she retired from the civil service, she was Chancellor of De Montfort University from 1991 until 1995. She also worked for CARE International from 1992, and was a director of BSkyB. She was also associated with the Institute of Management Studies, Manchester Business School, Templeton College, Oxford, and Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. She became a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1980 and advanced to DCB in 1988, the second woman to become a Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath. She died at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. A memorial service was held at Westminster Abbey on 3 October 2000. References 1930 births 2000 deaths People educated at the School of St Helen and St Katharine Civil servants from London British people of German descent Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath Neurological disease deaths in England Deaths from Parkinson's disease Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford People associated with De Montfort University