Comment 140

COMMENTTHE COLLEGE NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO 140 | MARCH 2002the College in 1969 with a BA(Honours) Geography. He is nowVice-Chairman of Citigroup, theleading global financial services£4m gift for King’scompany. He was formerly Chair-man and Chief Executive Officerof Salomon Brothers, and Vice-Chairman of the New York StockExchange.Sir Deryck Maughan said, ‘Vaand I are proud to make thisdonation to the Library at King’s.I came to the College as anundergraduate because of itsrecord of excellence in teachingand research. My education hereprovided the foundation for mygovernment and business career.‘We are delighted to be able tolargest ever gift from agraduate in the history of the Collegehelp the College create an out-standing library, which we hopewill provide the same opportuni-ties for independent discovery tofuture generations of students,whatever their means or back-ground.’The Library, a distinguishedGrade II* listed building, whichwas formerly the Public RecordOffice, is a 19th century Gothicmasterpiece. It was designed bySir James Pennethorne to housethe nation’s records and incorpo-rates a round reading room simi-lar in style to that in the BritishMuseum.ing’s is celebrating a gener- Above: TheThe refurbishment of thisMaughan Libraryous £4 million donation. ThisKgift, the largest ever from Right: Sir Continued on page 2a graduate in the history of the Deryck and LadyMaughanCollege, has been made by SirDeryck and Lady ...