These valuable works are the product of substantial time, effort and resources, which you acknowledge by accepting the following terms of use. After four years there, he joined the London laboratory of Ferranti Ltd, taking part in the development of the Pegasus computer, one of the most innovative and successful computers of its day. Robbie also had a huge concern for environmental issues, apparent from the age of 12 when, by selling his toys on the beach, he collected enough money to save a few acres of Amazon rainforest. Nunan, F, Cepic, D, Onyango, P, Salehe, M, Yongo, E, Mbilingi, B, Odongkara, K, Mlahagwa, E & Owili, M 2020, 'Big fish, small fries? From 1994 1998 he was director of information technology development for Elsevier. Bob continued playing when he moved to the States, being involved with two local groups in his home town of Midland, Georgia. Bob underwent a liver transplant in 1993, giving him an extra 27 years. Sylvia Cowling (ne chapman), Slavonic Studies - 11 November 2022, Margaret Dutton, Theology - 20 September 2021, Peter William Freeman, Chemistry - 13 May 2010. Guy was a well-respected and progressive farmer. Always willing to expand his horizons, he learned computing through the Open University and went on to teach the subject at Northampton College. We lowered his flag to half-mast (probably the only home In Rayleigh to have one!) There are 70+ professionals named "Fiona Wilkinson", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. View Fiona Wilkinson's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. 5, pp. We had 5 children (Robert, our middle son studied maths at Nottingham in the early 1980s) and they kindly produced 14 grandchildren for us (four boys and ten girls, three of whom read some rather lovely poems at the service). It was a nomadic life she said but loved it. Having studied Russian at the Joint Services School for Linguists during his period of National Service, Harry was encouraged to apply for a degree course at Nottingham by the new head of the Department of Slavonic Languages, Dr John Fennell in 1953. Morley was Hons Zoology, 1955, one year before myself. He settled well there, making good friends, and went a long way towards recapturing the intellectual lifestyle of his younger days. Certificate in DACUM (Development of a Curriculum) Facilitation. After graduating, he took up a teaching post in Nottingham, and was also fast tracked to become a licensed Lay Reader in the Church of England, a post which he continued to hold for over 50 years until ill health forced him to stop. He will be fondly remembered by many for a life full of achievement. In 1980, he was appointed to a four year term as a Pro-Vice-Chancellor and, in 1982, also took on the task of leading his department following the retirement of Professor Rex Coates. Rediscovering hockey later in life, he played for England at Masters level, winning gold medals at O60, O65 and O70 levels and played in the first ever team international O75 against Holland in 2015. The only exam he ever failed was French which, given his many holidays in France, a French daughter in law and his love of French food and wine seems rather odd in retrospect. productions and editing the Gong magazine. Seeing Aida performed at the Paris Opera House was particularly memorable. 32, no. Due to chronic settlement problems resulting in extensive and regular fractures in the church fabric, many thousands of pounds had to be found and he proved to be an excellent fundraiser. When home he was a lover of classical music, especially chamber music. After graduating from the University of Cambridge as a chemical engineer, Derek joined ICI on Teesside. Katy graduated from University of Nottingham in 1966 with BSc (Hons) Zoology. As he had done so well in Chemistry, as a result of his passion for explosives, he was put down for a Chemistry course at Nottingham but persuaded his Professor (Bates) to let him to change his preferred choice of Physics. Anna taught for twenty years and is now in hotel events management. Les landed in New York in late summer 1963 and started working for Kraft as an internal auditor. All rights reserved. John Bescoby-Chambers, History - 15 December 2012, Sara Brookes (ne Isaac), Geography - September 2013. In 1974 he moved to a larger farm in North Walsham, Norfolk where he was able to farm arable land again along side the pigs. After completing his PhD, he joined the National Coal Board as a management trainee and obtained his Mine Managers Certificate. Gordon was always very proud of being among the first law undergraduates at Nottingham and was very grateful for the opportunities it gave him. She met Paul Herrington there; they married in 1967 and moved to Leicester, and Margaret completed a PGCE in 1968. 