We regret to record the deaths of the following graduates:
Paul M Egan
BSc (Mechanical Engineering) 1981
Died 16 March 1998
Simon J ORiordan
BSc (Pharmacology & Microbiology) 1991
Died 4 April 1998 as the result of a climbing accident
David J Watson
Diploma in Design 1969
Died November 1998
Anne Kinvig
BSc 1961 (St Andrews)
Died 23 January 1999 from Multiple sclerosis
Anne Watts (nee O,Brien)
LLB 1971, aged 51 as the result of a stroke
David P Swainston
BSc (Botany) 1993
Died 26 April 1999 aged 28
William M Jack MBE
Diploma in Architecture 1950
Died June 1999
Reg Laville
MA (Psychology) 1995
Died September 1999 aged 27
as the result of a car accident
Martin Wellwood
Diploma in Architecture 1963
Died October 1999
Reg Laville
A memorial prize is to be established by the psychology department in memory of Reg Laville. If you would like to contribute please send your donation to National Westminster Bank, Wisbech, Sort code 55-81-28 for credit account number 40529703 in the name of Mrs C B Laville, Dundee University Account.
Posthumous
Two posthumous exhibitions were held in Dundee in recent months in memory of Duncan of Jordanstone graduates. Sandra McNeilance (graduated 1973) who died of breast cancer in 1994 while still in her early forties was the subject of a retrospective exhibition on the Unicorn frigate in Victoria Docks. A printmaker and painter, Sandra was exhibitions organiser at Edinburgh Science Festival and was involved in studio workshops for young postgraduate artists as well as art criticism for the Herald. Painter Ian Bryson (1946-97) was the subject of an exhibition at the Queen's Gallery, Dundee. Ian, who graduated in 1968, devoted his life to painting but never sought to bring his work to a wide audience. His work was not widely known and he received no honours from the art world, being content to develop his own style and produce an astonishing volume of beautiful work during his short life.
Alasdair Lonie
The department of accountancy and business finance is establishing a fund in memory of Alasdair Lonie who died on 10 February 1999. Alasdair was a member of staff in the University of Dundee for over 30 years, starting as a lecturer in the department of economics in 1967. In 1982 he joined the department of accountancy and was an enthusiastic teacher and researcher in the area of financial management. Alasdair was head of department, president of the Dundee AUT, a member of Senate and Court and was fully involved in the student life of the University via his interests in sports and films. He was elected honorary vice president of the Sports Union and was at various times president of the judo, rugby and table tennis clubs. To reflect his interests in both sports and the subject of finance this memorial fund will provide two prizes: one for a student of financial management within the department and the other open to any student to be awarded by the Sports Union. If you would like to contribute to the Alasdair Lonie Memorial Fund please make cheques payable to the University of Dundee and send to John Innes, department of accountancy and business finance, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN.
Alan Small
Reader in the Department of Geography, Alan Small died in September after a short illness at the age of 62. Alan took a senior lectureship at Dundee in 1969 and was promoted to reader in 1975. He was senior adviser of students in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences between 1983 and 1996 - a period of huge expansion in student numbers. In this role he never allowed bureaucratic restraints to obscure the real needs of students and was always prepared to intervene and "fix things" in their best interests, remembers Professor Huw Jones, Dean.
Basil Andrew
Reader in physiology, Basil Andrew died in July aged 81. He joined University College in 1939 in the department of physiology and biochemistry then returned after the war to establish a neurophysiology laboratory in the Medical School. In teaching he single-handedly developed the honours physiology course, is well remembered by students for his "let's draw a diagram" approach, and was much involved in the reorganisation of the medical course in the 1970s.
