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DOWNING COLLEGE ASSOCIATIONSir Michael Holt CBE (1949) died on 5th September 2011, aged 83. He readLaw. His contemporary Roger Greene (1949) writes:He came up in 1949, after National Service in the Army, to read Law. Hesubsequently became a Chartered Accountant. Always interested in Politics, hebecame Chairman of the Eastern Region of the Conservative Party and receivedhis knighthood for political services in Eastern England.Herbert Clothier Hutchinson (1950) has died. He read History.Ivor Jacobs (1945) died on 4th April 2012. He read English.Robert Bryan Jameson (1944) died in Bolton Hospital, Lancashire on 16thApril 2012, aged 85. He read Engineering. We received this information fromhis son Andrew who writes that his father had a full, rich and diverse life, inevery sense; leaving his wife, Mary, three children, Andrew, Linda and Kathrynand eleven grandchildren.Peter John Jarvis (1950) died in 2011, aged 81. He read Natural Sciences.Hugh Harding Kensole (1953) died on 1st December 2011, aged 78. He readEngineering.Robert Paul Lamb (1972) died of cancer on 12 February 2012, aged 59. Heread History.Born in 1952 in Windsor, Berkshire, he came to Downing from MaidenheadGrammar School with a scholarship to read History. He also had a trial forReading FC, but chose instead to follow a successful career as a conservationistand television journalist.He started in journalism with the BBC where he was a subeditor and TVreporter. Following a variety of work as a science writer and film director, hefounded in 1984 the Television Trust for the Environment (tve) an independent,not-for-profit organisation with a remit to raise awareness of, and stimulatedebate about, environment, development, health and human rights issuesworldwide through television and other electronic media. In subsequent yearstve won many awards including Emmys and Baftas. He personally won the UNAward for Outstanding Environmental Achievement.In 2004 he left tve to concentrate full time on programme production,setting up One Planet Pictures and joining dev.tv a Swiss non-profitorganisation, as Senior Executive Producer.68