The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7241 p418
22 March 2003

Cloney On 11 January, Harry Cloney, of 98 St George's Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 2DL. Mr Cloney registered in 1927 and retired from the register in 1974 (see Tribute, Column 3).

Evelyn On 20 January, Michael Llewellyn Evelyn, MRPharmS, of 225 Colchester Road, Ipswich IP4 4SJ. Mr Evelyn registered in 1961.

Flory On 4 January, Reid Flory, MRPharmS, of 37 Duke Street, Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 5DT. Mr Flory registered in 1948.

Holmes On 22 January, James Robert Holmes, MRPharmS, of "The Cottage", Howe Lane, Cockfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 0HA. Mr Holmes registered in 1935.

Hurst On 31 January, Leslie Hurst, MRPharmS, of 9 Dene Road, Tynemouth, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE30 2JW. Mr Hurst registered in 1935.

Johnson On 13 January, Theodore Thomas Ross Johnson, MRPharmS, of Rockcliffe House, Links Place, Elie, Leven, Fife KY9 1ER. Mr Johnson registered in 1960.

Latimer On 28 January, Donald Edward Latimer, FRPharmS, of 59 Roecliffe Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough LE12 8TN. Mr Latimer registered in 1936 and was designated a fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in 1954. His first post was as one of six pharmacists working at Savory & Moore in New Cavendish Street, London. During this time he also worked on Saturday nights at Pritchard & Constance in the Haymarket. After one year he was transferred to Savory & Moore in Wall Street, Birmingham, and later to Wallis and then to Southalls in Birmingham. At the beginning of the 1939–41 war he joined the Royal Navy and worked at Chatham Naval Hospital where he became chief pharmacist. After the war he returned to Loughborough where his father owned a community pharmacy. He joined his father as a partner in the family business at 24 Market Place, where he worked until his retirement.

Levi On 18 January, Stanley David Levi, FRPharmS, of 10 Wincham Road, Sale, Cheshire M33 4PL. Mr Levi registered in 1952. Mr Levi was head of biological sciences at Salford college of technology from 1958 to 1966 and at North Trafford college from 1968 to 1981. He retired in 1981 after a teaching career of 26 years.

McShane On 18 January, John McShane, MRPharmS, of 4 Murray Terrace, Octavia Street, Kirkcaldy KY2 5HJ. Mr McShane registered in 1977.

Marshall On 11 January, James Alexander Marshall, of "Moorcroft", 34 Carter Avenue, Shanklin, Isle of Wight PO37 7LG. Mr Marshall registered in 1947 and retired from the register in 1997.

Mohammed-Ali On 16 December 2002, Sabah Abd-Arrazzk Mohammed-Ali, MRPharmS, of 19 Clarendon Gardens, Wembley, Middlesex HA9 7QW. Mr Mohammed-Ali registered in 1992.

Munro On 13 January, Julia Anne Miller Munro, née Aitkenhead, MRPharmS, of Warrack House, Warrack Terrace, Montrose, Angus DD10 8RX. Mrs Munro registered in 1969.

Phillips On 24 January, Barbara Clare Phillips, née McMurray, MRPharmS, of "Firbank", 1 Rectory Close, Farmborough, Bath, Avon. Mrs Phillips registered in 1951.

Scott On 15 February, James Hunter Scott, MRPharmS, of 12 Craigs Avenue, Edinburgh EH12 8HR. Mr Scott registered in 1931.

Shrimpton On 3 February, Dennis Frank Shrimpton, MRPharmS, of 15 Sorrento Court, Wake Green Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9HB. Mr Shrimpton registered in 1935.

Smart On 12 January, William James Riach Smart, MRPharmS, of 31 Denoon Terrace, Dundee, Angus DD2 2EL. Mr Smart registered in 1940.

Smith On 15 January, Leonard Charles Bryan Smith, MRPharmS, of Lee Cottage, Slade Lane, Mobberley, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 7QP. Mr Smith registered in 1957.

Wellington On 4 January, Eric Franklin Wellington, of 85 Thingwall Park, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 2AL. Mr Wellington registered in 1941 and retired from the register in 2002. He spent 35 years working in the hospital service in Bristol before retiring in 1985.

Wells On 21 January, Robert Alexander Wells, MRPharmS, of 23 Clover Court, Calverley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire LS28 5SY. Mr Wells registered in 1944.

