Geoscientist 20.02 March 2011
Newcastle University graduates and staff who were taught by, or worked with, Prof. Bill Dearman are being asked to contribute to a bursary fund in his memory - by the closing date of 30 April 2011. Bill Dearman (Newcastle 1956 – 86) took the UK’s first Chair in Engineering Geology in 1972, and died in January 2009. He inspired hundreds of students, including Bill Rankin, who initiated the appeal for the bursary fund.
The fund will support a postgraduate student in the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (disciplines Dearman combined in his own career) at Newcastle University. Anyone interested in contributing is asked to contact Anne Burton, Development Manager. T: +44 (0)191 222 8804 E:
[email protected].
David Manning