Page 110 - Gonzaga Record 1950-59

the British broadsheets gave his death and career
extensive coverage. The website of St Patrick’s
Mental Health Services records the opening, by
President Mary McAleese in September 2009, of a
Tony Clare Memorial Garden in the grounds of St
Edmundsbury Hospital in Lucan. It credits him with
‘transforming the reputation of the psychiatric
profession through his groundbreaking radio
interviews and books.

Full obituaries can be found at the websites of
The Guardian, The Independent and The Daily
Telegraph. The Wikipedia entry records his
outstanding skills as an orator. He was auditor of the
L. & H. at UCD and winner of the Observer Mace in
1964.

th
John Fitzpatrick (ˋ65) died 14 May, 2014

The Irish Times, in
an obituary
published on June
th
7 2014, quotes his
former medical
colleagues who
named him ‘a global leader in cancer treatment’ and
claimed that “it is no exaggeration to say that he could
easily be described as the world’s foremost urologist”.

An outstanding teacher, and held in great
, he was elected
esteem internationally to
membership of the US Association of Genito-Urinary
Surgeons, a distinction rarely awarded to non-
Americans, and invited to teach as a visiting professor

109