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

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OBITUARIES
BRIAN CHARLES TWISS (1944) was an international authority on the
management of technology, who followed managing advanced aerospace
projects with a distinguished career in academia.
Brian was born on 18 April 1926 in Grimsby and was educated at
Humberstone Foundation School. He read Mechanical Sciences at King’s and
was a member of the Boat Club. After National Service with the Royal
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers he took an MSc at the Cranfield Institute
of Technology researching the control of overhead costs in aircraft
manufacture. In 1951 Brian joined the Royal Air Force and was involved in the
project management of a number of advanced weapon systems, both in the
UK and Australia. Unfortunately the advent of the Suez Crisis prevented his
participation in the 1956 Monte Carlo Rally, where he had been entered as a
navigator. Cars were a particular interest for Brian, as were history and
archaeology. He married Pamela Smith in 1958 and the couple had two
children, Martin and Catherine.
Brian resumed his academic career in 1965, firstly back at Cranfield and then
at the University of Bradford Management Centre, where he held the post of
Senior Lecturer for nearly 20 years. His main area of interest was the
management of technological innovation and he published widely in this
area, including the standard text adopted by many universities and business
schools worldwide. In 1983 Brian became a management consultant, but
continued with his research focussing on the integration of technology and
business at all levels of management.
Remembered as an honourable man who never compromised his standards,
beliefs or convictions, Brian died on 26 July 2006.
GÜNTER EDUARD BERTHOLD VON HANIEL (VON HAIMHAUSEN)
(1928) came from Munich, where he was born on 22 July 1908. After being
educated at Salem School, near Lake Constance, he came to King’s for a year
and represented the College at athletics. From 1931 to 1933 he worked in the
steel export trade. He later took over the Schlossbräuerai Haimhausen, a