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

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OBITUARIES
A further career change took place in 1990 when John moved on to
La Trobe University as a Lecturer in Media Studies, teaching the theory and
practice of radio. However he continued his involvement in educational
radio in a consulting role. The College heard of John’s death in 2005.
DONALD PAYNE (1942) was born in March 1925 and educated at Luton
Grammar School. He read Natural Sciences at King’s, although because of
the war his studies were interrupted when he spent three years with the
Ministry of Food. He returned to King’s to complete his degree and then
took a Diploma in Agricultural Science. Initially Donald went into academia,
following 10 years lecturing at Leeds University with a further three years
at the University of Reading. In 1962 he became a Director of Elliott
Automation Systems, early manufacturers of computers. In 1958 Donald
married C M Yeo. The College has no further information about his life
except that he died in January 2003 in Surrey.
LAWRENCE CHARLES PAYNE (1952) was born on 27 February 1928
in Walsall and attended Elmore Green School in Bloxwich. He came to
King’s from Manchester University where he had gained a First in
Mathematics. At King’s Lawrence undertook research, gaining his PhD in
1957 and was Secretary of theTheoretical Physics Club and a member of the
Boat Club.
From 1955 to 1960 Lawrence managed the operational research division at
Decca Radar before becoming the Managing Director of Elliott Medical
Automation Ltd. In 1962 he married Shireen Wrigley. Between 1965 and
1967 he worked at Plessey as a Corporate Planning Executive before spending
20 years at De La Rue as Director of Currency Planning. Lawrence published a
number of articles in technical journals and a book, Medical Automation (1966).
He died in May 1997.