Born into two leading Cornish china clay families, Jeremy spent the war years in St Austell. After two years national service as a junior tank officer he read law at Lincoln, Oxford.
Seeking adventure, as one of the last four Europeans recruited as District Officers in Africa he enjoyed three fascinating years in Swaziland. By then with a family, he qualified as a barrister. He became a Law Lecturer at Birmingham University but sought a wider life. As a Foreign Office diplomat Jeremy spent 22 years in seven countries. When in London he dealt mainly with southern African problems. After a spell as Ambassador to Somalia and Co-coordinator of the G8 Summit in London in 1991 he took early retirement on the death of his first wife.
After four years as Director-General of the international educational charity, United World Colleges, he was appointed an Immigration Judge, a difficult and challenging job he much enjoyed. Made to retire, reluctantly, at seventy, Jeremy has since 2002 lived with his wife Ruth and their loyal Springer Spaniel near Wadebridge. A Parish Councillor and active member of various organisations he remains involved with numerous local issues.
Philip Waller (Wadham, 1964) became a Prize Fellow of Magdalen (1968). In 1971 he moved to Merton as Fellow and Tutor in History. Serving also as Senior Tutor, Sub-Warden, and Acting Warden, he has been an Emeritus Fellow since 2008. Twice a Visiting Professor in the United States, he has given invited lectures there on other occasions as well as at many British universities. He was editor of the English Historical Review, the oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world, from 2003 to 2006. Among his publications are: Town, City, and Nation: England 1850-1914 (1983), and Writers, Readers, & Reputations: Literary Life in Britain, 1870-1918 (2006). Locally, he has been President of the Arts Society Bodmin (affiliated to NADFAS), a trustee and director of the Camel Valley & Bodmin Moor Protection Society, and a trustee and governor of Callywith College Bodmin.
Richard studied A level Maths and Physics at Helston Grammar School and matriculated in 1962 at Brasenose, where he read Maths. Following two years with C&J Clark in Somerset, he spent several years in St. Austell with English China Clays, introducing him to the paper industry. The rest of his career was as a marketing consultant to the global pulp and paper industry, the final 15 years running his own consultancy from offices in Mousehole and Castallack. Now living in Newlyn, Richard is Chairman of the Newlyn Archive as well as being ex-Secretary and current Treasurer of OUS Cornwall.
I was educated at Somerville College (1965-69) reading Animal Physiology, the preclinical course for Medicine and then did research for 2 years in Oxford and Stanford University for a MSc. I did my clinical Medicine at St Mary’s Hospital, London where I fell in love with Dermatology. I qualified in 1973 and then did my junior doctor training posts in London, first in general medicine and then Dermatology. I was appointed a consultant in Oxford in 1984, later becoming a senior lecturer, then Reader and Professor of Dermatology in 2000. My research interests were in Autoimmune Blistering Diseases and Women’s health. I have over 300 peer reviewed publications on these topics. Since retiring to North Cornwall I have become involved in Outreach by mentoring potential Oxbridge candidates at our local schools and I am a trustee for our local Multi Academy Trust as well administering the OUS Cornwall Bursaries.
Richard went to school at Magdalen College School, Brackley and went up to Wadham College in 1968 to study Physics. He then undertook a DPhil in Experimental Physics at Sussex University researching atomic collisions. His first employment was in the Medical Physics Department at the Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford and he then progressed via London and Taunton to become Director of Medical Physics at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in 1992. He retired in 2012 and has kept busy singing, drinking wine, and riding old and new motorcycles.
Celia Julian (Whitworth) matriculated in 1964 at St Anne’s College, reading Animal Physiology. The two terms following this degree were spent in Oxford doing Pharmacology, Bacteriology and Pathology as was the norm as a prelude to the clinical years, spent in this case at Guy’s Hospital, before returning to do Medical Finals in Oxford. Preregistration House jobs were in Bristol and Guy’s, before moving back to Oxford to do a six month GP locum in Abingdon. Following the birth of the first child, a move to Birmingham for three years resulted in training for General Practice and a Diploma in Obstetrics. In 1976 came the move to Cornwall, the start of hospital Dermatology and a partnership in General Practice for twelve years, concurrent with two more children. After that time, the General Practice was discontinued in favour of Dermatology, eventually reaching the position of Associate Specialist. The high incidence of skin cancer in Cornwall was a particular interest, with surgical skills enhanced by a short visit to the US to learn the Mohs technique, subsequently practised in specialist surgical sessions in Truro. General Dermatological Surgery was practised in five other Cornish hospitals, as well as regular visits to the Isles of Scilly. Since retirement there has been committee work with the Art Fund Cornwall, the Arts Society in Truro and plenty of time spent with gardening clubs and walking the coastal path as well as regular visits to grandchildren in California.
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Dido Tetley
Dido is a slightly more recent graduate who read French and Italian at St Anne’s. She subsequently completed a law conversion only to find that a future in law was perhaps not her ideal career. She has worked in various areas from translation and investigative journalism to broader public sector roles. She is fascinated by international politics, different cultures, languages and travel, and is trying to find something that combines these interests. Dido has spent most of her life based in Cornwall and is keen sailor.
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Patrick Tyrrell OBE
Patrick Tyrrell retired from the Royal Navy, after 26 years’ service, with the rank of Commodore in 2002. He saw service in submarines, the intelligence community, NATO and in the emerging domain of cyber security and cyberwarfare.
Having studied Chemistry at Jesus College, Oxford he took a law degree (London) while submerged in HM Submarines.
Since his retirement he has specialised in strategic affairs and has been a regular contributor to several conferences and journals on the critical issues of the day. He is Chair of the Advisory Board for an Australian think-tank (SAGE International) and has been involved in the development of defence and security related papers for the Australian government.
He is a Liveryman and Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers. He has been a member of the Oxford University Society Cornwall for around 20 years.
He and his wife Debbie, a former Captain USN, live near Truro, Cornwall, and enjoy walking their rumbustious dog around the local beaches.
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Rebecca Dunlop
Rebecca Dunlop was brought up in Surrey and gained a full-fees scholarship to Charterhouse School in Godalming before going up to Oxford to read Medicine in 1994 at St Hilda’s and Green Colleges. She graduated in 2000 having achieved an Oxford Blue for coxing (OUWBC 1999, Isis 2000). Rebecca then worked in various hospitals in the UK, Australia and Ireland before settling in Cornwall as a Consultant Plastic & Hand Surgeon in 2014.
Her subspecialty interests include Hand and Aesthetic Surgery and out of work she loves gardening, SUP, yoga, looking after her Newfoundland dog and travelling with her 2 teenage children.
She is passionate about facilitating access to the best quality higher education for state-educated children, having benefited from this herself. It is this which motivated her to join the OUS committee.
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