Unusual generosity and kindness characterised Mike Prosser's full and diverse life. Mike was an outstanding member of his profession.

Mike qualified at Bristol University in 1952. After a four-year commission as a Royal Naval Dental Officer he entered general practice as an assistant to his father in Southgate in Bath, remaining a committed NHS general practitioner for his whole career.

Mike was the secretary of the Bristol and District Section of the BDA in the early 1960s and also membership secretary of the Western Counties Branch.

In 1973 he was elected to the Representative Board of the BDA, then to the GDSC. He served continuously in those influential bodies until 1990. Mike was courteous to all in lively debates, never known to use harsh words; at the same time he became a member of the Dental Estimates Board.

Mike was committed to team working so he strove to improve the conditions for DCPs through his membership of the Ancillary Personnel Committee and the Dental Technicians Education and Training Advisory Board. He was involved with LDCs, Executive Councils, FPCs and advisory bodies in the Bath area, chairing many of them.

He was elected Chairman of the Western Counties Branch Council in the late 1970s and President in 1981. His service to the BDA was accorded by the honour of Life Membership on his retirement.

Mike loved his chosen profession and one of his greatest joys was when his son, Andrew, who sadly predeceased him, qualified in dentistry. Three generations of the Prosser family qualified in dentistry.

Behind any successful man there must be family support. Jean always firmly supported Mike in their long and happy marriage. In retirement, both he and Jean continued to support patients in a practical way by being volunteers at the Royal United Hospital Bath.

Outside dentistry Mike was a Round Table member 1960-70 and later a Rotarian of some repute serving two terms as President of the Bath West Rotary Club. In 2002 he was awarded a Rotary International Citation. He was the Chairman of the Rotary Corneal Transplant Committee from 1994 until his death. Similarly he was the Chairman of the Royal Society of St. George from 1994.

We salute your memory, a full life, much lived in the service of others. You were one of the best colleagues we met in our practising lifetime.