Julia Buxton
25-11 2024 15:57
schreef:
The talented Professor Dave BT: world renowned scholar, outstanding pedagogue, meticulous, curious, incisive, entrepreneurial – so many attributes and skills to value, admire and to learn from.
He once asked me to help him with some teaching in Budapest. It put me on a new career and life path. In the years since, we laughed a lot, went to many places, and I took too few pictures. Every day was a school day with Dave, always a new challenge, opening, or opportunity to make this a better and more dignified world … people to connect to other people, things to do and write, places to be.
And amid all the busyness and no matter where we were working or meeting, he was always looking forward to getting home to Cath and the ‘kids’ – and his updates on the progress of Fynn and ‘Pops’ through GCSEs, sporting achievements, A levels, college and university choices, and most recently and with much pride, the Gower Peninsula Mighty Hike for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Dave was collaborative, collegial, and he cared. He combined compassion and decency with a sharp analytical mind and vast reserves of energy to advocate and educate for necessary change and justice. He moved seamlessly through the diverse constituencies and complexities of drug research and policy at home and overseas. Literally friends, students and colleagues on every continent.
Aside from Mahatma Gandhi, no individual will ever stride the world stage so confidently and authoritatively in open toe sandals as Dave. A mentor, an inspiration and a much valued and generous friend.
It was a privilege to know Cath's husband and Fynn and Poppy's dad.
Julia Buxton
25-11 2024 15:57
schreef:
The talented Professor Dave BT: world renowned scholar, outstanding pedagogue, meticulous, curious, incisive, entrepreneurial – so many attributes and skills to value, admire and to learn from.
He once asked me to help him with some teaching in Budapest. It put me on a new career and life path. In the years since, we laughed a lot, went to many places, and I took too few pictures. Every day was a school day with Dave, always a new challenge, opening, or opportunity to make this a better and more dignified world … people to connect to other people, things to do and write, places to be.
And amid all the busyness and no matter where we were working or meeting, he was always looking forward to getting home to Cath and the ‘kids’ – and his updates on the progress of Fynn and ‘Pops’ through GCSEs, sporting achievements, A levels, college and university choices, and most recently and with much pride, the Gower Peninsula Mighty Hike for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Dave was collaborative, collegial, and he cared. He combined compassion and decency with a sharp analytical mind and vast reserves of energy to advocate and educate for necessary change and justice. He moved seamlessly through the diverse constituencies and complexities of drug research and policy at home and overseas. Literally friends, students and colleagues on every continent.
Aside from Mahatma Gandhi, no individual will ever stride the world stage so confidently and authoritatively in open toe sandals as Dave. A mentor, an inspiration and a much valued and generous friend.
It was a privilege to know Cath's husband and Fynn and Poppy's dad.
