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Strachan, David Arthur (1908-1998), Clerk of Works of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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1908-1998
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Educated at the Central School (later the Grammar School for Boys, now part of Netherhall School). Apprenticed as a carpenter. For many years he worked in the College while employed by the local builders Nunn, acquiring an unrivalled knowledge of the College buildings and infrastructure from 1958, before formally being employed by the College Maintenance Department from 1971, where he remained (long after the retiring age) part-time from 1978 until 1991, at one time acting as Clerk of Works.
He brought ingenuity and dexterity to the solution of a variety of problems throughout this time.
College Magazine
Obituay in College Magazine vol. 43 (1998-99) p. 24
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Ronald Hyam