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Obituaries 2020

We are sad to report the passing of LSE alumni and staff in 2020. Alumni are listed in alphabetical order in the decade they received their first degree at LSE. Where available, we have included a link to online obituaries. 

1949 and earlier

Martin Bass​, BSc Economic History 1949
Sir Gordon Brunton, BSc Government 1949
Zena A Harman, BSc International Relations 1935
Joan Hasler, CMH 1945
Marion Hayes, DSA Social Pokicy & Admin 1945
Eric W Mark, BSc Economics 1949
Professor Harry Townsend, BSc Economics 1949
Professor William C Wilbur, General Course 1948
Shirley A Siegel, General Course Government 1938, Obituary
Professor Basil S Yamey, MPhil Economics, 1940

1950-1959

John D Buckland, LLB Law 1956
John Cleave, BSc(Econ) Geography 1952
Barbara Crispin, BSc Economic History 1957
Lila A Fenwick, General, 1957
Ashok Desai, BSc Economics 1956, Obituary
Maysel S Dontoh, LLB Law 1959
Professor Walter Goldstein, BSc Economics 1955
David J Goldstone, LLB Law 1952
Robert F Haselden, BSc Government 1955
Professor R Hood, BSc Economics 1857
Donald J Hughes, BSc Accounting & Finance
Joyce R Hughes, BSc Statistics & Maths
Rita Keyes, BA Sociology 1952
Sir Michael G Lickiss, BSc Economics 1955
Sir Robert Johnson, LLB Law 1954
Peter Mitchell, BSc International Relations 1956
Deborah Moller, BSc Geography 1955
Ray Newbigin, BSc Economics 1954
Ted Roffey, BSc 1954 Geography, MSCEC 1970 Geography

Antony D Sinden, BSc Economics 1951
Sir John Sparrow, BSc Accounting & Finance 1954, Obituary
Henrietta Stephen MBE, 1958
Dr Joan E Vincent, BSc 1958

1960-1969

Commander Peter B Beazley OBE, LLM Law 1969
David V Bird, BSc 1967, MSc Industrial Relations 1979
Barry T L Bliss, BSc Economics 1964
Sheila Bradley, DASS Social Policy & Admin 1962
Howard R Clarke, BSc Economics 1965, Obituary
Barry Druker, ​BSc Economics 1967
Panos C Ghalanos​, BSc Economics 1962
Gerald C Gray, DSA Social Policy & Admin 1969, Obituary
Richard Goeltz, General Course 1963, Obituary
Dr Anthony J Hayter, BA History 1960, PhD International History 1970
Pamela A Jack, MScEC Social Policy & Admin 1969
Dewitt John, RFEE Government 1966
Dr Roger Leigh, BSc Geography 1963, PhD Geography 1967
Dr Gilbert A Lewis​, Diploma Anthropology 1965, PhD Anthropology 1973
Paul G Margeot, BSc Accounting & Finance 1961
Edward N Mathews, BSc Sociology 1960
Honorable Justice Sylvanus A Nsofar, LLM Law 1965
Nanoo G Pamnani, BSc Economics 1967
Jeffrey S Missman​, General Course 1965
Robert Park, MSc Operational Research 1967
Joe F Pearson, MSc Social Psychology 1969, PhD Social Psychology 1972
Alexis V Pienaar, LLM Law 1964
David C Potter, PhD 1962
Hilmary Quarmby, DASS Social Policy & Admin 1967​
Lady Elizabeth Vallance​, MSc Government 1968
Peter J Watts, MSc Statistics & Mathematics 1971
Eleanor R Will, DSA Social Policy & Admin 1967
John G Williams, BSc Economics 1961

1970-1979

Andrew Marshall Carr, BSc Economics 1979, Obituary
Eve Clarke, Diploma Social Policy & Admin 1970
Professor Manfred Groser, MSc Industrial Relations 1970
Dr Richard J Holdsworth, MSCEC International Relations 1975, PhD International Relations 1985
Barbara A Kendall, MSc Regional Planning 1974
Mark Julian Lycett, BSc Government & History 1978, Obituary
Lewis M MacLeod, LLB Law 1978, Obituary
Andrew Miller, CTUS Industrial Relations 1977, Obituary
Asok K Mukhopadhyay, PhD Government 1972, Obituary
Hugh E Prince, DSS 1979
Fariborz Raisdana, MPhil Economics 1979
Neil Madge Turns, BSc Industrial Relations 1972
Reed Scowen, ​RFEE 1973
Thomas S Simpson OBE, MSc 1973
Professor Chris Skinner CBE, MSc Stats & Math 1976
Trudy Stone, DSS Social Policy & Admin 1976
Dr Dorothy M Tarry, BSc Government 1975​
Keith F Taylor, BSc Economics 1970
Dr Mary G Tiffen​, PhD Economic History 1971
Roseanne C Wildman, DPM 1972

1980-1989

Susan B Arkun, Social Psychology 1983
Ann I Ehrcke, LLM Law 1987
Reverend Robert E Hampson, BSc Government 1980
Cyril Kavanagh, MSc Social Policy & Admin 1983, RFEE Social Policy & Admin 1985
Alexandra D Korry, MSc International relations 1981, Obituary
Linda Lyons, BSc Economic History 1982
Dr Gerd Müeller-Brockhausen, ​MSc Economics 1981, Obituary​
Morven C Tough​, LLB Law 1980
Richard Yates, MSc Government 1986

1990-1999

Daniel M John, BST 1993
Won S Park,
Law 1992
Jason Varnish, BSc Economics 1994

2000-2009

George E Embiricos, Diploma Accounting & Finance 2000

2010-2019

Azra Kemal, LLB MALaw 2019, Obituary
Biskin Lee, Philosophy 2015 

Staff

Professor David R Graeber, Obituary
Nicos Kyriacou, Obituary
Professor Michael Redhead, Obituary
Jennifer A Pinney, Obituary
Shivinder Vaid, Obituary