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Sandy Reid |
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Sandy was a lovely, kind, clever and funny human being - and a dear
friend.
Margaret Browning
I am very
sorry to hear about Sandy. I always thought of him as a gentle person who
walked a slightly different path. I hope
that he was happy during his time in the hills and passed "gently into the
night".
Tony Pollock
Sandy
was great fun, always cheerful, exceptionally clever but never a
show-off, unafraid of convention and happy to be his own man.
We
shall miss his good humour & generous spirit.
Rest
in Peace
Eric
Watts
Very
sad news. What a nice guy he was.
Margaret Mary Robertson
I am very saddened to learn of Sandy's unexpected death. He did always
seem so positive about life and the Munros. Sad too, he has not had any
period of retirement to enjoy.
Allan Gordon |
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This is the entry Sandy submitted for the 2011 reunion |
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Career
I
spent my working life in pathology as trainee/lecturer/senior lecturer/hon. Consultant
in various academic departments: 10 years in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 13 years
in Leeds and, since 1996, Edinburgh Royal
Infirmary. I took the MRCPath and developed a diagnostic speciality in skin
pathology, which I practiced for many years. Although I retained a forensic
bent, it never became a fulltime career. I undertook research in gastric
enzymes, which led to an MD. I always took a keen interest in undergraduate
medical education and ran numerous courses. I welcomed the computing revolution
and worked on various applications to medical education, including assessment
and computer-assisted learning (PathCAL). I still participate in this in Edinburgh, where I introduced
problem-based learning and run part of the degree programme. I currently intend
to develop the computing work, perhaps as a post-retirement alternative to
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After
graduating I expanded my mountaineering experience and did lots of hill-walking,
rock-climbing, snow and ice climbing and ski touring. Some of this has been
with other Zeta Club members. I continued an interest in languages, which blended
with travelling and working abroad, and kept up a childhood interest in
astronomy. After interspersing and sometimes even sharing these activities with
perhaps too many luckless women, I finally married Sally in 1999. Whether or
not this counts as growing up is debatable. We travelled, skied and hill-walked
widely and had a lot of fun together and she came to the Zeta Club 35 year
reunion to view the older generation. In 2008, however, she presented with
widely disseminated cancer and died within a month at the age of 39 years. I
have since been trying to get my life back on course, although its direction is
currently under review. |
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