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He was widely known across campus for his journalism in the then student newspaper, John OGauntlet, and for his love of student politics. Morris Cricket Library and he umpired at the Philadelphia International Cricket Festival for many years. In the same year he married his contemporary Lancaster student Sylvia Hodgson. After graduation, Lewis returned to the North East, and after a few years as a teaching assistant, qualified to become a much-loved and highly-respected history teacher at a secondary school in Teesside. After graduation, Lindsey was accepted onto a graduate scheme with Barclays Bank and undertook a number of roles for Barclays over a 12 year period. His own interests were in low-temperature physics and ultrasonic studies of solids. Support local journalism. Jill Walsh passed away on 13 August 2021, formerly from the Department of Environmental Science. Jeevan joined Claudio Paoloni, Head of Engineerings research group in November 2018 to work on the development of novel sub-THz travelling wave tubes. His monographs have run into several editions and made a significant impact in the field. Penny Lind (nee Cant, English, 1968, Cartmel) died in June 2020 following a long illness. A fuller obituary appears on the Lancaster University website. She was kind, helpful, well-organised and efficient and worked easily with both staff and students. Stephie will be remembered by all as someone who was extremely supportive, generous with her time and wisdom and always willing to engage in a conversation. At undergraduate level, his style of teaching inspired students, several of whom stayed on to do research for higher degrees under his supervision. His full obituary appears on the RNCM website. He took up office at Lancaster while the university was managing the cash flow problems of 1996 and assisted with the process of its rapid recovery. Robert Fisk (English Literature, Lonsdale, 1968 & Dlitt, 1984) died on 30 October 2020. A member of County College, he was a fine sportsman and played in the University 1st XI football team which got to the final of University Athletics Championship. An obituary was published in The Guardian on 24 November - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/24/david-craig-obituary. Professor Geraint Johnes, who shared teaching duties with Harry, said Harry was a gentleman and a gentle man. The following tribute was prepared by Ada Pringle, Honorary Researcher. He met Jan on the badminton court & they married a year later. Richard A Fagence (English, 1967, Lonsdale) a founding student at Lancaster died on 16 February 2019, aged 72. The process involved blue pencil which did not show up when copied, and many applications of Tippex to hide typing errors and marks. He was a friendly and popular member of the PhD community at Lancaster, and this news will doubtless come as a shock to many. He came to Lancaster for his post as a lecturer in Chemistry in September 1966. He loved reading The Guardian, watching football, researching his family tree, walking in the countryside and going on holidays to France and Spain. In total, 9,910 have been published by Lancaster Guardian which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months. He was still working on two studies, one a history of Ticino and the other on external perceptions of Switzerland when he died in December 2021. After Thorsons was bought by HarperCollins, Judith, not relishing the prospect of working for Rupert Murdoch, set up her own business as a public relations consultant (Smallwood PR) specialising in natural health products. Dr Tony Hindle, former senior lecturer in the Operational Research Department passed away on 21 May 2020, a month short of his 80th birthday, following a road accident in Forton. The recent Guardian revelation that Charles has a sprawling estate of properties at Sandringham worth 75m is depressingly unsurprising. In the last email his friend received, he sounded quite hopeful that his illness left him not too bad. He said, I have fond memories of Lancaster and until more recently made quite regular visits to the North West, especially The Lakes; the last visit was to Walney School, Barrow (virtually on the beach where Ada (Phillips/Pringle), Pete (Cundill) and myself spent a day surveying in June 1967) to deliver an INSET event for Edexcel (his publisher)." His love of theatre and particularly the technical side of production stayed with him all his life. He was a proud Indian, proud of his Bengali roots, and was very keen to play his part in Indias economic and social developments. He leaves behind his wife and two children. He was head of department for some years, and amongst many other activities, he collaborated with Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw in her donation of an observatory, officially opened by Patrick Moore in 2002 and a valuable teaching resource. He was also a professorial lecturer at the School of Public Health and Health Services of The George Washington University. Brian Heron, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council from 1997 to 2003, died peacefully on 11 February 2016. Senior Lecturer and colleague, Gavin Hyman's personal tribute, Dr Aaron Stuart Hunsberger (Psychology Cartmel, 2008, MSc Psychological Research Methods, Graduate 2009, PhD Psychology, Graduate, 2016) passed away on 13 November 2020 at the age of 52. Judy Merry (English, 