Obituaries

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
Dr Alan E Bottom	Pure Science (Chemistry)	MSc	1968
Mr Andrew T Shaw	Mining Engineering	BSc	1981
Mr Brian Charlton			1970
Mr Brian Henderson	Electrical Engineering	BSc	1968
Mrs Christine B Eyre	PGCE	PGCE	1982
Mr Christopher Rouse	Mathematics	BSc	2018
Professor David G Robinson	Town and Country Planning	BA (Hons)	1955
Mrs Deborah M Reynolds	Geography	BSc	1972
Dr Derek Packham
Emeritus Professor Donald Hardie	Research Metallurgy	PhD	1953
Mr Edwin A Bristow	LLB	LLB	1951
Miss Elizabeth Barraclough	Computing	MSc	1965
Miss Ella J Dawson	Fine Art	BA	2019
Dr Francis Williams	Marine Science	DSc	1964
Dr George D Hurrell	MBBS	MBBS	1955
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
Mr Hugh G Brown	MBBS	MBBS	1947
Dr Jessel Josephs	MBBS	MBBS	1947
Dr Jim Smith
Dr Joan Elliott	MBBS	MBBS	1960
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
Sir Laurence W Martin		Hon DCL	1991
Mr Manfred W Brown	Chemical Engineering	BSc	1979
Dr Margaret Browne	Clinical Biochemistry	MSc	1977
Miss Margaret E Murray	Education	Dip Ed	1979
Ms Margaret E Parkins	Philosophy (Education)	BPhil	1980
Miss Margaret Nelson
Dr Margaret S Emerson	MBBS	MBBS	1958
Mrs Marina S Joseph		BSc	1976
Miss Marjorie H Steward	Education	MEd	1988
Mrs Mary E Murray-Parkins	Education	MEd	1985
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
Professor Philip Bradbeer		BSc	1955
Mr Philip M Lobb	Economics and Accounting	BA (Hons)	1980
Dr Philip S Ansell	Statistics	PhD	1999
Professor Richard J Parish	French	BA (Hons)	1970
Mr Richard L Gillam		BSc	1976
Mr Roger C Rowell	Civil Engineering	BSc	1970
Mr Shiraz Shivji	Economic Studies	BA (Hons)	1972
Dr Stanley Pumford	MBBS	MBBS	1964
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