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Alumni Obituaries

Here we commemorate and celebrate the lives of alumni and friends of the University who are no longer with us.

Below you’ll find the obituaries of those we’ve lost in the last twelve months. We update this list monthly. To submit an obituary for a graduate or former member of staff, please email [email protected]

Title Name Course title Degree Class of 
Dr David W Allan   BDS 1974
Mrs Gillian L Anderson   BDS 1971
Ms Alison C Armstrong Arts BA (Hons) 1971
Ms Susan Baines   MA 1982
Mr Trevor F Baker      
Mr Kevin D Bartlett Zoology BSc 1979
Mr Richard Bavister Mechanical Engineering BSc 1969
Dr Ronald Bell   BSc, PhD 1942, 48
Dr Donald W Bethune MBBS MBBS 1959
Mr Alistair F Bird Agriculture BSc 1975
Mr Simon J Bishop   LLB, LLM 1970,72
Dr John Blakey MBBS MBBS 1973
Mr Neil C Bragg   MSc 1979
Dr Robina M Breakey MBBS MBBS 1949
Mr Maximilian E Broadbent Accounting and Finance BSc 2024
Mr James D Brodie Agriculture BSc 1977
Dr Arthur H Brown MBBS MBBS 1957
Mrs Sylvia Buglass Educational Studies BPhil 1985
Mr Robert A Burke Architecture BA (Hons) 1964
Dr Robert J Butterfield Pure Science BSc, PhD 1965, 82
Dr Pauline Caller MBBS MBBS 1964
Mr William Cant Electrical Engineering BSc 1944
Dr John Carpenter      
Dr Geoffrey Chaytor MBBS MBBS 1944
Mr David Christison Education MEd 1972
Miss Rita E Clarke Education BEd 1980
Dr Kathleen Clarke MBBS MBBS 1962
Dr Joan Clemo MBBS MBBS 1975
Mr Maurice Coles Modern History BA (Hons) 1967
Mrs Christine H Connearn Psychology BSc 1979
Mr Philip Cooke Electrical Engineering BSc 1957
Mr Ian Cooper Applied Science MSc 1971
Mrs Judith Cowen Cert Further Prof Stud in Edu 02-03    
Mr Ian Croft      
Mr Anthony G Cross Politics & History BA (Hons) 1982
Mr Toby Cullen General BSc 1982
Mr John Cullen Bachelor of Laws LLB 1964
Dr Mary Danskin MBBS MBBS 1953
Dr Colin Davidson   BDS 1955
Miss Jacqueline Dawson Graduate Certificate in Education Cert 1992
Mrs Jean Denney Geography & Botany BSc 1949
Professor Harry T Dickinson Historical Studies PhD 1968
Mr Roy Dilkes Electrical Engineering BSc 1961
Dr Wendy Dirks      
Dr Ian Dugdale Chemistry BSc 1956
Dr Ian Dugdale Chemistry PhD 1960
Mr Henry P Earp Architecture - Did Not Graduate    
Mr Martin R Edmondson French; Modern Languages BA (Hons) 1996
Dr John G Elliott   BDS 1950
Mrs Lourdes Elona-Lilley MSc Marine Tech (Sm Craft Design) (PT)    
Mr Roger I Elphick Civil Engineering BSc 1965
Mr Michael Elund Occupational Hygiene MSc 1996
Dr Helen M Flynn MBBS MBBS 1979
Mr Andrew Gillespie Architectural Practice & Management DipA 2020
Mr David J Glazebrook Architecture BA (Hons) 1979
Emeritus Professor Michael Goodfellow      
Mr Henry H Gossman MBBS MBBS 1949
Dr David Gregory      
Mr Martin E Griffiths Zoology BSc 1975
Dr Anne Guttridge Public Health DPH 1964
Mrs Emma E Haigh      
Mr Keith Hardy Fine Art BA (Hons) 1974
Dr Lucy E Harrison MBBS MBBS 2001
Mr Barry Hartop   BSc 1966
Mr Kenneth L Hayton Bachelor of Laws LLB 1958
Emeritus Professor Patsy Healey   Hon DCL 2015
Mr William Heath Bachelor of Laws LLB 1959
Miss Linda D Henderson Cert Further Prof Stud in Edu 02-03    
Miss Julie Henkel Mathematics BSc 1987
Mrs Hilary Hewitt      
Dr John D Hodgson MBBS MBBS 1955
Dr John D Hodgson   DA RCS 1958
Mr Francis Hooper Agriculture BSc 1965
Dr Deborah J Hopkin MBBS MBBS 1975
Mr Albert E Hughes      
Mr John P Hugo Philosophy (arts) BPhil 1980
Dr John H Humphries Doctor of Philosophy (applied Science) PhD 1971
Professor Saleemul Huq      
Mr Hugh Jackson Education MEd 1991
Dr James G Kelly PhD Electrical & Electronic Engineering   2001
