Old Eastbournian
Obituaries S ome obituaries are of OEs who died in earlier years, as we have only recently become aware of their deaths. We are always grateful for contributions, so please do contact us if you wish to add any information to the obituaries below, which will be considered for publication in our next edition. If you are aware of any OE or former member of staff who has died, please
Compiled by Paul Jordan and David Blake and with the help of families, friends, colleagues, the College archives, the internet and published sources.
let David Blake know so that we can update our records. Contact details are on page 128. We have included a table listing Old Eastbournians mentioned in this section in chronological order of their year of leaving the College. The obituaries section itself (which also includes obituaries for others who are not OEs) is in alphabetical order of surname.
1939 John Armitage (Pennell 1936–39) 1940 John Moxey (Blackwater 1939–40) 1941 Thomas Darracott (Gonville 1937–41) James Hamilton (Gonville 1936–41) Richard Marshall (Blackwater 1937–41) Norman Paine (Pennell 1936–41) Richard Shaw (Gonville 1939–41) 1942 Lionel Lawrence (Pennell 1939–42) Alan Mellows (Gonville 1937–42) Geoffrey Thomas (School 1938–42) John Woolf (School 1939–42) 1944 Ian McDougall (School 1940–44) Michael Pope (Gonville 1939–44) 1945 Alan Hall (School 1942–45) Noel Hill (Pennell 1940–45) 1946 John Horne (Gonville 1941–46) 1947 Kenneth Barton (School 1944–47) 1949 Kenneth Boulter (Wargrave 1947–49) Duncan Symington (Pennell 1945–49) 1950 John Bedford (Reeves 1947–50) Anthony Rutt (School 1949–50) 1951 Patrick Attenborough (Wargrave 1947–51) OEs listed by leaving year
Brian Collins (Wargrave 1946–51) John Peck (School 1946–51) Alan Roberts (Gonville 1946–51) Harold Snoad (Reeves1949–51)
1967 William Harper (Nugent & Wargrave 1962–67) 1968 Michael Gourlay (School 1963–68) Tom Navisthrira (Pennell 1965–68) 1969 John Huggett (Powell 1966–69) 1970 David Gould (Nugent & Blackwater 1966–70) Tony Horrox (Powell 1965–70) 1972 Rowan Planterose (Powell 1967–72) 1975 Thomas Breitzmann (Gonville 1973–75) 1982 Harry Symonds (Pennell 1980–82) 1987 Andrew Watts (Blackwater 1982–87) 1997 Jonathan Haig (School 1992–97) 2009 Christopher Wiggans (Craig 2006–09) 2023 Charlotte Walters (Watt 2021–23) Other obituaries Tony Champion (Ascham staff 1954–56) Merry Morris (wife of Culain Morris, College staff 1975–88) Forbes Wastie (College staff 1961–2005) Capt Tony Watson (College CCF 1952–92)
1952 Michael Wright-Anderson (Blackwater 1949–52) 1953 Neill Kinsey (School 1950–53) Brian Meaby (Powell 1949–53) Martin Walter (Pennell 1949–53) 1954 Adrian Smart (Gonville 1949–54) 1955 Alistair Cuthill (Powell 1952–55) Roy Galloway (Powell 1952–55) Tim Lord (Reeves 1952–55) Andrew Macintosh (Pennell 1950–55) 1957 David Anable (Wargrave 1953–57) Timothy Watson (Gonville 1953–57) 1958 Keith Dawson (Blackwater 1953–58) Frank Jackson (Nugent & Wargrave 1953–58) Ronald Naylor (Powell 1953–58) 1959 Anthony Harris (School 1955–59) 1962 Robert Gascoigne-Pees (Pennell 1958–62) 1964 Richard Burke (Powell 1959–64)
David John Henry Anable (Wargrave 1953–57) died on 13 August 2023, aged 84. Although nothing in his College valete sug- gested a future in journalism (he won his 2nd XV rugby colours in 1956 and his 1st hockey colours the following year), almost his entire career was dedicated to this profession. In 1960 David, Roger Catchpole (War- grave 1952–58) and Michael Crick (Wargrave 1952–57), among others, established a ‘holiday camp’ for European refugee children in Austria.
having a ‘wry sense of humour and an easy-going demeanour, unflinch - ing in his commitment to high-quality and ethical journalism… He loved to travel to see the impact of ICFJ’s programs on many conti- nents, and he equally loved to host visiting journalists in Washington from everywhere from Peru to Nigeria to Kyrgyzstan… he brought to ICFJ great journalism experience, a strong global perspective, a deep belief in the power of principled media to improve the lives of citizens, and outstanding people management skills. He was known at ICFJ’s headquarters near the White House for his morning rounds to catch up with staff members, his rigorously deployed red editing pen, and the miniature golf tournaments he led through the warren of offices at the end of the workday.’ ICFJ Board Chairman Michael Golden said: ‘David was a wonderful man who did so much for ICFJ as president and even after he retired… He was a brilliant and principled leader, and all of us are greatly sad- dened to learn of his death.’ After David left ICFJ, he took a fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. David is survived by his children, Alexandra, Tessa and Perryn, six grandchildren and sister, Wizz. His wife, Isobel, died in 2023.
See page 34 for more details. David initially worked for the Christian Science Monitor , starting in London and moving to Boston. He advanced from reporter to New York bureau chief to international news editor and finally managing editor. After leaving the Monitor , he became professor of journalism and chairman of the journalism school at Boston University. He later joined the International Centre For Journalists (ICFJ) in the USA, leading them as president, through a period of media transition from 1997 to 2004. His obituary, which appeared in the ICFJ journal, described David as
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