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HEFC ~ Funding nnouncement

SlVen top-ranking researclr universities­Oxford, Cambridge, University CollegeLondon, Batlr, King's College London,Mancltester and Sussex - Irad tlreir increasescapped at 15 per cent. ' (['he I Iigher, 26

February 1993,jront page story)

King's College ha moved from being an

institution that required a ' afety-net' to

one whose funding increase wa

'capped'. Our improved re earch ratings

just before Christmas have now

translated into the maximum permitted

growth in 'R' income, and our growth in

tudent numbers ha been rewarded by

some competitively awarded 'marginal

teaching' funding. Ifwe take into

account the safety net we had la t time,our real rate of increa e in funding i

about 8.7%, not the 3.6% calculated by

the I lE FCE and published in the press.

This would move us from the equal

113th po ition hown in Tire lIiglrerof26Pebruary, to about 40th. Within the

'old' universitie of . ngland, onl nine

ach ieved an increase larger than th is.

ntil we get from the HEFCE the

fine detail of the allocations, we cannot

identify the exact amounts attributable

to each co t centre, and can not make a

fine a scssment of our likely budget for

next ession. It does however make our

task ea ier: the magn itude of therevi ion of our trategic plan is not as

great as it would have been without the

very good research growth. The effect of

pump-priming from our Re earchtrategy Committee is evident in the

re ult ; it has proved to have been

money well spent.

We cannot rest on thcse laurel, for we

still have some way to go to be as strong

as I would like. To balance our budgets,

and to achieve a surplus for imaginative

inve tment in ite amenitie and repair,

academic initiatives, and tudent

ervice , we still have to achieve all the

reduction in taff co ts that we had built

into the trategic plan, piu ome morethan we forecast in that plan.

The announcement of funding is

further evidence of the strength of our

plan; we are well on the way to achieving

it. The hard work and pain have begun

to reap reward. We now have more of

the tool to finish the job. Don't flinch

now.

Professor Arthur Luca

Acting Principal

Clrristoplrer lIogwood CBE Iras joinedKing's as a Visiting Professor and ispictured Irere during Iris first Master Classin tire Music Department (see page 4 for tirearticle, 'Two distinguislred appointments inMusic').

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'In theNews'

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Dr Pttff Clorlt, Smior Ucturff in tht

Sociohgy of Rdigion, was inundated with

reque ts for explanation and comment

from journalist during the ongoing

violent iege at Waeo in Texas of cult

leader Oavid Kore h and hi follower.

Or Clarke received 0 er 50 reque ts for

comment and wa interviewed by,

among t other, untralTV, BBC RadIo

Bdfost, the BBC World Seroia, the XrlroyProgrammt and many local radio tation

about why such cults emerge, why they

appeal to people and the extent to

whieh they brain-wash their followers.

Dr AIon Billies, Rtadtr in /luman Biohgy,

was featured heavily in the press

following hi attendance at the annual

meeting of the American As ociation for

the Advancement of Science in Boston

la t month. ~ew paper including the

Observer, the Independent and the ew

York Times covered hi finding after he

told the meeting that laws banning

marriages between first cousins are

unnecessary, and it is possible that

genetic problem may, in fact, actually

be reduced by inbreeding. Jle also

pointed out that there are many places

in the world where marriage between

close relatives are commonplace. ince

the meeting Dr Bittles has taken part in

a phone-in on BBC Radio 5 and he was

also interviewed on the BBC World

Service News. The New Scientist and Science

(the world's largest-selling science

journal) have also published his

concl us ions,

Drlames Cow, Reuarclr O/ftcff, Centrtfor

Defence Studits appeared on IT. 's NtfWS at

12.30, in which he discussed the

usefulness of the recent CS food

airdrops in Bosnia. He concluded that

although the exercise was a step in the

right direction, it was little more than a

political gesture demonstrating that the

S had arrived.

Or Cow wa also quoted in Wales on

Sunday, in which he discussed why there

were currently arou nd 1000 Western

'mercenaries' in Bosnia. lIe believed

that the geographical accessibility of

130snia was a major factor, and

concluded that it wa difficult to know

what difference the 'mercenaries' make

to the situation there.