1970, County) passed away on 27 March 2016 in the company of her husband, two sons, daughter-in-law and baby granddaughter after battling cancer for two years. She initially joined on a short-term basis just keep the grey cells active over the winter period when it was more difficult to enjoy her usual pastimes of hill-walking and utilising her pilot's license. was conferred on him in July 1994. Sir Richard was one of Britains foremost modernist architects who was also responsible for Southwark Tube Station and Oxbridge college buildings. Dee joined the graduate scheme in the civil service, but went on to do two Master's degrees at Birkbeck College, London - and then a PhD at Royal Holloway, London. Click here to read the most recent funeral listings. Dave Foster passed away suddenly in February 2013. The Supreme Court of Ohio has suspended a Lancaster attorney for seeking a "daddy/daughter dynamic in and out of the bedroom" with a vulnerable client. He will also be greatly missed by his colleagues in the Physics Department, where he was Director of Undergraduate Teaching for 5 years and by numerous cohorts of Lancaster physics students who benefited from his comprehensive, enthusiastic and stimulating lectures and laboratory demonstrations. Following his retirement in 1990, he continued to be involved with teaching in the Department for another decade. He then relocated to Cheshire and taught at Stockport College for 15 years where OFSTED awarded him many Outstanding marks for his way of teaching. In the 1990s, he became director of the suite of Master's degree programmes, which grew substantially. Sir Christopher Audland, KCMG, British diplomat and former Pro-Chancellor of Lancaster University died on 29 December 2019. Shaun is regarded as one of the worlds leading low-temperature physicists. A full obituary appeared in The Telegraph. Julie always spoke of her time at Pendle with great affection. The inaugural exhibition in the Scott Gallery, Romans in the North, was led by him. His concerns for these emerging difficulties resulted in his retirement in September 1993. They spanned its early rapid development, the retrenchment and recovery from the Thatcher years and the successful push for research intensity in the late 1980s. He came to Lancaster University in 1969 as a biological sciences lecturer before being ordained in 1991. He also set up and chaired some forty annual archaeological conferences for the Centre for NW Regional Studies, using his wide range of contacts to attract outstanding speakers on current hot topics. He then graduated with an MA in French Studies at Lancaster and went on to complete his Post Graduate studies at Keble College, Oxford. The loving w, Thomas Francis McGlynn, Teecat, Pap. Susie would like to thank everyone who joined them in a creative, uplifting and loud farewell to John on January 31st and for all the messages of condolence. Gill Sudlow was known to many staff and students on campus, having worked since 2003 managing campus guest rooms, and then transferring to Fylde College as College Residence Officer. Den will be sadly missed by his two sons, Phil and Dan and two granddaughters as well as all of his colleagues from those pioneering years. After his PhD, Lewis was employed by Virgin Media as an accountant, a job that he much enjoyed. They were very hospitable and regularly organised gatherings in their flat on campus which provided a home-away-from-home for many. Michael Waller, founding member of Russian Studies passed away on 24 October 2021. Skip to main content (800) 896-5587. A full obituary appeared on the BBC website. Ian was well known at work and also locally, particularly for his dry sense of humour and his passion for his beloved Staffordshire Bull Terriers. Richard Watts-Tobin, retired member of staff passed away on 26 April 2016 after a long illness. He had been working at the University as part of a flood prevention research team based at the Environment Centre and specialised in using computer modelling in flood risk management. His main research interests included geopolitics, water and the environment. The mysterious deaths of a Lancaster software developer and his family on a hiking trail were not a case of murder, police say. Tom Greenard (History, 1992, County) died suddenly of natural causes on 10 March 2020 aged 50. The department was initially based at St Leonards House in Lancaster. Clive Hodsdon (French Studies, 1976, Lonsdale) died on 21 November 2019, two weeks before his 67th birthday, after living with cancer for four years.As an undergraduate Clive was an active member of the university motor club, sailing club, archaeology society and ballroom dancing society where he met his future wife, Judith (History, 1974, Fylde.) She began working in the Press Office in December 2017 in a role that combined both her engagement and HE passions. These were the years that included the most significant rent strike in the history of the university during 1975-76, with Cartmel initially at the eye of the storm. He would often be seen on the Spine, selling his newspapers and happily engaging anyone in conversation. He was a valued member of Holy Trinity Church Southport acting as a server, Reader, church watcher and liaising closely with Holy Trinity School where he took weekly assemblies. Damons early work was on modelling data with ordered categorical outcomes. Dr Lindsay M Newman, former Assistant Librarian in the University Library in 