Appendix 2. Reassurance. (not sure I have all this right – may be revised) #

Our riverine experiences taught us all that no matter how unlikely success might seem, hard work and determination could get the job done. So what happened in later life to those 12 guys who were all together in the right place at the right time?

Martin Bartlett Practiced medicine in the U.S and Australia, returning to the U.K in 1965 to spend 30 years as a GP.

David Bright Engineering work on all three V bombers; instructor at RAF Staff College; support for ops. in Cyprus and NATO forces in Germany.

Ian Dodds Joined NASA in ‘62; Apollo moon project; Space Station programme; Wernher von Braun’s director of long-term planning.

Bill Gear Wrangler. U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and Academy of Arts & Sciences. 10 years heading up NEC’s basic research unit in Princeton.

David Harper Vet. – companion animal practice. Generation took over from Herriot and saw total change, to use of electromagnetic resonance.

Gordon Hewlett 40 years as a GP in the Cambridge area and still in harness.

Edward Jackson Civil engineering. Dam and irrigation projects in 40 countries: Central and S.E.Asia, South America and many in Africa.

Paul Metcalf Nat. service in Navy; taught in Africa; 3 ½ year project in U.A.E.; computer prog with many U.S. companies, including own.

Brian Oxley Glassmaking around the world.

Christopher Phelps Moved to Oxford to help them with mathematics; computerized the Bodleian; Dean of St Edmund Hall

Mike Smith Vet – small animals. (He and David Harper may have been the only vets to go through Peterhouse as subj. now not an option. )

Robert van Hoeken Director of IBM Europe and sadly the only one no longer with us – mugged and killed in Germany several years ago.

… those careers were tackled with the enthusiasm revealed in the boat. That can be also be said of others of our period. For example, Martin’s brother, John, became President of the Royal Society of Neurological Surgeons. Chris Calladine, a notable Fellow of Peterhouse and stalwart supporter of PBC applied his engineering to the structures of biological molecules. Bob Elphick – journalist extraordinaire – Reuters, BBC – writer.

Remembering Robert van Hoeken:

Above: Robert (L) and Ian at the Lent Bumps supper.

Below: at the bonfire.