Profmor Andrew Ashworth, Edmund­

Davies Profmor ofCnminal Low and

CnminalJustia, took part in Radio 4'

Low In Action, di u ing the

inadequacie of the penal tem In

re pect of young offender. He pointed

out that a many as two-third of tho e

leaving bor tal and detention centre

re-offended within two year, which

ugge t that change in the tem are

nece ary. An article in the Guardian

al 0 quoted Profe or hworth on the

same IS ue: 'Criminologi t are generally

good at saying what won't work. We are

le s good at coming up with sugge tions

a to what will.'

Dr Tom Sanders, Reader In utrition,

received wide pread pre coverage,

particularly from the Daify Mail, the

Dalfy Express and the Sunday Telegraph

following a recent nutrition conference

in London. The reports alleged that

vegetarians were putting their health at

ri k from nutritional deficiencies of iron,

vitamin 1312 and vitamin O. In response

Or Sanders and his colleague, Or Sheela

Reddy who also spoke at the conference

on the diets of women, wrote to the

Daify Mail to set the record straight;

'prOViding vegetarian diets are scnsibly

elected, they can be adequate.....we are

concerned that some young women are

eating poor diets because they have not

compensated for the omis ion of meat',

In the same week Or anders made a

personal appearance on the Food and

Drink Programme, (13I3C2) to help

celebrate 1 ational Chip Week! In an

attempt to combat the nation's 'fear of

frying', he advised that if the chips were

large and cooked in hot vegetable oil

they were a healthier option.

Mrs Charlolle RouecJri, Lecturer in

Byzontine Language and Literature, i the

author of a timely book entitled

Per/omle and Partisans at Aphrodisias,

which was the subject of discu sion in

the Times. As the is ue of today's

troubled youth rages on, the book

reveal that the problem of violent and

dangerous teenagers date a far back as

twenty centuries ago. The answer found

in Aphrodisia wa for the young men to

work off excess energy in the

gymnasium or by partaking in

competitive game. Mr Roueche came

In the. "ew continued

to the depre Ing conclu ion that ince

the begInning 0 hi to the oung malehas used hi urplu hormone to thedetriment of iety, unle analternative outlet i provided for thi .

Dr Martin Ovsos, Lalur~r in tlu

Dq;ortm 10/WorSludirs, h appearedon BBC Breok/osl 'tlll'S, BBC World

S"lIia Tdeuision tlll'S, C '/\' and Sky ]V

tlll'S on the basis of research carried outby the Department of War tudies

which in olves monitoring proliferationand the arm trade in the Middle East.

Launch of Encrg~ I~,xpcn

L ord trathclyde, ParliamentaryUnder Secretary of tate at theDepartment of the

Environment, came to King' on 24February to launch Energy Experl, a newcurriculum pack jointly developed by ateam headed by Or Margaret ox of the

Centre for Educational tudies, and theAdvi ory Unit for Microtechnology In

Education of Ilertfordshire COUnty

Council.

The pack i de igned for use bysecondary school students and eonsi tsof software, teachers' curriculum guideand student booklets. Computermodelling is a relatively new way ofteaching and Energy Exp~rl is one of the

first such packages to be developed forschool learning. Using the pack,

students will be able to apply computermodelling to several different school

ubjects, relating information

technology skill to real practical needs

and application in the highl topical

area of energy. They could, for instance,

collect data about the heating system intheir own home, recording how long it isswitched on and at what temperature,

and then apply this information to builda model using the oftware which will

help to determine how energy could beemployed more efficiently.

The project has been supported by

British Gas, Research Machines PLC

and the ational Council for EducationTechnology.

SpaceforKing's

so !lrOl members 0/1I1l! Co/kg~

ore o'fll)(Jre 0/iss~s conarning

fUlure siu oplions, lJu fo/Ioff»ing

exJrocI/rom Artlrur Lucos's spudr lollu

KCLA dinner is pub/is/udItere. The/ull I&XI

IS ouai/obk from Ileads 0/Dq;artmmls.

