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Obituaries: Recorded March 2024 - February 2025

Deaths of Members of the General Council noted from March 2024 to February 2025. Names are listed alphabetically within each year of graduation decade.

1940 - 49

  • Bryson, Thomas Alastair, BSc 1947, MEd, Died: 09/06/2024
  • Halcrow, John Morrison, MA 1948, Died: 2024
  • Macdonald, Jean Ellison (Ms Macdonald), BSc 1944, Died: 05/01/2024
  • Massie, William Henry Simpson (Dr), BSc 1946, PhD, Died: 29/04/2024
  • Sinclair, Violet Catherine (Dr Shore), BSc 1946, PhD, Died: 11/09/2024

1950 - 59

  • Begg, Robert Dunlop (Dr), BSc 1955, PhD, Died: 13/02/2024
  • Bhattacharyya, Charu Krishna, BSc 1959, Died: 22/08/2023
  • Boyd, Elizabeth (Dr), BSc 1956, PhD, Died: 21/11/2024
  • Buchanan, Marjory Mann (Dr), MBChB 1951, Died: 03/05/2024
  • Campbell, David George Stewart (Dr), MBChB 1957, Died: 14/03/2024
  • Chinery, Smyly Cleland Amu, MA 1952, Died: 07/10/2024
  • Colvin, Bernard Charles (Dr), MBChB 1957, Died: 10/02/2025
  • Connor, Alan, MA 1955, Died: 11/2024
  • Crawford, George Ian (Dr), BSc 1953, PhD 1957, Senior Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy 1963-1993, Died: 12/01/2025
  • Dinwoodie, Alison Jean (Dr), BSc 1954, PhD 1962, Died: 13/09/2024
  • Ewing, John Aveyard, BSc 1957, Died: 20/04/2024
  • Gardner, William (Dr), MBChB 1951, Died: 17/10/2023
  • Gourlay, Rachel Hall (Dr), BSc 1954, Died: 12/09/2024
  • Gulvin, Thomas Frederick, BSc 1956, Died: 09/03/2024
  • Heiton, John Raymond, BSc 1959, Died: 15/12/2023
  • Irvine, Donald McNaught Craig, BL 1953, Died: 12/2022
  • Johnston, Thomas Alan, BSc 1956, Died: 10/07/2024
  • Kerr, William Whyte (Dr), BSc 1953, PhD, Died: 06/11/2023
  • Macaulay, Ann (Mrs Blower), BSc 1952, Died: 08/11/2024
  • Macfadyen, Anne Marion (Rev MacFadyen), BSc 1955, BD, Died: 19/01/2025
  • McDiarmid, Duncan, MA 1957, Died: 03/07/2024
  • McGinnis, Patricia Ursula (Ms Latta), BSc 1957, Died: 19/11/2014
  • McLetchie, Catherine Mary (Mrs Brookes), MA 1955, Died: 26/11/2024
  • Miller, Roy, MBChB 1957, Died: 19/11/2024
  • Murison, Amy Parker, MA 1956, Died: 2024
  • Ray, Asok Kumar (Dr), BSc 1959, PhD 1964, Died: 21/05/2024
  • Ray, Syamal Kumar, BSc 1959, Died: 15/05/2024
  • Robertson, Kennard Monteath, MBChB 1953, Died: 25/01/2024
  • Simpson, Edward Whiteside, BDS 1953, Died: 26/09/2023
  • Simpson, James Alexander (Dr), BSc 1955, Died: 30/05/2024
  • Smith, James C S (Dr), MBChB 1957, Died: 02/05/2024
  • Stewart, John Tytler (Dr), MBChB 1955, Died: 27/01/2024

