Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
76 OBITUARIES his studies at King’s College under the tutelage of John Maynard Keynes. It was a good moment to be with Keynes at King’s as the famous economist had in early 1936 published his opus General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money and stood at the height of his career. It is a testament to his intellectual curiosity that the 20-year-old Sidney did more than just study Economics with Keynes during his time away from the USA. Curiosity, and the fact that life on the Continent was much cheaper than in England, compelled him to experience what lay over the Channel. Sidney travelled at the end of 1936 over large parts of a Europe nervous from the German remilitarisation of the Rhineland and the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. In Germany he tried to find ways of avoiding the mandatory “Heil Hitler” salute and wrote back to the USA with sympathy for the ordinary Germans bombarded by Nazi propaganda. He left the Continent with a thorough economic and political analysis of the situation that made it clear to him that a war was probably inevitable. On a lighter note he also came back to England with a small beard that he half-heartedly tried to claim suited him, but that he had already shaved off by the time he reached London. Sidney’s astute understanding of the European situation was something that would prove useful for the US Office of Strategic Services, the wartime predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency, when he returned to the USA after his time at King’s. During the Second World War, Sidney served as the Director of Research on the Economic Basis of the Military Capability of the European Enemy Countries. He also had time to study at Harvard for a PhD, which he was awarded in 1945. When the war ended, Sidney continued his work for the government by consulting with the Department of State and the Economic Cooperation Administration about the probable cost of the Marshall Plan initiated in 1947. After his service for the US government, he continued working in the Internal Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, between 1949 and 1952. From international economic and political questions he then moved to the relatively new television medium and became an economic adviser for the Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
From 1956 Sidney taught at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT), both in the Sloan School of Management and the Economics Department. He became a Professor and kept his teaching position at MIT until retirement. He continued to advise on issues relating to television, and prepared a study in 1966 which helped the passing of the Public Broadcasting Act of the following year.This was a bill that would eventually lead to the establishment of a Public Broadcasting Service in 1969, an institution which still produces non-profit public broadcasts in the USA. Sidney’s intellectual curiosity was not stifled by retirement. Even at a welladvanced age, he continued to find new interests to occupy him, such as starting to learn ancient Greek a few years before he died. He was an exuberant man with a good sense of humour who was loved by his immediate and extended family. His life after returning to the USA was spent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Martha’sVineyard and Boston, where he died. He was predeceased by Edna Simon, his wife of 49 years, but is survived by his three children, Tatiana, Daniel and Miriam, as well as by his companion Jane Haskell. Sidney leaves a substantial list of publications as well as the memory of a boisterous “Hooww do you doo!” LEONWILLIAMSON AMPS (1910) was born on 4 July 1892 and educated at Marlborough before coming up to King’s to read Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences. He served in the GreatWar as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers and then worked in the Ministry of Munitions. He was wounded and mentioned in despatches. From 1919 to 1922 Leon was a garrison engineer for Military Works Services in India, and in 1923 he became an executive engineer for the British Legation in Kabul. In 1923 he also married Mary Law. Leon was made an OBE in 1928. Unfortunately the College has no further record of his life except that he died at the age of 97 in November 1989. KENNETH JOHN APPELBOOM (1944) was born on 18 May 1926 and educated at Hurstpierpoint. He was a member of the Royal Air Force and came to King’s to follow an RAF short course. Ken was a pilot, flying Spitfires, 77 OBITUARIES
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From 1956 Sidney taught at the Massachusetts Institute <strong>of</strong>Technology (MIT),<br />
both in the Sloan School <strong>of</strong> Management and the Economics Department. He<br />
became a Pr<strong>of</strong>essor and kept his teaching position at MIT until retirement. He<br />
continued to advise on issues relating to television, and prepared a study in<br />
1966 which helped the passing <strong>of</strong> the Public Broadcasting Act <strong>of</strong> the<br />
following year.This was a bill that would eventually lead to the establishment<br />
<strong>of</strong> a Public Broadcasting Service in 1969, an institution which still produces<br />
non-pr<strong>of</strong>it public broadcasts in the USA.<br />
Sidney’s intellectual curiosity was not stifled by retirement. Even at a welladvanced<br />
age, he continued to find new interests to occupy him, such as<br />
starting to learn ancient Greek a few years before he died. He was an<br />
exuberant man with a good sense <strong>of</strong> humour who was loved by his<br />
immediate and extended family. His life after returning to the USA was spent<br />
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Martha’sVineyard and Boston, where he died. He<br />
was predeceased by Edna Simon, his wife <strong>of</strong> 49 years, but is survived by his<br />
three children, Tatiana, Daniel and Miriam, as well as by his companion Jane<br />
Haskell. Sidney leaves a substantial list <strong>of</strong> publications as well as the memory<br />
<strong>of</strong> a boisterous “Hooww do you doo!”<br />
LEONWILLIAMSON AMPS (1910) was born on 4 July 1892 and educated at<br />
Marlborough before coming up to King’s to read Mathematics and Mechanical<br />
Sciences. He served in the GreatWar as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers and<br />
then worked in the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Munitions. He was wounded and mentioned in<br />
despatches. From 1919 to 1922 Leon was a garrison engineer for Military<br />
Works Services in India, and in 1923 he became an executive engineer for the<br />
British Legation in Kabul. In 1923 he also married Mary Law. Leon was made<br />
an OBE in 1928. Unfortunately the <strong>College</strong> has no further record <strong>of</strong> his life<br />
except that he died at the age <strong>of</strong> 97 in November 1989.<br />
KENNETH JOHN APPELBOOM (1944) was born on 18 May 1926 and<br />
educated at Hurstpierpoint. He was a member <strong>of</strong> the Royal Air Force and came<br />
to King’s to follow an RAF short course. Ken was a pilot, flying Spitfires,<br />
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