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Allen On 24 February, Philippa
Joy Allen, MRPharmS, aged 70, of 39 Ruffs Furze, Oakley, Bedford MK43
7RS.
Mrs Allen registered in 1958.
Davies On 20 January, Peter
James Davies, of The Rectory, Abbey Road, Mattersey, Doncaster DN10 5DX.
Dr
Davies registered in 1962 and retired from the Register
in 2005.
(See tribute)
Purdy On 14 February, Gordon Richard
Purdy, MRPharmS, of 6 Sheraton Hall, Sheraton, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS27 4RD.
Mr
Purdy registered in 1960.
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Tributes
Davies In a tribute to the late Peter James Davies,
ROY DAISLEY writes:
Peter gained his BPharm in 1961
from the University of Nottingham and his MPS in 1962. He then worked
for BDH Industries Ltd for a short time and was involved in the formulation
of a variety of products including the then innovative contraceptive
pill.
In 1963 he moved to the school of pharmacy’s new premises in Brighton
as a research assistant investigating the stability of emulsions under
the direction of John Talman and, with short excursions into industry,
stayed there most of his working life. He was promoted to the academic
staff as a lowly assistant lecturer in 1966, the same time as I arrived,
also as a lowly assistant lecturer.
Peter was an extrovert and an enthusiast for pharmaceutics and soon became
a close colleague and sincere friend. Over the years we had many interesting
discussions, none more so than when we merged pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical
chemistry into pharmaceutical sciences and carefully named all the linked
modules to exclude the word chemistry.
Peter’s practical orientation was frequently demonstrated in his
ability to use simple laboratory equipment to demonstrate materials handling
and the physical testing of medicinal products to both undergraduate and
postgraduate students. This was also reflected in his numerous research
publications.
In the late 1970s and early 80s Peter and many local colleagues helped
organise the 1981 British Pharmaceutical Conference in Brighton and his
well remembered conference day excursion to Dieppe. This latter had over
200 participants and the return trip was in a force 8 gale, preventing
docking at Newhaven for several hours.
Peter, being in the know, organised
dinner on the boat for a small group of us and it was not until we left
the restaurant, well laced with duty free brandy, that we noticed the
gale. We then had to rescue the Vice-President who was totally under
the weather
and bring him down nearer the boat’s centre of gravity. Even the
duty free was closed by then.
Around this time Peter was one of the initiators in setting up CoPharm.
This was a co-operative group between academia and industry to develop
the interface between science and the development of new drug entities
and products. Peter was treasurer for many years and involved in the
organisation of meetings around the country.
During the 1980s Peter was seconded to Delandale Laboratories as technical
manager for a year and was closely involved in the manufacture and release
of its slow release lithium product.
Peter was known in the department as the “crusher and grinder”,
a name I believe he secretly revelled in. His expertise enabled us to obtain
a large grant from the Wolfson Foundation to build a clean room manufacturing
unit. This prestigious grant was the first for the university and enabled
the unit to be built with sufficient flexibility to suit undergraduate,
postgraduate and industrial training. The unit was formally opened by Til
Medinger, then president of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical
Industry in 1994.
Peter’s other great contribution to the school was the support he
gave to our PGDip/MSc in industrial pharmaceutical studies and he was still
involved with this up to the time of his death.
On retirement from the university in 2001 he set up a small training
company called Pharmatraining, which concentrated on the formulation
of tablets
and the consequences of incorrect formulation in both a theoretical and
practical sense. He carried a car load of mixers, blenders, etc, to the
sessions, such that participants could experiment with various formulations
and observe the consequences of incorrect formulations.
Peter was a great family man and especially proud of the achievements
of his children. He loved singing and was a member of several choirs
over
the years; he was an enthusiast for model railways, and holidays were
often spent caravanning with his wife Elizabeth and the family.
He was a true friend who could be totally relied on and we spent many
happy hours, often with a glass of wine, discussing pharmaceutical problems
with
the industrial colleagues who helped with our postgraduate programmes.
Peter’s help and initiative in the success of the Brighton School
of Pharmacy, especially the postgraduate programmes, will be sorely missed.
I and all the staff at Brighton send our deepest sympathy to Elizabeth,
their four children and all the grandchildren in their great loss. |
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