Obituaries

Emeritus Fellows

Professor Geoffrey Harcourt was born on 27 June 1931 and died on 7 December 2021 aged 90.

Geoff was a Fellow and College Lecturer in Economics at Jesus College from 1982-1998. He was President of the College from 1988-1989 and again from 1990-1992 and became an Emeritus Fellow of the College on his retirement in 1998. He was a University Lecturer from 1982-1990 and Reader in the History of Economic Theory from 1990-1998 in the Faculty of Economics at Cambridge. Geoff was committed to alleviating poverty and fighting against social and racial discrimination through his work. In later life, he became one of Australia ’ s most eminent economists.

Geoff authored or edited 29 books and published over 380 articles, chapters in books and reviews. His publications included The Structure of Post-Keynesian Economics and the two-volume The Oxford Handbook of Post-Keynesian Economics. His most celebrated work was Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital, published in 1972 and about an argument between economists from the University of Cambridge and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA over the nature of capital. Cambridge University Press recently published a 50th anniversary edition, and his preface was the last thing he ever wrote, dedicating the edition with “immense gratitude ” to his wife, Joan.

Geoff was born in Melbourne, Australia into a warm-hearted secular Jewish family. His paternal grandparents Israel and Dinah Harkowitz had moved to Australia from Romania (Transylvania) and Poland in the 19th century. His maternal grandparents Daniel and Edith Gans came from Germany and originally Lithuania. Geoff’ s father, Kopel Harkowitz, changed the family name from Harkowitz to Harcourt, in order –the family says –“to ease access into sports and social clubs ” .

Geoff struggled at school and received support from his very academic twin brother, John. He won a place at the University of Melbourne, however, where he excelled in his studies as an undergraduate in the Commerce Department and then as a postgraduate student at Queen ’ s College (where he was tutored by eminent Labour Economist, Joe Isaac). It was in Melbourne that Geoff met Joan Bartrop, who was from Ballarat and who worked for the Melbourne Institute on their research into poverty and social housing policy. They married straight after Geoff’ s graduation in 1955.

The first decision made by Geoff and Joan as newlyweds was for Geoff to accept a PhD scholarship to study at King ’ s College at the University of Cambridge, the College of the eminent British Economist John Maynard Keynes. In Cambridge, Geoff immersed himself in ‘Keynes ’ s Circle ’ , the students and heirs of Keynes himself, famous economists like Nicholas Kaldor, Richard Kahn, Piero Sraffa and Geoff’ s personal hero, Joan Robinson. He later co-wrote the definitive intellectual biography of her, and argued, like many others, that she should have been the first woman to win the Economics Nobel Prize (Joan later offered him one of his first lectureships at Cambridge). It was during this period at King ’ s College that he became aware of the debates between the economists of Cambridge,

England, and the emerging intellectual force of Cambridge Massachusetts at MIT.

After receiving his doctorate in 1958, Geoff was offered a lectureship back in Australia at the Economics Department of the University of Adelaide. He became a Professor, also playing for the Adelaide Cricket Club and captaining the Adelaide University Football Club. The couple enjoyed living in Adelaide, and in 1962, Geoff helped found the Australian Economic Papers (AEP) with his colleague Hugh Hudson as the first Editor. After Hudson left the University to go into politics in 1967 (he was Education Minister then Deputy Prime Minister), Geoff became joint Editor of AEP and served in that capacity for nearly two decades.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Geoff continued to visit Cambridge to give lectures and to fulfil temporary roles as the first ever Teaching Fellow in Economics at Trinity Hall, then as a Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall. It was the offer of a permanent role as a Lecturer and the invitation to join the Fellowship at Jesus College that tempted the couple back to Cambridge on a long-term basis in 1982. He liked to say that “Jesus called” .

Geoff was a popular Tutor and Lecturer thanks to his kindness and sense of humour. Professor Sriya Iyer from the Department of Economics at Cambridge wrote, “Geoff was a much-loved colleague – a kind and considerate person who always made time to talk to students and colleagues about their research, and to offer valuable advice on books and papers. He was immensely loyal to Cambridge Economics and to Jesus College, and he was a benign presence in the Faculty. Like other former undergraduate and graduate students, I remember with fondness his ‘Bible-reading ’ classes on Keynes ’ s General Theory and his Part 2A Macroeconomics lectures on economic growth. A knowledgeable, witty and widely-read communicator of economics, we all still miss him greatly. ”

Professor Peter Nolan is a Fellow at Jesus and the China Forum Director. He was the Director of Studies in Economics from 1980-1997 and worked closely with Geoff during this time. He wrote: “Geoff was a dedicated researcher and teacher. Throughout his time as Fellow at Jesus College he combined a rich stream of publications with dedication to teaching, both in lectures and supervisions. His lectures in the history of economic thought were meticulously prepared, based on his encyclopaedic knowledge of a vast array of literature. They were delivered with great enthusiasm and distinctive humour.

“His research and teaching were enriched by his close personal contact with economists across the whole range of the discipline. Almost every day while he was a Fellow, he hosted a guest at lunch in College. During this time, almost everyone in the Faculty of Economics and almost every visitor to the Faculty dined in Jesus College thanks to Geoff’ s unfailing generosity.

“His personal knowledge of a huge array of economists across the world imparted a distinctive character to both his writing and teaching. Geoff was a rare species of economist, who linked the history of ideas with the personalities behind the printed word. Few economists could match Geoff’ s ability to bring the ‘dismal science ’ to life in writing and teaching.

“Geoff was extraordinarily generous with his time, writing copious notes on drafts of books and articles sent to him from other scholars. His hand-written comments ranged from small details of punctuation and expression to the wider philosophical landscape, and always included invaluable bibliographic references. ‘My thanks to Geoff Harcourt for his comments ’ appears on the first page of countless books and articles. ”

Jesus College held a memorial service in the Chapel on 11 June 2022 at which Professor Avi J Cohen spoke about Geoff’ s influence and support as a student and a colleague. Avi was introduced to Geoff’ s book, Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital as a graduate student at Stanford, USA. He said,

me in a language I could understand, about ideas that seemed important, and with a passion that was inspiring. ”

Avi and Geoff met in Toronto and then in Cambridge and the relationship evolved from one of mentorship to becoming colleagues and friends. Avi said, “What’ s remarkable about my story is how unremarkable it is. Geoff befriended, encouraged, supported, championed, literally thousands of students and colleagues over his career. ” He added, “A defining feature of Geoff Harcourt’ s work and life is his generosity – helping so many, influencing many more, and shaping, coalescing and connection disparate scholarly communities. ”

Geoff’ s beliefs about the societal benefits of political economy are illustrated in one of his autobiographical essays titled, Political Economy, Politics and Religion: Intertwined and Indissoluble Passions. In this, he wrote that the purpose of political economy is, “To make the world a better place for ordinary men and women, to produce a more just and equitable society. In order to do that, you have to understand how particular societies work and where the pockets of power are, and how you can either alter those or work within them and produce desirable results for ordinary people, not just for people who have the power. I see economics as very much a moral as well as a social science and very much a handmaiden to progressive thought. ”

Geoff’ s outstanding career was recognised by numerous awards and prizes. In the 2018 Queen ’ s Birthday Honours list he was awarded a Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia, for eminent service to higher education as an academic economist and author, particularly in the fields of post-Keynesian economics, capital theory and economic thought. In 1996, he was made a distinguished member of the Economic Society of Australia. He felt these awards were great recognition for the Economics profession itself as well as for him personally.

