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14 GAZETTE THE INDEPENDENT Saturday 14 July 1990 BUCKINGHAM PALACE 13 July: The Right Hon Lord Ross, as Lord High Commissioner to General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, was received by The Queen. The Queen left the Palace of Holyroodhouse this afternoon and subsequently visited Racal-MESL Limited at Newbridge and was received by Sir Ernest Harrison (Chairman and Chief Executive, tronics Plc) and Mr Malcolm McSwan (Managing Director, Racal-MESL Limited). Her Majesty afterwards drove to Racal Guardall (Scotland) Limited and, escorted by Mr W. Watson (Managing Director), toured the factory and commemorative plaque. The Secretary of State for Scot(the Right Hon Malcolm Rifkind MP), Mrs John Dugdale, the Right Hon Sir William Heseltine, Mr Robin Janvrin and Wing Forthcoming marriages Mr F.

H. Kirkpatrick and Miss M. J. Fitz William-Lay The engagement is announced between Francis, son of Mr and Mrs John Kirkpatrick, of Horn Park, Beaminster, Dorset, and Miranda, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs David Fitz William-Lay, of Bloxham, Savernake Forest, Wiltshire. Mr D.

A. Long and Ms V. S. E. Bone The engagement is announced between David, son of Mr and Mrs Peter Long, of Wivenhoe, Essex, and Vanessa, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Bone, of Lancaster.

Dr S. A. Tobin and Miss D. Saunders The engagement is announced between Stephen, elder son of Mr and Mrs Adrian Tobin, of Melbourne, Australia, and Deborah, daughter of Mr Mrs Don Saunders, of Chelmondiston, Suffolk. Birthdays TODAY: The Earl of Arran, 52; Miss Polly Bergen, actress, singer and cosmetics executive, 60; Mr Ingmar Bergman, film-maker, 72; Miss Vera Di Palma, accountant, 59; Air Chief Marshal Sir David Evans, military adviser to British Aerospace, 66; Sir Nigel Fisher, former MP, 77; Mr Gerald Ford, former US president, 77; Mr Leon Garfield, author, 69; Dr Frank Grimwood, psychotherapist, 86; Mr David Hardy, chairman, Globe Investment Trust, 60; Mr Illtyd Harrington, former leader of the GLC, 59; Air Chief Marshal Patrick Hine, Commander-in-Chief, RAF Strike Command and UK Air Forces, 58; Mr Robert Hughes MP, 39; Lord Hunter of Newington, former principal, Birmingham University, 75; The Earl of Iddesleigh, Director of Television South West, 58; Miss Sue Lawley, broadcaster, 44; MajGen Cosmo Nevill, 83; Mr Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer, 40; Mr James Otis Purdy, novelist, 67; Lord Rees-Mogg, chairman, Broadcasting Standards Council, 62; Mr Isaac Bashevis Singer, author, 86; Baroness Stedman, former SDP Chief Whip, House of Lords, 74; Mr Robert Stephens, actor, 59; Sir Richard Trehane, former chairman, Milk Marketing Board, 77; Professor Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, 69; Mr Kenneth Wilkinson, aviation consultant, 73.

TOMORROW: The Sultan of Brunei, 44; Professor Sir James Ball, economist, 57; Sir Jeffrey Benson, chairman, the 600 Group, 68; Sir Harrison Birtwistle, composer, 56; Mr Julian Bream, guitarist, 57; Mrs Jocelyn Burnell, astronomer, 47; Sir Douglas Busk, former diplomat, 84; Lord Buxton of Alsa, 72; Miss Carmen Callil, publisher, 52; Mr Robert Conquest, author, 73; Col John Corbett-Winder, former LordLieutenant of Powys, 79; Professor Sir David Cox, Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, 66; Sir Alexander Durie, vice president of the AA, 75; Lord former Lord of Appeal, 84; Air Marshal the Rev Sir Paterson Fraser, 83; Sir Simon Gourlay, president, National Farmers' Union, 56; Sir John Graham, former diplomat, 64; Mr Ralph Hammond Innes, novelist, 77; Miss Ann Jellicoe, playwright and theatre director, 63; Sir Larry Lamb, editor, 61; Mr Henry McCubbin, MEP, 48; Dame Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher, 71; Mrs Juliet Pannett, painter, 79; Mrs Marion Roe MP, 54; Miss Linda Ronstadt, singer, 44; Lord Shackleton, former explorer and government minister, 79; Mr Ron Smith, trade unionist, 75; Air Chief Marshal Sir Ruthven Wade, 70. Lectures National Gallery: Alisa Turner, "End Games (2): 12pm. British Museum: George Hart, "Ancient Egypt and the 1.15pm. Tate Gallery: Laurence Bradbury, "Duncan Grant and the Bloomsbury 1pm. National Portrait Gallery: John K.D.

