Concordia Magazine 2025

Robert Brockbank

(1965–1972)

Robert enjoyed his time at Merchant Taylors’. His life-long love of sailing and outward-bound adventures began with the MTS sailing team, Venture Scouts and the Silver & Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Robert was awarded an Exhibition to study Engineering Science at University College Oxford and achieved a double first. He then joined the Post Office Research Station (later BT). His work took him to the USA to oversee transatlantic cables, and to cable ships off the coast of Scotland to test for faults in the new fibre-optic cables with equipment that he had designed. His team received the Queen’s Award for his work on testing optical components. He also co-wrote many patents and journal articles on the introduction of ClickDial technology. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, daughters Ruth and Anna and grandchildren Iris and Henry. Jill Schofield

In Memoriam

Paul A. Bailey (1956–1959) Simon R. W. Bowyer (1978–1984) Robin J. Bradbury (1937–1943) Robert G. Brockbank (1965–1972) Christopher C. Brown (1953–1958)

Geoff Kneller (1946–1949) M. B. Logan (Bruce) (1960–1963) Charles R. Pascoe (1949–1954) John Hill Pascoe (1943–1949) Michael T. J. Peters (1955–1959) Anthony Charles Powers (1943–1949) Graham A. Prodger (1950–1954) Alan K. Rawson (1955–1961) Rupert Salmon (1949–1954) Philip Sankey (1952–1958) Graham Sudbury (1938–1944) Oswald Archibald Tackley (1937–1943) Tim J. Walsham (1960–1963) Harvey Bernard Zelin (1948–1953)

Hugh Butterworth (1954–1958) Jon G. Edis-Bates (1963–1968) Andrew Ellams, Former Head of Economics and Politics (SCR 2004–2012) Neal E. Ellis (1970–1975) Hamish Murray Andrew Elvidge (1966–1972) Graham John Field (1952–1959) Andrew Christopher Stephen Goodall (1974–1978) Barry R. Ingate (1955–1959)

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