Jones On February 13, Catherine, Lysbeth Jones, MRPharmS, of 29 Towyn Way, Tonteg, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan CF38 1NB. Miss Jones registered in 1988.
Morrison On February 15, John Cuthill Morrison, MRPharmS, of 3 Willow Close, Wade Court Road, Havant, Hampshire PO9 2SX. Dr Morrison registered in 1959.
Professor GERRY BLUNDEN writes: It was with great sadness that I heard of the death of Dr John C. Morrison. I had known him since 1962 when he was associate professor of pharmaceutics at the faculty of pharmacy of the University of Alberta in Edmonton and I was a very newly appointed assistant professor of pharmacognosy at the school of pharmacy of the University of Manitoba. I returned to the United Kingdom in 1964 to the department of pharmacy at the then Portsmouth college of technology and John followed a year or two later to the post of principal lecturer in pharmaceutics. From then on we worked closely together until our respective retirements.
John graduated in pharmacy from what is now the University of Strathclyde and, after preregistration experience in industry, moved into academia with a post at the University of Alberta. There he developed a research interest in quantitative aspects of thin-layer chromatography, which he continued on his return to the UK.
Shortly after the retirement of Dr Fred Perks in 1983, John became course leader of the BSc degree course in pharmacy at a time when the structure of pharmacy courses was undergoing considerable change. He continued as course leader and was responsible for two successive and successful submissions of the course. He was also deputy head of the school of pharmacy for many years.
As well as his work in the school of pharmacy, John had also been chairman of the Portsmouth branch of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and he also served for many years on the Society's Wessex regional committee. After retirement, he continued his work in pharmacy by acting as a locum for several local pharmacists.
John will be remembered as a cheerful and good-humoured man. He also had a great ability for quickly sizing up a problem and proposing a sensible solution to it. He was so often "the sense of reason" at meetings of the school of pharmacy executive committee, for which I was very grateful.
John will be missed by his former colleagues and his other friends. My sincere condolences are extended to his two children Graham and Lynn.
Dr JOHN SMART (head of the school of pharmacy and biomedical sciences, Portsmouth university) writes: It was with great sadness that I heard of the death of Dr John C. Morrison. John was head of pharmaceutics when I first started at Portsmouth polytechnic (now the University of Portsmouth), and we shared an office in the old Park building. We also used to travel together as school of pharmacy representatives to Wessex regional committee meetings, which John chaired for several years. John used to teach the practical aspects of pharmacy, such as law and ethics, basic formulation science and business administration. He was very popular with the students, who seemed to regard him almost as a favourite uncle in whom they could safely confide.
His former colleagues, along with all the students he taught over the years, will miss John's common sense and good nature. Recently I was pleased to see that his teaching in pharmacy administration was an inspiration to past Portsmouth graduate Kirit Patel (PJ, January 29, p175). I am sure John would have gained particular pleasure from reading this.
Sincere condolences are extended from all at the school of pharmacy and biomedical sciences to his family, especially his children Graham and Lynn.
Ward On January 4, Douglas Harold Ward, MRPharmS, of "Dunstal High", Swan Lane, Abbots Bromley, Rugeley, Staffordshire. Mr Ward registered in 1938.