Passed away suddenly at RJH on November 7, 2023. He was born near London, England on May 17, 1944. He will be greatly missed by his wife Jane; his sons Peter (Britteny), Simon, Nicholas; and his grandchildren Taylin, Arria, Scarlett and Willow. Clive was instrumental in the development and introduction of the NovoPen for diabetics. He loved commuting on his recumbent bike, going on family trips and hanging out with his grandkids.
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Clive Burge: an enthusiastic, very generous, hard working and knowledgeable colleague. Shared many good times with him and benefited from his advice and support. We send our sincere condolences to Jane and family.
Charles and Gilly Nicol
My condolences to Clive’s family, whom unfortunately, I have never met. I worked with Clive many years ago, in 1974 to be precise, at Stering Winthrop in Surbiton, Surrey. It was my first job out of university and Clive took me under his wing to get me settled in. He was working mainly on the Winthrop hypoglycemic agent Dibotin and I was assigned to their various antibiotic drugs. Clive had so many varied interests and was always sailing or caving or talking about them. But he took time to introduce me to Surbiton lawn tennis club where we had many a competitive game. I distinctly remember his car, a very bright green Citroen 2CV, which he bought new. This car would lean 45 degrees as it cornered almost like a motorbike, the suspension was so pliant. I got married shortly after joining Winthrop and Clive helped us find a suitable flat as he knew all the good convenient places to live nearby. Sadly my time at Winthrop was short lived due to redundancy, but I am glad to have had the pleasure of knowing him during that time. I was very sad to have heard of his passing. Rest in peace Clive.
Jim Attley
Dear Jane and family – don’t know if you will see this so long after this sad event but my friend Linda and I (we both worked at Connaught Novo with him in the late 80s/early 90s?) were just talking so fondly about him today. Because of that I decided to google his name and came across this such sad news.
He was the the kindest, smartest and gentlest man I have worked with and we were saying in spite of his senior position and sharp intellect he treated everyone with such respect and in genuine friendship. It truly was a joy to work for and with him in those years!
I know how much you all must miss him and hope you find comfort over time in the special memories he has made with you all and what impact he has had on so many others over the years.
Kind regards from Ontario!
Susan Murphy
I had the great pleasure to work with Clive at Vifor. His outstanding knowledge, his openness, his friendliness, paired with his honesty was an honor to experience!
I miss our exchange that we kept beyond work. It’s too sad that you my friend had to “celebrate” your 80th birthday in heaven. My deepest condolences to the family!
Michael
Dear Jane and Family
So very sorry to read of your loss . Clive, or ‘Ginge’ as I called him was a good friend in the UK Portsmouth and early London years. He was my lab mate in Biochemistry practicals and thus helped me get an ‘A’ for my reports. He was a keen Mountaineer and caver and enjoyed walking – the latter, my hobby. Present at your wedding all those decades ago and in touch for many years even getting to visit you in Canada when your kids were little, we rather lost touch in more recent times. As others have said, he was a great enthusiast with a positive approach to life. He loved his recumbent bike! I shall remember him with great affection. Lis
To the family and friends of Clive:
Just last year I was reminded of him when I randomly heard the name Clive and tonight, I happen to stumble upon the primaries from the state of Iowa one of the cities voting was “Clive, Iowa” this once again triggered many fond memories of Clive Your father, husband, and grandfather. So I had to try and find him searching through LinkedIn, and then just googling his name, with the name of his most recent company, sadly to find his obituary.
I had the pleasure of meeting Clive in 1989 when I became a member of Connaught Novo Nordisk sales team and trained extensively with him for two weeks in Toronto. His kind, caring and gregarious personality was infectious and all eight of us who were in training became quite fond of him. I learned a lot from Clive, as did we all. He was one of the most intelligent people I have ever met and he loved to teach and disseminate his knowledge to others and he was exceptional at it.
Early on in the two week course, all eight of us training felt like we were a part of his family. He just had a great way of making you feel at home, and he truly cared about you.
Following the course and just before the national sales meeting I took it upon myself to have T-shirts printed with his caricature on them saying, as I hope you may have seen and remember:
“We survived Clive
April 89”
I was the one that got up and presented the T-shirt to him at our national awards banquet and all eight of us that were on the course stood 4 on either side of him sporting the same T-shirt as he grinned from ear to ear in heartfelt appreciation. I will never forget how much of a kick he got out of that. It still is today one of my fondest memories of my 16 years in the pharmaceutical industry.
I unfortunately, didn’t stay with the company much more than two years as I was offered a substantial job with Glaxo and moved on. And as we spread our wings and accept positions elsewhere, we must leave some friends behind. I don’t think I have spoken to him since March 1992, but I wanted you all to know that I’ve never forgotten him and his great sense of humor, and his vast intelligence including his mastery of the English language. He was one of a kind and I am sure he will live on in all of you with the many memories you have.
I would love to hear from you if you so, choose and have the time.
My deepest condolences for the loss of a life well lived!
Kindest regards.
Paul McCarthy
Fredericton New Brunswick
Jane and Family
Our sincere condolences.
Our thoughts are with you during this difficult time.
Pat McConnachie and Deb White.
My sincere condolences to Jane and family. I had the pleasure to meet Clive and work with him as a colleague at Vifor Pharma. He was deeply curious and intellectual and a fountain of deep information about nearly everything and which he shared openly and generously. I will miss his smile, his wit and his gentle and caring ways. Rest in peace my friend and God bless.
I had the true pleasure of working with Clive during his time at Aspreva and Vifor. He was always so kind and generous — a truly sweet soul. My heartfelt condolences for his family – the world is less without him.