'Almo t every item of every weeklymeeting of the I lead of hool and theCollege Officers eventually returns tospace: the lack of it, the quality of it, orIts location in a plaee we cannoteffectively use it.

'In the _ummer of 1 92 the nited

Medical and Dental chool of t'fhomas's and Guy's ( MDS) and

Kmg' ollege agreed in principle tomerge. Feasibility discu ions had been

going on for ome time, and we agreedto merge ahead of the recommendationsof ir Bernard Tomlinson's committee.Therefore why didn't we get on withthe original plan and re-locate the lifescience and ba ic medical sciences inan enlarged Cornwall House? Theimple practical an wer to that que tion

i that we have not been able to sell one

of the major propertie that was

nece sary to finance that plan.

'\lore importantl however, the

po Ibtli of one of Guy' or Thomas's

ho pital clo ing has meant thatadditional option for the College ha e

opened up. If enough space becamea aalable e could reopen con ideratlonof acating the trand site altogether.We mu t therefore explore thatpo ibilJty, for the academic ad antagesthat would accrue to ha 109 the wholeCollege on a ingle ite would beenormou , and we would generateannual cash savings a ociated withmulti-site operations that would allow

ignlficant inve tment in our academicinfra tructure - to the benefit of

tuden and taff alike.• ince the pos ibilities for achieving

thi are real, and would simultaneou Iyhelp solve the accommodation problemsof ome arm of the government, weha e been ery active in en uring thatvi ionary idea are actively planted inWhitehall, in the Regional llealth

uthority, and elsewhere. You can seeevidence ofthi activity in the Lords'debate and in the Time. We need to

explore every avenue of achieving the

unity of the College, and enhancing its

capacity to lead in teaching, to lead inre eareh, and to lead in service to the

community. '

From kft 10 righI Mr Bob Frazer, Direclor

o/CuslomerSeroices 01 Bn'lislt Cas; Lord

SIralhc/yde, and Professor Lucas

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Twodi tinguI hedappOIntment. .In... U le

T he Centre for Advanced

performance tudies (jointly

run by King's and the Royal

Academy of Mu ic) welcomes two

distinguished new staff this term who

will make a significant contribution to

the teach ing of music performancestudies in London.

Both appointments renect the aim ofthe Centre (which wa launched inautumn 199I and is the fir t of its kindin the country): to bring together thestrength of a university and a musicconservatoire and thus offer uniqueopportunities to young performers tocombine high-level training with anacademic study of music.

Professor Laurence Dreyfus, formerlyof Stanford niversity, California,

arrived on 1 March to take up a full-time

professorship and the overall headship

of the Centre. He will bring to theCentre his international distinction as acholar, particularly of the works of

Johann Sebastian Bach, as a performeron the viola da gamba, and as a teacherof musical performance and musicology.He ha studied at the Juilliard School, atColumbia University and at the Royal

Conservatory in Brussel , and ha taught

at Columbia, Yale and at the niversityof Chicago as well as Stanford. He haspublished widely on aspects of Bach'

music, particularly tho e related to

performance practice in Baroque music,

and he has recorded work by Bach,

Marais and Forq ueray.

Professor Dreyfus hopes to give his

inaugural lecture at King' on Ram as

Critic ofEnliglltenment as soon as possible,and Comment shall be announcing thedate, time and venue when the lecturehas been et up.

He will be also be giving a recital onthe viola da gamba at 19.30 on 17 May,in the Duke's Hall at the Royal

Academy of M usic. The programmewill include two sonatas for viola da

gamba and harpsichord by Johann

Sebastian Bach and French Baroqueworks by Marais and Forq ueray.

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Entrance to the concert is free but by

ticket only: to obtain tickets telephone

the Ro al cademy of M usic on 071-4 7

2763.

