Obituaries recorded December 2023 - November 2024

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Known deaths of members of the General Council as notified between December 2023 - November 2024, categorised by year of graduation.

1940 - 49

  • Borthwick, John Burnett, BSc 1947, Died: 2018
  • Bryson, Thomas Alastair, BSc 1947, MEd, Died: 09/06/2024
  • Dale, George (Dr), MBChB 1945, Died: 21/11/2018
  • Dunsmore, Helen Simpson (Dr), BSc 1948, PhD, Died: 06/01/2019
  • Forrest, Elizabeth Paterson (Mrs Young), MA 1942, Died: 13/06/2015
  • Forrest, Hugh Sommerville (Professor Emeritus), BSc 1944, Died: 16/11/2018
  • Gray, Margaret (Madam Menneteau), MA 1945, Died: 10/01/2024
  • Johnston, Kathleen Margaret MacDougall (Mrs Buchanan), MA 1948, Died: 28/01/2018
  • Kowalski, Tadeusz (Professor), BSc 1944, Died: 03/01/2019
  • Macdonald, Jean Ellison (Ms Macdonald), BSc 1944, Died: 05/01/2024
  • MacDougall, Alasdair Iain (Dr), BSc 1947, Died: 2018
  • MacNaughton, John Anderson (Rev), MA 1942, Died: 11/01/2019
  • Massie, William Henry Simpson (Dr), BSc 1946, PhD, Died: 29/04/2024
  • McArthur, Eleanor Marion, MA 1949, Date of death unknown
  • Miller, Marjory Buchan (Mrs Henderson), MBChB 1942, Died: 2018
  • Morton, Andrew Queen (Rev), MA 1942, BSc, Died: 31/12/2018
  • Munro, David Peacock (Rev), MA 1949, Died: 22/01/2019
  • Russell, Thomas Simpson (Dr), MBChB 1949, Died: 01/12/2023
  • Scott, Alexander Shepherd, BSc 1944, Died: 24/12/2016
  • Stewart, John (Dr), MBChB 1945, Died: 06/2017
  • Taylor, Helen Vera Grant (Mrs Blood), MA 1947, Died: 28/02/2017
  • Watson, Margaret Jessie (Mrs Palin), BSc 1945, Died: 17/01/2019
  • White, Agnes Anderson Morton (Dr Brown), MBChB 1947, Died: 15/05/2018