1960 - 69

  • Balfour, Maureen Elizabeth (Mrs Jamieson), MA 1963, Died: 21/04/2024
  • Clarkson, Douglas Gallie, BSc 1960, Died: 21/06/2024
  • Delmonte, Leonna Estelle (Mrs Shenkin), BSc 1966, Date of death unknown
  • Dunn, Janet (Mrs Kennedy), MA 1965, Died: 27/09/2023
  • Dunsmore, Ian Lorimer, BL 1962, Died: 2024
  • Ferguson, Alexander Barton, BSc 1963, Died: 13/12/2024
  • Fraser, William Alexander Balfour (Dr), MBChB 1964, Died: 11/01/2024
  • Glen, Alastair Campbell Agnew (Dr), MBChB 1960, Died: 07/09/2022
  • Heng, Terrence Ming-Swee (Dr), PhD 1965, DEng, Died: 23/01/2024
  • Hobbs, Stuart, BSc 1965, Died: 04/05/2024
  • Jamieson, Thomas Hendry, BSc 1962, Date of death unknown
  • Jennett, Sheila Mary (Emeritus Professor), PhD 1969, Died: 26/02/2024
  • Joy, Eirwen Nicol (Mrs Watt), BSc 1965, Died: 2023
  • Kerr, Francis Graeme, BSc 1965, Date of death unknown
  • Lander, Ron (Professor, OBE), BSc 1965, Died: 06/08/2024
  • Mason, Peter James (Sir, KBE), BSc 1968, Died: 11/11/2024
  • McGill, Marjory (Mrs Forbes), MA 1967, Died: 22/12/2019
  • McGurk, Francis, MA 1966, MLitt, Died: 23/04/2023
  • Mills, Alexander, MA 1966, Died: 01/2024
  • Murray, Thomas Stuart (Emeritus Professor), MBChB 1967, PhD, MD, Died: 17/05/2024
  • Ormrod, Alan Douglas, MA 1963, Died: 19/08/2024
  • Polanska, Antonina Isabella (Dr), MBChB 1965, Died: 28/04/2024
  • Polley, Billy Macdonald, BSc 1960, Died: 21/11/2023
  • Prentice, Martin William Moore (Rev), BVMS 1965, Died: 13/03/2024
  • Rendall, Robert Peterson, BSc 1961, Died: 30/01/2025
  • Rumford, Alastair Kay, BVMS 1960, Died: 01/08/2024, Alastair Kay, BVMS 1960, Died: 01/08/2024
  • Sime, James George (Dr), PhD 1960, BSc, Died: 26/01/2024
  • Simpson, Isobel Ferguson (Mrs Monahan), MA 1965, Died: 27/11/2023
  • Sloan, James David, BSc 1965, Died: 11/2024
  • Spencer, Ernest, MA 1967, MEd 1973, Honorary Senior Research Fellow 2002 - 2024, Died: 15/12/2024
  • Whitty, Bryan Lawrence (Dr), MBChB 1964, Died: 15/11/2023
  • Wright, Mary Elizabeth Williamina (Dr Findlay), MBChB 1963, Date of death unknown

1970 - 79

  • Beaton, Elizabeth June (Mrs Galloway), MA 1974, Died: 14/11/2023
  • Brown, Pauline (Mrs McFadyen), LLB 1975, Died: 29/09/2024
  • Freel, Henry Joseph, BDS 1975, Died: 03/2023
  • Galloway, Alasdair McCormack (Dr), MA 1974, PhD, Died: 31/03/2024
  • Harris, Ronald Martin, BDS 1971, Died: 16/12/2023
  • Hinchliffe, William Howard Geoffrey (Dr), MPhil 1975, Died: 20/01/2024
  • Hood, Christopher Cropper (Professor), BLitt 1971, Died: 03/01/2025
  • Kerr, Peter George Edward, BDS 1975, Died: 02/2024
  • Kimber, Simon Nicholas Scott, BSc 1970, Died: 10/09/2024
  • McAvinue, Thomas George (Dr), MBChB 1979, Died: 23/06/2023
  • McKeand, Joyce Stewart (Mrs McInairnie), MA 1973, Died: 04/03/2024
  • Osprey, James Stewart, BSc 1972, Died: 21/02/2023
  • Sargent, William Thomas, BSc 1978, Died: 13/03/2024
  • Smith, Richard (Rev), BD 1975, Died: 04/05/2024
  • Syme, Marion Black (Mrs Whitton), MA 1978, Died: 2022
  • Thomson, William Old (Dr), MBChB 1971, Died: 01/02/2024

1980 - 89

  • Frazer, Donald Vanhegan (Dr), BSc 1981, PhD 1987, Died: 07/06/2024
  • Martin, Ross, BSc 1988, Died: 21/05/2024
  • McCamley, Peter Michael, MEng 1985, Died: 02/11/2023
  • Philo, Gregory (Professor), PhD 1989, Date of death unknown
  • Reynolds, Eileen, Diploma 1980, External Relations and Marketing, Died: 09/09/2024
  • Stephen, John Rothney (Dr), MA 1988, BD, MA, MPhil, Died: 29/11/2023

1990 - 99

  • Baker, Darren Phillip (Dr), PhD 1990, Died: 15/09/2022
  • Girvan, Iain William (Dr), MBChB 1994, BSc, Died: 22/03/2021
  • Reid, Alison (Professor Britton), LLB 1991, Diploma, MPhil, Died: 07/2024

2000 - 09

  • Moreland, Jude John, MA 2006, Died: 04/2023
  • Oliphant, William King, MPhil 2006, MLitt, Died: 2024
  • Rees, Mark Stephen, MA 2005, Died: 02/2022

2010 - 19

  • Watson, Paul Anthony, MA 2013, MSc, UPSK, Died: 07/06/2024

2020 -

  • Bonds, Rachael Helen, MA (Soc Sci) 2020, UPSK 2021, Died: 17/10/2024

Former Staff & Friends of UofG

  • Fitch, William (Professor Emeritus), Professor of Anaesthesia 1983 - 1987, Died: 06/12/2024
  • Fox, John, Died: 19/02/2025
  • Garvie, Alexander F (Emeritus Professor), Professor of Greek 1960 - 1999, Head of Classics 1991 - 1997, Died: 17/09/2024
  • McCrone, Katie (Lady Anderson), Died: 12/2023

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