A symposium was held in memory of Professor Jim Staunton on Friday 20 September 2024 here in the department. The symposium celebrated and commemorated the life and career of Jim Staunton, who died last summer at the age of 88. Jim was a leader in his chosen field of Biosynthesis and was also a motivating and inspiring supervisor who is remembered with fondness and respect by his group members.
Group members help Jim celebrate his 56th birthday. Back row (from left): Mark Loughran, Richard Lloyd, Sandeep Handa, Karen Holt, Jim, Adam Jacobs, Angela Bridges. Front row (from left): Alison Hill, Sandra Morris, Tony Hooper.
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Friday 20 September 2024
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry followed by dinner at St John's College, Cambridge.
We will be posting a story about the day soon.
A 1973 group photo of members of the Alan Battersby, Jim Staunton and Ted McDonald groups. Staunton group members include Robert Hill (fifth from left), David Griffin (second from right), Rachel Raynor (third from right) and a young Jim (fourth from right). Can you name any of the other faces? If so, please let us know! Many thanks to Peter Sheldrake (Battersby Group 1971-74) who wrote in after we posted this photo to identify the others in the group. The definitive line-up from left: Dennis Buckley, John Beck, Bruce Middleton (tie), Gordon Hodgson, Bobby Hill, Ray Jones (shielding eyes), Andrew Stachulski, Jim Staunton, Rachel Rayner, David Griffin, Rob Bryant. Petter confesses that he was helped by Elaine George, who was Prof Battersby's secretary at the tine. Thank you Peter, and thank you Elaine!
Jim with former group member Finian Leeper.