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Obituaries Dr John Barnes Foster (38-48) Born 1930, died 5th February 2013, aged 82.
postgraduate students as well as a supremely competent physician. He was appointed consultant neurologist at the Newcastle General Hospital in the early 1960s.
Jack was evacuated to Penrith in 1939 where I first met him when he arrived at the hostel Beacon Bank in 1941. As he was in the form above me I did not know him well at school, but our friendship developed from the sixth form onwards because of our mutual interest in golf.
He was involved in many clinical research projects but will be best remembered for his work on the effects of head injuries on steeplechase jockeys. This won him an international reputation and he was duly appointed Honorary Reader at Newcastle University.
Throughout his busy clinical career he continued to play frequent and good golf. He became captain of the Northumberland Golf Club in 1973. His wife Jennifer was also a very good golfer so they purchased a villa on the Algarve where they enjoyed playing when the weather was inclement in the I caught up with him in 1949 when I UK. For many years my wife and I had followed him to medical school. In the early ’50s we were involved in forming entertaining holidays there. Jack and Jennifer, and my wife and I, took up the Medicals and the University golf skiing independently in our late teams. twenties and subsequently, with other friends went on an annual skiing trip. Jack had an outstanding career as a student at Newcastle Medical School Jack was enthusiastic and competent in all his activities and skiing was no graduating with Honours in 1973. He exception. He always wanted to be on trained in Newcastle, initially in the first chairlift up the mountain and Medicine and then in Neurology. He the last one down. However, a large did his national service in the Navy initially in the Royal Haslar Hospital and and fluid lunch was always essential. then medical officer on minesweepers. In recent years Jack has had to give up He enjoyed his time in the forces, strenuous activities for medical especially in the minesweepers. reasons. In view of the fact that Jennifer was a good bridge player Jack, who He then spent a year at the National had played a little as a medical student, Hospital, Queen Square and then six months at the Massachusetts General decided he must take it up again. In typically determined manner, he got out Hospital in Boston. the books and went to numerous He returned to Newcastle and became classes and rapidly became very first assistant to Henry Miller and John competent. However, he learnt so many systems that Jennifer frequently Walton (now Lord Walton) at the RVI could not recognise them, and this led where he established himself as an to some minor disagreements! outstanding teacher of under and
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Jack died suddenly playing bridge on a cruise off Fiji. Jennifer said they had, until then, had a marvellous holiday. Jack was a good, loyal and entertaining friend and I will miss him, as will all his many friends and particularly his wife Jennifer and family: Sally, Jonathan, James and six grandchildren. Peter Burnett (39-49)
Stuart Charles Morris (56-63) Born 1946, died 18th November 2012, aged 66.
He enjoyed the magazine every month, checking on people, first the obituaries to see if he knew anyone, then the activities of the boys and (a new addition since his days) girls. Before early retirement and becoming a carer for his mother who lived with us for 10 years, he was the policy and economic development officer at Shropshire County Council. This followed a career in London in commercial property. He is sadly missed by his wife, Penelope, two sons and brother, John Morris (56-58). By Penelope Morris
