He was a highly-respected and well-known colleague across the University, illustrated by the support and respects paid at his retirement events in December by current and former staff and students. She taught at the department of government and politics at the University of Maryland (1985-2000) and then went as professor to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio based in the department of political science. He enjoyed the sense of being at the centre of University life and working productively with colleagues and students across the campus to develop Lancasters reputation as a student-friendly institution. Emma joined the LUMS community in 1999, where she initially worked with the Reception team. Before joining Lancaster University, David was widely travelled; working in both academia and industry. He joined United Biscuits where he became a Director in the Food Division in 1982. Mr Cockburn, who had taken an MA at St Andrews and served as Education Officer for the Colonial Service in Zambia, took up the post of Secretary to the School of Education at Lancaster on 19 August 1967. The Right Honourable Lord Thomas Taylor of Blackburn CBE JP DL died on Friday 25 November 2016 following an accident. Judith Kirk, ne Smallwood (English, 1979, Pendle) died in September after suffering with MS for many years. Everyone knew Dick. On one occasion in Tanzania, a student anonymously charged him with being an agent of imperialism, and while he easily refuted that, he did have difficulty persuading people that he was not an American, as black visitors from abroad were expected to be. For several years he was a much loved seminar tutor and supervisor for practical work in Theatre and LICA. A fuller obituary appears on the Lancaster University website. Dick was a leading figure in the German Studies and History Departments in the 1970s and 80s before being appointed a Professor of History at Nottingham University in 1989. Dr Lindsay M Newman, former Assistant Librarian in the University Library in 1966, died on 27 May 2019. He will long be remembered with great affection. Already as a graduate student, he was devising experimental techniques which have since been taken up worldwide. Despite growing up in Reading, almost within scent of Whitbreads brewery, he thought the beer to be better in Lancaster. Following his MA at Lancaster, he completed a PGCE at the University of Wolverhampton in 1986. John Ulyett (Politics, 2005, Cartmel) passed away suddenly on 8th April 2015 in London. He retired from being a full-time academic in 2014 shortly after being deservedly awarded a Distinguished Professorship. He actively collaborated with Professor Michael Wheeler on the background preparations around the acquisition of the Whitehouse Collection for the Ruskin Library. His major research endeavour was on the 19th-century physicist James Clerk Maxwell, whose seminal contributions - field theory and statistical physics - rank in importance with the work of Newton and Einstein and whose writings have been widely influential. He then worked as the official biographer of novelist Graham Greene. Lancaster Obituaries - Latest Obituaries in Lancaster, MA She particularly enjoyed helping those across the University who were struggling to develop their IT skills. He started at the University in February 1985 and retired in March 2011. Rosanna 'Rosy' Gwynn nee Weatherall (French & Italian Studies, 2001, Pendle) died in December 2013 at the age of 35. LANCASTER - Mrs. Julie Ann Brasington Hayes, 71, passed away Friday, April 14, 2023, at her home. Bobs PhD was an early contribution to visual interactive simulation and interactive model building. Ken was a former member of staff in the Department of Biological Sciences and worked at Lancaster from 1969 until he retired in 1993. Anne was a lecturer at Lancaster from 1965 to 1971, she was a member of the Department of English; primarily a poet but someone who also taught stylistics and even general linguistics, as well as American literature. He served on University Court from 2009-2013 and on Senate from 2011-2013. He stayed on as a Research Associate until 2007 and returned as a Lecturer in 2012 after working at UCLAN and Edge Hill. Click here to read the most recent funeral listings. After joining Research Support, Stephies temporary position soon became permanent and she became a much-loved colleague and friend to many in the university, always on hand with a Tunnocks tea cake and a smile. His next job was in Leeds, where he changed from focusing on philosophy to working in computing. featured on the Lancaster University website. Professor Jaroslav Krejci passed away on Sunday 16 February 2014 at the age of 98. Fairbairn, M.A. Outside of Lancaster, he held appointments as Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences, Purdue University and as Research Consultant, Regenstrief Institute for Health Service Research, Indianapolis. His political activities as a Liberal Democrat and a strong supporter of the EU continued unabated. Dee became a Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and then, from 2006, at Stirling University - in the Department of Communication, Media and Culture. After