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Trinity College Dublin
Alumni E-zine May-June 2010
Welcome to the May-June edition of Trinity’s alumni e-zine, containing all the latest news and events from the College and alumni community.
Of the wide variety of events coming up, entertain yourself with “Pimms in the Pav” or at the New York and London balls; do your bit for Trinity and Dublin via Trinity Takes to the Streets (TTTTS) or the Dublin City Volunteer Week; or simply learn more about energy, coral reefs, Shakespeare or India!
Congratulations to the 2010 Alumni Awardees: Dr Patrick Brennan, Lady Harriett Bridgeman, Dr Martin McAleese and Dr Michael Pierce. We look forward to honouring them in November.
Finally, we would like to express our condolences to family, friends and colleagues of former Provost, Dr Bill Watts, who died last week, he will be sadly missed by many staff and alumni of Trinity.
Our sympathies also go out to the family and friends of Gerry Ryan, RTE broadcaster and Trinity Law alumnus, who died so suddenly last week.
John Dillon
Alumni Director
john.dillon@tcd.ie
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What's New?
Trinity Takes to the Streets
Trinity Takes to the Streets (TTTTS) is back and we’re looking for alumni to show their support! Have fun, get fit or take on a new challenge and support Trinity students in need at the same time. Find out more about how you can get involved or support the initiative by visiting the TTTTS website. Last year we raised over €100,000 which was allocated to students through the Student Hardship Fund, Trinity Access Programmes (TAP) and the National Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (NIID). We hope this year will be bigger and better than ever!
Trinity Today Photography Competition
There’s only one month left to get your entries in for the 2010 Trinity Today Photography Competition open to alumni, staff and students. This year’s theme is “Trinity Days” – providing applicants with artistic licence to submit images (old and new) that they think capture the character and spirit of the College. Entries are now also being accepted via Facebook – visit our competitions page for an application form or more details on how to enter. Closing date 31 May 2010.
2010 Alumni Awardees Announced
Four outstanding alumni have been selected as recipients of the 2010 Alumni Awards. The awardees are:
- Dr Patrick Brennan; world authority on leprosy.
- Lady Harriett Bridgeman; founder of Bridgeman Art Library the world’s richest and most comprehensive source of cultural and historical art images.
- Dr Martin McAleese; promoter of peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and instigator of “Your Country, Your Call”
- Dr Michael Peirce; founder and Chairman of Mentec Limited – a champion of Irish engineering and innovation.
The awardees will be honoured at an event which will take place in November 2010. For more details visit the Alumni Awards page.
Dr Patrick Brennan is a University Distinguished Professor with Colorado State University Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology Department. He is a world authority on leprosy, having worked on the development of the first effective treatment for leprosy in Trinity College in the 1950s. Patrick Brennan has been central to the World Health Organisation’s operation to curtail and eliminate leprosy, contributing to the extraordinary decline of the disease.
Lady Harriett Bridgeman is the founder of the Bridgeman Art Library which is the world’s richest and most comprehensive source of cultural and historical art images. The collection ranges from pre-historic images to works by leading contemporary artists covering all media and Eastern and Western art across 8,000 global locations The Library aims to promote cultural heritage, make digital art more accessible and visualising knowledge within e-learning environments. In 2005, she was voted the International Business Woman of the Year and she has also been awarded the European Women of Achievement Award in the Arts.
Dr Martin McAleese has been involved in various activities to develop greater trust and reconciliation among communities in Northern Ireland. He is currently sponsoring the ‘Your Country, Your call’ initiative to create employment and opportunity in Ireland. He has also undertaken many voluntary projects overseas in countries such as Honduras and Kenya where he has utilised his dental training for the benefit of poor communities.
Dr Michael Peirce is the Founder and Chairman of Mentec Limited, one of Ireland’s first companies to emanate from university research. Dr Peirce worked in Engineering and Management at Imperial Chemical Industries in the United Kingdom before joining the Engineering faculty at Trinity College where he has been valuable in empowering innovation and entrepreneurship. Dr. Pierce holds a Masters Degree in Engineering from Trinity College Dublin and was awarded his Doctorate Degree in 1976 for research in Computer-Integrated Manufacturing.