Willerton On 16 January, Henry Jesse Willerton, of 94 Spring Lane, Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire WS14 9NA. Mr Willerton registered in 1936 and retired from the register in 2002.

Williamson On 17 February, Reginald Joseph Williamson, MRPharmS, of 21 Sandore Road, Seaford, East Sussex BN25 3PZ. Mr Williamson registered in 1942.

Yates On 4 January, John Brian Yates, MRPharmS, of 22 Porchfield Square, St Johns Gardens, Manchester M3 4FG. Mr Yates registered in 1949.

Yeadon On 31 December 2002, John Christopher Yeadon, MRPharmS, of 87 St Annes Road, Leeds LS6 3NZ. Mr Yeadon registered in 1958.

Tribute

Cloney In a tribute to the late Harry Cloney, WILLIAM G. PEBERDY writes:

Harry Cloney was born and spent his early life in the Banbury area where he was later apprenticed to Goodman & Son. After qualifying from Westminster College of Pharmacy he worked initially in the Plough Court Pharmacy of Allen & Hanbury before joining Parke-Davis in 1929 as a medical representative. His territory was in the north-east and centred in Newcastle upon Tyne, which was to be his home for the rest of his life. It will be in this work that his many friends both in pharmacy and in medicine will remember him.

He volunteered for service early in the war, working in armament maintenance in the Royal Air Force and rising to the rank of sergeant. Returning to Parke-Davis after the war he soon became a regional sales representative in northern England. It was here that I met him as one of his representatives in 1952, and when he retired in the late 1960s I succeeded him as manager.

He will be remembered as a quintessential representative of the old school, ferociously honest and loyal both to his employers and to his representatives. He was always immaculately turned out, typified by his Anthony Eden hat whose main purpose was that it could be taken off with a suitable gesture at appropriate times. In moments of contemplation he would polish its brim vigorously on his sleeve.

His knowledge of his products was encyclopaedic and was supported by a vast folder of papers from journals which he always carried and to which he could refer at length. He looked and sounded so impressively confident that many doctors regarded him with some awe. Of his representatives he expected standards no lower than his own but behind his formidable facade lurked a kindly and caring man to whom the wellbeing of his team was of paramount importance.

In private life he enjoyed fly-fishing, gardening and music. He was an accomplished violinist. His knowledge of classical literature and poetry was profound and in a philosophical moment he could always find an appropriate quote from Shakespeare.

His first wife, Helen, died shortly after his retirement. He subsequently remarried but his second wife also died several years ago. He leaves two daughters (one of whom qualified in pharmacy in England and later in medicine in Sweden), five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

With his death there passes a pharmacist of the traditional school, a true gentleman in every respect. Although he never became involved in pharmaceutical or public affairs he will be remembered by the many who appreciated the sterling qualities by which he merited this description. His friends will feel the poorer for his loss.

Deer In a tribute to the late John James Deer (PJ, 8 March, p348), Dr NEVILLE CARRINGTON writes:

I first met Jack Deer in 1952 when I opted for pharmaceutical engineering science in the final year of my BPharm course at Bloomsbury Square. Jack had joined the staff at the School of Pharmacy in about 1950, and had used his previous wide engineering experience to equip the new laboratory for this course.

Jack's talents were invaluable in planning, installing and equipping the laboratories in the new "Square" building in Brunswick Square. He rapidly established a reputation for applying his wide knowledge and ingenuity to the design and manufacture of research instruments and many were greatly helped by his input to their equipment. I personally was privileged with Jack's supervision to be allowed to use his workshop when I started my PhD in 1956. Subsequently he ran a workshop course for students.

While still at the school Jack was very much involved in tablet research. He had a consultancy agreement with a well known tablet machine manufacturer. In due course Jack developed a special interest in controlled stress rheometry and, in co-operation with Professor Shotton and his team, he designed and built the first controlled stress rheometer of modern times. He wrote many papers on this topic and had the respect of many of the leading rheologists in the world, whom he knew personally. After his retirement in 1978, Jack became involved in the further development of controlled stress rheometry and the popularisation of this technique, which has since become the standard for most industrial rheology work on non-Newtonian fluids.

Jack was a keen racing cyclist and was physically and mentally active right through his 90th year, until he had the minor accident that precipitated his demise. He will be remembered by all who knew him for his ingenuity, boundless energy and his willingness to help everyone.

Our sympathy goes to his wife Rosalie, who always gave him so much support.