Geoff lived in Sydney in the last years of his life, although he returned to visit Jesus College on many occasions. He and Joan celebrated their 40th, 50th and 60th wedding anniversaries in the Fellows ’ Garden of the College.

Geoff is survived by Joan, his wife of almost 67 years, and their four children –Wendy, Rebecca, Robert and Tim. The College was honoured to welcome Wendy and Rebecca back for the recent memorial service. Geoff also leaves behind four grandchildren and his twin brother John. Written by the Editor, with thanks to Professor Avi J Cohen, Professor Stephen Heath, Professor Sriya Iyer and Professor Peter Nolan for their contributions. You can read many more tributes and obituaries, and a full bibliography of Geoff’s work at a website set up by his friends and family: www.geoffharcourt.com

To Dr G.H., On the anniversary of his 80th birthday

O diem praeclarum! Thou, Muse, must guide my errant pen To praise sufficient of this best of men, He skill’d so deeply in th’ economic Art Possess ’d so truly of a noble Heart. Fam ’d Son of that Australian land Whose Denizens inverted stand, Fair Fortune sent him to our shores instead, Setting here his Feet, where there his Head. Transported thus to grace our learned Halls,

Our Cloister quiet, our ivy ’d Walls, His curious mind was soon our pleasing light, His gen ’ rous spirit our most rich delight. Blest College that has Geoffrey for its friend, Blest Fate that him to us did haply send. O Muse, how may I sing his great renown, Who studies markets going up and down, Who tracks the wiles of aggregate demand And has Pigou effects at his command, Whose work on capital and Maynard Keynes Is dusty matter for our lesser brains? I rest content with lower theme, Of bat and ball and Fellows ’ cricket team; For Geoff’s enamour ’d of the noble game, That gave us Bradman, and his Nation ’ s fame. Oft is he found upon the summer field, Urging his men to win and never yield. No mean a player he, our captain too, A worthy batsman and a bowler true: His arm slow rising in a gentle arc, The batsman fearful trembling at the mark, The ball is tossed with dreadful spin That parts the Æther, swerves, curves in, The timorous willow vain seeks some defence, The watchers fall into a hush intense, The ball is careless struck with bat distraught, Sure hands are there, the cry goes up: ‘Har-Caught!’ What verses, Muse, express this Fellow ’ s measure, Say all in him that ever is our pleasure? Adorn ’d with Virtues, and with Judgement strong, Loyal to us all, incapable of wrong, Promoting concord and composing strife, Lord of himself, and bless ’d with such a wife, On whom this day our thoughts do also run: To his erractick Orbit, she the steadfast Sun. Words once my stock are wanting to commend So sure a Scholar and so good a Friend, Who studying peace and shunning civil rage Enjoy ’d his youth and now enjoys his age*

*As he did until sadly taken from us some few months after the achievement of his 90th year. Certain it is that he will live on in the memories and affections of those many Jesuans who knew him.

The above tribute was delivered to a celebratory gathering in the Fellows’ Garden in the presence of Geoff and Joan.

Professor Raymond Freeman was born on 6 January 1932 and died on 1 May 2022 aged 90.

Professor Freeman was known as ‘Ray ’ . He was the former John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Magnetic Resonance, a Fellow of Jesus College from 1987 and Emeritus Fellow from 1999. He was a popular mentor to students and colleague to his peers. His career was dedicated to the investigation of new techniques in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. He had a significant hand in many of the techniques which are now used on a day-to-day basis in NMR facilities around the world, and which revolutionised NMR as an analytical technique. NMR is today the prime analytical tool for the study of molecular structure and dynamics.

Ray was born in Nottingham and attended Nottingham High School, where he won an open scholarship to Lincoln College, Oxford. He deferred his admission to complete his military service in the Royal Air Force as a radar instructor. In 1951, he resumed his studies under the tutorship of Rex Richards, who was later knighted for services to magnetic resonance. Sir Rex, who became Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, was a father figure and mentor to Ray. It was during Ray ’ s doctoral research under Rex ’ s supervision that he first encountered NMR. Post-war, large quantities of surplus electronic equipment were available for adaptation into NMR transmitters and receivers. Ray ’ s doctorate was on the spectra of less common nuclei, and included making measurements on explosive materials. In later years he told the story of disposing of potentially dangerous samples by burying them in the grass bank outside the laboratory window.

Initially, Ray ’ s research focused on the theory and application of double resonance and double-quantum effects, using them to determine relative signs of the coupling constants between nuclei, and also worked on spin relaxation. He was one of the dominant forces in the great flowering of NMR techniques that was enabled by the advent of Fourier transform methods and computer-controlled spectrometers. Ray was also a great creator of tongue-in-cheek acronyms for new experiments. Techniques developed in his group included the 'INADEQUATE' pulse sequence for tracing out the structures of organic molecules through the bonds between carbon atoms, the ‘INEPT’ pulse sequence for enhancing the sensitivity of weakly magnetic nuclei, and the ‘DANTE’ and ‘BURP’ methods for selectively exciting chosen ranges of resonance frequencies. Ray was one of the first to investigate the methodology and applications of two-dimensional NMR, a technique now routinely exploited for molecular structure determination. Multidimensional experiments using the INEPT module are central to modern structural biology in solution, allowing the three-dimensional structures of proteins to be mapped out in exquisite detail. He also made major contributions to the development of broadband decoupling methods, enhancing their efficiency by orders of magnitude using intricate cycles of composite or adiabatic radiofrequency pulses, and to novel data sampling methods. Every commercial NMR spectrometer uses techniques pioneered by Ray, and his work played a major part in making NMR an essential tool for synthetic chemists both in academia and in industry.

After his DPhil, Ray joined the magnetic resonance group of Anatole Abragam at the CEA Saclay in France in 1957. He carried out research on the super-regenerative oscillator under the supervision of NMR pioneer Robert Pound (of Harvard University). He then joined the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, UK, for three years.

In 1961, Ray took leave of absence to spend a year working on double irradiation techniques with Wes Anderson at Varian Associates in Palo Alto, California. He was fascinated by the research and his young family was happy there; they ended up staying for 12 years. At Varian, he researched double resonance, double-quantum effects, spin-lattice relaxation and Fourier transform NMR, and contributed to the development of new Varian NMR spectrometers.

Returning to Oxford as a University Lecturer and Fellow of Magdalen College, Ray started his own research group focused on high-resolution NMR methodology. Ray was a superb communicator and was often the 'star turn' at NMR conferences –his presentations were characteristically littered with wry jokes and self-deprecating remarks, and illustrated by his beautiful hand-drawn slides and cartoons. He was a great mentor to his students, who remember him very fondly. Many have gone on to achieve significant success in their own right, and all acknowledge Ray as a significant influence on their careers.

