Above : Illustration from Sevenoaks by Kevin Sacco .
Right : Jonty Driver with Chemistry master Willie Bleyberg © Kevin Sacco
To Sir , with love . I was greatly saddened to hear about the passing of my old teacher and friend Jonty Driver . I first met Jonty when as a Yank in an English boarding school I was lucky to be a boarder in the International Centre . Jonty and his wife Ann presided over an international cast of us adolescent rascals with great care for us as individuals and a great sense of humour . I think he understood how to invest us with character , which he had in abundance .
I was so glad to renew my relationship with him much later in life when he spent some time with us during his trip to the States and when we visited England . Last year we met at the OS Reunion Lunch at Sevenoaks and it was clear to me , as Old Sennockians surrounded Jonty , how much he had meant in their lives .
Dear Jonty , Rest in Peace . I hope you are now debating literature with Martin Amis and Christopher Hitchens over a good bottle of wine . Thank you .
Kevin Sacco ( OS 1970 )
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