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from judge Robert Harris ( of Fatherland fame ) for his ‘ clarity of prose , avoiding showing-off and academic jargon , and a witty turn of phrase ’. Most Wykehamical .
… and of Thales ( at least in College )
Matthew Harris ( Coll ) has been selected for the UK team ( of four ) to compete in the International Chemistry Olympiad , which will be held in Tbilisi , Georgia this summer . This is the fifth consecutive year in which a Collegeman has represented the UK in an Olympiad .
Michael Smith ( Coll ) will likewise represent the UK in the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad in Bhubaneswar , India , in December . He is the first Wykehamist to be selected for this team . Michael also qualified for the
final selection rounds ( the top 25 ) in Chemistry and Biology .
An article , based on Pre-U Physics work , by Richard Ibekwe ( Coll , 12-14 ) and John Cullerne ( Co Ro ) on the Mpemba Effect ( in which under certain conditions hotter water freezes more quickly than colder ) has been published in Physics Education , the journal in which Erasto Mpemba first reported his findings in 1969 . ■
Old Wykehamist News
Academic
MC Dunn Goekjian ( Coll , 07-12 ) confides :
On January 3rd I was declared Best Speaker in the World at the World Universities Debating Championships ( WUDC ) 2016 in Thessaloniki , Greece . WUDC is the world ’ s largest debating competition , featuring over 750 competitors . The prize was based on performances across nine debates on a wide range of topics , from the private ownership of art to the US military presence in East Asia . For me , this comes at the end of several years of intensive involvement in competitive debating , which began while I was at Winchester : I was World Number Two at the last World Championships in Kuala Lumpur , and last Easter my partner and I won the UK and Ireland Championships – a far cry from the consistent defeats in the local rounds of regional tournament my team-mates and I faced in MP and V Book !
AE Palmer ( I , 51-56 ) has received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters , conferred by the University of Reading . He was on the Council there from 1996- 2008 and has been Chairman of the Friends of the University since 2006 . Since 2008 he has given weekly seminars to an MA module in the Department of Politics and International Relations , on Diplomacy from 1945 to the present .
SC Piggott ( G , 75-79 ) is de facto Bursar of Oakham School and AK Maitland ( G , 76 -81 ) is chairman of the PTA .
Appointments / Elections
Sir David Davies ( B , 53-58 ) has recently held the following positions : Chairman , Wexford Opera Festival ( 2014 ): Honorary Fellow , New College , Oxford ( 2015 ); President , Irish Georgian Society ( 2015 ); and Joint Chairman , Grange Park Opera Appeal ( 2016 ).
RHF Fuller ( H , 73-77 ) has from December been appointed to the Board of The Brewers of Europe . He has also from January been appointed a non-executive director of Kempton Park Racecourse .
JHM Peel ( C , 62-67 ) has been reappointed by HMG for a further fiveyear term ( his third ) as a Member of the European Economic & Social Committee ( EESC ). This is an Official EU Advisory Body and was set up under the Treaty of Rome , and the UK has 24 Members . He still claims to be the only OW Member of any of the EU institutions ! In turn , the EESC Employers ’ Group has re-elected him as their Vice President of the EESC International Relations Committee .
Books
JR Chilton ( D , 54-59 ) has written The Last Blue Mountain . From Gabon to Guyana , Shangri La to Kamchatka , through rainbow markets and exuberant rainforests , across impressionist landscapes and a highaltitude desert , author James Chilton ’ s delightfully diverse collection of travel writing will whet the appetite and feed the imagination . The Last Blue Mountain takes readers far off the beaten tourist tracks and onto uncharted trails of natural beauty and cultural diversity . Chilton reveals his enthusiasm for travel – he ’ s visited some 78 countries to date – and his love of food , beauty , flora , fauna and , above all , the people he meets along the way . Witty , articulate and with sharp observations , his engaging and often humorous snapshots are illustrated throughout with evocative pen and ink . Clink Street Publishing ; ISBN : 978- 1909477513 .
Shortly before his recent death , APS Crick ( E , 71- 75 ; Co Ro , 90-92 ) produced Bound in a Nutshell , a hardback book of poetry that also includes photographs . It is available from P & G Wells and costs £ 15 . The Sixpenny Press ; ISBN : 978-1526201690 .
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