We have learnt of the death, in England on January 1st 1999, of one of our past chairmen,
Monty Northam.
Monty was chairman of the Transvaal centre of ASSA
in 1987 and served on the committee for a number of years. He had his own small
electronics business and specialised in making precision shaft encoders. However business
was not always so good and he returned to England to try his luck there.
Monty had many family problems, health problems
and business problems and dropped out of the astronomical fraternity many years ago.
Although he came back to South Africa for a while, his health was not good and he never
resumed his astronomical activities.
We offer our condolences to his family.
B.F. |