359-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2021.1900790, Carmichael, F, Darko, C & Vasilakos, N 2021, 'Well-being and employment of young people in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam Is work enough? She was extremely hard working and always willing to go the extra mile for the benefit of colleagues and the School. He specialised in mine ventilation, applied acoustics, and applied geophysical exploration and researched in most of the areas he taught. Roger excelled, and graduated in 1956 with a First Class Honours degree in Geology. The coffin was carried by friends to the strains of the pipes of Reverend Angus Adamson, who also gave the address. He was then posted to Korea. He never lost the practical approach to problems which his apprenticeship had given him. He was educated at Heaton Grammar School, Newcastle and then at the University of Durhams Newcastle campus (now the University of Newcastle), taking a first in Physics in 1956. Hilary died suddenly 7 August 2022 aged 75. Bernard obtained his degree at Nottingham University College in 1948 before working for 2 years at GKN, Wolverhampton in lieu of national service. While in residency at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Fidelis married Dr Lilian Akagbosu (ne Acholonu) in 1987. Obituary kindly supplied by Robin's son, Christopher. Michael Ward, Education - 21 December 2008, Geoffrey Dumbill, Zoology/Biochemistry - 3 May 2014, Tracy Evans (ne Welton), Social Administration - March 2013, John Falkingham, Education - February 2019, Elizabeth Filmer, French and German - December 2007, Eric Howarth, Linguistics/English Language - November 2010, Duncan Lennard, Mechanical Engineering - 1 April 2015, Brian Lord, Mining Engineering - June 2013, Richard Madeley, Medicine - 13 February 2012, Unny Menon, Production Engineering - 3 November 2011, Colin Pendleton, Archaeology - 1 June 2014, Graham Townsend, Social Administration - 1998, Dr Stephen Wallwork, Local and Regional History - 22 February 2019, Please see the "Staff And Friends" section below for written obituary, Judith Carini (ne Gourley), Sociology - 20 May 2011, Geoffrey Hadfield, Classical Civilisations - 20 June 2011, David Hammond, Agriculture/Horticulture - 1 September 2022, Raymond Knaust, Information Technology - 8 September 2021. 148-160. https://doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_18_116, Nunan, F & Cepic, D 2019, 'Women and fisheries co-management: limits to participation on Lake Victoria', Fisheries Research, vol. Obituary kindly supplied by Vera's husband Trevor Bottomley. Obituary kindly supplied by Stephens daughter, Elizabeth, Professor Malcolm Woodbine - Agricultural Microbiology, Professor Mike Wright, Financial Studies - 2019, Please see obituary published byThe Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, University of NottinghamPortland BuildingUniversity Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD, t: +44 (0)115 823 2408 e: alumni-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk. ), British Trades Unions and Industrial Politics, 1940-79, Volume 1: The Post-War Compromise, 1945-64 (Ashgate, 1999). His enthusiasm for life is very much missed by his family and friends. Fiona de Londras joined Birmingham Law School as the inaugural Chair in Global Legal Studies in the summer of 2015, having previously worked at Durham University, University College Dublin, and University College Cork. An extraordinary man of quiet and enormous will and commitment, he spent his life in service to his family, community, and country. The component parts were spread around the bedroom including a 2000 volt supply to the cathode ray tube. He will be dearly missed by his wife Renate Beck Mehta, his children Kiran and Stephanie, his brothers Praful Nath, and Prem Nath, sister Devi Thapar, and his family, friends and community members . Fidelis went on to help fellow fertility specialists to set up IVF clinics in Nigeria, most notably the Roding Medical Centre and Georges Memorial Medical Centre in Lagos State. He held several positions as Chair of examination boards in the East Midlands and was for a time Chairman of the Standing Conference of Examination Boards and President of the Secondary Heads Association. Distinguished Chemist, Historian of the Nottinghamshire community of Beeston, and respected member of staff at Nottingham University since 1949, has died aged 93 years. Guy was an enthusiastic supporter of the water industrys charity Wateraid which is dedicated to providing clean water in Africa and other countries and in 1987, with his wife Mary, visited a Wateraid project in Ghana. He was the youngest child of Harold Sydney Westley and Daisy Victoria Sorrell. After leaving Gresham's School in Holt, he spent a short spell in the RAF before being accepted to study Agriculture at Sutton Bonington, part of Nottingham University. They are survived by their three children; Elisabeth, Stephen and Deborah; five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Jonathan, an engineer, has followed Garys example of being a workaholic although as a teenager he declared he would never be like his father. University of Canberra Bachelor of Creative Writing Creative Writing. Fortunately, the tumour was very indolent at first and he remained stable for a long time enabling him to lead a very full life working in Hong Kong and Singapore for seven years. Obituary kindly supplied by Ruth's son, Robin, His Majesty Sultan Tuanku Ja'afar, Law - 27 December 2008, William