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Derek Wood graduated from University College, Oxford, in 1960 with a BA in Classics, followed by an MA and a BCL. He read for the Bar as a member of the Middle Temple, was called to the Bar in 1964 and became a QC in 1978. He was Recorder of the Crown Court (1985–2002) and also a Deputy High Court Judge and Deputy Official Referee. During his tenure as Principal he oversaw a major expansion of the College, both physically with the Maplethorpe building and the opening up of the West Lawn area and also with a significant increase in number of both students and Fellows. He was also involved in drafting University statutes and Health and Safety Regulations. Derek was appointed CBE in 1995, an Honorary Fellow of University College in 2002 and an Honorary Fellow of St Hugh's in 2003.

St Hugh's College, University of Oxford

Oxford

Title

Derek Alexander Wood, Principal (1991–2002)

Medium

oil on board

Measurements

H 127 x W 102 cm

Accession number

PCF17

Acquisition method

commissioned (?)

Work type

Painting

St Hugh's College, University of Oxford

St Margaret's Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6LE England

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Artist or maker

Alastair Christian Adams

b.1969

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Girish Sethna, Note-Taker Girton College, University of Cambridge
Dame Sandra Burslem Manchester Metropolitan University, Ormond Building
Derek Alexander Wood, Principal (1991–2002) St Hugh's College, University of Oxford
Rear Admiral N. J. Wilkinson (b.1941), CB Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
Professor Simon Lee (b.1957) Liverpool Hope University
Marc Crank Girton College, University of Cambridge
Professor Stephen Tomlinson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales College of Medicine Cardiff University
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