of undergraduate programmes and the re-establishment of an MA and a flourishing PhD programme. His scholarship in the areas of retailing and marketing finance was widely recognised. He was particularly adept at bringing students together in commercially sponsored projects and helping them to develop transferable skills in research, report writing and presentation.”
Captain Elizabeth (Ellie) Agallou (Combined Science, 1997, Furness) passed away on November 11th 2024. Whilst at Lancaster University she was a keen member of the rowing and women’s rugby clubs. Ellie later went on to study for a master’s in crop rotation at Long Ashton research station, under the University of Bath. Later she trained with Maersk, under the Warsash Maritime academy and was awarded a foundation degree in 2012 in Maritime Operations Management which gave her the right to use the title, Captain. In 2010 Ellie was diagnosed with breast cancer which sadly returned in 2021.
Andrew Gosling (Central and South Eastern European Studies,1978, County) died on November 7th 2024. Shortly after graduation in 1978, Andy moved to the USA with first wife Mary Van Doren - a JYA student he had met in his final year. Settling in New Hampshire, he pursued a career in educational publishing, working for Delta Education Inc. for over 20 years, eventually becoming Vice President of Operations. He later met and married Tammy and, on retirement, they moved to Bridgton, Maine.
Rosemary Anderson (nee Hoggarth), formerly of the French Department, died on October 19th 2024. She began working in a clerical position for the University in 1990 before becoming the Secretary for French Studies. She retired in June 2000. Rosemary was a keen walker, as well as a U3A supporter, and took a great interest in university business, continuing to attend university functions after her retirement.
Professor Emeritus David Barton from the Department of Linguistics and English Language died on October 18th 2024. David was a member of the Lancaster University community from 1981 until his retirement in 2019. David was hugely influential in developing and promoting what is known as the (New) Literacy Studies (NLS), a way of thinking about reading and writing, not primarily as cognitive skills, but as social practices. David was co-founder and lifetime Director of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre. Between 2002 and 2009, his work was closely linked to the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC), of which the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre was a core partner.
Alexandra (Alex) Angeles Caycho (Fine Art and Design, 2024, County) passed away on September 14th 2024. Alex was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2023 while studying for her degree. In August 2024, after doctors told Alex she would have just days or weeks to live, an appeal was launched by those close to her to enable her to return to Peru. The appeal, which was reported in the media, was successful, and Alex died surrounded by loved ones in her home country.
Roderick O’Brien, formerly the Director of Research and Enterprise Services, passed away in September 2024. Roderick first joined Lancaster in 2001 to establish and lead a new Contract’s Office on behest of the University’s then Director of Finance. In 2003, a new university division was established to oversee all support services for research support and external engagement and under his inaugural Directorship of the new Research and Enterprise Services Division (RES) the University enjoyed a significant growth in research income.
Professor Emeritus John B Whittaker, from Lancaster Environment Centre, died in September 2024. He came to Lancaster in September 1966 as Lecturer in Biological Sciences and became Senior Lecturer in 1974. He then went to the University of Calgary for six months. He was Director of Ecology from 1979 onwards and awarded a personal chair in Ecology from 1987. He was Head of Department from 1983-1986 and when the Institute of Environmental and Biological Sciences was formed in 1988, he became the Director of its Biological Sciences division from 1991 to 1994. He took early retirement in 1996 and was made an Honorary Fellow of the University in 2006.
Professor Emeritus David Denver formerly of the Department of Politics, passed away in August 2024. He came to Lancaster in September 1969, where he took up a lectureship in the Department of Politics and International Studies (now Politics, Philosophy and Religion). He was a trustee and long-time executive member of the Political Studies Association and convened their specialist group on elections and public opinion, as well as chairing their publications committee. He received the Association’s Special Recognition Award in 2009. David was awarded a personal chair from Lancaster on November 1st 1997. He retired in September 2010, although he continued his research up to the time he went into hospital.
Paula Richardson, later Eastwood and finally Cutler, passed away on The Isle of Wight on July 24th 2024. Paula was a significant feature of the University’s
Administration throughout the 1970s. She encountered many students in her role as room booker, based in University House. Through her position she played an important role in the historic series of ‘rock’ concerts in the Great Hall and was always a supporter of them.
Distinguished Professor George Pickett FRS passed away on July 21st 2024. George left his mark on the fields of ultra- low temperature physics and quantum fluids at the highest international level. He was renowned for his remarkable practical sense, profound physical intuition, and an innate scientific expediency, qualities which enabled him to develop one of the world’s leading laboratories at Lancaster University and, for a time, the coldest temperature on Earth.
Professor Michael John Osborne, former Classics Professor, passed away on June 24th 2024. He had a distinguished teaching career in Classical Studies and Archaeology as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol (1965- 1966) and Lancaster (1966-1982), until his appointment as Professor and Head of Classical Studies, Modern Greek and Archaeology at the University of Melbourne (1983-1989). His greatest scholarly contributions have been in the field of Greek epigraphy and Greek history and his obituary in Neos Kosmos described him as being one of the most creative authors and administrators of his time.
Professor Emeritus Peter John Lea, Professor of Biological Sciences and former Head of Department, passed away on June 16th 2024. Peter came to Lancaster in 1985 as Professor of Biological Sciences and was Head of Department during his stay. He became a part-time research professor from September 1996, and an emeritus professor from September 2006. Peter had already acquired an international reputation before his appointment in Lancaster in 1984 where he joined a group of plant scientists with research interests quite distinct from his own.
Dr John Keith Hargreaves, Honorary Researcher and formerly of the Environmental Sciences Department, died on June 6th 2024. He began working at Lancaster University in 1969 and continued to be involved for almost 40 years into retirement, latterly undertaking research with the Space and Planetary Physics Group in the Department of Physics.
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