Chri topher Ilogwood CBE, thefounder and Director of the cademyof• ncient Mu ic, ha al 0 joined theCentre as a isiting Professor. He willgive about six e ions a year, lecturing

and coaching tudents in aspects ofperformance-based tudie. MrHogwood ha pioneered hi torically­

aware performance of Baroque and

Classical music, and i well-known as a

harpsichordist, conductor, musicologi t

and broadcaster, with many keyboardand orchestral recordings to his credit.

He gave his first master-class at King's

on 16 February.

Cold Corn fort

A new national survey by theAge Concern In titute ofGerontology at King's reveals

that, de pite some improvement inroom temperatures since the last major

research study in 1972, many elderly

people are still living in excessively cold

homes, putting them at risk ofhypothermia and cold-related illne ses.

The report, Cold Comfort: a Nationalsurvey ofelderly peopk in winter, waswritten by Ann Salvage of ACIOG andpublished on 26 February. It identifiesthe main problems as poor heatingsystems, the high cost of heating and

poverty among the elderly.

The survey found that:

one third of elderly people use no

heating at all in their bedrooms(during either the day or the night);

despite increases in average roomtemperatures, a high proportion of

older people are still living in homeswhich are colder than recentlyrecommended by the World Health

Organ isation;

nearly a quarter of respondents saidthey had to cut back on other things

(usually food or clothing) in order tostay warm in winter.

Ann alvage recommends that theGovernment should establish as a

matter of urgency an inter-departmentalworking party to con ider the issue offuel poverty and ways in which social,

energy and environmental policie can

as i t in dealing with the problem.

The report i available, price 19.95

from ge Concern England, Dept AC,

12 London Road, London 164ER.

~kdal for Profe or Burge

he Royal Photographicociety ha awarded its

pre tigious Rodman Medal to

Profe sor Ronald E Burge of the

Department of Physic for his

outstanding work on the X-ray

micro cope.The micro cope is likely to bring

about a very sub tantial improvement inthe understanding of biological function

and tructure.Professor Surge was a pupil of ir

John Randall who led the team thatdi covered the tructure of D. A in the50 . Ili current work on X-raymicro copy is in the tradition of ir JohnRandall, ie, the deliberate application of

the technique and methods usedtraditionally in physics and chemi try, to

the investigation of biological systems.

Profes or Burge is currentlyundertaking negotiations with theCavendi h Laboratory Cambridge on

collaborative projects on X-raymicroscopy.

S ChometPhysics Department

French Ilonour

arianne Simon, Lectrice in

the French Department,

ha received the honour of

being a ked by the French Mini try ofCulture to pre ent, at the Ecole

lormale Superieure in Pari, a HommageoJean Tordieu, at which the famous poet

Jean Tardieu will himselfbe present.

British Studieat King's

F or th~ suondy~ar running, agroup ofuniversity t~acltm

from th~ fomur CucltoslO'Uaiio(nOffl)~ Cuclt and SIO'Uak RepublUs}altmd~d a Bn"tish Studi~s course held at theEnglislz Languag~ Unit and sponsored by fluBritish Council. Participants camefrom theuniversities ofBratislava, PresO'U, Bmo andPra~as well as the Pedagogical Faculty atHradec Kra/~.

One ofthe studm/s Dr JarmiloMothejzikO'Ua Associate Professor ofIIJ~Philosophical Faculty, Charles UnivmityPrague, gave /he foll{)f1i)ing commen/s on thecourse:'British Studies i a relatively new

discipline in our countries, discouraged

under the old regimes, but now

flourishing with the help of native­

speaker lecturer sent by the Briti h

Council.

'It is not easy to find common ground

for specialists in different areas of what

is known in Middle Europe as

'philology', yet this course has managed

to do just that. The carefully balanced

combination of different subjectsincorporating literature, lingu istics,

relevant aspects of sociology, economics,

politics, history, geography and popular

culture and media not only catered for

our professional interests but effectivelyfilled gaps in our knowledge that we

sometimes had not known were there.

'An integral part of the course - and a

much appreciated one - was getting to

know culture "on the spot". All of us

enjoyed the guided trips to Windsor,

Oxford, Greenwich, the Houses of

Parliament, Sir John Soane' Museum

and the informal chat in the pub

afterwards. We also enjoyed the

moveable feast of walking around the

City of London and the performance of

Priestly's An Inspec/orCalls at the

ational Theatre was unforgettable.

