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Fiona Reynolds to step down as Director-General of the National Trust to become Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Dame Fiona Reynolds has announced her decision to leave the National Trust after more than 11 years as Director-General. She will take up her duties as Master of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, in the autumn of 2013 - the first woman to be elected Master in the College’s history.
Fiona has overseen a period of transformational change at the National Trust, reconnecting the organization with its original founding purpose, and infusing it with warmth and liveliness. She will continue in her post at the Trust until her successor is in place. She plans to use the interval between leaving and moving to Cambridge in September 2013 to write a book about her years at the Trust. Simon Jenkins, National Trust Chairman, said: “Fiona has presided over a triumphant era in the history of the National Trust. Her strategic vision and personal leadership have made it one of Britain’s most popular institutions. She guided us with panache, first to financial solvency and then to four million members. We shall miss her, and wish her every success in the future.”
Now accepting applications for Damaris Horan Prize: Landscape History Fellowships
The Damaris Horan Prize was established by The Mudge Foundation and named for Royal Oak’s Executive Director from 1987 to 2003. The Landscape History Fellowship is awarded bi-annually to provide talented Americans with a serious interest in landscape history and gardening a chance to experience the National Trust first-hand. Read More
Application Deadline has been extended to March 30, 2012
Spring Lecture DATE CHANGE!
San Francisco Lecture-goers, PLEASE TAKE NOTE:
The date for Mark Purcell's lecture "A Great Number of Useful Books": The Country House Library has been changed. The lecture will take place on
WEDNESDAY MAY 9
a day later than originally announced. Location and all other details remain the same.
Spring Tour CANCELLATION
Lecture-goers, PLEASE TAKE NOTE:
Royal Oak's visit to the Yale Center For British Art has been cancelled.
Royal Oak Announces Spring 2012 Lectures
Anne Sebba on Wallis Simpson; National Trust curator Mark Purcell on the Trust's country house libraries; Sir Simon Jenkins, the Dean of Westminster Abbey and so much more.
Our Spring lecture & tour programs schedule is available, ready for you to peruse and to choose.
Register on line or give us a call – our programs are popular and frequently sell out!
Royal Oak releases first Annual Report
Royal Oak's 2010 Annual Report constitutes a substantial expansion in format and content of the Foundation’s Annual Giving Report, which has been appended to the summer edition of the newsletter in past years. The Annual report provides comprehensive review of the Foundation’s activities for the January 1 – December 31, 2010 fiscal year.
