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In later years, along with Peter Waller, he made annual visits to campus and his old haunts in Lancaster and Morecambe. Roger Mace, former Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance and Director of the suite of Master's degree programmes passed away on 20 September 2019. From 1989 onwards she represented a range of regional interests in Europe. An obituary was published in The Guardian on 24 November - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/24/david-craig-obituary. Dr Andy McCabe (Engineering) died suddenly at home after a short illness in May 2014. After two years teaching at Magee University College in Londonderry, he came as Lecturer (and subsequently Senior Lecturer) to Lancasters recently opened Department of Classics in October 1966. The course was a huge hit and over 1,000 students engaged in the first two months of its launch. He developed a regression diagnostic for the continuation ratio model and a random-effects continuation ratio model for longitudinal data which was incorporated into the data analysis software R.In more recent years Damon returned to medical statistics and took up a Chair in Applied Statistics at Swansea University. He published chiefly on the history of natural philosophy and physics in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Whilst at Lancaster he was an active climber and mountaineer making lifelong friends through these activities. He lived an unconventional life of semi-leisure dominated by racehorses, greyhounds, cycling and tennis. SHEILA 1 Death Notice 1443 25/05/2022 Lancaster Bare & Torrisholme Add a photo free Lennard Since his retirement David was in demand and held many temporary contracts with WMS in teaching from 2007 to March 2013. Lewis Boyd-Hill (BA Philosophy, Politics & History, 2014, Lonsdale) passed away in February 2021. He was the centre of any room he entered, a wonderful raconteur, a marvellous conversationist, naturally witty and often uproariously funny. He was an active member of Furness College and took great interest in the provision of wine within the college. Affectionately known as 'Tom the Pom' he was a passionate football fan, a devoted father and a talented radio producer. She served as Director of Studies for the combined major in Educational Studies and Religious Studies and was highly active in the establishment of Womens Studies at Lancaster. Meeting Dick could though, be a surprise. Moving to London, she worked with leading research and marketing agencies before beginning a freelance career in 2002 as a consumer insight specialist, earning a reputation for outstanding people and analytical skills, intuition around consumer behaviour, and an ability to produce meaningful insights, ideas and advice for a wide range of clients internationally. He joined Lancaster from Trinity College, Dublin, having studied at the University of Exeter as had several others in his generation at Lancaster. The incumbent Head of Finance and Personnel, Robert Boumphrey, was able to become a full-time Establishment Officer. After his Lancaster degree he completed a PhD in Operational Research at the University of Southampton. Judith will be remembered by many contemporaries in Pendle for her individual style which marked her out against the uniformity of the late-1970s denim-clad campus. An honorary LL.D. He was made a Professor Emeritus on 1 September 2006. Professor David Shotter's full obituary. Brian Heron, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council from 1997 to 2003, died peacefully on 11 February 2016. Dave came to Lancaster to read Economics in 1967. He was previously Professor of Information Management at Brunel University, and an associate of Henley Management College. An obituary, written by Professor Andrew Jotischky, current Head of the Department of History can be viewed on the Lancaster University website. A fuller obituary appears on the Lancaster University website. His main strength was in the understanding of computers and computing. His full obituary can be viewed in the This Day publication. He was elected an Honorary Alderman on his retirement. The latter result was obtained independently by Garth Dales and Jean Esterle, and is a rare instance where the axioms of set theory impinge upon relatively standard objects in analysis. He was also a gifted organiser and was instrumental in establishing the Socialist Society on campus which for the first (and only) time, united the various left-wing factions into a major force in the university. A tribute from colleague, Professor Jane Simpson, appears on the LU website. He lived life by his religious principles, cared deeply about his fellow man and was always there to provide help and support. Professor Emeritus Keith Soothill died in February 2014. She was later promoted to Senior Researcher and Co-Director of ASSURE (Applied Social Science Unit for Research and Evaluation), undertaking more than 70 individual commissions for a range of organisations including the Government and Home Office, through to charities and the voluntary sector. Martin Eaden (Economics and Politics, 1972, County)died suddenly at his home on 9 November 2022 aged 73. Julie always spoke of her time at Pendle with great affection. As well as running a business, Judith was an active Labour Party member in Market Harborough, Leicestershire and Redditch in Worcestershire and an enthusiastic school governor. He held positions in several countries before coming to Lancaster (Sierra Leone, Kuwait and Thailand), ran courses in many other parts of the world and acted as a consultant to several major ELT development projects. Professor Leslie Smith passed away on 29 December 2020 after a long illness. He made a huge contribution to the Department and the profession of Operational Research, in which he was particularly noted for his developments of computer simulation. After his grandfathers death, Den moved in to live with the family of a school friend forming a life-long friendship. (Waite) Smith. His colleagues and friends, inside and outside the university, think of Michael as a man of strong liberal principles, a vigorous campaigner who was kind and generous, always willing to lend a hand, and fun to be with. Michael also met his wife, Manon Allee, at Lancaster, and she predeceased him in 2019. His research investigated land and sea level changes in his home area of south-west Lancashire. Wendy Francis former Departmental Officer for Politics, Philosopher and Religion, passed away on 15 November 2020. ), Professor Wigmore full obituary (internal news. After Lancaster he moved to the University of Reading for his MSc