The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7167 p446 29 September 2001

The Society

Obituaries & tributes

Burton On 19 August, Francis James Burton, MRPharmS, of 2 Beechgrove Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT6 0NR. Mr Burton registered in 1968. Hartley On 3 September, May Hartley, née Livingstone, MRPharmS, of 3 St Annes Drive, Fence, Burnley, Lancashire BB12 9DY. Mrs Hartley registered in 1945. Horridge On 3 September, Jack Stuart Horridge, of Silverways, Silverway, Highcliffe, Christchurch, Dorset. Mr Horridge registered in 1934 and retired from the register in 1970. Midgley On 3 September, Michael Lionel Midgley, of “Baysdale Cottage”, Pinchinthorpe, Guisborough, Cleveland TS14 8HE. Mr Midgley registered in 1962. (Tribute) Penny On 17 August, Santiago Penny, of 81 Grand Drive, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 8LL. Mr Penny registered in 1931 and retired from the register in 1997. Rutter On 17 September, Kenneth Richard Rutter, FRPharmS, of 17 Wentworth Court, Beech Grove, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG2 0EX. Mr Rutter registered in 1943. He served for many years on the executive committee of the then National Pharmaceutical Union (now Association) and was its chairman in 1971–72. He was also a former member of the Central NHS (Chemists Contractors) Committee, the forerunner of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee. A pharmacy owner in Leeds, he also served on the board of UniChem (Northern) for a number of years and was eventually appointed to the main UniChem board in 1974. (Tribute) Sandison On 31 August, George Cruikshank Sandison, MRPharmS, of 459 King Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB2 3BX. Mr Sandison registered in 1932. Taylor On 12 July, John Stephen Taylor, of 96 Rating Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA13 9LD. Mr Taylor registered in 1945 and retired from the register in 2001. Walton On 12 September, William Edwin Walton, FRPharmS, of 50 Cotelands, Chichester Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 5UE. Mr Walton registered in 1936 and was a former chairman and secretary of the Society’s Bromley branch and its South East England regional committee.

Tribute Midgley In a tribute to the late Michael Lionel Midgley (see above), IAN D. NIMMO writes: Michael Midgley, who died peacefully in hospital on 3 September after a long illness, ran his own community pharmacy business in Middlesbrough for over 35 years before retiring some three years ago. He was a colleague and competitor of mine, and I know his primary concern was always the customers and how he might help them. For many years he was an active members of the local pharmaceutical committee. Even in retirement he was still working as a consultant to a practice of doctors and also for the Vestric labelling system, with which he had been involved from the early stages. He also had a busy home life before his illness, with scouting and canal longboating among his many interests. He leaves a wife Eileen — also a pharmacist — two children and grandchildren, all of whom, like myself, will miss him greatly. Rutter In a tribute to the late Kenneth Richard Rutter (see above), WILLIAM DARLING writes: I was saddened to learn of the death of my good friend Ken Rutter. He was one of the best community pharmacists I have ever known, respected by doctors and patients alike. Ken valued the contribution that pharmacy made to the life of the community and never lost the ability to deal with people with compassion and gentleness. He also had vision and was prepared to fight for his profession on both the local and national stage. He served for many years on the board of the National Pharmaceutical Association, becoming chairman in 1971. I well remember sharing many platforms with him when he propounded, extremely succinctly, on the value of the pharmacist in ensuring that the patient got the maximum benefit from the medicines they either purchased or had been prescribed. Ken was widely admired not only in Yorkshire but also in Britain as a whole. He had a great sense of humour and often enlightened tense discussion and debate with his down-to-earth common sense. Ken retired from active practice some years ago and, although not in the best of health, he remained keenly interested in the affairs and development of his chosen profession. On a personal level, he was a close friend with whom my wife Ann and I shared many happy times both at home and abroad. We extend our sympathy to his wife Bunty and his family.

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