Class Notes | ALUMNI
rodney Senior B.a. (1963) One of Rodney’s great interests in TCD was sound recording, making a couple of 16mm sound tracks there and also several Choral and Singers concerts recordings. He made a couple of Gerard Gillen LPs one in TCD chapel on the NIRC label. He has recently made 40 private CDs of the late Bill Young’s singing broadcasts.
Terence (Terry) dormer m.a. (1965) Terry travelled to Africa in 1965, where he worked as a teacher in Uganda and a teacher trainer in Nigeria before joining the Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, London in 1971. He had a broad range of tasks during his 32 years at Marlborough House, including service in the Private Office of the Commonwealth Secretary-General. Following his retirement in 2003, he has devoted an increasing amount of his time to underwater photography. In 2010, he signed a contract with the Natural History Museum in London, under which his images of marine species in their natural environments are available from the Museum’s picture library.
1940s joHn HigginSon m.d., F.r.c.p. (1947) John graduated from the School of Medicine in 1947. He then attended the Western Infirmary in Glasgow where he specialised in Pathology. He got his M.R.C.P. in London in 1949. He married in November that same year and then left in December for Johannesburg, South Africa where he was on staff at the South African Institute for Medical Research (SAIMR). John developed an interest in environmental pathology and began to specifically conduct research into the epidemiology of cancer during this time. John subsequently went on to hold high level pathology positions in Kansas University Medical Centre and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France. From Lyon he moved to a post in Washington DC. He joined the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) and also the faculty of Georgetown University. After retiring in 1997 from Georgetown, he moved to Savannah, Georgia where he continued to consult for a few more years. He will be 89 this October.
Simon coTTon m.B., m.a. (1949) Simon recently published the book Nine Camelots about the Cotton, Fitzsimon, Staunton and Gatenby families, which is now available in the TCD Library. The book includes memories from his time in Trinity and Dr Steevens Hospital, and features over 750 photos. The book is a non-commercial publication but Dr Cotton is happy to provide a PDF or DvD to interested persons.
roBerT marSden m.a. (1949) This year Canon Robert Marsden celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination as a curate of the Church of St James, James’s Gate, Dublin. The Reverend Marsden moved into the Parish in 1950 the same year as he married his wife Betty (nee Kirkpatrick). In 1978 he was appointed Canon of Clogher and he retired to Sandymount, Dublin in 1994. To mark the anniversary he visited his first church, now occupied by Lighting World Ltd.
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Terry Dormer M.A. (1965) with clownfish.
gaBriel j. SloWey m.B., m.a. (1968) A year after graduating from Medicine in 1968, Gabriel married Mary Keaveney. He joined the Family Practice Unit in Ottawa Civic Hospital a week later. He originally went to Canada "for just two years". He has been in the rural practice in Chesterville, ON since 1970. He became Coroner in 1975 and a Member of the Executive Section of General Practice, 1985 to 2007. He is a father to Gabrielle, Daragh, Clodagh, Emily and Brian.
Robert Marsden M.A. (1949).
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