'We met a lot of nice, co-operative

and friendly people both on campus and

in the City and lodging with British

families enabled us to glimp e the

domestic scene and practise everyday

English. Much more could be written

about this course and more prai e

heaped upon it. I would like to thank

the British Council, the organisers and

teacher of this excellent opportunity.

Should this course form part of a new

tradition of British Studie at King's, let

me say long live the tradition.'

Competition for Briti hAcademy place

T he purpose of this scheme is

to allow established scholars,

typically in mid-career, time

to undertake an approved programmes

of research while relieved of their

normal commitments of teach ing and

administration. The awards are made for

two years from the beginning of autumn

1994, and are made direct to the

applicant's employing institution to

cover the cost of replacement teaching.

The Academy invites applications

from serving members of academic staff

of institutions of higher education in the

United Kingdom. It is expected that

twelve awards will be available to be

taken up in autumn 1994. The closing

date for applications via employing

institutions is 31 July 1993. Details of

the scheme and application forms are

currently available from the Humanities

School Office.

. 'ew Dean

T he Council of the College is

seeking to fill the post of

Dean of the College from I

August 1993 or as soon as possible

thereafter. The Dean has the

responsibility for ensuring that the

religious purposes of the College are

effectively maintained and carried out.

The Dean i required to be an

ordained minister of the Church of

England. The post is open to both

priests and deacons (men or women). It

is expected that the Dean will be a

person of some distinction who will be

able to use the opportunities offered by

the post to make a significant

contribution to the churches and the

community.

Any member of the College who

would like to put forward names of

persons who might be considered for

this post should send them in

confidence to Peter Gilbert, Assi tant

Secretary, ext 2667, from whom further

particulars may be obtained.

ews fromKCLSU

_'ew KCL C Committee

T he succe sful candidates in

the KCLS election

for sabbatical posts next

academic year were announced on

Friday 26 February. Alex Bingham,

previously the Chair of the Student

Representative Council, will be the

President, Gez Sammon, currently

Football Club President will become

Finance and Societies Sabbatical. ]ulianPorter was elected Vice-President and

will be the first sabbatical for years to

have done most of his studying at the

Chelsea Campus. Alister Morgan,

previously best known as one of King's

top D]s, will be Publications and

Communications Sabbatical taking on

responsibility for Roar. Amongst the

candidates' manifesto pledges were the

continuance of the fight against

voluntary membership of Student

Unions, the furthering of opportunities

for students at all sites and the regularand widespread appearance of Roar.

Ben Eiger

President of KCLSU

May Ball 1993

T his year the May Ball is being

held on Saturday 8 May 1993

in the magnificent Empire

lapolean Ballroom at the Cafe Royal in

Piccadilly. Renowned for its style and

elegance, this suite plays host to Royal

and Celebrity Galas.

The Ball will follow a similar

programme as in previous years, ofa

reception, five course dinner and wine,

and live entertainment until 1.00.

However, this year, despite annual

inflation and the escalating cost of

living, KCLS has managed to cut the

price of the ticket by £5.00 to £45.00. An

added bonus is that the bar prices at the

Cafe Royal are comparable to nightclub

prices.

For details on how to obtain tickets

please contact the Students' Union.

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Events

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Lecture

Department of Chemistry4May

ec ure 0 De e d Roo B06,Sada 630Or A cLauc a ,FRS (0 ora)Free radicals, magne IC lelds, pylonsand cell elephones

emm r

Department of Electronic andElectrical Engineering ResearchSeminarsAll seminars are eld on Thursdaysbetween 13 00- 4 00 In Room A,

aln Building, S rand18 MarchOr Roger Falrwood (Oepartmen ofElectronic and Elec IIcal Englneenng,University of Surrey)A framewor for genenc VisualrecogmtlOn of 3-0 objects

25 MarchTo be announced

1 AprilOr Ghanbarl (University of Essex)Video compression and A TMnetworks

8 AprilOr ick Tyler (University CollegeLondon)

Knowledge, expenence or guesswork.a paradox m knowledge engineering?

