The Record 2009 - Keble College - University of Oxford

Keble College: The Record 2009
Roderick (Dick) Boraston
Prescott (1951)
Reginald (Roy) Mill
Prideaux (1934)
John Richards (1940)
died on 18 September 2008 aged 81. He was educated at the
New School, Darjeeling, India and then took an Economics
degree at Sheffield University. He came up to Keble for the
Diploma in Administrative Studies (1951–2). He worked for
local government for two years and then went into business
consultancy as a Marketing and Systems Analyst (1954–8). He
became a teacher at a technical college (1956–64) and gained
an MA in Economics from Sheffield University (1962). He
joined the Civil Service as a HM Inspector of Business and
Management Studies (1964–89). He was a Director of Bellevue
Ltd and a member of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce.
He also reviewed books on business, economics and computing
for HMSO and the Gower Press. He died at his home in
Edinburgh and leaves a wife Ursula and children Maria and
Mark.
died on 2 February 2008 aged 92. Educated at Plymouth
College he came up to Keble to read English but changed to
PPE. He was producer of the Keble play (1936) and founder
and President of the Next Five Year Group. He was Assistant
Secretary of the Oxfordshire Rural Community Council and
then served in the Royal Army Pay Corps (1940–2) being
invalided out in 1942. He attended Birmingham University
(1944–5) for the Diploma in Child Psychology and was
appointed a Tutor-Organizer for Further Education in
Hertfordshire (1945). He became Principal of the South
Hertfordshire College of Further Education, Barnet (1948–64).
At this time he was an active member of the Howard League for
Penal Reform. He spent a year as Principal designate and then
two years as Principal of the Malawi Polytechnic (a constituent
College of the University of Malawi) (1963–6). He returned
to the UK as a HM Inspector of Schools (1967–76) being
responsible for the Further Education Colleges and developing
Polytechnics in Wolverhampton. He was the active Secretary
of the Inspectorate’s 16–19 Committee (1970–2) helping to
formulate the basis for the better integrated academic and
vocational educational structure for that age group. He was
appointed an Additional Commissioner on the Commission
for Racial Equality (1984). He published a demographic study
Prideaux: A Westcountry Clan. He leaves a son Richard, his wife
Ursula having pre-deceased him (1997).
died on 24 May 2009 aged 88. He was educated at St David’s
College School, Lampeter and then took a degree at St David’s
College before coming up to Keble to read Theology. He went
to Wescott House, Cambridge (1942), was ordained Deacon
(1943) and Priest (1944). He was Curate of Chirk (1943–7)
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