Obituary: Barry Jackson
Howard Lake | 4 November 1999 | News
UK Fundraising is very sad to learn of the sudden death last week of Barry Jackson, director of Corporate Affairs at the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals.
Barry set up the first e-mail discussion list for fundraisers in the UK, a year and a half before FundUK was launched. Admin-develop was established in October 1994 and has enabled hundreds of university fundraisers to share expertise, advice, and information.
“Barry was always helpful to me”, said Howard Lake, UK Fundraising. “He was pleased to see admin-develop joined by FundUK, and was a valued source of help and advice to me over the past four years.”
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Barry also set up Expertnet, an online system for putting journalists rapidly in touch with relevant academics at any UK university who could help them with their story and provide a quote.
John Izbicki in today’s Independent Education supplement commented that “Barry was an exceptionally kind man and always cheerful.”
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.