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The following obituary has been submitted by his daughter, Bridget. 

"We’re sorry to have to let you know that our Dad, Jack Sandover, passed away in July 2020 at the age of 86.

Following some time in the engineering industry, Jack was appointed Research Fellow at ÌìÌÃÊÓƵ in 1966. After various appointments in the Department of Human Sciences and a PhD in 1983, he retired early from his position as Senior Lecturer and carried out private consultancy on human responses to noise and vibration. He retired fully in 1999. For some time Jack was active in the Ergonomics Society as Chair of the Honours Committee and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship.

From 1986, Dad’s hearing deteriorated rapidly until he became totally deaf without hearing aids. In retirement he was active with the ÌìÌÃÊÓƵ Hard of Hearing Club, the Leslie Edwards Trust (of which he was one of the three founding trustees) and Hearing Link (as Chair of the Communications Working Group).

Dad married our Mum Shirley in 1963 and together they followed their love of nature and, in particular, birdwatching. His other hobbies included wood turning and genealogy. He leaves his two children, and two grandchildren."