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
Mr AA Fogarasy
Mr Andrew M O'Shaughnessy	MBBS	MBBS	1995
Dr Anthony J Mudd	Agricultural Biochemistry	PhD	1966
Mr Benjamin J Bolton	Agricultural and Environmental Science	BSc	1978
Dr Brien Roy	MBBS	MBBS	1956
Miss Catharine M Haines	Zoology	BSc	1960
Mr Charles J Knight	Applied Science	BSc	1966
Mrs Christine H Connearn	Psychology	BSc	1979
Mrs Christine H Merrell	MEd	MEd	1995
Dr Christine Moxon	MBBS	MBBS	1971
Emeritus Professor Claire Lamont
Mr Cliff Martindale		BSc	1959
Mr Colin G Atkinson	Economics	BA (Hons)	1958
Mr David G Buffin	Agricultural Zoology	BSc	1983
Dr David J Cawthorne	MBBS	MBBS	1947
Mr David L Pritchard		MA	1971
The Revd David R Boulton	Education	BEd	1976
Mr Desmond J McHugh	Economics	BA (Hons)	1974
Mrs Doris R Burwood	Education	BPhil	1987
Mr Douglas Mennear	Town and Country Planning	BA (Hons)	1959
Mr Edward D Cooper		MSc	1969
Mrs Elaine Rigg	Geography & Botany		1975
Dr Elise M Vandervelde	MBBS	MBBS	1961
Mrs Elizabeth Daniels	MBBS	MBBS	1949
Dr Elizabeth Grisenthwaite	MBBS	MBBS	1958
Mrs Elizabeth M Bavidge OBE JP	Arts	BA (Hons)	1967
Mr Eric Bell
Professor Sir Eric J Thomas	MBBS	MBBS	1976
Mr Frederick Lilley
Dr George R Cottrell	MBBS	MBBS	1945
Mr Harry Belafonte		Hon DCL	1998
Emeritus Professor Harry Marsh		DSc	1973
Dr James T Bowman CBE		DMus	1996
Mrs Janet P Goddard			1988
Ms Jean M Harris	Economic and Social Studies	BA (Hons)	1968
Mr John A Dalton	Technology in the Marine Environment	MRes	2000
Mr John B Mayne	Civil Engineering	BSc	1969
Dr John D Hodgson	MBBS	MBBS	1955
Mr John Harbottle	Education	MEd	2001
Dr John Muncaster	MBBS	MBBS	1960
Mr John P Wilkinson	Arts	BA Hons	1970
Dr John W Bull
Miss Kara T Russell	Clinical Psychology	PhD	2004
Mr Kevin R McAleavy	Art	BA (Hons)	1965
Miss Leah M Smith	Foundations in Clinical Psychology	MSc	2022
Mr Leon M Blythe	Biology (Cell & Mollecular Biology)	BSc	2019
Dr Lesley Lord	MBBS	MBBS	1967
Sir M Scott	Architecture	BA (Hons)	1949
Mr Martin C Wright	Mechanical Engineering	BSc	1982
Mr Michael G Tibbetts	Civil Engineering	BSc	1965
Mr Michael Lacy	Education	MEd	1983
Emeritus Professor Sir Michael Rawlins		Hon DCL	2008
Mr Mick Bond
Dr Nigel H Hall	Agriculture	BSc / PhD	1964 / 1977
Dr Nigel R Adams	BDS	BDS	1969
Mr Paul J Sartin	Music	MA	2005
Mr Peter Atkinson	Naval Architecture	BSc	1960
Professor Peter Britton	Psychology	PhD	1967
The Revd Randolph Vickers FCIB FCIM	Applied Theology	MA	1993
Mrs Rebecca Robertson		MA	1979
Sir Robert Malpas CBE	Mechanical Engineering	BSc	1947
Dr Roger M Edwards		BDS	1972
Mr Ronald Kerr
Mr RR Dukes
Professor Saleemul Huq
Mr Sjg Brown
Professor Stanley Openshaw	Geography	BA (Hons)	1968
Mr Stuart Irvine	Town Planning	BA (Hons)	1997
Professor Stuart G Parker		MD
Mr Thomas Rillands TD	Business Administration	MBA	1990
Mr Tor Moinichen	Naval Archtecture	BSc	1974
The Rt Hon The Viscount Walter G Runciman CBE FBA		Hon DCL	2012
Dr Walter J Atkinson	MBBS	MBBS	1959
Dr William G Roberts	English Literature	PhD	1994
Emeritus Professor William McFarlane