Cooper, "The Genius of Paxton and 3pm. Dinners Sheffield University Lord Dainton, Chancellor of Sheffield University, was the host at a graduation dinner held yesterday evening in Firth Hall, Sheffield. Professor Geoffrey Sims, ViceChancellor, Donald Trelford, Editor of the Observer, Dr Julian Farrand, former Law Commissioner and now Ombudsman for the Insurance Industry, and Professor Norman Blake, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, were among the speakers. Institute of Legal Executives Following his election as President of the Institute of Legal Executives, Mr Malcolm J.R. Butler, a Fellow of the Institute, hosted a dinner held yesterday evening at The County Hotel, Canterbury, Kent.

Among those present were: Mr J. St A. Warde, High Sheriff of Kent, and Mr. Warde; Major Sir Marc and Lady Noble; His Honour J.G. Coombe and Mrs Coombe; His Honour Judge F.

Waley QC and Mrs Waley; Mr Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions and Chief Executive of the Crown Crabb, Prosecution President, Service, Kent and Mrs Gandy; Mr R.A. Crabb; Mr A. Girting, Member of Society, the and Council of Law Mrs the Law Society for Kent, and Mrs Girling. COURT CIRCULAR Commander David Walker RAF were in attendance. The Duke of Edinburgh, Honorary Fellow, this morning visited the Headquarters Incorporation of Architectsoval Scotland (RIAS) in Edinburgh and was received by the President (Mr John Spencely).

Major Sir Guy Acland Bt and Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm Sillars RN were in attendance. The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron and Trustee, attended a reception for young people who have reached the Gold Standard in The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. His Royal Highness later left the Palace of Holyroodhouse. The Princess Royal left the Palace of Holyroodhouse this morning. By command of The Queen, the Viscount Long, Lord in Waiting called upon the Governor-General of Belize this morning at the Grosvenor Hotel, Victoria, London SW1, and, on behalf of Her Majesty, welcomed Her Excellency on her arrival in this country.

13 July: The Princess Royal today visited Aberdeenshire and was received by Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant for Aberdeenshire (Captain Colin Farquharson). Her Royal Highness opened the Athletics Area and Sports Pitch at Ellon Sports Ground and afterwards visted Modley Field Housing Project. The Princess Royal, President of the Riding for the Disabled Association, attended the Gordon District "Picnic Day" at Haddo House and thereafter visited Peterhead Prison as Patron of the Butler Trust. Her Royal Highness subsequently visited Hillylands Disabled Living Centre and was received by the Lord Provost of Aberdeen (Councillor Robert Robertson). The Hon Mrs Legge-Bourke was in attendance.

KENSINGTON PALACE 13 July: The Prince of Wales, President, Business in the Community, held a meeting to discuss progress of the Business in the Community Environmental Target Subsequently His Royal Highness received Mr lain Vallance and Mrs Suzanne Reeve. Afterwards The Prince of Wales received Mr Peter Henshall (retiring Managing Director of Business in the Cities). ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS Prince Edward, Chairman of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Special Projects Group, visits East Anglia. The Princess Royal visits Orkney; opens the RNLI new Station Base, Kirkwall Harbour; as President, British Knitting and Clothing Export Council, visits Scapa Knitwear (Orkney) Ltd, Kirkwall; as President, Save the Children Fund, meets members of the Fund at Grindelay House; as President, Riding for the Disabled Association, Stromness Sports Arena; visits Kirkwall Town Hall; and, as Chairman of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Special Projects Group, visits East Anglia. Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Corps of Transport, tomorrow attends a Service in the Church of St Michael and St George, Aldershot; and takes the Salute at the March Past at Buller Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire.

The Duchess of Kent, as Honorary Colonel of the Yorkshire Volunteers, tomorrow visits the 2nd Battalion in York. Changing of the Guard TODAY: Household Cavalry Mounted mounts The OBITUARIES Professor Richard Be Bernstein His first paper in the field, published with E. Rother in 1959, attracted world-wide attention and helped to establish the use of molecular beams for measuring the force fields between molecules. Richard Bernstein was born in New York in 1923, and was educated in the public schools of New Jersey and attended Columbia College, New York, receiving an AB with honours in Chemistry and Mathematics in 1943 and an MA in Chemistry in 1944. His research, career chemical in physics physical began chemis- in 1942 when he joined the Manhattan Project at Columbia University to work on the isotope separation project by John R.

Dunning. In 1944-46, he was assigned to the project as armember of the US Army Corps of Engineers. His duties included carrying out radiological measurements of fallout at the Bikini atom bomb tests. Bernstein's first scientific "publications" were classified Dudu Pukwana AMONG the dozens of personal and musical memories of Dudu Pukwana which I will always treasure is that of the day he did a gig for me as photographer's model, writes Val Wilmer to the obituaries by Steve Voce, 3 July, and Moji Mokone, 9 It was at a period when two of the worlds in which I moved were colliding: the jazz society of which I had long been a member, and the women's liberation movement which was increasingly becoming part of my life. Radical feminism was still a significant tendency within the movement, and among my friends were several separatists to whom men were anathema.

