Churchill College, Cambridge

At the farthest end of the college grounds is the Chapel. Sheppard's original design placed it within the main building complex near the college main entrance.[9] The idea of having a religious building within a modern, scientifically-oriented academic institution deeply annoyed some of the original fellows, leading to the resignation of Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick in protest.[10] Eventually a compromise was found: the chapel was sited just to the west of the Sheppard Flats,[11] and funded and managed separately from the rest of the College itself, being tactfully referred to as "the Chapel at Churchill College". The chimney of the heating system at the front of the college substitutes visually for the missing chapel tower.

Crick had agreed to become a fellow on the basis that no chapel be placed at Churchill. A donation was later made by Lord Beaumont of Whitley to Churchill College for the establishment of one, and the majority of fellows voted in favour of it. Sir Winston Churchill wrote to him saying that no-one need enter the chapel unless they wished to do so, and therefore it did not need to be a problem. Crick, in short order, replied with a letter dated 12 October 1961 accompanied by a cheque for 10 guineas saying that, if that were the case, the enclosed money should be used for the establishment of a brothel. This story was repeated by Crick in an interview with Matt Ridley (Crick's biographer[12]), quotes from which are reported in The Daily Telegraph.[13]

Hepworth's Four-Square (Walk Through) (1966) is large enough for many students to work and play on—which they are allowed to do

Beast Alerted 1, by British sculptor Lynn Chadwick

The college contains many examples of modern artwork including:[14]

• Four-Square (Walk Through) (1966) – Dame Barbara Hepworth
• Prints of Marilyn Monroe – Andy Warhol
• Gemini (1973) – Denis Mitchell
• Diagram of an Object (Second state) (1990)[15] – Dhruva Mistry
• Spiral – Michael Gillespie (1993)[16]
• Flight – Peter Lanyon (1981)
• Black Bag – Graham Murdoch (1990)
• Past, Present, Future - Geoffrey Clarke (2010)[17]

There are also works by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Bridget Riley, Patrick Caulfield, Sir Peter Blake, and Daphne Hardy Henrion.

Hepworth's Four-Square (Walk Through) stands at the West Door, the west exit of the main college complex. In 1968, it replaced an earlier Hepworth sculpture, Squares with Two Circles (BH 347) which had been sold to a private collector.[18] Two sculptures by Nigel Hall stand in front of the main gate of the college: The Now (1999) and Southern Shade I (2010).[19] Mistry's Diagram of an Object (Second state) used to be found at the front of college, but is now located next to the chapel at the far end of the college. Sir Anthony Caro's Forum used to stand near the front gate of the college but it was removed in 2004 and replaced in 2007 by Lynn Chadwick's Beast Alerted 1.[20]

Every two weeks of the Michaelmas and Lent terms, and twice in Easter term, Churchill is host to Pav, a music event unusual for Cambridge events in that it is free and open to all university members. The name Pav originates from the pavilion buildings of the college where the event was originally held. Since 1992, Pav has been held in the Buttery, the main bar area.

In the early years of the college's foundation, the college held a ball in May Week, in common with many older colleges. However, more recently Churchill has held a Spring Ball every February, close to Valentine's Day. The Ball has hosted a number of upcoming bands, such as The Wombats (2007) and The Noisettes (2008).

During May Week the JCR organise a free garden party. The event hosts performances from local bands and musicians.

Students of the College run Churchill Casino,[22] a Cambridge-based enterprise which provides professional casinos at various social events. Churchill Casino is frequently hired for Cambridge May Balls as well as balls at the University of Oxford and corporate events throughout the country. Profits have been donated back towards the college and to local charities.[23]

The MCR has its own reserved area, the Sandy Ashmore Room, where students may socialise. This incorporates a student-run bar known as the Vicious Penguin.[24] The MCR organises a range of activities including an annual conference, the Conference on Everything, and hosts termly Guest Nights.[25] The Conference on Everything gives students an opportunity to present their own research as well as featuring talks from distinguished speakers including Salah Al-Shaikhly, the Iraqi ambassador to the United Kingdom; Michael Green, Lucasian Professor and pioneer of string theory; Julian Huppert, scientist and MP for Cambridge; David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, and Nicholas Bingham, Senior Investigator at Imperial College London and Visiting Professor of Mathematics at the London School of Economics.[26]

Churchill College Boat Club men's first VIII rowing past their boathouse on the River Cam. The club is noted for its pink boats.

With playing fields on site, unlike many other colleges, sport is an integral part of the college. As well as football pitches, a cricket pitch and others, the facilities include a gym, and tennis and squash courts.

Churchill College Football Club (CCFC) were the first college team to retain the Cambridge University Amateur Football League Division 1 title, winning it in 2005–06 and 2006–07. In the 2006–2007 season they also reached the final of Cuppers.

The College also has a successful boat club (Churchill College Boat Club) which in 2013 won the Pegasus Cup[27] (This trophy is awarded annually to the most successful college boat club competing in the Cambridge May Bumping Races[28]). In 2015, Churchill College Boat Club made history by being the first boat club at the university to win both the Pegasus Cup and Marconi Cup (This award is present to the most successful college boat club in the Lent Bumps) in the same year.

