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Gerard (Gerry) McCrum, 1927-2013

21 October 2013

We are sorry to announce the death last night (20 October 2013) of Emeritus Fellow Gerry McCrum, former Tutor in Engineering Science, who was elected in 1966. 

Update: Tony Wilson, the current Tutor in Engineering, wrote an obituary for Gerry which was printed in issue 94 of the Hertford College Magazine on pp 93-95 (which appear as pp. 95-97 in the pdf version).

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