Gordon Alick HOOKINGS

Gordon HOOKINGS Obituary

HOOKINGS, Gordon Alick. MBE. October 28, 1920 - December 1, 2017. Much loved husband of Margaret, father and father-in-law of Clare and James, Alistair and Vicki, and Elizabeth and Graham; and grandfather of Ben, Chris, Emma, Matthew, Jonathon, Jack, Tessa and Meg. Associate Prof. Mathematics and passionate glider pilot. In accordance with Gordon's wishes a private family service was held at Purewa on Thursday 7 December. Our grateful thanks to the staff of Douglas House, St Andrews for their wonderful care.

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Published by The New Zealand Herald on Dec. 9, 2017.

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Dudley

June 1, 2020

I was a student taught by Professor Hookings in 1978-9. I too Googled him to see if he was still living but sadly it was not to be. His maths ability still inspires me to solve problems. There was no maths problem he couldn't solve, though he always seemed surprised that he did it. What a humble and genius person he was.

Eve

June 17, 2018

I was just thinking about some of my memories of maths olympiads camps in 2004/2005, and remembered Gordon and wondered if he was still alive (as figured he would be nearly 100 by now!), so I did a google search - I am sorry to hear of his recent passing. I remember the great passion he had for the maths olympiad camps/team/competitions and appreciate how he helped ignite my love of maths.

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