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Glen joined the 4th Form at Abingdon in 1944 and became the first Head of School appointed by Headmaster James Cobban in 1947. His final year was a busy one; he was Captain of Boats, played Rugby for the 1st XV and Berkshire Schools, played Brutus in the school’s production of Julius Caesar and gained a place at Pembroke College, Oxford to read History.
After National Service, Oxford and meeting his soulmate Jill, Glen moved to Edinburgh to study Dentistry; this was to become his career. Glen and Jill married there and remained devotedly together in the city for sixty years, raising two sons.
He loved hillwalking, classical music and travel. In his fifties he took up marathon running and amongst many other races he completed the first London Marathon in just over three hours. The great passion of his retirement was Tai Chi; he and Jill became skilled instructors and champions of the art. In his eighties he completed three arduous Camino de Santiago treks.
His was a long life well-lived. He rarely criticised and never raised his voice. He was self-reliant, devoted and meticulous.
Glen passed away peacefully in Edinburgh a few days short of his ninety-fourth birthday.
As Brutus in Julius Caesar, second from the left
