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Brower On 24 June, Charles Brower, MRPharmS, of 4 Cedar Manor, 19 Poole
Road, Bournemouth BH4 9DE. Mr Brower registered in 1934. He had a pharmacy
in Portslade for many years before retiring to Bournemouth where he did
occasional locum work.
Dobbin On 17 July, Thomas Coates Dobbin, MRPharmS, of Skerry Mor, Rushyford,
Ferryhill, County Durham DL17 0LP. Mr Dobbin registered in 1943.
Gray On 6 June, Robert Basil Gray, MRPharmS, of 33 West Park Avenue, Roundhay,
Leeds LS8 2EB. Mr Gray registered in 1942.
Holding On 17 June, Ewart William Holding, MRPharmS, of 7 Highland Ridge, Halesowen,
West Midlands B62 8PH. Mr Holding registered in 1928.
Hughes On 30 May, Gordon Bruce Hughes, MRPharmS, of 46 Tredarvah Road, Penzance,
Cornwall TR18 4LB. Mr Hughes registered in 1943.
Jenkins On 8 July, Peter Jenkins, FRPharmS, of 22 Alfreda Road, Cardiff CF14
2EH. Mr Jenkins registered in 1961 and began work at John Bell & Croyden
in London. He then moved back to Cardiff and managed Anthony’s Chemist
in St Mary Street before buying his own pharmacy in Abercynon in 1970. Mr Jenkins
was a member of numerous boards and committees throughout his career. He was
a founder member of the Society’s Rhanbarth De Cymru, which later evolved
into the Welsh Executive, of which he was vice-chairman (1976–78) and later
chairman (1978–80). He was communications officer in Wales for the Society
until he retired from the Welsh Executive in 2000. He was a member of the Mid-Glamorgan
Family Health Services Authority from 1990. He sat on the board of the National
Pharmaceutical Association from 1990 and served as its chairman from 1996–97.
He was designated a fellow of the Society in 1981 (see tribute).
Jones On 9 July, Ceiriog Hughes Jones, MRPharmS, of 21 Gulistan Road, Leamington
Spa, Warwickshire CV32 5LU. Mr Jones registered in 1947.
Parker On 17 July, Joyce Parker, FRPharmS, of 66A Rear Hampstead High Street,
London NW3 1QP. Miss Parker registered in 1945 and was treasurer and later chairman
of one of the metropolitan branches. She was a founder member of the College
of Pharmacy Practice and editor of the journal Chemical Products before joining
Sandoz Pharmaceuticals in 1960 to take over the information services. In 1983
Sandoz Pharmaceuticals appointed Miss Parker as pharmacy adviser (see tribute)
Partridge On 25 June, Albert Sidney Partridge, of 8 Pipers End, Slinfold, Horsham,
West Sussex RH13 7TS. Mr Partridge registered in 1947 and retired from the register
in 1999.
Patel On 9 June, Hasmukhbhai Chaturbhai
Patel, MRPharmS, of 138a Richmond Park Road, Bournemouth BH8 8TW. Mr Patel registered
in 1954 (see tribute).
Philips On 7 June, Margaret Helen Philips, MRPharmS, of 5 The Waplings, Deans
Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 7TG. Mrs Philips registered in
1938.
Roberts On 7 June, Tegwyn Glyn Roberts, MRPharmS, of 30 Herbert Road, Shoeburyness,
Southend-On-Sea SS3 9JR. Mr Roberts registered in 1973.
Westlake On 9 June, Herbert George Westlake, FRPharmS, of Craignair, Willingale
Road, Fyfield, Ongar, Essex CM5 0SD. Mr Westlake registered in 1940.
Whiting On 5 June, John David Whiting, MRPharmS, c/o Mrs Nutt, 54 Evesham Road,
Norton, Evesham, Worcestershire WR11 4TL. Mr Whiting registered in 1949.
Correction
The date of death of Herbert George Westlake was 2 July, not 9 June. |
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Tribute
Jenkins In a tribute to
the late Peter Jenkins,
MAIR DAVIES, chairman of the Welsh Executive, writes:
I write, on behalf
of
the Welsh Executive, to acknowledge the valuable contribution that
Peter made to pharmacy in Wales. Peter was a community pharmacist in
Wales
for almost all of his professional career and in all that time was
an active member of the Society. He gave his time and energy to promoting
the profession and ensuring that the Society had structures and support
in place to enable it to undertake its role effectively in Wales. In
1969 he was a founder member of Rhanbarth De Cymru, the South Wales
regional
committee which, through subsequent evolution into an all Wales committee
Rhanbarth Cymru, became the Welsh Executive in 1976. His influence
helped lay the foundations that we have today. He was the first vice-chairman
of the executive and chairman from 1978 to 1980. For many years he
undertook
the role of communications officer, becoming the public voice of the
profession in the Welsh media. Not only did Peter devote himself to
the Society, but he took an active role in numerous other pharmacy and
health
organisations. Even after his retirement from the executive, Peter
continued to be a valued source of advice, both for executive members
and Society
staff. He will be greatly missed and fondly remembered. We extend our
sympathies to his wife Mary.
MIKE SMITH, chairman, UniChem, writes:
It was my privilege to work
with Peter on the board of the National Pharmaceutical Association
for some six years and
I will always remember him with affection for his wise counsel and dry wit.
Peter was a great support to me in my pharmacy career as he was to
all of those who
knew him.
My deepest sympathy goes to Mary and the family.