One of these was a graphic designer. She phoned me for help with a poster on which she was working: could I hire a saxophonist and take pictures of in action with a break dancer. When I asked Dudu, he willingly agreed, and we trundled our way across town to the Ritzy in Brixton where Ange had arranged us with the dancer. The George Buday RICHARD BERNSTEIN was a distinguished professor of physical chemistry at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and a pioneer of the use of molecular beam scattering to study interactions between molecules. 'He was an enthusiastic advocate of chemistry, an outstanding teacher and scholar who changed the way we think about chemical reactions, and an excellent colleague.

Bernstein also initiated, while chairman of its Office of Chemistry, the first study by the tional Academy of Sciences of the destructive effect of chlorofluorocarbons on the ozone layer. The famous Gutowsky Report was an important landmark in the field, confirming the predictions of earlier studies. While at the University of Michigan in 1955 Bernstein took the risk of initiating a new field of chemical research, molecular beam scattering, as a means of studying intermolecular reactions. I AM VERY sad to read of the recent death of George Buday, writes Tim Wilkinson to the obituaries by Simon Brett, 9 July, and Nicolas Barker, 12 think I only met him on three occasions. The first when he called to see me at the Folio Society to show me examples of his work, the second when he came to discuss the commission to illustrate Koestler's Darkness at Noon and last when I visited him at the hospital in Coulsdon to collect the blocks he had engraved for the book.

He was indeed a well-read person with an agreeable person- SHEILA HUTCHINS was the most succulent and taste-filled writer I have ever read. I remember to this day the pangs of hunger she engendered in me when I had to read the proofs of one of her cookery books. Her words made the gastric juices flow and it was only by frequently sipping water that I avoided putting on a stone in weight while checking her printing galleys. That was the secret of Sheila Hutchins's success as a cookery writer. Her robust enjoyment of food and her witty and accurate observation of people were both translated into liquid prose which streamed on to the page.

She was not a great fan of nouvelle cuisine believing it all too "nambypamby" and something of a cheat. Sheila Hutchins loved food, great dishes, with lashings of cream or butter or boozy gravy. She would have won no awards from the bran and muesli brigade but her hungry appreciation of Anniversaries TODAY Births: Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Giulio Mazarini), statesman, 1602; Jakob Stainer (Steiner), violinmaker, 1621; Johannes Peter physiologist, 1801; John Frederick Lewis, painter, 1805; Jervis McEntee, painter, 1828; James Abbott McNeill Whistler, painter and writer, 1834; Emmeline Pankhurst, social reformer and suffragist, 1858; Gustav Klimt, painter, 1862; Paul Walden, chemist, 1863; Gerald Finzi, composer, 1901; Woody Guthrie, folk singer, 1912. Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards, 11am; The 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards mounts The Queen's Guard, at Buckingham Palace, 11.30am, band provided by the Scots Guards. TOMORROW: The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment mounts The Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards, 10am; The 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards mounts The Queen's Guard, at Buckingham Palace, 11.30am, band provided by the Irish Guards.

Bands playing in the Royal Parks TODAY: St James's Park, Merton Concert Band, 12.30pm-2pm, Thames Wind Orchestra, 12. 12.30pm5.30pm-7pm; Regent's Park, 2pm, 5.30pm-7pm. TOMORROW: St James's Park, Merton Concert Band, ent Regent's Park, Thames Wind Orchestra, 6pm7.30pm; Hyde Park, The Tilbury Band, Greenwich Park, Swindon Pegasus Brass, include Chemical Dynamics via Molecular Beams and Laser Techniques, based on the Hinshelwood Lectures given during Trinity Term 1980 while he was a Visiting Professor at Oxford University, and Molecular Reaction Dynamics Chemical Reactivity (with R.D. Levine). Bernstein served for eight years as the US Editor of Chemical Physics Letters and for many years on the editorial boards of the Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics, Accounts of Chemical Research, the International Review of Physical Chemistry, Advances in Chemical Physics and several monograph series.

Malcolm Nicol Richard Bernstein, physical chemist, born New York City 31 October 1923, Visiting Professor Oxford University 1979-80, Professor of PhysiChemistry University of California Los Angeles 1983-90, died Helsinki 8 July 1990. Professor Percival Soper WHEN Percival Soper became head of the department of Electrical Engineering at the Northampton Polytechnic, in Clerkenwell, London, in 1952, he could not have been aware of the vast educational changes which were to come about before his retirement in 1972. Fortunately for the polytechnic, this outwardly quiet but thoughtful person had a wide experience which was to serve him well. He was educated at Margate College, Kent, and Brighton Grammar School and went on to study electrical engineering at the East London College (now Queen Mary and Westfield College), London University. He became the David Hughes Scholar of the Institute of Electrical Engineering and went on to become a college apprentice at the MetropolitanVickers company at Trafford Park, Manchester: the "finishing school" of many electrical engineers of that period.

Soper's first post was as a technical assistant at the Morgan Crucible Company at Battersea, where he began his lifelong study of the carbon contacts in electrical machinery. He wrote his higher degree thesis on "Carbon Brush Contact Phenomena in Electrical Machines" and was awarded the Llewelyn Atkinson Premium of the IEE for one of his many papers on the subject. In 1936 he turned to education as a lecturer at the County Technical College, Worksop, moving on to take charge of electrical engineering at Lincoln Technical College two years later. He was appointed head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Doncaster Technical College and in 1949 to the headship at the Nottingham and District Technical College. He followed Doctor, now documents, culminating in a critical review in a sified volume of the national Nuclear Energy Series (1946) dealing with the separating of isotopes.

