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Dr Patricia (Pat) Harrison


         Ripples of sadness went around the world on 13 October when the news broke that we had
         lost a much respected member of BPW and, to so many, a treasured friend.
         Pat  Harrison  became  International  President  in  1999  elected  at  the  Vancouver  Congress
         having served and contributed to BPW in many roles from club to international, beginning
         when she joined BPW Woy Woy in 1977. These included being Vice President of the NSW
         division and from 1965 - 67 the Vice President of BPW Australia.  Moving on to international
         roles, she was a member of the International Standing Committee from 1983 – 1987.  Next,
         she had an outstanding leadership role as the Regional Coordinator for Asia Pacific.
         In  Venice  Pat  was  elected  the  Vice  President  United  Nations  Status  of  Women,  a  role  to
         which she was truly dedicated, successfully setting up new communications technology sys-
         tems for aiding and reporting the work of her team.


         Sylvia Perry’s full tribute can be found in the BPW International Newsletter – to access it the link is:
                                      https://www.bpw-international.org/patharrison/

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            Janice Bancroft and Sylvia Perry share some further memories of Pat Harrison:


         Sylvia recalls that immediately before the 1999 BPW International Congress in Vancouver, 100 mem-
         bers enjoyed a week's Alaskan tour and we arrived back really poorly with "Alaskan flu". Without Pat
         as my personal doctor getting me a prescription and looking after me for the next few days, I would
         never have managed to chair the Congress, Its good to know who to have as your first Vice Presi-
         dent!
         A love of music was something that Pat and I shared and enjoyed together in various concert halls in
         London, at the Carnegie in New York and in various locations on our travels. Only last year, she
         emailed to remind me of a special evening when we were at the debut of a promising young pianist in
         Hong Kong, to say he had become quite famous and she had just seen him again at the Sydney
         Opera House.
         Pat Lunn remembers well the personal connection that Pat had with Bakewell through the many years
         that Pat Lunn's mother was a life time friend of Pat's mother- in -law who also lived in Bakewell and
         the needlework skills they shared.

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