his Lancaster degree he completed a PhD in Operational Research at the University of Southampton. Alistair was recruited by the then University Catering Department in 2005 after having started a second undergraduate degree as a mature student. He joined the Security and Porter team in 2017 and started off his career with the University as a porter at Chancellors Wharf moving on to Bailrigg Campus in September 2018.Chris was a popular member of team and was more of a friend than a colleague to many. Vanessa A. Steve also played a central role in the life of County College during his time at Lancaster, culminating in holding the role of College Dean for 10 years from 2006 and Vice-Principal from 2016 until his death. He enjoyed socialising in the legendary Shakespeare Hotel and what then was the newly built County College Bar. A full obituary is published on the Lancaster University website. Dr Richard Payne (MRes Science of the Environment, 2001, Graduate) passed away in May 2019 while attempting to climb Peak 6477, a previously unclimbed subsidiary peak of one of Indias highest mountains, Nanda Devi.Richard was a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geography at the University of York where he had taught since 2015. John Crookes, a staff member of the Department of Management Science from 1967 to 1995 died on June 3 2015. Gemma Oliver (BBA, 2009, Pendle) passed away peacefully on Friday 14 June 2013 aged 26 years. John Leslie Illingworth, the subject librarian for over thirty years, passed away on January 4th 2020. Full obituary on the MyObits website. His was also known for his beloved Rover P series he drove onto campus many a day, and as a regular in Fylde Bar, usually enjoying a pint of Guinness or 6. The following tribute was given by fellow-historian Professor Ian Kershaw: 'Dick Geary: legend once met, never forgotten. Disillusioned with practice as he had been with academia, Mark retired in 2010, fled Bosnia (but not without donating 5000 books to a university library) and hid from his former colleagues and friends for some years, Eventually, he was happy to renew contact with some old friends, including Professor Clive Church, who had appointed him in the mid-1970s and me, one of the protgs, he inspired. Sometime in the early 1980s he phoned to arrange a meeting with a prominent historian in East Berlin. (Mohamed) Asraf Sattar Suleman, (MA Contemporary Sociology, 1988, Sociology & Politics, 1986, Cartmel) sadly passed away on 21 January 2019 after a battle with cancer. He was Chief Executive of the Brathay Educational Trust, Ambleside for 14 years from 1992-2006Malcolm McDonald, Graduate Studies Officer in the office of the Academic Registrar for over twenty years, died on 5 August 2013, just three weeks short of his 80th birthday. The family found life very difficult and soon moved in with Dens grandfather, a carpenter who encouraged Den to read and study hard and this helped him to pass the 11+ enabling entry to Holt High School. He oversaw the design and construction of the Physics building and the appointment of a range of physicists. He was subsequently given a joint appointment by Lancaster, as pianist in residence, from 1981 to 1993. He wasnt a great fan of fieldwork rather an important part of the subject but went on to have a long and respected career in teaching in Chesterfield. He was in his element in delegations to successive NUS conferences where he would enjoy all night meetings on composite motions delighting when he had secured speaking rights on a motion for the Lancaster delegation. Damons early work was on modelling data with ordered categorical outcomes. His highlight was being described as a long haired hippy by the Guardian for heckling the Queen about paying tax. He twice held the office of Furness College Principal and in this capacity served on Senate, University Court, the Bars Committee and the Colleges and Residences Committee. His publications include Interface (Longman), ESP: A Learning-centred Approach, Study Tasks in English (both Cambridge University Press), A Review of Research into Needs for English for Academic Purposes (ETS), two edited volumes of papers and a number of journal articles. His full obituary can be viewed in the This Day publication, CBE for services to the community in Lancashire in the 2010 New Years Honours List, His full obituary appears on the BBC Sport website. Outside work, Judy volunteered with The Samaritans, sang in choirs and was involved in several amateur dramatics groups. He eventually became the Director of Undergraduate Courses in the Department of Physics. Doctors from general practice in Lancaster attended by rotation, and there were nine beds and two resident nursing sisters. She was a feminist, a socialist and a campaigner dedicated to challenging and innovative projects in the voluntary and public sectors. After three years he graduated and gained a scholarship at Columbia University, New York, before returning to Britain in 1966 then starting at Lancaster University as one of the first research students in Environmental Sciences. John Mowat, a retired lecturer in English Literature sadly passed away at the age of 82 on 3 April 