Professor Paul Attfield first met Ray at Magdalen College, Oxford, when Ray was his tutor. By coincidence, the two men crossed paths decades later as Fellows at Jesus College. Paul said, “He was a very good tutor, very patient and well-informed. Although he was already very distinguished, he always spent time with us and provided a good reading list. When it came to teaching his favourite subject of NMR, we ’d receive a longer reading list than normal! He was modest and unassuming. He loved the science for its own sake, never for personal glory. ”

Professor Gareth Morris was also an undergraduate student of Ray ’ s. He said: “Ray was a wonderful tutor, absolutely on the ball. It was his first year of teaching and he took it very seriously, mugging up on every subject the night before, so he had everything at his fingertips. I chose him as my supervisor in the fourth year because I knew and liked him and liked his research area. For me, as it was for many subsequent students, this was the best academic decision I ever made, and one that changed the course of my life. For those of us who had the good fortune to work with him, it is not the great scientist that we remember, but rather the man: warm, humane, generous, devoid of self-importance, full of life and dry humour. He enriched lives as well as science. ”

Another of Ray ’ s students, Barbara Domayne-Hayman added, “More than anything, I remember how, for someone like me who was never gifted at Physical Chemistry (I went on to do a DPhil in bio-organic!), Ray managed to make even the most daunting of subjects approachable, interesting and fun. ”

Professor Geoffrey Bodenhausen joined Ray ’ s Oxford laboratory as one of his first postgraduate students, in 1975. He wrote: “There are many famous scientists who advised numerous PhD students and post-docs, but I do not know any who inspired such a strong sense of shared values […] Ray had a unique sense that research should be a source of fun. Although, wisely, none of his followers tried to copy his unique style of lecturing, his sense of humour, his love for cartoons, his calligraphic script, his memorable acronyms (like INEPT and INADEQUATE), all of us were deeply impressed by his imagination, his unobtrusive manner of advising his students, and his sense of humour. ” Geoffrey also remembered the Ideas Book that Ray encouraged in his research group saying that Ray once wrote: “The Ideas Book made it clear that everyone was involved. Every proposed new experiment could blossom through the operation of the Ideas Book, and the entire group could take credit. ”

Ray received the degree of Doctor of Science in 1975 and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979. He received the Leverhulme Medal in 1990, for the introduction of new techniques in high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, particularly the development of two-dimensional Fourier transformation methods.

He received a Queen ’ s Medal from the Royal Society in 2002 in recognition of his seminal contributions to the development and understanding of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods. After a sabbatical in Pasadena he published A Handbook of Magnetic Resonance (1987, Longman), followed by Spin Choreography (1989, OUP) and Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Medicine (2003, OUP). During his time in Cambridge, he published a huge number of papers, continuing into his 80s. Much of his work was carried out in close collaboration with Ēriks Kupče, who was based first in Cambridge and then at Varian. Topics included selective excitation, quantum computing, new sampling methods for multidimensional NMR, Hadamard spectroscopy, radiating damping, and parallel acquisition with multiple receivers.

Ray was devoted to his wife of 64 years, Anne-Marie Freeman. She was born in the Haute Savoie region of France. She describes Ray as having, “A passion for science and a great sense of humour ” . They first met in Oxford through a love of jazz music; he was President of the University Jazz Club, and she was an exchange student studying English. They married in Paris and had five children, and now five grandsons. Ray loved listening to traditional jazz all his life and was also a keen swimmer and cyclist. The College held a memorial service in the Chapel for Ray ’ s family and friends on 15 October 2022. Written by the Editor with thanks to Anne-Marie Freeman, Professor Geoffrey Bodenhausen, Professor Paul Attfield, Professor Gareth Morris and Dr Barbara Domayne-Hayman for their contributions.

Old Members

ASHFORD, John Gordon Charles (1959) died on 16 January 2022 aged 81. Charles Ashford was born on 4 February 1940 in Bermuda. Educated at Sherborne School he came up in 1959 to read Natural Sciences, graduating BA 1962. He moved abroad at the first opportunity, first to Canada and then to the USA, where he thrived in the rapidly developing computer industry. After some years in the flight test department of Boeing in Seattle he moved to California and worked as a consultant, finding his skills as a systems analyst in great demand. He was a fan of motor racing, from competing with his beloved Mini in the 1950s to off-roading in the Californian desert, but his greatest passion was hang-gliding – abruptly curtailed by a catastrophic accident that he was lucky to survive. In later life he enjoyed hiking in the Santa Monica mountains.

He is fondly remembered by his sister, his nephew and niece, and four great-nieces.

BARTON, Anthony Frederick (1948) died on 18 January 2022 aged 91. Anthony Barton, the younger brother of Christopher (1945), was born on 6 July 1930 in County Kildare, Ireland. Educated at Stowe School he came up in 1948 to read Modern & Medieval Languages. After graduating he returned to the family wine making business in Bordeaux and worked for the merchant business of Barton & Guestier. Following the firm ’ s acquisition by Seagram he remained as export director before setting up his own company, Les Vins Fins Anthony Barton, in 1967. In the 1980s he inherited the family wine estate of Château Langoa and Léoville Barton and subsequently developed its

reputation. In 2007 he was named Decanter’s Man of the Year. He remained involved in the business for the rest of his life but latterly passed over control to his daughter and her family.

He married Eva Sarauw in 1955; they had a son, Thomas (sadly he died in 1990), and a daughter, Lilian.

BAXTER, Samuel Paul (1960) died on 13 October 2021 aged 79. Sam Baxter was born on 30 April 1942 in Leeds. Educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, he came up in 1960 to read Natural Sciences with a view to qualifying as a doctor. He graduated BA 1963; MB BChir 1966. His clinical and specialist training was undertaken at University College Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital. He joined Charing Cross Hospital as a consultant psychiatrist; later he was Medical Director in West Wales.

He married Linda in 1964; they had one son.

BLAKER, Guy Peter (1958) died on 2 February 2022 aged 85. Peter Blaker, the son of Guy (1922) and great nephew of Richard (1898), was born on 10 November 1936 in London. Educated at Lancing College he came up, after his National Service with the British Army, in 1958 to read Law. He graduated BA 1961; MA 1968; LLB 1981. After Jesus he returned to the Army, to the 1st Green Jackets 43rd and 52nd where he served for a further 23 years rising to be a Lieutenant Colonel. While in the army he completed five tours of what was Malaya and Borneo, including serving during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation and its aftermath and later he became Commanding Officer of the Cambridge University OTC (1979-1982). After a brief period working for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and then Newdata Publishing Limited, he became the Secretary of the General Council and Register of Osteopaths. He ended his working life with two part-time jobs, first as administrator of the Blackie Foundation Trust and second as co-ordinator of the British Southern Slav Society. After retiring he bought a green Volkswagen long wheelbase van and turned it into his and his wife ’ s mobile country cottage and during the next decade they went all over Europe. He remained very loyal to his prep school, Broxgrove, his College and the army; he supported them throughout his life, arranging lunch parties for his fellow former pupils, coaching and cheering on the College rowers and serving as President of a branch of the British Legion.

He married Hiltegund Maria Bastian, the sister-in-law of Basil Barbour (1958), in 1969; they had a daughter, Alexandra, and two sons, Dominic (1999) and Nicholas (1994).

COLLIER, Richard Tregonwell (1951) died on 15 January 2022 aged 91. Richard Collier was born on 17 August 1930 in Oxford. Educated at Wellington College he came up in 1951 following National Service with the Royal Engineers. He read Mechanical Sciences, graduating BA 1954. He went on to enjoy a career as a Civil Engineer, and to establish Collier & Henry Concrete Limited. During his spare time, he and his wife travelled extensively, including cruising in their catamaran Tinkerbell

around the UK, in the North Sea, the Baltic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

He married Anne Senior in 1956; they had three sons, Neil, Roger and Anthony, and lived near Manchester for 57 years.

COOK, Malcolm Roy (1952) died on 11 June 2021 aged 89. Roy Cook was born on 27 March 1932 in Carlton, Nottingham. Educated at Nottingham High School he came up in 1952 following National Service. He read History, graduating BA 1955. He went on to pursue a career as a teacher and taught at Watford Grammar School and then for 32 years at Kingswood School, Bath, for the last 15 years as Second Master. Until the end of his life his passion was music, particularly choral singing.

