Mary Louise Grove-White (née Wilson)

Former director Central Microbiological Laboratories, Edinburgh (b 1923; q Edinburgh 1945; MD, FRCPEd, FRCPath), died from acute myeloid leukaemia on 8 July 2008. James Cameron Gould ("Cam" or "Camy") graduated BSc (Hons) in pure science in 1944, doing early work on producing penicillin. In 1946 he volunteered forthe Royal Army Medical Corps, eventually heading the pathology services forthe Military Hospital in Hong Kong. From 1961 until his retiral in 1988 he was director of the Central Microbiological Laboratories in Edinburgh, developing the new discipline of consulting clinical microbiology, particularly antibiotic policies. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, he was a founding member of the Royal College of Pathologists, and served on international commissions on food safety and irradiation. Predeceased by h is wife, Ma rga ret, h e leaves th ree children and nine grandchildren. Ian M Gould Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:al 124 before becoming a trainer in general practice until his retiral in 1993. He was secretary of the West Lothian, branch of the BMA and also a member of the Lothian and Borders GP subcommittee. He leaves a wife, Judith, and a son. Greig Carlaw Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a 1I22 1980. He helped to establish urology in the Oxford region, pioneering the use of rod lens instruments and fibreoptic systems in endoscopy. A close friend of Denis Burkitt, with a common interest in dietary fibre, he lectured throughout the world, and campaigned fordietary bran in Reading hospitals. For seven years after retirement he took over his sister in law's general practice in Caversham, Reading. He leaves a wife, Anne; two daughters; and five grandchildren. Marshall Barr Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:al 216 Survey (now the British Antarctic Survey). He received the Polar medal and wrote about his work in the BMJ in October 1949. At first house officer and later surgical registrarto Sir Harold Gillies at Barts, Michael was also reader in anatomy at Charing Cross Hospital. In 1956 he left his surgical careerto join his father as the fourth generation of Roberts to work in the Twyford practice, retiring in 1983. He leaves a wife, Angela, and three children. Bruce Lees Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:al 199 Mary Louise Grove-White (nee Wilson) Former general practitioner Cirencester (b 1917; q Trinity College, Dublin, 1945), d 27 June 2008. Mary Louise Grove-White (n6e Wilson) left medical school to join her husband, John, in the Malayan Medical Service in 1939. Evacuated from Singapore in 1942 with her two children, she found out that John had survived and been interned onlytwo years later, bywhich time she had returned to medical school, qualifying just before his release. She returned to Malaya and, after a third child, worked in the Singapore public health service, with a special irterest in family planning until independence in 1958. She and John then set up in general practice in Gloucestershire, retiring in 1983. Predeceased by John in 2001, she leaves three children and 11 grandchildren. Ion Grove-White Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:al 192 Shyamal Kumar Mukerjea