . He is married to Barbara Doyle, with a son Daniel Prestwich born 6/12/05. If any of his old SPC friends pass through Cork, please contact him for a game of Wom.
Pete Hoskins (1977) left Oxford in 1980 clear only that he didn’t want to do an atomic physics PhD and that he needed a job in the real world away from the refined atmosphere of Oxford. After a month working as a kitchen porter at the local hospital he drifted into Medical Physics where, for 4 years he was a trainee helping run a clinical service in medical imaging and vascular ultrasound. Pete moved to Edinburgh 22 years ago, initially to do a PhD, and is now a Reader in Medical Physics, still working on new diagnostic techniques for vascular disease, ever hopeful that his latest grant application will not be trashed and rejected. At home he has 2 children aged 11 and 7, 3 cats and a goldfish. The children chase each other round the house, and the cats chase each other around the garden. The family has a summer break every year in the same house in Norfolk with beach for the kids, decent beer and walks between Weybourne and Sheringham for the adults. At this stage the end of his career seems a lot closer than the beginning and he looks forward to a time when we can explore the English countryside without the never-ending demands of work. Pete would be very interested to hear from anyone that remembers him. Contact.
http://www.mph.ed.ac.uk/phoskins.htm
Geoffrey Thompson (1977) has been licensed as Senior Curate at Croydon Parish Church. He now feels better placed than he was during the wilderness years of his title parish in Cheam. Geoffrey would be pleased to hear from St Peter's contemporaries: contact.
Dr Paul Evans (1976) is returning to the UK this year after having set up international science publisher Elsevier's business in China and having lived in Beijing for two years. He will become Senior Vice President of International Publishing Development and will be based in Devon when not travelling.
Ong Chuan Bin (1974) went to St Peter's College in 1973 with a scholarship from the Singapore Government Civil Service and graduated with an Engineering Science degree in 1977. After graduating he served out a bond with the Singapore Government (for funding his scholarship) for 8 years, 3 of which were in the Army. He was an artillery Captain before leaving to join the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore in 1980, which is a semi-government corporation in charge of the Singapore Changi Airport. He was an electronics engineer and saw the development of the Airport from 1981 to this year, the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Airport and was recently awarded a long service award. Ong is married with 2 sons, aged 23 and 9. His son is planning to enter university next year, his dream being able to go to Oxford University if he receives a scholarship to cover the fees. Ong has visited Oxford 3 times since leaving St Peter’s and each time it brings very good memories of his time there.
Michael Siegal (1974) will be taking a leave of absence from his appointment as Professor of Psychology at the University of Sheffield to become Marie Curie Chair in Psychology at the University of Trieste, Italy (until December 2009).
Richard Cogswell (1974) has been married to Anne for 27 years. Their children are James (23) and Claire (21). They live in Balmain, an inner suburb of Sydney. Richard has been a member of the NSW Bar for 25 years and is currently the NSW Crown Advocate. Before this he was a NSW Crown Prosecutor, having previously spent his first 10 years at the Bar in private practice. He took silk in 1997 (SC nowadays rather than QC). As Crown Advocate, he appears in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal and Court of Appeal and occasionally in the High Court of Australia. His principal clients are the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions and Attorney General. His cases are mainly criminal, many involving sentencing principles including guideline judgments. Richard’s leisure activities include cycling, theatre, reading and real tennis. He attends St James’ Church in the city, which is part of the Anglican Church of Australia. He is also actively involved in the Australian Christian Meditation Community. Richard stays in touch with his old SPC mate and contemporary Rhodes Scholar (Alberta) Bill Hughson.
J. Phillip Nicholson (1973) attained Master of City Planning from M.I.T. as a CMHC Graduate Fellow,and has since served as policy consultant to every major department of the Government of Canada and numerous national and regional organizations. He recently celebrated the 25th year of marriage with Catherine Robinson, on a white water canoe trip on the Soper River, Baffin Island. He and Catherine have three teenage boys.
Daniel Hastings (1973) is at MIT as a faculty member in two Departments. He is in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department and also the Engineering Systems Division and was recently the Department Head of the Engineering Systems Division. Daniel is now the Dean for Undergraduate Education at MIT where he has the interesting and complex task of overseeing many of the central educational functions of MIT. He has had extensive dealings with Cambridge in the last few years since MIT and Cambridge University forged a strategic partnership (called CMI). This involved an MIT educational program being put into place at Cambridge and Daniel currently oversees the Cambridge MIT student exchange. He was recently in the UK to talk to the Royal Academy of Engineering about what is going on in engineering education in the U and has been involved in several other activities in this area.
Phil Wood (1973) is an IT Consultant living in Greater Manchester, mainly working on systems to manage the vast and complex assets of utility companies. He is married to Pam, with two sons, Andrew and Chris, and recently had the pleasure of attending two graduation ceremonies in a week, as Pam gained a PGCE and Andrew completed his Human Geography degree at Lancaster University. Meanwhile, Chris has followed in his footsteps as an Oxford engineer.
Phil is a keen member of the Rotary Club of Westhoughton, of which he was president in 2004-05, the Centenary year of the organisation. He won an award for the best dissertation on the future of Rotary in its second century, which resulted in his attending the international convention in Chicago. He now looks after Rotary’s Public Relations in his district. This is helped considerably by his great interest in digital photography and computing.
Roger Williamson (1971) continues to work as a Programme Director at Wilton Park, the academically - and financially- independent conference centre of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. His particular responsibility is conferences on sustainable development issues. Recent conferences for which he has had responsibility include events on the Caspian and Central Asia, Higher Education and Development, Africa; and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. In the pipeline are conferences on Poverty Eradication, and one in Armenia. Details of these and other Wilton Park conferences can be found on the website at: www.wiltonpark.org.uk. Contact Roger
Michael Pope (1971) is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Georgetown University. In 2006 he received the Lifetime Research Achievement Award, Georgetown University Graduate School. Previously, in 1999, he was awarded the Hillebrand Prize, Chemical Society of Washington. Most recently Michael had the June 2006 Journal of Cluster Science dedicated to him.
Nigel Teare (1970) has been made a High Court judge in the Queen's Bench Division; he is to be sworn in on 2nd October. (Along with Anthony Mann, that makes two St Peter’s Old Members having been made High Court judges now, from the same year and tutorial group!).
Peter Garforth-Bles (1970) has been living at Watlington quite near Oxford for the last 17 years. He never seems to be able to make the Old St Peter's get together’s but hopes to one of these days. Peter is very much in touch with good friends from St Peter's’ days. He’s still in the law and has been working as an in-house lawyer at Amoco and BP for the last 28 years. Peter and his wife, Jane, have just celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. Golf is his main recreational activity and he manages to play at Frilford from time to time.
David Attlee Norman (1970) retired in 2003 from post of Senior National Officer (General Treasurer), Communication Workers Union and currently serves as Chair of the Governing Body of Ruskin College, Oxford. David is also a member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal and a Borough Councillor in his home town of Southend, Essex. He is also a Methodist Local Preacher. Altogether, these roles give him insufficient time, as yet, to enjoy his retirement home in Brittany!