211075 Downing Record 07 - Downing College - University of ...

Gwyn Bevan (1948) had a great Downing day on April 6th when Dr Dewi Roberts(1948) was invested as High Sheriff for Gwynedd. Gwyn tells us that the ceremonywas at Beaumaris next to the castle in glorious sunshine.Michael Crouch (1953) was a second generation at Downing, he then went toLincoln College, Oxford 1957–58 on the Overseas Service cadet course. He servedin the Aden Political Service from 1958–67 and was the last Resident in theEastern Aden Protectorate. He settled in Western Australia in 1967 as he says “toavoid becoming a casualty statistic in South Arabia” and subsequently worked incommerce, heavy industry, management training/consultancy, secondaryteaching, environmental management, as well as writing [see Publications Ed.].He is currently researching towards a PhD in Victorian Social History at theUniversity of Western Australia. Married (2nd wife) Jenny 1998. He has threechildren and numerous grandchildren. They live in central Perth, Western Australiawhere he cycles daily to the university.Keith Malcolm Denison (1964) was, from October 2006, appointed Chair of theCorporation of Coleg Gwent, the largest Further Education College in Wales with37,000 students, 1,460 staff and an annual turnover of £49M.Dr George Dissanaike (1950) completed his work for the PhD degree at theCavendish Laboratory during the period 1950 to 1953. He spent two sabbaticalyears, 1961/62 and 1991, continuing his work at Cambridge. His distinctions andpublications appear in the appropriate sections below.PublicationsMichael Crouch (1953)An Element of Luck 1st edition. Radcliffe Press. IB Tauris. 1993 ISBN1–85043–739–4.2nd revised edition. Rawlhouse Publishing, Western Australia. 2001. ISBN0–9587406–4–X. Both essentially out of print. The author may have a few copies.The Terrorist (a novel – 1stBooks 2003) published & distributed exclusively in theUS ISBN 1–4107–6499–0(e-book), 1–4107–6498–2 (paperback) &1–4107–6497–4(Dust Jacket)Bwana Safari (commissioned biography) – Rawlhouse Publishing. 2003. ISBN0–9587406–6–641