The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7252 p808
7 June 2003

Society summary

Baddeley On 1 April, Damian Thomas Baddeley, MRPharmS, of 55 Adley Street, London E5 0DZ. Mr Baddeley registered in 1992.

Hartley On 20 March, James Wilfrid Hartley, MRPharmS, of 3 St Annes Drive, Fence, Burnley BB12 9DY. Mr Hartley registered in 1947.

Lewis On 8 April, Carol Anne Lewis, née Jarman, MRPharmS, of Fleetwood House, Cross Lanes, Oscroft, Chester CH3 8NQ. Mrs Lewis registered in 1966.

Taylor On 5 April, Jack Taylor, FRPharmS, of 94 Park Road, Bingley, West Yorkshire BD16 4EJ. Mr Taylor registered in 1952. He was a retired lecturer in pharmacy at Bradford University and formerly of the drug development department, Boots Pure Drug Company, Nottingham (see Tribute).

Walsh Recently, Francis Thomas Walsh, MRPharmS, of 4 Kingscourt Road, Liverpool L12 8RD. Mr Walsh registered in 1952.

Tribute

Taylor In a tribute to the late Jack Taylor, EDWARD J. H. MALLINSON writes:

I was saddened to learn from the columns of the Bradford Telegraph & Argus of the sudden death of Jack Taylor.

Jack Taylor introduced many undergraduates at Bradford, myself included, to the intricacies of "industrial" pharmaceutics for which he had a passion that was not always reciprocated by his students. His knowledge of the workings of filter presses and end runner mills was legendary and he made the practical classes such fun that he was a prime target for the Christmas pantomime when the students took great pleasure in emphasising the lecturers idiosyncrasies to a wide audience. On one such occasion his wife was doubled up with laughter; Jack, on the other hand could not understand the cause of her mirth. She obviously explained it him later and we were all advised of the fact the next day during his lecture.

Jack was a keen caravanner and one lasting memory I have was a chance meeting on the Arlberg Pass while on holiday. A caravan was stopped at the side of the road, on one of the hairpin bends, with a puncture. My parents, with whom I was touring the continent, remarked that the numberplate was from Bradford (in those days it was easy to place cars from their registration plates) and we stopped to offer assistance. As we approached the caravan Jack Taylor emerged, sleeves rolled and with jack in hand to start changing the wheel. We stood talking for some considerable time totally ignoring the passing traffic.

Jack's legacy to the profession is several hundreds of pharmacists who had the privilege of being taught by him. Their instruction included not merely the prescribed parts of the syllabus for which he was responsible, but also an instilling of professionalism that can only come from one who has worked outwith the academic environment, in his case the pharmaceutical industry, and who cared passionately about the profession of which he was proud to be a member. He will be sorely missed, but part of him will live on in those he taught.

I extend my deepest sympathy to his wife Elsie and to Andrew and Alison.