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Obituaries 2017

We are sad to report the passing of LSE alumni and staff in 2017. 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

David G C Allan, BSc Economic History 1946; MSc Economic History 1950
Anthony A Bateman, Occasional Student 1949
Professor William J Baumol, PhD Government 1949, Obituary
Anthony J E Brennan CB, BSc Government 1946
Zofia Theresa Butrym, Certificate in Social Science & Admin 1949
Alfredo Chavero, BSc Economics 1922
Pauline Clarke, Diploma Personnel Management in Industrial Relations 1948
Professor Stephen F Cotgrove, BSc Economics 1947, PhD Economics 1956
Professor Gustav Jahoda, MSCEC Social Psychology 1948 , PhD Social Psychology 1952
Professor Emeritus Henry Landsberger, BSc Sociology 1948
Phyllis F Lavy, BSc Sociology 1946
Roger G Parker, Bachelor of Commerce 1946
Wadu M D Peiris, BA 1940
Donald J Piggott, General Course 1947
Dr David Rockefeller, General Course 1938, Obituary
Shirin J Sabavala,
BA 1947
Anne D Scully, BSc 1948
Mr Norman R Sabey​, Industrial Relations 1947
Dorothy P Thirlwell, Certificate in Social Science 1944
Takeshi Watanabe, Research Fee student 1932
Cynthia H Walton, BSc Government 1946

1950-1959

Margaret Allen, BSc Geography 1954
Dr Benjamin R Barber, General Course 1959
Florence M. Barker, 1952
Professor Zygmunt Bauman, Research fee 1958, Obituary
Leslie J Boffin, BSc Economics 1959
Martin Bud, General Course 1951
Donald S Bulcock, BSc Statistics & Mathematics 1955
James A Butchart, BSc Economics 1968
Malcolm Candlish, BSc Economics 1956, Obituary
Lucy A Cifuentes, General Course 1953
Henry S Cobb, BA Economic History 1950, MA Economic History 1957
Robert T Collins, BSc(Econ) Industry and Trade 1953
Parzival Copes, PhD Economics 1956
Alan A Croxford, BSc Econ 1955
Arthur Dove CBE, MSc Business Administration 1954
Barbara Dunn
Dr Arthur Earle, BSc Economics 1952; PhD Economics 1958
Professor Peter P Eaton, BSc Geography 1956
Professor R C Estall, BSc Geography 1955, PhD Geography 1964, Obituary
Dr Curtis Farrar, PhD Economics 1952
Peter W Freeman, BSc Economics 1953
Professor Paul W Fox, PhD Government 1959
S E Griffiths, LLB Law 1957
Hon Mr Orval H Hansen, BSc International Relations 1955
Jack E S Hayward, BSc Government 1952, PhD Government 1958, Obituary
Michael H Hogan, Certificate in Mental Health 1952
Thomas Holborn, BSc Economics 1958
Walter M Holmes, BSc Economics 1955
Michael A S Hudson, BSc Economics 1954
Professor Colin A Hughes, PhD Government 1952
His Honour Judge David M Hughes, LLB Law 1951
Margaret L Hulmes, Certificate in Applied Social Studies 1969
Anne Gray Ireland née Fontaine, Certificate in Applied Social Studies Social Policy & Administration 1957
Alan A Jenkinson, BSc Stats & Maths 1953
Gerald Josephs, BSc Industry and Trade 1953
Gerald H Knepler, BSc Accounting and Finance 1957
Antony Paul Lees, BSc Economics 1957
Peter J Macken, BSc International Relations 1955
Beryl P Maizels, BSc Economic History 1956
John B Mayers, BSc Sociology 1952
Professor Geoffrey W Maynard, BSc Economics 1950, Obituary
Ian J McCreery, BSc Sociology 1956
Professor George A Modelski, BSc International Relations 1950, PhD International Relations 1955
Alfred Neville, BSc Economics 1955
The Hon Justice A O Obaseki, LLB 1951
Richard F Palmer, BSc Economics 1957
Ronald C Parkin, BSc Economics 1952
Albert E Perry, BSc Geography 1951
Marian E Phillips, BSc Sociology 1958
Canon Frank E Pickard, BSc 1952
David J Powell, BSc Economics 1952
Roger C Price, CSSC 1957, LLM Law 1969
Joyce Rose, Law 1954
Charles L Sanctuary, Certificate in Social Science 1951
Derek Shaw, BSc Sociology 1958 
Sybil Shine, BSc Economics 1958; MSc Sociology 1979; Research Fee Student 1980; MPhil Sociology 1991
Martin Simmons, BSc Economics 1953
Paul M Stibbe, BSc (Econ) 1958
Frederick Taylor MBE, Certificate in Social Science & Admin 1950; Certificate in Mental Health 1956
Andrew J Templeton, BSc Economic History 1951, PhD 1955
Robert S Thompson, General Course 1958
Derek S Thorpe, BSc Geography 1953
Gillian C Vine DL, BEM, BA Sociology 1957
Ruth Wainwright, CSSC Soc Pol & Admin 1951
Christine M Whatmore, BSc Economic History 1955
Joan C Wicken, BSc Economics 1951
Professor Donald N Winch, BSc Economics 1956 
Berry Wise, CSSC Soc Pol & Admin 1953, CMH Information Systems 1955 

