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Duckworth Allan Duckworth, FRPharmS, aged 94, of 34 Old Place, Aldwick,
Bognor Regis, West Sussex PO21 3AX. Mr Duckworth registered in 1936.
Efthymiou On 19 July,
Nickos Efthymiou, MRPharmS, aged 44, of 88 Woodcote Valley Road, Purley,
Surrey CR8 3BE. Mr Efthymiou registered in 1986. (Tribute)
Fisher On 15 July, Stewart John
Fisher, of 8 Clotherholme Road, Ripon HG4 2DA. Mr Fisher registered in 1964 and
retired from the Register recently. (Tribute)
Hogarth On 4 August, Ivor Hogarth, aged 91, of Trevalfry, 8 Halesworth Road,
Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6NH. Mr Hogarth registered in 1938 and retired
from the Register in 2003.
Jhina On 2 August, Mailal Jairam Jhina, MRPharmS, of 19 Bank Road, Wellington,
Telford, Shropshire TF1 1SA. Mr Jhina registered in 1962.
Sterling On 13 July, Alan Sterling,
aged 92, of The Coach House, Charlecote, Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath BA1 5SG. Mr
Sterling registered in 1937 and retired
from the Register in 2004. (Tribute).
Tasker On 9 August, Gwynne Tasker, FRPharmS, aged 89, of 10 Meadowcroft, Southgate,
Swansea SA3 2DF. Mr Tasker registered in 1941.
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Tribute
Efthymiou In a
tribute to the late Nickos
Efthymiou, SULTAN
DAJANI writes:
Nickos Efthymiou was one of those unsung heroes who worked
tirelessly for the NHS and who helped carve out the careers of many.
He was passionate about pharmacy, extremely intelligent and, for those
who knew him socially, the best friend a good time ever had.
Indeed, he was one of the most intelligent, caring people I have ever had the
privilege to work alongside and even at meetings his sense of humour was prevalent.
His personality was second to none, his mind so quick and agile; he could change
horses mid-stream if he wanted to.
His legendary renditions of Dancing Queen and Super Trouper with his singing
partner Naveen are still talked about within the hallowed walls of the famous
Groucho Club. Sadly it could never be performed quite the same way again.
It is my privilege that Nickos counted me as a friend. I would not say this
word at all lightly; it is just not my way. But Nickos was a genius who had
a huge
personality matched only by his high standards of professionalism. His positive
energy, enthusiasm and unusual laugh was infectious to all those he knew while
his proven responsibility, reliability and integrity was invaluable to the
primary care trust and all his associates.
His time on this earth was too short but his bursting personality has left
an indelible mark on all those he met. Our loss is heavy but it is difficult
not
to think of Nickos and laugh, so I know, wherever he is, he is somewhere making
people laugh.
My condolences go to his family, Naveen and to all the lucky people with whom
Nickos worked. Pharmacy has truly lost one of its own great stars.
Fisher In a tribute
to the late Stewart John Fisher,
KEN GLEDHILL writes:
Stewart Fisher died after a short illness from cancer,
tragically not long after his retirement. Growing up in Ripon where his
father had a thriving chemist and optician business, Stewart had an early
introduction to pharmacy. He qualified at Bradford School of Pharmacy
in 1963, a stalwart member of the Society’s initial three-year
Pharmaceutical Chemist diploma course.
Students of that year of ’63
will recall our lively social esprit de corps. We were tutored by the
likes of Geoff Booth and Peter Ingle, and Professor Rowson made sure
that there were no academic passengers at Great Horton Road. In 1988,
the first of our ongoing series of reunions was organised, typically
by Stewart, in Bradford.
Stewart started his own business in Mansfield where he became a keen
member of the Rotary organisation. After returning to Yorkshire he set
up further
businesses in Bradford and latterly in Haworth. He was an active member of
the Mansfield and Bradford branches of the Society, serving each as chairman.
During his time in Bradford and Haworth, Stewart also served as a member of
the local pharmaceutical committee.
In keeping with his Rotarian philosophy, Stewart provided a traditional pharmaceutical
service to his local communities. His care and diligence will be particularly
remembered by all his customers and patients in the Haworth vicinity. He later
went back to his roots, moving to Ripon, but keeping in touch through community
locum work before his final retirement.
We send our sympathies to his wife Julie and her father-in-law, two daughters
and a grandson.
Sterling In a tribute to the late Alan Sterling, IAN
MICHAELS writes: Alan Sterling was a student at “The Square” in
Bloomsbury, London, from 1936–38 and was appointed to the staff
of the college of the Pharmaceutical Society on qualifying as a pharmaceutical
chemist. He was a demonstrator in the old building during the year before
the outbreak of the 1939–45 war, and then in Cardiff, to where
the college was evacuated.
The dwindling number of his colleagues on the staff and the many students supervised
by Alan will recall him as an excellent practitioner, a sympathetic listener,
and a person on whom you could unburden problems and receive sensible encouragement
towards an acceptable solution.
His experience at “The Square” in developing the aseptic techniques
instigated by Professor Berry enabled him to accept a senior position in organising
the Blood Transfusion Service in Wales.
It was a real pleasure to rub shoulders with him at the reunions held in recent
years — mention of his name will always bring back pleasant memories
of incidents with which he was associated as a student and as a member of the
staff of the college.
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