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Obituaries
Laurence Shaw
(1966-1972) died 09/01/2014
aged 61. His wife Keren writes:
“After Merchant Taylors’, Laurence
attended St Bartholomew’s Medical
School graduating in 1978. He
specialised in Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, subspecialising in
Fertility. He trained with Robert
Winston prior to his appointment
as NHS Consultant in East Kent.
Leaving the NHS in 2006, he
developed his own private unit in
affiliation with The Bridge Centre to
allow him to escape the restrictions
imposed on fertility patients by the
limited funds of the NHS.
He developed a fascination with
anthropology and lectured and wrote
papers about the anthropology of the
menopause and the survival advantages
of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.
Laurence was a keen runner until
just before he died and at 40, ran the
Amsterdam Marathon in under 3 hours.
Good food, good wine and good company
were passions, as was Tottenham Hotspur
football team.
With his wife, Keren, also a doctor, and
children, Sebastian, Zoe and Tanya he
travelled widely, visiting much of Europe,
North America, Africa, and India.
Laurence was a hugely committed
doctor, often interviewed about current
fertility issues in the national press and
media. He was a wonderful teacher and
communicator, innovator and leader. He
was always kind and caring and had a
wonderful sense of humour.
Keren and Laurence attended two
Merchant Taylors’ reunions in recent
years. He always spoke fondly of his
schoolboy years and felt a great loyalty
and gratitude to his school.
Grateful patients and colleagues have
paid many wonderful tributes. We, his
family, feel so lucky to have had Laurence
in our lives. His was so cruelly cut short
and we all miss him desperately.”
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2014
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GeoffreyWood
(1970-1976) died 10/03/2014 aged
56. His sister Alison writes: “Geoff
died tragically in a motorbike accident
near his home in Lincolnshire.
After MTS, Geo« attended St. George’s
Hospital medical school, qualifying as a
doctor in between various eventful trips
to India, Afghanistan and Nepal. A short
posting to Swaziland was followed after
qualification by a few years at St Francis
Hospital in Zambia.
He returned to the UK in 1989,
moving to Lincolnshire as a GP where he
was soon renowned for his dedication,
compassion and psychedelic ties. Geo«
was very popular with his patients, but
retired recently after a lengthy struggle
with depression.
Geo« was much happier in retirement.
He continued to indulge his passions of
sailing, motorcycling, walking and music.
He raced boats in and around the Humber
and cruised in the Mediterranean. He rode
his Triumph motorbike on track circuits
and up and down the country. His life was
accompanied by an eclectic soundtrack
including always, of course, Jimi Hendrix.
He is survived by his wife Liz, children
Hannah, Patrick and Charles, and also by
his father, the former MTS school medical
ocer, Dr TimWood, his brother and
fellow OMT Julian, and sister Alison.”
John ‘Gerald’ Clark
(1947-1952) died 13/01/2014 in
Florida aged 80. Born in Beckenham,
Kent. Gerald served in the Korean
conflict as a Second Lieutenant in
the British Royal Fusiliers. He
attended Oxford University but went
on to work for Alcan Aluminum
(now a division of Rio Tinto) prior
to completing his degree. He spent
his whole career with Alcan, starting
in Banbury, Oxfordshire, moving
on to the head o´ce in Montreal,
with postings in Buenos Aires,
Geneva, and Rio de Janeiro during
his storied career. He received an
Executive Management MBA from
Harvard University in the mid-
1970s. Gerald was an avid golfer
and had the privilege to be the
President of the Sugar Mill Country
Club during the late 1990s. He is
survived by his wife of 59 years, four
sons and five great-grandchildren.
John Eastcott Hayzelden
1949-1956) died 26/04/2014 aged 77.
John was the son of A.F.G. Hayzelden
(OMT) and brother of A.E. Hayzelden
(OMT). After doing his military
service in the Royal Artillery, he
attended St. John’s College, Oxford
and was M.A. Barrister-at-Law
(Middle Temple). He worked at
Shell-Mex and BP Ltd before joining
the Home O´ce in 1966. He was
awarded the CBE for his work with
the Pensions O´ce. He married
Susan Clare Strang (the sister of an
OMT) in 1961 and lived in Tring since
1964. His wife Susan died in 2014.
He is survived by two daughters.
John Ingram
(1945-1950) died 22/01/2014
aged 82. John was a long-serving
House Master at Harrow School.
He had Rugby Fives Half Blue from
Cambridge and was a keen OMT
Society Fives player for many years.