and completed a PhD at Kingston Polytechnic in 1982. Louize Gibson (Marketing and Theatre Studies, 1988, Cartmel) died suddenly on 17 July 2021 at the age of 55, just a few days after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Throughout his adult life he supported a wide range of radical causes nationally and internationally. In 1997, after almost 28 years at Lancaster, Tony retired and is reported as saying, 'mostly happy memories, perhaps tinged with a little sadness at leaving colleagues and friends.' He was a friendly and popular member of the PhD community at Lancaster, and this news will doubtless come as a shock to many. His charisma, together with his intellectual brilliance, his sharpness of mind, and his exceptional clarity of exposition made him an extraordinarily gifted teacher and a spellbinding lecturer.' Creating an obituary on Echovita is free. John embodied the tradition of world-class Sociology that he was central to creating at Lancaster University. A tribute from colleague, Professor Jane Simpson, appears on the LU website. Dennett Malcolm Winterburn (Den) was a part of the 1964-1967 Pioneer Group of Lancaster Graduates. He was also an Editor of the Ruskin Review and Bulletin. His own interests were in low-temperature physics and ultrasonic studies of solids. He came to Lancaster as a part-time lecturer in Sociology on 1 September 1973 and subsequently became a senior lecturer. Yow Liang Keon (MA Operational Research, 1980, Lonsdale) passed away on 17 September 2021. Mark was a high flying undergraduate with the great John Fine at the University of Michigan who came with fellowships and scholarships to do a PhD at Cambridge, under the also great F.H. Tim embodied the values of Lancaster and was dedicated to the contribution he and his team could make towards the Universitys success. Alistair Pratley, Assistant Team Leader in retail, passed away on 1 October 2020. An obituary written by Steve Kempster appears on the Lancaster University website. David returned to the UK to take up an academic post at Queens University in Belfast, before moving into industry with SmithKline Beecham in Essex. He studied for the degrees of BSc and PhD at the University of Wales at Cardiff, specialising in electron spin resonance, and was also awarded a DSc in that area in 1987. (Mohamed) Asraf Sattar Suleman, (MA Contemporary Sociology, 1988, Sociology & Politics, 1986, Cartmel) sadly passed away on 21 January 2019 after a battle with cancer. He came to Lancaster after receiving his BA (Hons) in Mathematics from Cambridge University. He is survived Sheila, his divorced wife, daughter Lily and son Harry. John Wyld (MA Accounting & Finance, 1981, Cartmel) sadly passed away on 14 February 2021 following a short battle with cancer. After three years he graduated and gained a scholarship at Columbia University, New York, before returning to Britain in 1966 then starting at Lancaster University as one of the first research students in Environmental Sciences. He came to Lancaster as lecturer and founding member of the Department of Chemistry on 1 October 1964, and was awarded a Personal Chair four years later. Sir Christopher Audland, KCMG, British diplomat and former Pro-Chancellor of Lancaster University died on 29 December 2019. He finally retired in 2015. After qualifying, he later worked at Mayfield Garage in Bare before taking up a role at Lancaster Police Station where he and his dad, Dennis, ran the garage looking after all the police vehicles. In total, 9,910 have been published by Lancaster Guardian which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months. Latterly he became an educational advisor to the County and a leadership mentor for prospective Head Teachers. He met his first wife, Jenny (nee Jordan) at Lancaster and leaves behind two children by his first marriage, two step-children by his second marriage to Tracy and nine grandchildren from the two marriages, for whom he provided an endless supply of fun, encouragement and guidance. His period of office included the start of the developments at Alexandra Park and the refurbishment of the colleges, a major review of the Charter and Statutes, and the appointment of Professor Paul Wellings as fourth Vice-Chancellor. His reader, Price Theory, was read and devoured by countless trainee economists in the 1970s and 1980s. After retiring from work in 1982, Harry later returned to the University to teach part-time until 1991. From 1990 onwards he led a fundraising campaign from which the major initiative of the Ruskin Foundation emerged, and he gave unstinting advice and guidance to the complex work of funding the Ruskin Library and the move of the Whitehouse Collection from Bembridge on the Isle of Wight to Lancaster. Carl OKeeffe, a 49-year-old man from Lancaster, was attending a birthday party with his niece in the Kong Adventure Centre in Keswick, Cumbria on 22 April, Sky The Funeral will take 2 Death Notice 137 20/04/2023 Sandon Austin's Funeral Directors Add a photo free John Leonard ANDREWS John Leonard Andrews passed away peacefully on 8 April 2023 aged 89. He served under five Lancaster Vice-Chancellors during more than forty years of service for the University. A full obituary appeared on the BBC website. His work colleagues at his celebration service described him as extremely smart and one of the best stock market analysts and investors they had ever come across. His first teaching post was at Guthlaxton school in Leicestershire, followed by his appointment as Head of Department at Prince William school in Oundle in the early 1970s. He will be much missed by colleagues in the Department of Linguistics and English Language, the Lancaster Confucius Institute, and around the world. This is something personally appreciated, as it was he who took me aside as a first year undergraduate, mystified as to how someone who made the kinds of comments and insights in class that a teacher hoped to get, but produced such a duff first essay that he could not work out what had happened. These experiences also raised questions about his own identity. Professor Robert (Bob) O'Keefe (Computer Modelling for Business, 1979, Cartmel) died on January 31 2022, aged 63, after suffering with MND which had been diagnosed in May 2018. Her students - that is how she referred to them - knew they could turn to Emma for support in whatever form that took, sometimes just a chat, sometimes advice. At that moment, within minutes of arriving, she knew she had chosen the right place to study. A memorial written by Professor Bob Jessop and in consultation with other colleagues who knew John well is available to view on the Lancaster University obituaries page.
