Spring Martlet 2017

THE HON. JAMES RANDELL GUSHUE
(1957) (Memorial University of Newfoundland) died on 25 October 2015
aged 82. He came over to Oxford in 1956 as a Rhodes Scholar and originally
matriculated from St. Catherine’s Society (now St. Catherine’s College), but in
1957 migrated to Univ, where he read Law. For a while he worked in Rome with
the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, but then returned to
his native Newfoundland to work as a lawyer. In 1976 he was appointed to the
Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court of Appeal, and he served as Chief
Justice for the province in 1996–9. He retired in 2002.
1960s
GORDON ALEC BARNETT
(1962) (Hampton GS) died on 28 June 2016 aged 72. He read
Biochemistry at Univ, before becoming a trainee with Unilever. In
later years he ran his own garden centre.
NEIL POLLOCK MAGEE
(1962) (Sedburgh) died on 9 April 2016 aged 72. Neil read Greats
at Univ, but was also a leading light in the University wine tasting
club and a keen cook. He then worked in the City as an analyst
with a stockbroker and then as an investment manager with
Witan Investments. Neil returned to Edinburgh in 1970 to join Life
Association as an investment manager and stayed with this fi rm until
1999 when it was acquired by a Dutch company (Aegon) and the
investment department was moved to London. In 1983 he married
Anna Gregor, who had left Prague in 1968 to train as a doctor in
England. She subsequently became the head of cancer services in
Scotland and was awarded a CBE. They had two sons. [Our thanks
to Sir Tim Noble (1962) for providing information for this tribute]
ANTHONY JOHN ODY
(1968) (St. Edward’s) died on 28 February 2016 aged 65. He got a
First in PPE at Univ, and then took an MPhil in Economics. Having
worked for the VSO in Fiji in 1971–3, he joined the World Bank in
1975, where he remained for the next thirty years. His duties there
involved him with Africa, China, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
In his retirement he worked as a consultant for several bodies,
including the World Economic Forum (Davos), and was an Affi liated
Professor at Georgetown University in 2005-8. He was also a keen
singer, and a member of several choirs. He leaves a widow, Nancy
(who provided the information for this notice), two children, and
three grandchildren, and a fourth expected in November.
KEITH ROWLAND
(1962) (Vine Hall and Cranbrook) died on 23 June 2016 aged
72. Keith got a First in Engineering at Univ, but found time to play
hockey here too. On going down, he joined Shell Chemicals UK,
working for them in Cheshire and The Hague. In 1982 he joined
Croda in Staffordshire, which was later to become Synthetic
Chemicals, where he worked until 1994. Keith then worked for
Lloyds Register on environmental assessments, and his work took
him to Taiwan, Indonesia, Houston and Melbourne. He was a keen
sportsman, but could also speak six or seven languages. Sadly, he
was taken ill with early onset dementia, and spent his last years in
a home in Cheshire. His younger brother Andrew followed him
to Univ four years later. [We are grateful to Keith’s daughter Pippa
Miln for information for this notice].
GEOFFREY CHARLES
GREVILLE WOODS
(1967) (Sherborne) died on 14 February 2016 aged 68. Geoff
came up to Univ to read Classics, and then embarked on a career
in international banking with Grindlays Bank. He later qualifi ed as a
solicitor and worked at Theodore Goddard, Herbert Smith and in
the legal department of BP Oil UK. A long period of service followed
with the Greater London Authority and the London Residuary Body,
until its fi nal abolition. He was an active supporter of contemporary
British artists. For a major part of his life Geoffrey was severely
hampered by epilepsy, but he accepted it with dignity, bravery and
patience, never allowing it to curb his enthusiasm for life. He had
a witty sense of humour, and enjoyed travelling in Europe and all
aspects of European literature and art, interests which he shared
with his partner Susana (who helped with this tribute).
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