This background led to his research studies at Columbia under Ivan Taylor for his Ph in 1948. His first academic posting was at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1948. Five years later he moved to Michigan and began his work on molecular beams. With H. Hostettler, he developed a beam velocity selector that made possible the first observations of diffraction between atoms.

In 1963, Bernstein moved his programme to the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where it flourished from 1963 to 1973. There he developed new techniques for the production of beams of molecules. In 1977, Bernstein returned to Columbia University, where he developed (with L. Zandee and D. Lichtin) a new beam detection technique, known as REMPI-MS.

The REMPI-MS technique is a Sheila Hutchins garlic and ripe green olive oil with a fruity flavour preferably from Tuscany go perfectly with red wine and chicken liver Peel the garlic, rub it on the bread, this in the olive oil, and savour it slowly. Some Italians eat this with their eyes shut, the better to ap- Edward Whymper made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, 1865; AIfred Nobel first demonstrated dynamite, 1867; first television play was transmitted, The Man With a Flower in His Mouth 1930. Today is Bastille Day in France and the Feast Day of St Camillus de Lellis, St Deusdedit of Canterbury, St Marcellinus or Marchelm, St Ulric of Zell. TOMORROW Births: Inigo Jones, architect, 1573; Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, painter, 1606; August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of the Moravian Church in the US, 1704; BIRTHS DOSSETOR: On 1 July, to David and Elizabeth a daughter, Philippa Jane. GATLIFF: On 8 July 1990, to Simon and Sarah Lindsay-Hogg) a son, George Auben, a brother for Rosie.

HONE: On 12 July, to Laura and Nat, a daughter, Meriel Evelyn. REISER: On 13 July, to David and Owen a daughter, Catherine, a sister for Joseph. WARDLE: On 4 July, to Caroline Thomas) and Douglas, a son, Richard John Brinley. WRIGHT: On 16 June, to Sharon and Mark, a son, Thomas William. Allen: On 10 July, to Jane and John, a son.

Bader: On 8 July, to Louise and Mark, a son. Banks: On 9 July, to Alison and Tony, a daughter. Bannatyne: On 7 July, to Sonia and Edward, a son. Barocelli: On 6 July, to Ornella and Angelo, a daughter. Berrett: On 5 July, to Janie and Michael, a son.

Berrington: On 26 June, to Janet and David, a daughter. Bradstreet: On 11 July, to Caron and Nicholas, a son. Brockbank: On 1 July, to Katrina and Michael, a daughter. Burgess: On 28 June, to Christina and Mark, a son. Burton: On 6 July, to Jane and George, a son.

Craddock: On 6 July, to Hazel and Nicholas, a daughter. Crowder: On 12 July, to Sarah and Robert, a son. da Costa: On 9 July, to Claire and Chris, a son. Davies: On 7 July, to Sonia and David, a daughter. Dorset-Purkis: On 2 July, to Veronica and Anthony, a daughter.

Edmond: On 10 July, to Amelia (Pelham and David, a daughter. Evers: On 10 July, to Sarah and Michael, a daughter. Garmeson: On 7 July, Kate and Ian, a daughter. Goodier: On 8 July, to Hope and James, a son. Hancock: On 8 July, to Frances and Anthony, a son.

Haworth: On 7 Juk, to Sharon and Robert, a son. Hetherington: On 8 July, to Tricia and Jim, a son. Hezlet: On 28 June, to Elizabeth and Richard, a son. Holsgrove: On 5 July, to Catherine and Stephen, a daughter. Hylton-Potts: On 9 July, to Suzanne and Rodney, a daughter.

Ing-Simmons: On 8 July, to Catherine and Christopher, a daughter. Jones: On 5 July, to Veronica and Michel, a son. Leburn: On 9 July, to Lalie la and Scott, a son. Lee: On 8 July, to Marsha and Alan, a daughter. Lloyd: On 8 July, to Penny and Alistair, a son.

Macdougall: On 11 July, to Bridget (Young) and Patrick, a daughter. McKalg: On 9 July, to Ann Louise and Matthew, a daughter. MacKinnon: On 3 July, to Petrina and William, a daughter. McNulty: On 5 July, to Antonella and James, a son. Martin: On 10 July, to Sand and Jamie, a daughter.

Matthews: On 10 July, to Mandy and David, a son. Meehan: On 9 July, to Susan and Andrew, a son. Mella: On 10 July, to Alison and Michael, a son. Murphy: On 28 June, to Margaret and Graham, a son. Naqi: On 8 July, to Zain and Gulseren, a son.

O'Donoghue: On 5 July, to Edaena and Martin, a son. Pay: On 4 July, to Sarah and Nicholas, a daughter. Phillips: On 8 July, to Candice and Andrew, a son. Piper: On 8 July, to Julie and Steve, a son. Ruddick: On 11 July, to Jane and John, a daughter.

