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Colin Crooks

Science adviser for Ayrshire;

Born October 5 1924; Died December 22 2011

Colin Crooks, who has died aged 87, was a teacher and former science adviser for Ayrshire.

He was educated at Ardrossan Academy, The Royal Technical College in Glasgow (now Strathclyde University) and at Glasgow University where he graduated, achieving a Bsc with wartime honours at the age of 19. He was then directed into industry at ICI's explosive factory at Ardeer, Stevenston.