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
We would like to say a heartfelt thank you to those alumni who have left a legacy gift to Newcastle University in their will. Your generosity will support and inspire future generations of Newcastle graduates. Thank you.
If you would like to find out more about the impact of leaving a legacy donation in your Will, please complete our expression of interest form.