Little In a tribute to the late William
Avery Little, (PJ, 24 July,
p134) STUART HESSLEWOOD, writes:
Bill Little holds a special place in
the realms of radiopharmacy and nuclear medicine in the UK. The introduction
of the technetium generator in the late 1960s meant that radiopharmaceuticals
needed to be prepared local to their use in hospitals.
The question of pharmacist involvement arose and Bill was probably the
first in the country to take up the challenge. Operating from the basement
of the
Liverpool Clinic in Myrtle Street, he was a pioneer and developed formulations
of a range of technetium radiopharmaceuticals before the inactive “kits” for
such preparations became commercially available.
When the number of hospital pharmacists involved in radiopharmacy began to
rise, there was a steady stream of visitors to Bill’s basement to learn
about the specialty. I remember being warmly greeted by him and given an extensive
treatise on the specialty, delivered in his idiosyncratic style, while touring
his domain.
In 1977, Bill was a key contributor to the establishment of the regional radiopharmacists
subcommittee of the Regional Pharmaceutical Officers Committee. Along with
other subcommittees, it managed to metamorphose and continue to have an influence
long after the demise of the parent committee.
I recall a letter from Bill at the time of his retirement stating his disappointment
that his current personal medical condition had been diagnosed by a radiological,
rather than nuclear medicine, technique. Although he retired many years ago,
he is still remembered with affection and a smile by the elder generation of
radiopharmacists.
Parker In a tribute to the late Joyce Parker, EDWARD
MALLINSON writes:
I was first introduced to Joyce Parker in the autumn
of 1979 when I was a newly elected member of the Pharmaceutical Group
Committee of the Royal Society of Health; our friendship lasted nearly
a quarter of a century.
Joyce Parker studied pharmacy at the Liverpool School of Pharmacy and
the London School of Pharmacy between 1940 and 1944, registering as a
member of the Pharmaceutical
Society in 1944 and obtained the pharmaceutical chemist diploma in 1945. Initially
she worked as a locum in hospital but in 1946 transferred her allegiance to
the pharmaceutical industry, working first with BDH from 1946 to 1948, then
with Allen & Hanburys from 1948 before transferring in 1950 to May & Baker,
where she spent the next 10 years. In 1960 she took up a post with Sandoz and
remained there until she retired.
Joyce was the driving force behind the Pharmaceutical Group of the Royal Society
of Health both as a committee member, its inspiration for speakers of eminence,
its chairman for several years and its sponsor through her connection with
Sandoz, which always provided refreshments after our meetings.
In the early 1980s the meetings were held either in the RSH headquarters in
Grosvenor Place or the hall adjacent to Westminster Cathedral, usually at about
6pm, finishing between 7.30pm and 8pm. My overnight train to Perth did not
leave until nearly midnight and it was not unusual for me to go for a meal
with Joyce, either in a small restaurant known only to Joyce and a select few
or at her flat in Hampstead.
The demise of the RSH special interest groups in 1990 saw the end of these
frequent meetings. However, we continued to meet infrequently, usually at the
British Pharmaceutical Conference, where we co-hosted a lunchtime reception
for RSH members and potential members, in the company of other RSH stalwarts
such as the late Mervyn Madge and the late Margaret Wallis.
Joyce was elected to the council of the RSH in April 1981, the same year that
she became a founder member of the College of Pharmacy Practice. Her council
membership hit its high when she was elected RSH chairman in April 1990 — the
first pharmacist to hold that position since the society’s foundation
in 1876. She persuaded the society to hold the annual general meeting at which
she took over the reins at 1 Lambeth High Street, where the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society did us proud. The dinner in the hall, at which was displayed all of
the Society’s fine silver, crystal and china, will long be remembered.
Joyce was made an honorary fellow and executive vice-president of RSH in 1991
and did me the greatest honour in nominating me to succeed her as the pharmacist
member on council, a role I fulfilled until 1996. Joyce retired from the council
in April 1994 and was appointed a vice-president emeritus.
In recent years our meetings were less frequent but there was always a letter
and card at Christmas and I am humbled by the thought that she still kept an
interest in my career.
She was missed at the RSH annual general meeting last month and I was unaware
that she had been ill. Her passing has robbed the profession of another of
that generation for whom being a pharmacist was their life. Her quiet way of
doing things belied her immense intellect and knowledge of the registration
process for medicinal products. She was great company and one of the characters
of our profession; I, and no doubt many others, have much to thank her for.
She will be sorely missed.
Patel In a tribute
to the late Hasmukhbhai
Chaturbhai Patel, SULTAN DAJANI writes:
It was a great shock during
the June Council meeting to learn about the peaceful passing of Mr
Patel. He was
always fit, cheerful and hard working. Despite his compromising illness
of recent times, he never complained or changed his wonderful gentle
nature. He fought his cancer with courage, stubbornness, vigour and energy
despite the odds and he never surrendered — he just ran out of
time.
His life was full of challenges even before he arrived on these shores.
He achieved a lot since then. He helped many around him and he left us
with much
more in this world than when he entered it.
Despite the grief and the pain there is still much to celebrate because of
the life of this truly great man and his legacy. There is also much to miss,
but above all it is the little personal things I will miss the most, such as
the way he always used to greet me with “Hi SID” in his own characteristic
way and with his illuminating smile.
I pass on my sincerest condolences to his family, his staff and, of course,
his brother, best friend and partner-at-arms, Arvind. Our prayers are with
you all at this very sad time. God bless you all.
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