The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7222 p661
2 November 2002

Bratt On 26 September, Stella Mary Bratt, MRPharmS, of 1 Arnor Close, Weston-Super-Mare, Avon BS22 0GB. Mrs Bratt registered in 1961.

Elsdon On 24 September, Clifford Elsdon, MRPharmS, of "Evancliffe", 19 Holywood, Wolsingham, Bishop Auckland, County Durham. Mr Elsdon registered in 1955.

Mitchell On 4 October, Alistair Graham Mitchell, MRPharmS, of 10 Cavendish Drive, Newton Mearns, Glasgow G77 5HY. Mr Mitchell registered in 1977.

Reynolds On 3 October, George Ernest Reynolds, MRPharmS, of 12 Brook Farm Court, Eastholme Road, Belmont, Hereford HR2 7TY. Mr Reynolds registered in 1938.

Shaw On 3 September, Graham George Shaw, MRPharmS, of Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Professor Shaw registered in 1971. He was lecturer in pharmacology at the department of pharmacy, University of Nottingham, until his appointment as professor of pharmacology and department head at Trinity College school of pharmacy in 1979. In 1983 he was elected director of the school and remained in this post for six years. He was elected a fellow of Trinity College in 1982. (see Tribute.)

Tribute

Shaw In a tribute to the late Graham George Shaw, Dr MARTIN HENMAN writes: Professor Graham Shaw, who was head of the department of pharmacology and a former director of the school of pharmacy, Trinity College, Dublin, died suddenly on 3 September. A graduate of Nottingham university, he undertook research there for his doctorate and then became a member of the academic staff in pharmacology before moving to Trinity.

During his time in Trinity he introduced patient counselling and responding to symptoms into the undergraduate pharmacy syllabus, and promoted the importance of patient counselling and the provision of patient information by pharmacists and by means of patient information leaflets to the profession as a whole through lectures and papers. He served as head of the school of pharmacy for six years.

He served for many years on the board of the National Drugs Advisory Board (the equivalent of Britain's Medicines Control Agency, now the Irish Medicines Board) including a long period as chair of one of the two main committees that serve the board. He served as a member of the Commission of Enquiry into Pharmacy that published its report in 1990. He wrote a weekly column about medicines for Th e Irish Times, something that raised the profile of pharmacists in Ireland. Graham was also a distinguished neuropharmacologist and was a key figure in the Irish Neurosciences Group.