The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7245 p558
19 April 2003

Brennan On 5 April 2002, Edward Brennan, c/o Weston (Newcastle) Ltd, 41 West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 9PX. Mr Brennan registered in 1943.

Clark Recently, Christopher George Clark, MRPharmS, of 18 Wycar, Bedale, Yorkshire DL8 1EP. Mr Clark registered in 1948.

Coots On 11 February, Martin Sydney Coots, MRPharmS, of 29 Waycros Road, Craham, Upminster, Essex RM14 1LY. Mr Coots registered in 1941.

Duggan On 13 January, Michael Duggan, c/o Mary Duggan, 42 Spring Hall, Clayton Le Moors, Accrington, Lancashire. Mr Duggan registered in 1941 and retired from the register in 2001.

Ellis On 8 March, Mynorydd Wyn Ellis, MRPharmS, of Golwg-Y-Pant, Morfa Crescent, Tywyn, Gwynedd LL36 9AU. Mr Ellis registered in 1950.

George In February, Edwin George, FRPharmS, of 24 Cote Lea Park, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS9 4AH. Mr George registered in 1939. Apart from his war services with the Admiralty from 1941–46 he worked at Bristol Royal Infirmary from 1939 until his retirement in 1978. He was secretary of the Bristol branch of the Pharmaceutical Society in 1940–41 and again from 1958–65. He was vice-chairman in 1965–66 and chairman in 1966–67.

Graham On 17 January, Charles Edward Graham, MRPharmS, of "Nirvana", Whitsome, Duns, Berwickshire TD11 3NB. Mr Graham registered in 1943.

Hall On 4 December 2002, Brian Hall, FRPharmS, of 25 Penrice Road, Droitwich, Worcestershire WR9 8NS. Mr Hall registered in 1952.

Hambleton On 25 February, Roger Hambleton, MRPharmS, of 5 Kings Drive, Marple, Stockport SK6 6NG. Mr Hambeton registered in 1963 (see tribute). Mr Hambleton was a past lecturer in pharmacy at Manchester University. In 1989, he won first prize for invention of the Lantor Cube test pack.

Holden On 27 February, Jack Holden, MRPharmS, of 62 Queensway, Horsham, West Sussex RH13 5AY. Mr Holden registered in 1930.

Howes On 16 January, Annie Emma Howes, née Reddall, of "Elsdon", West Hill, Ottery St Mary, Devon EX11 1UA. Mrs Howes registered in 1928 and retired from the register in 1993.

Marshall On 4 February, Stanley Turner Marshall, of 55 Clevelands, Cleve Way, Billingshurst, West Sussex RH14 9SB. Mr Marshall registered in 1942 and retired from the register in 2000.

Moorhouse On 19 February, Joseph Leslie Moorhouse, MRPharmS, of "Kingsleigh", 38 Engleton Lane, Brewood, Stafford ST19 9DY. Mr Moorhouse registered in 1954.

Patel On 16 March, Sureshchandra Soma-bhai Patel, MRPharmS, of A4B Ocean Park, Dona Paula, Goa, India. Mr Patel registered in 1962.

Reston On 22 February, John Whitton Reston, MRPharmS, of 43 Bede Court, Marden Avenue, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE30 4PA. Mr Reston registered in 1941.

Shaw On 16 February, Arthur George Shaw, FRPharmS, of 15 Jennings Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 4NU. Mr Shaw registered in 1938.

Steele On 4 February, Christine Elizabeth Steele, née Blake, MRPharmS, of 4 Old Hall Lane, Worsley, Manchester M28 2QQ. Mrs Steele registered in 1967.

Taylor On 10 February, Joan Taylor, née Hollin, of 99 Park Road, Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire BB4 9UE. Mrs Taylor registered in 1952 and retired from the register in 2002.

Tribute

Hambleton In a tribute to the late Roger Hambleton (see column 1), Dr LARRY GIFFORD, dean, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, writes:

Dr Roger Hambleton will be remembered by many former students of Manchester school of pharmacy for his lectures on sterility control and his practical classes in aseptic dispensing. He graduated in 1960 and was awarded the Miller medal for that year and began his academic career which was to continue for 28 years.

His research interests were predominantly in the field of sterile manufacturing and he was particularly successful with his innovative work in developing the Lantor Cube. This has now become the industry standard and replaced the former Bowie-Dick test for porous load sterilisers. For this novel autoclave test pack he was awarded the first prize in the 1989 British Technology Group Academic Enterprise Competition and was presented with a trophy by Sir George Porter, president of the Royal Society.

He took early retirement in 1989 and pursued his professional activities as a locum pharmacist. He had a love for choral work and was chairman of the Manchester Cantata for 10 years. His fine bass voice will be sadly missed around the choirs of Cheshire.

He made a substantial contribution to the school and the university for which he will not be forgotten.

Johnson In a tribute to the late Theodore Thomas Johnson (PJ, 22 March, p418), MIKE SMITH writes:

It was my pleasure to work with Theo as a fellow non-executive director on the board of UniChem from 1986 to 1990. These were the exciting times of the run up to flotation and the co-op days were very interesting to say the least.

Theo was of great support at this time and his well-thought-out and informed input to the board was invaluable — some significant decisions were taken at this time.

Theo was an accomplished golfer and taught me much about the game he loved. He was also excellent company, a great wit and raconteur, all those who knew him will miss him greatly. My thoughts are with Ann, Ian and Elaine, and the rest of the family at this sad time.