1950 - 59

  • Adams, Henry Stewart, BSc 1952, MA, MPhil, Died: 2023
  • Baird, Alan William, MA 1950, Died: 25/12/2017
  • Begg, Robert Dunlop (Dr), BSc 1955, PhD, Died: 13/02/2024
  • Bhattacharyya, Charu Krishna, BSc 1959, Died: 22/08/2023
  • Black, William Pollok (Dr), MBChB 1950, Died: 09/05/2019
  • Bosley, William (Dr), PhD 1955, Date of death unknown
  • Boyd, Joyce Maxwell (Mrs Alexander), MA 1955, Died: 14/09/2017
  • Brown, Marjory Pentland (Lady MacSween), MBChB 1959, Died: 02/2021
  • Brown, Wilma Margaret Mackay (Mrs Steven), BSc 1956, Died: 11/2018
  • Buchanan, Marjory Mann (Dr), MBChB 1951, Died: 03/05/2024
  • Campbell, David George Stewart (Dr), MBChB 1957, Died: 14/03/2024
  • Chinery, Smyly Cleland Amu, MA 1952, Died: 07/10/2024
  • Craig, Andrew (Dr), MBChB 1958, Died: 20/11/2018
  • Dickson, James (Dr), MBChB 1951, Died: 19/04/2021
  • Dubey, Chandra Varty, BSc 1956, Died: 05/12/2023
  • Emslie, Ronald (Dr), MBChB 1951, Died: 04/2018
  • Ewing, John Aveyard, BSc 1957, Died: 20/04/2024
  • Ferguson, Archibald Thomas Graham (Dr), MA 1950, PhD, Died: 20/05/2020
  • Fyfe, Walter Gowanlock (Rev), MA 1950, Died: 19/01/2019
  • Gardner, William (Dr), MBChB 1951, Died: 17/10/2023
  • Gourlay, Ellen Gaenor (Mrs Brown), MA 1954, Died: 03/11/2018
  • Gourlay, Rachel Hall (Dr), BSc 1954, Died: 12/09/2024
  • Gulvin, Thomas Frederick, BSc 1956, Died: 09/03/2024
  • Halliday, John Graham McCallum, BSc 1950, Died: 10/12/2018
  • Haydock, Sheila Jessie (Mrs Graham), BSc 1950, Died: 21/01/2024
  • Hunter, William, BL 1950, Died: 07/04/2020
  • Irvine, Donald McNaught Craig, BL 1953, Died: 12/2022
  • Johnston, Thomas Alan, BSc 1956, Died: 10/07/2024
  • Kerr, William Matthew Marshall, BSc 1953, Died: 01/06/2018
  • Levine, Frederick Samuel, BL 1951, Died: 29/10/2018
  • Macaulay, Ann (Mrs Blower), BSc 1952, Died: 08/11/2024
  • MacGarvie, Isabella (Ishbel) MacFarlane (Mrs Laurie), MA 1957, Died: 31/12/2023
  • MacKay, Colin (Dr), BSc 1958, MBChB, Date of death unknown
  • MacKendrick, Margaret Elaine (Dr Williams), BSc 1951, PhD, Died: 07/2018
  • MacKinnon, Lachlan, BL 1950, Died: 01/03/2018
  • Mallon, Gerard (Dr), MBChB 1959, Died: 21/07/2023
  • McBride, Peter, BSc 1951, Died: 24/07/2018
  • McCracken, John Aitken (Professor), BVMS 1958, PhD, Died: 17/01/2019
  • McDiarmid, Duncan, MA 1957, Died: 03/07/2024
  • McGinnis, Patricia Ursula (Ms Latta), BSc 1957, Died: 19/11/2014
  • Melrose, J H Loudon (Rev), MA 1952, MEd, Died: 12/11/2018
  • Miller, Lucila O'Connell (Mrs Dickson), MA 1951, Died: 2015
  • Miller, Roy, MBChB 1957, Died: 19/11/2024
  • Morris, William (Dr), MBChB 1959, Died: 01/2023
  • Morrison, Seoras Domhnal (Dr), PhD 1953, Date of death unknown
  • Murgatroyd, Jack (Dr), MBChB 1958, Died: 11/2023
  • Murison, Amy Parker, MA 1956, Died: 2024
  • Ramsay, Flora Currie (Mrs Pollock), MA 1954, Died: 30/12/2018
  • Ray, Asok Kumar (Dr), BSc 1959, PhD 1964, Died: 21/05/2024
  • Ray, Syamal Kumar, BSc 1959, Died: 15/05/2024
  • Robertson, Kennard Monteath, MBChB 1953, Died: 25/01/2024
  • Sillars, Thomas Allan, MA 1955, Died: 02/02/2021
  • Simpson, Edward Whiteside, BDS 1953, Died: 26/09/2023
  • Simpson, James Alexander (Dr), BSc 1955, Died: 30/05/2024
  • Smith, James C S (Dr), MBChB 1957, Died: 02/05/2024
  • Strachan, Helen Anne (Mrs Taylor), BSc 1954, Died: 15/01/2018
  • Wilson, John Black, BL 1959, Died: 01/2019
  • Wright, John, BSc 1953, Died: 2021