The Mastership of Churchill College is a Crown appointment. To date the College has had seven Masters:

See also Category:Fellows of Churchill College, Cambridge

• Michael Ashburner – Biologist, former head of the European Bioinformatics Institute and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory
• Correlli Barnett – Military historian
• Jacques Barzun – Historian and cultural critic; (Extraordinary Fellow at Churchill while also Provost, Dean of Graduate studies, and Dean of Faculties at Columbia.)
• Piers Brendon – Writer and historian
• Edward Bullard – Geophysicist, former head of the National Physical Laboratory
• Edward Craig – Philosopher
• James Fox - Art historian and broadcaster
• George Gamow – Cosmologist (overseas fellow)
• Mark Goldie - Professor of Intellectual History
• Priya Gopal - Teaching fellow in colonial and postcolonial literature
• Frank Hahn – Economist
• Archie Howie – Physicist
• Richard Keynes – Physiologist
• Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge - Engineer, former Vice-Chancellor of Aston University
• John Kinsella – Poet and novelist
• Nigel Knight - Economist and political scientist
• David Luscombe - Medieval historian
• C. B. Macpherson – Political scientist
• Peter Murray-Rust – Chemist
• David Newbery – Economist
• David Olive - Physicist
• Nick Petford - Geologist and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Northampton
• Roy Porter – Historian and prolific author
• Stephen Roskill – Naval historian
• Andrew Sinclair – Historian, novelist and journalist
• C. P. Snow – Physicist and novelist
• Franz Sondheimer - Organic chemist
• George Steiner – Literary critic and linguistic theorist (Extraordinary Fellow at Churchill)
• Sir Colin St John Wilson – Architect
• David Spiegelhalter – Statistician
• Dick Tizard – Engineer
• Frank Gibbs Torto – Chemist
• Melissa Hines – Neuroscientist
• Stuart Warren – Organic chemist
• Chandra Wickramasinghe – Physicist and Astrobiologist
• Michael Young – Sociologist and politician
• Ghil'ad Zuckermann – Linguist and revivalist
• Sander van der Linden – Psychologist

Francis Crick

• Philip Warren Anderson – Physics, for the behaviour of electrons in magnetic solids, 1977
• John Cockcroft – Physics, for using accelerated particles to study atomic nuclei, 1951
• Francis Crick – co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, Physiology or Medicine, 1962
• Angus Deaton – Economics, 2015 (Overseas Fellow 1990–1): Analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare
• Gérard Debreu – Economics, 1983
• Peter Diamond – Economics, 2010 (overseas fellow)
• Robert G. Edwards – Physiology or Medicine, 2010
• John Gurdon – Physiology or Medicine, 2012
• Antony Hewish – co-discoverer of pulsars, Physics, 1974
• William Lipscomb – Chemistry, 1976 (overseas fellow)[33]
• Mario Vargas Llosa – Literature, 2010 (overseas fellow)
• Eric Maskin – Economics, 2007 (overseas fellow)
• Paul Nurse - Physiology or Medicine, 2001[34]
• Wole Soyinka – Literature, 1986 (overseas fellow)
• David Thouless – Physics, 2016 (Fellow 1961–5): Theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.
• Roger Tsien – Chemistry, 2008

See also Category:Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge

Liberal Democrat Peer Baroness Brinton

UKIP MEP Roger Helmer

• Kari Blackburn – BBC World Service executive
• Baroness Brinton – Liberal Democrat peer
• Nick Brown - Principal of Linacre College, Oxford
• Michael Burrows – inventor of the first internet search machine, Alta Vista
• Peter Fincham – former controller, BBC1
• Sir Christopher Frayling – writer and educationalist
• Mike Gascoyne – Chief technical officer of the Caterham F1 Formula One team
• Sir Peter Gershon – author of the Gershon Review, chairman of Premier Farnell and Symbian Ltd.
• John Gladwin – Bishop of Chelmsford and Chair of Citizens Advice
• Michael Green – Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
• Charlie Hannaford – England rugby player
• Roger Helmer – UK Independence Party MEP
• Michael Li – Founder, The Data Incubator and data scientist
• Diarmaid MacCulloch – Historian
• Viscount Monckton – barrister and policy advisor to Margaret Thatcher
• Simeon Nyachae – Kenyan minister and 2002 presidential candidate
• Brendan O'Neill – business executive
• Andrew Parker - Director General of the Security Service (MI5)
• David Pearson - physicist and computer scientist
• Luke Roberts – comedian
• Philip Sales - Supreme Court Justice
• Mark Smith - Academic, Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University
• Ian Stewart – Mathematician
• Gavin Strang – Labour MP
• Bjarne Stroustrup – inventor of C++
• Sir John Stuttard – a Lord Mayor of London
• Fabian Tassano – Economist and author
• Geoffrey Thomas – Former President of Kellogg College, Oxford
• Geoff Travis – Founder of Rough Trade Records label and shops
• Neil Turok – Mathematician
• Stephen Tweedie – Software developer
• Peter Wadhams - Oceanographer and glaciologist
• Rick Warden – Actor Band Of Brothers, Rome
• Jeremy Warmsley – musician