Epsom college 1900-1939: consultants, senior medical officers of health, and military doctors

TREVOR STACEY MATTHEWS (born 1934). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.C.H. (Eng.).

Trevor Stacey Matthews (born 1934) [Epsom College 1948-1952. Rugby XV. Claude Calthrop Essay Prize] was the son of Herbert Matthews, H.M. Inspector of Taxes, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. He received his medical education at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Westmorland County Hospital, Kendal. He was previously a Medical Research Council Clinical Research Fellow in the Department of Immunology, Institute of Child Health, London, Clinical Lecturer in Paediatrics at Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda, and Senior Medical Registrar at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London.

FREDERICK WARWICK (1934-2009). M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.F.R., D.M.R.D. (Cantab.), D.C.H. (Eng.).

Frederick Warwick (1934-2009) [Epsom College 1948-1953] was the son of Dr A. M. Warwick, M.C., of Chepstow, Gwent. He received his medical education at Christ’s College, Cambridge, and Guy’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Radiologist at Manchester Royal Infirmary. He was previously Instructor in Radiology at Yale New Haven Hospital, USA., Senior Registrar at Southampton General Hospital, and Registrar (Radiology) at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.

EDWARD THOMAS LINCOLN DAVIES (born 1934). B.Sc., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Edward Thomas Lincoln Davies (born 1934) [Epsom College 1948-1952. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr E. C. Davies, of Llandyssul, Cardiganshire. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, where he passed the M.B., B.S. Examination with Honours. He was appointed Consultant Physician and Cardiologist for the Macclesfield Health District, of the East Cheshire NHS Trust. He was previously a Lecturer in the Cardiology Unit of the University of Manchester and Manchester Royal Infirmary, and a Senior Registrar (Medicine) at Manchester Royal Infirmay. He was a Fellow of the Manchester Medical Society, and a member of the British Cardiac Society.

HUW BEVAN JONES (born 1934). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.P.M. (Edin.), F.R.C.Psych., D.T.M. & H. (Eng.).

Huw Bevan Jones (born 1934) [Epsom College 1948-1952] was the son of P. W. D. Jones, patent agent, of Cardiff. He received his medical education at the Westminster Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at St David’s Hospital, Carmarthen, Wales. He was previously Consultant Psychiatrist for the Dudley and Stourbridge Hospital Group, a Lecturer (Psychiatry) at the University of Birmingham, and a Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, USA.

RALPH STANLEY HICKLING (born 1934). M.A., M.B. B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.O.G., F.A.G.O.

Ralph Stanley Hickling (born 1934) [Epsom College 1946-1952] was the son of C. F. Hickling, C.M.G., marine biologist, of Epsom, and brother of Colin John Anderson Hickling [Epsom College 1946-1949]. He received his medical education at St Catherine’s College, Cambridge, and the Westminster Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in Como, Perth, Western Australia.

RICHARD HAROLD HERNIMAN (born 1934). M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.P.H. (Univ. of California).

Richard Harold Herniman (born 1934) [Epsom College 1947-1951] was the son of C. D. Herniman, company director, of Chichester, West Sussex. He received his medical education at Christ’s College, Cambridge. He was employed by the World Health Organisation at Geneva, Switzerland, and previously by the World Health Organisation, Western Pacific Regional Office at Manila, Phillipines. He was formerly Medical Attaché in charge of the British Colombo Plan Medical Project in Laos.

MICHAEL ANTHONY SALMON (born 1935). M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.C.H. (Eng.), D.C.H. (Glas.), F.R.E.S.

Michael Anthony Salmon (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1953. MacFarlane Cup. Cunning Essay, Smith-Pearse Botany and Natural History Prizes] was the son of Dr Harold William Salmon, M.D., F.R.C.P. [Epsom College 1920-1928], and brother of Dr Paul Raymond Salmon, F.R.C.P. [Epsom College 1949-1954]. He was awarded the Freer-Lucas Entrance Scholarship to the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Paediatrician at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the Manor House and Royal Buckinghamshire Hospitals, Aylesbury. He was also Consultant Physician to the British Migraine Association, and previously Medical Registrar at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria; Senior Registrar (Developmental Medicine) at Oxford University, and Senior Registrar at St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey. He was an Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians, and the General Nursing Council. In 1959, he won First Prize in the American College of Chest Physicians International Essay (1959) and, in 1980, he was First Prizeman of the British Migraine Association. He was author of: ‘Developmental Defects and Syndromes’ (1978). ‘Epsom College – The First 125 Years’ (1980). He was a member of the London Schools Athletics Team against Paris Schools, and the University of London Athletics Team.

