2013 Annual Report - Jesus College - University of Cambridge

152 OBITUARIES I Jesus College Annual Report 2013
Following graduation he trained at Oxford University to be a teacher. His first post was
at Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall, where he remained for six years before
moving to the College of St Mark and St John. He became a Fellow of the Institute of
Physics in 1971. Two years later he joined the Institute of Physics and at the time of his
retirement held the post of Deputy Chief Executive.
He was deeply committed to the benefits of scientific education both for himself,
he completed his own doctorate in 1993, and for the wider community. His services to
science were widely recognised, he was: granted the title of Chartered Physicist in 1991;
elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1992; appointed OBE in 1993; and
awarded the Bragg Medal from the Institute of Physics in 1998. He took an active role in
his local community and was Honorary Treasurer of his Local Residents’ Association;
a member of Isleworth Community Safety Forum; and Treasurer and Trustee of the Cecil
Powell Trust.
He married Audrey Booth in 1957.
EYTON-JONES, Arthur David (1941) died on 16 August 2012 aged 89.
David Eyton-Jones was born on 8 March 1923 in Forest Hill. Educated at Monkton
Combe School he came up to his father and grandfather’s college to read Agriculture in
January 1941. Described by his tutor as “a very good sort” he was much liked in the
College. At the end of his second year he joined the Royal Sussex Regiment before
serving with the SAS. After leaving the army he became a tea planter in Assam. He later
became a manager for Tilhill Forestry Ltd before retiring in 1984.
He married Diana Morton in 1949 and they had a son and three daughters.
GAWN, Peter Charles (1950) died on 6 February 2013 aged 81.
Peter Gawn was born on 31 March 1931 in Surrey. Educated at Hurstpierpoint College,
West Sussex, after National Service, he came up to Jesus in 1950 to read Theology. He
graduated BA 1953; MA 1957; having made a good many friends and distinguished
himself as a mean hockey player. In 1954, after a year as an assistant anglais in Limoux,
Aude, France, he emigrated to Canada with his new bride, Joan née Maddock. After the
usual uncertainties of settling in to a new and vastly different country he worked for
several years as a junior manager for the Canadian branch of Pilkington Glass. He then
switched careers and served for five years as a security officer in the Royal Canadian Air
Force. Finally, in 1968, he transferred to the Canadian civil service as a translator and
held various positions including director general of translation services. He retired early
in 1993. Two years later he and his wife moved to British Columbia to be closer to their
two daughters and to enjoy the more temperate climate, leaving their three sons back
east. In retirement he spent much time studying his family history.
GREEN, Peter Stuart (1949) died on 21 February 2013 aged 83.
Peter Green was born on 15 August 1929 in Sheffield. Educated at King Edward VII
School, Sheffield, he came up in 1949 after National Service. He read Modern & Medieval
Languages and graduated BA 1952; MA 1956. Following graduation he put his language
skills to good use working as a European Export Sales Representative for the English
Steel Corporation in Sheffield. In 1956, he returned to his studies and undertook a
degree at Lund University, Sweden, graduating FK, 1959. Returning to the UK he took up
a teaching post at Calday Grange Grammar School, remaining with the school until