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Obituaries 2025

We are sad to report the passing of LSE alumni and staff in 2025. 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. 

1959 and earlier

Roger F G Alford, BSc Economics 1952
David I Caddick,
BSc Government 1955, MSc Economics 1966
Professor David H Childs,
BSc Eonomics 1956, PhD 1962
Mabel L Geeson,
CSSA 1949
Margaret Harry,
 BSC Sociology 1959
Enid D Hepner, BSc Economics 1953
John Hipkin, BSc Economic History 1957, Obituary
Anthony R Jollye,
BSc 1957
Carol C F Lee, BSc Economics 1958
Ken Leedale, BSc Economics 1950
Margaret Makin, CSSA Social Policy and Admin 1956
Edith D Mansfield, BA 1947
Dorothy M Myers, BA Geography 1958
Sammy Wainwright CBE, BSc Economics 1952, MSc Economics 1954
Margaret Wastie, BSc Economics 1959
Tom White, CASS Social Policy and Admin 1958, Obituary

1960-1969

Anthony S D Cannon, BSc Accounting and Finance 1967
E Cleary,
MSc Economics 1965
Navin Chawla, DSA Social Policy and Admin 1968
Morris Cohen, 1967
Leonard T Doyal, MSc Philosophy 1968, Obituary
Dr Pascal G Dozie, BSc Economics 1966, Obituary
George G Dorin, MSc Accounting and Finance 1987, Obituary
David D Driscoll, PhD 1969
Professor Stanley Fischer, BSc Economics 1965, MSc Economics 1966, Obituary
Stephen A Grossman, LLM Law 1966
Honourable Dallas S Holmes, MSc Law 1964, Obituary
Dr Edward H Hunt, BSc Economic History 1964, PhD Economic History 1971, Obituary
Dr Trevor D Kennea, PhD Geography 1969
Leonard H Leigh, PhD Law 1966, Obituary
George Peter McNeal, BSc Sociology 1969, RFEE Social Policy and Admin 1969
Ruth E Moher, DSA Social Policy and Admin
Z David Patterson, CF 1962
Barr M Rosenberg, MSc Economics 1965, Obituary
Dr Constantine Simitis, RFEE Law 1963, Obituary
Martin R Stead, BSc International Relations 1966
Keith Young MBE, BSc Economicw 1968, Obituary
Dr John Whyman, BSc Economic History 1961, DPM Management 1962

1970-1979

Courtenay M Griffiths KC, LLB Law 1979, Obituary
Justice John J L Hunter,
MSc International Relations 1972, Obituary
Claire H Horsley, BSc Geography 1974, MSc Geography 1977
Nicholas T Michaelides,
BSc Statistics and Maths 1972
Alison Oldham,
MSc Philosophy 1970, Obituary
Sarmad J Osmany, LLM Law 1978
Richard E Vines, BSc Sociology 1977, Obituary

1980-1989

Terence J Beck, MSc Statistic and Maths 1984
Richard M Reingold, General Course 1986
Dr Martin Wright, PhD Sociology 1989

1990-1999

 

2000-2009

Roger Paice, MSc Economic History 2005
Mohammed Limuna, MSc Social Policy and Admin, 2007, Obituary

2010-2019

The Honorable Dr Edward O Boamah, MSc Health Policy 2018, Obituary 
Devika Patel, 
LLB Law 2013

2020-2029

 

Staff

Sir John Ashworth
Professor Lord Meghnad Desai, 
Obituary