2020. Her students - that is how she referred to them - knew they could turn to Emma for support in whatever form that took, sometimes just a chat, sometimes advice. His work colleagues at his celebration service described him as extremely smart and one of the best stock market analysts and investors they had ever come across. Simone arrived in Lancaster in June 2002 after completing a degree at the University of Trento to start his doctoral work under the supervision of Professors Elizabeth Shove (Sociology) and Luis Araujo (Marketing). He had a keen interest in the Beatles and celebrated his 64th birthday in Paul's old house in Liverpool. Paul Raymond Herrington, founder member of the Economics Department, died aged almost 80 on 18 August 2019 and after a difficult time suffering with Parkinson's Disease.Paul was appointed in 1964 and is remembered by the first cohort of Economics students at Lancaster as an entertaining and thoughtful lecturer, as well as a helpful tutor and guide. Out of the Commons Waller became a director of Which? Significantly, he not only understood the language but also the scientific context, which was a major bonus for his clients. His full obituary was published in the Guardian. He worked as an account manager in public relations and in November 2012, he was featured in PR Week magazine as one of '29 under 29', a competition to find the best young talent in the UK PR industry. He joined the Lancaster High Energy Physics Group in 1970 following his studies at Oxford University. This is close to the top of Bailrigg Drive near Bailrigg House. Aaron had always been encouraging and supportive. Malcolm oversaw a huge increase in programmes of study and student numbers before his retirement in December 1992 and his work laid the foundation of postgraduate studies as we know it today. While he lived in London, in his vacations, he worked as a lighting operator at the Golders Green Hippodrome and was deeply involved in the University of London's Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Yow Liang Keon (MA Operational Research, 1980, Lonsdale) passed away on 17 September 2021. His research commanded progression to a Readership in 1990 and a Chair in 1998. He also worked with the late Barry Gregson to open a pottery at Caton, and he continued to make elegant and distinguished ceramics for many years. After taking early retirement Paul continued investing in stocks and shares, always looking to buck the market. Fluent in Spanish, he could also broadcast effortlessly in his adoptive tongue. The full obituary written by the University Archivist, Marion McClintock, is featured on the Lancaster University website. He loved fishing and encouraged many pupils to follow him. Mark was a high flying undergraduate with the great John Fine at the University of Michigan who came with fellowships and scholarships to do a PhD at Cambridge, under the also great F.H. At Lancaster, he edited Scan magazine late into the night in an office above Alexandra Square. Lord Judd's full obituary. Born in West Grove, he was the son of the la. At undergraduate level, his style of teaching inspired students, several of whom stayed on to do research for higher degrees under his supervision. He did much work for the Trades Union movement, The ANC and Anti Apartheid with major open air concerts around the UK. A service to remember Lindsey and celebrate his life was held at the Park Wood Crematorium, Park Road, Elland, on Monday 18th January. An avid crossword solver completing the puzzle was part of her Saturday morning ritual. Accessibility Statement | He was a much-loved actor, director and teacher. Public Notices from Lancaster Guardian | Public Notice She was born in East Cocalico T, Thomas A. Graybill, Jr. entered into eternal rest on Sunday, January 23, 2022 at Manor Care North. His RandomPottins blog can still be accessed. He came to the Physics Department as senior lecturer in September 1965, from a post at DKC Macdonald in Ottawa. and in 2011 was elected to Epping Forest council, becoming its cabinet member for 'safer, greener and transport' issues, a post he held up to his death.A memorial service was held on Wednesday 17th January 2018 at 2pm at St Stephen's with John Church Westminster, 38-42 Rochester Row, London SW1P 1LE. During her last few months Rachel was being cared for, at home, by the family she loved so dearly and with her fianc Adam by her side. He collected dozens and dozens of awards for his journalism and established himself as one of the outstanding British correspondents of every decade since the 1970s. The grandson of Bertrand Russell and the son of the historian and Liberal Democrat peer, Conrad Russell, Nicholas was styled Viscount Amberley between 1987 and 2004, and succeeded to the earldom at his fathers death on 13 October 2004. Julie Stenning (nee Turner, History, 1981, Pendle) died on 26 June 2014 following a long and brave battle against cancer. He will be remembered by all for his honesty, integrity, hard work and most of all his unwavering love and devotion to his family. He came to Lancaster from Aberystwyth and was appointed as lecturer in mathematics on 1 January 1966, but with an agreement by