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\title{Ian in the Department\,\footnote{\uppercase{A}ddress at the funeral ceremony, \uppercase{B}alliol \uppercase{C}ollege, \uppercase{O}xford \uppercase{U}niversity,  \uppercase{J}une 19, 2003}}

\author{J.F. Wheater}

\address{The Rudolph Peierls Centre for Theoretical  Physics,\\
1 Keble Road,\\ Oxford OX1 3NP, United Kingdom}



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When Ian came to Oxford almost a decade ago he brought with him experience
of very different institutions but also respect and sensitivity towards this
one. It did not take him long to appreciate the fundamental good sense of the 
English custom of the coffee break at 11 and the tea break at 4. But Ian was
 a dynamo and we learned that the true purpose of the coffee break is to 
initiate a physics discussion which, had it not been for the intervention 
of lunch, would still have been going on at tea time. Ian was a man at ease
 with himself and forever generous to others. He was an ever-present 
inhabitant of the Discussion Room in Keble Road and loved to include 
anyone who was interested in the subject under consideration. Students,
 post-docs, staff; we have spent many happy hours exploring the magical
 world of theoretical physics in Ian's company.  

Sometimes Ian's way of doing things and the Oxford tradition were not so 
different as it first appeared. He loved to tell the story of how he was 
most concerned not to violate the English conventions for conducting seminars.
The first two seminars he attended here were on particle physics phenomenology
 and Graham Ross asked all the questions. Graham is the leader of the particle 
theory group so Ian concluded that it was OK for the leader to ask questions
 but that everyone else sat in respectful silence, which was pretty much what
 he'd expected. At the next seminar the visiting speaker had a very hard time
 at the hands of someone else. Ian was never silent in seminars again.

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Ian made a tremendous contribution to the life of the department but, far more
 important, he became a dear friend. It was a happy surprise to find that his
 knowledge of English literature was extensive. I don't suppose that when he
 first read \emph{Alice in Wonderland} he ever imagined that he too would be
 an Oxford Don and see Lewis Carol's Wonderland in operation for himself. We
 had great fun together and looked forward to much more. 

It was not to be.
\footnote{\, At the funeral I then read one of Ian's favorite poems,
 \emph{If---}
by Rudyard Kipling.}

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