JOHN ANDREW SAVIN (1935-2006). M.A., M.D., B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.I.H. (Soc.Apoth.).

John Andrew Savin (1935-2006) [Epsom College 1948-1953] was the son of L. H. Savin, F.R.C.S., and brother of Lewis Edward Savin [Epsom College 1945-1948]. He was an Exhibitioner of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, passing the B.A. examination with First Class Honours, and completing his medical training at St Thomas’s Hospital. He was appointed a Consultant Physician and Dermatologist at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, having previously been a Senior Registrar (Dermatology) at St Thomas’s Hospital, and Senior Registrar and Clinical Tutor at St John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, London. He was an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Dermatology, and Editor of ‘Recent Advances in Dermatology’ (1980).

PETER JAMES WITHEROW (born 1935). M.B., Ch.B. (Birmingham), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).

Peter James Witherow (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1953. prefect. Rugby XV. Hodgkin Prize] was the son of Dr James Witherow, of Birmingham. He received his medical education at Birmingham University, and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital, Bristol Royal Infirmary, and Winford Orthopaedic Hospital. He was also Clinical Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Bristol, and late Senior Registrar at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry. He was a Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association, and a member of the British Orthopaedic Research Society.

PETER ALEXANDER KENNEDY (1935-1975). B.A., M.B., Ch.B. (Cantab), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.C.H. (Glas.).

Peter Alexander Kennedy (1935-1975) [Epsom College 1948-1953] was the son of Professor Alexander Kennedy, M.D., of Newcastle upon Tyne, and brother of Dr Robert Ian Kennedy [Epsom College 1950-1954], and Donald Bruce Kennedy [Epsom College 1953-1956]. He won a Major Open Scholarship to St John’s College, Cambridge, where he took First Class Honours in the M.B., B.Ch. Examination, and Edinburgh University. From 1966-1969 he was Medical Officer at Mbabne in Swaziland. He was then appointed Consultant Paediatrician in the Children’s Medical Care Unit at Enugu, Nigeria, and then Medical Specialist at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. After this he joined the St Louis Mission Hospital in Ionkwa where he contracted Lassa Fever after giving mouth to mouth resuscitation to an African child. He died aged 40 years.

JULIAN RICHARD ALLAN (born 1935). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), M.F.O.M.

Julian Richard Allan (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1952] was the son of Dr W. H. Allan, of Southsea, Hampshire, and brother of Dr Michael James Allan [Epsom College 1947-1951]. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Senior Medical Officer (Research), at the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine, Farnborough. He was the Head of the Environmental Services Division, at the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine, Farnborough.

COLIN GIBBS BEARDWELL (born 1935). B.Sc., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Colin Gibbs Beardwell (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1953] was the son of F. G. Beardwell, company director, of Cheam, Surrey. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Honorary Consultant Physician at the University Hospital, South Manchester, and Consultant Physician at the Christie Hospital, Manchester. He was an Honorary Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Manchester, and a Visiting Scientist at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disorders, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He was previously a Research Fellow and Medical Tutor at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London.

COLONEL WILLIAM MICHAEL ROBINSON (born 1935). R.A.M.C., M.B., B.Ch. (Dublin), B.A.O., F.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.T.M. & H. (Eng.).

William Michael Robinson (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1952] was the son of Colonel W. A. Robinson, O.B.E., R.A.M.C., of Kingston, Surrey. He received his medical education at Trinity College, Dublin, and was appointed Consultant Physician at the Military Hospital, Tidworth, Hampshire. He was previously Assistant Surgeon at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Consultant in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation for the DSMRU at R.A.F. Headley Court, Consultant Adviser in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, R.A.M.C., M.O.D., Senior Clinical Tutor for the R.A.M.C., and Consultant for the Joint Service Medical Rehabilitation Unit, R.A.F., M.O.D., Chessington. He was a member of the British Society of Rheumatology and Medical Disability.