Mr Michael Lamb Landscape Design Dip 1957
Mr Geoffrey Lawson Further Professional Studies in Education Cert 1997
Emeritus Professor John F Lazenby      
Dr Stephen G Leak Agricultural Zoology BSc 1975
Mr Robin D Lillie 9657continuing Professional Development    
Mr John Little      
Mr Philip M Lobb Economics and Accounting BA (Hons) 1980
Dr Lesley Lord MBBS MBBS 1967
Mr Ian E Macbeth Sociology and Social Administration BA (Hons) 1978
Mrs Brenda Main      
Dr John Makepeace MBBS MBBS 1949
Mr Alex B Manda Mining BEng 1976
Mr Jeffrey T Mander Fine Art BA (Hons) 1987
Dr Thomas Manners   MD 1957
Mr Allan K Marsden Geology BSc 1973
Mr Cliff Martindale   BSc 1959
Mr Harold P Maughan Marine Engineering BSc 1985
Ms Eileen McArdle      
Dr Jan Mokrzycki   BDS 1959
Dr Lindsay Molyneux Electrical Engineering BSc 1949
Mr Brian Moor      
Dr William G Morgan Dentistry BDS 1961
Dr Glenys Moss   BDS 1960
Dr Peter Mowbray MBBS MBBS 1964
Mrs Margaret Nicholson Further Professional Studies in Education Cert 1997
Mr Earl Nuttall Mechanical Engineering BSc 1959
Dr Enoch M Oakes Pure Science PhD 1965
Mr Kofi Offe-Amoyaw Philosophy MPhil 1978
Professor Philip O'Keefe Geography BA (Hons) 1971
Dr Alexander Osmond MBBS MBBS 1956
Mr Mahendrakumar Patel Cons Sedation Dentistry, PgD Cons Sedation Dentistry (PT)    
Mr Paul Paxton Combined Studies BA (Hons) 1978
Dr Patricia Pearson MBBS MBBS 1967
Mrs Susan Pell Certificate in Counselling    
Mr Andreas Polihronis English Language & Literature BA (Hons), MA 1973/74
Dr Michael Pope Philosophy PhD 1972
Dr John R Porteous   MDS 1965
Dr Walter Rand MBBS MBBS 1954
Dr John Richardson MBBS MBBS 1963
Mr Eric Robson English Lang & Lit BA (Hons) 1951
Mr Alan M Robson Agriculture BSc 1957
Mr David P Routhwaite   BSc 1975
Dr Alan Russell Dentistry BDS 1965
Mr James Ryan History MA 1956
Ms Marilyn J Sayers Botany & Geography BSc 1972
Mr Michael Scott Further Education BA (Hons) 1999
Sir M Scott Architecture BA (Hons) 1949
Mr Mark Scrimshaw History BA (Hons) 1976
Ms Jenny R Secretan PgC Counselling Supervision (PT) CRT 2004
Mr Alan Sigsworth Education MEd 1972
Dr Donald Smith MBBS MBBS 1948
Dr Michael H Snow MBBS MBBS 1969
Mr Gerald E Spraggs Hydrology Dip 1973
Dr Daphne Sprague MBBS MBBS 1948
Mrs Lynn Stephenson Diploma in Applied Social Studies Dip 1970
Miss Hazel Straker      
Emeritus Professor Max Sussman      
Professor Eric J Thomas   MBBS, MD, Hon DCL 2016
Mrs Elizabeth J Thompson Agricultural Economics & Food Marketing BSc 1994
Ms Christine Thompson Education MEd 1985
Ms Dorothy Thompson   Cert 1968
Dr Pamela J Thomson Geography PhD 1998
His Honour Roger E Thorn Bachelor of Laws LLB 1970
Mr Ian Thorp      
Mr Paul L Todd Geology & Geography BSc 1975
Miss Norma P Tonge Social Policy BA (Hons) 1992
Mrs Margaret Underhill Education Dip Ed 1962
Mr Alan Wade Town Planning Dip 1969
Mr Alan Wade Town & Country Planning Cert 1964
Mr John E Wake   MBA 1990
Mr Peter R Walker Business Administration MBA 1990
Dr June M Walker MBBS MBBS 1950
Mr David Watkins Architecture Dip 1959
Ms Joyce M Wealleans French BA (Hons) 1969
Mrs Margaret Wilding      
Mr Stephen Wilkinson Mathematical Sciences BSc 1974
Mr Robert Williamson Agriculture BSc 1976
Ms Valerie K Winkle Diploma in Applied Social Studies (economic and So Dip 1971
Mrs Brenda Wood Education MEd 1985
Mrs Brenda Wood Education Dip Ed 1977
Ms Suzanne L Wycherley English Language and Lit BA (Hons) 2005
Mr David Wyeth Computer Science PhD 1975
Dr Kevin M Yates Doctor in Clinical Psychology PhD 2002

Your legacy

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