He married Audrey May Carter in 1957; they had two daughters and two sons including Timothy (1981). After being a widower for five years, he married Susan Margaret Harding in 1987 and gained three step-sons.

COUSINS, John Stewart (1963) died on 7 August 2021 aged 81. John Cousins was born on 31 July 1940 in Brentwood, Essex. Educated at Brentwood School he came up in 1963 after five years in the Royal Navy. He read English and Law, graduating BA 1966; MA 1974. After graduating he joined Kleinwort Benson. He was their Far East representative, opening the Kleinwort Benson office in Tokyo in 1970 and the Hong Kong office in 1973. Following a brief period at Porodisa Group (Indonesia), he joined De Zoete & Bevan and later became a partner. Following De Zoete & Bevan's merger with Barclays Merchant Bank he became Managing Director of the newly formed BZW Equities Ltd and then President du Directoire of BZW Puget Mahe in Paris. He was also a non-executive director of the city wine merchants, Corney and Barrow. Latterly he divided his time between London and the Lot Valley in France.

He married Anne Elizabeth O’Leary in 1970; they had one daughter. He married Geraldine Anne Bowers in 1979.

DAY, Jeremy Robert (1957) died on 16 February 2021 aged 84. Jerry Day was born on 19 December 1936 in London. Educated at Rugby School he came up in 1957 to read History. He graduated BA 1960. He went on to pursue a career as a prep school master.

He married Diana Huntly in 1971; they had a son and a daughter.

DRURY, Martin Francis (1972) died on 4 January 2021 aged 66. Martin Drury was born on 18 April 1954 in Godalming, Surrey. Educated at Christ’ s Hospital, Horsham, he came up in 1972 to read Classics. He graduated BA 1975; MA 1979. In 1982, after a period as a lecturer in Classics at the University of Birmingham, he moved to Merchant Taylors ’ School where he remained for the next 34 years and was admired for the mix of gravity and levity that he brought to both the classroom and the Common Room. Following his retirement to Islington, the London Library became a regular haunt, as did the Globe and Almeida theatres and the British Film Institute.

He married Rose in 1978; they had two children. His long-term partner was Gill Lonsdale.

EVANS, Christopher John Gillingham (1956) died on 2 January 2022 aged 86. Chris Evans was born on 10 February 1935 in Tamworth. Educated at Bristol Grammar School he came up in 1956 following serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals for his National Service. He read Natural Sciences and graduated BA 1959; MA 1963. He spent his working career as a plant and site manager in the smelting and chemical refining industries which took him all over the world. Throughout his life, he was an avid sportsman playing rugby for Bristol RFC and Gloucestershire and running. He competed in the inaugural London Marathon finishing in a time of 3 hours 37 minutes and 51 seconds as well as completing 50 Gwent league races as a veteran runner. As a keen sportsman he enjoyed seeing others thrive and volunteered at the Salford Triathlon and the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games supporting the South African team. In his later years, he joined the Bowdon Croquet Club and became an avid player. He was a vibrant athletic coach and latterly he gained his level 1 coaching certificate so he could pass on his knowledge of croquet.

He married Patricia Mackenzie in 1960; they had a son and a daughter and five grandchildren.

EVANS, Martin Clive (1969) died on 31 October 2019 aged 69. Martin Evans was born on 28 April 1950 in Lusaka, Zambia. Educated at the City of London School, he came up in 1969 to read Geography. He graduated BA 1972; MA 1976. He went on to take a qualification in town and country planning at Manchester University. He worked in Kent and the London Borough of Waltham Forest and ended his working career as the strategy manager for Portsmouth City Council.

He married Pamela Stratton in 1977; they had a daughter, Katherine, and a son, Thomas.

EVERITT, James Edmund (1956) died on 1 February 2022 aged 85. Jim Everitt was born on 25 February 1936 in London. Educated at Haileybury he came up in 1956 after completing National Service in the Royal Air Force. He read Mechanical Sciences, graduating BA 1959; MA 1969. He pursued a career in business and was Chief Executive Officer at Vickers plc and Chairman of a number of bodies including the Microbiological Research Authority and Summit. He was appointed OBE in 1998.

He married Deidre Stanbridge in 1959; they had two sons and a daughter. He married Christine Prince in 1980. He married Nicola Saunders in 2012.

GILES, Roy Curtis died on 11 July 2021 aged 88. Roy Giles was born on 6 December 1932 in Barnet. Educated at Queen Elizabeth’ s School, Barnet, he came up in 1953 to read Modern & Medieval Languages. He graduated BA 1956; MA 1960. After graduating he worked as a teacher at Dean Close School. Four years later he was appointed a Lektor at the University of Hamburg. Whilst in Germany he met Christine von Alten; they married in 1963 and soon after they returned to England. Roy spent the next 14 years teaching at Eton College, latterly as Head of Modern Languages. In 1974 he was appointed Headmaster at Highgate School. He remained in the post, until he retired in 1989. Throughout his life he was engaged in voluntary work; he sat on the House of Bishops ’

Panel for Marriage Education and worked with the Busoga Trust, a charity which supports water sanitation in Uganda. Friends remember him as a person in whom one could safely confide and seek advice.

He and Christine had two sons and a daughter.

GREAVES, John Peter (1952) died on 16 December 2021 aged 89. Peter Greaves was born on 26 March 1932 in Cardiff. Educated at Kingswood School, Bath, following National Service he came up in 1952. He read Natural Sciences, graduating BA 1955; MA 1959. He subsequently undertook a doctorate at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School, London, graduating PhD 1959. He went on to pursue a career in public health and in particular nutrition; he worked all over the globe and at retirement was the Senior Nutrition Adviser for UNICEF. He helped create the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding (Innocenti, 1990) that became the basis for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative which continues to be the global standard for maternity care.

He married Claudine Anne Morgan in 1958; they had a son and a daughter.

GRINDLEY, Alan John (1950) died on 19 December 2021 aged 89. Alan Grindley, the younger brother of Peter (1947), was born on 27 December 1931 in Stone, Staffordshire. Educated at Charterhouse he came up in 1950 to read Mechanical Sciences. He graduated BA 1953; MA 1960. His career started with an apprenticeship at the engineering firm, British Thomson Houston. Afterwards he joined Coalville ’ s, a steel company, later amalgamating with other firms to become British Steel. He moved to Scotland in the 60s; here his life revolved around Ravenscraig, but in his last two years, he worked on the creation of Hunterston, the deep-water port. In 1978, he joined Ewbank and Partners, in Brighton. From then onwards, he remained there, as it became Ewbank Preece, then part of Mott McDonald. He specialised in Hydro-Electric Power generation and worked on projects in Kenya, Uganda and Sri Lanka.

He married Flora May Dallas in 1968; they had two sons.

