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After retirement he threw himself into many voluntary causes, serving on committees, attending conferences, and forever asking questions at company meetings. | After retirement he threw himself into many voluntary causes, serving on committees, attending conferences, and forever asking questions at company meetings. | ||
Griff had been a gay activist since about 1964, and was a leading member of CHE from its very earliest days. | Griff had been a gay activist since about 1964, and was a leading member of CHE from its very earliest days. He served for a number of years as CHE's conference organiser, and led a campaign against [[Scarborough]] council which had refused to host a CHE conference.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/dec/21/griff-vaughan-williams-obituary Obituary by [[Peter Scott-Presland]], ''The Guardian''</ref> | ||
In recent years, despite ill-health, he had continued to be the driving force behind many of CHE’s activities. | In recent years, despite ill-health, he had continued to be the driving force behind many of CHE’s activities. | ||
His final act as Secretary was to sign the contract with [[Peter Scott-Presland]] commissioning a new book about the history of CHE, | His final act as Secretary was to sign the contract with [[Peter Scott-Presland]] commissioning a new book about the history of CHE, | ||
a history which he had very much helped to make. | a history which he had very much helped to make. | ||
==External links== | |||
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/11/17/campaign-for-homosexual-equality-secretary-griffith-vaughan-williams-dies/ ''[[Pink News]]'' article. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
This article based with permission on the CHE web page: http://www.c-h-e.org.uk/griff-vw.htm | This article partly based with permission on the CHE web page: http://www.c-h-e.org.uk/griff-vw.htm | ||
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[[Category:Campaigners]] | [[Category:Campaigners]] | ||
[[Category:Wales]] | [[Category:Wales]] | ||
Revision as of 13:24, 2 August 2012
Griffith Vaughan Williams (1940–2010) was a leading member of CHE for many years, and latterly its Secretary.
Griff was born on the 9th of November 1940 in Bangor, North Wales, and was educated at a local grammar school and then at a college of journalism in Cardiff. He worked for a number of magazines and provincial newspapers around the country, and later in the press office at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, which he left about 20 years ago to become a freelance journalist. After retirement he threw himself into many voluntary causes, serving on committees, attending conferences, and forever asking questions at company meetings.
Griff had been a gay activist since about 1964, and was a leading member of CHE from its very earliest days. He served for a number of years as CHE's conference organiser, and led a campaign against Scarborough council which had refused to host a CHE conference.[1]
In recent years, despite ill-health, he had continued to be the driving force behind many of CHE’s activities. His final act as Secretary was to sign the contract with Peter Scott-Presland commissioning a new book about the history of CHE, a history which he had very much helped to make.
External links
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/11/17/campaign-for-homosexual-equality-secretary-griffith-vaughan-williams-dies/ Pink News article.
References
This article partly based with permission on the CHE web page: http://www.c-h-e.org.uk/griff-vw.htm <references>
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/dec/21/griff-vaughan-williams-obituary Obituary by Peter Scott-Presland, The Guardian