William Alan Osborne obituary
10 October 1935 鈥� 04 April 2024
Alan Osborne was a member of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry for over 60 years and had been Chairman of 乐天堂app下载 Chilterns and Middlesex Section from 1990-91.
Alan joined ICI Paints as a laboratory assistant in resin technology in 1958, following his National Service which he spent in Malaysia. Through ICI he completed a four year sandwich degree in applied chemistry, alternating six months at Aston University with six months at 乐天堂app下载 ICI Slough site.
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Alan retired from ICI in 1994 after a richly varied 36 year career. He moved to Devon, nearer to his childhood home in Cornwall, where he spent a long and happy retirement.
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