Obituaries
Dr Desmond Croft
St Thomas’, Medicine, 1954 Dr Desmond Croft spent his career at St Thomas’, pursuing a lifelong interest in nuclear medicine that began while a registrar, studying gastric bleeding using radio-labelled red cells. Appointed consultant physician, he was in charge of the then ‘isotope lab’. He later held a joint position as general physician with a share of the acute on-take rota and consultant in charge of the renamed Nuclear Medicine Department. It was through his involvement in acute medicine that several of his trainees were ‘converted’ to nuclear medicine. He was also chairman of the Consultants Committee and a trustee for the Florence Nightingale Museum. Ian Urquhart Fraser
Guy’s, Medicine, 1954 Born in Bangkok, Ian Urquhart Fraser followed Guy’s with surgical training, obtaining the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1966. When illness cut his surgical career short, he became a university
Chelsea College Edith Spivack Pharmacy, 1936 Dr Jack Botting Pharmacy, 1955 Dr Alun Morinan Pharmacology, 1975 Bona Situmorang Geology, 1982
Guy’s Dr Sidney Abrahams Medicine, 1927 Dr Anthony Salvi Medicine, 1935 Dr Leslie Nancekievill Medicine, 1939 Dr Frank Russell Medicine, 1941 Dr Michael Pearson Medicine, 1946 John Crossley Medicine, 1947 Dr Norman Finter Medicine, 1947 Dr Hugh Herbert Medicine, 1947 Guy Holding Dentistry, 1948 Dr Kenneth Wallace Medicine, 1948 Dr Hugh Baird Medicine, 1950 Dr Howard Davies Medicine, 1950 John Haworth Dentistry, 1950 Professor Melvin Lewis
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lecturer in anatomy, first at the old Barts department in Charterhouse Square, then at Queen Mary College, following Barts’ merger with the Royal London. Judge Jennifer Kershaw QC
King’s, Law, 1973 Considered a star on the circuit bench in Leeds, Judge Jennifer Kershaw QC was also a tonic behind the scenes with a whimsical sense of humour. She was among the first women barristers to practice in the city and the first to lead a chambers. She had a passion for horses and was secretary of the Yorkshire Side Saddle Association.
A sensitive counsellor and confessor The Rev Professor Christopher Evans
Possessing special gifts as a teacher and an attractive personality, the Rev Professor Christopher Evans exercised considerable influence in Oxford, Durham and London over some 30 years. He accepted the chair of New Testament Studies at King’s in 1962 and spent the next 15 years very happily and creatively there. Small of stature and rarely without a mischievous twinkle in his eye, he enjoyed life to the full, with cricket,
Keith Morphew
rugby and the theatre among his enthusiasms. A sensitive counsellor and confessor, as well as a brilliant – if daunting – teacher, his output of written work was relatively small. But his magisterial commentary on St Luke’s Gospel, published in 1990, well after his retirement, is likely to long remain a standard work. His influence was widely felt among students and clergy, including his friend Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1991. the church times
On these pages we remember former students, staff and friends of King’s and its associated colleges and institutions. In Touch makes every effort to accommodate fitting tributes, and friends, family and former colleagues are welcome to submit obituaries to alumoff@kcl.ac.uk. However, constraints occasionally mean we may have to edit the entries.
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Dr Lady Jean Lennox (latterly McColl)
Guy’s, Medicine, 1958 Born into a medical family, Lady Jean McColl’s father was a Guy’s consultant obstetrician and her mother a paediatric nurse, while her two sisters became Guy’s nurses. During her own time at Guy’s, she won the Gold Medal in Obstetrics and regularly helped with work in the poorer parts of Bermondsey – work she continued as a community paediatrician and a research assistant at Guy’s. She married Ian McColl – later Lord McColl, a Professor of Surgery at Guy’s and President of King’s College London Association among many other achievements – and often accompanied him in his volunteer work on the Mercy hospital ships in Africa, assisting him in surgery, or greeting and sitting with patients afterwards to comfort them.
