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Jim Appleyard W54
JIM APPLEYARD (W54) whose surname when he attended Canford was MARSHALL was a founder member of the Science Society where, as embryonic environmentalists, he and fellow Canfordians visited amongst other things, a cardboard recycling plant and, on a very popular outing to a brewery, were informed about the various by products generated in the beer making process.
Jim then went on to Exeter College Oxford and made his career in medicine specialising in paediatrics.
Soon after qualifying, he went through a militant phase and was a founder member and later chairman of the Junior Hospital Doctors Association whose aims on working hours, pay and conditions were substantially achieved in later years.
As a consultant at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital from 1971, he continued his activism by founding the Mary Sheridan Centre for children with disabilities (the 1st such centre in UK outside London) as well as a Special Care Baby Unit whose care and professionalism is still highly rated throughout the South East.
Despite a busy professional life, Jim found time to marry Elizabeth, have 3 children and several grandchildren.
Jim's further achievements include his appointment as Vice President of the BMA, President of the World Medical Association and, in 2021, recipient of the Paul Tournier International Prize for his contributions to Person Centred ("Holistic") Medicine having regard in particular to his work on such issues as ethics in the field of medical research, and the rehabilitation of torture victims .
However, by his own admission, his invitation to be guest speaker at the Canford speech day in 2007, was perhaps his greatest distinction!