PAUL MICHAEL GELPKE (born 1935). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), D.C.H. (Eng.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Canada).

Paul Michael Gelpke (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1952] was the son of Herman Gelpke, of Coulsdon, Surrey, and brother of Peter David Gelpke [Epsom College 1936-1940]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Paediatrician at the Fort Royal Medical Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He was previously a House Physician at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street.

ROGER CHRISTOPHER LALLEMAND (born 1935). M.A., M.B. B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).

Roger Christopher Lallemand (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1954. Rugby XV. Cricket XI] was the son of J. F. Lallemand, engineer, of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia). He received his medical education at St John’s College, Cambridge, and Guy’s Hospital. He was appointed Emeritus Consultant Surgeon at Frimley Park and Farnham Hospitals. He was previously Surgical Registrar at Guy’s Hospital. He was a member of the British Association of Surgical Oncology.

RICHARD JOHN GREGORY (born 1935). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G., D.A. (Eng.).

Richard John Gregory (born 1935) [Epsom College 1948-1954] was the son of Dr R. J. Gregory, of Luton, Bedfordshire. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Geriatrician at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Guernsey, and Medical Director of the Guernsey Chest and Heart Unit. He was also in general practice in St Peter Port, Guernsey.

DAVID STEPHEN WRIGHT (1935-2011). O.B.E., O.St.J., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.Sc. (Salford), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), M.F.C.M., F.F.O.M., D.P.H., D.I.H.

David Stephen Wright (1935-2011) [Epsom College 1949-1953. Cricket XI] was the son of E. A. Wright, accountant, of Croydon, Surrey. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed Chief Medical Officer and Consultant Physician for the British Petroleum Company, plc. (1989-1995). He was also the Head of the British Petroleum Group Occupational Health Centre (1985-1991). Before this appointment he served as a Commander in the Royal Navy (Medical Service) (1960-1985), and was Professor of Naval Occupational Medicine (1982-1985). He was also a member of the Armed Forces Committee (1966-1988. and Chairman, 1985-1988). From 1988 until 1991 he was Vice-Dean, and then Dean (1991-1994) of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the British Medical Association. From 1985 until 1988 he was a member of Council of the British Medical Association (1985-1988). He was the author of ‘Guidance on Ethics for Occupational Physicians’ (1999).

FRANCIS ALEXANDER STRANG (born 1935). B.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).

Francis Alexander Strang (born 1935) [Epsom College 1949-1953] was the son of Dr T. F. Strang, of Stirling, He received his medical education at Jesus College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was appointed Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary, and Honorary Lecturer in Neurosurgery at the University of Manchester. He was previously Senior Registrar in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, and Senior Registrar (Neurosurgery) at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

IVOR PATTERSON SLEE (born 1935). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.F.A.R.C.S.

Ivor Patterson Slee (born 1935) [Epsom College 1950-1954] was the son of Eric Slee, artist, of Maida Vale, London. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at Charing Cross Hospital. He was previously Senior Anaesthetic Registrar at St George’s Hospital, and Anaesthetic Registrar at St Thomas’s Hospital. He won the British Medical Association Bronze Award for his Film ‘Intravenous Procedures’ (1976).

STUART CHARLES GALLANNAUGH (born 1935). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.).

Stuart Charles Gallannaugh (born 1935) [Epsom College 1949-1953] was the son of B. W. L. Gallannaugh, architect, of Forest Hill, South London. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Surgeon at the Conquest Hospital and the Royal East Sussex Hospital, Hastings, Sussex, as well as Surgical Director of the Horder Centre for Arthritis at Crowborough, Sussex. He was previously Consultant Surgeon at St George’s Hospital and Redhill Hospital, and Senior Orthopaedic Registrar at Guy’s Hospital. He was a Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association, and a member of the Palaeopathological Association.

