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Following from some time spent in Cambridge during the days of the Cambridge distributed system, Doug became associated with meetings in Cosener's which were the precursors of the MSN series. Doug's inimitable style, alluded to below in Ian Sommerville's message, led to a short slot being included in the MSN programmes of yesteryear entitled "Doug's talk": a consequence of his need to speak his mind but, of course, not being willing to be tied down to a specific topic by anything so pettifogging as producing a programme with nice tidy titles! Chris > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Professor Doug Shepherd > From: > Ian Sommerville <[log in to unmask]> > Date: > Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:21:08 +0100 > To: > [log in to unmask] > > To: > [log in to unmask] > > > It is with great regret that I have to report the death of Professor > Doug Shepherd, who died suddenly on 23 August 2006. Doug was Professor > of Computing at Lancaster University from 1984 until his retirement > through ill-health in 2002. > > Building on his own research interests in networking and distributed > systems, Doug led the resurgence of the Computing Department at > Lancaster from obscurity into its current position as one of the UK's > leading computer science departments. He also played a major role in > University policy making and served as Dean of the School of > Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences. > > Doug was a larger-than-life character who spoke his mind and had little > time for the petty bureaucracy that pervades universities nowadays. He > wasn't afraid to take risks and he had the integrity to accept > responsibility when things went wrong. He particularly liked working > with young people and a generation of his students have gone on to > senior positions in universities and in industry. > > I'm sure you'll join with me in offering condolences to his wife Eileen > and son Harry. > > Ian > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof. Ian Sommerville > +44-1334-463279 > > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ Prof Christopher (Chris) S Cooper Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University Consultant to UKERNA Tel: +44 (0)1854 613727 (answerphone) Email: [log in to unmask] / [log in to unmask] Mobile: +44 (0)7880 730677 http://cms.brookes.ac.uk/staff/ChrisCooper/ Personal email: [log in to unmask] Address for all correspondence: Rivendell Garve Road Ullapool Wester Ross IV26 2SX -- ------------------------------------------------------ Prof Christopher (Chris) S Cooper Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University Consultant to UKERNA Tel: +44 (0)1854 613727 (answerphone) Email: [log in to unmask] / [log in to unmask] Mobile: +44 (0)7880 730677 http://cms.brookes.ac.uk/staff/ChrisCooper/ Personal email: [log in to unmask] Address for all correspondence: Rivendell Garve Road Ullapool Wester Ross IV26 2SX