The College welcomed back alumni for its annual Commemoration of Benefactors service and dinner on Friday July 3rd. This marks our thanksgiving for the people who founded the College in 1882 and our appreciation for those who have supported it over the past 133 years. The toast at the dinner was proposed by Sir Simon Hughes, the former Liberal Democrat MP and Justice Minister, who became an undergraduate member of Selwyn in 1970. Sir Simon was president of the JCR in his time at the College, and he went on to win 8 elections as the MP for Bermondsey.
Also at the event were two people showing the strength and longevity of the Selwyn community. They were Tom Dixon, who came up to the College in 1943; and our MCR president Josh Maher, who arrived in 2013. That 70-year gap makes the photograph (below) one that was seven decades in the making.
There are more pictures from Commem and from the College Garden Party on our Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/selalum/
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