University College Durham Trust has contributed to a painting of John Atkin, Chief Steward. John Atkin, or ‘John the Maid’, as he was fondly known by generations of Castle students, was a college institution in himself. He was awarded an MBE in 2002 for services to higher education. John retired in December 2008 after almost fifty years at University College, having started work as a boy in the Castle in 1959.
Professor M E Tucker
Castle College Durham
Betty Boothroyd
House of Commons
Josefina de Vasconcellos
Josefina d Vasconcellos
Jim Blackett-Ord
Rose Ebsworth
Professor Gerald Blake
Durham University
Dr Reg Davies
Roscoe and Gladstone Halls, University of Liverpool.
Sir Clifford Butler
Loughborough University
Sir Leslie Young
Museums and Galleries on Merseyside
Neil Kinnock
The House of Commons
Richard Coad
Professor David Beers Quinn
Bridget Coad
John Atkin MBE
University College Durham Trust has contributed to a painting of John Atkin, Chief Steward. John Atkin, or ‘John the Maid’, as he was fondly known by generations of Castle students, was a college institution in himself. He was awarded an MBE in 2002 for services to higher education. John retired in December 2008 after almost fifty years at University College, having started work as a boy in the Castle in 1959.