Shallow: On 10 July, to Judith and Michael, a son. Waton: On 7 July, to Susan and Paul, a son. Woodward: On 7 July, to Amanda and Andrew, a daughter. Yuill: On 28 June, to Elisabeth and Brian, a son. DEATHS Allen: Gwendoline Edna, 10 July.

Anker: Major Henry (Bill), in Guildford, 10 July. Anthony: Marian Gwyneth, aged 75, 10 July. Baughan: Enid Mary, in Hassocks, aged 84, 10 July, Barlow: Christopher Mark, in Winchester, aged 82, 29 June. Barnes: Florence Lilian, aged 94, 6 July. Benson: On 10 July, Nicholas Robin, 10 July.

Berry: William Towns, in Cupar, 20 May. Bickmore: Dr Gilbert Hugh, in Lyndhurst, aged 92, 9 July. Biggs: Peggy Helena, 9 July. Bird: Beatrice Victoria, July. Blake: Lewis, in Kettering, aged 92, 11 July.

Body: Joan, 10 July. Boycott: Halina, of Egerton, aged 71, 10 July. Boyd: Agnes Dorothy, aged 93. 9 July, Brett: Winifred Alice, 8 July. Brough: Charlotte Gertrude (Bea), in London, aged 89, 11 July.

Cairns: Robert Monteath, 10 July. Carrington: Mabel (Sybil) in Poole, 6 July, Chambers: Walter Dennis (Jumbo), aged 84, 10 July. Christian: Eustace, of Mitchel Dever, aged 84, 11 July. Clark: George Hilary, of Chard, aged 75, 10 July, Clough: Edith Nina, in Ilkley, aged 81, I1 July, Coulson: David, in Knebworth, 7 Crips: Clare (Catliff), in Whitby, 10 July. Cullingford: Cecil, in Beccies, aged 85, 6 July.

Honorary degrees Heriot-Watt University The following Honorary Degrees were presented by Heriot-Watt University at ceremonies held on 10 and 11 July: DOCTOR OF ENGINEERING: Mr R.W Hobbs, Senior Partner, Ove Arup and Partners, 1961-89. DOCTOR OF LETTERS: Naomi Mitchison (author); Dr Patrick Nuttgens (writer and broadcaster). DOCTOR OF SCIENCE: Professor John M. Thomas (Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain and Director of the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory). University of Kent The following Honorary Degrees were presented by the University of Kent at ceremonies held on 12 and 13 July: DOCTOR OF LETTERS: Mrs Valerie Eliot (widow of T.S.

Eliot, scholar and a director of the publishing company, Faber Faber); Professor Alexander Shurbanov (Head of the English Department, University of Sofia, University appointments Glasgow CHAIR OF EUROPEAN LAW: Dr Noreen Burrows. Heriot-Watt CHAIRMAN OF THE COURT: Mr James Miller, Chairman and Managing Director, The Miller Group Ltd, in succession to Lord Ross (Lord Justice-Clerk and Senator of the College of Justice). PROMOTIONS TO READERSHIPS: J.D. Bradley (Languages); R.J.M. Craik (Building Engineering and Surveying): A.J.

Gammerman (Computer Science). Thumb" (Charles Sherwood Stratton), a 40-inch-tall dwarf in Barnum's circus, 1883; Anton Pavlovich Tchekhov, playwright and author, 1904; Walter Gay, artist, 1937; Sir Percy Scott Worthington, architect, 1939; Paul William Gallico, writer, 1976. On this day: the Crusaders captured Jerusalem, 1099; the Royal Society was granted a royal charter, 1662; the "Marseillaise" was officially adopted as the French National Anthem, 1795; Hippolyte patented margarine, 1869; insurance came into effect in Britain, 1912; Mrs Clara Adams of Births, Marriages Deaths form of mass spectrometry now widely exploited for the ultra-sensitive analysis of chemicals. In January 1982, Bernstein again left Columbia to be Senior VicePresident of the Occidental Research Corporation, where he learned something of the "real world" of business, including living with ambiguity and surviving under adversity. Since 1983 Bernstein had been a Professor of Physical Chemistry at UCLA, where his research was directed toward understanding molecular behaviour by using a laser photofragmention technique he developed in collaboration with his colleagues S.

Gandhi, T. Curtiss and Q. Xu. Bernstein also made many important contributions to the theory of molecular collisions and chemical dynamics and was the author or co-author of several important books on the fundamentals of molecular reaction dynamics which have shaped the development of the field. These Sir James Tait, as the head of Electrical Engineering at the Northampton Polytechnic.

Here, at one premier polytechnics in the UK, he was to find a multi-strand educational scene with Higher and National Certificate courses running side by side with the London University time and time degree course of "Northampton Engineering One of his tasks was to run down the National Certificate courses and implement the Hives Council Conditions for the new College of Advanced Technology status. Soper and his enthusiastic staff planned the industrially-based Diploma in Technology course in great detail. Their personal knowledge of industry and willingness to go out to meet industrial leaders resulted in "double banked" or sandwich courses duration in which the college group of students changed with the industry-based ones at six-month intervals. The financial and industrial support was excellent and standards were high; some of the students were selected with preciate an olive oil in good vintage in its full subtlety, And on Toasted Cheese: You lay your toast on a plate before the fire or in a warm oven. Pour a glass of red wine over it and let it soak the wine up in the warmth.