1966, died on 27 May 2019. On his retirement from Leeds, he joined the Analysis group at Lancaster, and he contributed through undergraduate teaching, PhD supervision and publishing several substantial papers that featured in the recent REF submissions. Mark Wheeler, Lecturer in South East European Studies at Lancaster from 1975 to 1983 passed away on 7 April 2022. He was made a Professor Emeritus on 1 September 2006. In 1992 she received a Pilkington Teaching Award, for the excellence of your teaching contribution in both education and womens studies, drawing on evidence of the high quality of work of her students, often when working on difficult abstract issues, and to the careful preparation, rigorous presentation and thorough feedback they received. After the closure of the old Fylde Coffee shop, he moved across to the refurbished Fylde Bar and became famed for his soups and salads. He still always kept close contact with the physics research of his colleagues in Lancaster. He was born and grew up in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire before he studied mathematics at Queens College Cambridge, becoming a PhD student of Graham Allen. Tim studied for his PhD in Theatre, graduating in 2017 with a thesis entitled Towards Economies of Generosity in Contemporary Live Art Practice. As well as being a thorough field and laboratory researcher, Michael was an excellent teacher and was highly respected by both academics and members of the public. Doctors from general practice in Lancaster attended by rotation, and there were nine beds and two resident nursing sisters. and in 2011 was elected to Epping Forest council, becoming its cabinet member for 'safer, greener and transport' issues, a post he held up to his death.A memorial service was held on Wednesday 17th January 2018 at 2pm at St Stephen's with John Church Westminster, 38-42 Rochester Row, London SW1P 1LE. After taking early retirement Paul continued investing in stocks and shares, always looking to buck the market. The result of his intervention was that I knew how to write very good university essays and academic articles and from that intervention, a fortunate career of 40 years followed. Her father commented that her greatest asset was her voice and communication skills and the last two months of her life were the most difficult as she had lost her speech and her ability to communicate. The incumbent Head of Finance and Personnel, Robert Boumphrey, was able to become a full-time Establishment Officer. She was still working in Aylesbury, teaching English as a Foreign Language. He joined the Council of the University in 1988 and in 1990 was appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the Council, a post he held for seven years.This period was formative for the University and included the outstanding RAE success of 1992, expansion of student numbers and a major building programme. This was a new subject in universities and a major innovation for Lancaster. He and his wife Irene were generous in the keen interest they took in the Universitys affairs and their participation in its cultural and social activities and maintained contact for a long period after his retirement from these roles. His full obituary was published in the Guardian. She had worked at the university since 1986, initially as an Italian language assistant. John was reassuringly local in loyalties and critical engagement during his 44 years at Lancaster University, yet he was equally firmly a cosmopolitan with a global intellectual presence and international recognition as a public intellectual. He lived through the bombing of the city something which he blamed for his lifelong tendency to depression. In Lewis' memory 'The Pieman PT Foundation' has been set up to help empower people to thrive mentally, physically and spiritually - something that was very important to him. Via Bolton the married couple arrived in Lancaster in 1969. When he had the opportunity to go and live and work in Mexico in 2002, as part of a joint venture, he accepted and never looked back. Judith met her future husband, Peter, on their first day at University in 1976 and they married in 1984. Sir John was also a key member of the Council of the Victoria University of Manchester from 1998 when the merger with UMIST was in preparation. He was a popular teacher across a wide spectrum of courses, and head of department from 1983 to 1987 at a time when the first steps to forming a unitary Management School were being considered.Michael took early retirement and buyback in 1997, but continued with active writing and teaching, including for engineers, until 2006. (Bob) Moffit, and the original design of University House included a few small rooms on D floor where students could be looked after when they were ill. Sponsored by the British Council, he then moved to Lancaster University in 1978. Cho-nam was extremely popular at Lancaster and every student from Hong Kong knew him as well as his wife Pinky who is also an alumna. Two deaths from Covid-19 have been recorded at Morecambe Bay trust hospitals this week, as the number of people being treated in hospital for the virus also rose. Aaron had always been encouraging and supportive. He graduated from Lancaster after studying a BA in Educational Studies and Religious Studies in 1992, returned to do an MA in Education which was completed in 2002, and was awarded a PhD in 2007. He had diverse interests in literature, music