Deaths and Obituaries

All Deaths and Obituaries

• Staff and Friends of Ulster University

  Staff and Friends of Ulster University

  Name	Degree	Date
  Dr Judith Mullineux	Staff member, School of Psychology	dec. 18 April 2025
  Robert Wright	Staff member, School of Biomedical Sciences	dec. 15 April 2025
  Dr George Burke	Staff member, School of Engineering	dec. 15 March 2025
  Dr Heinz Gunther Tittmar	Staff member, School of Psychology	dec. 3 January 2025
  Sheila Gillespie	Staff member, Secretary of the Education Department, Magee (Sheila joined the typing pool in Magee College in 1954 and retired in 1997)	dec. 16 December 2024
  Amanda Lane	Staff member, Interim Director of Student Administration	dec. 15 September 2024
  Professor John McCloskey	Former Head of School in the School of Environmental Sciences and Professor of Geophysics	dec. 15 November 2023
  Ruth McCarroll	Staff member, Student Administration	dec. 7 October 2023
  Professor Brian Murphy	Former Dean of Academic Business Development and Emeritus Professor	dec. 18 August 2023
  Professor Eileen Evason	Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Administration	dec. 19 January 2023
  Professor John Wilson	Former Head of School and Dean, School of Communication	dec. 7 January 2023
  Stephen King	Staff member, menswear designer and fashion lecturer, Belfast School of Art.	dec. 17 November 2022
  Jim (James) Fitzpatrick	Friend and supporter of UU, Irish News Chairman	dec. 27 June 2022
  Bill (William) Penney	Staff member: School of Art *Bill was also a multiple graduate of UU, see Class of 2000-2009 above for more details.	dec. 22 April 2022
  Pamela Compton	Staff member	dec. 5 April 2022
  Winston McClean	Staff member: School of Computing	dec. 12 January 2022
  Dr Robert Myers	Staff member: Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment	dec. 16 November 2021
  Dr Norman Smith	Staff member: School of Computing	dec. 30 September 2021
  Lord Trevor Smith of Clifton	Former Vice-Chancellor of Ulster University, 1991-1999	dec. 24 April 2021
  Professor Robert Pinker	Staff member, School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences and Honorary Graduate: LLD, 2016	dec. 22 February 2021
  Mr Norman Houston OBE	Friend and supporter of UU and former Director of NI Bureau in Washington DC, USA	dec. 12 January 2021
  Professor Eilís McCaughan	Staff member, School of Nursing	dec. 6 November 2020
  Dr. Aaron McConville	Staff member, School of Engineering	dec. 3 November 2020
  Dave Hill	Staff member and former Head of School, School of Health Sciences	dec. 2 November 2020
  Professor Terence O'Keeffe	Former Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy	dec. 30 September 2020
  Mrs Hilary Bracefield	Staff member, School of Creative Arts and Technologies	dec. 22 April 2020
  Dr Rhona Newman	Staff member, School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences	dec. 5 March 2020
  Professor Tony Bareham	Staff member, School of Arts and Humanities	dec. 19 January 2020
  Simon Morgan	Staff member, Finance Department	dec. 19 December 2019
  Wesley Bell	Staff member, School of Computing	dec. 28 November 2019
  Kevin Connolly	Staff member, Information Services Department	dec. 19 February 2019

• Class of 2021 - Present

  Class of 2021 - Present

  Name	Degree	Date
  Michael Longley CBE	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Fine Arts, 2023	dec. 22 January 2025
  Gary McConnell	MSc Leadership and Innovation in the Public Sector, 2023, Magee.	dec. 19 June 2023
  Peter Donnelly	BSCH Biology, 2021, Coleraine	dec. 27 February 2023
  Caroline Mawhinney	PGCE Technology and Design, 2022, Coleraine	dec. 19 July 2022
  David Figgins	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of the University, 2021	dec. 23 April 2021

