2012 Annual Report - Jesus College - University of Cambridge

136 OBITUARIES I Jesus College Annual Report 2012
Coopers & Lybrand; four years later he was a partner and at only 44 he was made
chairman. His appointment reflected the firm’s ambitions to become the UK’s leading
accountancy firm and to develop its international practice. The accountancy world was
changing rapidly during the 1980s and early 1990s and Brandon was able to supply
steady, yet ambitious leadership. All his skills were harnessed to bring about the merger
with Deloittes. After thirty years with the firm, he was happy to move into semiretirement
and use his talents for public service, this included serving as Chancellor of
the University of East Anglia, Deputy Lieutenant of Kent and chair of Yorkshire Water,
the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Review Body on Doctors'
and Dentists' Remuneration. He was knighted in 2002 and received honorary degrees
from the University of Kent and UEA. He enjoyed walking, gardening, opera and singing
in a choir with his wife. He had a keen interest in theatre and was a member of the
Council of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Trust for six years.
He married Sarah Evans Smith in 1961; they had one son and two daughters.
GREEN, Christopher Hewlett (1956) died in December 2010 aged 73.
Christopher Green was born on 15 May 1937 in London. Educated at Sedbergh School he
came up to Jesus in 1956 to read Natural Sciences, graduating BA 1959. At college he
impressed with his all-round abilities; being equally at home on the rugby pitch, singing
with a choir and studying in a lab. After some travelling following graduation, he joined
BP, where he remained throughout his career until retiring in 1992. He was passionate
about music and managed to balance his career with his love of singing with the
Monteverdi and Schutz choirs. Following his retirement he returned to studying another
lifelong passion, archaeology; completing postgraduate studies at Birkbeck College,
London, and Kellogg College, Oxford.
He married Loryn Jean Turner in 1965 and they had two sons and one daughter.
GREEN, Eric James (1945) died on 5 November 2011 aged 85.
Eric Green was born on 15 September 1926 in Birkenhead. Educated at the Royal
Grammar School, Lancaster, he came up to Jesus on a university short course. Following
two years with the Royal Marines, including time with 45 Commando in Hong Kong,
he returned to Cambridge to read History. At Jesus he played rugby and ran with the
Hare and Hounds. After graduation he trained to be a teacher; he taught at the Liverpool
Institute and Belle Vue Grammar School in Bradford before embarking on a career in
education administration. He spent four years in Barnsley Education Department before
moving to be Deputy Chief Education Officer in Chester. From Chester he went to
Bromley, where he was Assistant Director of Education and his responsibilities included
further education in the borough. Following retirement in 1990 he travelled extensively,
volunteered for the Citizens Advice Bureau and led house groups of the University of the
Third Age in the study of History.
He married Janet Hindle in 1967 and they had one son and one daughter.
HARRISON, Alwyne George (1949) died on 27 April 2012 aged 82.
Wyn Harrison was born on 9 January 1930 in Chorley, Lancashire. He attended
Chesterfield Grammar School before coming up to Jesus in 1949 to read English. He