1960 - 69

  • Balfour, Maureen Elizabeth (Mrs Jamieson), MA 1963, Died: 21/04/2024
  • Bell, James, BSc 1965, Died: 21/12/2023
  • Blair, William Morris Randall (Dr), PhD 1966, Died: 2023
  • Boyd, Iain Edward (Dr), MBChB 1960, Died: 24/01/2024
  • Brady, John (Ian) Darroch (Rev), BSc 1963, BD, Died: 14/11/2023
  • Breen, John Thomas (Dr), MBChB 1960, Died: 04/12/2018
  • Brown, Mary Henry, MA 1962, MEd, Died: 10/2023
  • Campbell, John William, BSc 1960, Died: 15/12/2018
  • Clarkson, Douglas Gallie, BSc 1960, Died: 21/06/2024
  • Cullens, David Kernohan (Lieutenant Colonel), MA 1962, Died: 22/01/2024
  • Dalziel, Robert, MA 1967, Date of death unknown
  • Delmonte, Leonna Estelle (Mrs Shenkin), BSc 1966, Date of death unknown
  • Dunn, Janet (Mrs Kennedy), MA 1965, Died: 27/09/2023
  • Fearon, Maureen Anne (Mrs Quinn), BSc 1962, Died: 06/10/2023
  • Fraser, William Alexander Balfour (Dr), MBChB 1964, Died: 11/01/2024
  • Galt, Joan MacConnell (Dr Strachan), BSc 1965, Died: 24/09/2019
  • Gillies, James Taylor Young (Dr), MBChB 1960, Died: 21/12/2023
  • Harrington, Antony John, BVMS 1969, Died: 25/11/2023
  • Heng, Terrence Ming-Swee (Dr), PhD 1965, DEng, Died: 23/01/2024
  • Hobbs, Stuart, BSc 1965, Died: 04/05/2024
  • Hosie, James (Dr), MBChB 1966, Date of death unknown
  • Houston, Douglas James, BSc 1960, Died: 15/01/2017
  • Jennett, Sheila Mary (Emeritus Professor), PhD 1969, Died: 26/02/2024
  • Joy, Eirwen Nicol (Mrs Watt), BSc 1965, Died: 2023
  • Kerr, Francis Graeme, BSc 1965, Date of death unknown
  • Mason, Peter James (Sir, KBE), BSc 1968, Died: 11/11/2024
  • McGill, Marjory (Mrs Forbes), MA 1967, Died: 22/12/2019
  • McGurk, Francis, MA 1966, MLitt, Died: 23/04/2023
  • McNab, Allan Wallace, MA 1960, Died: 23/11/2018
  • Mellon, Anne (Dr), MBChB 1963, Died: 09/01/2024
  • Mills, Alexander, MA 1966, Died: 01/2024
  • Murray, Thomas Stuart (Emeritus Professor), MBChB 1967, PhD, MD, Died: 17/05/2024
  • Ormrod, Alan Douglas, MA 1963, Died: 19/08/2024
  • Polanska, Antonina Isabella (Dr), MBChB 1965, Died: 28/04/2024
  • Polley, Billy Macdonald, BSc 1960, Died: 21/11/2023
  • Porter, Alexander (Alistair), MA 1961, Died: 23/07/2021
  • Prentice, Martin William Moore (Rev), BVMS 1965, Died: 13/03/2024
  • Riddell, Iain Macleod, LLB 1960, Died: 08/01/2019
  • Rumford, Alastair Kay, BVMS 1960, Died: 01/08/2024
  • Shirley, Isabel Mary (Dr), MBChB 1969, Died: 26/12/2018
  • Short, William Robert, MBChB 1967, Died: 05/04/2023
  • Sime, James George (Dr), PhD 1960, BSc, Died: 26/01/2024
  • Thomson, Marjory Mairi (Mrs Campbell), MA 1962, Died: 14/03/2017
  • Torbet, Marilyn Margaret (Mrs Orcharton), BDS 1966, Died: 12/11/2023
  • Wallace, Jeffrey Charles (Professor), BSc 1967, PhD, Died: 10/01/2019
  • Whitty, Bryan Lawrence (Dr), MBChB 1964, Died: 15/11/2023
  • Yudowitz, Bernard Seymour (Dr), MBChB 1966, Died: 11/12/2018

