CLASS NOTES Class Notes is an old favourite for readers of Hartley News, where alumni from across the decades share all sorts of life updates with us. What have your former classmates been up to? 1970s
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Peter Collins (BSc Mathematics with Education, 1978) has announced his retirement after a distinguished teaching career in Petersfield, Portsmouth, and most recently as Head of Mathematics at King Edward VI School, Southampton.
Sherman Yan (LLM Law, 2000) returned to Hong Kong after graduation to pursue his legal career. He joined ONC Lawyers, becoming Managing Partner in 2008, focusing on shareholder disputes and regulatory matters. Sherman and his wife Claudia have been married since 2003. In 2012, they welcomed their son Sheldon.
1980s Stephen Campbell (PhD Chemistry, 1987) took his degree from Southampton and emigrated to Canada, where he has worked in Ottawa and Vancouver, and most recently joined Nano One Materials Corp in Burnaby, British Columbia. Grant Spoors (PhD Chemistry, 1989), after 24 years in the pharmaceutical industry, has accepted an opportunity to be a full-time visiting Professor of Chemistry at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
1990s Nicola Franklin (BSc Zoology, 1991) has relocated to Los Angeles, and works as Senior Director (Talent Management and Organisational Development) for the Los Angeles Times. David Smith (BSc Business Economics and Accounting, 1993) and his wife Pranam Bai Smith – currently living on the east coast of the USA – are proud to announce the birth of their son, Ellis Dawson Smith, on 29 November 2018.
David Smith with his wife and son
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Victoria Rowe, née Long (BA German with Linguistic and Language Studies, 2001), was this year awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Charlotte Bass, née Ward (BA Archaeology and History, 2007), and Matthew Bass (BA History, 2007) welcomed their first child, Eleanor Olwyn Bass, earlier in the year. Miranda Baidoo (BSc Politics and International Relations, 2009) and Jonas Carboo-Brown (BA History, 2009) originally met at the University when they began their course in 2006. They married on 12 September 2019.
2010s Class friends from the School of Management attended the wedding of Robin Heatley (BSc Accounting and Finance, 2010). The guests included Marcus Williams (BSc Accounting and Finance, 2010), Leo Dalby (BSc Management with Entrepreneurship, 2010), and James Taylor (BSc Management, 2010), who was the best man at the wedding.
Charlotte and Matthew Bass with their daughter
Miranda Baidoo and Jonas Carboo-Brown
Louise G Brennan, née Cheung (LLB Law, 2011; PhD Law, 2017), married Daniel Brennan (BA History, 2012), and has worked in local government and the City of London since graduation. She qualified as Solicitor of the Higher Courts of England and Wales in September 2019. Georgina Moores (BA History, 2016) and Rhys Beauchamp (BSc Physics, 2016) are getting married in May 2020, after meeting at South Hill Halls in 2013.
Deaths Professor Mike Griffin (BSc Physics, 1968; PhD Engineering, 1973) passed away on 17 August 2019. Mike spent over 50 years at the University, both as a student and an academic. He was a pillar for the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, and a world authority on the human effects of vibration. He will be greatly missed at Southampton, and our thoughts are with his family and friends. Dr Angelo Grubisic (PhD Engineering Sciences, 2010) tragically died on 21 August 2019 in Saudi Arabia. Angelo was Lecturer in Astronautics and Advanced Propulsion within Engineering and Physical Sciences. Our thoughts are with Angelo’s family at this very difficult time.
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Dr Angelo Grubisic