HAPPÉ, Peter died on 3 February 2021 aged 88. Peter Happé was born on 22 June 1932 in Kent. Educated at: Palmer ’ s School, Essex; Queens ’ College, Cambridge; and Birkbeck College, London; he undertook his doctorate in medieval English Literature at the University of London, graduating PhD 1966. He went on to pursue a career in teaching rising to become Principal of Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, Eastleigh. Alongside his teaching he continued his interest in medieval drama and his first book, English Mystery Plays was published in 1975. In 1978, he was appointed a Schoolteacher Fellow Commoner at Jesus College. Following his time with the college his book Four Morality Plays (1979) was published; his other work includes Medieval English Drama (1984), John Bale (1996), Towneley Cycle: Unity and Diversity (2007), as well as scholarly editions of plays of Ben Jonson. He was awarded the Medal of Honour by the City of Tours in 2002 and elected a Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton. Professor Emeritus John McGavin of Southampton University said: “Former postgraduates and colleagues speak uniformly

of his kindness, his encouragement, and his exemplary decency in questions and discussion. In medieval drama circles, he was one of the most significant landmarks. ”

He had three children. His long-term partner was Glenda Leeming.

HAYTHORNTHWAITE, Richard John (1948) died on 6 January 2022 aged 92. Richard Haythornthwaite was born on 2 September 1929 in Hemel Hempstead. Educated at Epsom College he came up in 1948 to read Natural Sciences with a view to becoming a doctor. He graduated BA 1951; MA 1955. He trained at Westminster Hospital, London, graduating MB BChir, 1954. After four years as a Medical Officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps he became a general practitioner. He worked in Bloxwich, near Walsall, and Loughborough, before emigrating to New Zealand; he met his first patient, who had been injured whilst shearing sheep 45 minutes after he arrived at his new home. He was very proud to have completed his 50th year as a general practitioner before finally retiring. He was passionate about the importance of nutrition for health and about first aid training, receiving a long service medal for the latter from St John ’ s Ambulance. He was a keen lawn bowler and was President of the Cheviot and United Bowling Clubs. He was also deeply involved in the Weka Pass Railway Society.

He married Joan Rachel Heath in 1956; they had three sons: David, Philip and Andrew.

JACKSON, Brian Donald Leonard (1945) died on 14 May 2022 aged 95. Brian Jackson was born on 27 January 1927 in Coventry. Educated at Bablake School, Coventry, he came up in 1945. He read English, graduating BA 1948; MA 1952. He pursued a career in teaching and was Head of English at Kenilworth Grammar School and then Kenilworth School Sixth Form Centre. In retirement he was Deputy Chairman of Kenilworth History and Archaeology Society.

He married Zena Nuttall in 1952; they had two sons and a daughter.

JORDAN, Robert Hamilton (1958) died on 29 December 2021 aged 82. Robert Jordan was born on 19 February 1939 in Dublin. Educated at Bristol Grammar School, he came up in 1958 to read Classics. He graduated BA 1961; PGCE 1962; MA 1966. After graduating he pursued a career as a teacher and taught at Sevenoaks School, Kent, and the Methodist College, Belfast. He enjoyed writing and performing in the staff pantomimes as well as singing in the Belfast Philharmonic Choir. Whilst teaching he became fascinated by Byzantine Monastery documents and undertook an MA and began his doctorate at Queen ’ s University, Belfast. In 1994, he joined the Institute of Byzantine Studies at Queen ’ s as Assistant Director. He graduated PhD from Queen ’ s in 1997. His published work includes The Synaxarion of the Monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis (2000) and The Life and Death of Theodore of Stoudios (2021). As well as contributing to academic life at Queen's he also spent much of his spare time translating for Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and helping students from around the world.

He married Margaret Kay Patterson in 1964; they had a son and a daughter.

KEMP, Ronald Hugh (1950) died on 28 August 2021 aged 91. Ron Kemp, the younger brother of Alan Kemp (1945), was born on 22 March 1930 in London. Educated at Chigwell School he came up in 1950 following National Service. He read Natural Sciences and English, graduating BA 1953; MA 1972. He went on to undertake Forest Research for the Colonial Service and the Federal Government of Nigeria. In 1969 he returned to the UK and took up a post at the University of Oxford rising to be the Senior Research Officer at the Unit of Tropical Forestry Silviculture in the Commonwealth Forestry Institute. From 1977 he was Forestry Adviser in the Official Development Assistance section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office then Senior Forestry Adviser till retirement in 1990. After that he did the same work on a consultancy basis for several years whilst also serving as the Chairman of the UK Tropical Forest Forum.

He married Elizabeth Ann Hughes in 1971; they had a son and a daughter.

KITSON, Stephen Richard (1974) died on 15 July 2021 aged 66. Stephen Kitson was born on 31 January 1955 in Morley, West Yorkshire. Educated at Batley Grammar School he came up in 1974 to read Medicine. He graduated BA 1977; MB BChir 1980; MA 1981. He went into general practice and was the principal doctor at Kingswood Health Centre, Bristol.

He married Denise in 2008. He had three children, Sean, who sadly predeceased him, Emily and William.

LANGLEY, Richard Leslie (1952) died on 18 December 2021 aged 89. Dick Langley was born on 25 July 1932 in Bradford. Educated at Sedbergh School, following National Service, he came up in 1952. He read Modern & Medieval Languages and Law, graduating BA 1955; MA 1962. He went on to become a careers adviser, working first in London and then, after the arrival of his daughters, he and his family moved to Exeter where he was Head of the University ’ s Career Service. In semi-retirement he ran a picture framing business in Ottery St Mary, Devon.

He married Elizabeth Leigh in 1962; they had two daughters.

LEIGH, Norman Fleming (1949) died on 30 August 2021 aged 91. Norman Leigh was born on 9 July 1930 in Preston. Educated at St Bees School, Cumberland, he came up in 1949 to read Natural Sciences with a view to becoming a doctor. He graduated BA 1952; MB BChir 1957; MA 1982. He went on to become a general practitioner and was the senior partner at a practice in Preston. He was also a Medical Officer for Lancashire Polytechnic and Medical Officer for St Catherine ’ s Hospice, Preston.

He married Virginia Eastwood in 1959; they had a son and a daughter.

LOVELESS, John Alan (1938) died on 28 June 2021 aged 102. Alan Loveless was born on 16 June 1919 in Hampshire. Educated at Wellington College he came up in 1938 to read Natural Sciences with a view to becoming a doctor.

He undertook his clinical training at the Middlesex Hospital, London, and from there worked as a junior doctor in the Midlands. Working long hours, he encountered daily challenges particularly dealing with the high mortality rates on the children ’ s ward. At the end of the Second World War, he was stationed in the Far East. One of his patients was a young Japanese officer sentenced on death row in Changai jail for war-crimes. Alan took a huge interest in this man and helped him find faith. In later years he regained contact with the man ’ s family. In 1949, he joined his father in practice in Ramsgate. He married Mary Rayson in 1951 and together they established a lovely home for their six children. In retirement he took on the post of hospice chaplain to the Pilgrim ’ s Hospice in Margate. From its early years, Alan was a keen supporter of the Christian Medical Fellowship. His enthusiasm for both medicine and his Christian faith is illustrated in his appointment as a medic at a Christian hospital in North India (at the age of 88) where he brought great encouragement to both patients and staff.

MACDOUGALL, James Douglas (1950) died on 6 February 2018 aged 84. James Macdougall was born on 12 June 1933 in Cheam, Surrey. Educated at Tiffin School, Kingston, he came up in 1950 to read Mathematics. He graduated BA 1953; MA 1991. He went on to pursue a career as a scientist for the UK Atomic Energy Authority at AEE Winfrith, Dorset .

He married Barbara Koterla in 1961; they had a son and two daughters.

