Oncologist, musician, composer.
Born at Wrexham, Wales on 5 April 1947, son of Noel Davies Jones and Winifred Elsie Avey, he attended the Stand Grammar School at Lancashire, England, the Welsh National School in Cardiff, and the University of Cardiff where he met his future wife, Gwyneth. They married in July 1970 in Trinidad where he was an exchange student in surgery. They would go on to have three children.
He graduated from medical school in 1971 and worked in surgical specialties at the University Hospital of Wales (1972-1979), becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (England). He then trained in radiotherapy and oncology at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford (1980-1982) and Christie Hospital Manchester (1982-1986). He was an Associate Professor at the University of Manchester and, in 1983, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiology (England).
In 1986, he and his family moved to Winnipeg where he worked as a Radiation Oncologist at CancerCare Manitoba (1986-2012) and was Head (1993-2004) and Associate Professor in the Oncology Department at the University of Manitoba.
His love of music and music composition began in childhood. More than 30 of his choral and orchestral compositions premiered in Canada, USA, and UK. He was a member of the International Trombone Association Review Committee since 1999, and over 100 of his reviews are published in its journal. He was a voting member of the Canadian Music Centre. He played with the Chamber Orchestra at St. John's College for over 30 years and also with the Manitoba Trombone Collective. He was an executive member of the Joie de Vivre Choir and a member of the choir at St. George’s Anglican Church.
A proud Welshman, he taught himself to speak Welsh, was a member of the Welsh Medical Society, President of the St. David's Society of Winnipeg (1997-2000, 2006-2009), and a trustee of the Welsh National Cymanfu Ganu Association (2002-2008).
He died suddenly at Winnipeg on 13 February 2025.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 22 February 2025.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 February 2025
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