• Class of 2010 - 2020

  Class of 2010 - 2020

  Name	Degree	Date
  Christina Gamble	Human Nutrition, 2012, Coleraine	dec. 16 April 2024
  Dr Stephen Coyle	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Laws, 2017	dec. 18 December 2023
  Dr Charles (Chuck) Feeney	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Laws, 2012	dec. 9 October 2023
  Julie Lillis	MA Journalism, 2010, Coleraine	dec. 24 March 2023
  Damien Casey	BSc Hons Accounting	dec. 20 June 2022
  Neil Scott	BSHDPP Civil Engineering (Geoinformatics) 2020, Jordanstown	dec. 20 April 2022
  Pat Hume	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Laws, 2010	dec. 2 September 2021
  John Leckey	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Laws, 2015	dec. 7 August 2021
  Kirsty Moffett	BSc Hons Physiotherapy, 2014, Jordanstown	dec. 13 December 2020
  Malachy McSorley	BSc Hons Construction Engineering and Management, 2020, Jordanstown	dec. 10 December 2020
  Lord Brian Kerr of Tonaghmore	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Laws, 2014	dec. 1 December 2020
  Jade Nelson	BSc Hons Psychology, 2019, Coleraine	dec. 24 November 2020
  Dr Aaron McConvile	PhD Computing, Engineering and Built Environment, 2019, Jordanstown BSc Hons DPP, Biomedical Engineering, 2015, Jordanstown	dec. 3 November 2020
  Siobhan McQuade	MFA Fine Art, 2017, Belfast BA Hons Fine Art, 2014, Belfast BEd Education (Professional Development), 1991, Jordanstown	dec. 23 September 2020
  Michael McQuillan	BSc Hons Business Economics with Marketing, 2019, Jordanstown	dec. 11 July 2020
  Thomas O'Boyle	BA Hons History with Education 2015, Coleraine	dec. 18 March 2020
  Brendan Doherty	MSc Computational Intelligence, 2017, Magee PGC Further and Higher Education, 2007, Magee MSc Telecommunications and Distributed Systems, 2003, Coleraine BENG DIS Electronics and Computing, 2002, Magee	dec. 21 February 2020
  Julie Lewis (nee Maxwell)	MPA Public Administration, 2012, Jordanstown	dec. 25 August 2019
  William (Bill) Flynn	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Laws, 2012	dec. 2 June 2018

• Class of 2000 - 2009

  Class of 2000 - 2009

  Name	Degree	Date
  Eddie Jordan	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of the University, 2002	dec. 20 March 2025
  Father Myles Kavanagh	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of the University, 2004	dec. 10 November 2024
  Dame Joan Harbison	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Laws, 2005	dec. 21 April 2024
  Molly Corbett Broad	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of the University, 2005	dec. 2 January 2023
  Aideen Kennedy	PG Diploma Newspaper Journalism, 2002 BSc Hons Communication, Advertising and Marketing, 2001	dec. 20 June 2022
  Bill (William) Penney	MA, Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages, 2004 Certificate, Occ Students- Art & Design, 1989 PG Diploma, Comb Studies in Art & Design, 1987 BA Hons, Fine Art, 1984 BEd Hons, Communication, 1982 Certificate, Foundation Studies in Art and Design, 1981	dec. 22 April 2022
  Dr Miriam Hederman O'Brien	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Laws, 2002	dec. 14 March 2022
  Adrian McLaughlin	BSc Hons Food Technology Management, 2001, Coleraine	dec. 15 February 2022
  Archbishop Desmond Tutu	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Laws, 2007	dec. 26 December 2021
  Joanne McCauley	BSc Hons Psychology with Organisational Science, 2003 Magee	dec. 13 November 2021
  Dr Marye Anne Fox	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of the University, 2002	dec. 9 May 2021
  James McVeigh	MA Peace and Conflict Studies, 2003, Magee BA Hons Modern Studies in the Humanities, 2000, Jordanstown UUSU Sport President 2001-2002	dec. 26 December 2020
  Dr Maria Moloney	Honorary Graduate, 2006	dec. 4 December 2020
  Aminul Islam	MA Government Financial Management, 2002, Jordanstown	dec. 30 November 2020
  Professor Eilís McCaughan	DPhil Life and Health Sciences, 2003, Coleraine PGD Nurse Education, 1998, Jordanstown PGC University Teaching, 1998, Coleraine BSc Hons Nursing Studies for Registered Nurses, 1990, Coleraine	dec. 6 November 2020
  Lord Brian Hutton	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Laws, 2004	dec. 14 July 2020
  Harry Gregg	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of the University, 2008	dec. 21 February 2020
  Dr David Southall	PhD Life and Health Sciences, 2013	dec. 15 October 2019
  Ted Leath	MSc Computing and Design, 2000, Magee	dec. 9 September 2019
  Dr Gerald Lynch	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Laws, 2004	dec. 17 April 2013

