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Chelsea College Lewis Davies
Pharmacy, 1956 Spend my time between Brentwood opera houses and Dolgellau. Sainudeen Nazeer
Biology, 1981 I would like to know about my classmates’ whereabouts, especially John Hoare. Suzanne Lewis (now Cayless)
Biology, 1983 Happily living in a picturesque Devon village, tending my allotment.
Africa by public transport Ian Packham
Not many of us would choose to spend a year sitting on public transport; however, this is precisely what King’s alumnus Ian Packham (Biomedical Science, 2005) is planning to do in the name of research. Packham is circumnavigating Africa alone and using only the public transport available to local populations. His project seeks to promote a wider understanding of coastal Africa, particularly among the general UK population. Ian is brushing up on his French, Arabic and Portuguese with weekly lessons to enable him to chat with fellow passengers as he feels these conversations will help him to gain a greater understanding of the everyday issues as these countries increasingly become a part of the developed world. Starting this September in Morocco, Packham will travel along the west coast, planning to reach South Africa in March and arrive back in Morocco by August. The original plan was to travel from London to Australia
applying the same principle. However, Packham says he ‘suddenly realised that Africa would be much more interesting and diverse in every way’. Packham would be delighted to hear from any alumni who may be living along the African coast. He can be contacted via his website www. encircleafrica.org, where you will also find all the details of his adventure.
Guy’s Howell Jones
Medicine, 1941 Retired general and prosthetic surgeon. Bill Jeanes
Medicine, 1943 Have lived in Ottawa, Canada for 53 years. I’m 92 years old but still quite active in medical affairs and international health programmes. Harold Dyer
Dentistry, 1948 In the same group as Professor J. Rowe and Professor Fenn, with Dr Pembury in charge. My dentistry ended in 1959 after poliomyelitis. Jack Fine
Medicine, 1948 Growing orchids for over 40 years, 36
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with mixed results. Interested in jazz and classical music. Robin Moffat
Medicine, 1954 Have just completed 50 years as a London police surgeon and two years as President of the Medico-Legal Society.
Medicine, 1963 Finally retired from radiology when I was appointed non-executive director on the Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust Board on 1 November 2010. Brian Pound
Medicine, 1963 Now in family practice. Also associate professor at the University of Victoria School of Nursing. I use hypnotherapy in my practice and am Director of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Psychotherapy of British Columbia. Timothy Laing
Dentistry, 1965 Retired March 2009. I now hope to go to Ghana to help teach nurses about dentistry. Joseph Kabuubi
Seeing Africa one bus at a time
Tony Finch-Thomas
Pharmacology/Pharmacy Retired from Boots in March 1991, and moved to western Wales the same year. Living an ideal rural life in the village of my ancestors.
Peter Camm
Biochemistry, 1966 I am retiring from the Army after 25 years’ service as a consultant physician. Hope to spend my retirement in London and Uganda.
Jacobus van den Berg
Dentistry, 1958 I am enjoying a happy retirement with Drina, my lovely wife. In 2010 I completed the Two Oceans halfmarathon in Cape Town and the BUPA Great North Run in Newcastleupon-Tyne. Dare quam accipere.
Peter Ashford
Medicine, 1968 Fully retired as a GP in Suffolk after 36 years in November 2009. Now an impoverished OAP, using my bus pass, running 10k races, sailing and yoga. Cycled the full length and breadth of the UK.
Simon Brook Kenneth Walker
Medicine, 1954 Retired from medicine at 80. Playing tennis twice a week or more. Living in British Columbia for a month each year.
Medicine, 1961 My year at Guy’s will celebrate our 50th anniversary of qualification in 2011.
Medicine, 1968 Retired from general practice but still doing work for my old practice. Fully involved in parochial village life.
Penny Hewitt
Dentistry, 1956 Getting older every day.
Medicine, 1961 Hoping to see as many classmates as possible for the 50-year reunion in 2011.
Brian Lux
David Turner
Dentistry, 1956 I ran the Royal Parks Half-Marathon (aged 78) on October 10 to raise funds for Combat Stress. Satisfying to know that loads of much younger runners came in behind me.
Medicine, 1962 Finally retired two years ago. Now managing a small estate in Devon and flying a Cessna 172, having gained my private pilot’s licence in 2005. Ran the Dublin marathon in October 2010. Want to do more reading and painting.
Michael Gillon
Richard Taylor
Trevor Druett
Dentistry, 1973 Retired after 36 years in general practice. Maggie and I now divide our time between Devon and the French Pyrenees. Barry Jones
Medicine, 1973 Retired from the NHS in March 2010. Climbed to 6,855 metres on the North Col of Mount Everest. Nine triathlons since I was 60 – there is life after 60!