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Obituaries 2014

We are sad to report the passing of LSE alumni and staff in 2014. Alumni are listed in alphabetical order in the decade they received their first degree at LSE. Where available, we have included a link to online obituaries. 

1949 and earlier

Victor  Allen, BSc Economics 1949, Obituary
Clara Alman, CSSC 1947
Harold Bennett, OCC 1926
James D. Calderwood, CSSA Social Policy and Administration 1939
Brian Clapp, PhD Economic History 1947
Frederick T G Daniels, BSc Government 1947
Vladimir Derer, BSc Economics 1949, Obituary
Betty Drewitt, BSc 1941
John N Dunn, 1949
Josef Florsheim, BSc 1949
Patricia Goldsmith, Certificate in Social Science & Administration 1949 
Desmond Hartley, BSc Economic History 1941
Ingeborg A L Hickinbotham, DSSC Social Policy and Administration 1938 
Joanna Hughes, BSc Economics 1948
Monica Jean Taylor, CSSC Social Policy and Administration 1949
Professor Emeritus Elisabeth Mapstone, BSc Sociology 1946
Harold Matthissen, LLB 1948
Professor William Mead, BSc Geography 1939, PhD 1946
Batt Nyberg, BCOM 1942
Suresh Chander Parasher, MSc Public Policy 1947
William Peters, DEVCO 1949,
Dr Gideon Rosenbluth, BSc 1940
Norman Saddler, BSc 1948
Steven H Scheuer, CIS International Relations 1949, Obituary
William L Simpson, BCOM Industrial Relations 1937
Renate S Simpson, BSc Economics 1943, Obituary
Khushwant Singh, Law 1938, Obituary
Margery H Taylor, CSSC 1948 Social Policy and Administration
Tokuji W M Teraoka, BCOM Economics 1947
Thomas H Umpleby, BCOM 1948
Rachael Whear, BSc Economics 1944, PhD Economic History 1951

1950-1959

David F V Ashby, BSc 1957
John T B Badkin, BSc Economics 1951
Bernard Baron, BSc Accounting & Finance 1952
John Boddy, BSc Economics 1958, LLB Law 1964
Professor Alan M Bourn, BSc Accounting and Finance 1955
Donald M Bradbury, BSc Government 1954
Richard L Bristow, BSc Accounting 1951
James M Burns,  1950
Alan Campbell, RFEE Law 1951
Constance M Clarke, BA Geography 1952 
Jean Marc David QC, CBE LLB 1950
Professor Leonore Davidoff, MA International History 1956, Obituary
Barbara Dearnley, CSSA 1951, CMH Sociology 1955
John W Dorsey, RFEE 1959
Paul D Dworkin, BSc 1958
Julia A Eastlake, BSc Sociology 1959
Professor Mahdi Elmandjra, MSc Industrial Relations 1957
Alan Fabb, BSc Economics 1953
Professor Ernest Frankel, BSc Economics 1952
Professor Jonathan Frimpong-Ansah, BSc Economics 1954
Kathleen J Glackin, CMH 1950
Kenneth Glynn, PhD Government 1950, Obituary, LSE Letter
Alan Godden, BSc 1951
Norbert Golding, BCOM 1951
Richard Hacon, BSc Sociology 1950
Professor Albert Halsey, BSc Economics 1950, PhD Sociology 1954 Obituary
John Hearth, 1953
Professor John Hibbs, MSc Economics 1954, Obituary
William Hornby, MSc 1950
Gideon Israel, 1951
Professor Franklyn Johnson, GEN 1952
Graeme A G Nichols, BSc 1951
Helen N Hickson, BSc 1955
Charles D Hill, 1959, MSCEC 1978
Sylvia M Kaplan, CSSC Social Policy and Administration 1958 
David J Kingsley, OBE BSc Economics 1953, Times Obituary, Guardian Obituary, LSE Obituary
Jeanne Krabbe, CSSA Social Policy and Administration 1954
Michael S Kusmirak, LLB 1959 Law
Marshall C Lees, BSc Accounting and Finance 1957
David Lockwood, BSc 1952 Economics, Obituary
Malcolm MacDonald, PhD 1954
Margaret S E Malcolm, DIP Social Policy and Administration 1958
Thomas E Martin, BSc Economics & Mathematical Economics 1956
Rt Hon Baroness Miller of Hendon,  LLB 1957 
Harold J Miller, BSc 1954
Ian Mumford, BSc Geography 1951
Joyce Mumford, BSc Government 1950
Roy C Nesbit, BSc Geography 1950
David K Page, RFEE 1959
Thomas J Pert, BSc Economics 1951
James F Porter, BSc Sociology 1954
Margaret Rowley, CSSA Social Policy & Administration 1954 
Professor Eric E Sainsbury, CASS Social Policy and Administration 1956, Obituary
Gerald Selbst, LLB 1954
John Sellers, LLB 1954
Michael Shafran, BSc Accounting & Finance 1957
Padmadeo Sharma, BSc Economics 1954   
Bryn Smith, BSc Economics History 1958
Lady Hazel E Sternberg, BA Sociology 1950
John Stevens, 1959
Mohieldin M Suliman Shora, BSc Economics 1960
Thomas P Tetley, BSc Sociology 1959
John E Toll, BSc Economics 1956
Alan Tyrell, LLB 1954
Moya Tyson BSc Economics 1950 
Edwin West BSc Geography 1952
Christopher J Wiles BSc 1952
Michael G D Williams BSc Geography 1952
Allen H Zelon 1955

