Old Dunstonian Association Explained

Old Dunstonian Association
Established:	1897 in Beckanham, London
Founder:	HM Webb Y Kirkpatrick
Leader Title:	Chairman
Leader Name:	Richard Fletcher (2015-2018)
Leader Title2:	President
Leader Name2:	Peter Brown (2016-2017)

Old Dunstonian Association (ODA) is the alumni organisation for former pupils and staff of St Dunstan's College. The association sponsors a number of events for its members and several sports clubs which members can join. The Association and its constituent clubs are run by voluntary, unpaid Boards and Committees. The sports clubs each have their own separate membership and subscription arrangements. The ODA welcomes all former members of the St. Dunstan’s community to join us.

Old Dunstonian Sport LTD

Formal OD clubs exist for a number of different sports. Some like those for Rugby and Cricket are long-established with a regular fixture list and their own programmes of off-the-field events, others draw their members together to fulfil occasional fixtures.

The OD Clubhouse and Ground at Park Langley is home for these clubs and is run by a formal limited company, the OD Sports Club Limited. The company is responsible for running the Clubhouse and Ground and their finances, for the continuing maintenance and development of the facilities, and for appointing and supervising non-OD sports clubs to whom it grants licence arrangements for their use of the Clubhouse & Ground. Limited.

History

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Notable Old Dunstonians

• Matthew d'Ancona, former editor of The Spectator and columnist for the Sunday Telegraph
• William Boon FRS, chemist
• Brian Brolly, showbusiness entrepreneur, and co-founder of the radio stations Jazz FM and Classic FM
• Sir William Castell LVO, Chairman of the Wellcome Trust and a Director of General Electric and BP
• The Rt Hon The Lord Drayson, PC, businessman, entrepreneur and former Defence Minister for Procurement
• Martin Evans, Nobel Prize winner for his work in the field of genetics
• Michael Geliot, opera and theatre director, former Director of Productions for Welsh National Opera
• Michael Grade, CBE, Baron Grade of Yarmouth, Executive Chairman of ITV
• Hubert Gregg, broadcaster, writer, stage actor
• The Very Revd John Hall, Dean of Westminster
• The Rt Revd Dr David Jenkins, former Bishop of Durham
• Frederick Henry Johnson, VC, recipient of the Victoria Cross in the First World War
• Sir Paul Judge, business man^[2]
• Sir Stephen Laws KCB, QC, former First Parliamentary Counsel
• The Very Revd Ivan Neill, Chaplain General of the British Army and Provost of Sheffield
• Steve Nieve (né Steve Nason), musician, Elvis Costello and the Attractions
• Matt Salter, former captain of Bristol Rugby
• Robert Stanford Tuck, DSO, DFC, fighter pilot and test pilot
• Chuka Umunna, Liberal Democrat MP for Streatham
• Clifford Wilcock, OBE, engineer and politician
• Dave Gelly, OBE, musician, journalist, critic and author

External links

• - St Dunstan's College

Notes and References

1. A History of St. Dunstan’s College by L.F. Morris
2. ‘JUDGE, Sir Paul (Rupert)’, in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012), online page (subscription required), accessed 5 June 2012