Obituary
Kitty
Burrows
Many
colleagues around the University will be saddened to hear
of the death, in St James' Hospital, Leeds, on Saturday
16 March 2002, of Kitty Burrows.
Kitty
was for many years Wardrobe Supervisor of the Workshop
Theatre, coming to us after a career in the professional
theatre which included jobs at the Northcott Theatre,
Exeter and at the old Leeds Playhouse. She also worked
for a while at the old Bretton Hall College. A part-time
appointment at the Workshop Theatre, she was paid, as
I recall, for only about a day and a half a week, but
often worked for six or seven (going absent only when
there was a test match on at Headingley, where she was
a member). She costumed everything from Medieval mysteries
to contemporary performance art, bringing a welcome streak
of hard-edged professionalism to our work.
In
her intellectual curiosity and breadth of reading she
often put us all, staff and students, to shame.
The
Wardrobe over which she presided was for a while the heart
of the Workshop Theatre. There, often with much laughter,
ideas were developed, arguments beaten out, gossip exchanged
and, when necessary, hands held. An affectionate urban
myth grew amongst students that it was she who had final
say in their degree classification.
She
will be greatly missed by the many friends she made here
and overseas.
Dr
Richard Boon
Deputy Director, Workshop Theatre
Mrs
Tanya Hazell
Colleagues
will be very sorry to learn of the sadly premature death,
on 3 April, of Mrs Tanya Hazell. Tanya first became associated
with the University in January 2000, when, as an agency
employee, she carried out a six-month assignment as the
administrator for the Business School's Chevening Scholarship
programme for senior managers from India. Tanya will probably
be better-known within the administration from her attachment
in the following year to the Office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellors,
when, during the absence of one of the regular staff,
she acted as PA to Professor David Hogg and Dr Harry Lewis
for several months. Tanya then rejoined the Business School,
initially as PA to the Director of the Institute for Corporate
Learning. In November 2001, she was appointed to the staff
of the School as an Administrator, responsible for supporting
the Institute's reach-out and work-based programmes for
corporate clients.
During
her relatively short time with the University, Tanya created
a lasting impression as an extremely proficient and congenial
colleague, who will be affectionately remembered.
Roger
Gair
University secretary