MACKENZIE SMITH, Peter (1964) died on 20 August 2020 aged 74. Peter Mackenzie Smith was born on 12 January 1946 in Great Yarmouth. Educated at Downside School he came up in 1964 to read Classics. He graduated BA 1967. He spent the majority of his career in the British Council and left after 28 years to work for Marconi. When that collapsed, he set up GetEnergy, which subsequently became FieldReady Ltd which he chaired.

He married Sandra in 1973; they had three daughters and one of their sons-in-law is Richard Evans (2003).

O’NEILL Malcolm Henry (1954) died on 16 October 2019 aged 86. Malcolm O’Neill was born on 26 August 1933 in Westcliffe-on-Sea, Southend, Essex. Educated at Northgate Grammar School, Ipswich, he undertook his National Service in Kenley, Surrey, as a Radar Operator, before coming up in 1954. He read History, graduating BA 1957; MA 1963. He spent his career in teaching and was both head of History at Sheldon Heath Comprehensive School, Birmingham, and the Chief Examiner in History at what was then the East Anglian Examinations Board. He wrote Vietnam and her Neighbours (1970) and in retirement was a Steward and Trustee at Beccles & District

Museum.

He married Doreen Ellen Dockerill in 1957; they had a son and a daughter.

PATTINSON, John Lawrence (1948) died on 8 December 2021 aged 95. John Pattinson, the son of Lawrence Pattinson (1909), was born on 17 June 1926 in London. Educated at Rugby School he came up in 1948 following service in the Royal

Artillery. He read Agriculture, graduating BA 1951; MA 1958. After initially pursuing a career in agriculture and then agricultural sales he moved to financial planning, first with Sunlife of Canada UK, and then setting up his own firm, Calkin Pattinson Co Ltd.

He married Katharine Johnston in 1952, they had two daughters and a son. He married Mary Cragoe formerly Ratcliff née Quirke in 1978. After being widowered, he married Sarah Blanche Birkle née Horne in 2003, and in so doing made his godson his stepson and gained two stepdaughters as well.

PHILLIPS, Nigel Godfrey (1953) died on 17 July 2021 aged 87. Nigel Phillips, the son of Edward (1919), was born in Jinan, China, on 15 March 1934. Along with his family, he was interned by the Japanese in Longhua camp near Shanghai from March 1943 until September 1945. On the family ’ s return to the UK, Nigel boarded at Mill Hill School. He came up to Jesus in 1953 to read Classics, graduating BA 1956; MA 1974. After Cambridge, he undertook National Service in the Navy and was selected to study Russian. His first jobs were at the Bank of England (starting in 1958) and the Central Office of Information (starting in 1962). In 1964, he was taken on by the School of Oriental and African Studies to learn Malay and join the teaching faculty. He began teaching Malay and Indonesian language and literature at SOAS in 1967 and continued until his retirement in 1999. In 1974 he went to West Sumatra on study leave, focusing his interest on sijobang, a form of sung narrative performed on festive occasions and learned mainly from oral sources. His work in transcribing one of the main West Sumatran stories formed the basis of his doctorate, awarded in 1979. His life was considerably affected by illness. His wife suffered from multiple sclerosis and he was for many years her main support. His son suffered from both MS and schizophrenia. Nigel himself was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2000 and suffered a slow but inexorable decline in health, the most difficult aspect of which was that his lifelong stammer became very much worse, making speech all but impossible. He faced all these challenges with courage, patience and even humour.

He married Elizabeth Hazel Chesterman in 1957; they had two daughters, a son, and two grandsons. A great-grandson was born just three days before Nigel’ s death.

PINES, Malcolm Irvin Manoah (1943) died on 3 July 2021 aged 96. Malcolm Pines was born on 25 April 1925 in Whitechapel, London. Educated at the City of London School, he came up in 1943. He read Natural Sciences with a view to qualifying as a doctor and graduated BA 1945; MB BChir 1948; MA 1951. He went on to work as a consultant psychiatrist latterly at the Maudsley Hospital and then the Tavistock Clinic. Over his career is practice evolved and his work overlapped with psychotherapy. His published work includes Circular Reflections: Selected Papers on Group Analysis and Psychoanalysis (1998).

He married Evelyn Iris Mary Lavender in 1957; they had two sons and a daughter.

REES, David Howard (1968) died on 21 December 2021 aged 72. Dai Rees was born on 30 November 1949 in Bristol. Educated at Watford Grammar School he came up in 1968 to read Mathematics. He graduated BA 1971; MA 1975.

After graduating he went to University of Keele and trained to be a teacher. He then taught Maths and Statistics in different secondary schools from 1972 until 1978. He went on to take his doctorate and then in 1980 started working for the Open University as a systems programmer, a research adviser and in the academic Computing service. In 1984 he began to work for National Semiconductor. Two years later he moved to Germany and became a Senior Staff Application Engineer. In 1989 he was appointed at the European Patent Office as a Patent Examiner.

He married Sally Witts in 1973; they had a son and a daughter. He married Marion Heegner in 2019 although they met in 1996.

REES, John Louis (1948) died 3 July 2021 aged 93. John Rees was born on 29 July 1927 in Tunstall, Staffordshire. Educated at Felsted School, following National Service, he came up in 1948. He read Modern & Medieval Languages, graduating BA 1950; MA 1955. He went on to pursue a career in international haulage and was the chief executive of Transcontainer Express Limited for eighteen years.

He married June Rosamond Lloyd in 1953; they had two sons.

REES, Thomas David Michael died on 20 September 2021 aged 90. Brother Teilo was born on 31 March 1931 in London and grew up in Carmarthen. Educated at Harrow School he came up in 1950 to read Modern & Medieval Languages. He graduated BA 1953; PGCE 1954; MA 1957. After graduating he joined St Mary ’ s College, Llandeilo, to teach French. He was subsequently ordained and served as an assistant priest before leaving the priesthood. In 1964 he joined Dexion Ltd, working as an Overseas Companies Administrator. He moved to the Wellcome Foundation and worked in various posts until 1988. He joined the Cistercians at the Abbey of Our Lady and St Samson, Caldey Island, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, in 2000. He was interested in language and the work of Lord Byron; in 2002 his translation of Lord Byron’s Life in Italy by Countess Teresa Guiccioli was published.

REILLY, Stephen Hugh (1980) died on 20 July 2021 aged 61. Stephen Reilly, a cousin of Ian White (1977) and Janet White (1981), was born on 9 December 1959 in Belfast. Educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and following two years studying and working in France, he came up in 1980 to read Modern & Medieval Languages, graduating BA 1983; MA 1987. Following teaching studies at Stranmillis College, Belfast, he trained as an accountant, working with PWC in Bristol. From there he moved to Severn Trent Water, becoming Finance Director. He retired in 2006 and then lived in Wales.

He enjoyed his later years living in Wales and France with his wife, Tina Alwyn.

RICHARDS, Michael Edward (1954) died on 28 June 2021, aged 87. Mike Richards was born on 17 October 1933 in Falmouth. Educated at Falmouth Grammar School, he came up in 1954 following National Service with the Royal Navy,

during which he was seconded to the Joint Services School for Linguists and became a Russian interpreter. He read Part I History and Part II Law, graduating BA 1957; MA 1961. After a brief period with Proctor & Gamble and then teaching History, he practised as a solicitor from 1962 to 1993, becoming Senior Partner of C Vincent Downing in Falmouth. In 1982 he was appointed to chair tribunals (principally Medical Appeals and Disability) in the South-West, a position he held until retirement in 2005. He was chairman of the Board of Governors of Falmouth College of Arts from 1988 to 2000, overseeing its transformation into University College, Falmouth, the foundation of the present Falmouth University. In 2001 he was awarded an Hon DLitt by Plymouth University for services to Higher Education. He was elected a Younger Brother of Trinity House (a lighthouse authority).

