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Allen On 16 January, Michael Edwin Allen, aged 74, of 12 Balmoral Close,
Putney, London SW15 6RP. Mr Allen registered in 1955 and retired from
the Register in 2004. Mr Allen was a regulatory affairs consultant with
a particular interest in the differences between American and European
approaches to product registration. He was also secretary and a founder
member of Healthwatch, a watchdog organisation formed to promote awareness
of abuse of the resources of the NHS.
Burnhope On 5 January, Glyn Anthony Burnhope, MRPharmS, aged 63, of 5 Briar Glen,
Murton, Seaham, County Durham SR7 9SQ. Mr Burnhope registered in 1968.
Chappelle On 27 December, James (Jim) Chappelle, former managing director of
William Ransom & Son, aged 93. Mr Chappelle joined Ransom in 1928. After
working in many positions in production, pharmaceutical analysis and sales, he
was made a director in 1947 and managing director some years later. In 1979,
having reached the age of 65, he stood down as MD but continued to work for the
company until 1984, completing 56 years’ service. He was a board member
of the British Herbal Medicine Association for more than 20 years and chairman
for three years.
Cole On 26 December 2006, Geoffrey Albert Hobbs Cole, MRPharmS, aged 87, of Laverstock,
Altofts Gardens, Ventnor, Isle of Wight PO38 1DT. Mr Cole registered in 1940.
Cropper In December 2006, Keith James Cropper, MRPharmS, aged 50, of 35 Barcroft
Road, Smithills, Bolton, Lancashire BL1 6JA. Mr Cropper registered in 1979.
Fisher On 8 November 2006, Betty Margaret Fisher (née Wilmott), of 33
Downside, Dry Hill Estate, Portishead, Bristol BS20 9JH. Mrs Fisher registered
in 1944 and retired from the Register in 1986. She worked for many years as a
locum pharmacist in community practice.
French Recently, Henry Thomas French, MRPharmS, aged 68, of 86C Brisbane Road,
Mickleover, Derby DE3 9JY. Mr French registered in 1962.
Grant On 25 August 2006, Thomas Alexander Grant, MRPharmS, aged 90, of 2 Farrar
Drive, North Nowra, NSW 2541, Australia. Mr Grant registered in 1949.
Hancock On 6 December 2006, Horace Norman Hancock, MRPharmS, aged 89, of 101
Sutton Court, Sutton Court Road, Chiswick, London W4 3EE. Mr Hancock registered
in 1940.
Hardwick On 8 December 2006, Kenneth Lloyd Hardwick, of 43 Ryder Road, Plymouth
PL2 1JA. Mr Hardwick registered in 1944 and retired from the Register in 1990.
Hargrove On 30 December 2006, Kenneth William Hargrove, MRPharmS, aged 90, of
78 Kings Hill, Bude, Cornwall EX23 8QL. Mr Hargrove registered in 1938.
Hobson On 12 December 2006, John Michael Hobson, MRPharmS, aged 82, of Bowood,
The Rope Walk, Penpol, Devoran, Truro, Cornwall. Mr Hobson registered in 1945.
Meehan On 11 December 2006, Mary Meehan, of 9 Durham Terrace, Portobello, Edinburgh
EH15 1QJ. Mrs Meehan registered in 1941 and retired from the Register in 1987.
Rollo On 19 December 2006, Robert Eden Bradford Rollo, MRPharmS, aged 91, of
Patenga, 1 Quidenham Court, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4RX. Mr Rollo registered
in 1938.
Shimell On 23 December 2006, Betty May Shimell (née Griffiths), aged 82,
of 72 Hinton Way, Great Shelford, Cambridge CB22 5AL. Mrs Shimell registered
in 1947.
Tier On 2 January, Diana Monica Tier, aged 74, of 16a Burcombe Road, Kinson,
Bournemouth, Dorset BH10 5JT. Mrs Tier registered in 1953.
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Tribute
Benoliel In a tribute to the late David
Benoliel (PJ, 6 January 2007,
p33), ANTHONIA CHALMERS writes:
I first encountered David in 1987 when,
on venturing back to work from a career break, I was attracted by a small
advertisement he placed in the PJ for assistance at Paines & Byrne
in taking their several hundred pack permutations through the regulatory
review of human and veterinary medicines. We “approved” of
each other and found we had chorister sons in common. Our association
at that time was, however, relatively brief. On the day I walked into
P&B, the company moved out of family ownership and the gentlemanly
regime under which David had thrived — and which he would later
cultivate in his own business — was subsumed in a more commercial
approach. Within the year David took up his role at the Association of
the British Pharmaceutical Industry. I missed his wry humour.
A new millennium and a couple of employment moves later, my job redundancy
coincided
with David’s requirement for additional regulatory support at Benoliel
Partners, and this is how I fill a considerable amount of consultancy time to
this day.
The enormous turnout on 9 January for the thanksgiving service for David’s
life pays tribute to the large number of friends and admirers this affable man
acquired, many of them through his tremendous support for kidney transplant patients
and their families.
David’s own kidney failure was detected on his 21st birthday, but the three
kidney transplants which were to follow never stopped this enthusiastic, uncomplaining
man from both contributing to, and reaping enjoyment from, life. We heard how
he would construct a Heath Robinson home dialysis machine and transport it abroad
on holiday. After completing his dialysis he would leap on a motor scooter and,
with his wife Gemma on the pillion, would tour the vicinity.
Under the intensive immunosuppression that it was hoped would kick-start the
third kidney, David’s Achilles tendons succumbed and he had to resort to
crutches and a wheelchair. But he still got about the countryside pursuing business
and cultural entertainment and only last year was determinedly in the audience
for my son’s opera presentation.
His own talented son, Daniel, also trying to establish a career in the arts,
is currently dividing his time between that pursuit and assisting his mother
in running Benoliel Partners, a venture which will continue as David had wished.
How grateful we are that David could muster formidable energy and the resilience
to defy the predictions of his early doctors and live for another 45 years, not
10. David had always come back from the brink. This time, the resilience and
the huge support he enjoyed from the staff of the Churchill Hospital, Oxford,
and particularly from Gemma, could not work the usual miracle.
I am sad at the loss of an especially charming and well-loved man and hope the
memory of David’s modus operandi serves as an inspiration and comfort to
Gemma and Daniel in these dark days.
Levine In a tribute
to the late Seymour
Levine (PJ, 13 January, p59),
MEIR KATTAN writes:
Seymour came to work for me as a locum soon after
selling his pharmacy and 20 years later he was still here. Over the years
he became part of the shop and everyone loved him for his help, patience
and advice.
He said he was never happier than in the pharmacy and even towards the
end, when his son tried to make him retire, he struggled to come in because
he did
not want to let anyone down and, as he said, it kept him going.
He was like a brother to me — in fact, I was at Chelsea school of pharmacy
with his brother but did not find out till a couple of years after he started
with me.
All the staff and myself became part of his family and were involved in seeing
his family grow up. Our thoughts go out to Doreen, who was his childhood sweetheart,
his two sons and daughters-in-law, and his six grandchildren, all of whom he
loved with a passion.
He will always be remembered by all he touched. |
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