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Club History

The Club has a long and distinguished history, having been founded in its current form on the 19th March 1954 when the “St. Andrews University Club London” and the “St. Andrews University Women’s Association (London)” amalgamated in a joint meeting held at Bedford College.

1922 Alumni Club dinner menu - cover

1922 dinner menu

in the Club’s calendar, regularly attractive over 400 graduates and their families.

The Club has an extensive archive, including newsletters and records of events. A comprehensive history of the Club is currently being written by the Chairman, James North. Please contact him on james@st-a.org if you have any material which can be added to the archive.

Chairmen of the University of St Andrews Alumni Club sine 1954

  • 1954 – Mr. R. Y. Payton
  • 1955 – Rev. W. A. Passmore
  • 1956-57 – Dr. D. D. Pratt
  • 1958-59 – Mr. Eugene Melville
  • 1960-62 – Mr.s Mary Oldham
  • 1963-64 – Dr. George Rankine
  • 1965-66 – Mr.. Peter Blair
  • 1967-68 – Mr.. David Wilson
  • 1969-71 – Mr.s Margaret Collie
  • 1972-76 – Mr. James Davie
  • 1977-78 – Mr. David Andren
  • 1979 – Mr. James Davie*
  • 1980 – Mr. David Andren
  • 1981 – Mr. James Davie*
  • 1982-83 – Mr. Martin Anderson
  • 1984-85 – Mr. John Lambert
  • 1986-90 – Mr. Bob Cook+
  • 1991 – Mr. Geoff Booth*
  • 1992 – Mr. John Duncan*
  • 1993-2000 – Mrs Phillipa Stone
  • 2001-04 – Mr. Ian Stafford
  • 2005- Mr. James North

*Acting Chairman       +Died in Office1922 dinner menu - inside