Alison Cheveley Shrubsole

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(7 April 1925 - 4 October 2002) was a British educationist and university administrator. She served for 14 years as Principal of

Homerton College, Cambridge Homerton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Its first premises were acquired in Homerton, London in 1768, by an informal gathering of Protestant dissenters with origins in the seventeenth century. In 1894, the col ...

from 1971 to 1985. Prior to this she was Principal of Philippa Fawcett College, and before this Principal of Machakos Training College in East Africa. She graduated from

Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Holloway, University of London (RH), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public university, public research university and a constituent college, member institution of the federal University of London. It ...

with a degree in history, before studying at the University of London's

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(now part of

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). She was a Fellow of

Hughes Hall, Cambridge Hughes Hall is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The majority of students are postgraduate, although nearly one-fifth of the student population comprises individuals aged 21 ...

, was appointed a Commander of the

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

in 1982, and was awarded an honorary degree by the

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in 1985.

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1925 births 2002 deaths Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London Alumni of the UCL Institute of Education Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Principals of Homerton College, Cambridge Fellows of Hughes Hall, Cambridge {{Academic-administrator-stub