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Annual Review
2010/11
Another first visit was made to Northern Ireland in May
to bring together all Irish alumni. The Warden hosted a
reception and lunch in Hillsborough Castle, a place very
familiar to him during his time in the Northern Ireland Office.
Alumni attended from both sides of the border and we
are indebted to Derek Hyland (1957) for encouraging Old
Members to attend.
That same weekend in May the University held their 2nd
European Reunion, this time based in Paris at the Sorbonne.
Jenny Tudge and I ventured across the Channel to meet Keble
alumni at a dinner, kindly organised by Emma Biaggi (Robson)
(1995) and hosted by the Sub-Warden, Dr Ian Archer.
Though unable to reach all our alumni in person, we hope
the College website, the brick and henceforth
The Annual
Review
will help to bring news of the College to all corners
of the world. Bear in mind when travelling to the UK or
Oxford, the door to the Alumni and Development Office is
always open to Old Members from home or abroad.
See back page for Events for 2011/12 and
Ruth Cowen
Alumni Relations Officer
Edwin Cameron
The College was justly
proud when Edwin
Cameron, Honorary Fellow
of Keble and Judge of
the Constitutional Court
of South Africa, was
bestowed the honorary
degree of Doctor of Civil
Law at Encaenia in June.
It is testament to his
extraordinary achievements
in the field of Law, a path
which brought him, as
an outstanding Rhodes
Scholar from South Africa,
to Oxford in 1976 to read
Jurisprudence and then
take a BCL. His subsequent
law career in South Africa rose steadily as he became increasingly
well known as a human rights lawyer particularly concerned with
AIDS sufferers, of whom he is one. He was appointed to the
Supreme Court of Appeal by Nelson Mandela in 2000, and has
been a Justice in the Constitutional Court since 2009. The College
appointed him Honorary Fellow in 2003, and he is a member of the
Vision 2020 Campaign Board.
Honours
Antony Phillipson
Antony (1989) has been appointed British High Commissioner to
the Republic of Singapore. He took up the post in April and was
accompanied to Singapore by his wife Julie (Pilley)(1989), also a
Keble Old Member, and their three sons.
After a BA and MSt in History at the College, Antony joined the Civil
Service beginning his career in the Department of Trade and Industry
where his posts included Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary
of State. After four years in Washington he returned to the UK in
2004 to take up the post of Prime Minister’s Private Secretary for
Foreign Affairs. Most recently he was Head of the Iran Group in the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Eden Hall with its beautiful gardens is the grand British High
Commissioner’s residence. There is no separation between
private and public rooms and Antony says it is a fascinating but
challenging place to live for his family. The boys will go to school
in Singapore and once settled Julie plans to follow her career in
marketing or take on voluntary work.
During the four-year term of office Antony hopes to meet many of
the 66 Keble alumni living and working in Singapore.
As president of the Vancouver Club, Russell
Smith (1978) welcomed the Vice-Chancellor and
Oxford alumni to the reception in April 2011