Honorary Fellows 2008
Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett started life at Brunel in 1969 as an Arts Technician and retired, over 35 years later, as Curator of the Beldam Gallery and Deputy Director of the Arts Centre, a post he had held since 1990.
Educated at Harrow School of Art and Sheffield College of Art (now part of Sheffield Hallam University), Alan was awarded the David Murray Landscape Painting Scholarship in 1967. Alan's work has been displayed nationally in both solo and mixed/group exhibitions, including two solo exhibitions at Windsor Castle, and he has also undertaken many commissions.
At Brunel, key points in his long career include setting up the Beldam Gallery (opened in 1997), and subsequently organising some 160 exhibitions, managing the University's Collection of Artworks and Artefacts, and painting a portrait of Elizabeth Gaskell, 1810-1865, which can be seen in the Gaskell Building at the University. Together with the Senior University staff, Alan organised the commissioning of a life-size bronze statue of I.K.Brunel, which was sculpted by Anthony Stones.
Alan held weekly Life Drawing and Painting classes at Brunel together with an annual summer school in Landscape Painting. During his career he also designed and produced numerous opera sets at Brunel and painted murals for both a local restaurant and Dance and Health Club. Alan has been Artist-in-Residence at The Nature in Art Museum in Gloucestershire for a period of one week on seven occasions since 1996.
Alan's work culminated in an exhibition entitled, Alan Bennett The Brunel Years: 1969-2006, held in the Beldam Gallery at the end of 2006. Alan is married to Val and they have 3 children and two grand-daughters.
Ann Cater
Ann Cater was an experienced Personal Assistant when she joined the Vice-Chancellor's office in 2000, having worked for BMG Entertainment for 12 years. During her time at Brunel she showed significant commitment and loyalty to the University on a daily basis. Ann always found time to listen, whether the query was from a Government Minister's office, a student or a member of University staff.
Ann's organisational skills and flexibility meant that she often undertook a variety of tasks, from raising purchase orders to organising the Vice-Chancellor's dinner parties; from taking notes at Senior Management meetings to deputising for other PA's during holiday periods.
Ann also learnt new skills at Brunel. She obtained the ECDL (the European Computer Driving Licence), she successfully completed the Springboard Women's development programme and she started playing netball again!
Ann has many talents in addition to her PA skills. She is a wonderful cake maker and decorator, a hairdresser, plays both classical guitar and piano, enjoys embroidery and is a keen gardener.
Outside of work, Ann has been a long-standing member of Twickenham Cycling Club, as has her husband, Mike. She was elected as President in 2006 for a period of three years and in recognition of her support of the Club for more than 23 years, Ann was awarded a Volunteer's award by British Cycling in 2006. She also enjoys watching sport as well as taking part in jogging, swimming and golf.
Any spare time Ann has is spent with her family - she has two children, one grandson and a new baby grand-daughter.
Robert Chappell
Robert (Bob) Chappell's links with Brunel go back to 1976, when he was appointed as a lecturer in sport at Borough Road College, one of Brunel's contributory colleges. He managed the Borough Road athletics team, which was undefeated in the British Colleges Championships, and also lectured on the sociology of sport.
Bob then became responsible for the Borough Road/West London Institute basketball team which, under his guidance, won numerous championships and established the Institute as a centre of basketball excellence. A string of national basketball appointments followed: coach and then manager of the British Colleges basketball team, manager of the Great Britain team at six World University Games, and manager of the England U18 and U23 basketball teams. In 2004 he was made an Honorary Life President of the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) for services to British University basketball.
His academic career also flourished - he held appointments as PGCE Course Leader, Course Leader of Undergraduate Studies in Sport Sciences, Admissions Officer and Deputy Director of Undergraduate Studies in Sport Sciences at West London Institute. He also wrote and initiated an MSc Sociology of Sport course as part of the Institute's MSc Sport Science degree.
Bob developed a keen interest in race and ethnicity in relation to sport and sport in developing countries, which led to him becoming a member of the International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education committee on sport in developing countries. Bob has published extensively in this area and he continues to research, write and speak at international conferences on the subject. After teaching at the same institution for 30 years, Bob left Brunel in 2006 to undertake consultancy work in sports science.