15 AprilTo be announced

22 AprilS ephen Payn er (Bri Ish AerospaceDefence, Dynamics)

Formal methods for parallel systems ­an overview

29 AprilTo be announced

The RandalllnstituteDevelopmental Biology SeminarsHeld in the Randalllnstitute LectureTheatre, 26-29 Orury Lane. Please call836-8851 on the days concerned toconfirm the times of the seminars

7 AprilOr c"e e Pec ar" ~BqC Ra daI S" e

a mg muscle mu an s

Re 1[1,

o be eld n GO' S rand a, 305AdmlsslQ reeTuesday 27 April

, dse Rev1 ,Clarlneo

Ange a Scot -SmJ ,soprano

Thursday 29 AprilCa dice ood, VIOl nValarie 0 ,piano

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Statistical Mechanics· Statmech 9Thursday 27 May, StrandThis one-day conference will ollowaSimilar orma 0 prevIous meetings ofhe senes and will consls of short

contribu ed al s, 0 abou 20 mlnu eseach, IOge her With three Invitedlec urers 0 Penrose (Heno -Wa t), A

ossa ows I (Torun) and PGrassberger (Wuppertal) Please notethat there is no charge for hismeeting The deadline for thosewishing to contribute a tal IS 20 April(Title only required).

For urther de ails contac . 0 A Lavis,Ma hs (873 2240/2217,Email:D LAVIS@U .AC KCL.CC OAK)or G S. Joyce, PhYSICS (873 2168;Email:GJOYCE@UK.AC.KCL.CC.OAK).

\n nual RC~CMCh Dav

The Centre for the Study of Metalsin Biology and MedicineThe Second Annual Research Day willbe held on Wednesday 24 March In

C22 A Ins Building, KenSington

The Centre was set up In 1992, as aresult of a King's College ResearchStrategy Initiative to co-ordina eresearch on he roles of the metallicelements The focus on this subjecthas led to new funding opportuni les.Membership of the Centre is open toany research workers (academic staff,

postdoc oral research staff, technicals aff, pos gradua e studen s) in heCollege, who have wor ed, or arein ending 0 wor in his area. Thisopen meeting is an opportuni 0 indou wha 0 her groups in he Cen reare doing as he wor 0 he variousdepartmen s comprising he Cen rewill be highligh ed by presen ations byyoung scientis s.

The programme will start at 10.30with a keynote lecture by Professor

R J P Williams, FRS, entitled Metalions and feedback control, followed byshort presentations in the generalareas of metals in health and diseasemetalloproteins and metals in the 'environment. Professor Cammack andDr Wrigglesworth, are co-ordinatingthe mee ing and can be contaced forfurther details, ext 4264/4564.

Computer based learning inundergraduate teachingA seminar programme concerned withthe use 0 computer based learningfor undergraduates has been jointlyorganised by the Computer Centreand the School of Education. The irstseminar in the series was held atKCSMD on Tuesday 9 March. Thisincluded a talk by Malcolm Waterfieldof the CTI Centre for Medicine atBristol, demonstrations of authoringtools, and opportunities for hands-onexploration of interactive programs.Further seminars dealing with specificsubject areas are scheduled for thesummer term, beginning with Biology

on 27 April in Lecture Room B3Kensington, to be followed by ,

Chemistry and Lawat he Strand(dates and venues to be arranged).

Further in ormation available fromDavid Squires, ex 3107 or HaroldShort. ex 2739.

ObituarieNorman Bisset. 'orman Bi set, Emeritu Profe or of

Pharmacogno y in the Pharmacy

Department at King' ,and the world'

leading authority on dart and arrow

poison ,died at the age of 67 on 12

February 1993.

