Mike Chew writes:
“COSA Vice Chairman, Ken Powell has died. I am sure that we will miss his input at COSA Committee meetings and the slide shows he presented prior to the start of the Annual General Meetings
I give below a few details of his time at School and subsequent life:
School Awards and Achievements:
1943 Appointed Prefect
1943 1st XV Colours
Further Education and Achievements:
Chartered Engineer, M.I. Mech. E.
BSc (Hons) Open University
Career:
1944-48 Royal Air Force: Initially aircrew under training then RAF Police, Special Investigation Branch
1949-60 Various Works Management jobs in Motor Industry
1960-67 Production Director at Qualcast Ltd. in Derby
1967-75 Negotiator with Engineering Employers’ Federation
1975-85 Assistant Director of E.E.F.
Honours, Awards and Distinctions:
1972-75 Churchwarden (Beaconsfield)
1982-83 Mayor of Beaconsfield
2007 Vice-Chairman of City of Oxford School Association”