Cambridge Australia Scholarships joins Guild of Benefactors
At a ceremony in the Senate House yesterday, Cambridge Australia Scholarships was inducted into the University's Guild of Benefactors. Membership of the Guild is granted in recognition of the generosity of donors to the University and the Colleges of Cambridge.
The names of 137 individuals, companies, foundations and trusts that have been welcomed as Companions of The Guild since its inaugural ceremony in 1998 are recorded on the Benefactors’ Staircase in the Old Schools, the historic heart of the University.
CAS was represented at the ceremony by its Chair, Dr Richard Dammery. He took a PhD at Cambridge (Trinity College) and is currently a corporate partner of Minter Ellison Lawyers, based in Melbourne.
Cambridge Australia Scholarships is a not-for-profit organisation that funds scholarships for outstanding Australian graduates to study at Cambridge. Since it was founded (formerly as the Cambridge Australia Trust) in the 1980s it has supported nearly 900 Australian students, and there are currently 34 postgraduate students at Cambridge with CAS scholarships.