2012 Annual Report - Jesus College - University of Cambridge

OBITUARIES I Jesus College Annual Report 2012 131
Dhama Drum monastery in Taiwan and founded the Western Chan Fellowship.
Amongst his published works are: The Evolution of Human Consciousness (1980);
Himalayan Buddhist Villages with Henry Osmaston (1994); The Yogins of Ladakh with James
Low (1997); and World Crisis and Buddhist Humanism (2009).
He married Eirene Harvalias in 1956 and they had a son and a daughter. The couple
later divorced. John also had a long term partner, Hazel Russell.
CROOK, Peter Morgan (1943) died on 11 December 2011 aged 86.
Peter Crook was born on 24 May 1925 in Horsforth, near Leeds. Educated at Kimbolton
School and Leeds College of Technology he came up in 1943. In the 1950s and 60s he
worked as a chemist, first for Coal Tar Research Association and then for L. B. Holliday
Co. Ltd. Whilst working he studied for a degree with the University of Leeds, graduating
BSc in 1960. In 1971 he became a teacher before returning to Leeds University to work as
a technician. He retired in 1984 and moved to Dorset in 1993 to be close to his family.
He married Hildred Mary Calvert in 1950 and they had one son.
D’ARCY, John Orchard (1964) died on 27 February 2012 aged 68.
John D’Arcy was born on 12 April 1943 in Richmond, Surrey. He attended Welbeck
College before joining the British Army. He came up to Jesus in 1964 from Sandhurst, via
a short spell in Aden. He read Mechanical Sciences and graduated BA 1967; MA 1971.
Following graduation he served in the British Army. After leaving the forces he held
various positions in business including managing a hotel and running a property
development business.
He married Joanne Macdonald in 1966 and they had one son and one daughter. He
divorced in the 1970s; later meeting Sylvia Graham who became his partner in life and
business.
DAVIES, David Thomas Idwal Griffith (1953) died on 10 December aged 77.
David Davies was born on 16 August 1930 in Leeds. Educated at Monmouth School and
Jesus College, Oxford, he came up to college in 1953 to read Architecture. He graduate
BA 1956; Architecture, Diploma 1958; MA 1967. He subsequently studied for a doctorate
at Cambridge whilst also practising as an architect. Following submission of his thesis
he joined the civil service, where he remained for the next thirty-three years; rising to be
Head of Profession at the Department of the Environment. Following retirement from
the civil service he worked as an Adviser to the Stepney Area Churches and was also
Chairman of Crown Housing Association. Outside of work he enjoyed letter carving,
woodwork and sketching.
He married Anne Christina Carmichael in 1957; they had three daughters and a son.
DAVIES, Peter Maxwell (1939) died on 11 May 2011 aged 92.
Peter Davies was born on 10 October 1918 in Liphook, Hampshire. Educated at Eton
College he came up to Jesus in 1939 to read Natural Sciences with a view to becoming a
doctor.