Obituaries

An academic, editor and literary critic, Peter held a BA with Honours from the University of Tasmania and an MLitt from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He was Professor of Australian Literature at James Cook University from 1996 to 2006. He also worked at Monash University. His research interests included nineteenth-century and contemporary Australian literature and literary history, and war literature.

Herschel and his wife Peggy were instrumental in developing the charity Earthwatch Institute based in Oxford which brought together those with a passion for science, conservation and education. He was also the former CEO of Coutts & Co.

After 1978, Dev left Oxford and returned to India and worked with the Oxford University Press for a few years. Subsequently, he went into school education and that's where he found his passion! He started as a teacher in Doon School, and went onto become the head of quite a few prestigious schools, such as Lawrence School, Ootacamund in the South of India and Welham Boys School, in Dehra Dun, near New Delhi. After retirement, in 2012, he was invited to work at a private school in Utah, USA, Wasatch Academy, as Head of International Programming.

Dev authored two books: one, his Memoir 'With a Little Help From My Friends' and the other about the state of school education in India namely, 'The Great Indian School Bazaar'.

Dev has inspired several thousands of students in a career spanning over 40 years. As a mark of affection and respect for their beloved Headmaster, Dev's students of the batch of 1978 from the Lawrence School, have dedicated a Fitness Centre in his memory.

Graham was a professional gymnast and competed at three Olympic games.

Cyril was a devoted collector of works by Wyndham Lewis and a news reporter by profession.

Annette was the administrative secretary to the South African National Secretary for 36 years. Many of us have very fond memories of her, be it her pep talks before or her reassuring words after the interviews, and not to mention the precision and efficiency with which she organised the selections. She truly was the Mother Hen and we are grateful to have passed through her hands during the time that she served the Southern African Rhodes Scholar community and the Rhodes Trust.

May she rest in peace.

Ed was a 1939 Rhodes Scholar from Colorado. World War II prevented his attendance at Brasenose College of Oxford University (class of '39) and cut short his attendance at Columbia Business School (class of '43).

He was a human resources executive for the New York City Newspaper Publishers Association (1938-1942) and for The New York Times (1946-1983). He was officer-in- charge (1942-1945) of U.S. Navy gun crews on supply ships such as SS William Johnson in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Persian Gulf, leaving at the end of 1945 as a lieutenant USNR. He was a member of the Association of American Rhodes Scholars, Society for Human Resource Management, American Economic Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Chi, and Alpha Kappa Psi. Ed married Caroline Lockwood Duncombe of Briarcliff Manor, NY in 1942. Fulltime residents of New York City (1946-1987), they were also residents of the Taconic Valley for 55 years - part-time in Stephentown, NY (1957-1987 as owners of half of the former George Holcomb farm), and in Berlin, NY from 1987 until moving fulltime to Bennington, VT in 2016.

Weldon attended the University of Utah and studied history and languages. Especially fond of Italian, he travelled to Italy frequently throughout his life. His college career was interrupted by two years' service in the US Army and at 24, he finished his BA in Utah and was nominated for a Rhodes Scholarship. 

Weldon completed an MA in PPE at Oxford University and a second MA in Political Science at the University of Utah and went on to went on to earn a PhD from Harvard University. His dissertation, From Kingdom to Commonwealth: The Development of Civic Consciousness in English Political Thought, was published and is still available as an e-edition from Harvard Press. 

In 1967, Weldon joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1970, he accepted an appointment at the University of Utah and became a full professor in 1975. He served as editor of the Western Political Quarterly (now the Political Research Quarterly) and finished his career in Utah as chair of the Department of Political Science.

Read more about Professor Hanson's life and work.

Brigadier General Amos provided leadership and expertise in the early years of the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University. He worked in government, military and academia. He read PPE at the University of Oxford.