MEMBERSHIP Obituary
Hilda Taylor We were saddened to learn of the death of Hilda Taylor, aged 89, who commenced work in pathology in 1944 in the Emergency Medical Laboratory at Shrodells Hospital, Watford, which later became the Peace Memorial Hospital and then Watford General Hospital. At retirement she held the post of Chief 2 MLSO in the Public Health Laboratory, Watford After joining the Institute as a Student
member in 1946, she passed the Intermediate examination and then Finals in Haematology & Blood Transfusion and then Bacteriology, to become a Fellow in 1951. She then added a Final in Parasitology to her portfolio in 1958. Throughout her career and after her
retirement, Hilda was actively involved in Institute affairs, serving as secretary to the Junior Section of the London branch and then as London branch secretary. Hilda founded the Hertfordshire sub-branch and served it for many years as secretary and then chairman. She had a great love for parasitology and was invited to join the IMLT Parasitology Advisory Committee; unfortunately she was unable to accept due to lack of support from her employer. Hilda served on the History Committee for 18 years and was very involved in its
Lectures online
A selection of lectures from Congress 2015 is available to hear or download.
Professional lectures • Portfolio evidence: worked samples with questions and answers
• IBMS Certificate of Achievement: good and bad portfolio evidence
• How to avoid failure and pass a professional examination
• Training laboratory approval: why and how to achieve it
• The benefits that ISO 15189 accreditation is bringing to pathology
• Development opportunities for laboratory support staff
• Evidence of competence: how to make it meaningful
Science lectures • Molecular methods: from routine to the horizon
• Brewing blood for clinical use • Vincent Marks Lecture: Decision time for cancer therapy
• Impact and integration of genomics to the pathology repertoire
• Antimicrobial resistance: how did we get here?
Start listening at
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Hilda Taylor (1926–2016) receiving Life Membership in 2011 from then IBMS President Derek Bishop.
work, particularly in the collection, identification and archiving of instruments and publications, as well as the production of the displays at Triennial conferences and at Congress. Hilda also donated her own collection of books and early instruments to the Institute. Her last attendance at Congress was in 2007 when failing eyesight prevented further active participation. Unfortunately, further deterioration in her eyesight and her
mobility forced her, very reluctantly, to retire from the committee in 2011. It was her health that also led her to retire as secretary to the Medical Sciences Historical Society (MSHS), a post she held for 20 years. In 2011 Hilda was elected a Life
Member of the Institute for her services, and at the Annual General Meeting was presented with her award, and her 50-Year Medal – somewhat overdue as at that time she had been a member for 66 years! There was much more to Hilda’s long life
than science and the Institute. She was an accomplished needlewoman and enjoyed cooking; anyone who attended MSHS meetings will remember ‘Hilda’s teas’. In addition, she was a very involved member of her church and a member of the Watford and West Herts Scottish Society. In her early years she travelled extensively in Europe on her trusty motorcycle. In retirement she returned to the Peace Memorial, now the Peace Hospice, as a volunteer archivist researching the history of the hospital and generally assisting with its day-to-day work. The most common comment made on
learning of her death was that Hilda was a “lovely lady”; warm, generous and uncomplaining. She will be missed. Hilda had no living relatives but we offer our condolences to her very many friends.
DNP Region and branch events
BIRMINGHAM ANNUAL QUIZ NIGHT
16 June Thursday 6.30 pm The Old Joint Stock Pub 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham B2 5NY (
www.oldjointstock.co.uk) Parking available at Snow Hill train station
CONTACT Nigel Coles tel 0121 623 6889
nigel.coles@
bwnft.nhs.uk
DETAILS General knowledge quiz. Supper and cash prizes. Maximum five per team, £10 per team. Team names and numbers to Nigel Coles by telephone or email (see above) by 13 May.
MERSEYSIDE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL CRUISE
18 June Saturday Departs Seacombe at 10.00 am and arrives/departs Pier Head at 10.10 am
CONTACT Jane Harrison-Williams IBMS branch secretary
jane.harrison-williams@rlbuht.nhs.uk
DETAILS The cruise, including a two and a half hour stopover and return by coach, is free to IBMS members and non-members. A licensed bar onboard serves refreshments and snacks. Places are limited so please contact Jane Harrison-Williams to reserve your place.
IBMS region and branch secretaries are invited to submit listings of their meetings for this section as soon as bookings have been confirmed and by a deadline of the EIGHTH of the month preceding publication to the Editor at
briannation@ibms.org
All events listed here are sent automatically to the IBMS website events list.
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