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Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge

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After his retirement John held other posts in the financial world. He was<br />

Chairman <strong>of</strong> the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation and held directorships at<br />

Standard Chartered Bank and the Nationwide Building Society. Retirement<br />

also left time for his many interests, which he shared with his wife, such as<br />

travelling, gardening and listening to opera.<br />

John was a reserved and humble man who at the same time could be both<br />

courageous and strong. He was known by his friends and family for combining<br />

qualities <strong>of</strong> tenderness, kindness and integrity. John also had a keen sense <strong>of</strong><br />

humour and an excellent practical understanding <strong>of</strong> the psychology <strong>of</strong> man,<br />

no doubt a reason for his ability to grasp the workings <strong>of</strong> the nervous and<br />

volatile worldwide financial market. He died on 2 February 2005 and is<br />

survived by his wife Gloria and their two children, Sue and Simon.<br />

JOHN BAIRD PATRICK (1957) read English at King’s and went on to<br />

become a key figure in Australian educational radio.<br />

John was born in West Wickham, Kent, on 17 October 1937 and was<br />

educated at Dulwich <strong>College</strong>. After King’s he taught Drama and English at<br />

Tulse Hill Comprehensive School for six years. He then emigrated to<br />

Australia, initially to teach at Burnie High School in Tasmania before<br />

becoming Senior English Teacher at Deloraine High School. In 1967 he<br />

married Dorothy Turner.<br />

John made the move into the world <strong>of</strong> media in 1969 when he joined the<br />

Australian Broadcasting Commission as a producer <strong>of</strong> educational radio<br />

programmes. After working his way up through the ranks John became<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> School and Continuing Education Radio at the Australian<br />

Broadcasting Corporation, at a time when the Education Department was<br />

split along media lines and he assumed responsibility for the field <strong>of</strong> adult<br />

education as well as the traditional schools audiences. He aimed to inform<br />

the casual listener as much as the student and programmes were made for<br />

children rather than for schools to meet the needs <strong>of</strong> a more media-aware<br />

and challenging generation.<br />

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OBITUARIES

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