News
| Campus News | Branch News | Sports News |
'Creativity, the City and the University'
A study on the collaboration between Trinity College Dublin and six major Dublin cultural institutions, Creativity, the City and the University, was launched by the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Mary Hanafin TD in TCD in April 2010. More...
Trinity Annual Fund Student Awards 2010
Five students were honoured at the 2010 Student Awards for their outstanding contribution to College life at an event held in the Provosts House in April 2010. The purpose of the awards is to recognise students who have contributed to Trinity in the past year through sports clubs, societies and other areas of College life. More...
TCD Scientists Lead Research to Develop New Nanomedical Technology for Cancer Diagnosis
TCD scientists based at the Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM) & TCD School of Medicine will lead a pan-European team that has attracted funding worth approximately €12m, to develop a cutting edge nanotechnology process which will enable the early and rapid diagnosis of most common cancer types. More...
TCD Immunology Research Places Ireland Amongst the Top Nations in Immunology
Immunology research carried out by Trinity College Dublin has placed Ireland in the top three nations worldwide according to data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database for the ten year period. The country is ranked in third place ahead of Japan and behind the US and Switzerland which are in first place. More...
Ten New Spin Out Companies Set Up in Trinity
Ten new companies commercialising research carried out at Trinity College Dublin were approved as TCD campus companies last year. These companies will aim to exploit the latest technologies in bioscience, physical science and information and communications technology. More...
New Trinity MBA Scholarship Fund Established
An MBA scholarship fund has been established in the School of Business through the generous support of a number of benefactors. The fund will provide financial assistance in the form of partial or full scholarships for a number of students; to support them in their pursuit of a Trinity MBA. More...
Trinity Student Societies Win National Irish Awards
Trinity College’s student societies beat off stiff competition from 14 other colleges around Ireland to win four out of the eight categories they were nominated in at the annual Board of Irish College Societies (BICS) awards. More...
Mary Robinson hosts School of Business Lunch in New York
Trinity Chancellor Mary Robinson, Gerard McHugh, Head of the School of Business and Sean Melly, Chairman of the School of Business Advisory Board hosted a lunch in New York on April 9th to launch its new development plan. A number of business leaders attended the lunch to consider the future of business education and how Trinity can be an international reference point for providing new models of teaching and learning.
L-R: Sean Melly, Mary Robinson & Gerard McHugh
Queensland Branch Event Report
The Queensland Branch hosted a lunch at Sirromet restaurant on 27 September 2009 and a great day was had by all. For more details on upcoming events in the Queensland area please contact Derek Fielding.
Queensland Branch Event
For all branch contacts see: www.tcd.ie/alumni/groups/branch
Sports Club Round Up
The Trinity sports calendar is winding down for the academic year - read the most recent club updates below:
This year’s Alumni Sports ‘Hall of Fame’ awards were presented to DU Harriers and Athletics alumni in honour of the clubs 125th anniversary. Maeve Kyle, Jane McNicholl, Roy Dooney, Kingston Mills and Tom Maguire were amongst those to be inducted to the Hall of Fame at an event in the Dining Hall in March.
The annual celebration of Trinity College sporting achievements took place recently when a thanksgiving service for sport was held in the College Chapel followed by Sporting Commons during which Trinity sportsmen and women were awarded with the University Colours.
The DU Badminton Club were winners of the University League Division 1 in March, they were also semi-finalists at the Irish Badminton Intervarsity Competition and Meike Boettcher was a finalist in the Ladies Singles Division 1.
The Climbing Club became Intervarsity Champions in February.
The Fencing Club won a number of competitions this year. The Eppe and Foil Intervarsity, the Trinity Cup, Irish Open (Ladies Foil), Colours and the Intermediates. They also medalled in the Duffey Epee, Merseyside Open, East of Ireland and the Northern Irish Open.
In GAA news Fresher Tomas Corrigan was selected on the Ulster bank Rising Stars Team for 2010. Tomas had a fantastic year with his scores bringing Trinity all the way to the Trench Cup final in Maynooth. The annual GAA Ball took place in Wynn's Hotel, a total of 14 awards were presented on the night – the GAA team of the year was won by "Ladies Gaelic Footballers" and GAA person of the year was won by Ryan Casey/Aaron Hurley.
