| President and College OfficersPresident
Richard J Evans, FBA became the fifth President of Wolfson College on 1 October 2010. His office is located on the first floor of Bredon House, adjacent to those of the College Secretary and the Bursar. On his election, Professor Evans said, “Wolfson is a unique institution which prides itself on its distinctively cosmopolitan, egalitarian and informal character and I look forward with enthusiasm to leading it over the next few years as it approaches its fiftieth anniversary.” Professor Evans is a distinguished historian and Regius Professor of History in the University of Cambridge. An Oxford graduate, he held appointments at the Universities of Stirling and East Anglia before becoming Professor of History and Vice-Master of Birkbeck College, London. His book, Death in Hamburg: Society and Politics in the Cholera Years, 1830-1910, won the Wolfson Literary Award for History in 1988. His most recent work is the widely acclaimed trilogy: The Coming of the Third Reich (2003), The Third Reich in Power (2005) and The Third Reich at War (2008). His books have been translated into more than twenty languages, including Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Richard and his wife Christine live in the President's Lodge with their sons Matthew and Nicholas, Tuppence their chocolate brown labrador and their cat Mr Micawber. Read the full text of Professor Evans's inaugural address to the Governing Body.
Vice-President
John Naughton was elected to serve as Vice-President from 1 October 2011. He has been a Fellow of the College since 1991. By background a systems engineer with a strong interest in the social impacts of networking technology, he has also been a newspaper columnist since 1982 and is currently the Observer's technology columnist. He has written extensively on technology and its role in society, is the author of a widely-read history of the Internet - A Brief History of the Future (Phoenix, 2000) - and is currently working on changes in our media ecosystem brought about by technological change. His new book, From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: What You Really Need to Know About The Internet, will be published in January 2012. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Academic Advisor to the Arcadia Project at Cambridge University Library, an investigation of the role of the academic library in a digital age. email: vice-president at wolfson.cam.ac.uk. Bursar
The Bursar exercises supervision over College finances as a whole, manages the non-academic staff of the College and is responsible for the care and maintenance of the College property. His office is located on the first floor of Bredon House where he may be contacted through the College Secretary, Sheila Betts. The position of Bursar is held by Mr Christopher Lawrence, who holds Masters degrees from the University of Cambridge (Classics) and Durham Business School, as well as diplomas from the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Royal College of Music. He was formerly General Manager of the Academy of Ancient Music. email: bursar at wolfson.cam.ac.uk Senior Tutor
The Senior Tutor has overall responsibility for the general supervision of the education, health and welfare of the students, and works with the Tutorial team to monitor the admission of students and their academic progress, and to provide information about pastoral and financial matters. Dr Jane McLarty is an Affiliated Lecturer in the Divinity Faculty, teaching New Testament Greek and supervising for New Testament papers. Her research interests are in the interaction of early Christianity with classical culture. She is married to Neil, and they are owned by Daisy, a small but strong-minded Jack Russell. email: jdm35 at cam.ac.uk Praelector
Dr Brian Cox is the Praelector. His role is to Matriculate all new members of the College. This is a traditional formal registration of the student as a member of the University and the College. Following the successful completion of the student's course of study, it is the Praelector's responsibility on behalf of the College to present the student in the University Senate House for admission to their degree. Brian Cox has been involved in research allied to medicine during his entire academic career. Firstly, he was researching diabetes at Guy' Hospital, which continued following his appointment as University Lecturer at Cambridge. His interests broadened to look at the relationship of lifestyle behaviours to other diseases, including cardio-vascular disease and cancer. In 1984/5 he became Director of the Health & Lifestyle Survey, the first representative nationwide survey in the UK, a position that he still holds as records of death and cancer of the survey respondents continue to be received. Outside interests are genealogy, local history, skiing, Parish Council and playing in a Jazz group. email: bdc10 at cam.ac.uk Development Director
Karen Stephenson is the College's first Development Director. In establishing the Alumni & Development Office, she is responsible for building the alumni relations programme, communicating with Wolfson's broad membership base and fundraising for the College. Her office is on the first floor of Bredon House. Prior to becoming a Fellow of Wolfson, Karen spent ten years working for an investment bank in the City of London. She then joined Lucy Cavendish and completed a BA in English as a mature undergraduate followed by a PGCE teaching qualification at Homerton, after which she taught for several years at Cambridgeshire comprehensive schools. Karen joined Wolfson from St Catharine's College, where she held the post of Assistant Development Director for five years. email: kas55 at cam.ac.uk |
