Class Notes 1950s and earlier.
David J Roulston, B.Sc. 1957 Electrical Engineering worked in 1957/58 as a Scientific Officer at HM Underwater Detection Establishment, Portland, then received a PhD in Semiconductor Devices from Imperial College in 1962. His career continued in this field working in France with CSF (later ST Microelectronics) near Paris. In 1966 he started an academic career in Electrical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, alternating for the next 30 years between work as a Professor in Waterloo, and consulting activities in silicon device physics and technology with the French firm, later near Grenoble. He developed the semiconductor device simulation software Bipole3, still available on-line and used world-wide by universities and industry. He was a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford 1988-89 with many return visits for his writing and research. He received a D.Sc from London University in 1993 and an Honorary D. Eng. from the University of Waterloo in 2015. He has lived in Oxford since 1996, sailing a 60 year old 4 berth wooden ketch as a hobby and extensive work with the Oxford-Perm (Russia) twinning association. (added September 2020)
Brian Garrett , LLB 1959, now retired Brian was appointed Chairman of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, County Monaghan. Sir Tyrone Guthrie, the distinguished theatre director and former Queen’s Chancellor left his home for use as a residence/place of renewal for artists. Previously Brian was a member of the Standing Committee of Convocation, a Consultant Solicitor, a Deputy High Court Judge and Life Sentence Commissioner in NI. As a student he was joint editor (with Ian Hill) of ‘Gown’ and he was later Visiting Associate Fellow (International Affairs) at Harvard. Brian can be contacted at briangarrett9@googlemail.com.
Allen Hill , BSc 1959, PhD 1962, DSc 1996, now retired from Chemistry at Oxford University, still works part-time at Oxford Biosensors, which grew out of the research done by Allen and his colleagues. The company launched in 2009 a Cardiac Risk Sensor which quickly and inexpensively gives one's cholesterol, triglyceride and high- and low- density lipid levels. Allen can be contacted at allen.hill@chem.ox.ac.uk.
Joan Walmsley , BA 1959, has been attending a creative writing class for several years. Joan’s class together with another class, published an anthology called 20 people write. Joan can be contacted at jwalmsley@aapt.net.au.
Erl Annesley , MB BCh BAO 1958, has retired from general practice and now works as a volunteer advisor for Citizens Advice. He has finally completed the novel he was wanted to write since his days at Queen’s and enjoys fishing, bowls and playing golf (badly!). Erl can be contacted at erl.annesley@tiscali.co.uk.
Clare Davison , MB BCh BAO 1958, is enjoying retirement – playing bridge, gardening, theatre going, travelling and spending time with her family. Following house jobs, general practice and working for the Population Genetics Research Unit in Oxford, Clare married in 1970 and moved to Cambridge. Here she worked as Consultant Clinical Geneticist for East Anglia until 1994.
Douglas Eakins, MB BCh BAO 1958, MD 1963, is now retired. He was formerly Consultant Histopathologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kings Lynn and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. Douglas can be contacted at deakinskl@aol.com.
Derek McNally, MSc Physics 1957, after graduating, he did a PhD at Royal Holloway College under the guidance of Prof. Sir William McCrea at Royal Holloway College and then was appointed an assistant lecturer at the University of London Observatory and ended his working career there as Director. On retirement from UCL/ULO, Derek joined the University of Hertfordshire in an unpaid capacity and is continuing a certain amount of astronomical research.
David O’Dowd, LLB (1957), joined the world of business after graduating. His company transferred him to Australia (Brisbane) in 1978 and he has lived there ever since. In 1994 he graduated with an LLM from Queensland University of Technology in International Trade Law.
For a complete change he turned, in 2006, to music and became an announcer in the local station Classic FM 4MBS (www.4mbs.com.au). David can now be heard ‘on air’ most Thursday and Saturday mornings.
