History of the OUBS

The society was founded in 1964 with the election of the first committee and the approval of the society's constitution.

Past termcards:

Past committee members:

Year President Secretary Treasurer Phenotype Editor Senior Member
1964-1965 Mr A.M. Robertson (Merton) Mr F.S. Rolleston (Linacre) Mr N.J. Kuhn (Balliol) Dr M.W. Whitehouse
1965-1966 ? Mr A. Allan (Christ Church) ?
1966-1967 ? Mr P.C. Engel (Keble) ? Dr Charles Pasternack
1967-1968 ? Mr J.T. Brosnan (St John's) ?
1968-1969 John Knowland Mr M.R. Blundell (New College) ?
1969-1970 ? Miss M.E. Cross (LMH) ?
1970-1971 Mr Andrew Glenn Miss Hilary Kooper (LMH) Mr Chris Skidmore Dr Keith Dyke (Wadham)
1971-1972 Mr Peter Campbell Mr Keith Barnett-Dee (Merton) Mr Mike Silverberg
1972-1973 ? Mr J.A. Smith (St Catz) ?
1973-1974 ? Mr S.J. Ferguson (St John's) ?
1974-1975 S. Dower (Univ) Mr Anthony R Leech (Brasenose) G.R. Moore (Wadham)
1975-1976 Arabella Morris (LMH) Simon Wairn-Hebson (Merton) Miss Jenny Paul (Somerville)
1976-1977 R. Drake (LMH) R.G. McRwight (Queen's) Stephen Kearsey (St Catz)
1977-1978 Miss Arabella Morris (LMH) Marie Rose van Schravendyk (Linacre) Stephen Kearsey (St Catz)
1978-1979 P. Travers (St Catz) H.R. Fatania (Wolfson) Miss J. Hall (St Anne's)
1979-1980 Steven Lupton (Univ) Miss Ellen Wright (St Anne's) N Brewin (Univ) Dr Iain Campbell (St Johns)
1980-1981 Paul Webb (Pembroke) Miss Jane Hewitt (St Hugh's) Gareth Davies (Univ)
1981-1982 Mr Andrew Hillas (Univ) Miss Vicky Webb (St Hugh's) Shabir Najmudin (Hertford)
1982-1983 C. Buckley (Queen's) Miss Janet Pidcock (Univ) G.Tebb (Merton)
1983-1984 J.I. Pedley (Exeter) Vivek Malhotra (Wolfson) A Hocks (LMH)
1984-1985 J.I. Pedley (Exeter) Vivek Malhotra (Wolfson) A. Bugard (LMH) Dr John Knowland (Pembroke)
1985-1986 M.R. Kaser (Linacre) Ian Crandall (Linacre) Ms Debbie Rees (Merton)
1986-1987 S. McManns (Univ) Alsion Kate East (St Hugh's) Angela Mullett (Exeter)
1987-1988 Grant Carr (St Edmund) Lucy A. Forrester (Wolfson) E.McKenzie (Corpus) Dr A.M.Seymour (Queen's)
1988-1989 Saira Malik (Trinity) Leon van Gorkon (St Hugh's) Andrew Duralski (St Hugh's) Prof Anthony Watts (St Hugh's)
1989-1990 Kim Polgreen (Linacre) Amanda Tilney-Bassett (Wolfson) Dr David Fraser (Keble)
1990-1991 Samantha Bevan (Merton) Jonathan Boulter (St Anne's) Sian Renfrey (St Hugh's)
1991-1992 Sian Renfrey (St Hugh's) Jonathan Boulter (Wolfson) Jonathan Boulter (Wolfson)
1992-1993 Jonathan Boulter (Wolfson) Clare Whiteway (Jesus) Sia Applin (Queen's)
1993-1994 Jonathan Boulter (Wolfson) Sia Applin (Queen's) / Shani Dias (Exeter) Clare Whiteway (Jesus)
1994-1995 Neil Saunders (St Cross) Jonathan Boulter (Wolfson) Alrik Koppenhofer (St. John's)
1995-1996 Neil Saunders (St Cross) Alrik Koppenhofer (St John's) Phil Williamson (St Hugh's)
1996-1997 Mr A. Koppenhofer (St John's) Mr N. Reppas (Balliol) / Mr A. Carter (Queen's) Miss Zareen Ahmed (St Hugh's)
1997-1998 Mr Nikos Reppas (Balliol) Mr L. Neilson (Christchurch) /Mr R. Auty (Lincoln) Miss Zareen Ahmed (St Hugh's)
1998-1999 Ms Janet Hyde (St Peter's) Mr Andrew Carter (Queen's)/ Miss Atlanta Cook (Christ Church) Miss Zareen Ahmed (St Hugh's)
1999-2000 Atlanta Cook (Christ Church) James Wilding (Worcester) Mark Howarth (Lincoln)
2000-2001 Atlanta Cook (Christ Church) Karen Lipkow / Sven Sewitz (Wadham) James Wilding (Worcester)
2001-2002 James Wilding (Worcester) John Briggs (Hertford)
2002-2003 Tom Massey (Magdalen) John Briggs (Hertford)/ Julie Welburn (Christ Church) Rick Hibbert (Hertford)/ Christoph Meier (Christ Church)
2003-2004 Julie Welburn (Christ Church) Rick Hibbert (Hertford) Christoph Meier (Christ Church)
2004-2005 Christoph Meier (Christ Church) Heike Roesner (Wolfson) Jean-Francois Trempe (Wolfson)
2005-2006 David Lancaster (Linacre) Sonja Lorenz (St John's) Lubica Aslimovska (Christ Church)
2006-2007 Sonja Lorenz (St John's) Rodrigo Reyes (Balliol) Nick Anthis (Lincon)
2007-2008 Rodrigo Reyes (Balliol) Marina Kolesnichenko (Lincoln) Nick Anthis (Lincoln)
2008-2009 Marina Kolesnichenko (Lincoln) Maria Demidova (Christ Church) Muhan Wang (Lincoln) Sarah Iqbal (Wolfson)
2009-2010 Maria Demidova (Christ Church) Anjana Badrinarayanan (Linacre) Muhan Wang (Lincoln) David Yadin (Lincoln)
2010-2011 David Yadin (Lincoln) Jerome Ma (Lincoln) David Marshall (Lincoln) Anna Boleininger/Dr Tamzin Gristwood

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