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Alumni Obituaries

Here we commemorate and celebrate the lives of alumni and friends of the University who are no longer with us.

Below you’ll find the obituaries of those we’ve lost in the last twelve months. We update this list monthly. To submit an obituary for a graduate or former member of staff, please email advancement@ncl.ac.uk

Title Name Course title Degree Class of
Dr Joan M Baxter MBE   Hon DLitt 1988
Dr Trevor J Bedford Electrical and Electronic Engineering BSc, PhD 1979, 1986
Dr Anthony S Binks MBBS MBBS 1965
Mr Rod Bramald Educational Studies BPhil, MEd 1977, 1990
Mr Nigel T Brereton Town & Country Planning BA (Hons) 1965
Dr Susan J Burnett MBBS MBBS 1959
Dr  Peter J Burnett MBBS MBBS 1954
Dr Richard M Butler BDS BDS 1968
Mr Peter R Chilley Plant Biology BSc 1987
Dr Raymond P Christie MBBS MBBS 1962
  Wendy Craig      
Dr Ian R Dixon Dental Surgery BDS 1972
Mr Sidney Dodd Politics MPhil 1996
Mrs Elsie E Earnshaw Education BA (Hons), Dip 1945, 1946
Dr Jane E Eastham BDS BDS 1993
Sir Terry Farrell CBE RIBA FRSE FCSD MRTPI Architecture BA (Hons), Hon DCL 1961, 2000
Dr Janet Gale MBBS MBBS 1962
Emeritus Professor Harry Gilbert      
Miss Alisa Gupwell History UG HE Cert 2015
Emeritus Professor Max Hammerton      
Dr Kay Hartley      
Mr Raymond Holliday OBE French BA (Hons) 1972
Mr John Howard Geography BSc 1990
Dr Janet Howell Speech PhD 1989
Mrs Judith M Irish Scandinavian Studies BA (Hons) 1976
Mr Peter G Jenkins Archaeology BA (Hons) 1999
Dr Moira Johnston MBBS MBBS 1967
Dr Ian Jones Spatial Planning, Human Geography PDI, PhD 2014, 2023
Dr Malcolm Kennedy CBE Electrical Engineering BSc, PhD 1961, 1964
Mr Ek Tieng Lee Public Health Engineering Dip 1965
Mr David R Lewis BDS BDS 1957
Dr Anthony Littlewood      
Dr Angus Lunn MBE Geography BSc, PhD 1955, 1958
Mr Ray Mackintosh      
Mr Ian R Maxwell Mechanical Engineering BSc 1967
Dr James B McCafferty MBBS MBBS 1958
Emeritus Professor RI Moore      
Mr Peter D Mullen Mechanical Engineering BSc (Hons) 1959
Dr Laurence K O'Connor Agriculture BSc, PhD 1951, 1955
Dr John Ollerenshaw      
Emeritus Professor Roger H Pain     1953
Mr Robert Richardson Economics BA (Hons) 1953
Dr Lorna M Rozner MBBS, Public Health MBBS, DPH 1947,1951
Emeritus Professor David A Shaw CBE MBBS MBBS  
Mr Christian K Stoltz   BSc 1970
Dr Susan Stuart MBBS MBBS 1969
Mr Daneil Swales   MA  
Mr John Telfer Crop Production BSc 1960
Captain William R Tinlin BDS BDS 1970
Mr Adam Wellman Geography BSc 1992
Dr Brian Wheatley MBBS MBBS 1962
Emeritus Professor James R White      
Miss Simone K White Law (Hons) - Euro Legal Studies LLB 2019
Dr Albert E Wraith Applied Science PhD 1968
Mr Robert J Wright Mathematics & Statistics BSc 1991
Dr Mary A Wynne MBBS MBBS 1950
Mr Kenneth J Young      

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