1960-1969

Valerie Allport, Diploma in Social Policy & Administration 1968
Her Excellency Corinne Avril Baptiste-McKnight, 1964, Obituary
Peter Brayshaw, PhD Sociology 1969
Edward Cuff, BSc Sociology 1962
Dr Keith D Day, LLB 1966, LLM 1969
Philip Fisher, MSCEC International History 1964
Alan H Fosterman, BSc Economics 1969
Professor Norman P Girvan, PhD Economics 1966, Newsday Obituary, Dominica News Obituary
Professor Samuel Gaisie, MSc Demography 1963
Professor Ivor Grattan-Guinness, MSc Philosophy 1966, PhD 1969
Robin N S Grunsell, MPHIL Social Policy and Administration 1969, MSC 1975
Michael J Hart,  BSC Economics 1962
Alec John Heskett, BSc Economics 1960, Obituary
Rachael M Hewetts, BSc 1960, CSSA 1966, DSS 1972
Gerald C Jimack, PhD Social Policy and Administration 1960, MPHIL 1980
Dr Jeremy H Kemp, 1963, RFEE 1968, PhD Anthropology 1976
Donald A Kowet, MSCEC 1964
Carol Lancaster, MSc International Relations 1966, PhD 1972, Obituary
Elizabeth Lebas, MSC 1969, MPHIL 1973, Obituary
Geoffrey Lord, BSc Economics 1962
Virginia R C Luling, MA 1966
Sir Gordon Manzie, BSc Government 1960   
Peter McGregor, BSc Economics 1962
Corrine McKnight, 1964, Obituary
Christopher May, MSc Government 1968, Obituary
John Mead, MSc Sociology 1969, Mphil Sociology 1971
Elizabeth A Milburn, DSA Social Policy and Administration 1969
Martyn R Must, BSc Economics 1965, MPHIL Operational Research 1969
Luis Nieves-Falcon, PhD 1963
Peter Nurse, MSc Regional Planning 1969, Obituary
Paul O'Brien, MSc Industrial Relations 1969
John Anthony Packer, DIP 1966 Baltic Daily News
Anthony R Platts, MSc Economics 1968
Martin W Plimley, LLB 1962
Douglas Price-Williams, PhD 1964
Rupert Prime, BSc Economics 1968
Robert Ranger, BSc Economics 1966, PhD Government 1973
Stephen C Ricciardi, MSc Economics 1967
Brian A Roper, MBE BSc Economics 1961 Guardian Obituary, Telegraph Obituary
Martin Simons, BSc Economic History 1947
Eric Stansfield,  BSc Economics 1961
Robert I Slater, MSc 1967, Obituary
Paul K Twimasi, CPA 1961
Abelkprogidi Ubeku, DPM Industrial Relations 1965
Peter Vaughan, LLB 1963, Obituary
David J A Wain, BSc Economics 1964, MPHIL Economic History 1966, MSc Economic History 1983
Sabine Wichert, RFEE 1968
Colin Wright, Diploma in Personnel Management 1969
Ference T Zsuppan, MSCEC 1964