Jackson, English/French - 13 November 2007, William Kent, Agriculture/Horticulture - 13 November 2004, Robert Ikin Leather, Botany - 28 November 2007. Stephen was one of the first supporters of computers, sitting on the working party that introduced computer facilities to the university in the 1960s. Obituary kindly supplied by Bernard's son Neil Roberts. Following his demob, he continued with his role of internal auditor, roaming widely over the States in his station wagon, staying at motels and coping with the suspicions of Kraft employees, associated with his role as company spy; a seemingly lonely life, which many would have found intolerable, but which Les embraced with his characteristic resilience. John did a lot of work for hockey over many years and was instrumental in creating the opportunity and promoting O60s hockey in the North. It is sad that he was not able to enjoy it for longer. Her main contribution to University life was Scorer for the Cricket Club. He is survived by Doreen and their three children, Hayley, Melda and Adrian. She developed an encyclopaedic knowledge of all processes in the School and could be relied on to know how to manage even the most difficult problems. Fiona strongly believes in collaborating closely with business and that academia and business can do a great deal to support one another. UK. She was doing 17 Physio exercises every day until the end. Dad always hated being referred to as an academic, indeed, at his office at Sussex University he used to keep a copy of the dictionary definition of academic - Abstract Un-practical theoretical and cold - to remind people that he didnt want to be seen as such. Biography. She packed the early lives of her sons with numerous activities and experiences, the after school schedule was a master class in logistics. Malcolm Warwick, Russian and Slavonic Studies - 29 January 2010, Jeffrey Wyatt, Mining Engineering - May 2010, My father, Karl Edwin Abraham, passed away 13 November 2006. An internationally recognised specialist in the field of Die Weisse Rose (students who gave their life resisting National Socialism) he was awarded an Honorary DLitt by the university for his work on Theodore Haecker. Current research isfocused mainly around employmentand policy issues linked to older age, the ageing society and the care economy. Ann Clifford died 23 April 2021 aged 89 years. When dad was 16 his father said that there was as much chance of Tony passing the exam (School certificate) as the Labour party had of getting into power both succeeded in 1945. But Tim became more ill during the last 18 months as the cancer spread and died at the Hospice in the Weald, Pembury. He leaves a widow Barbara, daughter Rebecca and son Matthew. Katy was imbued with a love of nature and the environment, an activist for education and conservation, committed to helping others to understand and enjoy the natural world. In 1962 he married Sheila and they went on to have three children, eight grandchildren, and had recently became great grand-parents. His thesis work involved the study of precipitation of aluminium copper and aluminium lithium alloys. Dad continued this love of shooting going on to run the Monmouthshire Rifle Association. In east & West Java Indonesia he designed 2x400mw and 3x600mw coal fired stations. Ian William Merry was born at Ilkeston in 1926, the younger son of Scots parents, and he died at St Affrique, France, on 18 April 2007, just short of his 81st birthday. University of Edinburgh Online Learning, +2 more . He worked there for 13 years until overworking led to a detached retina. She leaves behind a loving husband and three children. He continued there for his PhD. Throughout his career he was involved in research on various aspects of computing hardware, including magnetic core logic circuits and the design of microcomputer bus systems. David J Mellor, Theology - 20 September 2017, James Olford, Economics/Agricultural Economics - 2 April 2017, Rev Dr Gerald Rimmington, Education - 10 October 2019. As a young man, Fred eschewed traditional sports such as cricket and soccer, but was a dedicated cyclist and toured widely in the UK and Western Europe. Tony, as he was known to many, graduated from Nottingham University in 1958 with a First Class Honours degree in Geology.Thereafter, his distinguished academic career was spent at Queen's University, Belfast. C.Eng M.I.Mech.E A.C.M.A C.G.M.A announces he passed away peacefully on May 9th 2021, at the age of 74 at Basildon Hospital surrounded by his family, after his aortic aneurysm ruptured. My first management position was Profit Co-ordinator for the 1981 Erika program (the first FWD Escort). The family moved to Cropwell Butler shortly afterwards where some of the family remains today. Obituary kindly supplied by husband John. She worked in various APM roles in multiple different research groups, was Operations Manager for the Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine and Senior Operations Manager for the Academic Unit for Translational Medical Sciences. Tim followed in his fathers Philips footsteps going to Nottingham (Physics 1971) although the idea of studying