Profe or Bisset joined the

department in 1967 as a lecturer in

pharmacogno y after graduating from

Imperial College and spending ome

time in the Netherlands and the Far

East at the botanical gardens in Bogor,

Java and then at the Forest ResearchInstitute near Kuala Lumpur, where he

took part in the phytochemical urvey of

:'vfalaysia. lIe returned to Europe in

1962 where he took hi Ph D at the

Centre lational des Recherches

Scientifique at Gif-sur-Yvette near Paris.

His interest in arrow and dart poisons

originated from tudy of the upas tree

and SlrycJznos species in Asia, and he

published on the history, taxonomy,

chemi try and pharmacology of these

plants. In order to read original

references about arrow poisons, he

learned Chinese. Hi interest grew until

he became familiar with plants used in

Africa and America as well as Asia. He

supplied the world's leading experts incardiac poisons with material and

developed an interest in the cardenolides

and alkaloids related to trychnine and

curare (a paralysing poison u ed by

South American Indians for their

arrows). I-le was especially interested in

ethnopharmacology - the study of the

use of natural sub tances in the

medicine of ethnic groups and much

involved with the Journal of

Ethnopharmacology.

His expertise was recognised with the

award ofa D (London) in 19 5,

invitation to peak at international

cientific meetings and appointment a a

consultant for the nited ations

Industrial Development Organi ation.

Thi last work involved him in helping

developing countries such as Rwanda

Togo and iger develop their industrial

production of medicinal plants.

Profe sor Hisset's work on the

curative properties of plants also made

him an expert on their darker ide, and

he was known to take pleasure inoffering advice with crime writer (after

checking that their murderous

intention were academic and not

practical).

Dr Peter Houghton

Department of Pharmacy

Gillian Lin cott wrote in the Indeptndtnlthe following note on Professor Bis et in

the Obituary section on 16 February

1993:'Hi university study wa a kind of

toxicologist wizard's cave. He would

bowl a toppered gourd of curare acro s

his de k to illustrate a point, or go

hunting among shelves and cupboards

for the poisoned arrows he was sure he

had put omewhere. A writer would

emerge from these ses ions grateful and

relieved that uch a weight of deadly

experti e should be allied to uch a

mode t and genial personality.'

Howard Mayer BrownHoward Mayer Brown, the

distingu ished mu icologist, has died

aged 62 in Venice. He was King

Edward Professor and Head of the

Department of Music at King's between

1972 and 1974. Born and brought up in

Los Angeles, he pent his

undergraduate and graduate days at

Harvard niversity. His earliestscholarly works - a study of music in the

French secular theatre 1400-1500, and a

bibliography of instrumental music

printed in the 16th century - both

became classics. He continued

throughout his career to produce a flood

of major works on Renaissance and

Baroque music, and he was especially

noted a one of the pioneers of the Early

Mu ic performance movement.

Howard first met Thurston Dart,

founder of the Faculty of Music at

King' in 1%4 at Harvard. After Dart's

premature death in 1971, he succeeded

him as King Edward Professor.

Howard's time at King's was not

altogether happy (he used to say, 'I felt

closer to the British Library back in

Chicago than when I was in the Strand'),

but he left a legacy of excellent

cholarship in the Department.

Ironically, he hoped to return to King's

on a part-time basis after he was to have

retired from the University of Chicago,

where he had been Ferdinand Schevill

Di tinguished Professor since 1976.

Professor Cu rtis Price, Head of Music

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2 year Par -time research assls an ship

The project is funded by the flome

Offiee and Involve a tudy of the

phy IOlogical re ponses of laboratory

animals to sound. alary up to £7, -00 pa.

Ilour totally negotiable. Plea e contact

Or Jill ales, Life elence ,ext4-3 ;or

Dr. tuart \1 alligan. Phy lolog , ext 2731.

Bob Redmond

General er"ice \"1anager

Rosewood GrandThe 1 I3roadv,ood grand piano m the

Dean's office belonged to hi ancestor

and IS too big for his country cottage.

u ltable for warm-hearted musiCian With

antique tastes and empty flat. Call the

Dean on 071- 73 2063.

Fa or RenOne bedroom, fully furnished flat with

heated conservatory, close to Ilolland

Park. Available from June 1 for onc year.

