The Queen's College Record 2023

If we had visitors Ken would proudly bring them to view College, and especially the
library which he absolutely loved. He would recite the whole history of Queen’s to
all, perfectly.
Obituaries
Ken became a College benefactor some years back and has left a significant sum
in trust for Queen’s.
After College he became a journalist in London for the magazine Business. He prospered
well, going on to various other publications including The Times. He specialised in
management and commercial subjects. Ken also became a well-regarded critic of
the short film.
He met his life partner in 1966, and together, later on in 1973, they formed the
boutique business, Oxford Public Relations. Ken was not just a wit, he was a brilliant
wordsmith. Ken spent the rest of his professional life with the PR consultancy doing
very good work for the likes of Rolls Royce and GE to name but two clients.
Ken retired from business life in 2006, spending as much time as possible at his
favourite home on Miami Beach, until 2017 when ill health forced him back to the
UK permanently.
After a number of years of determined fight, Ken sadly succumbed to multiple
myeloma in January this year. He passed away in University College Hospital in
London on the 20 January 2023.
Clive Jones (Wadham)
STEVEN SINGLETON
Steven (“Steve”) Singleton (Theology, 1983) died on 11
October 2022 from pancreatic cancer, having just turned
60. His journey from grammar school in Lytham St Anne’s
in Lancashire to his death in Shanghai was complex.
I met Steve in October 1983, when he was a relatively
mature undergraduate, about to turn 21. He was
unmissable; unusual for his sociability, confidence and for his decision to read
Theology. At this stage he was the embodiment of muscular Christianity, a devout
Methodist and a notable new student.
His path through College to marriage and a graduate place at CIBC in the City was
conventional. But conventional corporate life was not for him.
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