Churchill College

Churchill College
founding	1958
Sponsorship	University of Cambridge
place	Cambridge
master	Lady Athena Donald
Students	482 postgraduates : 210
Website	www.chu.cam.ac.uk

Churchill College, Cambridge

The Churchill College is a college of the University of Cambridge . It was founded in 1958 in memory of Winston Churchill .

Winston Churchill was impressed with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and wanted a similar institution in the UK. His plans turned to the more humble proposal to establish a science and technology college at Cambridge University. Churchill wanted a mix with non-academics to ensure a well-rounded education and environment for students and professors. The primary focus on science and engineering is expressed to this day in the principle of wanting to achieve a 3 to 1 ratio of technology to arts in the student body.

Margaret Thatcher's private archive has been kept in the college's archives since 2015 .

Churchill College has had seven Masters to date:

• Sir John Cockcroft , (Masters 1959-1967), Nobel Prize Winner in Physics, Nuclear Physicist
• Sir William Hawthorne (Masters 1968-1983), jet engine engineer
• Sir Hermann Bondi (Master 1983–1990), cosmologist
• Sir Alec Broers (Master 1990-1996), nanotechnologist
• Sir John Boyd (Master 1996–2006), former British Ambassador to Japan
• Sir David Wallace (Masters 2006-2014), Professor of Mathematical Physics
• Dame Athene Donald (Master 2014- present ), Professor of Experimental Physics

Famous members and alumni

• George Steiner - cultural critic.
• Ghil'ad Zuckermann - linguist.

Web links

• Churchill College (English)
• Churchill College JCR (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rowena Mason: Margaret Thatcher's papers donated in lieu of inheritance tax. In: The Guardian . June 18, 2015, accessed October 5, 2016 . 

Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 48 ″  N , 0 ° 6 ′ 4 ″  E