GEOFF BALLARD DIES AT AGE OF 75
Published at 20.09.2008 in Obituary
Geoff Ballard, the Canadian entrepreneur who transformed pollution-free fuel cells from an exotic power source used in the space program to an everyday engine used in industry, buses and, perhaps soon, in cars, died Aug. 2 at Lions Gate Hospital in Vancouver from complications of a liver disease. He was 75.
LORD STOKES 1914 – 2008
Published at 11.08.2008 in Obituary
Lord Stokes, former chief of British Leyland Motor Corporation, died on July 21, 2008, aged 94. Donald Gresham Stokes was the son of the Transport Manager of the Plymouth City Transport undertaking, in those days one of the clients of Leyland. By the age of 11 he knew that he wanted to work for Leyland Motors.