the vice-chancellor, Charles Carter, that he could couple this role with external work as a concert pianist. In Lewis' memory 'The Pieman PT Foundation' has been set up to help empower people to thrive mentally, physically and spiritually - something that was very important to him. A full tribute can be read on the Guardian website. Beyond his departmental duties, he was a very enthusiastic and devoted road runner and one of the instigators of the annual Physics Relay race around the campus. Arthur Davies, former University Librarian, died on 23 August 2022. Norman joined the 1970 as Head of the English Department until 1982. In 1989 the Department of Classics was laid down and David and John Creed were warmly welcomed into the Department of History. He took first-class honours in Mathematics from Jesus College Cambridge in 1949 and then went to the Royal College of Music for three years. Brendan Stuart (MA Religious Studies, 2010, BA Religious Studies, 2009, Furness) died after a battle with cancer on 20 December 2018. Cho-nam was extremely popular at Lancaster and every student from Hong Kong knew him as well as his wife Pinky who is also an alumna. Graham Austerberry (English, 1973, Bowland) passed away in August 2019 after a long illness aged 67, a day before his 68th birthday. In November 2020 Tom was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. Professor Alan Williams - British Heart Foundation tribute. His speech that day lived long in the memory for the cheer and chuckles it brought. Lady Josie Farrington (Honorary Degree) died on 30 March 2018. Dr Brian Tabner full obituary (internal news. This focus was to the fore throughout his career here. Web1 Retired senior nurse who worked for more than two decades at Kendal's hospital dies 1 Tributes paid to former Kendal librarian, 59, after coronavirus claims her life 3 Talented musician died peacefully listening to music he played with daughter 1 Tributes to subsea legend from Broughton who changed the world As an undergraduate at Cambridge, Tony read Natural Sciences for Part I of the tripos and Electrical Engineering for Part II, graduating in 1964. Ian Stewart (English & Medieval Studies, 1980, Furness) died on 11 June 2017 from a brain tumour. His interests in South Asia were well known across campus. His first teaching post was at Guthlaxton school in Leicestershire, followed by his appointment as Head of Department at Prince William school in Oundle in the early 1970s. He leaves a daughter, a son, five grandchildren and two great-children. He enjoyed a long and happy retirement. He could be found holding forth in Bowland College bar and JCR daily. Dee co-founded the Master's programme in Gender Studies at Stirling, where there is a student Scholarship in her name. His history degree from Lancaster stood him in good stead for his future career, helping him to gain positions within various companies including Bristol Myers and Whitbread where he became Procurement Manager for the group. She would leave no stone unturned in seeking out the support they needed. In the last email his friend received, he sounded quite hopeful that his illness left him not too bad. He said, I have fond memories of Lancaster and until more recently made quite regular visits to the North West, especially The Lakes; the last visit was to Walney School, Barrow (virtually on the beach where Ada (Phillips/Pringle), Pete (Cundill) and myself spent a day surveying in June 1967) to deliver an INSET event for Edexcel (his publisher)." He was curate at Broughton and become Vicar at Emmanuel Preston. John Allan Marsh (History, 1978, Furness) passed away on 4 November 2021. She was President of the Council of Europes Committee for Culture, Education and the Media, and was chosen as UK European Woman of the Year in 1994. She was diagnosed with cancer at 27 and battled with the brain tumour thereafter. His continuing research and publication of land and sea-level changes in Lancashire led to a further recognition by Lancaster University with the award of a DSc in 2004. He had completed his undergraduate and postgraduate training at Edinburgh University with a PhD thesis on Agrarian change in lowland Scotland in the seventeenth century. Tony was very proud of these youthful anti establishmentarian endeavours. Admiral Sir John Kerr, former member of the University Council and the Audit Committee, died on 2 December 2019. Read More Latest Announcements. 