Rev. Dr Frank Jones
Frank C. Jones Jr., M. D. Board Certified Surgeon, Fellow American College of Surgeons (FACS), Consultant Surgeon, KCMC. 1983 - 1990.
Dr. Jones, an ordained Lutheran minister, felt called by the Lord to become a medical missionary. After receiving the necessary medical and surgical training, he served three and a half years at a Lutheran hospital in central Tanzania. Afterward, Dr. Jones returned to the US where he practiced surgery unitl he received a letter asking him to come to KCMC as a consultant surgeon.
While at KCMC Dr Jones introduced the use of the colonoscope as a means of detecting colon cancer. He was also able to obtain additional colonoscopes donated by the University of North Carolina Medical School.
Dr Jones and others at KCMC began a project "Old Cloth for KCMC". Various churches in the USA were contacted and asked to send cotton sheets pillowcases, towels, and shirts. These were cut into various sizes, sterilized and used as surgical dressings.
It was extremely gratifying to Dr Jones to see young doctors become skillful surgeons. He often spoke of his time at KCMC fondly and it was a very significant life experience for him.
Dr. Jones died June 14, 2018 at the age of 90. He is remembered by his wife, Elise Jones, his three children and six grandchildren.
Dr. Jones, an ordained Lutheran minister, felt called by the Lord to become a medical missionary. After receiving the necessary medical and surgical training, he served three and a half years at a Lutheran hospital in central Tanzania. Afterward, Dr. Jones returned to the US where he practiced surgery unitl he received a letter asking him to come to KCMC as a consultant surgeon.
While at KCMC Dr Jones introduced the use of the colonoscope as a means of detecting colon cancer. He was also able to obtain additional colonoscopes donated by the University of North Carolina Medical School.
Dr Jones and others at KCMC began a project "Old Cloth for KCMC". Various churches in the USA were contacted and asked to send cotton sheets pillowcases, towels, and shirts. These were cut into various sizes, sterilized and used as surgical dressings.
It was extremely gratifying to Dr Jones to see young doctors become skillful surgeons. He often spoke of his time at KCMC fondly and it was a very significant life experience for him.
Dr. Jones died June 14, 2018 at the age of 90. He is remembered by his wife, Elise Jones, his three children and six grandchildren.
Mr Edward England:
Katie England writes: Edward England 1920 -2010 was given a vision by God as he started his career, " Do not limit your Christian publishing by your own experience. Publish for the whole church of Christ for all who truly believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God". He published the New International Version of the Bible and also wrote 18 books.
He never visited Tanzania but his interest in KCMC began when he married John Lefroy's widow ,Katie. After he died, Katie chose to honour his memory in a similar way by setting up a bursary for KCMC medical training.
Rev. John Lefroy 1925 - 1998:
John Lefroy was the vicar of Christ Church Highbury. He retired after being widowed in 1989. In 1994 with Katie Clarke he visited his son Jeremy, Janet and the family in Moshi. It was there that John and Katie were engaged to be married and they sustained a keen interest in medical education in Tanzania. Katie and friends set up the bursary fund in his memory for the child of a pastor to train as a doctor. |
Prof Richard Madeley:
Heather Roberts writes: As a senior member of staff in the School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Richard encouraged the link with KCMC in collaboration with Professor Peter Byass. His interest resulted in a six year programme for the development of higher education, mainly funded by DFID. Initially this supported KCMC’s Master of Public Health degree, and subsequently fostered research capability among a wide range of KCMC staff through a series of workshops.
Richard gave time and resources to colleagues who contributed their knowledge and skills to support the link. He himself participated in the teaching, and, with his family, visited KCMC.
Staff from KCMC came to the University of Nottingham on a number of occasions and Richard was always pleased to host people he regarded not only as colleagues, but as friends. He also gained satisfaction from the increased emphasis on meeting the public health learning needs, and pastoral care, of students from developing countries studying in his department.