Then cut some cheese very thin lay it very thick over the bread put it back in the and very hot oven or under the grill and it will be toasted and browned almost at once. You should eat it as rapidly as possible. Or how about Sausages in White Wine: Prick lib coarse-cut country pork sausages, put them in a pan with loz butter to cook for about 10 minutes. Take them out, keep them hot. Stir a tablespoon of flour into the pan, let it brown lightly then gradually add half a pint of white wine, stirring until free of lumps.

Add a bunch of mixed herbs, plenty of pepper and put the sausages back in the sauce to simmer for another 5 min- Great Exhibition and Henry, Cole, promoter of the founder of the South Kensington Museum, 1808; Benno Adam, painter, 1812; Amaud-Michel d'Abbadie, explorer, 1815; Heinrich Esser, conductor composer, 1818; Vilfredo Pareto, economist and sociologist, 1848; Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, first Viscount Northcliffe, newspaper proprietor, 1865; Enrique Rodo, essayist, 1872; Noel Gay (Richard Moxon Armitage), composer, 1898; Dorothy Fields, lyricist, 1905. Deaths: Vladimir Prince of Kiev, 1015; Annibale Carracci, painter, Cumberlidge: Harry, 10 July. Davidson: Noel Evans, 11 July. Dewnay: Lt-Col Ronald, in Patrickswell, 10 July. de Jong: Florence, in London, aged 93, 11 July.

De Marney: Dennis, 6 July. Dennis: Ralph Wesley, 86, 9 July. Donaldson: Kenneth Cesil, 8 JUly. Dunbar: Mavis Vincent, of Hemel Hempstead, aged 76, 10 JUly. Durcan: James, in Portsmouth, Il July.

Eagle: Bertram George, 11 July. Elliott: Betty, of St Polzeath, aged 74, 12 July. Ely: Gerald, in Odstock, aged 73, 11 July, Flemington: Doreen Helen, 10 July. Folkard: Laurence Goring, of Shrewsbury, aged 81, 10 July. Foster: Alice Roberta (Bobbie), 12 July, Fowles: Barbara Lillian Margaret, in Leicester, IL July.

Francis: Josephine Mary (Hair), in St Ives, 5 July, Gavin-Brown: Pamela, 20 June. Gilbert: John 10 July. Goode: John Linscott, in Woking, aged 73, 27 June. Gregory: Sheelah Marie Beatrice, aged 89, 10 July. Grieve: George, 10 July.

Guyatt: Tom Henry, in London, aged 92, 12 July. Halliday: Mary Charlotte, aged 38, 8 July. Halstead: Robert Arthur, of Cheltenham, 10 July. Hardman: Dr Leonard Brook, in Filey, aged 83, 11 July. Hardy: Kathleen Eunice, LI July.

Hardy: Susan, in Exeter, aged 55, 7 July. Hayter: Roy William Russell, 4 July. Haziehurst: Raymond Ernest, of Chester, aged 65, 7 July. Helliwell: Clifton, of Mobberley, aged 82, I1 July. Hendin: Derrick, 10 July.

Hill: Alice Valerie, of Poulton, 30 June. HIll: Reginald, 5 July, Hills: Neville Morris, aged 83, 1 July. Hillier: Geoffrey, of Werrington, I1 July. Hodson: Eliza Jane, in Epping, aged 94, 10 July. Hoggarth: Frances Ellen, of Rawdon, aged 73, 9 July.

Hughes: William Reginald Noel, aged 76, 10 July, Hull: Evelyn Grace Ewell, 10 July, Hunter: Ian, aged 62, July. Hurley: Alfred Leonard, of Woodchurch, 9 July, Kellett: Dorothy, of Prestbury, aged 82, 11 July. Kimpton: Walter James, 10 July. King: Gordon, 10 July. Kitchener: Mark Winston, aged 31, 10 July.

Knott: Annie Marguerite (Daisy), 10 July. Lambourne: Peter Eric, of Gosmore, aged 60, 9 July. Lang: Joan, 7 July. Lassetter: Joan, in Ringwood, aged 87, 9 July, Leedham: Kathleen Elizabeth aged 92, 9 July, Lewis: Mary, aged 72, 12 July, McClure: Olaf Moray, in Montreal, aged 62, 10 July. McDowell: Blair, 11 July.

Marossy: Dr Stephen Peter, aged 3L, 10 July. Moreland: Doris, in Liverpool, 10 July. Mitchell: Charles, in Harrogate, 9 July. Murphy: George, of Harrow, 12 July. Murray: Alice Margaret, of Downton, aged 89, 9 July.

Musker: Leslie, in Anglesey, 12 July. Nichols: Ellen Hilary Anne, 10 Nutt: Laura May 11 July. Orr: Lawrence Percy Story, 11 July. Payne: Sybil Joyce, in Edinburgh, 10 July. Peel: Col Edward Emery (retd), 6 July.

