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John Mumford
4 maart 1953 - 29 december 2022
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2023-12-18 19:25:02 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Megan Quinlan
If you reach this page, I would like to thank everyone for sharing memories and condolences with me and our son. We miss John terribly. It has been a hard year and I am sorry I have not reached out to thank each of you. Please continue to share, if you are seeing this site for the first time. Each contribution has meant so much to us. Megan Mumford
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2023-03-05 18:38:59 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Mia Oenoto
John Mumford was and will always be the best supervisor, mentor, and kindest professor I ever had. He was my supervisor for CEP master degree class 21/22. Since Day 1 I knew John and experienced his lectures, there had been some signs that I’d end up choosing him to become my supervisor. He was one of conveners of ERM option that really gave it all for his students. His kindness, intelligence, wisdom and loving nature have become the greatest gift and privilege I will ever receive, especially for someone like me. I never imagined I would ever be so lucky to experience working with him. Additionally, by giving me a chance to work on Sargasso Sea along with all the good people involved, supporting my conference in Panama, have been a miraculous moment that I will cherish forever. I remembered the last day I emailed John was few days before Christmas 2022, he replied back to us , no matter what he would always give his attention to give us a glimpse of his compassion. I promised I will try my best to continue your legacy in Sargasso Sea project. My thesis shall be a living proof that John, as my supervisor, has shown endless opportunities for me and the future. I wish his family patience, peace and strength throughout this tough period. I want you to know that John literally saved my life by believing in me when no one did. He pulled me through my darkness times. I will continue to do the same to others in need.
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2023-03-03 12:33:55 Bekijk / Reageren (1)
ANA Larcher
John Mumford was my PhD supervisor, but it was also with him that I started working in agricultural development projects in various regions of the world. When I was doing my PhD with John and each time I met with him I was impressed by his ability to inspire me again and again. The mental image I always have of John was of someone who opened new doors in my brain and each one was a new adventure, where I set off to explore new ideas, new worlds. Coupled with this ability to inspire was the ability to guide, to give tools to navigate complexity, to help maintain focus and relevance. Also fascinating was his ability and interest in exploring other disciplines and crossing them, integrating the natural sciences with the social sciences and humanities, and encouraging us, as students, to also explore these paths. So he encouraged me to explore so many other disciplines, which really transformed my whole professional life. That is why it still happens frequently today that when I am researching on some topic, John's work always comes up, and it is always the most inspiring to point out new avenues of research and practice. The quality and diversity of John's work, as well as the relevance of his work to the improvement of agriculture are recognised worldwide and are one of the greatest legacies he leaves us. But it is also his human qualities and interest in the lives of others, particularly his students, that will remain forever with us. From several students with whom I shared stories, I know the support he gave to many, his kindness and generosity, as well as the pride he took in his student’s achievements. Indeed, John cared not only about the present work but about the future professional lives of his students, which he helped, in many cases, to drive forward. It was through John Mumford that the possibility opened up for me to work in various countries and regions of the world, namely the African continent, and in areas that I work to this day. We started by working together in the Algarve in Portugal, and several other projects followed in Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Seychelles and several other countries on the African continent, linked to improving the management of pests in agricultural crops as well as the management of human diseases transmitting insects, reducing the use of pesticides and their negative impact on health and the environment and valuing these costs, improving production and facilitating exports of African agricultural products to Europe, among others. It was through him that I understood the importance of our work namely for the small farmers and it was through him that I had the opportunity to work together with these farmers in various parts of the world, which was the greatest privilege of my life. On a more personal note, I would like to say that John was one of the important people in my life who told me how important and wonderful it was to have children. I wanted to share with him that, after many years of trying, I finally had my daughter Rosa. It was in my plans to call him to tell him the news: I didn't make it on time, but I feel he will be looking out for us. For everything he taught me and the doors he opened for me, for the inspiration he continues to be, I am eternally grateful.
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2023-03-02 22:23:20 Bekijk / Reageren (0)Ray Monnat
John and Megan at the center of Target Malaria, Windsor 2022.
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2023-03-02 22:25:48 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Ray Monnat
John and I first crossed paths over a decade ago, brought together by Target Malaria at a meeting held at Imperial in London. We crossed paths thereafter at almost every Project Team Meeting, and found time to speak at some point during each meeting about work and life. John's areas of expertise were not familiar to me, so I was on a pretty steep learning curve early to understand where he was coming from, and why his expertise was essential to Target Malaria's success. John was always patient in bringing slow learners like me up to speed. Ever the skilled teacher, John did this with his signature deep expertise, calm delivery and quick wit. We last had the opportunity to chat May in Windsor, where you'll see him smiling and embedded in the center of the TM scrum group photo. My heart goes out to Megan and William, both of whom I came to meet over the past decade, most notably on our 'Gator Cruse' at the New Orleans Team Meeting. It is a shock to hear of his death, and realize he's no longer with us. Peace.
