Old Foresters
See also: Category:People educated at Forest School (Walthamstow)Former pupils of School are known as Old Foresters (OFs). The Old Foresters' Club exists to carry on traditions and to promote the interests of the School. Furthermore, the OFC is there to encourage mutual help between alumni and current members of the School, whether it be through financial aid to support development, adding to the archives, or engaging in friendly sporting competitions.
The OF Club is open to all past-members of the School, headed by a Committee led by a President and Chairman. The OFC organises events for former pupils throughout the year, including Annual Dinners at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. The Club also hosts various reunions at the School (where a tour of the school grounds is taken to show new developments) and elsewhere for former pupils to get together and share stories since leaving.
The OF Club also produces various publications including School history books.
OFs are eligible to join the East India Club, The University Women's Club, the Old Foresters' Football Club and an Old Foresters' Masonic Lodge.
Some notable OFs include:
- Academia
- Prof. Paul Anand, Chair in Economics Decision Sciences and Philosophy at the Open University, Research Associate at the Health Economics Research Centre, Oxford University and at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics
- Prof. Bernard Ashmole, archaeologist and art historian
- David C Dunn, Dr / Professor, Cambridge University Medical School
- Sir Richard J. Evans FBA FRSL, historian, Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge and fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- Alan Harvey, Professor in the School of Anatomy and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia
- Charles Townshend, historian and Professor of International History at Keele University
- Roger S. Trafford, former headmaster of Dragon School
- Arts and media
- Joatham Annan, actor
- Nigel Clarke, television presenter and stage performer (Stomp!)
- Simone Clarke, stage performer (Stomp!)
- David Cracknell, former political editor of The Sunday Times and PR executive
- George Dangerfield, journalist, historian and literary editor of Vanity Fair
- Richard Dunn, Chairman of Thames Television
- Nickolas Grace, actor
- Peter Greenaway, director and Professor of Cinema Studies at the European Graduate School
- Graham Hurley, author
- Tolga Kashif, musician and composer
- Jack May, actor
- Alex McNamara, stage actor (Khashoggi in We Will Rock You)
- William Mervyn, actor
- Richard Pinto, writer (Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No. 42)
- Robert Reynolds, actor
- Rob Rees MBE, celebrity TV chef
- Dennis Roxby-Bott, artist, member of Royal Watercolour Society
- Sharat Sardana, co-writer and star of Goodness Gracious Me
- Nicola Walker, actress ('Ruth Evershed' in Spooks)
- Adam Woodyatt, actor ('Ian Beale' in EastEnders)
- Oliver Wyman-Beaumont, urban music artist
- Civil and diplomatic service
- Anthony Armon Jones, District Judge
- Natalie Ceeney CBE, chief executive of The National Archives
- Francis Daly, Chief Justice, Soloman Islands
- Sir Stephen Gomersall KCMG, former ambassador to Japan (1994–2004), Chief Executive of Hitachi Europe
- Brandon Lewis, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth
- Church
- Elwin Cockett, Archdeacon of West Ham and chaplain of West Ham United F. C.
- Medical
- Prof. Jangu Banatvala CBE, medic, author and AIDS researcher
- Neil Brener, consultant, psychiatrist and Medical Director (The Priory)
- David Dandy, pioneer of key-hole surgery, Vice-President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Robert Morgan MA FRCS (London), Emeritus Consultant Urologist, Royal Free Hospital
- Prof. Michael Swash FRCS, author and researcher on neurology and neuromuscular diseases
- Nicholas Wood, President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- Prof. Anthony. D. Woolfe, author, researcher and consultant
- Military and exploration
- Edward L. Atkinson, Royal Naval surgeon and Antarctic explorer
- Colin Bentley DFC, RAF Bomber Command
- Paul Bowen, co-founder of the RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo)
- Gerald Lamarque (a.k.a. Zeno), war-hero, author and murderer
- George W. Hayward, 19th century explorer
- Major Simon Robinson, Crown Equerry and former Commander of the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery
- Jackie Smiles, first female Chinook pilot
- Sqn. Ldr. Geoffrey Wellum DFC, Battle of Britain British fighter pilot and author
- Sport
- Jack Dennis cricketer who played for Essex
- David Felgate, Tennis player coach of Tim Henman
- Quinton Fortune, international footballer for South Africa and ex-Manchester United player
- James Foster, Essex and England Cricket Team wicketkeeper
- Peter Heard President, Colchester FC and former Board Member of The Football Association
- Nasser Hussain, Former captain of England Cricket Team (1999-2003); currently Sky Sports commentator
- Mark Petchey, former international tennis player and coach to Andy Murray; currently Sky Sports commentator
- Max Raison, cricketer who played for Essex
- Colin Smith, part-owner of Jackdaws Castle stables (with David Nicholson); businessman
- Hubert Waugh, cricketer who played for Essex and Suffok
- Miscellaneous
- Sapna Agrawal, President of the Oxford Union (2005)
- Eric Brown, criminal
- William Fraser OBE, Chairman of City Bridge Trust
- Deborah Lewin, Director, Clinton Cards
- Graeme Living, former Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards
- John Matthews, Chairman of Regus Group Plc
- Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Islamic militant
- Nic Stuchfield, Director of Corporate Development, London Stock Exchange
There is a longer list of noteworthy Old Foresters on the school's website.
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