Peel- Yates: Margaret Jane, in Haywards Heath, 9 July. Pennington: Samuel Frederick, aged 70, 12 July. Pierpont: Helen, aged 97, 10 July. Poe: Elise, of Birkenhead, 8 July, Pollock: Paula Marian, 9 July, Powell: Kenneth Ernest, aged 72, 10 July. Pratt: Harry, in Jersey, 85, 11 July, Preston: Philip Arthur, Il July.

Puttock: Phyllis, I1 July. Rayment: David Victor, in Bexhill, aged 77, 11 July. Raymond: Kathleen Edna in Swanage, 8 July. Roberts: Mervyn, 12 July. Roberts: Richard 9 July.

Schimmer: Robert (Bob), aged 90, 9 July. Senior: Yolande, II July. Silow: Ronald Alfred, of Cambridge, aged 82, 2 July. Simm: Jane Amanda 21 June. Smart: Beatrice Yvonne, 3 July.

Smith: Douglas, 12 July. Smith: Kathleen Ivy, aged 84, 5 July. Smith: Mary, 4 July. Stafford: Edris 5 July. Stapleton-Cotton: Christina Louise (previously 8 July.

Stevenson: James Matthew, aged 78, 11 July. Stewart: Margaret Ellen 10 July. Stewart: Winifred Mary (Win), aged 99, 5 July. Stewart-Liberty: Arthur Ivor, aged 74, 11 July. Strachan: Donald, of Petts Wood, aged 81, 3 July.

Suddens: Connie, 10 July, Terry: May Winifred, aged 91, 11 July. Theobald: Geoffrey Hinchcliff, of Bishops Hull, aged 78, 8 July. Thomas: Irene Louis (Rene), of Frinton, 10 July. Thompson: Georgina, 8 July. Thornton: Mary in Littleport, 10 July.

Trenchard: Rita, in Plymouth, 12 July. Tucker: Gladys, of Sheffield, aged 99, 4 July. Tweedle: Doris, 10 July. Vickers: Frank Richard, 9 July. Walker: Edmund, in Mundesley, aged 86, 6.

July. Walker: James Donald, aged 76, 6 July. Ward: Eugenie (Genc), 9 July. Webber: Frederick George, of Fifield, aged 84, 3 July. Wedderspoon: Robert Ferguson, aged 71, 7 July.

White: Phillipa, of Reading, aged 92, Il July. Whitely: Christine Irma, aged 67, 6 July. Whiteman: Arthur, of South Croydon, aged 73, 5 July. Wilde: Elsie Eleanor, of Newbury, aged 93, 10 July. Williams: Victor of Dudley, aged 85, 11 July, Wisdom: Vera, in Ramsgate, I1 July.

Wontner: Denise Judith, of Seaford, 8 July. Wood: Florence, of Worthing, 8 July. Wright: Eric, of Nutley, 6 July. session was fraught with problems, the fault of location and lighting, This rather than photographer, the in partici- particular, was seething over the inadequate arrangements (and probably her own lack of preparation), and it was left to Dudu to save the day. A man who never gave of less than his best, he played his heart out as if he were doing a concert, winning over the nonchalant dancer (and earning a future job in the process) while soothing the photographer's nerves and temporarily, at least, converting my "hardline" sister from her political position.

We repaired to the famed "Prince of Wales" for liquid refreshment and an unforgettable evening in which at various points half the male population of Brixton joined us at the table. I left them to it in the end, but the vision of Dudu, cap askew and laughing, bouncing witticism and philosophy off Ange and making yet another friend out of a potential enemy, remains with me yet as a lesson in love and humanity. most unexpectedly for a Hungarian, extremely reserved. In all my dealings with him he was prompt and businesslike and I thought his style of vigorous strength coupled with a simplicity, almost a exactly suited Koestler's book. Looking at the illustrations again after a lapse of 10 years it seems to me a successful production.

He was a stickler for quality: the reason he insisted I had the blocks was because he sadly felt unable to print them himself to the high standard he desired and I had to find a professional to print them for him. I am sorry that he seems to have found no real outlets for his unique talent. good food and drink did win her three medals in the Glenfiddich Awards, and she was twice voted Food Writer of the Year. After working at the News Chronicle and the Daily Herald, Sheila Hutchins became Cookery Editor of the Daily Express in 1966, when I was features editor of the paper, and we worked closely together for the following five years. She stayed at the Express until her death.

loved nothing more than to be sent off to the hills behind Alba in Northern Italy to go hunting truffles with the locals and their specially trained dogs and then sit with them all for a huge dinner in a restaurant and find another recipe for her readers. Here she is on the perfect things to take to a picnic: A long crisp loaf, some cloves of raw Deaths: Philip II Augustus, King of France, 1223; Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker), Baronne de writer, 1817; Edward Calvert, artist and woodengraver, 1883; Sir William Henry Perkin, chemist and inventor of aniline dyes, 1907; Jacinto Benavente Martinez, playwright and poet, 1954; Grock (Karl Adrien Wettach), clown, 1959; Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, writer and journalist, 1968. On this day: the Bastille in Paris was stormed, 1789; the Oxford Movement was launched after a sermon by John Keble, 1833; staff and threeday live-in selection boards based on War Office officer-selection experience. At its peak the course produced over 120 graduates each year. After the 1963 Report of the Committee on Higher Education, chaired by Lord Robbins, recommended that the Colleges of Advanced Technology become technological universities, Soper had further changes to implement, but it was not until 1966 that the Northampton Polytechnic became the City University.