Jean Madeley writes: He studied medicine at UCH, London (1964 to 1969), did preregistration house jobs, some general practice in Holloway, North London and then embarked on a MSc in Social Medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1972-1974). The second half of this involved a project outside London and he chose Nottingham because it was a) a new Medical School and b)was near his parents and where he grew up. He did some further general practice but then decided to concentrate on the speciality of Social Medicine/Community Medicine/Public Health Medicine/Epidemiology (it has changed its name many times) and worked variously in the Area Health Authority and in the Medical School, eventually deciding on the latter. His doctorate was on the subject of cot deaths but he was interested across the board in his speciality. It so happened that he was able to obtain a Senior Lectureship followed by Professorship and Head of Department. He went on to be head of the new School of Community Health Sciences. He retired in 2008 and died in 2012 at the age of 65.
Heather Roberts writes: As a senior member of staff in the School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Richard encouraged the link with KCMC in collaboration with Professor Peter Byass. His interest resulted in a six year programme for the development of higher education, mainly funded by DFID. Initially this supported KCMC’s Master of Public Health degree, and subsequently fostered research capability among a wide range of KCMC staff through a series of workshops.
Richard gave time and resources to colleagues who contributed their knowledge and skills to support the link. He himself participated in the teaching, and, with his family, visited KCMC.
Staff from KCMC came to the University of Nottingham on a number of occasions and Richard was always pleased to host people he regarded not only as colleagues, but as friends. He also gained satisfaction from the increased emphasis on meeting the public health learning needs, and pastoral care, of students from developing countries studying in his department.
Jean Madeley writes: He studied medicine at UCH, London (1964 to 1969), did preregistration house jobs, some general practice in Holloway, North London and then embarked on a MSc in Social Medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1972-1974). The second half of this involved a project outside London and he chose Nottingham because it was a) a new Medical School and b)was near his parents and where he grew up. He did some further general practice but then decided to concentrate on the speciality of Social Medicine/Community Medicine/Public Health Medicine/Epidemiology (it has changed its name many times) and worked variously in the Area Health Authority and in the Medical School, eventually deciding on the latter. His doctorate was on the subject of cot deaths but he was interested across the board in his speciality. It so happened that he was able to obtain a Senior Lectureship followed by Professorship and Head of Department. He went on to be head of the new School of Community Health Sciences. He retired in 2008 and died in 2012 at the age of 65.
Prof Carl Pearson:
His widow Enid writes: We were at KCMC from Jan 2001 for 12 months, as visting Professors of Anatomy and Physiology. Carl devoted himself to the teaching in the dissecting room especially, taught hands-on anatomy of the whole body including the brain, which was his particular specialism at Sheffield, where he was appointed Professor of Neuroscience at the age of 35.
His widow Enid writes: We were at KCMC from Jan 2001 for 12 months, as visting Professors of Anatomy and Physiology. Carl devoted himself to the teaching in the dissecting room especially, taught hands-on anatomy of the whole body including the brain, which was his particular specialism at Sheffield, where he was appointed Professor of Neuroscience at the age of 35.
Dr Wally Rogers:
His widow Delight writes: Wally was at KCMC from New Zealand from 1999 - 2001. He was a volunteer, teaching in the medical school as well as working as a pathologist.
Previously he had volunteered in Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, and worked in India and Nepal on a malaria eradication program around the time he was in medical school.
His widow Delight writes: Wally was at KCMC from New Zealand from 1999 - 2001. He was a volunteer, teaching in the medical school as well as working as a pathologist.
Previously he had volunteered in Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, and worked in India and Nepal on a malaria eradication program around the time he was in medical school.
His widow Delight writes: Wally was at KCMC from New Zealand from 1999 - 2001. He was a volunteer, teaching in the medical school as well as working as a pathologist.
Previously he had volunteered in Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, and worked in India and Nepal on a malaria eradication program around the time he was in medical school.
His widow Delight writes: Wally was at KCMC from New Zealand from 1999 - 2001. He was a volunteer, teaching in the medical school as well as working as a pathologist.
Previously he had volunteered in Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, and worked in India and Nepal on a malaria eradication program around the time he was in medical school.