He married Jennifer Hodge in 1963; they had one daughter and two sons. He married Catherine Dinn in 1991; they had two daughters.

ROBINSON, Kenneth Francis (1944) died on 12 August 2021 aged 96. Ken Robinson was born on 5 February 1925 in Reigate, Surrey. Educated at Charterhouse he came up in 1944 to read Natural Sciences with a view to becoming a doctor. While at Cambridge he met his future wife Jane Callow. He went on to do his clinical studies at Guy's Hospital, London, qualifying in February 1950. After house jobs at Guy's, he did his two years National Service in the RAF. His chosen specialty was General Practice and in 1955 he became a partner in Repton, Derbyshire. He was medical officer to Repton Preparatory School and then Repton School. Outside of his medicine he was a keen gardener and enjoyed travelling widely often on birdwatching trips.

He married Jane in 1950; they had three children: Elizabeth, John and Philip, all of whom followed both their parents into medicine.

SHAW, Peter Nicholas (1972) died on 26 February 2022 aged 68. Peter Shaw was born on 24 February 1954 in Norwich. Educated at Norwich School he came up in 1972 to read Architecture. He graduated BA 1975; MA 1979. He played rugby for the college and in the Easter 1975 term rowed for the rugby boat in the Bumps. He was delighted to win his oar. After Cambridge, he moved to London and went on to pursue a career as an architect and was a partner at RHWL Architects. During his career he designed and built concert halls and office buildings in the UK and around the world. On retiring he pursued his hobby of fine art with drawings of university and college buildings, cathedrals and churches, ‘the Chimney ’ being a favourite.

He married Sally Rutherford in July 1979; they had three children: Clare, Jane and John.

SILVER, Harold (1949) died on 3 August 2021 aged 92. Harold Silver was born on 25 October 1928 in Hull. Educated at Hull Grammar School, following National Service, he came up in 1949 to read English and Russian. He graduated BA 1952; MA 1956. After graduating he worked as a translator and

interpreter in Vienna, Geneva and west Africa. Back in the UK in 1956, he taught at Hull College of Commerce, and then Huddersfield College of Technology. In 1961 he joined Chelsea College of Science and Technology in London, where, after the college became part of the University of London, he was reader and professor in social history and education. In 1978 he moved to Bulmershe College, Reading, as its principal. He worked with numerous universities in the UK and US, in later years as a freelance consultant, supervising post graduate students, supporting research and receiving many honorary awards. He was commited to opening up educational opportunities and removing barriers and worked with organisations such as Ravenswood (now Norwood-Ravenswood), Cued Speech and Deafax. His published work includes A Social History of Education in England (1973), An Educational War on Poverty (1991) and Tradition and Higher Education (2007). He was also a columnist for the Times Higher Education Supplement for several years.

He married Pam Cutler in 1950; they had two daughters, Claire and Vicki.

SOLOMONIDES, Panos Demetriou (1945) died on 1 July 2021 aged 97. Panos Solomonides was born on 14 May 1924 in Famagusta Cyprus. Educated at Famagusta Secondary School he came up in 1945 to read Economics. He graduated BA 1947; MA 1952. He went on to study Astronomy at the University of California and Economics at University College London. He was President of the Astronautical Society of Cyprus and an elected member of the International Astronautical Federation.

STRAVROU-LONG, Xavier (2019) died on 3 October 2021 aged 20. Xav Stavrou-Long was born on 15 May 2001 in Brent. Educated at Merchant Taylors ’ School, Northwood, he came up in 2019 to read History. The College Junior Common Room President Jacob Powell (2019) paid tribute to him saying, Xav was ‘ an amazing friend to many, we will remember him for his wit, intelligence and humour ’ . His Director of Studies, Dr Michael Edwards said: ‘Xavier was a bright and incisive student who wrote thoughtful and very intelligent essays at great speed. Outside of work, I particularly remember his vocal enthusiasm for both American football and eighteenth-century Hapsburg monarchs, a combination not often found in Cambridge. He was always in exuberant motion, rushing from supervisions and meetings to musical and sporting commitments; Xavier fitted a great deal into his time at Jesus, but never at the cost of his friendships and his work.

TAUB, Daniel Matthew (1946) died on 19 December 2021 aged 95. Matt Taub was born on 16 June 1926 in Leipzig, Germany. Educated at Christ’ s College, Finchley, St Paul's School, London, and at what was then University College, Nottingham, he came up 1946 to undertake post graduate studies in Electronic Engineering. He graduated MSc 1950; PhD 1982. His early career included work for the Ericsson Telephone Company in Beeston, Nottingham, and LEO computers, followed by a move to IBM Hursley in 1957, from where he retired in 1987. Throughout his career he was involved in research on various aspects of computing hardware, including magnetic core logic circuits and the design of microcomputer bus systems. He had a wide range of interests, including playing flute and bassoon and, towards the end of his

life, he helped regularly as a volunteer teaching assistant in a primary school near where he lived.

He married Vera Martynoff in 1958. Sadly, Vera died following giving birth to their son, Nick. He married Mildred Griffiths in 1971.

THOMAS, Redmond Eric (1962) died 14 May 2021 aged 76. Eric Thomas was born on 20 May 1944 in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire. Educated at City of London School, he came up in 1962 to read Mathematics. After gaining his BA in 1965 he went on to do the Diploma in Computer Science. He started work at the Atlas Laboratory, Chilton, which later merged with the Rutherford Laboratory. He stayed there all his career, working on numerous projects including the operating system for Sigma2, graphics and office automation. He played rounders and cricket for local teams, but his great love was table tennis, playing in the Didcot and District Table Tennis League. He obtained a qualification as a County Umpire for the English Table Tennis Association. He was a committed Christian and had a long association with Grove Methodist Church. He was the church treasurer for many years, overseeing two major church extensions. He was also the church organist. Ill health dogged him for the latter part of his life.

He married Judy Bowers in 1967; they had two children and two grandchildren.

THORPE, Warren George (1974) died on 13 October 2021 aged 66. George Thorpe, the son of W F H Thorpe (1940), the grandson of A F Thorpe (1910) and the great nephew of W H Thorpe (1930), was born on 14 March 1955 in Uganda. Educated at Bournemouth School, he came up in 1974 to read Geography. He graduated BA 1977; MA 1981. After graduating he worked for Arjuna Wholefood Workers Co-operative and there, he met Viv Tribe, who he later married. He went on to study horticulture at the College of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye graduating MHort. He was for a decade head gardener at Trinity College. After retiring from Trinity, he set up his own business called Bush Doctor. He and Viv moved to Girton in 1989 and George became a significant member of Girton village life.

He married Viv in 2021 after 42 years together.

TILLETT, Jonathan Paul Kingsland (1961) died on 29 May 2020 aged 77. Paul Tillett was born on 15 November 1942 in Oxford. Educated at Christ’ s Hospital, Horsham, he came up in 1961 to read Mathematics. He graduated BA 1964; MA 1968; PhD 1969. He was elected a Research Fellow at Queens ’ College in 1967. Two years later he joined the stockbrokers Fielding, Newson-Smith and Co. as an investment analyst. From 1976 until 1993 he worked for the British Bankers Association, rising to be a director. In 1993 he left the banking world, and came back to Cambridge in 1995. He trained as a Citizens Advice Bureau advisor and meanwhile revised his Maths. He returned to supervising undergraduates, first at Jesus then at Newnham, where he became Director of Studies in Maths. He finally retired in 2003 and devoted himself to learning foreign languages especially Russian.