GORDON EDWARD GEORGE SLADEN (born 1936). M.A., D.M., B.Ch. (Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Gordon Edward George Sladen (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954. Propert and Gordon Sealy Physics Prizes] was the son of Dr Edward Sladen, of Cosham, Hampshire. He was a Postmaster of Merton College, University of Oxford, and completed his medical training at the Middlesex Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at Lewisham Hospital. Before this appointment he was Consultant Gastroenterologist at Guy’s hospital, Senior Lecturer (Medicine) at Sheffield University, and Honorary Senior Lecturer (Gastroenterology) and Consultant Physician at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was a member of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland, and Co-Editor of ‘Intestinal Absorption in Man’ (1975).

GORDON TREVOR BOWRA (born 1936). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), D.I.H. (Eng.), M.F.O.M.

Gordon Trevor Bowra (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954] was the son of C. J. Bowra, quantity surveyor, of Ashtead, Surrey. He received his medical education at St George’s Hospital, and was appointed Senior Employment Medical Officer for the Health and Safety Executive. He was also Medical Officer for ICI Mond Division at Runcorn, Cheshire, and before this he served as Medical Officer for the British Antarctic Survey. He was awarded the Polar Medal (1971), and was the author of “Rectal Temperature of the Husky under severe Winter Conditions in the Antarctic.” Journal of Zoology, 1966.

JOHN CHRISTOPHER DEAN HART (born 1936). B.Sc., M.B., B.S. (Lond.), D.O. (Eng.), M.D. (Bristol), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).

John Christopher Dean Hart (born 1936) [Epsom College 1948-1954] was the son of John Hart, optician, of Mudford, Somerset, and brother of Charles Timothy Hart [Epsom College 1951-1954]. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Bristol Eye Hospital, and Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Department of Optometry at the University of Wales. He was also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Bristol University, and previously Senior Lecturer (Ophthalmology) and Head of Department at Bristol University, Senior Registrar (Ophthalmology) at the National Hospital for Nervous Disorders, Queen Square, London, and Senior Registrar (Ophthalmology) at St Mary’s Hospital.

GEOFFREY PETER CLEIN (born 1936). M.A., M.D., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Geoffrey Peter Clein (born 1936) [Epsom College 1949-1954. Smith Pearse Botany, Ralph Gooding Chemistry, and Cunning Essay Prizes] was the son of Dr Simon Clein, of Dulwich, and brother of Professor Laurence Joseph Clein [Epsom College 1947-1952]. He was a Scholar of Christ’s College, Cambridge, and completed his medical training at King’s College Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Physician at Poole General Hospital, Dorset, having previously been Consultant Physician at St George’s Hospital, London; Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Cambridge, and Senior Registrar at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. He was Thomas Sydenham Lecturer at the Society of Apothecaries (1987), a member of the British Society of Haematology, and a Professional Advisor for the Health and Safety Commission Ombudsman.

DONALD BRIAN CALNE (born 1936). M.A., M.B., Ch.B. (Oxon.), D.M., B.Sc. (Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Donald Brian Calne (born 1936) [Epsom College 1949-1954. Propert and Cunning Essay Prizes] was the son of J. R. Calne, of Epsom. He won an Entrance Scholarship to St John’s College, Cambridge, and was appointed Consultant Neurologist at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital. He was a Wellcome Research Fellow at University College Hospital, and previously Registrar (Neurology) at St Thomas’s Hospital.

PETER WALTER ROBERT HARRIS (1936-2007). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Peter Walter Robert Harris (1936-2007) [Epsom College 1948-1954. Rugby XV] was the son of A. R. Harris, electrical engineer, of Cheam, Surrey, and brother of John Kenneth Marshall Harris [Epsom College 1951-1954]. He was a Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and completed his medical training at Guy’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Physician at the Bromley and Farnborough Hospitals, Kent, having previously been Senior Registrar (Medicine) at Guy’s Hospital.

JOHN LENDRUM (born 1936). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.).

John Lendrum (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954. prefect] was the son of Dr George MacCormac Lendrum [Epsom College 1919-1923]. He received his medical training at Clare College, Cambridge and the Middlesex Hospital. He was appointed Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon for the North West Region, based at the University Hospital of Manchester, and Honorary Associate Lecturer (Plastic Surgery), University of Manchester. Before this appointment he was Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the University Hospital of South Manchester; Booth Hall Children’s Hospital, Manchester; the Rochdale District Hospital Group, and Surgical Registrar (Plastic and Jaw Surgery) at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol. He was a member of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons.

