Lord James Douglas-Hamilton has provided a copy of his very well-received speech, which is a model of such a speech.
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PROGRAM
GRACE AND WELCOME: Dr. Sarah Holloway (Downing), incoming President of the Cambridge Alumni Association.
 REPORT ON ALUMNI BOAT RACE, 2008: Linda Gruendken (St. John's, Cambridge)
REPORT ON OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE, 2009: Julia Henderson (Cambridge)
TOAST TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Baron Selkirk of Douglas (Lord
James Douglas-Hamilton, Balliol, Oxford), will speak. He was a member
of the Scottish Parliament from 1999 to 2007 and is now active in the
House of Lords. His book Motive for Mission is about
Rudolf Hess's meeting with Lord Hamilton during WWII. He will be
introduced by Matthew Nimetz (Balliol, Oxford), U.N. Special
Representative and former partner at Paul, Weiss.
TOAST TO THE QUEEN: Hon. John Brademas, former Congressman from Indiana and former President of New York University.
TOAST TO THE UNIVERSITIES: Professor Emanuel
Derman (Department
of Theoretical Physics), particle physicist for 20 years at Columbia
and Oxford, managing director at Goldman Sachs, author of My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance. Profiled in the NY Times on March 10.RESPONSE FROM THE UNIVERSITIES: Professor Alex Halliday (St. Hugh's,
Oxford),
whose skills include figuring out the origins of planets. Professor
Halliday is Head of Oxford's Mathematical, Physical and Life
Sciences Division.
Peter Sealy (Pembroke, Cambridge) will again organize an after-dinner drinks party starting at 9:30 pm.
Dinner Sponsor, 2009: HSBC Bank
Auction donors: Bradford Portraits ($5,000 and $3,000 gift certificates).
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