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Aram Soli Rudenski won an open scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge, graduating with a triple first in the mathematics and medical sciences Triposes in 1979.

He did house jobs in Hastings and John Radcliffe Infirmary. As a Medical Research Council training fellow in Oxford, he developed a highly influential mathematical model of glucose and insulin kinetics. He held consultant posts in Bradford (1999-2001) and at Salford Royal Hospital (2001-11).

He was an enthusiastic teacher and gifted polymath, with rich cultural interests in the arts and natural history.

During the AIDS crisis he gave his time generously, undertaking substantial voluntary work, especially for OXAIDS. Involvement in the Jewish community was of central importance to him. He was a member of Leeds Sinai, Jackson’s Row, and the Manchester Liberal Jewish Community.

Prostate cancer diagnosed in 2011 forced him to retire prematurely, which was a great loss to Salford Royal. He leaves his devoted partner, David.

School - Rossall
Admitted to Clatre on 7 Oct 1872
Matriculated Michaelmas 1872
Exhibitioner; Chancellor's English medal, 1875
B.A. 1876; M.A. 1879
Seatonian prize, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1903, 1906

Ordained deacon (Winchester) 1876; priest (Rochester) 1877; Curate of St Mary Magdalene, Peckham, 1876-80
Curate of St Stephen's, St Marylebone, 1880-2
Curate of St Stephen's, Paddington, 1883-6
Rector of St Paul's, Aberdeen, 1886-94
Vicar of Wrawby, Lincs., 1894-1908

Married, 5 Sept 1883 to Mary, eldest daughter of W. G. Shuttleworth of Peckham

Died 25 Jan 1908, aged 55, at Brigg

Graduated with undergraduate and master's degrees in geology from the University of British Columbia and a doctorate from Princeton University.

Joined the Scott Polar Research Institute and was appointed Chief Geologist for the 1949-1952 Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition. During the expedition he made a 189 day, unsupported dog sled journey across the continent.

On his return to Canada he joined the Geological Survey of Canada serving as a field geologist until 1958.

Helped found the Polar Continental Shelf Program. Left after 14 years to act as science advisor to the newly created federal Department of the Environment, where he remained on staff until 1989.

After retirement he remained an active participant in polar research, and also became a key mentor within the Students on Ice educational program. He continued to participate in expeditions for Students on Ice well into his tenth decade, his last being to Greenland only two months before his death.

Admitted to Clare College on 14 October 1873
Matriculated Michaelmas 1873
B.A. 1877; M.A. and LL.M., 1880; LL.D., 1886

Admitted solicitor, May 1881 and practised in Birmingham

Died in Birmingham on 17 August 1899, aged 44.

Brother of Ernest Charles Rogers (admitted to Clare in 1876).

Admitted to Clare College on 7 October 1876
Matriculated Michaelmas 1876
B.A. 1880; M.A. and LL.M. 1883; LL.D. 1889

Admitted solicitor, March 1884 and practised in Birmingham, 1890-1931

Died 27 March 1931, aged 73, at Edgbaston and is buried at Lodge Hill.

Brother of William Showell Rogers (admitted to Clare in 1873).

Educated at King Edward VI School Macclesfield.

Admitted to Clare College in 1961.

Assistant Keeper of Paintings & Drawings, Fitzwilliam Museum 1970, Keeper 1976; Director Yale Centre for British Art 1981–1995. Director Fitzwilliam Museum & Marlay Curator 1995–2009; Master of Magdalene 2002–2012. Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2008.

Matriculated at Clare, 1932.

Read mathematics at Clare College and proceeded to a PhD in theoretical and experimental nuclear physics

1961 - elected to a Research Fellowship at the College
1963 - elected to a lectureship at the Cavendish Laboratory

He served as Clare's Senior Tutor and Admissions Tutor for twenty years

Emeritus Fellow in Physics