RICHARD GEORGE MICHAEL LETCHER (born 1936). M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.Path., D.C.H. (Eng.).

Richard George Michael Letcher (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954] was the son of Dr H. G. Letcher, of Acton, West London. He received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Pathologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, and the West Essex District Hospital Group. He was previously Assistant Pathologist in the Bland-Sutton Institute of Pathology at the Middlesex Hospital, and Senior Registrar in Pathology at the West Middlesex Hospital, London. He was a member of the Association of Clinical Pathologists.

ROBERT ARTHUR DURANCE (born 1936). M.A., M.B., B,Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.

Robert Arthur Durance (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1955. prefect] was the son of Dr J. D. Durance, of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He received his medical education at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and Guy’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation at Colchester General Hospital, and was previously Senior Registrar (Rheumatology and Rehabilitation), at King’s College Hospital, and Research Assistant in Rheumatology at the Hôpital Beau-Séjour, Geneva, Switzerland.

ROBERT IAN KENNEDY (born 1936). M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.Psych., D.P.M. (Edin.).

Robert Ian Kennedy (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954. prefect] was the son of Professor Alexander Kennedy, M.D., of Newcastle upon Tyne, and brother of Dr Peter Alexander Kennedy, F.R.C.P. [Epsom College 1948-1953]. He received his medical education at St John’s College, Cambridge and Guy’s Hospital, and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh.

ARCHIBALD ANGUS CAMPBELL (born 1936). M.A., B.M., B.Ch. (Oxon.), M.Phil. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.Psych., D.P.M. (Oxon.).

Archibald Angus Campbell (born 1936) [Epsom College 1950-1954. Smith-Pearse Botany and Carr Prizes] was the son of Dr A. J. Campbell, of Oxford. He received his medical education at Oriel College, University of Oxford, and was appointed Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist for the Home Office and North West Regional Hospital Authority. Previously he was Senior Registrar at the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, and a Fulbright Scholar and Research Fellow (Psychology) at Yale University. He was also Honorary Associate Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Manchester, Consultant Psychiatrist for the NSPCC at Manchester and the Rochdale Child Protection Team. He was Chairman of the North West Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and a Fellow of the Manchester Medical Society.

CHENG-CHUAN LIM (born 1936). B.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.).

Cheng-Chuan Lim (born 1936) [Epsom College 1951-1954. Biology and Cunning Essay Prizes] was the son of C. O. Lim, advocate and solicitor, of Penang, Malaysia. He was an Exhibitioner of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and completed his medical training at Guy’s Hospital, where he was a Murchison Scholar of the Royal College of Physicians (1962). He was Head of the Department of Clinical Co-ordination at Roussel Uclaf, Paris, previously United Kingdom Director of Clinical Research at Bristol Myers Corporation, and Medical Director of the Glaxo Group Research Ltd. at Ware, Hertfordshire. He was also Assistant Director of Clinical Research at the Squibb Medical Research Institute, New Brunswick, USA, and Head of the Medical Development Department of Organon Laboratories at Morden, Surrey. He was a member of the Medical Research Council Unit for Research on the Pathology of Skin at the University of Birmingham, and a member of the Cambridge Medical Society.

GEOFFREY HUGH ROBB (born 1936). M.B., Ch.B. (Bristol), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.Obst.R.C.O.G.

Geoffrey Hugh Robb (born 1936) [Epsom College 1949-1955] was the son of Dr W. A. Robb, of Exeter. He received his medical education at Bristol University, and was appointed Consultant Physician at Epsom District Hospital and Ashtead Hospital. He was also Chief Medical Officer for the Friends Provident Life Office, Senior Medical Adviser for the National Employers Life Assurance Company, and Deputy Regional Adviser for the Royal College of Physicians (South West Thames Region). He was previously Senior Medical Registrar at Sheffield Royal Infirmary, and Senior Registrar (Cardiology) at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. He was a member of the British Diabetic Association.