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Agnew On 26 October, Edward Agnew, MRPharmS, aged 89, of 15 Birtwhistle
Street, Gatehouse of Fleet, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire DG7 2JJ.
Mr Agnew registered
in 1949.
Aveson On 4 October, Brian Thomas Aveson, MRPharmS, aged 70, of 21 Ladybower
Court, North Road, Glossop, Derbyshire SK13 7AQ. Mr Aveson registered in 1959.
Brooks On 16 October, Margaret Mary Brooks, MRPharmS, aged 70, of Five Gates,
7 Milton Road, Walsford, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 1NY. Miss Brooks registered in
1959.
Davies On 4 December, David (“Dai”)
James Geler Davies, FRPharmS, aged 69, of Dynevor, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton,
Bath BA2 6TL. Professor Davies
registered in 1961. In 1964, having obtained BSc, MSc and PhD degrees from the
University of Manchester, he became a lecturer in the department of pharmacy
at Bristol College of Science and Technology, which was soon to be transformed
into Bath University. He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1971 and reader in
1981. In the same year he was designated a fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society for distinction in the science of pharmacy. His main research interests
were the effects of ionising, ultraviolet and visible radiation on cellular integrity
and the formulation of sterile
products to improve drug delivery to specific sites in the body. He was appointed
to a personal chair in 1991 and became head of school in 1992. A restructuring
of Bath University saw him appointed dean of a new faculty of science in 1997.
He took early retirement in 2001. (Tribute)
Iles John George Iles, whose death was announced
briefly two weeks ago (PJ, 2
December, p676), was awarded a BSc degree in physics by the University of London
in 1952 before going on to gain a pharmaceutical chemist diploma in 1956. He
was for many years a proprietor community pharmacist in North London, where he
served on the Camden and Islington Local Pharmaceutical Committee and was for
two years chairman of the London Pharmaceutical Group (of four LPCs). He also
served on the Camden and Islington Family Health Services Authority and the North
East Thames Regional Pharmaceutical Committee. As well as serving on the Council
of the Pharmaceutical Society for three years, he was a former secretary and
chairman of the Society’s North Metropolitan branch and a former chairman
and regional communications officer of the Society’s Anglia aegion. He
also chaired the transport committee for the British Pharmaceutical Conference
in London in 1983. He was designated a fellow of the Society in 1982 for distinction
in the profession of pharmacy.
Jennings On 3 November, Paul Jennings, aged 56, of 2 Bida Lane, Congleton, Cheshire
CW12 3LJ. Mr Jennings registered in 1976.
Kendall On 17 September, Alan Thompson Kendall, aged 86, of 23 Coverdale Road,
Fairfield, Stockton-on-Tees TS19 7EA. Mr Kendall registered in 1941 and retired
from the Register in 2004. He was a former community pharmacist in Bradford and
Stockton-on-Tees.
Parkinson On 2 December, William Roland Parkinson, FRPharmS, aged 84, of 141
Norris Road, Sale, Cheshire M33 3GS. Mr Parkinson registered in 1944. He worked
for more than 30 years in research and development for ICI Pharmaceuticals (now
part of AstraZeneca).
Powell On 8 November, Trevor Storey Emery Powell, FRPharmS, age 81, of Fairways,
6 Wraylands Drive, Reigate, Surrey RH2 0LG. Mr Powell registered in 1953. He
spent his career in the flavour and fragrance industry, initially with Stafford
Allen & Sons Ltd and then with Bush Boake Allen.
Procter On 2 December, Michael Anthony Procter, MRPharmS, aged 75, of Tinkers,
Grove Hill, Hellingly, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 4HF. Mr Procter registered
in 1957. He was the proprietor of a pharmacy business in Eastbourne for 40 years.
Roebuck On 25 November, Nicola Anne Roebuck, MRPharmS, aged 54, of 168 Lockwoodscar,
Newsome, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD4 6EA. Mrs Roebuck registered in 1974.
(Tribute)
Seal On 16 November, Joy Seal, MRPharmS, aged 75, of 13 Finney Drive, Chorlton-cum-Hardy,
Manchester M21 9DR. Mrs Seal registered in 1957.
Smith On 14 November, Horace Henry Smith, MRPharmS, aged 92, of 3 Sumner Close,
Damescourt, Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 2TA. Mr Smith registered in 1946 and retired
from the regiuster in 1999.
