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Reflections on the work and influence of people in engineering, science and technology.

Geoffrey George John Cooper 1920 – 2024
William Gosling DSc, ARCS FIERE FIEE, September 1932 – August 2024
Ratan Tata 1937 - 2024
Nigel Shepherd 1943 – 2024
Paul Trickett 1945 - 2024
John Alan Harkness (Alan), April 1929 – October 2023
Donald (Don) Sidney Ball CEng FIET, August 1928 – May 2023
Douglas Martin Ellis BSc CEng MIET, October 1960 – May 2023
David Warwick Draper FIET, February 1936 - October 2023
James Enderby Holden BA AMIEE, May 1922 - October 2023
Professor Michael (Mike) Darnell, FIET, November 1940 – September 2023
Colin Morwood OAM BE CEng FIET, June 1930 – August 2023
Peter Foyer
Professor Kopalapillai (Kopan) Mahadeva MSc, PhD(Birm) Hon DLitt, FEng, FIET, FCMI (Life), FRSPH (Life), January 1934 – January 2023
Peter Cooper MIET, June 1934 – July 2022
Professor William A Sandham PhD BSc FIET MIEEE, July 1952 - August 2022
Meyer Averbuch MIET, July 1934 – September 2022
Michael Hubert Cox FIET, December 1932 – April 2022
Gary James Lynch MIET, October 1936 – January 2022
Thomas King MIET, September 1947 – May 2022
Ronald William Beckett CEng MIET, December 1932 – March 2022
Harold John Brendon Kerslake BSc MSc Cert Ed CEng MIET, January 1940 – April 2022
Sidney William Johnson CEng MIET, June 1926 – April 2022
Christopher Dowsett BSc CEng FIET, December 1942 – November 2021
Richard Peter Glaves Collinson BSc (Eng) CEng FIET FRAeS, November 1926 – February 2022
Colin Billowes DFH PEng CEng FIET
Ian Darney BSc MIET, November 1937 – December 2021
Francis Xavier Pons BSc (Hons) CEng FIET, March 1948 – January 2022
Dr Norman Slark FIET, June 1934 – December 2021
John M Smith BSc (Hons) MSc CITP CEng FIET, April 1947 – December 2021
Professor Sir Eric Ash CBE FRS FREng FIET, IET Past President, January 1928 – August 2021
Mark Thomas BA MA(Oxon) CEng FIET, November 1958 – August 2021
Christopher Geary BSc(Eng) Hons MBA MIET, May 1958 – July 2021
Leonard Ernest Rodwell BSc MA MSc FIET, November 1925 – August 2021
Dr Bryan C Lindley CBE, August 1932 – August 2021
Matthew O’Leary FIET, July 1939 - August 2021
Norman Leslie Hannon. December 1923 – July 2021
Wolfgang Marc Schatzberger BEM BScTech MIET, July 1926 – January 2021
Mr Walter S. Thomson MBE BSc (Hons) MIET, September 1942 - June 2021
Bernard Dawkins CEng FIET, February 1926 – January 2021
Dr Chandra Eric Fernando MIET, 1940 - 2021
John Cure BSc MSc FIET, 1931- 2021
Thomas Mayer CBE BSc(Eng) FREng CEng FIET, 1928-2021
In memory of Francis Fung CEng FIET
Chief (Engr.) Heron Onyekwere Donatus Okeahialam CEng FIET (UDEMBA 1 OF OTULU), December 1933 – March 2021
Philip Heaton, 25 February 1926 – 15 February 2021
Michael J Carey PhD CEng FIET BSc(Eng) ACGI, August 1949 – February 2021
John Bulling Yates FIET, March 1925 – January 2021
David Rollin CEng FIET, August 1944 – January 2021
Dr David Dick OBE PhD DIC BA (Hons) MLitt CEng FIET, March 1929 – January 2021
Ian David Gardiner FIET, April 1928 – January 2021
Donald Frederick Reeves CEng MIET, December 1925 – November 2020
Ronald Douglas Finch FCABE FIET FSPE, July 1941 – November 2020
Dr Robert Johnson BSc(Eng) CEng FIET, 1930 – 2020
Peter Robinson BSc(Eng) CEng FIET, October 1926 – October 2020
Professor Emeritus Colin William Davidson BSc PhD HonFIET, 1934 - 2020
Anthony Baskervyle Strong Dip Tech (Eng) CEng FIET, 1938 - 2020
Bernard Halliwell CEng MIET, June 1938 - July 2020
Arthur Anthony Bowery FIET, 4 October 1935 - 14 July 2020
Charles James “Jim” Aldridge, May 1944 – May 2020
EUR ING Professor R.D. Langman BSc CEng FIET, August 1930 – April 2020
Edwin Morton BSc CEng MIET PEng, May 1951 – April 2020
Lord Tombs of Brailes BSc DSc FREng CEng HonFIET, May 1924 – April 2020
Graham Higgs MIET, 8 April 1927 – 11 February 2020
Winsbury James (Jim) Robinson FIET, 1921 – 2020
Professor Peter Clarricoats CBE FREng FRS FIEEE HonFIET, April 1932 – January 2020
Terence Oliver CEng FIET, June 1941 - January 2020

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