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2023-02-24 04:36:08 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Geoff Norton
My first meeting with John was when he had just arrived at the Imperial College Field Station at Silwood Park, with a fellowship to study for a Ph D in the Entomology Department. In exploring various options, I was fortunate that he chose me as his supervisor. While John was a very competent entomologist, he was interested at that stage of his career in not just looking at the entomological problem but doing so in a much broader context that included decision makers, economics, perceptions and other facets of the problem, along with the biological aspects. Needless to say, John completed his Ph D in record time and then became a close colleague for the next 20 years or so, at which point I made the move to Australia. John was a great travelling companion; we were both involved in various workshops both in the UK and Europe as well as in Africa and Asia. Perhaps the trickiest time we had was when we were in Nanjing during the Tiananmen Square incident and had to extend our stay much longer than planned. Apart from our work connection, John became part of our family, and we became friends with his family in the US and subsequently in the UK. Our daughters enjoyed John's company, especially as he famously taught both of them how to throw a boomerang (perhaps a part of his early history in Australia?). We've kept in touch with John and Megan since then, and they have both visited Diane and me in Brisbane. John has been an important part of my life and will be sorely missed by me and the whole family.
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2023-02-22 17:47:11 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
delphine thizy
I met John in 2014 when I joined Target Malaria. I remember being amazed at the time with the depth of his experience with risks and his work with the Atomic Agency (a whole new world for me). Along the years John was always showed an impressive ability to look at an issue from all angles, with a long-term thinking hat always on. He approach discussions in a socratic way and really empowered you. He was also an incredible champion for stakeholder and community engagement. Probably because of his incredible teaching skills but also with an in-depth commitment to ensuring that communities affected by malaria would be part of the decision. Finally, I will remember forever the incredible support that John provided me personally when faced with some particularly difficult HR process at the college, where with his calm and attention to decisions being evidence-based, he brought reason back to the process. I think a lot about Megan and Will and all those who feel the gap left by his absence
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2023-02-15 14:14:59 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Detlef Bartsch
I met John first at a OECD sponsored conference in Berlin. The title "Decision Making and Science – the balancing of risk based decisions that influence sustainability of agricultural production" was best suited to his great experience. He contributed substantially to make the world better. It was an honor for me learning of his ideas how science must come into practice.
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2023-02-02 09:45:18 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Jon Knight
I first met John when I was being interviewed for a post-doc position at Imperial in 1988 and, as they say, the rest is history. Since John and I had very similar research interests he and I shared many experiences from the more normal undergraduate and postgraduate teaching on a variety of courses at Imperial but also in China, Spain and elsewhere where things were a little more challenging. He was always a model of composure and taught with great knowledge, enthusiasm and good humour, whilst being very aware of the needs of the students, wherever they happened to have come from. Inspirational for them and me too. We also undertook a number of research and consultancy trips to a variety of interesting places, usually related to pest management, but on occasion straying into new areas such as assessing potential environmental liabilities of Sellafield and also the issues of international nuclear waste storage! It was John’s rigorous analytical approach that enabled us to apply our understanding of the need for an interdisciplinary approach to risk based problems to a diverse range of issues. Over the years I can recall sharing a bottle of Syrian red wine in Damascus (better than you might first think!) and sharing a long drive to Shanghai from Zhejiang in the back of aged car when John was feeling distinctly unwell. The mood was lifted briefly at lunch with the British Council representative when a bowl of alcohol flaming, live shrimps resulted in a number of them leaping for their lives onto the restaurant floor whilst still alight! Seemingly this was not unusual as most people continued their meals without another glance. John will be sorely missed by many colleagues, students and acquaintances but I am sure his work and impact will live on. By the way, reference has been made to John’s humour which was as dry as dust!
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2023-01-27 18:50:25 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Demetrios Papathanasiou
I did my MSc in Environmental Technology at ICCET in 1997-98 and was extremely fortunate to have John as my studies advisor. He was primarily responsible for directing me to work with Prof Dennis Anderson for my Masters thesis, which then led to a PhD, and eventually to my on-going career at the World Bank. John was an expert entomologist, but he had a truly unique ability to extract valuable holistic thinking and problem-solving frameworks from his discipline to much broader problems. His risk/decision framework remains a valuable tool in my own thinking about tough issues for decades now. John was admired and respected by all the students in my class and has been very influential for hundreds of post-graduate students that are occupying significant positions around the globe. May he rest in peace and sincere condolences to his family and friends. We lost an important thinker and scientist.
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2023-01-27 18:29:28 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Jim Cannon
John was delighted by helping people. Whether that was helping save a farmer's crop or showing a student how to do some tricky analysis, John did it while making them laugh and putting them at ease. He was my ICCET MSc Thesis advisor back in 1992. He made a career in ecology look like a wonderful, impactful and fun choice, because his was. Thank you John, I am forever grateful. Without you, I might have become a banker.