and art. 0:53. Can I read old copies of the West Australian Newspaper online? Bob Brown, former staff member, passed away suddenly on 9 April 2022. The marketing side of her degree provided Louize with her career in qualitative market research. She was a huge advocate for public transport and it is a testament to her character that Stephie made a point of nipping down to the underpass when on campus to chat to the drivers that she had worked with for so many years, always making herself available to offer them some friendly advice or words of wisdom. He provided enthusiastic and inspirational support to students and colleagues over five decades. Harry began working at Lancaster in 1972 as Chair of Economics and took the role of Head of the Economics department in 1979. He returned to Lancaster in 1976 as its second Librarian, succeeding Graham Mackenzie and served until his retirement in September 1994. Professor Peter Harman from the Department of History died on 14 August 2014, at the age of 70, after a long illness. After retirement, Stephen continued in active church service at St James, Shireshead, Forton. In later years Dr Betjemann researched the history of the Grand and in time for its bicentenary he wrote the definitive history of the theatre which was published by Lancaster University Press. His biggest regret was he died before he could collect a pension from this bunch of clowns. Norman Sherry, Emeritus Professor died on October 19 2016. He continued to practise throughout his life, helping with charities through his involvement with the Catholic church. He was a popular JCR President. The rooms were never used for this purpose, but when the Vice-Chancellor and his immediate staff moved out of Bailrigg House to University House in 1967, the mansion was converted into a health centre. He had also been Vice Principal for External Engagement and Vice Principal for Student Experience. Professor David Shotter's full obituary. The obituaries below appear in theLNP|LancasterOnline editionsof Jan. 27, 2022, in alphabetical order by last name. The following tribute was given by fellow-historian Professor Ian Kershaw: 'Dick Geary: legend once met, never forgotten. WebOBITUARY Mrs. M. A. Helme, Almost life-long resident Lancaster, Mrs. Mary Ann Helme, of 94 Dale Street. In 1966 he moved to Leeds University as Deputy Librarian. Carol was a Professor in Sociology in DHR, specialising in disability studies and the sociology of health and illness until 2018 when she retired from the University due to ill health. She was a Labour Whip in the House of Lords for fifteen years. She was well known to many across the University where she helped to develop and deliver training. Full obituary on the MyObits website. He was the former chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities, Unilorin Chapter in Nigeria and spent a considerable part of his life and energy in the struggle for the development of the Nigerian University system and the Nigerian nation. WebPeacefully, on April 8, 2023, at home, with his family around him, aged 80, of King's L ELLEN OSBORNE OSBORNE - Ellen. (Glasgow), B.A. The course was a huge hit and over 1,000 students engaged in the first two months of its launch. David was also heavily involved in community events through public speaking, as well as supporting Defying Dementia, the campaign founded to support his laboratory work, and local initiatives such as The Bay Dementia Hub. She finally accepted that this would not be possible and we held a packed retirement do in December. Raymond Saffin (MPhil Physics, 1972, Bowland) passed away in September 2011 after a short illness, aged 64. This appointment covered the period of the Thatcher retrenchment in higher education, when many tough and unpalatable decisions had to be made, but Keith tackled the protracted negotiations with patience and fairness. After being awarded degrees from Bristol, Manchester and London, Geoff came to Lancaster as senior lecturer in Marketing on 1st September 1973. Mary Jones (English, 1972, Bowland) died in October 2021 aged 70. Initially arriving at Lancaster in 2013 as an Undergraduate, Rachel immediately revealed her true passions for people and higher education by working as a tour guide on campus and helping at recruitment events. Jill's full obituary and tributes (Internal news), Professor M. Alexander Stewart, Professor of the History of Philosophy died on 30 July aged 83. 1984 saw the pinnacle of her career with the appointment as Personal Secretary to the then Vice-Chancellor, Professor Philip Reynolds CBE. He was included in the 1966 World Cup squad which England won but missed out on the tournament due to injury. Due to ill health, he spent much of his later life in a wheelchair. Mandy Gates, Digital Skills Training Assistant in ISS passed away on 24 August 2019. Her incredible loss is felt by colleagues and friends, and also former colleagues from FASS and wider. Meeting Dick could though, be a surprise. He was quickly promoted to reader in September 1967, and to a personal chair in April 1969, the first such internal appointment by the University.Walter became the second head of department, from 1973-79. Alongside his academic successes, he was a highly respected professional performance practitioner with a focus on issues of health and disability and on the integration of politics and artistic expression in arts activism.

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