aroundtheschool1970s

The LSE Alumni Association recently asked for suggestions of who made up the above picture from alumni in the January newsletter. They suggested: First from left sitting, (first) Fayyaz Alimohammad, (second) Lawrence, (third) David Mason, (fourth) Derek Philpott (fifth) Sehezad Naqvi, (sixth) Farrukh Jawad Panni First from left standing, (first) Brian (groundsman), (third) Martin Folly, (sixth) Andrew Tebb.

2nd from left standing - Neil Confrey

4th from left standing is Andy Beddall

Seventies systems: Beards de rigeur unless female. I'm glad Ronald Stamper is present in this collection. I remember him from the mid-80s, always suited-and-tied, though still with collar length hair, rather unfashionable and rakish by then. One of his bêtes noires was the pretentious usage of 'methodology' when one just meant 'method' and I remember him with a wry smile every time I hear its common misuse. A compassionate and progressive man, he encouraged me as I transmogrified from a librarian, hesitantly wondering if I was on the right course, via his ADMIS MSc into a systems analyst and thence into 20 years in electronic publishing. Now I'm back at the LSE, helping the Library with its electronic publishing: the LSE Research Online and other forthcoming repositories. (added on behalf of Peter Spring). CLS

Beards were indeed typical of the era, as my husband's LSE PhD graduation a few years later shows. Perhaps surveys would show that 3 out of 4 men in the LSE had beards in the 1970s. (Added on behalf of Liz Chapman)

omg mum you look so young xx