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Honouring the lives of your fellow alumni

We’re deeply saddened to announce the deaths of our Newcastle University alumni and supporters.

Below you'll find the obituaries of those we've lost in the last 12 months. We update this list monthly.

Deceased NU alumni

Name	Course Title	Degree	Class of
Mr Andrew T Shaw	Mining Engineering	BSc	1981
Mr Brian Charlton			1970
Dr David L Speirs	Philosophy	PhD	1969
Emeritus Professor Donald Hardie	Research Metallurgy	PhD	1953
Mr Edwin A Bristow	LLB	LLB	1951
Miss Elizabeth Barraclough	Computing	MSc	1965
Dr Francis Williams	Marine Science	DSc	1964
Dr George Philliskirk	Bacteriology & Biochemistry	BSc	1971
Dr Gordon Pledger		MD	1964
Mr Graham W Watson		BSc	1977
Dr Heather M Bond	Biochemistry	BSc	1981
Dr Jessel Josephs	MBBS	MBBS	1947
Joan Patricia Crichton	Applied Science	BSc	1944
Mr John Bonnington	Architecture		1951
Emeritus Professor John F Sawyer
Mr John O Woodhead	German	BA Hons	1963
Mr Julian D West		BDS	1988
Kevin Monaghan
Dr Kishorsingh U Solanki	Medicine	PhD	1977
Sir Laurence W Martin		Hon DCL	1991
Mr Manfred W Brown	Chemical Engineering	BSc	1979
Miss Margaret E Murray	Education	Dip Ed	1979
Ms Margaret E Parkins	Philosophy (Education)	BPhil	1980
Dr Margaret S Emerson	MBBS	MBBS	1958
Mrs Marina S Joseph		BSc	1976
Ms Mary G Cawthorn	Architecture	BA Hons
Mr Nicholas J Truckle	Geography	BSc	1969
Mr Paul A Kentish	Computing Science	MSc	1971
Emeritus Professor Peter Arnold
Dr Philip S Ansell	Statistics	PhD	1999
Professor Richard J Parish	French	BA (Hons)	1970
Mr Roger C Rowell	Civil Engineering	BSc	1970
Ms Susan M Clements	Politics	BA Hons	1977
Dr Susan M Tilley	Music	MLit	2009
Dr Terence Crawford Muir	Civil Engineering	PhD	1968
Mr Thomas Britten	Geography	BSc	1983
Mr Thomas F Brass		LLB	1970
Dr Wendy R Exton	MBBS	MBBS	1967
Dr William G Donald	MBBS	MBBS	1958