The Ladies A Squash team won their Intervarsity in March and won the Leinster Ladies Division 1 League. In addititon, the Mens A team won the Gray Cup in April.
The Women's Ultimate Frisbee team won their Indoor and Outdoor Intervarsity Competitions and are the highest achieving women's team in Ireland to date. The Club came 2nd overall in the Open Indoor, the University League Open and the Mixed Intervarsity competitions.
For more information visit www.tcd.ie/sport
Events
Campus Events:
TCD Association & Trust Dinner with Guest Speaker Shane Ross
Dining Hall TCD, 7.30pm Friday 14 May 2010
The TCD Association & Trust Annual Dinner is filling up fast, with the much anticipated guest speaker Senator Shane Ross. For more information and reservations email alumni.relations@tcd.ie or download a booking form here.
TBA Dinner - ‘Is the era of cheap energy over?’
1592 Restaurant TCD, Tuesday 11 May 2010
Bob Smith, CEO of Pulse Tidal will be the guest speaker at the next Trinity Business Alumni Dinner in Camera event to discuss the future of energy in Ireland, the UK and internationally focusing particularly on the issues and structural changes shaping the energy industry. For more details visit the TBA website or email info@tba.ie.
Pimms in the Pav - The Pavilion Bar TCD, 6pm Friday 25 June 2010
Take a peek at the newly refurbished Pav, meet up with friends and show your support for our students in need at the Pimms in the Pav alumni fundraising event in Trinity. This social event is the brain child of Grainne Dooley B.A. (1991) in support of the Trinity Takes to the Streets initiative. Mark the date in your diary and rally the troops for a fun filled night on campus. Visit Trinity Takes to the Streets for more information; we look forward to seeing you there!
ESS’ 88 Class Reunion – Dining Hall TCD, Friday 28 May 2010
The ESS' class of 1988 are holding a reunion in Trinity on Friday 28 May. Enjoy a trip down memory lane and make contact with old friends over dinner on campus. Visit www.ess88.org to view your class picture and find out more details. To register, email Paula McDermott today.
Trinity Shakespeare Festival – Dublin City, 7-12 June 2010
The Trinity College Dublin Shakespeare Festival takes place this year from the 7 - 12 June 2010 and is fast becoming one of the cultural highlights of Dublin’s summer calendar. This community outreach programme will work with 12 schools to perform pieces all over the city with the headline event “As You Like it” performed in the Front Square of Trinity every evening by one of Britain’s best loved touring companys, The GB Theatre Company. For tickets and more information visit, the Dublin Shakespeare website.
Trinity Outreach Activity for Alumni and Staff
Dublin City, Saturday 29 May 2010
To mark Dublin City Volunteer Week we’re asking alumni to dig out their gardening gear and help brighten up the grounds of Echlin House, a residential service run by Crosscare Young People's Services. We’ll be planting, watering, weeding and hopefully having some fun throughout the day on Saturday 29 May 2010. To register your interest, email Roisin McGrogan today.
The aim of Dublin City Volunteer Week is to celebrate and recognize the efforts of the countless volunteers in Dublin City, and show the many diverse and exciting ways people can get involved in volunteering. A number of restaurants, shops, museums, galleries, coffee shops and cinema's around the city will show their support and appreciation for volunteers with promotions, discounts and other concessions during the week. All TCD outreach volunteers will be kept up to date on how to avail of Volunteer Week offers.
Library Exhibits
‘Dublin: the College and the City 1250 – 1950’ – Ends 13 May 2010
Last chance to see this exhibition which provides a rich view of life in Dublin, based on the words and experiences of generations of citizens of, and visitors to, the city.
‘India: The Famed Orient and European Perspectives’ – Runs 20 May to 03 October 2010
The links with South Asia and Trinity College Dublin are very old, reaching back at least to the establishment of the Chair of Oriental Languages in 1762. This exhibition will explore the links between India and Trinity, Ireland, Britain and Europe, concentrating on the wealth of printed books and other related material from the 19th and early 20th centuries that is held in
the Library.