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2023-01-24 12:00:30 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Lalit Saini
I met Prof. Mumford for the India-UK Fruit Fly Project from 2003 to 2005. His profound personality is memorable. I always cherished the memory of his enthusiasm, hard-working capability, skillfulness, and well-planned and well-disciplined life. His pioneering work will go a long way to benefit many future generations.
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2023-01-23 11:17:35 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Roman Carrasco
John was a servant leader. A truly encouraging and humble professor. The first day I met him, as his new PhD student, he brought me to the refectory at Silwood for tea. He showed me his new spatial tool to calculate costs for eradication campaigns. Then he candidly asked me for my opinion. I felt inadequate and did not have anything particularly useful to say, yet he listened attentively and made me feel as my opinion really mattered. That he would put himself at my level, from day one, blew my mind. From then onwards, he kept nurturing my confidence, allowing me to fall and stand up, again and again, with endless patience. It was not the patience of a supervisor but the patience of a father, an academic father. John was an extraordinary interdisciplinary scientist that was way ahead of his time. He would navigate nebulous disciplinary divides effortlessly. I would say that the more difficult things would get, the more unchartered the territory was, the more fun he was having. I could see a glint in his eyes when he was combining entomology and economics, geography and public health, jumping from farmers, to fisheries, to mosquitoes and back to agricultural pests. I was so profoundly influenced by him that I am spending the rest of my career trying to reproduce, rather clumsily, his magical tinkering between disciplines, yet never fully managing to master it. John did impactful science that really mattered to people and the environment. He never chased impact factors, flashy journals, buzzwords, or dedicated any effort to self-promotion. He could give his best to a small cocoa pest in Malaysia, fruit fly outbreaks in the USA or the regulation of modified mosquitoes. All the problems were the same to him, regardless of their size or profile. The only thing that really mattered was that people’s food, livelihoods or lives were at stake, and something had to be done about it. A great measure of his vast impact are all the countless international and national agencies and decision-makers that would constantly knock on his door to seek his advice. His legacy will live through the myriad policies and regulations that he helped to inform. John, this caught me off guard, it was too sudden. I was taking from granted catching up with you again soon. Having a beer together, asking you for career advice, are my best memories in academia. Now that all is gone, I feel lost. The most painful is that I never got to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for all that you taught me. John, you will always be my inspiration to try to be a better supervisor, teacher and scientist. Thank you for having been such a fundamental part of my journey. Good bye, my academic father, you will be sorely missed. Roman.
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2023-01-22 21:36:34 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Christopher Dye
I met John in 1982 at Silwood when I was a postdoc doing ecological theory and he was mostly out in the real world doing ecology in practice (a path I later tried to follow). We never worked together but occasionally got to chat when out running in Windsor Great Park. Actually, he did the talking; I had to concentrate on breathing. He was in a different, far superior, league of fitness. I'm sorry to hear this very sad news. My condolences to his family and friends.
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2023-01-22 20:30:17 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
EJ Milner-Gulland
When I was at Imperial College I was so appreciative of John's wiseness and kindness, also his dry humour. He didn't push himself forward but he was a really good leader. He kept CEP on the rails through difficult times and had our confidence, as we knew he would play straight and get us to the right outcome. I was also so impressed with his research work that was a model for innovation, robustness and real-world application. He was a kind and dedicated teacher, and I'm sure I'm not alone in seeing him as someone who I could rely on for mentorship and good advice. When I left Imperial, I asked John several times to act as an examiner for my PhD students. Firstly this was because I knew he would give them a rigorous, fair, kind exam which would give them a stretching and positive experience, Secondly I could rely on him to keep external examiners in line and navigate byzantine bureaucratic processes. And finally, selfishly, I really enjoyed his company, and this was an excuse to chat and catch up over examiners' lunch!
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2023-01-21 16:24:05 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Cesar Silva
I met Dr. John in 2019 and since then had been constantly guided by his generosity and genius. He was largely responsible for my decision to apply to Imperial College. My eternal gratitude goes to to Dr. John who changed my life with his kindness and intelligence. I would like to offer my deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.
