Emeritus Professor Brian Ernest Dudley Cooke, Founder Dean and Professor of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology of the Dental School, University of Wales, College of Medicine, 1961-1982, died at his home at Pembroke on 28 September 2007, at the age of 87. His infectious enthusiasm and great integrity made him an effective leader. Brian qualified in dentistry at the London Hospital which he left in 1942 to join the Royal Navy Reserve as a Surgeon Lieutenant (Dental), serving in WWII. Afterwards, he completed his medical training. He became Reader in Dental Medicine at Guy’s under Professor Martin Rushton, the greatest influence in his career. Brian's private tuition course at his home for candidates for the Fellowship in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons was attended by many postgraduates – it was said that only those who had been on Brian’s course stood a chance of passing the examinations! In 1961, he was appointed as the First Dean and Professor of Oral Medicine of a new Dental School of the Welsh National School of Medicine in Cardiff. In 1948, Brian married Neilla (née Hope) who was a staff nurse at the London Hospital, who survives him. Throughout their 59 years together, Neilla provided the love and support Brian needed in fulfilling all his many responsibilities. They regularly welcomed all staff to parties in their home in Lisvane and entertained visiting examiners and other academics or pathologists. Neilla not only knew the names of all the school staff but those of their families, helping to maintain staff morale at the new Dental School. In retirement, Brian pursued his considerable interests in poetry and literature, philately, furniture making and history of medicine. Their son, Nigel, is now a consultant physician and their daughter, Susan, a nurse practitioner.