For more information on TCD Library exhibitions, see www.tcd.ie/Library/about/exhibitions.php
Long Room Hub Events
The Trinity Long Room Hub operates a busy programme of lectures and seminars, upcoming events include:
The 1st Annual Mary Pollard Memorial Lecture – 23 June 2010
‘"This Will Make Learning Pleasant": Early Modern Children & Pictures' from 6 - 8 p.m. a lecture by Ms Jill Shefrin in the Trinity Long Room Hub Lecture Theatre. All welcome.
The 8th Lewis Glucksman Memorial Symposium - 23 June 2010
‘Ireland, India and Empire’, time TBC - contributions by Professor Shahid Amin (University of Delhi), Professor Gauri Viswanathan (NYU) and Mr Charles Horton (Chester Beatty Library, Dublin). All welcome.
For more information on Long Room Hub events, see www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/events/forthcoming/index.php
Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef - Runs until 11 June 2010
Haven’t made it to the Science Gallery to check out the woolly wonder of the Crochet Coral Reef yet? Hurry up it ends in June!
Branch Events:
New York - Trinity Alumni Ball – Saturday, 15 May 2010
The NY Alumni Association is delighted to announce this year's Trinity Ball will be taking place on Saturday, 15 May at the newly opened Trump Soho in Tribeca. Tickets, entertainment and further details on the official Ball website. The alumni would be delighted to hear from any artists who are interested in performing at this year’s event - please contact the events committee.
TCD Young Alumni London - London Ball – Saturday, 22 May 2010
The annual Young Alumni Ball will be taking place in the Landmark Hotel, Marylebone on Saturday 22 May 2010. The night will consist of a champagne reception, dinner and a live band. To purchase your tickets or for more information contact Laoise Dunphy M.Phil (2009). Check out photos from last years ball in our photo gallery.
London Dining Club - Bicentenary Dinner - Friday, 18 June 2010
Dining Hall TCD at 7.30 pm - Guest Speaker: Roy Foster M.A. Ph.D. (1971), Carroll Professor of Irish History Hertford College Oxford and Ireland's leading historian. For further information contact Carol Leighton B.A. (1964).
Gloucestershire Branch - Summer Event - July
The summer event will take place in early July and will include a visit to a country house with lunch.
For further information contact Jonathan Moffett B.A. (1980).
Oxford Branch - Summer Event - Saturday, 5 June 2010
Reception at 12.30pm followed by lunch at 1.30 pm.
For reservations and further details contact Martin Gaughan B.Comm (1960).
Swiss Branch – Tour of Aigle Castle - Saturday, 12 June 2010
Our next event is a tour of Aigle Castle followed by wine tasting in a local winery on 12 June 2010.
For further information contact Malcolm Ferguson B.A.I., M.A., (1974).
Sports Events
Want to Get Fit this Summer?
Why not sign up to the Dublin Race Series and raise money for Trinity Takes to the Streets an initiative to support Trinity students in need.
Children’s Summer Camps
Wondering what the kids can do for the summer holidays? Check out the Sports Centre Summer Camps for children from 6-13 years.
Trinity Regatta Islandbridge - Saturday, 29 May 2010
The Trinity Regatta at Islandbridge will take place on Saturday, 29 May 2010. The DU Boat Club would like to extend an invitation to all sports fans and friends to attend for a day of high quality racing, picnics in the sun and a great family day out. Events will be held over an 1800m course with crews from all over Ireland and the UK competing at this event. The event will take place from 11am to 6pm and a marquee will be erected to include a café/bar for viewing on the day. A lunch will also be held in the Boathouse on the day, if you are interested in booking a place or a table, please contact John Mohan at 087 2481479.
For a full schedule of events in TCD please see:
www.tcd.ie/alumni/events/tcd
For a full schedule of Branch events please see:
www.tcd.ie/alumni/events/branch
Alumni Interviews
| Grainne Dooley B.A. (1991) | Laoise Dunphy M.Phil (2009) |
Grainne Dooley B.A. (1991)
Education: B.A. Business & Economics, TCD (1991), M.A. M.Sc Economics, LSE (2000)
What are you doing with yourself these days?
I’m currently a Bond Portfolio Manager.
Why did you choose your current career?
I have always enjoyed finance and economics and this job allows me to pursue those interests.
How do you like to spend your free time?
I enjoy sports, the arts in general and spending time with family and friends.
What are your strongest memories of Trinity?