Engineering, 1944 After two years at King’s temporary home in Bristol during the war, Keith Morphew served as students' union President during the College’s return to London. He took to the post as an engineer would: codifying the union’s governance and bringing disparate groups together. In their appreciation, members presented him with an engraved tankard, which he cherished for the remainder of his life. After stints in Singapore and various corners of the UK, he joined Southampton University, where he taught for 30 years. ‘All his long life,’ said his wife Margaret, ‘he never failed to remember and appreciate all that King’s College had given him 70 years ago.’ Dr David Nicholson
Guy’s, Medicine, 1945 Trained at Guy’s and the Brompton Hospital, Dr David Nicholson moved to Canada and then on to the US, ultimately becoming professor emeritus at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences. He retired from the faculty in 1996 but continued as a consultant until 2010. Dr Kenneth Bryson Roberts
King’s, Physiology, 1948 Educated first at Emanuel School, Wandsworth and then King’s, Dr Kenneth Roberts continued his medical studies at Oxford where he earned a BA
Dr Peter Hayward Medicine, 1953 Roy Jeffery Dentistry, 1953 John Lee Dentistry, 1954 Dr Brian Robinson Medicine, 1954 Dr Francis Batson Medicine, 1955 Dr Tony Earnshaw Medicine, 1955 Leith Glowrey Dentistry, 1955 John Ranson Dentistry, 1956 Professor Christopher Wastell
Ian McClure Dentistry, 1970 Dr Ian G Anderson Member of staff
King’s College London
Anne Crittenden (latterly Vinall)
(Obituary will run in our next issue)
Christopher Johnson Chemistry, 1952 Sumiya Carr-Brion (latterly Mann)
1948
Harry Dagnall (Radford) Theology, 1939 Henley Nicholls English, 1939 The Rev Leslie Jolly Theology, 1940 Dr Rosa Moore 1941 Shyam Sarwal Engineering, 1944 Evelyn Shipley (latterly Smith) Household
Professor Henry Walton Psychological
& Social Sciences, 1944
Medicine, 1957 Michael Snook Dentistry, 1959 Christopher Darracott Dentistry, 1962 Robin Hayman Dentistry, 1962 Roger Pearce Dentistry, 1962 The Rev Alan Yates Dentistry, 1962
Medicine, 1956
Professor Joyce Youings History, 1944 The Rev Stephen Davis Theology, 1948 Eric Bailey Mechanical Engineering, 1949 Dr Dennis Thompson Chemistry, 1949 The Rev Canon Paul Carter Theology,
Institute of Psychiatry Dr Cyril Casimir Psychological Medicine,
History, 1952
then a DPhil, under the supervision of Nobel laureate Sir Howard W Florey. He held many academic and professional appointments over a career that embraced Oxford, Baghdad, Edinburgh, London and Newfoundland. His Honour Sir Frank White
King’s, Law, 1950 Sir Frank White’s Bench Notes, first published in 1989, was a distillation of wisdom and good practice and remains essential reading for young recorders. Wandsworth Crown Court, where he was the senior judge for many years, came to be seen as a flagship for innovative ideas aimed at making the court system more efficient and less intimidating. He loathed legal gobbledegook yet respected tradition if it served the public well. He supported robes and wigs because he felt they gave a sense of respect to proceedings and also allowed him to become a ‘different person’ outside court, making it possible for him to ride the number 14 bus.
