Alison Tennant
Alison Tennant was one of the founding members of EUW and Chairman of the British Section from 1955 to 1969. She founded 'Europe Alive', a part of EUW which promotes cultural and political exchanges between member countries. Throughout the 30 years and more of her involvement with EUW, Alison played a significant role n the drafting and development of the Constitution and without her, the British Section might not have been established. As Chairman of the British Section, her terrific enthusiasm inspired others.
Each year, a Memorial Lecture is held in her honour. The first Alison Tennant Memorial Lecture was given by The Rt Hon Geoffrey Howe in July 1988. Since then, at the invitation of EUW British Section, the Lectures have been given annually by a distinguished personality who is deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to his or her country. The theme of the lectures is Europe and EUW.
We are very pleased that each year members of Alison Tennant's family are invited to attend the Lecture at the invitation of EUW.
ALISON TENNANT LECTURES
- Rt Hon Geoffrey Howe in 1988
- Baroness Elles in 1989
- Rt Hon William Waldegrave MP in 1990.
- Rt Hon Tom King in 1991
- Rt Hon Douglas Hurd MP in 1992
- Sir Christopher Prout MEP (now Lord Kingsland) in 1993
- Rt Hon Virginia Bottomley in 1994
- Rt Hon John Gummer in 1995
- Baroness Cumberledge in 1996
- Viscount Montgomery of Alamein in 1997
- Margaretha af Ugglas in 1998
- Lord Henley in 1999
- His Excellency Dr George Bonello DuPuis in 2000
- Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP in 2001
- Ian Taylor MP in 2002
- Rt Hon Lord Brittan in 2003
- Digby Jones, Director of CBI, in 2004
- Air Marshal Peter Walker in 2005
- Ingrid Tichy-Schreder, International Chairman of EUW, in 2006
- Caroline Spelman MP in 2007
- Sir Malcolm Rifkind M.P. in 2008
- Angela Knight C.B.E. 2009
See Press Release on Reports page for 2008 summary