Coffee on the chocolate boxes in the Arts Block, the Luce sports hall, the wonder of walking into a relative oasis of calm in the city centre…and many more.
Are you still in touch with other alumni?
Yes, four of my sisters also went to Trinity, so we have a reasonably extensive network!
Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?
Always a tough question but would probably like to be working in a more public policy oriented role within finance.
Laoise Dunphy M.Phil (2009)
Education: B.A. History & Politics, UCD, M.Phil Literatures of the Americas, TCD (2009)
Beginning MBBS (GEP) in St. George’s Medical School in August 2010
What are you doing with yourself these days?
I am living in London with 3 friends from TCD (and 4 more in a house down the road!). I am working in recruitment in Oxford Circus and enjoy the high paced life-style that comes along with it, though could do with a few more hours sleep.
Why did you choose your current career?
I actually came into the agency I work in looking for temporary work whilst travelling and they offered me a place as a consultant. Though I enjoy it very much I have decided to go back and study Medicine and was recently offered a place in St.
George’s Medical School in South London.
How do you like to spend your free time?
I spend much of my free time with my friends (many of whom I met at TCD or through sailing clubs and teams whilst in Dublin). I love to take advantage of all that London has to offer and am addicted to Time Out Magazine! At the moment a huge portion of my spare time is spent organising the TCD Ball London which will be on the 22nd of May at the Landmark Hotel (should anyone be interested).
What are your strongest memories of Trinity?
My favourite memories of Trinity are of the long days spent lounging outside the Pav in the sunshine. These are my main memories and they always seem to involve the sun, but I do wonder how, as there never seems to be much sun in Dublin.
I also enjoyed the intellectual conversation over pints at Grogan’s with the fantastic lecturers and staff of the English Department.
Are you still in touch with other alumni?
I live with Norah Ferris, Kerrie McGinn and Lorna Pierse. We are still very close, and live very close, to a lot of other alumni.
Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?
Hopefully I will be graduating with honours from my 3rd degree (graduate entry medicine) and have a fantastic placement in a prestigious hospital. But whatever happens I hope to be happy and still surrounded by fantastic friends and family. (Not to be too cheesy!)
Class Notes
Peter Henry B.A. (2006)
Peter is compiling details of the college's old ties, scarves and blazers. If you know the designs of any old club or society garments he would like to hear from you. In particular, he is looking for designs for the DU Boxing, Lawn Tennis, Harriers and Athletic, Swimming and Squash clubs, the tie of The College Pen (c1930), and the undergraduate(SRC) tie of the early 1950s -- but all information is welcome. Contact Peter at pehenry@tcd.ie or 1 Upper Rowe Street, Wexford.
Paul Kenny B.A. (1996)
Dr Kenny has recently had a major piece of research published in Nature Neuroscience on the topic of the addictiveness of junk food. Read the article in the UK Telegraph here.
Michael Martin B.Dent.Sc (1963)
Michael Martin B.Dent.Sc. (1963) is coordinating the 50 year reunion of the Medical and Dental Classes of 1963 planned to take place in 2013 and would be delighted to hear from other members of the class. Email Michael Martin to your register interest.
Medical & Dental Classes of 1963
Michael J Mc Cann B.A., M.A. (1976)
Michael has been among the first twelve graduates to be awarded the new M.A. in Specialist Translation by the joint Universities of Bari, Genova and Pisa, with a thesis on Metaphors in Financial Reports. A director of the InfoMarex Translation Agency, he is the first non-Italian to be awarded the new degree.
Rosemarie Rowley B.A., M..Litt. (1969)
The pioneering eco-feminist collection of poetry "The Sea of Affliction" by Rosemarie Rowley, has just been re-issued by Rowan Tree Press, Dublin. First published in 1987, this has become a marker for environmental poetry and activists since then. Rosemarie’s first poems were published in the TCD literary magazine, Icarus, in 1967.
Have you any news that you would like to share? Email alumni.relations@tcd.ie or submit your note via our online form.