• Class of 1990 - 1999

  Class of 1990 - 1999

  Name	Degree	Date
  Prof Robin Fox	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Science, 1997	dec. 18 January 2024
  Dr Syd Millar	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Science, 1990	dec. 10 December 2023
  Terence Robson	Design & Technology (Education), 1994, Magee; PG Dip Modern and Contemporary History, 1987, Coleraine	dec. 18 October 2023
  Peter Thompson	BA Hons Retail Distribution Management, 1994, Coleraine	dec. 2 July 2023
  Lord Robert Carswell	Honorary Graduate, DLitt, 1994	dec. 4 May 2023
  Professor Patrick Dowling	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Science, 1998	dec. 28 April 2023
  Sir Gerry Robinson	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Letters, 1997	dec. 14 October 2021
  Simon Massey	BA Hons Humanities Comb, 1991, Coleraine	dec. 2 June 2021
  Seamus Deane	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Letters, 1998	dec. 13 May 2021
  Edwina Beattie	PGD Education (Professional Development), 1997 PGC Education (English with Drama), 1991 BA Hons Humanities Comb (3 Yrs), 1990, Coleraine	dec. 12 May 2021
  Lady Shirley Williams of Crosby	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Letters, 1997	dec. 11 April 2021
  Mrs Orla Quigley (née O'Reilly)	PGC Professional Development in Social Work, 2014, Jordanstown BSc Hons Social Administration and Policy, 1998, Coleraine	dec. 14 December 2020
  Joseph Kelly	Humanities Comb (3 Yrs), 1992, Coleraine	dec. 2 November 2020
  Professor John Hume	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of the University, 1998 Inaugural holder of the Tip O’Neill Professorship from 2002-2009	dec. 3 August 2020
  Robert Spence	MBA, 1991, Jordanstown	dec. 17 April 2020
  Patricia Moore	PGC Guidance and Counselling,1996, Magee	dec. 15 January 2020
  Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Science,1991	dec. 14 January 2020
  Dr Jill McIvor	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of the University, 1997	dec. 14 January 2020
  Stephen Clements	BSc Hons Geography with DAS,1995, Coleraine	dec. 7 January 2020
  Bishop James Mehaffey	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Letters, 1999	dec. 7 January 2020
  Norman Dickson	MSc Education Management, 1994, Jordanstown	dec. 14 November 2019
  Dr Brendan Hegarty	Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Science, 1996	dec. 25 September 2019
  David Howden Hume	Modern and Contemporary History, 1990, Coleraine	dec. 13 September 2019
  Dr Angeline Gabriel Smith	MRes Science, 1998, Coleraine	dec. 12 August 2019
  Kevin Connolly	BSc Dip Computing with DIS, 1995, Coleraine	dec. 19 February 2019
  Dennis Irwin	BA Hons Combined Humanities, 1990, Jordanstown	dec. 17 October 2009

• Class of 1980 - 1989

  Class of 1980 - 1989

  Name	Degree	Date
  Jacinta Lynch	MA Fine Art, 1984, Belfast	dec. 23 August 2023
  Captain Jerome M. Pereira	Certificate Master Mariner, Jordanstown, 1988 MBA Business Administration, Jordanstown, 1989	dec. 10 August 2023
  Kimberley Lenaghan	PG Diploma Marketing, 1988, Jordanstown	dec. 11 September 2022
  Dr Norman Smith	DPhil Energy Studies 1986, Jordanstown	dec. 30 September 2021
  Dr George Thompson	Honorary Graduate: Doctor of Letters, 1987	dec. 2 August 2021
  David Bass	MBA, 1989, Jordanstown	dec. 6 March 2021
  Dr William McCourt	Honorary Graduate: Doctor of Science, 1989	dec. 3 January 2021
  Aidan Langan	MBA International Business, 1988, Jordanstown	dec. 12 March 2020
  Mildred Hill	Certificate Community Drama, 1983, Jordanstown	dec. 14 December 2019

• Class of 1970 - 1979

  Class of 1970 - 1979

  Name	Degree	Date
  Kit Garside	BA Hons Humanities, 1977, Coleraine	dec. 24 September 2024
  Professor Gerald Dawe	BA Hons Humanities, 1974, Coleraine	dec. 29 May 2024
  Thomas Crocket	BA Hons Humanities, 1974, Coleraine	dec. 18 April 2022
  Deirdre Light	BA Hons, 1978, Coleraine	dec. 10 July 2021
  Carol A Jackson	PGCE Education, 1973, Coleraine BA Hons Humanities, 1972, Magee	dec. 3 March 2021
  John W Hedges	BSc Hons Social Organisation, 1971, Coleraine	dec. 20 January 2021
  Vincent Joseph Logue	BA Hons, 1973, Coleraine	dec. 21 February 2002

• Class of 1969 or earlier

  Class of 1969 or earlier

  Name	Degree	Date
  Loretto Coyle	Dip Physical Education, 1969, Jordanstown	dec. 14 February 2021
  Rev John (Con) Auld	MA, 1952, Magee/Trinity College Dublin	dec. 30 April 2020