LSE OBITUARIES The School is sad to report the deaths of the following alumni and staff. Full obituaries, where available, can be accessed via the news pages of Houghton Street Online, www.alumni.lse.ac.uk Archer, Peter Kingsley, Lord Archer of Sandwell QC, LLM 1950
Crutch, David Voce BSc Accounting and Finance 1965
Friedman, Professor Isaiah PhD International History 1964
Lacey, Ruth Mary BSc Sociology 1945
Atta Mills, Professor John Evans LLM 1968
Dasgupta, Dr Biplab PhD 1966
Gerassi, Professor John PhD Government 1977
Lee, Frederick Michael John BSc Industry and Trade 1953
Gidado, Aliyu Mohmed Diploma 1963
Lewis, Rhys Thomas BSc Economic History 1938, MSc Econ 1946
Graham, Clover Maxine LLM 1985
Majumdar, Dr Nilay BSc Econ 1957
Doherty, Adedunni BA Anthropology and Law 2006
Gullick, John Michael Diploma Social Anthropology 1956
McSloy, Peter James BSc Economics 1968
Dosik, Richard Stephen General Course 1954
Harris, George Charles BSc Econ 1952
Moor, Crispin Thomas MSc Politics and Government of the UK 1985
Dowdy, Frank Ambrose Anthony BSc Geography 1951
Harris, Jacob Jack Herman BSc Anthropology 1978
Morgan, Sir John Albert Leigh LLB 1950
Elias, John Hefin BSc Government 1957
Heeler, Professor Roger Mark BSc Economics 1963
Nelson, Kevin George MBA 2006
Boyson, Rt Hon Sir Rhodes PhD Economic History 1967
Fernando, Felix Reginald Diploma Social Administration 1966, Diploma Applied Social Studies 1970
Horowitz, Professor Irving Louis BSc Econ 1962
Bradley, Robert George BSc Economics 1952
Finegold, Joni Alicia BSc International Relations 1991
Kiereini, Mburu Timothy BSc Economics 1995
Braithwaite, Rose Mary Certificate Social Science 1936
Fletcher, David Alan BSc Geography 1954
Kogan, David Charles Ezra Diploma Social Administration 1970
Chandavarkar, Anand Gopalkrishna BSc Economics 1950
Foster, Alan Joseph MSc Econ 1968, MPhil Economics 1974
Kumar, Santosh MSc International Relations 1966, PhD 1967
Davies, Professor Ronald John MSc Geography 1961
Banerjee, Sushobhan MSc Sea-Use Group 1987
Davis, Shelton Harold General Course 1964
Beale, Neville BSc International Relations 1951 Beckerleg, Dr Susan Elizabeth BSc Anthropology 1976 Bhattacharya, Professor Sudipto Professor of Finance Bircher, Christopher, Paul PhD Accounting and Finance 1989 Bolton, Christopher Thomas LLB 1952
Kan, Sir Yuet-Keung LLB 1937
Malcolm Wicks, 1947-2012 Malcolm Wicks (BSc Sociology 1968), who died in September, was a politician and academic who dedicated his life to tackling poverty and social insecurity. Wicks viewed education and family support as central in addressing daily issues impacting on people’s lives: childcare, single parenthood, benefits and caring for the elderly. He did so while being acutely aware of an education system in which social background often took precedence over individual merit. His own education was a tale of discovery. He recovered from poor O-level results to take A-levels at the then North West London Polytechnic (London Metropolitan University). Wicks graduated from LSE with a BSc in Sociology and went on to teach at York University, the Centre for Environmental Studies and Brunel University, before joining the Urban Deprivation Unit at the Home Office. He was
also research director of the Study Commission on the Family (1978-83) and director of the Family Policy Studies Centre from then until his election to Westminster. His published works include pieces on hypothermia, urban policy, the welfare state and family change. Having joined the Labour party at 19, Wicks served in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown (1999-2008), including as a minister in the Education and Employment, Work and Pensions, and Trade and Industry departments. Among Wicks’ significant parliamentary achievements as an MP were promoting a private member’s bill to assist carers of family members, which was adopted by the Conservative government and passed into law as the Carers Act 1995, and securing the passage of the Learning and Skills Act 2000, establishing the Connexions strategy to help school leavers into work.
Le Pla, Robert Stuart LLB 1966
O’Malley, Peter Lawrence BSc Econ 1957, MA 1960 Propper, Karl Heinz BSc Econ 1951, MSc Econ 1955 Radford, Patricia Certificate Social Science 1951, Certificate Mental Health 1956 Redhouse, Peter John BSc International Relations 1952 Reid, Peggy Eileen Certificate Social Science 1940, Diploma Mental Health 1942 Riherd, Matthew Dustin MSc Econ 1998 Ruhm, Wendy Sturges MSc History of International Relations 1999 Sanders, Ian Michael BSc Economics 1980 Sarma, Dr Nityananda Diploma Personnel Management 1958 Scott, Derek John MSc Industrial Relations and Personnel Management 1972 Sheehy, Patrick MSc Social Work Studies 1985 Singer, Peter Robin Stewart BSc Economic History 1967 Stewart, James William Horne General Course 1956 Summers, Professor Robert Visiting scholar 1967 Watson, Peter BSc Geography 1961
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