Gordon Brown?

[Michael Alexander]

Was there a chap here in the 70's called Gordon Brown, who was technical advisor to the Gm of the time, who leaked mining info to the Newspaper about DeBeers overmining or something? Does anyone know about this and furthermore what happened to this chap?

[Carl Wrbka]

Didn't he recently become the occupant of 10 Downing Street?    Vra maar net.

[Michael Alexander]

nope... Gordon Brown, just had a second email about the guy.... he was Scottish, Dj Van Jaarsveld made him assistant to the GM....he left the country illegaly, his story was printed in the Scottish Newspapers.... He thought/claimed that the group was out to get him.......

[stephanie]

Yes there was some story about selling confidential info.  Just remember he was a swimmer as was his daughter - don't remember her name (Jean?), but think she is in the photo I have of the swimming team, which I will someday get round to figuring out how to put up.  Took me long enough to just get a message on the sight!

[Michael Alexander]

Jeepers....Now it's coming together...There was a Jean Brown in my class in 1981, I just posted the class pic on the other board......

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

I also heard about those stories.........Leaks to the outside LOL

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Was he a short plump guy?

[SandyB]

Nope , slim  build dark hair slightly receding , moustache , always wore tweedy jackets and if i remember correctly he was married to  a Freemantle daughter .. just what sticks in my mind .. maybe me wrong ..

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Its ringing a bell.......

[SandyB]

Ding Dong !!

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

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[Patricia Lotte]

Yes, Gordon was a swimmer and so was his daughter Jean. He was married to Ingrid who worked in accounts. They're living in Cape Town. Jean's married and has 2 gorgeous sons. As for the story about 'leaking info', there were many rumours about what really happened and who was at fault ... who screwed who ...

[georg ruf jr.]

I remember this guy very well and have always been wondering, wha migh have happened to him.
He was ofen at the pool. Very quite guy. His wife would sit (fully dressed) near the pool while he would swim, swim, swim... He seamed a bit of a loner.
His daughter was a lot younger than me. The last I remember was her learning to swim.

[Delia]

I remember Gordon well, he was always training at the town pool when us kids were there - he always reminded me of Mark Spitz (the Olympic swimmer in the 70's) with that trademark moustache.  I remember a couple of girls having a crush on him......I also remember briefly the scandal Mike's referring to that he got into.

[Michael Alexander]

Anyone got a contact for him?