CLIVE HOOD - RETIREMENT
Clive Hood is retiring at the end of September after nearly
half a century of service to the Physiological Laboratory
in Cambridge, and to vision research at large. Most vision
scientists who at some time or other passed through Cambridge
remember Clive for his experimental helpfulness, his quick
wit and his often irreverent sense of humour. He joined the
Lab at the tender age of 16 in 1947 (the day after leaving
school), and from 1949 to 1969 worked with William Rushton
(1901-1980), including a one-year stint with Rushton at
Florida State University (Tallahassee). Rushton, who was
not known for his sentimentality, gave credit to
Clive for his technical and scientific input and even
included him as an author on some publications. On a reprint
dedicated to Clive, Rushton wrote "To Clive Hood,
The one who above all has helped my research."
>From Rushton's official retirment in 1969 through to 1993
Clive continued work with Fergus Campbell (1924-1993), whose
"string-and-sealing-wax" approach to experimental science was
matched perfectly by Clive's improvisational skills and ability
to set up experiments with maximal speed and, always, with
minimal effort.
If you would like to pass on your good wishes to Clive
and his wife Janet for their retirement you can do so by
e-mail (see below), or if you prefer, by writing (to
arrive BEFORE 28 SEPTEMBER) to:
Clive Hood
The Physiological Laboratory
Downing Street
Cambridge CB2 3EG
UK
E-mail your messages for Clive to: ap114@cam.ac.uk (Adar Pelah)
These messages will be compiled and presented to Clive on his
(SURPRISE!) retirement party to be held in the department
on 29 SEPTEMBER 1995.