He married Rachel Ellaby in 1970; they had two sons.

TOOZE, John (1958) died on 19 May 2021 aged 83. John Tooze was born on 16 May 1938 in Birmingham. Educated at Handsworth Boys' Grammar School, he came up in 1958 after his National Service with the Royal Army Educational Corps. He read Natural Sciences, graduating BA 1961. He received his PhD from King ’ s College, London, in 1965. After two years of post-doctoral work at Harvard University, he returned to King ’ s as a lecturer. He left to join Nature as an Assistant Editor and then in 1968 became the Deputy Editor. In 1973 he was appointed as Executive Secretary of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) and was the Scientific coordinator of the European Molecular Biology Conference, serving both for 21 years. In 1982 he founded the EMBO Journal. He also served as Scientific Coordinator (1982-1993) and Acting Director General (1993) of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. In 1994 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and in the same year was appointed Director of Research Services at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. From 2002-2005 he worked for Cancer Research UK, latterly as Director of Research Services. In 2005 he became Vice President for Scientific and Facility operations at The Rockefeller University, New York. His published work includes Molecular Biology of Tumour Viruses (1973); DNA Tumour Viruses (1980) (jtly w J D Watson); and Introduction to Protein Structure (1991) (jtly w C.I. Branden).

He married Sarah Margaret Wynn in 1962; they had two sons and one daughter including J. Adam (1996). He married Sharon Anne Queally in 1983; they had one son and one daughter.

TOYE, John Francis Joseph (1961) died on 13 November 2021 aged 79. John Toye was born on 7 October 1942 in Wisbech. Educated at Christ’ s College, Finchley, he came up in 1961 to read History. He graduated BA 1964; MA 1968. After a year at Harvard he took up a post in the Treasury and met his wife Janet Reason on a course for newly appointed Assistant Principals. He left the civil service to undertake a doctorate at the School of Oriental and African Studies. After carrying out research in India he became a Graduate Assistant at the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge from 1972-74, followed by other roles in the Overseas Studies Committee: Research Officer, and Assistant Director of Development Studies from 1975-80 and a Fellow and tutor from 1972-80 at Wolfson College. Whilst at Wolfson, he continued as treasurer for the Wandsworth Community Relations Council and also took on the role of Chair for the Cambridge Community Relations Council. From 1976 to 2006 he was Chairman of the Board of the Journal of Development Studies. In 1980, he joined the Commodities Research Unit Ltd working in London and New York as Director of Research Coordination and later as a Non-executive Director. He was appointed in 1982 as Director of Development Studies at Swansea University of South Wales. It was during this time that he undertook research into Aid and Trade Provision (ATP) a policy that was intended to increase British trade at the same time as helping poor countries. In 1987, he was appointed Director of the Institute of Development Studies and Professorial Fellow of the University of Sussex, a position he held until 1997. From 1998 to 2000 he was Director of the Globalization and Development Strategies Division of the UN Conference on Trade and Development in Geneva. From 2000 to 2003 he was Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford and Visiting Fellow of St Antony ’ s College. He returned to Africa to study the operation of aid conditionality in Ghana, in the context of structural adjustment programmes. He also worked on aspects of poverty reduction policies in Tanzania, Zambia and Ethiopia. He was Chair of the Advisory Panel of the

Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, and Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

He married Janet in 1967; they had two children, Eleanor and Richard.

WANDER, Georges Charles Andrew (1972) died on 8 March 2022 aged 68. Georges Wander was born on 19 November 1953 in Berne, Switzerland. Educated at Malvern College he came up to read Medical Sciences, graduating BA 1975; MB BChir 1978; MA 1979. He went on to work as a General Practitioner in Torbay, Devon. Georges was a gifted mechanic and developed an expertise in pre-war BSA motorcycles.

He married Deborah Mackay in 1981; they had three sons, Andrew, William and Edward. In 2002 he married Felicity Mansfield. Georges had since welcomed two grandchildren, Arlo and Lowenna.

WATSON, William Peter (1964) died on 17 March 2022 aged 76. Peter Watson was born on 30 May 1945 in Barrow-in-Furness. Educated at Dulwich College, he came up in 1964 to read Economics. Whilst at Cambridge he volunteered with the Children ’ s Holiday Venture (CHV), a project providing holidays for children from refugee families in Germany and Austria. He graduated BA 1967; MA 1971. After graduation, he taught in Malaysia for two years with VSO, and then worked for Children ’ s Relief International, the charity in Cambridge that oversaw CHV. He later took up a post as a Community Worker for Manchester City Council before returning to Cambridge to work for Pye Telecom. In 1976 he joined the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, where he remained until he retired in 1995. During retirement he served for some years as secretary and then chair of his local MS Society, having lived with multiple sclerosis since 1984. In 2013, along with fellow Jesuans Gordon Edwards (1961), Philip Seddon (1964), Mervyn Bramley (1964) and David Beeby (1962), he began a project to reunite with other former Cambridge students who had volunteered with CHV in the 1960s and 70s. The project gathered written memories from alumni at several colleges, which were published online and in a book that was presented to the college library during a reunion in 2019.

He married Cynthia in 1975; they had two daughters, Alice and Hannah, and a son, Daniel (1998).

WETHERED, Julian Frank Baldwin died on 20 May 2022 aged 92. Julian Wethered was born on 9 November 1929 in Alverstoke. Educated at Eton College he came up in 1949 following National Service with the Royal Marines. He read History, graduating BA 1952; MA 1957. He worked across Asia and Africa before returning to the UK to take up the post of Director General of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. From there he moved in 1990 to be Director of the International Division of the United States Banknote Corporation. He was Chairman of the Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore. After retiring he undertook an Open University degree and wrote a book of poetry.

He married Britt Hindmarsh in 1952; they had a son and a daughter. He married Antonia Roberts in 1973; they had two sons.

WHEATLEY, Nigel (1989) died on 19 November 2021 aged 48. Nigel Wheatley was born on 17 February 1973 in Keelby, Lincolnshire. Educated at Caistor Grammar School he came up to Jesus in 1989 to read Natural Sciences. He graduated BA 1992; MA 1996. He went on to undertake a doctorate at the University of Essex. He was appointed a Research Fellow at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Toulouse, then at Leiden University, and later at the Universität Zürich. After leaving Zürich he worked at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, before teaching at a secondary school in Northern France. Following a move to Spain, he learnt Catalan and Spanish while also acting as a literary agent. Upon returning to the UK, he set up his own business, Vis Verborum, offering medical translation services.

His partner was Jeanette Brickner-Wheatley.

WILLAN, John Curwen (1949) died on 24 May 2020 aged 93. John Willan was born on 29 May 1926 in Taiping, Malaysia. Educated at Marlborough College he served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery from 1944 to 1948. He came up in 1949 to read Natural Sciences with a view to becoming a doctor. Following his training at St Thomas ’ s Hospital, London, he went on to specialise in general practice in London and Wiltshire, combining his medical skill with his genuine compassion and interest in people. In retirement he particularly loved the Jesus alumni events where he could catch up with old acquaintances and new.

He married Ann Chambers in 1975; they had a daughter and two grandchildren. n

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