Obituaries
William Arthur Watts, Former Provost Trinity College Dublin (1981-1991)
Bill was a Dubliner, born into a working class Protestant family who lived on a street off the North Wall. He spent many of his early years in Athy, where the family moved when his father’s work took him there. He moved back to Dublin to attend St Andrew’s College, then in Clyde Road where he was a year ahead of me. He was not known as Bill Watts then, but Willie Watts. He became known as Bill in College. St Andrew’s then was quite a tough school, but it had academic strengths in Modern Languages and Science. In 1948 Bill obtained a Sizarship in Modern Languages in this College, and proceeded to the Honor course in that area, reading French and German. On a personal note, I followed him the following year taking the Sizarship examination in Experimental Science. On the day that the results were pinned up outside the Assistant Registrar’s Office in East Chapel, I was at the back of a crowd of students anxious to see the results. With skills well honed on the rugby pitch, Bill squeezed his way through the scrum, and was the first to tell me I had got it. Indeed one of the memories of my undergraduate days was watching a First XV match in College Park and seeing a very muddy Bill in the line out. He was very much a hands-on forward. I would not have liked to be on the opposite team.
As an undergraduate, he was a member of the College Fabian Society. The membership was divided between Socialists and Communists – remember this was the 1950’s – with the latter having the more members. One year, Bill organised a coup at its AGM and brought in enough new members to seize control of the club for the Socialists. Of course, this lasted for a year but it did not last. Needless to say, there was a counter-coup the next year.
Bill had always been interested in field Biology, and in the Junior Sophister year of his Mod Lang course, he persuaded the appropriate authorities that he could enter the Senior Freshman year in Natural Science, reading Botany, Geology, and Zoology. He always said that he would have had difficulties if he had been asked to enter the Junior Freshman year, as this would have involved Chemistry and Physics. He took this SF course in addition to the Mod Lang course and ultimately obtained 1st Class Moderatorships in Mod Lang (1952) and Natural Sciences (1953), in the latter specialising in Botany.
On graduating, he moved to Hull as a Junior Lecturer in Botany. In his book, A Memoir, he admits that this was a mistake. But one happy event happened there. By coincidence, Gerry had taken up a teaching position there too. He had known her in College, the romance continued to flourish and they married in 1954. Faced with the certainty that he would be called up for military service in Britain, he resigned and they came back to Dublin in 1955. He initially got a post as assistant to Frank Mitchell, but a vacancy soon came up in Botany –the incumbent had got Bill’s old job in Hull – and Bill came in as an Assistant Lecturer. One of the consequences of these various moves was that Bill did not start to work for a PhD. He never did. At the time it had not become a sine qua non in order to obtain an academic post. After all, one of his mentors was Mr Frank Mitchell. He settled down to teach, and to carry out research. Papers flowed, and Fellowship arrived in 1960. He only became a Doctor when he submitted his papers for the degree of ScD. This occurred during my watch as Dean of Graduate Studies. Frank Mitchell produced two names of people of sufficient standing in Bill’s field and who had not worked with him – a difficult task in the specialised field. The reports were very complementary and the degree awarded in 1973.
I have another memory to share with you. It takes us back to the early 1960s and it is of good dinners prepared by Gerry in the flat in Upper Glenageary Road. Bill would outline things that needed to be changed in College, and what he would do if he were involved in the changes. An academic administrator in waiting!
Eda Sagarra has outlined and praised his role as Dean, Senior Lecturer, and Provost. I do not want to add to or repeat all that has been said. But I would like to make a few points. He had vision, but he was a pragmatist. If he lost a particular argument, and this was rare, he shrugged his shoulders and got on with it. He bore no grudges. He attracted and held immense loyalty from those who served with and under him.
After he retired, he not only continued his research. He was a stamp collector and kept it up. He continued to take an interest in the affairs and management of this College that he loved. Only once could he be deemed to have expressed an opinion publicly, when he attended to vote at a meeting of the University Senate to elect a new Pro- Chancellor, an issue on which he held strong views. His last appearance in College was to attend the Scholars Dinner earlier this month. He was a Scholar of the Decade having been elected in 1950 - 60 years ago. Incidentally when he was a Senior Freshman, rare in those days when most Scholars were elected in their Junior Sophister year. He spoke movingly at the dinner about his days both as a student, a Scholar and as a Provost, and he got a long ovation. The College has lost a very good servant, I have lost an old friend, but for Gerry and the family their loss is so much greater. They will be very much in our thoughts.
Brian McMurry, M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D., Fellow Emeritus, M.R.I.A., (1953)