Cor p u s Ch r i st i Colle g e
The Letter · In memoriam
m i c h a e lm a s 2015
1949 Chris Wilson After working in the business world, latterly as a whisky export manager, he moved to the book and record trade, running shops in the West Country. In the mid 1980s he started teaching singing at Exeter College. A brilliant teacher, he successfully appealed when, aged 82, he was threatened with compulsory retirement. He held his part-time post, teaching several styles of singing in seven different languages, until he died. He sang in choirs, performed as a solo classical singer, played the trumpet in bands and formed the Exe City Big Band. Information from Karen Ringrose 1949 R ichar d Wilson worked for Shell in Kenya, Ceylon and Cambodia until 1960 when, after a brief period with British Nylon, he moved to Tube Investments. A gifted linguist, fluent in five languages, he set himself up in 1984 as a private tutor in modern languages, English and Latin. He prided himself on being the most expensive tutor in London – a fact which did little to dampen demand. He was a great walker, short story and travel article writer. 1950 David Flather A pioneer of new technology, he worked for his Sheffield-based family steel business until its closure, after which he managed the Sheffield Engineering Cutlery Advisory Services. He held the office of Senior Searcher in the Cutlers Company. He served the Scout movement for over sixty years, was a JP for twenty-nine years and also Chairman of the South Yorkshire Probation Service. He returned for the Choir reunion last year, singing evensong and dining in Hall afterwards. 1950 David Huddy was a chartered accountant who worked in the City in corporate finance – first, with United Dominions Trust and then, until retirement, with Lloyds Bank Corporate Finance. True to his Cornish roots, he frequented the beaches of the far south west where he became one of the first of the British Malibu surfers. A passionate potter, he had a fine collection of modern studio ceramics. 1950 Peter Maxey A modern linguist, he was approached while at Cambridge about a career in the Foreign Office, which he took up after graduating. His career path was steeply upward and he held posts in Moscow, Helsinki, Colombo, Geneva, Rome and Dublin, culminating in being seconded as an Under-Secretary to the Cabinet Office (1978–81), Ambassador to East Germany (1981–84) and Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1984–86). Following retirement from the Foreign Office, he was Editorial Director of Global Analysis Systems (1986–88). His speciality was Soviet Affairs, and he had an understanding of the Russian mind and a way of thinking that was second to none. Shy and modest in the extreme, he found the public side of his role sometimes uncomfortable and retired early to spend more time on his music, books and family. Information from John Maxey
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