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MJ Mucha (G, 93-98) is currently Vice
President of Business Development at
Revelations Entertainment, Morgan
Freeman and Lori McCreary’s production
company. In October, he was named by
Variety, the entertainment industry’s trade
newspaper, as one of Hollywood’s new
leaders:
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/hollywood
s-new-leaders-film-1201340628/
Honours
T Martin JP DL (D, 49-54) - OBE, for
services to business and the community in
East Riding of Yorkshire.
PDK-A Guinness (H, 70-74), Irish
historian and author, was welcomed to
the Texas State Capitol in Austin on 23rd
March 2015 and presented with a
resolution recognising him for ‘his lifelong
dedication to the study and preservation
of the heritage of his native land’.
Has any other OW received such an honour
from a US state?
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
AR Hammerton (H, 74-78) was
appointed a Circuit Judge in March 2014
and is sitting at Snaresbrook Crown
Court hearing criminal cases. One of his
fellow judges is IG Darling (B, 75-80).
Medical
Dr BN Shah (E, 91-96) has finished his
specialist training and been appointed as
Consultant Cardiologist at Southampton
General Hospital.
HAC Spratt (F, 89-94) has left to live in
America and is an ophthalmic surgeon in
Miami. He would like to see old school
friends visiting from time to time.
Services
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst:
D J Clarkson (Coll, 01-06),
commissioning into the 9/12 Lancers, was
awarded the Bertrand Stewart War
Studies Essay Prize for the best essay
across the whole of his intake.
A memorial service to celebrate the
achievements of the first Jewish soldier to
be awarded the Victoria Cross, Lieutenant
Frank Alexander de Pass VC of the 34th
Prince Albert Victor’s Own Poona Horse,
was held at Victoria Embankment
Legal
WG Audland (H, 80-84) has been
appointed QC. He specialises in a variety
of insurance litigation but mainly medicolegal (clinical negligence and personal
injury) and conflicts, i.e. claims involving
accidents or disputes abroad with issues of
jurisdiction and applicable law.
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Gardens, Westminster on 25th November
2014. In the picture are the Lord Mayor of
Westminster, Councillor Audrey Lewis,
Sergeant Johnson Beharry VC, Colonel
NJ Kitson (H, 82-87) and Lieutenant
Colonel JF Kitson (H, 84-89), great
nephews of de Pass, together with their
father Tom and Nick’s son Thomas.
JGM Whitehead (C, 00-05; Co Ro, 11-14)
graduated from RAF College Cranwell,
finishing top of his squadron of 89 Officer
Cadets and winning the Sword of
Honour.