Dame Barbara Mary Stocking, was born on 28 July 1951 and is a British public servant, former chief executive of Oxfam GB, and former president of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.
11 Facts About Barbara Stocking
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Barbara Stocking attended Rugby High School for Girls, where she was Head Girl and New Hall, Cambridge, in 1969, graduating with a degree in Pharmacology.
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Barbara Stocking was the first in her family to go to university.
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On graduating from Cambridge, Barbara Stocking briefly contemplated a career in science before taking a job as secretary to a committee at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, where she familiarized herself with the Veterans Health Administration hospital system.
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In late 2000, Barbara Stocking applied for the NHS top position.
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Barbara Stocking postponed a planned February 2018 visit to the Cambridge Union in light of the 'considerable media attention' surrounding her involvement with Oxfam.
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In March 2013, Barbara Stocking was elected president of the college, assuming her duties in July 2013.
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In October 2017, Barbara Stocking announced that Murray Edwards would be changing its admissions policy to allow it to accept transgender students who identify as female.
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In 2008, Barbara Stocking was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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In March 2015, Barbara Stocking was appointed Chair of an Independent Panel to assess the World Health Organization's response in the Ebola outbreak.
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Barbara Stocking is married to Dr John MacInnes, who is a prison doctor.