Lady (Kitty) Chisholm
Kitty Chisholm was Director of Development at Brunel University from 2003 to 2007 and has worked in education since 1972. She was a member of the UK's Technology Foresight Leisure and Learning panel until 1998 and was one of a team of three who created the Knowledge Media Institute in 1995. She served as Chair of CASE Europe (the Council for Advancement and Support of Education), the professional body for Alumni and Fundraising practitioners, from 1998 to 2001.
Kitty developed an interest in the impact of technology on learning in the early 1980s and has been involved with pioneering work in corporate knowledge management and training systems. Kitty is currently on the Advisory Board of the Observatory on Borderless Education.
During her time at Brunel, she became interested in how best to support young design engineers bring their innovations to market. She also helped take the annual Made in Brunel innovation show to London. She is Development Strategy Advisor to the Human Centred Design Institute at Brunel.
Kitty has been working recently on a project to create a Magna Carta Institute to support the development of democratic processes and principles for the 21st century. In addition to her professional commitments, Kitty is a Board member of REACH volunteering, on the advisory board of JRBH Strategy Management and a Trustee of the National Museums of Science and Industry.
Kitty holds degrees from both Cambridge and the Open University. She is married to Sir John Chisholm, Chairman of QinetiQ and the MRC, and they have two grown-up children.
Angela Duncan
Angela Duncan was born and brought up in Warwickshire. Having trained as a secretary, she worked for the National Farmers' Union Mutual Insurance Society and then for the Ministry of Defence at RAF Gaydon.
Following her marriage to Graham, a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF, she travelled extensively - the Isle of Man, Germany and many different places in the UK. Once her three children were old enough, Angela returned to work as a secretary - initially at the headquarters of Hallmark Cards in Ruislip.
Angela joined Brunel's Department of Law (now Brunel Law School) as an administrator on a part-time basis in 1983, gradually increasing her hours until she was full-time. She dealt with a wide range of administrative tasks within the Department, including examination and graduation arrangements and Boards of Examiners' meetings. She then became the Senior Administrator and PA to the Head of Department and took on responsibility for staffing issues and accounts. Angela was always extremely supportive to staff and students alike and was happy to work outside of normal hours for the benefit of the students. She retired from Brunel in 2005, after 22 years' service.
Angela currently works as a volunteer for the Rett Syndrome Association UK (RSAUK), a charity she became involved with following her grand-daughter's diagnosis with Rett Syndrome in 2000. Her work as an administrative assistant includes the administration for the British 10k run, one of the charity's main fundraising activities.
In her spare time, Angela swims and uses the gym at Brunel. She also runs regularly and has taken part in the British 10k London road race for the last few years, helping to raise funds for Rett Syndrome. She has also taken part in the Great North Run and hopes to run in the London Marathon in either 2009 or 2010.
Angela has one son, two daughters and seven grand-children.
Clive Hamilton
The late Clive Hamilton served the London Borough of Hillingdon in a voluntary capacity for over 48 years. He was a teacher by profession, holding the post of Head of PE at Vyners School for 26 years from when it opened in 1959. He also taught at the John Penrose School (now the Harefield Academy). His love of sport and interest in both children and adults in the Borough reaching their sporting potential, made him an excellent candidate for the voluntary post of Chairman of Hillingdon Sports Council, a post he held for 38 years.
He held posts with many other sporting associations in the Borough, including Middlesex Schools Sports Council, London Schools Gym Association, London Gymnastics Federation, London Federation of Sport and Recreation and was President of Hillingdon Schools Swimming Association.
He served on national bodies too - as Secretary of the British Schools Gymnastics Association and on the National Council for School Sport.
His outstanding contribution to sport has been rewarded on many occasions by those bodies he has supported, including the prestigious Platinum Award for 40 years' voluntary service from the London Federation of Sport and Recreation, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the London Gymnastics Federation and a Merit Award from the British Gymnastics Association.
Clive was involved with sport all his life, from playing many sports (including football, swimming and skiing) to teaching and coaching. Locally, he was a staunch supporter of all sport within the Borough and a strong campaigner for the development of Hillingdon House Farm as a comprehensive sports facility. Clive came into contact with thousands through his love of sport and keenness to see people reach their sporting potential - a real "ambassador for sport".
