February 13th, 1925- October 30th, 2011
Ian is survived by his devoted wife, Ingrid. Ian was born in Hawick, Scotland. He attended school there and later in Edinburgh.
He went on to study medicine at Edinburgh University, from where he graduated in 1947. He spent some time in general practice in Southern England. Then he settled in Newcastle, Royal Infirmary, where he embarked on the study of Diagnostic Radiology. He spent 5 years between Newcastle and Manchester.
On a ski vacation to Finse in Norway, he met and fell for a Swedish Lass, Ingrid Anderson. Soon they became engaged and they were then married in 1956 in Sweden.
Ian completed his Radiological training by spending 2 years in Dundee. He obtained his specialist degree in Radiology.
Ian’s next move in 1964 was to the New World. Ingrid and he spent 3 years at Ann Arbor in Michigan. They came to Canada in 1967 to Winnipeg, where Ian practiced for 3 years.
Ian decided to acquire the Canadian Fellowship in Radiology, and so enrolled at McMaster University for a final 2 years of study.
Now fully qualified, Ian and Ingrid came to settle in Kamloops in 1971. He became a valued member of the Department of Radiology at the Royal Inland Hospital. He retired in 1990 and was much lauded for the quality of his work.
His second great love was golf, at which he excelled. He became a member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews. For the past 20 years, he was an Honorary Member of this prestigious club.
Ian was a man of great kindness and charm. He was modest to a fault. His fine sense of humour gave pleasure to his many friends. He will be sadly missed.
A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 3, 2011 in the Schoening Funeral Chapel, 513 Seymour Street.
Memorial donations may be made to the Kamloops Hospice Association.