Obituaries
active member of the Peak District expedition panel for the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme, and was Chairman for several years in the 1980s.. He served as a magistrate between 1973 and 1990. His main passion was always rugby though. He became a referee for Yorkshire RFC from 1963 onwards, served on the Twickenham referees A-panel in the late 1970s, was elected a Vice President of Rotherham RFC in the 1980s, and was elected an Honorary Life Vice President of Rotherham Titans RUFC for services to the club, specifically and to rugby and refereeing generally. He is survived by his second wife, Audrey, three children, two step-children and 8 grandchildren. Malcom’s son, Simon, contributed this obituary. Anthony Sampson was born in Sittingbourne, Kent, where his father was a civil servant working for the Inland Revenue. Subsequently, the family moved to Beckenham but Anthony came to Dulwich from Worthing High School for Boys and was in Marlowe. After leaving Dulwich, he wanted to become a dentist and started at Birmingham Medical School for one year before transferring to King’s College Hospital Dental School in London in 1941. He had suffered frequently from asthma as a boy but during the Second World War, in addition to his dental studies, he was an air raid warden, a fire watcher and a member of the Home Guard, and then also joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). He qualified as a dental surgeon in 1945 as the war ended. In 1946, he started four years of extended service in the Royal Navy, becoming a Surgeon Lieutenant Commander. He left the Navy in 1951 and joined a dental partnership in Epsom, Surrey, and built a successful practice over the next 35 years. Tony (also often known as ‘Bones’ because he was so slim throughout his life) was a popular dentist because of his inherently pleasant nature and his gentle touch, which gave his patients confidence. Over time, he retained a large number of patients who had moved away to other parts of the country but travelled back to Epsom to see the dentist they trusted. He was the on-call emergency dentist for Epsom Hospital and developed an interest in periodontology, the study and treatment of gum disease. He returned to King’s College Hospital for one day a week to run a periodontology clinic, teaching students from the dental school at the same time. He retired from all dental work in 1986. In 1946, the same year as he had joined the Royal Navy, he also married his first love, Beryl Price, a staff nurse he had met at King’s College Hospital. After leaving the Navy, he and Beryl moved to Cheam and then to Kingswood in Surrey with their three children Anthony Jago Sampson (1937-40) 23.11.1922 – 01.10.2013
by his wife, Heather, and their two sons Iwan and Sion, who are both OAs. Gareth was a kind and generous friend, who never had a bad word to say about anybody and he will be sadly missed by all those who knew him. Dr Tony Shortland (former Assistant Master and subject colleague) contributed significantly to this obituary. Dr William John Malcolm Salter (1947-55) 26.06.1937 – 17.10.2013 Malcolm Salter came to Dulwich from Dalmain Road
Primary School, Forest Hill, with a free place as part of the Gilkes Experiment, following many changes of primary school during the war years. He was in Raleigh, captained the College u14 swimming team and was in the 2nd VIII shooting team.
After leaving Dulwich, he went to the University of London (Battersea College of Technology, which later became the University of Surrey and moved to Guildford), where he graduated with a BSc (Special Honours) in 1958, a DCT in 1959 and an MSc in 1960. While at Battersea, he captained the rugby team and was secretary of swimming, receiving full colours in both sports. He also held two student union executive posts and was elected an honorary life member of the student union in 1960, for outstanding services rendered. He joined the United Steel Companies Ltd (later nationalised as BSC) at Swinden Laboratories, Rotherham, in 1960, holding various research posts. During this time he gained an external PhD from the University of London and was awarded the Sidney Gilchrist Thomas Silver Medal and Prize by the Iron and Steel Institute. In 1969, Dr Salter became the Metallurgical Laboratories Manager of the Stocksbridge and Tinsley Park Works Group. He published A Manual of Quantitative Microanalysis in 1970, as well as contributing chapters to two other technical publications and in excess of 25 scientific articles. In 1973 he was elected a fellow of both the Institute of Physics (F Inst P) and the Institute of Materials (F Inst M). In 1977 he joined the Iron and Steel Industry Training Board as a Senior Training Advisor, and in 1982 he set up his own quality, technical and training consultancy which he ran until he retired in 2007. During this period he also worked as Commercial and Quality Systems Manager for the MRI at Sheffield Hallam University and as Consultant Quality Systems Manager for British Glass. In the 1960s and early seventies, he was very active with the Liberal Party in South Yorkshire, becoming Chairman of both the Rotherham and the South Yorkshire Liberal Groups. In the 1970s and 1980s he was a rock climbing and outdoor pursuits voluntary instructor for the Scouts and at the Whitehall Outdoor Pursuits Centre. He spent 20 years as an
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