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The Old Stoic Society is the Alumni Society for Stowe School. We are a separate organisation that works alongside Stowe to connect Old Stoics to the School and each other as a life-long community.
The Old Stoic Society is managed by a committee of Old Stoics, dedicated to supporting their fellow members to build long-lasting bonds to Stowe. We are proud to be one of the most active alumni led communities in the country.
We care for Old Stoics throughout their lives by offering a range of support services, careers advice, sporting and cultural activities, professional connections and members’ services. We also aim to encourage Stoics to thrive during their time at Stowe by working with the School on various areas of activity such as careers services. Once a Stoic leaves Stowe, the Old Stoic Society takes over to offer support for the rest of their life. We also run a stand-alone charity called the Old Stoic Benevolent Trust that supports Old Stoics and their families if they fall on hard times.
Welcome to the Old Stoic Society!
As an Old Stoic and Stowe Parent, it is an honour to serve as Chair of the OSS Society. We strive to provide Old Stoics with lifelong support and lifelong fellowship as soon as they leave the gates of Stowe and enter the world beyond.
With over eleven thousand Old Stoics in our ranks, we are lucky to harbour an unrivalled range of business, professional and personal connections that make up a support network for our members. You can find long-lost friends or make new business contacts on this website.
The members’ services and opportunities we provide aim to inspire members to have the courage to stand out from the crowd, think on their feet and to be creative, so they can make a real impact in life. We feed the knowledge of older generations to young Old Stoics through a varied careers programme and run a mentoring programme to provide advice and progression for all. We are working on exciting plans to improve our careers services for members of all ages.
The Society has a myriad of sports teams and clubs for members to take part in and we actively encourage new groups to start up. A varied calendar of members' events take place across the country and the world each year, to allow everyone to meet up or return to Stowe.
The Old Stoic Office at Stowe is led by our Director, Anna Semler (Nugent 05) and our Events Manager, Charlotte Evans. The direction and activity of the Society is managed by the Old Stoic Society Committee and a handful of smaller subcommittees. If you would like to lend a hand, please do get in touch.
Toby Gauvain (Temple 89)
OSS Chair
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If you are interested in becoming a Committee Member please contact the OSS Director, Anna Semler (Nugent 05) by emailing asemler@stowe.co.uk
PRESIDENT
Admiral Sir George Zambellas
(Walpole 76)
VICE PRESIDENT
Anthony Wallersteiner
Headmaster
Chair
Toby Gauvain
(Temple 89)
Vice Chair
Marcus Atkinson
(Chatham 90)
Past Chair
Luke Chauveau
(Cobham 87)
OSS Director
Anna Semler
(Nugent 05)
Treasurer
Jonty Irving
(Bruce 09)
Member
Alex Diaconu
(Temple 16)
Member
Thalia Felton
(Queens 17)
Member
Rupert Jupp
(Chandos 97)
Member
Gavin Davidson-Merrit
(Chatham 72)
Member
Piers Winton
(Walpole 00)
Member
Peter Wood
(Chatham 19)
The Old Stoic Society Constitution is a set of rules that enumerates the powers and functions of the Society. A copy of this document can be seen by clicking below.
The Old Stoic Society produces audited accounts year on year: these are available to members. Please email oldstoic@stowe.co.uk if you would like to view a particular year.
Life Membership of the Old Stoic Society is £1,100 in total. This is charged as an Extra on school bills, with five instalments of £220 each being billed from terms two to six of each child’s time at Stowe. If you would prefer to defer payments or set up an alternative payment plan, please contact the Old Stoic Office. We aim to be as flexible as possible to accommodate everyone’s needs. Above all, we hope as many Stowe leavers as possible will become Life Members of the Old Stoic Society so we can include them in our community long into the future and support them to flourish for the rest of their lives.
Click below to download a leaflet summarising the benefits and advantages of joining the OS Society.
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