Andrew Hood
It is with great regret and sadness that we announce the death of Andrew Hood, Staff Development Officer. Andrew, aged 52, died suddenly and unexpectedly on
29 August.
Many of Andrew's family, friends and colleagues attended his funeral service at the Woodvale Crematorium in Brighton on 7 September. The University Chaplain, the Revd Gavin Ashenden, conducted the service; Ted Nahkle, Academic Secretary, spoke about Andrew's contributions to the University.
Andrew had been at Sussex since 1991, when he came to set up the new Staff Development Office. He was a conscientious and hardworking colleague who was committed to education.
Richard Price, Staff Welfare Officer, said, "Andrew saw the University as a community to be nurtured in all its human parts. He held a strong and abiding belief in the power of people to grow, change and realise their potential. It was this belief that informed all he did at the University. His legacy here is in the many, many staff who hold him in respect, affection and gratitude."
No doubt everyone who knew Andrew would wish to extend their deepest sympathy to his wife Ruth and son Ewan.
A short memorial service for Andrew will take place in the Meeting House on 13 October, at 12 noon. It will be followed by the planting of a tree in his memory.