Vaudrey On 22 September, Margaret Vaudrey, MRPharmS, aged 68, of 54 Church Street,
Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 8QG. Mrs Vaudrey registered in 1960.
Wilson On 31 March, William John (“Ian”) Wilson, FRPharmS, aged 76,
of Broomhill, Wingham, Canterbury, Kent CT3 1DB. Mr Wilson registered in 1951.
He joined the UK sales force of Pfizer (UK) Ltd in 1954 and eventually retired
from the company in 1990 after several years as chairman and managing director.
Wood On 23 November, Lorraine Pamela Wood, MRPharmS, aged 51, of 5 Canon Drive,
Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 3FD. Mrs Wood registered in 1996.
Wright On 13 June, David Wilkie Scott Wright, MRPharmS, aged 72, of 81 Lodge
Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3HZ. Mr Wright registered in 1958. He was
a former director of Macarthys Pharmaceuticals Ltd and managing director of its
principal pharmaceutical distribution subsidiary, Macarthys Ltd, retiring in
1986.
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Tributes
Davies In a tribute
to the late David James Geler
Davies,
Rex Tyrrell and Steve Moss (department of pharmacy and pharmacology,
University of Bath) write:
David Davies was one of the pioneers responsible
for developing a research culture at the University of Bath, which grew
year on year and eventually resulted in Bath becoming one of the leading
research universities in the UK . Appropriately, David was to become
its first dean of science in 1997.
However, David’s professional life could have taken a very different course.
While still an undergraduate pharmacy student he auditioned and was accepted
for the D’Oyle Carte Opera Company. The dilemma presented was resolved
by his father who insisted that he complete his degree. Fate soon led him to
Alan Tallentyre’s radiation biology research laboratory in the University
of Manchester as a PhD student and the dream of opera stardom was replaced by
the excitement of a barely more predictable career in science. He did, however,
maintain a lifelong interest and activity in opera and took many lead roles as
a baritone in Bath.
As a scientist and pharmacist, David dedicated his entire professional career
to the University of Bath. While the University was moving from Bristol to Bath,
David took a year working at the Argonne National Research Laboratory in Chicago
with Herb Kubitschek, an inspirational biophysicist who had been part of Fermi’s
group working on the Manhattan project.
On his return to Bath he established one of the first postgraduate groups in
the university and focused on the damaging effect of ultraviolet light on cells.
In parallel with his research on cell biology David, with his colleague Brian
Meakin, established a pharmaceutical research group working initially on ophthalmic
medicines and later on solid dosage forms and aerosols. The group expanded and
became the Centre for Drug Formulation Science, an early example of what would
be known as a spin-off company within the university. It eventually outgrew the
university and became the nucleus of Vectura, which is currently one of the UK’s
successful pharmaceutical development companies.
The facts surrounding David’s career are well-recorded. However, less easily
defined is the major influence of his unique personality on people. During the
week since his death, his colleagues at the university have received a stream
of phone calls and correspondence from past students, postgraduates and colleagues
expressing their memories and recollections of David as a mentor and a friend.
Running through their collective thoughts there has been the theme of a man who
was always there when needed to offer support and advice and to whom they felt
indebted for helping them achieve their goals.
David’s heritage to his profession is a network of scientists that have
inherited his inspiration.
Roebuck In a tribute
to the late Nicola Anne Roebuck,
GILLIAN HAWKSWORTH writes
Nicola was a special drug information pharmacist.
Up-to-date, reliable information was always available along with friendly
advice and where necessary a good sense of humour.
She was a source of constant support, not only to her immediate hospital
colleagues but to the many community pharmacists who, as I did, who turned
to her for
help during busy surgeries in order to be able to deliver a high standard of
immediate patient care.
Nicola had been ill for some time but it was still a terrible shock to hear
the sad news of her untimely death. Those who knew her, through her work with
the Society’s Huddersfield branch and as a past chairman of the Yorkshire
regional committee, or as a preregistration tutor or in one of her other roles
involving clinical teaching, will know how truly professional and helpful she
was and why she was held in such high regard by her colleagues in the Yorkshire
region and beyond.
Nicola will be missed by all those who regarded her role with the utmost importance
and especially by those who, like me, regarded her as a friend and relied on
her wise counsel.
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