The Diploma in Technology course and the London University degree course were merged to form the new university's degree course in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and he became its first professorial Head of Department. During all these changes, the need to upgrade or recruit high-calibre staff was paramount. In spite of the large staff workload of industrial visiting, he encouraged many of the younger staff to become involved in research projects and he himself used his industrial knowledge to secure many enthusiastic and able engineers for his departmentier his retirement he was able to enjoy his library and his wider interest in the local community near his home at Shirley Hall at Langton Green in Kent. Harry House Percival Frederick Soper, electrical engineer, born London 24 April 1907, Head Department of Electrical Engineering The Northampton Polytechnic London 1952-66, Professor of Electrical Engineering City University London 1966-72 (Emeritus 1972-90), married 1940 Mary Stanbrook (two sons, one daughter), died Tunbridge Wells 5 July 1990. utes.

Toast some pieces of crisp French bread, lay them in a hot dish with the sausages on top. Strain the sauce over the sausages, eat them at once. Sheila's work was also enlivened by her great sense of humour. On being given a bottle of burgundy said to have been bottled in the year of her birth, she described it as "big, tender, wellmatured, dark, full-bodied and very mellow. We probably have a great deal in common!" That would sit nicely as her epitaph.

Robin Esser Sheila Hutchins, journalist, born Richmond Surrey 1913, Cookery Editor Daily Express 1966-90, married 1951 Austin Frazer, died Sussex 2 July 1990. CORRECTION: Professor Jack Diamond 13 should have been described as the perfect not "manager" as printed. 1609; James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II, executed 1685; John Wilson, botanist, 1751; Charles Andrew Vanloo, painter, 1765; Jean-Antoine Houdon, sculptor, 1828; Winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician and poet, 1839; Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, playwright and poet, killed in a duel 1841; William Thomas Morton, dentist, introducer of ether as a general anaesthetic, 1868; Gustav Friedrich Waagen, art historian, 1868; William H. Bonney (alias Henry McCarty, or "Billy the outlaw, shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett 1881; "General Tom Bulgaria, President of the Bulgarian Society for British Studies, and translator of Chaucer and Milton); Kazuo Ishiguro (winner of the 1986 Whitbread Book of the Year Award and 1989 The Booker Prize for Fiction). DOCTOR OF SCIENCE: Professor John Albery (Master of University College, Oxford, and an External Examiner for the University's Chemistry-based degrees).

DOCTOR OF CIVIL LAW: General Sir Hugh Beach; Sir Roy Griffiths (President of Age Concern (England), Deputy Chairman of the Health Service Policy Board and Government Adviser on the Health Service). DOCTOR OF LAW: Judge Pierre Drai (France's highest -ranking judge). Leicester University The following Honorary Degrees were presented by Leicester University at a ceremony held on 13 July: DOCTOR OF LETTERS: Mrs Elaine Feinstein (author and translator); Mr William Weaver (translator and writer); Sir David Wilson (Director, British Museum). MASTER OF ARTS: Mr William "Dusty" Hare (rugby player). DOCTOR SCIENCE: Professor Federico Mayor (Dircctor-General, Unesco): Professor Ernest Ronald Oxburgh (earth scientist); Academician Roald Sagdeev (Scientific Adviser to President Gorbachev).

LECTURER: T. Chan (Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics); E.D. Hooftman (Landscape Architecture); B.P. Rynne (Mathematics). PROFESSORSHIP: A.J.

Sangster (Electrical and Electronic Enginecring); H.R. Waters (Actuarial Science). Lancaster CHAIRS: Dr R.M. Blinkhorn (Modern European History); Dr D.M. Craig (Creative Writing); Dr R.

Macdonald (Earth Science); Dr (English Literature). READERSHIP: Dr M.W. Kirby (Economic University of Wales PROFESSOR OF GERIATRIC MEDICINE: Dr K.W. Woodhouse, in succession to Professor John Pathy, who is to retire, New York was the first woman to complete a flight (in 19 hours, roundates, 1939; Alcoholics Anonymous founded in Britain, 1948; close-up pictures of Mars were transmitted by television from US Mariner IV satellite, 1965; Archbishop Makarios was deposed as president in a coup by Greek officers of the Cyprus National Guard, Cyprus 1974. Tomorrow is the Feast Day of St Athanasius of Naples, St Barhadbesaba, St Bonaventure, St David of Munktorp, St Donald, Edith Polesworth, Pompilio Pirrotti, St Swithin and St Vladimir of Kiev..