James Robinson, BA 1956, MA 1962, PhD 2001, had his PhD thesis published in 2005, titled 'Pentecostal Origins: Early Pentecostalism in Ireland in the Context of the British Isles' (Paternoster). This work was followed by a trilogy that deals with the history of divine healing in the centennial period 1830-1930. They are Divine Healing: The Formative years, Theological Roots in the Transatlantic World ,1830-1890 (2011); Divine Healing:The Holiness-Pentecostal Transition Years, Theological Transposition in the Transatlantic World 1890-1906; (2013); Divine Healing; The Years of Expansion, 1906-1930, Theological Variation in the Transatlantic World (2014) all issued by the American publisher Wipf
& Stock and available in Kindle version. The trilogy was followed in 2015 by Presbyterianism in Ulster 1613--c.1865; A Regional Study with particular reference to Holywood, Co. Down, available from First Holywood Presbyterian Church office. James can be contacted at james.robinson19@ntlworld.com
Michael Turner, BSc (Econ) 1956, has retired and is living in the Jane Winstone Retirement Village. He was elected a member of the King Country Electric Power Trust and assisted with the research for a book on the history of the development of electricity supply in the King Country of New Zealand. Michael can be contacted at mfturner@xtra.co.nz.
Henry Brandt, BSc (Econ) 1955, was awarded the Order of Merit 1 Class, of the Federal Republic of Germany by the President. He was also appointed Fellow of the Leo Baeck College, London. Henry can be contacted at henshibrandt@t-online.de.
Peter Elwood, MB BCh BAO 1954, continues to work despite retiring - helped by daily low-dose aspirin! He was recently privileged to work in a multi-discipline team on an extensive review of aspirin and cancer. He has nine grandchildren to keep him active! Peter can be contacted at pelwood@doctors.org.
Thomas J Hughes, BA Geography 1954, spent most of his career teaching in St MacNissi’s College, Garron Tower, in north Antrim where he served as vice-principal. An avid film fan since boyhood, his book How Belfast Saw the Light: A Cinematic History traces the growth of cinema in Belfast from the earliest ‘electric theatres’ through the mid-century ‘picture palaces’ to the modern multiplexes.
William Gray , BSc Chemistry 1953, emigrated to Toronto, Canada before moving to the USA in 1964. Before retiring William earned a living teaching high school chemistry. William can be contacted at wgr123@aol.com.
1940s
Ian McCausland , BSc Electrical Engineering 1949, is living in Toronto, Canada. He and four other engineering graduates living in the area (Fergus Ross 1951, Lance McAnuff 1952 (now deceased), Desmond Trimble 1952 (now deceased) and Neil Magrath 1948) had for several years been meeting monthly to reminisce about their time at Queen’s. Ian can be contacted at imccausland@sympatico.ca.
Desmond A R Johnston , BA 1948, and his wife, Joan (Dip Soc St 1956), have lived in Napier, New Zealand since 1973. Desmond worked as a Careers Counsellor in NI, England, and NZ. Since retirement in 1988 he has been an Adult Education tutor in History. Awarded a Life Membership of Hawke's Bay Photographic Society, he continues to turn out black and white work in his home darkroom. He would be glad to hear from fellow students of his era, and of Queen's Chambers '45 & '46. Desmond can be contacted at belshade@xtra.co.nz.
John Pyper , MB BCh BAO 1945, interned at the Royal Victoria Hospital where he specialised in ophthalmology before emigrating to Canada in 1954. He has many happy memories from his university days including the Saturday night hop, playing hockey for Queen’s and Ulster, and being a member of Queen’s Golf team. He also remembers wartime blackouts, rationing and air raids! John can be contacted at 001 519 271 9481.
1930s
Jean McGough (née McKeown), read English Literature, Geology and French circa 1937, Jean turned 101 in February 2015 and received a commemorative coin from the Republic of Ireland, along with a congratulatory letter signed by the President. You can read an article about Jean that appeared in the local Spanish press here.