1984 saw the pinnacle of her career with the appointment as Personal Secretary to the then Vice-Chancellor, Professor Philip Reynolds CBE. Passed away suddenly in the Royal Lancaster infirmary on 13th May 2022. Michael D. Gerry, 77, of Gardner, died peacefully Friday, April 21, 2023, in UMASS Memorial Medical CenterUniversity Campus, Worcester, after a battle He retired from the University initially in 2007, although later returned that year to undertake various roles within the Lancaster Environment Centre until final retirement from the University in 2015. Jane Lewis, (Music, 1989, Bowland) passed away on 1 July 2018 just after her 50th birthday and 25th wedding anniversary. He was a Conservative MP representing first Brighouse & Spenborough and then Keighley between 1983 and 1997. He is a former Head of the Sociology Department, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and University Dean of Research, and made a significant contribution to the establishment of the Academy of Social Sciences. We also joked about writing a novel together someday since both of us were fans of crime fiction. They hadnt met before. Whatever position Max had in a school, he continued to champion Modern Foreign Languages as an examiner and as an adviser At Lancaster, Max was an avid sportsman (still playing and administrating in cricket until his death). After Lancaster he moved to the University of Reading for his MSc and completed a PhD at Kingston Polytechnic in 1982. In 1969 he secured a temporary lectureship in Geography at Durham University, which soon became a permanent post, and with this security he expanded his geographical area of research to further parts of Britain as well as to a number of locations overseas (Brazil, Bangladesh and The Maldives). He was former Chairman of the British Association of South Asian Studies, a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (1994) and the Centre for Advanced Studies (Oslo) 2008 to 2009. Dr Kayvan Walker, passed away 2 March 2022 in the city of Mackay, Queensland. (Obituary supplied by LU graduate Vic Seddon). He was appointed to the council in 1993 and was chairman of the Audit Committee at the time when Lancaster was facing cash flow problems in the mid-1990s. Many staff joined BSG Solicitors over the years just so they could work alongside her and clients would switch after being on the other side. A full obituary appears on the Lancaster University obituaries page. Katarina (Kat) had been a member of staff at Lancaster since 1994 in a number of roles, Sports Centre receptionist until 1996, then Sports Centre secretary until 2004. Simon had an eclectic love and encyclopaedic knowledge of music and was an avid fan of David Bowie, Roxy Music, Iggy Pop, Stevie Wonder, Motown, Funk, and Soul. She was a Lancashire Labour politician with particular interests in education, local government, the environment and women's issues. In his early career, Tony was employed by several major companies including Dunlop, ICL and British Leyland. Elaine Dodson (nee Smith) - (Educational Studies, 1977, Furness) passed away on the 15 December 2015 at the age of 60. Obituaries | The Guardian His premature death is a huge loss to Corpus Linguistics, Chinese Linguistics and Translation Studies. He was a much-valued member of the University and was involved in many societies and was a very active member of the union. Nick worked for a US-owned company as Financial Director and worked on various international projects. Dr Martin Edmonds (PhD Pub Politics, 1989) passed away on 8 December 2018 at the age of 79. After taking a degree in Classics at Corpus Christi, Oxford, and a period of teaching at the Lancaster Royal Grammar School, he took a second degree in Russian at Manchester. His lov, Orville H. Schwanger, 97, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at Traditions of Hershey, Palmyra. Lindsay also built up the Librarys Special Collections, including rare books, and when the Librarys large extension was built in 1997, she ensured that proper provision was made for the increasingly important rare-book collections. Lindsey was the beloved husband of Maria and a devoted dad of Holly and Joe. Norman Sherry, Emeritus Professor died on October 19 2016. WebThe No.1 site across the UK for funeral notices, where you can search over 5,017,033 notices. Sandy, someone for whom even the smallest detail of misplaced punctuation was deeply painful, was renowned for his exacting standards of scholarship and at times for his caustic interventions. Martin came to Lancaster on 1 October 1966 as a Lecturer in Politics and subsequently built up a strong research profile in defence studies, culminating as Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies from 1990 onwards. Later in life Asraf enjoyed travelling but was never happier than when at home with his family and fish and chips. Announcements | Lancaster Guardian Rachel Scowcroft, (Linguistics, 2016, Furness) Communications Co-ordinator in the LU Communications and Marketing team, passed away, aged 25, on 2 October 2020. Antony Michael Hulme (PhD Operational Research, 1974, MA Operational Research, 1965, Bowland) passed away on 2 December 2019. He first joined the University in 1963 as Assistant Librarian, part of a small team temporarily based in a former stained-glass works at 23 Castle Hill. He was a popular teacher across a wide spectrum of courses, and head of department from 1983 to 1987 at a time when the first steps to forming a unitary Management School were being considered.Michael took early retirement and buyback in 1997, but continued with active writing and teaching, including for engineers, until 2006. (Peter Cundill, St Andrews). The School had been formally established by the Council on 18 July 1967, and the Department of Education and Science ratified the transfer of Area Training Organisation status to Lancaster in September.

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