Sandy enjoyed much in life: wine, opera, books, painting and, above all, people. He found each to be a source of interest and he was, himself, a most unusual man. I learned, through his vast store of anecdotes, of the young Sandy who loved and participated in golf and rugby and rowing - whilst towards the end of his life, he carried a stick and had a rigid, bent back from a long-standing problem endured with great fortitude. He had evidently much enjoyed his student days in Glasgow and those political connections resulting from the time that he was President of the Scottish Union of Students. Sandy had a remarkable range of interests and knowledge and a formidable memory. On our wine tasting evenings and trips the rest of us kept notes and scored the wines. When subsequently discussing them, Sandy knew exactly which he had favoured and why, and all without notes. And once, invited to address a group of Fife doctors on the dry subject of Differing Health Care Systems, he spoke for an hour with neither notes nor slides and kept his audience enthralled. He often talked of his time in Australia and in Cambridge as being happy times of great stimulation and satisfaction. From the former stemmed his huge knowledge of Australian wines and from the latter an enduring delight in scholarship. I could go on but suffice it to say that he will be much missed as a man of many parts who gave his friends a lot of pleasure and much to think about. Hugh Morris, St Andrews