Sadly, Clive passed away at the end of October, after a short illness. He will be missed by his family and the many, many people in the Borough and the wider community who he helped over so many years.
Diane Paul
PC Diane (Di) Paul has been a Police Officer for 15 years and has served throughout Kent in a variety of roles. She currently works in the Kent Police Leadership Academy as the Community and Diversity Placements Officer, working with internal and external organisations to develop good working practices and procedures for work-based placements for student officers.
Di is also involved in the Core Leadership Development Programme (CLDP) and Senior Leadership Development Programme (SLDP), providing placements for promotion pathways for nominated officers and Police staff.
Di has been working in collaboration with Brunel for over six years. The association started as a formal relationship, with participation of Brunel staff as part of the lead committee on the development of the Kent Police student officer training advisory board. The collaboration has grown over the years, providing numerous opportunities for academics and students to work with Kent Police enabling knowledge exchange and partnership working. Through Di Paul, researchers in Brunel's Centre for Research into Emotion Work have benefitted from access to constabulary departments and staff.
Di Paul has had a pivotal role in the development of new student officer training approaches in Kent, which have now been adopted by a variety of constabularies and incorporated into the National Policing Model in the UK. The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development recently presented an award to Kent Police for Best Practice in the work of Diversity and Community Placements. This recognised the work undertaken by Di Paul in 2004.
Di's interests are gardening, music, cooking and walking Kira, her German Shepherd.
David Routledge
David Routledge has lived and worked in the London Borough of Hillingdon all his life and regularly attends St Andrew's Church in Uxbridge.
David worked as an Estate Agent in the Borough for many years. Since retiring in 2002, David has been a key member of the local community. He has been one of the elected Councillors for Uxbridge South ward since 2002, serving on all four Planning Committees in 2002/3 and as Cabinet Assistant for Planning and the Environment between 2004 and 2006. He has been the Borough's Hillingdon Heritage Champion between 2004 - 2006, and in 2008. He was Mayor of Hillingdon in 2006/7.
It is for his extensive work in the community that David is best known in the Borough. He is a trustee of Uxbridge United Welfare Trust, Hillingdon Inter Faith Network and the Maranatha Christian Trust, among others.
As a keen supporter of the Rotary Club in Uxbridge, David has served as both President and Chair. He was the Chairman of the Community and Vocation Committee of Rotary District 1090, covering Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Hillingdon, from 1997 to 2001. He was also the Drugs Awareness Officer for Rotary District 1090.
For many years he has organised Hillingdon's “Lonely at Christmas" - providing a Christmas lunch for those on their own in the Borough.
He lists one of his main interests as working with other Faiths in the Borough.
In recognition of his outstanding community work, David was awarded the MBE for work in the community in 1997.
Stephen Williams
After studying theology at King's College, London, and attending St Augustine's College in Canterbury, Stephen Williams was ordained as a Deacon in 1975 and as a Priest in 1976. Appointments as a Lay Assistant followed, first at Eton College Chaplaincy and then the First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn Heights, New York.
Returning to the UK, he became Assistant Curate at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, in the Diocese of London. After only three years the church was forced to close due to structural problems and Stephen became Assistant Curate and Acting Priest in Charge at St James', Sussex Gardens.
His HE career began in 1980 with his appointment as Anglican Chaplain at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Here he concentrated on the pastoral care of students and staff whilst preparing candidates for baptism, confirmation and vocations to full-time ministry.
In 1991, he was appointed as Senior Chaplain for the Universities in the Diocese of London, a post he continues to hold. As Senior Chaplain, Stephen is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and running of the HE Chaplaincy team - some 300,000 students and 75,000 staff across the 10 universities and the Art, Drama and Music Colleges in the Diocese. There are currently 30 ordained and lay chaplains within the Diocese and their recruitment, housing, induction, training and annual review is Stephen's responsibility.
Stephen has always been extremely supportive of the Chaplaincy at Brunel and has attended many university events including public lectures and the annual design show, Made in Brunel.
Stephen is married and has two grown-up sons.
