Obituaries

Derek was a passionate and brilliant biomedical scientist and clinician. He made many important discoveries upon which he built a compelling vision for immune therapies based on dendritic cells as novel therapeutics for solid and liquid cancers, immunosuppression, and for controlling graft vs host disease. He worked in Christchurch, Brisbane and Sydney and established the Dendritic Cell Research group which became a support for many scientists at Concord, Westmead and RPA hospitals.

Tom worked at the College of Idaho and inspired many young students to apply for the Rhodes Scholarships. He graduate from Oxford in 1970 with an MLitt in Philosophy. Read more here.

Professor Kaul completed his doctoral studies at Yale. Prof. Kaul taught first at Zakir Hussain College, University of Delhi, and then joined the Department of English, University of Delhi, where he continued until his retirement in 1992. Prof. Kaul also served as Associate Professor at Yale and as Visiting Professor at Oberlin College in the United States. Professor Kaul conceptualised and actualised the M Phil programme in the Department of English, based on graduate seminars, peer-group discussions, and rigorous writing and research. He was also an iconic teacher at the Master's level. His Ph.D supervisees remember him with respect, affection and admiration. 

Michael had a distinguished career in teaching university Physics and his research area was in theoretical solid-state physics. In 1977, he won the Herzberg Medal for outstanding research by a Canadian physicist under 40.

James was an American diplomat, a career Foreign Service Officer who served as US ambassador to Benin. 

He graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1959 and attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

Christopher was a lawyer and partner at DLA Piper LLP. In 1978 Kip gained a BA in Law from Oxford and went on to attend the University of Chicago Law School.

A distinguished sociologist and higher education leader who navigated the swells of student uprisings during the exhilarating and tumultuous 1960s. Neil was a Harvard-educated Rhodes Scholar and UC Berkeley professor emeritus of sociology and wore numerous academic and administrative hats during his 36 years at UC Berkeley, as well as his 23 years as a professor emeritus.

John was a keen sportsmen and took up a career in marketing where he served on the Senior Management and Boars level as Fellow and President of the Institute of Marketing Management 1970-72. A highlight for John and his wife Marian was attending the Rhodes Scholars Reunions in Oxford in 1983 and 2003 as well as the South African celebrations in Cape Town in 2003. Rhodes Cottage was a popular landmark to visit amongst Rhodes Scholars.