Churchill College, Cambridge

Churchill College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge and was founded in 1960 as the national and commonwealth memorial to Winston Churchill.

Masters

The Mastership of Churchill College is a Crown appointment. To date the College has had five Masters:

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• Sir John Cockcroft, (Master 1959–1967), Nobel Laureate in Physics, who split the atom.
• Sir William Hawthorne (Master 1968–1983), who helped develop the jet engine.
• Sir Hermann Bondi (Master 1983–1990), cosmologist who helped develop the Steady State theory of the universe.
• Sir Alec Broers (Master 1990–1996), nanotechnologist (left to become Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge)
• Sir John Boyd (Master 1996–2006), formerly British ambassador to Japan, 1992–96

Sir John Boyd is due to retire during in summer 2006. On 27 July 2005 it was announced that The Queen has approved the appointment of Sir David Wallace as Sir John Boyd's successor. http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/page8002.asp

Related Topics:
27 July - 2005 - The Queen - Sir David Wallace

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