Alumni Obituaries

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	Hira Ahluwalia	Metallurgy	BSc; PhD	1983; 1987
Mrs	Thelma Allen			1970
Dr	John R Backhurst	Chemical Engineering	BSc; PhD	1964; 1967
Mr	Richard P Barwick	Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding	BSc	1977
Lord	Jeremy Beecham DL		Hon DCL	1992
Miss	Deborah R Bell	Museum Studies	MA	2017
Mr	Christopher M Benarr	Politics	BA (Hons)	2002
Mr	Michael A Boddington MBE	Agricultural Economics	BSc	1967
Mr	Robert J Briggs	Zoology	BSc	1975
Dr	Michael Bryson	MBBS	MBBS	1965
Dr	Pamela Buck	MBBS	MBBS	1970
Dr	Alan Cartledge	Chemical Engineering	BSc	1974
Ms	Margaret Chittick	Latin & French	BA (Hons); PGCE	1963; 1994
Dr	Bevis Cubey	MBBS	MBBS	1962
Mr	Christopher W Davies		MSc	1993
Dr	Xu Deng		PhD	2017
Mrs	Margaret E Downing	Law	LLB	1976
	Dorothy Duffell	Education	Hon BEd	2025
Emeritus Professor	Barbara W Durkacz
Mr	Geoffrey Ellin	Shipbuilding & Naval Architecture	BSc	1961
Dr	Charles (Gavin) Fairpo	BDS	BDS	1959
Dr	Jeremy G Feggetter TD DL	MBBS	MBBS	1966
Professor	Vicki Hanson		Hon DSc	2017
Emeritus Professor	John B Harris
Dr	David L Hodkin	Engineering	PhD	1978
Dr	Robin D Humphrey	Sociology and Social Administration	BA (Hons); PhD	1977
Mr	Gareth F Joshua	Electrical Engineering	BSc	1973
Dr	John W  Kershaw
Dr	Herbert "Natural" Langdon	Media, Culture and Heritage	PhD	2025
Emeritus Professor	Ruth Lesser	Speech; Psychology	BSc; PhD	1971; 1976
Mr	Simon Lock	Biology	BSc	2012
Dr	David T Lord	MBBS	MBBS	1967
Dr	Hugh F Marshall	MBBS	MBBS	1961
Dr	Athol J McLachlan	Retired senior lecturer in Biology
Mr	Paul F Miller	Agriculture	BSc	1986
Mr	Gordon E Miller	Mechanical Engineering	BSc	1971
Ms	Sonia J Newell	BDS	BDS	1976
Dr	Kenneth Nott	Retired senior lecturer in Psychology
Dr	Geoffrey Oliver	BDS	BDS	1964
Mrs	Mary J Parke	Economics and Accounting	BA Hons	1977
Mr	Ian J Paterson	Law	LLB	1959
Mr	David W Plevin	Zoology	BSc	1967
Dr	Arthur D Pope	BDS	BDS	1973
Mr	John R Reader	Chemistry	BSc	1968
Mr	Allan W Reid	Town and Country Planning	Dip	1971
Mr	John (Jack) Shepherd	Fine Art	BA (Hons)	1962
Dr	Christopher J Sier	Marine Science	PhD	1998
Dr	Ian H Taylor	MBBS	MBBS	1958
Mr	John Telfer	Crop Production	BSc	1960
Mrs	Caroline M Tucker	Modern Languages	MA	2002
Dr	John M Wardell	Dental Surgery	BDS	1970
Mr	Neil K Warwick OBE	Law	LLB	1990
Mr	James R Wright CBE DL	Hon DCL		2001

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