Ronald Crum MacLeod

Former medical officer of health Devon (b 1912; q Glasgow 1937; DPH, DTM&H, MD, MFCM), d July 2002. After qualifying, he joined the army and spent most of the second world war in Persia, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the war he became medical officer for the East Africa Groundnut Scheme. He then lived briefly in Liverpool before joining the department of infectious diseases at the University of Glasgow. In 1955 he became medical officer of health for east Devon. He had a lifelong interest in history and in Scotland. He leaves a wife, Heather; two children; and five grandchildren.