Anita Gregory (nĂŠe Kohsen) Dr Anita Gregory died on 7 November 1984, after a long illness. Born in Germany in June 1925, she and her family came to England in the 1930's when Hitler's persecution of the Jews was growing. She read PPE at St Hugh's, as an Exhibitioner, from 1945 to 1950. She married Dr Clive Gregory, well known as an astronomer and physicist, and came to share his interest in scientific psychical research. For some years they collaborated in publishing a periodical, Cosmos. After his death in a road accident she taught for some time in a school so as to have the holidays free to spend with their two small daughters. Then in 1970 she became a lecturer, and from 1972 a Principal Lecturer at the Polytechnic of North London, where she continued to work until January 1984. She did much careful psychical research, and in 1980 became Honorary Secretary to the Society for Psychical Research itself, and so continued till her health gave way. In 1983 she gained a PhD (Council for National Academic Awards) for a thesis on 'Problems in investigating psychokinesis in special subjects'. An earlier piece of work, now entitled The Strange Case of Rudi Schneider (involving spontaneous and experimental evidence for psychokinesis) is shortly to be published in the United States complete with all the critical apparatus, detailed notes, references, etc. which made it difficult for publishers in this country to accept. She edited the issue of the Society's Proceedings detailing experimental work with Matthew Manning. Her energy, her determination, her grasp of detail contributed much of value to the Society. R.H.
Gertrude Margaret Stewart Simey Peg Simey came up to Oxford to read Modern Greats (as it then was) full of enthusiasm for both University and College life; perhaps because she was an only child she was particularly outgoing and welcoming to every kind of person: she had, indeed many friends. She became a successful JCR Treasurer and then President, responsibilities which she much enjoyed. When she went down she was called to the Bar, worked for the Charity Organisation Society and was a director of the family firm — a tea company owning plantations in Malawi which she periodically visited until she retired at 65 or so. While at College she had said "If I'm not married by the time I'm 40 I shall adopt," and adopt a baby girl she did a month before her fortieth birthday; two years later a boy, then another boy. Her life's work was bringing up 53