2012 Annual Report - Jesus College - University of Cambridge

OBITUARIES I Jesus College Annual Report 2012 149
“He worked in private industry running a chain making factory in Walsall in his early
years where he was also called to the bench as Justice of the Peace. He later served as
Industrial Liaison Officer at Aston University and then took up the post of Industrial
Development Officer for the City and County of West Glamorgan in Swansea until his
retirement in 1991. His lifelong passionate interest was in architecture, first kindled
amid the beauty of the historic buildings of Cambridge, which led him to become a life
member and active supporter of the National Trust. As a chartered engineer he was a
member of the South Wales Branch of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and
represented them on the Court of the University of Wales, College of Cardiff.”
He married Gisela Elisabeth Neven in 1963. They had two sons and a daughter.
WILLSALLEN, Thomas Peter (1933) died on 11 March 2011 aged 97.
Peter Willsallen was born on 9 March 1914 in Sydney, Australia. Educated at King’s
School, Paramatta, New South Wales, Australia, he came up in 1933 and read
Agriculture for two years. On his return to Australia he trained as a “jackaroo” and then
managed a family property “Widgeongully” at Jugiong between Yass and Gundagai in
New South Wales. In 1939, he formed the Jugiong branch of the Light Horse Brigade
and proudly signed up for Army service. Two months later he boarded the troop ship
“Orcades” in Sydney and sailed for action in the Middle East with the 6th Cavalry
Regiment. He was demobilised in 1945, having attained the rank of Major, and returned
to Widgeongully. In 1982, he sold the farm and moved to a nearby town before
eventually moving to Sydney.
We are grateful to Peter’s daughter, Georgina, for providing the following
information: “[my parents] sense of adventure led them, amongst other things, to
obtaining their private pilots licences. In 1970 the purchase of a twin engine Cessna 310
enabled them to fly, with another couple, to England and back to Sydney. On his several
trips to the UK over the years my father kept in touch with his Cambridge friends.
My sister and I were regaled with stories of his Australian friends at [University].”
One of those Australian friends, Hugh MacMaster, became his brother-in-law when
he married Elizabeth Georgina Ann MacMaster in 1943. Peter and Elizabeth went on to
have two daughters.
WOOD, Alan Dudley (1943) died on 30 August 2011 aged 84.
Alan Wood was born on 10 February 1926 in Shenfield, Essex. Educated at City of
London School, he came up in 1943 to read Mathematics, graduating BA 1946. As with
many war time students, he did not complete the usual nine terms but was given an
“allowance of terms” due to being engaged with Pye Limited, a radio company, on work
of National Importance.
We are grateful to Alan’s goddaughters and one of his friends for providing the
following:
“Alan was an enlightening and enthusiastic Maths Teacher from the 1950s to the early
1990’s. He taught at both the Commercial Travellers School in Pinner, and at
Haberdashers, he was also School Choirmaster. Alan had many interests including
choral music, astronomy, long boating, gardening, swimming and walking. He was
a very well-liked and respected man [with a] good sense of humour and cheerful
nature.”