00 per month. Please eontat.t Peter

Quinnonext440 or071-792 1659.

propo al .... a that a number of the

c1eanIn operati e v,ould be available

until ulte late In the day to carl) out

more requen c1eanmp; 0 - 0I1e and

o her public area. 'I he e nev,

arran emcnt v, III hopefull. Improve

tandard Ignl lcantl, and I .... ould be

'rate uti ta at the above location

v,ould dlrec an~ commen n the nev,

arrangemen 0 me. Please bear m

mind that the nev, contraetor~ have to

famalia/lse them~lve .... ith the complex

geography of the Ite and therefore,

dUring the initial settling-m period 'our

tolerance and under tandmg ....ould be

appreCiated.

l pd te-

Profe. sor Richard Gnffith.

c\\ c1canln u contraCt

I \\cnrieth CenrUf\ Lccturc

T he new Research Centre for

Tv,entieth-Century Cu ltural

Studle taged tv,o Important

e"ent m Februal). The first, a lecture

on .1n/IJmttllSm In tOff f.uropeon

It/SIOf). 0 pOrllhol1S presenl, was given by

Professor. tefan. hrelner. Director of

the In titutumJudalcumofthe

lnlver ity ofTiibingen. It wa attended

by many speclali ts m Jev,lsh tudles.

particularly by repre entatives of the

Institute of Jewish Affair and of the

Couneal of Christian and Jews. and by

Rabbi Solomon of the Centre for the

"tud of Jewl h-Chmtlan Relations.

rhe econd, a lecture by Professor

Kenneth :vi mogue entitled IsConserool/sm ollosl developing 0 Ilteory?

attracted a large audience Including

many experts on contemporary politic.

among them Professor Donald Cameron

Watt. \1 rs. hlrley Letwin. Dr Peter

tead. 1/ J\lfred Sherman. \1 r \1aurice

Cowling and Baroness Thatcher.

lea e note hat It h nov, been

deCided that the original

pecllcatlOn for the lle 0 a

per on' name on the bu ine card

e i n can be mcreao;cd. If V,I hed. ram

.- pom to 7. - poin \11 other

elemen of the bu ine card

peclficatlon remam the <>ame.

As a re ult of normal and regular

'market testmg' the College

has let the c1eanmg contracts

for the trand. Cornwall I louse Main

Building and ,\nnexe and Drury Lane

sites to a new contractor, Executive

Cleaning. rvlce. effective from 5 April

1993.

Their bid for our contracts was

extremely competitive and was

accompanied by a pre entation detailing

a novel way of dealing with the cleaning

requirements for the. trand site

buildings. The most important new

Pharn1a 010

Prize

Robin Iloult

Pharmacology Group

Nobelloureole SIr Jomes is shown lure

presenllng Ihe f isons pnze for

r~xpen'menlolPhormocology 10 Judllh

COr!wngltl, 0 sludenl wlto reodfor lite

BlomedlCol SCIences BSc degree, ~PfClOlt'lng

In Phormocolof:)

Paren . tuden and ta - 0 - he

Pharmacology Group ga hered

recentl~ m he Ga" m Room at

~1anresa R d for the annual

Pharmacology prlze-gl"mg ceremony.

The meeting wa led by Profe Ilr Petcr

Jenner v, ho v,eleomed Pro e or Ir

Jame Black from the -\nal tlcal

Pharmacology L: nit at the Ra:ne

In tltutelKC MD)and DrPaul Leff.

representmg the pan or .

The Pharrytacology Group are

e peclall pleased to have uch trong

~upport from Pharmaceutical companIe~.

v,ho generou I) provided 19 prize~

covering mo t of the academic aetivltle~

of their ~tudents at undergraduate. \1

and Ph D level .

,\fter thc pm.e-givlng "Ir Jame po e

about the Important mic 0 experimental

pharmacology' for the developmen of

new therapeutic drug~ and congratulated

the students (and parent) for thclr

sterling efforLs. In all the evenmg v,a., a

great success.

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