1970-1979

John Blundell, BSc Economics 1976
Robert J Bothwell, BSc Economics 1973
Peter P Cabrelli, MSc Government 1970, Obituary
Neil Clark, MSc Social Psychology 1976
Peter N Dabbikeh, BSc Economics 1970
Jennifer Fursman, BA International History 1970
Howard Grant, BSc Economics 1974
Judith Harrison, 1978
Dr Robert Hurrion, MSc Operational Research 1970
Sarah E E Jones, DIP 1974
Robert W L Kleiner, LLB 1971
John E Lander, PhD International History 1972
Mok Lee, MSc Psychology 1975
Dr Sheila T Lewenhak, PhD Economic History 1971
Frank H Longstreth, GEN 1972, PHD Sociology 1981
Geoffrey Moyne, BSc Economic History 1972
Kenneth Perry, Certificate in Trade Studies 1977
Professor Susan F Rasky, MSc Economic History 1976, Obituary
Alexander Rondeli, MPhil Geography 1977
Professor Keith L Soothill, PhD Sociology 1971, Obituary

1980-1989

Gary Atherton, MPHIL Social Policy and Administration 1984
Cassandra M Balchin, BSc Government 1983
Jacob Bercovitch, PhD International Relations 1980
Dennis Cote, MSc Planning Studies 1984
Richard G Douglas, MSc International Relations 1986, MPHIL International Relations 1989, Obituary
Philip Goldschmidt, BSc Accounting & Finance 1984
Dr Joseph G. Ledgerwood, PhD Regional Planning 1982
Teuvo Juurela, LLM 1985
Lisbeth W Linley, MSc International Relations 1981
Christopher Murphy, BSc Economics 1983
Kathleen A Rees, DIP Industrial Relations 1985
Lorna Scammell, PhD Economic History 1981
John A Vernon, BST Government 1989

1990-1999

Sauvik Chakraverti, MSCEC Government 1990
Fiona Cornell, MSCEC Social Policy and Administration 1993
Jerry D'Avanzo,  LLM 1994
Tabinda Haider, DIP International Relations 1993, MSCEC Develop Studies 1994
Bernard G O'Connor, MSc Housing Professional Qualification 1996
Dominic M Osborne, MSc Political Theory 1993 
Danielle K Rabel, MSCEC Sociology 1996
Madan M Sheina, MSCEC Statistics & Mathematics 1993
Simon Sinclair, MSc Anthropology 1992, PhD Anthropology 1995
Ralph Taylor, MSc Social Policy and Administration 1994

2000-2009

Enrico Barosco, MSc Social Psychology 2009
Iain Bolton, MSc European Studies 2003
Graham Dietz, MSc Industrial Relations 1997, PhD Industrial Relations 2002
Philip Hutchinson, BSc Economics 2006
Eduardo Oreggia, PhD Regional Planning 2003
Alexandros Petersen, PhD International Relations 2012 , Obituary
Dharmender Singh, MSc European Studies 2000, Obituary
Seem Zreigat, MSc City Design and Social Science 2006   

Staff

J P W McAuslan, Obituary
Professor Ioan M Lewis 
Tony Lynes Certificate in  Social Science & Administration 1958   
Sir Peter G Hall, Guardian Obituary
Professor Ezra Mishan MSc Economics 1949, RFEE 1954, Obituary
Professor Sir Alan Peacock, Obituary
Eric E Pollock BSc Industrial Relations 1952, MSCEC Economics 1966
Jim Potter
Barbara Powrie BSc Anthropology 1953
Professor Jennifer A Roberts BSc Economics 1962, PhD Economics 1965, MSCEC 1966, Obituary
Professor Simon Roberts LLB 196, PhD Law 1968
Cedric Thornberry
Professor Emeritus John H Westergaard BSc Sociology 1951, Obituary
Professor Donald Watt Honorary AlumnusGeoffrey J Wilson