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Kenneth Lloyd Edwards Memorial Trust

This is the text from the Memorial Trust.
This award is intended to help perpetuate the memory of Mr Kenneth Lloyd Edwards B.Sc. (Hons), C.Eng.,M.I.Mech.E.,M.I.Mar.E.,Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Aston College from 1960 to 1981.

Mr Edwards was educated at Grove Park Grammar School, and the University of Manchester. This was followed by service in the Merchant Navy and engineering positions at Vickers Armstrong in Barrow-in-Furness. He was a Chartered Engineer of long standing and contributed to mechanical engineering research during the industrial part of his career. In latter years he was appointed as a tutor within the Open University and was much respected within the Technology Faculty by staff and students alike.

In his period at Aston College, Mr Edwards was essentially concerned with the subjects of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, exhibiting considerable expertise in these fields, allied to a sympathetic understanding of the requirements and welfare of his students. He was a loyal and enthusiastic member of the School of Engineering which he represented on the Senate of the North East Wales Institute. He was closely involved in many developments within the School including the Ordinary National Diploma in Technology course, for which he was the Course Tutor.

He was the most cheerful of men, a good friend, a respected colleague and a revered colleague and teacher, and his presence is missed very much. Following a prolonged illness, which he bore with exceptional cheerfulness, Mr Edwards died on 15th June 1981, leaving his wife Audrey and his two sons Lloyd and Owen.

Mr Edwards displayed qualities of good nature, behaviour, application, and acheivement which were highly admired by his colleagues. this memorial award is made annually, at the discretion of the Award Committee, to that student in the School of Engineering who is considered to have been most outstanding for that year. All aspects of work, social behaviour and attitudes are taken into consideration in determining the recipient of the award, and it is hoped that each reipient will reflect the qualities so admired in the late Kenneth Lloyd Edwards.

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