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By Stuart MacDonald

Tom Mandeville died on Tuesday 7 June 2022. Tom was one of the trio who founded Prometheus in 1983. Tom it was who christened the journal, odd as he was a Canadian and never a classics scholar. And it was Tom who steered Prometheus through its early years in the choppy waters of the University of Queensland. Those were difficult times: not everyone saw a need for a new journal (in the Queensland of Jo Bjeke Petersen, perhaps any journal at all) and the trio had to take on not only all the work of an academic publisher, but also personal responsibility for the journal’s finances. Of the trio’s contributions to the venture, Don Lamberton brought gravitas, I brought a rudimentary command of the English language, and Tom brought boundless enthusiasm, a joie de vivre that was to remain with him throughout his life. Of all the resources required to keep Prometheus afloat, this was to prove the most important by far.

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Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation
Volume 38, Issue 2
SKU: 380201