1. William George Ranald Mundell "Ran" Laurie was a British physician, Olympic rowing champion and gold medallist.
11 Facts About Ran Laurie
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Ran Laurie had always told me he learnt all his rowing from Taffy Jones [W J Llewellyn-Jones] at Monkton Combe School.
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Ran Laurie rowed for Cambridge in the 1934,1935, and 1936 boat races, all of which were won by Cambridge.
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Ran Laurie was in the boat with Jack Wilson, who was to become his rowing partner later in their careers.
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Ran Laurie was elected a steward of Henley Royal Regatta in 1951, and served as a Henley umpire.
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Ran Laurie sat on Henley's management committee between 1975 and 1986.
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Ran Laurie joined the Sudan Political Service in 1936, becoming District Commissioner of Nyala.
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Ran Laurie chaired the Oxford Committee of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award between 1959 and 1969, and the Oxford branch of Save the Children from 1986 to 1989.
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In 1944, Ran Laurie married Patricia Laidlaw; they were married until her death from motor neurone disease in 1989.
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Ran Laurie married Mrs Douglas Ernest Arbuthnot, Mary Arbuthnot, nee Morgan in 1990 in Norfolk.
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Ran Laurie died of Parkinson's disease in 1998 at the age of 83.