Professor Yvonne Carter CBE
4 October 2010
Yvonne Carter Tribute Event
An evening lecture was held on 4 October 2010 to celebrate the life of Professor Yvonne Carter CBE. It was attended by friends, family, and colleagues of Professor Carter CBE.
Tributes and Lectures were given by Professor Nigel Thrift (Vice-Chancellor,University of Warwick), Councillor Phillip Townshend (UHCW NHS Trust), Professor Trisha Greenhalgh (Queen Mary, University of London), Professor Stuart Palmer (University of Warwick) and Dr Michael Bannon.
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28/10/2009
First Reading at Yvonne's funeral: A reading from the book of Wisdom 4:7-15
Untarnished life, this is ripe old age
The virtuous woman, though she die before her time, will find rest.
Length of days is not what makes age honourable, nor number of years the true measure of life; understanding, this is woman's grey hairs, untarnished life, this is ripe old age.
She has sought to please God, so God has loved her as she was living among sinners, she has been taken up.
She has been carried off so that evil may not warp her understanding or treachery seduce her soul; for the fascination of evil throws good things into the shade, and the whirlwind of desire corrupts a simple heart.
Coming to perfection in so short a while, she achieved long life her soul being pleasing to the Lord, he has taken her quickly from the wickedness around her.
Yet people look on, uncomprehending; it does not enter their heads that grace and mercy await the chosen of the Lord, and protection, his holy ones.
This is the word of the Lord.
21/10/2009
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Professor Yvonne Carter. Yvonne passed away in the early hours of 20 October after losing her battle with breast cancer, aged 50
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Well-known and loved as Dean of Warwick Medical School from 2004 to 2009, and Pro-Vice Chancellor for the University of Warwick from 2007-2009, Yvonne was also one of the best known medical academics of recent times. A working GP for more than 20 years, she combined a punishing schedule of meetings, clinics, lectures and official dinners with an impressive portfolio of medical research and an inspirational style of management.
Under her leadership Warwick Medical School quickly developed into an innovative centre for research and education. Yvonne successfully led the School through the demanding General Medical Council quality assurance process to gain independent medical degree awarding status. During her tenure as Dean, the School was also assessed as part of the Research Assessment Exercise for the first time in 2008. It was ranked amongst the top ten medical schools in the UK for the quality of its Health Services Research.
With a medical career spanning more than 25 years, Professor Carter has held many national roles in education and research. During her time at Warwick, Professor Carter was named the Confederation of British Industry’s First Woman of Science in 2006 and appointed Deputy Lieutenant for the County of the West Midlands in 2008.
In the same year Yvonne was awarded a Coventry City Council Good Citizen Award and in 2009 she received a CBE for services to Medical Education, building on the OBE she received for services to health services research in 2000. More locally, Yvonne was also an Honorary Consultant in Primary Care at Coventry Teaching PCT and a Non-Executive Director and Vice Chair at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
Yvonne was diagnosed with her illness shortly after she arrived at Warwick in 2004. Her refusal to give in to her illness held strong until July 2009 when she took early retirement due to her failing health. Few will forget her energy and commitment, whilst her many friends, colleagues and students will remember her as warm, approachable and fair-minded, inspiring loyalty and hard work in those she led. She leaves her husband Michael, their son Christopher and her sister Alma.
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