2013 Annual Report - Jesus College - University of Cambridge

150 OBITUARIES I Jesus College Annual Report 2013
group solicitor. From 1994 he worked as a consultant before retiring in 2000. His
interests included bridge and golf.
He married Jennifer Marjorie Phillips in 1970 and they had two daughters.
COPPERWHEAT, Eric William (1946) died on 17 December 2012 aged 91
Eric Copperwheat was born on 1 April 1921 in Catford. Educated at Kent College,
Canterbury, he was a church organist and choir master prior to joining the RAF.
Following demobilisation he came up to Jesus in 1946 to read Music and to be the Organ
Scholar. He switched to Modern Languages for Part II and graduated BA 1949; MA 1953.
Writing to the College following the 150th anniversary of the choir, he wrote:
“[At the time I was at Jesus] there was one organ scholar and he was the ‘Director of
Music’. The college organ was said to be the smallest four-manual instrument in the
country; there has evidently been much progress since then.”
In January 1960, he migrated to New Zealand and was a respected organist, choir
master, director of music and teacher of the organ and piano. He was particularly proud
to have been the first organist of the then new Wellington Cathedral. In semi-retirement
he served as the organist at St Barnabas Roseneath for eighteen years until tragically he
lost the feeling in his fingers.
He married Margaret Tutt in 1971.
CRAIG, Richard Munir (1943) died on 23 April 2013 aged 87.
Richard Craig was born on 25 March 1926 in Rome. Educated at Aldenham School,
Elstree, he came up to Jesus in 1943 the third of the three Craig brothers, his older
brothers being David Leonard (1938) and George (1941). He read Engineering for three
terms before going to Trinity College, Dublin, to complete his studies. At Trinity, he
completed a BA in Modern Literature (French & Italian) before returning to his study of
Engineering and completing a BAI in Civil Engineering. Following graduation, he
started his career as a Resident Engineer for Binnie and Partners in Scotland. His career
took him all over the world including Nigeria, Italy and Australia. His final role was in
Brussels, where he combined his degrees in languages and engineering, and worked as
a technical translator. Beyond work, he enjoyed rowing, reading and walking.
He married Joan Dormain and they had a son and a daughter.
DEAN, Michael Ronald Elson (1955) died on 28 February 2013 aged 75.
Mike Dean was born on 3 April 1937 in Maidstone. Educated at King’s School,
Rochester, he came up in 1955 to read Natural Sciences with a view to qualifying as a
doctor. He graduated BA 1958; MB BChir 1961. On completion of his medical training he
specialised in radiology; he was a consultant at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital,
Chairman of the Shropshire Hospitals Medical Committee, President of the British
Society of Interventional Radiology and Dean and Vice-President of the Royal College of
Radiologists. He also wrote Basic Anatomy and Physiology for Radiographers (1970).
He had two sons and two daughters from his first marriage. When he married Vera
Dean in 1990 he gained a step-daughter and step-son.
DE CHAZAL, Eric Charles (1937) died on 3 January 2013 aged 94.
Charles De Chazal was born on 22 July 1918 in India. Educated at Clifton College he
came up in 1937 to read Modern Languages and Law. He took an active part in the social