The Record 2009 - Keble College - University of Oxford

The College at Large
Channel Islands Specialist Society and contributed to several
volumes on Guernsey stamps. He played the violin at both
schools and was an Honorary Member of the Guernsey Choral
and Orchestral Society. George was also at one time Chairman
of the Channel Islands MENSA, a small boat sailing enthusiast
and keen on lapidary.
Michael Sidney Jeremy
Dallas (TT 1945)
Richard Flowers Dell
(1948)
Malcolm Neill Doig (1952)
died in October 2008 aged 82. Educated at Tonbridge he
came up to Keble as an Army Cadet to read Chemistry and
was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals (1947). He
served in India where he contracted polio and was left with a
limp for the rest of his life. He returned to Keble to complete his
degree (1952) and was Chairman of the University Philatelic
Society. He joined Unilever in Port Sunlight as a Research
Chemist and made his mark by developing a margarine flavour
that was adopted by Van den Berghs. He married Audrey who
was working in the adjacent laboratory. In the 1950’s analytical
techniques for characterising oils and fats were extremely
limited. Mike discovered that oils and fat compounds could be
separated into distinct groups by the newly developed gas liquid
chromatography on thin layers of silica impregnated with silver
nitrate. Over the years this approach has been widely developed
in various forms. The Oils and Fats Group moved to Frythe at
Welwyn (1963–4) and then in just over ten years to Colworth,
Mike retiring in 1987. He had a wide variety of interests
including music and computing. He was an accomplished water
colours artist and was a member of the Bedford Art Society
being at one time its Vice-Chairman and for many years its
Secretary. He died after a long battle with prostate cancer. He
leaves a wife Audrey, their children Helen, Gillian and Richard
and grandchildren.
died on 26 October 2008 aged 82. He was educated at Felsted
and after war service he married Muriel Upton (1948). He came
up to Keble to read History and was Editor of the Clock Tower.
At Liverpool University he took the Diploma in Archives (1952)
and was appointed Archivist with Berkshire County Council
(1953–4). He moved to Leeds City Library (1954–9) and then
became County Archivist for East Sussex County Council.
He edited the Records of the Rye Corporation (1962), Winchelsea
Corporation Records (1963) and the Glynde Place Archives (1964).
He was appointed Principal Archivist of Strathclyde Regional
Archives (1982) and was City Archivist in Glasgow. He retired
to Liverpool.
died on 19 March 2009 aged 75. He was educated at
Hornchurch County High School and came up to Keble as a
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