Sorab Jamshed Lam (1950-52) 22.10.34-30.11.10
Rami Makhzoumi (1990-95) 31.10.77-23.04.11
Soli Lam came to Dulwich from the Cathedral High School, Bombay, and was in the 1st XI and the school squash team. He went on to Guy’s Hospital and qualified MBBS in 1957 and FRCS in 1961. He was later a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and after 1995 was an emeritus consultant doing medico legal work in Harley Street. In the 1950s he was an international squash player and won many competitions. In later years he did quite a lot of rifle shooting at Bisley which became his main hobby. Alastair Lapsley came to Dulwich from Bromley Road School, Beckenham, and on leaving school he studied at the Law Society’s School of Law taking his final degree in 1964. He spent most of his working life practising as a solicitor in Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. His passion in life was motorsport and he competed in rallies, hillclimbs and sprints throughout the 1970s and early 1980s before becoming a steward for the RAC. Later he was a steward of the FIA, the international governing body of motorsport, and was steward at several Grand Prix races and at the time of his death was the permanent FIA steward for the World GT Championship. He also chaired the judicial committee of the RAC Motorsports Association and was for some years a member of its governing council. Married and then divorced, he had a son and a daughter and his memorabilia included a lot of Dulwich related items. Alastair Gourlay Howard Lapsley (1951-58) 20.05.40-10.01.12 Bryan Lawrence came to Dulwich from Clare House School in Beckenham. A keen scout, he eventually became a King’s Scout. He did his national service with the RAMC before working for the Friends Provident company. His marriage to Susan in 1963 produced a son and a daughter but after it came to an end he cared for his father until his death. He then became managing director of his father’s firm, Bryant Gun Cases Ltd, making gun cases and cartridge bags for the sporting fraternity and in close collaboration with well-known gun makers Holland and Holland and James Purdy. In 1992 he married Annette and they lived at Shirley, Croydon, until his death. Unfortunately, the family business came to an end in 1993 when it went into liquidation. He had been a keen tennis player and a member of the Green Diamond Sailing Club. Latterly he helped with the local scout group and was also chairman of his residents’ association. Above all he was a devoted father and grandfather. Bryan Cedric Lawrence (1942-48) 31.08.30-05.02.12
Rami Makhzoumi was born in Riyadh where his Lebanese parents were working and he came to Dulwich from Hill House School in Knightsbridge. He will be remembered for his flamboyant clothes and even more startling hairstyles. From Dulwich he went to the University of Buckingham to read business studies and after graduation he moved to Dubai. There he joined the family business, Future Pipe Industries (FPI) where his father trained him before taking over the leadership of a rapidly growing multinational company at the age of 26. Married to Mirna they had three daughters and he quickly became a highly respected member of the UAE business community and was much involved in the Young Arab Leaders (YAL) organisation. In 2010 they were divorced and he decided to move with his children to Lebanon, while a whirlwind romance resulted in his second marriage to Chiara just six months after the divorce. Around this time he decided to take a less active role in the day-to- day running of FPI. Instead he focused his time and energy in building a new life in Beirut with his wife and children and taking a number of short breaks and holidays with his family. But just as he was due to go on an Easter holiday to Mauritius he was diagnosed with a ruptured brain aneurysm and did not survive emergency surgery. Saif Alwar, who was a close friend since they were together at Hill House and has worked at FPI for ten years, has contributed significantly to this obituary. Keith Edward Mason (1984-89) 05.10.71-10.10.10 Keith was the youngest of three brothers, two of whom came to Dulwich. He was a gifted sportsman and won the Victor Ludorum twice at his prep school. At Dulwich, he made friends easily and was captain of the swimming team and also life-saving. He went on to Heriot-Watt University, playing in the 1st Rugby XV and he was Treasurer of the University Rugby Club. He also organised rugby tours to Paris and Malaysia, the latter to compete in an international tournament. After graduating, he joined an accountancy firm in London and trained as an accountant, remaining with the firm after qualifying. Once his rugby playing days were over, he enjoyed helping to coach some of the junior players at the OAFC. After a short illness and a brave fight, Keith died of cancer. A large number of his Dulwich and university friends attended a Thanksgiving Service held at the College Chapel.
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