1960-1969

Michael P Barber, LLB Law 1964
Dr Sheldon L Baskin, MSc Economics 1962, PhD Economics 1965 
Eric R Bowman MBE, BSc Economics 1965
Gerald J Bradshaw, BSc Economics 1961 
Sargent H Berner, LLM 1967
William E Borah, MSc Economics 1965
Diane A C Brace, BSc 1960
Sydney J Burt, BSc Economic History 1962
Aloka Chatterjee, BSc Economics 1962
Noel J Coghlan, MSc 1967 
John C Cossins, BSc Economics 1967
Dorothy F Crofts, DSWMH Soc Pol & Admin 1963
James G Eccles, BSc Economics 1964
Anne T Gatewood, MScEc Government 1965
Stephen B Goban, BSc Economics 1967, MSc International Relations 1968​
Joan Hall, Certificate in Mental Health 1961
Audrey Hayley, BSc Sociology 1961, MA 1964
Ronald Jesson, BA Sociology 1968
John C Kendal, BSc Economics 1965
Donald D Kummerfeld, General Course Government 1961
Albert E Mathews, DBA 1969
Dr Peter Mangold, MSc International Relations 1969, PhD International Relations 1972
Robert Murray, MSc Economics 1966, MPhil Economics 1970
Chief Johnson B Omidiora, BSc Economics 1962
Manuel Barros Nock, Research Fee Economics 1968
Professor Juan Jose Maunez Pimentel, Research Fee Sociology 1968
Margaret A Roper, BA Sociology 1960
Professor Peter G Sadler, MSc Economics 1967
Audrey Salters, DSS Social Policy & Administration 1961
Neil Speed, BSc Government 1961
Dermot P Walsh, BSc Sociology 1965, PhD Sociology 1969
Peter White, BSc Economic History 1963
Jennifer Wilkes, BSC Sociology 1965, Obituary
Jeremy M Wilson, MSc 1967
Rashida Yusuf, MSc Economics 1966 

1970-1979

Professor John Armstrong, MSc Economic History 1971
Murray George Bell, MSc Analysis, Design & Management of Information 1974
Dr Wolfgang Borgmann, GEN International Relations 1970
Samir Chatterjee, BSc Sociology 1971
Alan Clarke, BSc Economics 1970
Paul A Dare, MSc(Econ) Accounting & Finance 1972
Richard M Dodwell, OCC 1972
Alison B Fisher, BA International History 1975
John M. Green, MSCEC Regional Planning 1976
Winsome O Greenwood, BSc Social Policy and Administration 1972
Peter A Leevers, Diploma 1974, Diploma in Social Work Studies 1975
Beryl C King, Diploma Social Policy & Administration 1972
Dr Ruth Levitt, BSc Social Psychology 1973, Obituary
Paul E. Levine, MSc 1971
Peter A Miller, BSc Economics 1971
Jean E B Richmond, BA 1975
Alistair C Robson, BSc Geography 1972
John Stephenson, LLM Law 1977
David Gwilym-Williams, MSc Politics 1976, PhD Government 1981
Andrew J Waite, BSc Economics 1977
Audrey J Winterbottom, BSc Sociology 1973
David R Wynn, BSc Economics 1976 

1980-1989

Erich P Bussian, MSc International History 1986
John E B Colenutt, Occasional Student 1987
Roma Diviani, MA International History 1989
Constance I Gore, MPhil Anthropology 1981
Stephen P Halliday, MSc Operational Research 1988
Konstantinos Karydias, MSc(Econ) Accounting & Finance 1984
Danielle C Keefler, MSc International Relations 1984
Arthur C Latham, BSc Government 1984
John Martin Mackie, MSc History of Political Thought 1982
Dr Katui-Katua K Munguti, DIP Social Policy & Admin 1982, MSc Social Policy & Admin 1983
Neil S Thompson, BSc Government 1987, MSc Social Philosophy 1989
John N M Waites, BSc Accounting & Finance 1981
Paul A Walsh, MSc Social Psychology 1982
Paul A Whelch, BSc Economics 1981
Nigel C Wilkins, MPhil Economics 1985

1990-1999

Sara Al-Bader, MScEc Philosophy 1998
Lesley M Cartwright, LLM Law 1997
Derek Crofton, MSc Voluntary Sector Organisation 1997
Valerie Gosling, MSc Social Psychology 1992
Robert E Hodges, BSc International History 1990, MSc International History 2014
Louise Hulton, MSc Demography 1993
George J Florence, MSc Soc Pol & Admin 1991
Hasan A Mirza, BSc Economics 1990
Jennifer W Oppenheimer, MSc Development Studies 1995
Eric A Poehlmann, MSc Economic History 1992
Martin G Rhisiart, BA International History 1995
Kathleen B Richards, MPhil Soc Pol & Admin 1990
Samantha L Wright, MSc(Ec) Stats & Maths 1990 

2000-2009

James Campbell, MBA (Global Executive Programme) 2003
Roona Simpson, MSc Gender 1999, PhD Gender 2005

2010-2019

Natalia Grozina, MPA Government 2014
Sergey Prokofiev, LLM Law 2013
Kim Wall, BSc in International Relations 2011, Memorial Fund

Staff

Professor Sir Tony Atkinson, Centennial Professor - The Financial Times
Dr Mayling Birney, Department of International Development, Obituary
Barry Gilbert, LSE Catering
A Grech
Professor George W. Jones
Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC, Obituary
Professor Alastair Scott