at the same place as his Dad nearly put him off applying! Jane Lion (ne Greenwood), French - 20 March 2009, Angela Lowrie (ne Preece), Medicine - 1 January 2010, Michael McKenna, Civil Engineering - 24 November 2011, Dr Norman Paskin, Biochemistry - 27 March 2016. Alan Rice graduated in 1959 in Mechanical Engineering and worked for many years as a management consultant at PA Consulting. Proud Irishman who loved living in England, rugby, guinness and tea. Christopher Kiernan, Psychology - 23 April 2011, Michael Light, Mechanical Engineering - 17 June 2008, Pamela Marsh (ne Fox), Pharmacy - 17 January 2007, William Martin, Chemistry - 24 February 2012, Jasmine Matthison, English - December 2011, Gillian Mowat (ne Garside), Dairying - 22 January 2013, David Newland,Mechanical Engineering - 2 April 2011, Alan Plumtree, Metallurgy - 5 November 2020. Prof Nunan first joined IDD in 1994, working in the areas of urban waste management, peri-urban natural resource management and poverty-environment linkages. Obituary kindly supplied by Henry's son, Tom, Mary Brogan (ne Halliday), Geography - 23 January 2012, Bernard Crossland, Mechanical Engineering - January 2011, Marion Davie (ne Smith), Medieval and Modern History - 28 February 2013, William Kenyon, Pharmacy - 22 September 2011, Andrew Marris, Physics - 7 September 2005, Dr Stewart Adams OBE, Pharmacy - 30 January 2019, For a full obituary, please seeSchool of Pharmacy, Dr George Gamlen, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics - 2022, Patricia Lawton (ne Randall), Geography - 14 November 2013, Alan MacDonald, Engineering - 2 October 2008, Ian Merry, Electrical Engineering/Engineering/C T - 18 April 2007. He kept in regular contact with them, and they all came to his memorial service in January. She was a buddy to many in Alcoholics Anonymous. She had lived independently, was active in her families lives and in her community, and had always enjoyed reasonable health other than the usual wear and tear of getting older. From his fourth year at Oxford, Stephen chose crystallography as his research topic which set the direction of the next 40 years of his career. The contribution of girls' longer hours in unpaid work to gender gaps in early adult employment: evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, Gendered workload allocation in universities: a feminist analysis of practices and possibilities in a European University, Wage effects of educational mismatch and job search in Ghana and Kenya. He also continued as an examiner for the Faculty. At Cambridge, he also took up ballroom dancing, where he met his wife Doreen, whom he married in 1960. Mum is and always will be very sadly missed. Birmingham B15 2TT His skill in Greek verse never deserted him; in retirement he could describe on a postcard in elegant classical verse a train trip in Greece. He graduated with a BSc (Hons) Physics in 1983 and continued studying at the University, going on to gain a PhD in theoretical physics in 1987. She was proud that her children and grandchildren have gone on to study at university and to benefit as she did from the opportunity. A graduate of the Department of History initially at BA and then Masters level, he was awarded a PhD here in 1995 for his thesis: Trades Councils in the East Midlands, 1929-1951: Politics and Trade Unionism in a Traditionally Moderate Area. Obituary kindly supplied by Marion's daughter Caroline. He gave dad a lift one evening and had to stop off en route at his lab. After leaving the local Notre Dame high school, she graduated in 1967 in history and economics as part of the initial intake at Lancaster University. When he lived out for the last three years in Beeston, he had the same three housemates throughout. As part of his involvement with the debating society, John fondly recalls an overnight stay at the family home of Richard and David Attenborough whose father was principal at University College, Leicester. When she handed this over to a younger person the Womens Club appointed her their Vice President a post she held until her death. In 1998 he became the first director of the International DOI (Digital Object Identifier), concerned with overcoming the problems of cataloguing the internet. At Sheffield he supervised the Ph.D. of Stelios Hadjistyllis, and the two became firm friends, which led to a joint publication, A Companion for Students of Modern Greek (2006). Just before she died, Emma was instrumental in setting up a charity www.mymitomission.uk to raise awareness and funds for research for this little-known illness, which is nonetheless one of the most common genetic conditions. Patrick Keilthy, Economic and Social History - February 2017, David Mallison, Mining Engineering - 27August 2010, Hugh Martin, Mechanical Engineering - 2010, David McWilliam, Mechanical Engineering - 7 November 2015, Michael Moseling, Industrial Economics - 30 October 2020, Alan Ritchie, Electrical Engineering - 2021. He worked on information identifier issues for the scientific, technical and medical publishing community, and has published key papers on the topic. 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