[Networking]: University of Oxford Alumni QLD Dinner
- March 24, 2022
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Dear Oxbridge Partners and Affiliates,
The President and Committee of the Oxford University Society cordially invite you and your guests to our annual dinner. We are also pleased to invite our friends from Cambridge and Trinity College Dublin. This annual event is the heart of our Society’s calendar. With previous dinners securing around 100 attendees, our gala evening offers the very best chance to meet fellow alumni in a suitably sophisticated setting. It also provides a wonderful opportunity to entertain your friends, family, colleagues and clients at one of Brisbane’s premier occasions.
Date: Saturday, 7th September, 2024
Time: 6-9pm
Venue: United Service Club, 183 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, QLD, 4000
Dress: Black Tie
RSVP: support@oxbridge.com.au
ABOUT OXFORD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Oxford University alumni, faculty, and researchers have also made remarkable contributions to various fields, with many earning prestigious awards and honors. The university has produced over 70 Nobel laureates and numerous Fields Medal recipients. Oxford has also educated more British Prime Ministers (30) and international leaders than any other institution. Its alumni include several U.S. presidents, including Bill Clinton, and more than 120 Olympic medalists, with many golds among them. Famous alumni include:
Politics and Leadership:
- Margaret Thatcher: The first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- Tony Blair: Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- Bill Clinton: 42nd President of the United States, and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford.
- Indira Gandhi: First and only female Prime Minister of India.
Literature and the Arts:
- Oscar Wilde: Renowned playwright, poet, and author.
- Graham Greene: Influential English novelist known for works such as The Quiet American.
- Vikram Seth: Indian novelist and poet, best known for A Suitable Boy.
- Philip Pullman: Author of His Dark Materials series.
Science and Medicine:
- Tim Berners-Lee: Inventor of the World Wide Web.
- Dorothy Hodgkin: Nobel Prize-winning chemist known for her work on the structure of insulin.
- Edmund Halley: Astronomer best known for calculating the orbit of Halley’s Comet.
- Richard Dawkins: Evolutionary biologist and author of The Selfish Gene.
Philosophy and Theology:
- John Locke: Philosopher regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers.
- C.S. Lewis: Author of The Chronicles of Narnia and renowned Christian apologist.
- Thomas Hobbes: Political philosopher best known for his work Leviathan.
Economics and Social Sciences:
- Amartya Sen: Nobel Prize-winning economist known for his work on welfare economics and social choice theory.
- Adam Smith: Often regarded as the father of modern economics, though his studies at Oxford were brief.
- Rupert Murdoch: Founder and Executive Chairman of News Corp, one of the largest media conglomerates in the world.
- Crispin Odey: Founder of Odey Asset Management, one of the UK’s leading hedge funds.
- Peter Thiel: Co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies; early investor in Facebook.
- Reid Hoffman: Co-founder of LinkedIn and partner at venture capital firm Greylock Partners.
- David Sainsbury: Former Chairman of Sainsbury’s, one of the largest supermarket chains in the UK.
- Michael Moritz: Venture capitalist and partner at Sequoia Capital, early investor in Google, PayPal, and LinkedIn.
- Ben Silbermann: Co-founder and CEO of Pinterest.
The Oxbridge Global Team
