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Barry McCormick

August 3, 1949 - June 14, 2022

Barry McCormick, beloved father of Gavin and Hugh, grandfather of Theodore, Huxley and Philippa, passed away peacefully after a very short period in the care of the wonderful staff of Exeter hospital. He lived life to the full right to the end, touring Chelsea Flower Show full of life just two weeks before passing away. The funeral will be at Farm Street Church, London, at 3pm on Friday 8 July 2022.

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  • 2022-07-03 22:06:52 View / Comment (1)
    Craig Alexander

    Craig Alexander

    Craig Alexander

    I first met Barry at Robinson College in 1980 - not the college to which I had applied but I am eternally grateful that I ended up there. I was one of a handful of economics undergraduates at the college and benefited greatly from Barry's teaching. When he moved to Southampton that same year I was privileged to be his research assistant during the summers of my undergraduate career. I still remember conversations about things like trying to econometrically model police promotion processes...and working on econometric models of commuting. During my summers working in Southampton I was privileged to stay with Barry and Doreen and their Airedale (if I remember the breed correctly, being no expert on dogs). Barry introduced me to the music of Fairport Convention and Tchaikovsky! Both Barry and I had railwayman fathers - perhaps that was one of the things over which we established a bond? I think we were both also the first people in our families to complete university... Barry was one of those that wrote a recommendation for me for the MIT Economics PhD programme. I greatly enjoyed learning from people like Samuelson, Solow, Modigliani, Dornbusch, Fischer etc. In the end, though, I chose not to become an academic economist. We stayed in touch over the years and, when Barry moved into the civil service he called me to try to recruit me. I am sure that it would have been a great experience but I had, at that time, just accepted a place on a MPhil in archaeology back at Cambridge. I moved to Italy during my postgrad work in archaeology but, when I visited London, I usually managed to have lunch or dinner with Barry and Doreen, who remain amongst the very nicest people I have ever met. My last conversation with Barry focused on the merits of the London classical music scene - the best in the world, he argued - and the possibilities of econometrically modelling the impact of interventions against Covid-19. I only learned of Barry's death within the last hour, from Gavin, his son. Barry McCormick was my teacher, mentor and friend - I cannot say more.

2022-06-24 22:52:49 wrote:

I learnt a lot from and thoroughly enjoyed working for Barry as a young economist at DH in 2009 and CHSEO in 2011/2012. I later heard that he was involved in setting up the Royal Economic Society event where I first heard more about becoming a civil service economist. I am sad and shocked that he has suddenly passed away and will greatly miss catching up with him.

2022-06-24 22:52:49 wrote: I learnt a lot from and thoroughly enjoyed working for Barry as a young economist at DH in 2009 and CHSEO in 2011/2012. I later heard that he was involved in setting up the Royal Economic Society event where I first heard more about becoming a civil service economist. I am sad and shocked that he has suddenly passed away and will greatly miss catching up with him.

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