Andrew Kinley Dewar (“AKD”) had a major clinical interest in neonatal and paediatric anaesthesia and general intensive care. He was successively chairman and clinical service director of the Shackleton Department of Anaesthetics, 1984-7; regional adviser in anaesthetics for Wessex, 1987-95; and Bernard Johnson adviser of the Royal College of Anaesthetists responsible for the overseas doctors training scheme, December 1993 to May 1997.
Appointed as a paediatric and neonatal anaesthetist, he also established intensive care in Southampton. Professionally he is remembered for his contribution to training—numerous letters from former Southampton trainees describe the humour, support, encouragement, and honest advice he gave them during his time as a consultant, and also as Wessex regional educational adviser and Bernard Johnson adviser for the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
After retirement he continued his contribution to education by working in the local primary school as chair of the governing body. He also joined Rotary during a year spent in Adelaide, Australia, serving as Tewkesbury Club Secretary for the past six years.
He was immensely proud to be Scottish, of his Scottish heritage, his home town of St Andrews and its university, serving as secretary to the University of St Andrews Alumnus Club of Oxford for the past eight years.
His main interests were music, sailing, cycling, walking, gardening, and all sporting activities. He was the team doctor for Southampton Football Club for a while, but his greatest passion was rugby. He captained the St Andrews University team in 1952, supported Scotland Rugby through thick and thin, and was delighted to relocate, after retirement to Gloucestershire, where he had access to regular Gloucester premiership games.
He married three times and divorced twice. He was most proud of his three sons, John, Mark and Robert, all from the first marriage. He followed their lives and careers with great interest, delighted that they were all gainfully employed and all married, and he was a very warm and loving grandfather of nine. He is survived by his sons, grandchildren, and third wife, Nicky, with whom he shared great peace and happiness in rural Gloucestershire during the last 10 years.
A service of thanksgiving was held in the Priory Church of St Mary’s, Deerhurst, on Sunday 17 February 2007.
Former consultant anaesthetist Southampton General Hospital (1969-97) (b St Andrews, Fife, 17 February 1933; q St Andrews1957; FRCA 1965), died peacefully in Cheltenham General Hospital on 1 January 2008 after a short but aggressive recurrence of lymphoma for which he had been treated 11 years previously.