Reflecting on 60 Years


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Solving the Cyber Problems of Today and the Future


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Lancaster Alumni - The First Sixty Years


14 Alumni Profiles 16 University News 18


Hitting the Right Note!


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Celebrating Philanthropy at Lancaster


22 In Memoriam


Feature writers: Rachel Pugh and Jane Silvester Cover photo: Nicky Johnston


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Alumni: Friends for Life


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Dave Kerr (Environmental Sciences, 1967, Lonsdale) is one of our ‘pioneer’ alumni who graduated in the first cohort and still actively communicates and meets up with a group of graduates from the first years of Lancaster University. We asked him to comment on his student years.


“A Lancaster colleague from sixty years ago asked me recently what three things life at university had given me:


A degree in Environmental Sciences gave me a wonderful understanding of the world around us - how it developed and how it continues to exist and evolve. There is always something to look at and comprehend and to influence for the better. In a new university we had to start clubs and societies. It taught how to plan, organise and take responsibility and initiative as well as respect teamwork. I also learned the value of enduring friendships. You don’t have to see people regularly to remain friends – it is possible to see former colleagues after almost sixty years and know that there is still a strong Lancaster bond amongst us.”


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