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Linacre College
Through the Decades: 1962—2012
ELCOME TO THIS EXHIBITION OF
LINACRE THROUGH THE DECADES
Despite its youthful half-century (in comparison with older Oxford We hope you will learn something
colleges), Linacre nevertheless has a rich and significant history, and one new about Linacre, will find a
that cannot truly be covered within the bounds of this space. memory that reverberates with
We are all too aware that much has not been included – be it events, your own, and will also realise what
people, or milestones. However, as we have prepared the exhibiƟon, three an audacious proposal an
important points have become very clear, and it is this which we hope you insƟtuƟon such as Linacre was at
will take away with you today. the Ɵme. May Linacre conƟnue to
be a forward-looking insƟtuƟon!
First, the establishment and Finally, Linacre was, in the words of
development of Linacre has never John Bamborough, ’a deliberate Our warm thanks for their
been easy or straightforward. The idea experiment by the University to see substanƟal help in compiling this
of an all-graduate multi-discipline whether the needs of graduate exhibiƟon go to:
college for both men and women has students could be met by a new
had its naysayers. The College’s early type of society’. Mr Simon Bailey, Keeper of the
leaders had to work extremely hard to University Archives & Vice-Principal
establish such a radically different As Colin Newbury, an early Fellow, (to September 2012)
institution, and much of that work pointed out in his account of the Mr David Connell, for his design
involved painstaking hacking away at early history of the College, ’It was experƟse and advice
the most mundane details of college leŌ preƩy much to the Delegates, Dr Colin Newbury, Linacre Archivist
administration. the Senior Members and the & Emeritus Fellow
graduate students to make what Old Members, Fellows and Friends
Second, there are so many individuals they could of that model with who shared their memories and
who, in ways both large and small, limited means.’ Every aspect of it photographs
have contributed toward making the had to be designed. In this respect The generous anonymous donor
th
College what it is today. They were, or the founders of Linacre were who underwrote the College’s 50
are, influential members of the parƟcularly significant in shaping Anniversary CelebraƟon weekend
University who backed the College for the College. They couldn’t follow a in Oxford, and this exhibiƟon;
its own sake; kind donors over the blueprint which had been tried and Linacre would not have flourished,
years who made impossible goals tested over centuries, as in older or perhaps even survived, without
attainable; senior members, Fellows, colleges. the generous support of its friends.
administrators and staff who gave
their talents and their hearts to the As Bam wrote about thinking up ExhibiƟon Curators
College; and of course the students policy on the hoof, ‘At one stage Marsaleete Anderson
who constantly refreshed and often I invented at least one tradiƟon a (Alumni Rela ons Officer) &
challenged the status quo. day.’ Ros Connell (Development Officer)