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2023-01-20 21:14:35 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Jeff Waage
I was so sad to hear today of John's passing. We had only been in touch a month ago, for the first time in a couple years, and I was looking forward to rekindling again our long relationship that has flowed and ebbed these past 40 odd years. We arrived from the US as complete strangers of exactly the same age on the same plane in September 1975, both with new Marshall Scholarships, having independently chosen to study entomology as postgraduates at Imperial College Silwood Park, the first students ever to go there on that scheme. Locals were baffled at the coincidence, and I think John and I were for quite a while ourselves. We were quite different people in a way that engendered a true complementarity and friendship, and a lasting relationship which we could always just pick up as our lives crossed again in our careers that followed. John was intensely thoughtful, practical and wonderfully imaginative. One of my fondest memories was the weeks we spent in Malaysian cocoa fields figuring out how to control a new pest of cocoa there. He showed me there and elsewhere how to do science for a purpose, and not just for an intellectual thrill, and introduced me to the pleasure of scientific problem solving, which later became my passion as well. Although John could put on a "serious demeanor" like few others, he had the driest and most wonderful sense of humour, and working with him was just plain fun. HIs outstanding work, in UK, in South Africa, and in so many other places, was achieved with patience and persistence, a philosophical approach to setbacks and a determination to overcome them. It was particularly wonderful to see his science and policy work with Megan emerge and develop as such a deeply intellectual as well as a personal relationship, People like John come along very rarely. They dont make a lot of noise, they dont seek fame, but they get things done and inspire others, such what they achieve is enormous and lasting. I am so sorry we have lost such a kind, modest, imaginative and determined person as John, He has left so much that he can be proud of, but I will miss him so.
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2023-01-20 16:05:47 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Charles Godfray
I met John in October 1979 on my first day at Silwood and over 40+ years have many lovely memories of a kind and caring man with an excellent if very dry sense of humour. In the late 80s we worked together on a pest management project in Sri Lanka and it was great to see John in the field and witness his clear insights into pest control and agronomy in general. At the end of one trip my wife joined me for a holiday we had tacked on and we toured with John and another colleague for the first five days. The airline had lost my wife's luggage and John (a better fit than me) kindly provided her with clothes. It was great fun travelling with John and substantial quantities of the local booze were consumed. After a long gap it's been nice to work with John again in recent years on the Target Malaria project. John will be much missed by a huge range of Imperial colleagues spanning the spectrum from theoretical to applied ecologist, and he will have left an indelible imprint on many generations of students. Very best wishes to Megan and the family.
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2023-01-18 15:26:57 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Teresa Wang
Professor John Mumford is the supervisor for my daughter Belinda’s dissertation last year. Though we never met John in person, we heard so much wonderful comments about him from Belinda especially the tremendous support in her work. We were hugely grateful for his assurance and encouragement at times when she felt lost or frustrated in face of difficulties and uncertainties. He is always able to provide clear guidance whilst giving her lots of room for her own independent thinking and academic growth. I can sense that aside from his excellence in academic leadership for Belinda, John also taught her many valuable perspectives in life and positive mindset in tackling problems. Professor John Mumford had been truly amazing for my daughter and I am sure to everyone of those around him in all these years too. We will pray for him and sincerely wish his family find solace in knowing that he will always be remembered with great respect and his memories will live on in the hearts of many.
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2023-01-18 15:35:28 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Teodora Rinciog
John was my mentor and my professor who helped me discover the path I enjoy. I am forever grateful for his belief in me and his guidance while he was my teacher and while working with him during my 2 internships. His lectures were always fascinating and inspiring, taking you to another world! John was always happy to share his knowledge with everyone and to make everyone feel supported and enjoy the journey while attending a lecture, working on your coursework, or on a summer project. His great impact won't be seen only in the incredible work he did over the years, but also in all the people he inspired and supported along the way. We will miss him deeply. I am sending my sincere condolences to the family and his loved ones.
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2023-01-18 14:47:25 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Borame Dickens
John was a wonderful mentor and friend. I would not be where I am today without him. He was a tremendous support to so many people, and spread his knowledge and positive energy to so many more. John will be sorely missed by all of us but never forgotten. Sending my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones during this time.
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2023-01-18 12:43:43 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
Thomas Strachan
Prof. Mumford was my MSc thesis supervisor in 2021. His remarkable knowledge of and passion for his field was matched only by his kindness and wisdom as a teacher. I will remember the guidance and support he provided, given generously and always with great compassion. Rest in peace John.
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2023-01-18 12:37:36 Bekijk / Reageren (0)
James Alden
I will always be grateful to John for his support, and always going above and beyond to help others succeed. John was by far my favourite lecturer during my undergraduate degree, and was a key reason for me staying on at Imperial for the Env Tech MSc. John (and Megan) then provided Paul and myself with endless opportunities to work with them in the Imperial team to support our fledgling startup get off the ground. If it wasn't for John I would certainly not be where I am today and I am eternally grateful for that. And he did it all in the most unassuming and humble of manners.
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This photograph, taken during my graduate commencement ceremony in 2022, captures a moment shared with John. Currently, this picture holds a place of honor on my desk. During my graduate studies, John's extensive support played a pivotal role in altering the trajectory of my life. I fondly reminisce about the summer we spent collaborating on a project, which remains one of the happiest periods in my life. This experience not only enhanced my academic journey but also left an indelible mark on my personal growth.
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