{"id":8100,"date":"2020-03-17T10:52:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T09:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=8100"},"modified":"2020-03-17T10:52:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T09:52:24","slug":"john-passmore-icu-president-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/john-passmore-icu-president-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"John Passmore &#8211; ICU President: 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Passmore was the ICU President from 1980-81 and elected into that post in March 1980. The front page of <a href=\"https:\/\/f001.backblazeb2.com\/file\/felixonline\/issues\/pdfs\/felix_548.pdf\">Felix announced<\/a> the election results on its front page of 14 March 1980. STOIC interviewed him in the TV Studio just after the new term had started. From the 8 October 1980, here he is talking to Graeme Shaw.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2IB7e5Vcllw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Not that long after the term had started he was in the news again. He was the victim of a &#8216;kidnapping&#8217; rag stunt by City University. Once more STOIC was on the case and here&#8217;s their report from 13 November 1980, Mike Hackett was the location reporter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Puj9JRRFLyU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw March 2020<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICU President John Passmore was the victim of a  1980 &#8216;kidnapping&#8217; rag stunt by City University. 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