Malcolm Anderson 1970–2018: his academic career

Abstract

Malcolm was born on 22 January 1970 and grew up in Cramlington, Northumberland. The schoolboy Malcolm showed a flair for leadership, serving as Deputy Head Boy and captain of the school football and cricket teams. He also displayed other characteristics which were to become familiar to all who knew him in later life. In a testimonial supporting Malcolm’s university application, the Headmaster of Cramlington High School wrote: ‘Malcolm’s attitude to his work is exemplary... He is able to work very well on his own... He has a clear style which displays his arguments forcefully and logically using both sound analysis and his dry sense of humour’. Thirty years of academic life failed to diminish those qualities. Malcolm studied economics and economic history at Cardiff University between 1988 and 1991. On graduation, he secured appointment as a Research Assistant at the University’s Business School. He was promoted to Lecturer in Accounting in September 1995 and added to his qualifications with an MPhil from Cardiff University and a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He married Diane in St Austell, Cornwall in 1993. They had three daughters, Hannah, Rachel and Bethan. Malcolm took his own life at the Business School on 19 February 2018. He was posthumously promoted to the grade of senior lecturer.