closure of the school was contemplated. Henry Whitehead, Bishop of Madras, the chairman of the Board of Governors, as a last resort, invited the members of the Brotherhood of Saint Peter to save the school from closure. Herbert Pakenham-Walsh, of the Brotherhood of St. Peter, later to become Bishop, revived the school. The school still celebrates St. Peter's day amongst other traditions such as Guy Fawkes' bonfires. In 1911, the girls' school was moved across the road. William Elphick worked for a quarter of century for the growth of the school. The last living member of the Brotherhood of St Peter in India, Father David, died of old age. He lived and worked in the school as the school chaplain. General K.S. Thimayya Memorial Trust The General K.S. Thimayya Memorial Trust pays tribute to the School, in memory of General K. S. Thimayya, Cottonian (1918 to 1922). The Trust organises the annual Thimayya Memorial Lecture, and awards the Thimayya Medal to Cottonians who have demonstrated exemplary public service. The Trust also operates a Benevolent Fund that supports former staff members of the School, monetarily. Notable alumni Science Nasir Ahmed awarded the Pope Medal in 1954; Life Fellow of the IEEE for his "contributions to digital signal processing and education", 1985; best known for the development of the discrete cosine transform, a data compression . Prof. B.Jayant Baliga, Indian electrical engineer best known for his work in power semiconductor devices, and particularly the invention of the insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT). Prof. Ramesh Rajan, neuroscientist best known for his work in sensory neuroscience and traumatic brain injury. Mandyam Veerambudi Srinivasan, Australian bioengineer and neuroscientist who studies visual systems, particularly those of bees and birds. Dr Ajit Varki, Physician-scientist who is distinguished professor of medicine and cellular and molecular medicine, co-director of the Glycobiology Research and Training Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Varghese Mathai, mathematician at the University of Adelaide. His first most influential contribution is the Mathai–Quillen formalism Sudarshan Devanesan, Physician and educator, public health activist, and member of the Order of Canada Ananth Dodabalapur, Indian-American engineer, currently the Motorola Regents Chair Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin Angus Finlay Hutton, British naturalist Military Lieutenant General A C Iyappa Lieutenant General Jameel Mahmood Major General Sultan Mahmood Col. Lalit Rai, VrC William Leefe Robinson, Victoria Cross awardee Admiral Vijay Singh