Ann Bird (latterly Jefferies and Mischu) Law, 1974 The Rev Canon J Crawford Theology &
Queen Elizabeth College
Dr Tony Wing Medicine, 1958 Dr R Negus Medicine, 1961 Professor George Haycock
Religious Studies, 1975
Frank Keeble General, 1965 Beryl Hutchinson Nursing Studies, 1972 Sue Holly Nutrition, 1973
Medicine, 1965 Dr Robert Fay Medicine, 1968 Dr Simon McMinn Medicine, 1968
Royal Dental Hospital
UMDS
Roy Richards Law, 1975
Dr Lesley Boatwright (latterly WynneDavies) Latin, 1957 Brian Crowdy French & German, 1958 The Very Rev Dean John Lang
Aline Michie (latterly Michie-Kay)
(Obituary will run in our next issue) French, 1981 Judith Bedlington (latterly Edye)
Dr Thomas Davies Medicine, 1950 Dr Patrick Russell-Young
Nicholas Turquet Geography, 1966 Dr Janet Chaundy Geography, 1967 The Rev Father Ronald Steptoe
Engineering, 1950
Theology, 1970
Grace Coombs (latterly Acott)
Christopher Good Mathematics &
Mollie Bromhead (latterly Bertin)
Physiotherapy, 1951
Physics, 1971
History, year unknown
Dr Primrose Hubbard (latterly Hubbard-Ryland)
Dr Stephen Clements Medicine, 1945 Dr Peter Hammett Medicine, 1950 Dr Peter Adlington Medicine, 1956 Andrew Eyles Dentistry, 1964 Dr Sheelagh Davidson (latterly Dunne)
Dorothy Peacock (latterly Whiteman)
History, 1951
Dr Ben Rickman Mathematics, 1971 John Perrott Electronic
Dentistry, 1966 Dr David Ryland Medicine, 1967
Medicine, 1965 Dr Paul Collings Medicine, 1982
The Rev Alec Beniams Theology, 1952 The Rev Donald Cornelius Theology, 1952
Engineering, 1973 Paul Turner Geology, 1973
The Rev Richard Hooker
Dentistry, 1963 Anthony Owen Dentistry, 1963 Andrew Pickles Dentistry, 1963 Dr Weston Howell Medicine, 1965
KCSMD
1950
Patricia McCarthy (latterly Thomas)
French, 1965
King’s, Theology, 1961 Joan Bernard was a remarkable woman who was an academic, a talented musician and a military tactician. A suggestion of hers while a junior commander at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force during the Second World War led to tactical innovations in the defence against V1 and V2 rockets that saved the lives of countless British citizens. ‘To the best of my knowledge she had no
qualification to advise on military affairs,’ said one observer, ‘but Eisenhower’s staff must have recognised a star when they met one.’ Academically, she was best known as the founder and first principal of Trevelyan College at Durham University. Also a graduate of St Anne’s College, Oxford, she joined Durham in 1966 from King’s where she had been tutor in theology, and warden of Canterbury Hall. In her later years, she lived in a flat on the Thames overlooking St Paul’s, surrounded by books and paintings.
Guy’s, Dentistry, 1976 After qualifying, Paul Williams continued to work at Guy’s and also at St George’s Hospital before becoming dental registrar at Morriston Hospital in his home town of Swansea, where he took his first degree. Subsequently, he entered the Community Dental Service there. He was a member of MENSA and spoke a number of languages.
Geography, 1956 David Thompson Law, 1956
Theology, 1960 John Richards Law, 1960
Joan Bernard FKC
John Paul Simon Williams
Humanities, 1985 Ian Dawson History, 1990 Ashley Collins Computer Science, 1994 Anthea Hardcastle Biopharmacy, 1999 Philip McGuinness 1999 Gabrielle Gray Religious Studies, 2004 Jennifer Hocker Adult Nursing, 2008 Nigel Brown Air Power In The Modern World, 2011
Dr Timothy Golumbeck 1972 Dr Victoria Rippere Psychiatry, 1974 Dr Arthur Nicol Psychiatry Dr Sulleman Rajah Member of staff
Musician and military tactician
Normanby College John Collinson
Brian Calvert Dentistry, 1952 Dr John Aaron Dentistry, 1964 Michael Bush Dentistry, 1964
Dr Paul Easton Medicine & Surgery, 1993
College not known Gwen Parrish
St Thomas’ Dr Oliver Scott Medicine, 1942 Dr Aubrey Leatham Medicine, 1943 Dr William Hewitt Medicine, 1945 Dr Geoffrey Carriett Medicine, 1947 Dr Frank Clifford Rose Medicine, 1949 Dr I Lyon Medicine, 1953 Dr Robert Stephenson Medicine, 1956 Neil Orr Medicine, 1957
Correction Due to an error in our database, in the autumn issue of In Touch we inadvertantly listed three living alumni as deceased: Valerie Baynes, Jeff Carson and John Megson, all of Chelsea College. We sincerely apologise for the distress this caused them and their classmates. spring 2013 IN TOUCH
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