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In Memoriam

In Memoriam

We have been informed of the deaths of the following Bedford College alumni and former staff this year.

Former staff

  • Emeritus Professor Mike Bury, former Professor of Sociology - read the obituaries here
  • Mrs Winifred (Mary) Humphries (née Chadder), former Administrative Staff
  • Dr John Tillbett MBE, former Profressor of Chemistry 

 

Alumni (in order of Graduation year)

  • Thelma Brown (née Granger) (Geography 1949)
  • Jane Gardam (née Pearson) (English 1949)
  • Falmai Gathercole (née Williams) (English 1950)
  • Margaret Duffy (née Gaughan) (Mathematics with Latin 1953)
  • Yvonne Butler (Botany 1954)
  • Eva Lawrence (née Ney) (Mathematics 1955)
  • Pauline Potts (née Stow) (General Science 1956)
  • Patricia Prebble (née Thorneycroft) (Physiology 1956)
  • Jean Benson (née Lever) (German 1955, 1957)
  • Gillian Dowden (née Pye) (Mathematics 1957)
  • Isabel Edgar (née Quinn) (Geography 1958)
  • Patricia Toms (German 1959)
  • Anna Hope (née Irving) (French with German & Italian, 1961)
  • Moira Allan (née Quin) (German 1962)
  • Dr Julia Courtney (née Hirter) (History 1963)
  • Jennifer Chapman (French 1964)
  • Felicity Bates (née Kelly) (Geography 1967)
  • Marilynne Morgan (née Williams) (History 1967) - read an obituary here
  • Sarah Walker (née Bailey) (History 1968)
  • Baroness Jennifer Randerson (née Sinclair) (History 1969)  - read an obituary on The Guardian website 
  • Jennifer MacBryde (née Hicks) (Physics 1970)
  • Janet Lash (née Chalmers) (English 1971)
  • Reverend Keith Robinson (History 1975)
  • Lottie Cox (English 1977)
  • Roger Eastwood (Botany 1978)
  • Julie McClurey-Rutkiewicz (née Rutkiewicz) (Chemistry and Mathematics 1979)
  • Josephine Gardiner (History 1980)
  • Kenneth Murray (Mathematics 1984)
  • Georgina Lowes (French & German 1984)

Please contact the Alumni Engagement Team at alumni@rhbnc.ac.uk if you aware of anyone else who should be included in this list. 

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