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

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OBITUARIES
Meteors, Hunters and finishing on Canberras where he was the Commanding
Officer of 16 Squadron. He retired as a Wing Commander and became the
Bursar at a girls’ boarding school.
Ken was a keen golfer and served as a governor at a local school, but he was
first and foremost a family man. He and his wife Ann, whom he married in
1955, had five children. In later years Ken suffered several strokes, but
always remained cheerful and is remembered for his smile and kindness. He
died on 11 February 2006 after suffering another stroke, and is survived by
Ann, his children and seven grandchildren.
DEREK RAYMOND AUGOOD (1951) was born in London in March 1928.
He attended Trinity County Grammar School and King’s College, London,
where he studied Chemistry for both a BSc and a PhD. Derek came to King’s
as a Shell Student to do research in Chemical Engineering. He played football
for the College and was a member of the Cambridge University Air Squadron
and the Mountaineering Club.
From Cambridge Derek went to the Atomic Energy Research Establishment
at Harwell to undertake further research, and in 1955 he married his wife,
Joan. In 1956 he was awarded the Moulton Medal by the Institute of
Chemical Engineers, and at this time started working as a chemical engineer
for EI Dupont. In 1963 he joined Kaiser Aluminum where he stayed until
1989, eventually becoming Program Manager. From 1990 Derek worked as
the Director of Certification for Scientific Certification Systems, undertaking
technical and environmental evaluations of processes. He published
numerous papers in chemical and chemical-engineering journals. Derek
died on 29 May 1999.
DONNA LOUISE AVEDISIAN (1974) died of ovarian cancer on 19 August
2004. Born on 15 February 1951, Donna was the first female Rhode
Islander to be accepted as an undergraduate by Yale. She came to King’s as
an Honorary Senior Scholar and read English, achieving a First. After