1970 - 79

  • Beaton, Elizabeth June (Mrs Galloway), MA 1974, Died: 14/11/2023
  • Breckenridge, James William, MA 1970, Died: 03/10/2018
  • Brown, Pauline (Mrs McFadyen), LLB 1975, Died: 29/09/2024
  • Copland, Barbara June (Ms Sherman), BSc 1971, Died: 2018
  • Dunbar, Jennifer Margaret (Dr McKechnie), MBChB 1970, Died: 2018
  • Freel, Henry Joseph, BDS 1975, Died: 03/2023
  • Galloway, Alasdair McCormack (Dr), MA 1974, PhD, Died: 31/03/2024
  • Gray, Donald Gillespie, BSc 1979, MSc, Died: 20/11/2023
  • Harris, Ronald Martin, BDS 1971, Died: 16/12/2023
  • Hinchliffe, William Howard Geoffrey (Dr), MPhil 1975, Died: 20/01/2024
  • Kerr, Peter George Edward, BDS 1975, Died: 02/2024
  • Kimber, Simon Nicholas Scott, BSc 1970, Died: 10/09/2024
  • Leonard, Thomas Anthony, MA 1976, Died: 21/12/2018
  • McAvinue, Thomas George (Dr), MBChB 1979, Died: 26/06/2023
  • McChesney, Norman John, BSc 1973, Died: 08/11/2023
  • McKeand, Joyce Stewart (Mrs McInairnie), MA 1973, Died: 04/03/2024
  • McKellar, Duncan Ramsay, MBA 1979, MPhil, Died: 06/02/2019
  • Osprey, James Stewart, BSc 1972, Died: 21/02/2023
  • Phillips, Kenneth, BSc 1974, Died: 08/2023
  • Redwood, David L (Rev Canon), Diploma 1978, Died: 08/07/2019
  • Sargent, William Thomas, BSc 1978, Died: 13/03/2024
  • Shannon, William Gault (Rev), MA 1972, Died: 09/02/2024
  • Smith, Richard (Rev), BD 1975, Died: 04/05/2024
  • Stewart, Ronald James, MA 1970, MPhil, Died: 2022
  • Syme, Marion Black (Mrs Whitton), MA 1978, Died: 2022
  • Thomson, William Old (Dr), MBChB 1971, Died: 01/02/2024
  • White, Stephen Leonard (Professor), PhD 1973, Died: 15/11/2023

1980 - 89

  • Barclay, Ailie Stuart Lamb, MA 1984, Diploma 1986, LLB 1989, Diploma 1990, 16/06/2023
  • Frazer, Donald Vanhegan (Dr), BSc 1981, PhD 1987, Died: 07/06/2024
  • Martin, Ross, BSc 1988, Died: 21/05/2024
  • McCamley, Peter Michael, MEng 1985, Died: 02/11/2023
  • McLachlan, Fraser Stewart, BAcc 1987, Died: 2010
  • Philo, Gregory (Professor), PhD 1989, Date of death unknown
  • Reynolds, Eileen, Diploma 1980, External Relations and Marketing, Died: 09/09/2024
  • Stephen, John Rothney (Dr), MA 1988, BD, MA, MPhil, Died: 29/11/2023

1990 - 99

  • Baker, Darren Phillip (Dr), PhD 1990, Died: 15/09/2022
  • Girvan, Iain William (Dr), MBChB 1994, BSc, Died: 22/03/2021
  • Reid, Alison (Professor Britton), LLB 1991, Diploma, MPhil, Died: 07/2024
  • Young, Ian Macrae, MPH 1992, Died: 19/07/2023

2000 - 09

  • Lindner, Katharina (Dr), PhD 2009, Died: 09/02/2019
  • MacQuarrie, Stuart Dougall (Rev), MBA 2002, MPhil (Res) 2018, Former University Chaplain, Died: 27/11/2023
  • McDougall, Ian (Emeritus Professor), DSc 2009, Died: 10/11/2018
  • Moreland, Jude John, MA 2006, Died: 04/2023
  • Oliphant, William King, MPhil 2006, MLitt, Date of death unknown
  • Rees, Mark Stephen, MA 2005, Died: 02/2022

2010 - 19

  • Smith, Ian King Macsorley (Professor), BVMS 2010, Died: 28/11/2018
  • Watson, Paul Anthony, MA 2013, MSc, UPSK, Died: 07/06/2024

Former Staff & Friends of UofG

  • Daly, Noreen A (Mrs Davidson), Diploma 1972, Died: 04/04/2022
  • McCrone, Katie (Lady Anderson), Died: 12/2023
  • McGhee, Catherine Mary (Mrs Hill), Diploma 1970, Died: 19/12/2022
  • Mead, Jeff (Reverend), International Chaplain for Overseas Students 1981-1985, Died: 01/02/2022
  • Orucu, Esin (Emeritus Professor), Died: 31/12/2023
  • Pattison, Lisle (Major), Died: 08/07/2023
  • Round, Nicholas (Emeritus Professor, FBA), Died: 12/06/2021

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