AvenueThe magazine for alumni and friends of the University of Glasgow

Issue 46 June 2009

10 What would Smith say? Adam Smith and the currenteconomic downturn

University of Glasgowwww.glasgow.ac.uk

•Inthetop1%ofworlduniversities– ranked73rdbytheTimesHigherTop200 World University Rankings for 2008.

•Achievedoutstandingresultsinthe2008 ResearchAssessmentExercisewithalmost 70%ofourresearchactivityclassifiedas world-leadingorinternationallyexcellent.

•Overallinstitutionalsatisfactionratingof 86%inthe2008NationalStudentSurvey.

•Highestlevelsofsatisfactionofany participatingRussellGroup*institutionfor thequalityofoursupportservicesinthe recentInternationalStudentBarometer.

•87%ofourinternationalstudentswould recommend the University to others.

*The Russell Group is an association of the top 20 major research-intensive universities in the United Kingdom – of which the University of Glasgow is one.

WelcomeWelcometothelatesteditionofAvenue,ourtwice-yearly magazine for alumni and friends of the University.

Manyexcitingactivities,eventsanddevelopmentshavetakenplacesince the January edition and this issue highlights some of these for our alumni readers.

InDecembertheresultsofthe2008ResearchAssessmentExercisewerepublished,placingGlasgowattheforefrontofacademicresearch activity internationally. You can find out how we did in moredetailonpages8-9.Ithasalsobeenannouncedrecentlythat the University has seen the largest increase in undergraduate applicationsofanyRussellGroupinstitution,whichcomprisesthetop20research-intensiveuniversitiesintheUK−seepage2fordetails.

TheFraserBuildingwasofficiallyopenedinJanuarybySirWilliamand Lady Fraser and has received a warm welcome by the many students who use its facilities on a daily basis. You can read more aboutthenewStudentServiceshomeonpage2.

Contents

How to contact Avenue

Editorial Strategy Committee:

Executive Editor: Susan Stewart

Production Editors: Sarah Lincoln and Lynn Bell

Cathy Bell, Alan Johnston, Alan Macfarlane, Emily Wallace

Contact details are listed below. All addresses are University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ.

Alumni news: Development & Alumni Office, 2 The Square tel: +44 (0)141 330 4951 email: alumni@gla.ac.uk

Giving to Glasgow: Development & Alumni Office, 2 The Square tel: +44 (0)141 330 4951 email: campaign@gla.ac.uk

Changes of address and obituaries: Development & Alumni Office, 2 The Square tel: +44 (0)141 330 3210 email: alumni@gla.ac.uk

Letters to the Editor:Corporate Communications, 1 The Square tel: +44 (0)141 330 4919 email: avenue@gla.ac.uk

© University of Glasgow 2009. ISSN 0950-7167.

Produced by: Corporate Communications, University of Glasgow.

Photography by the University Photographic Unit.

Additional photography provided by Shutterstock, Development & Alumni Office, Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery.

Printed by PCP Ltd on 50% recycled paper.

Views expressed are not necessarily those of the University or the editors. All rights reserved. Nothing may be reproduced without written permission from the Editorial Strategy Committee.

The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401

Sir Muir RussellPrincipal and Vice-Chancellor

Half-yearly meeting of the General CouncilWednesday, 24 June 2009Alumniareinvitedtojoin the Chancellor and PrincipalattheGeneralCouncil Half Yearly Meeting in the Wolfson MedicalSchoolBuildingat6pmonWednesday,24 June 2009.

Readthereportofthelastmeetingonpages22–3.

InApriltheUniversityheldaconferencetomarkthe250thanniversaryofAdamSmith’sTheory of Moral Sentiments.WiththecreditcrunchtopofthenewsagendaatthemomentweinvestigatewhatSmith,fatherofcapitalism,wouldhavetosayaboutthecurrenteconomicclimateonpages10-11.

TheHunterianMuseum&ArtGallery’scollectionshavebeengoingfromstrengthtostrength.Onpages15-17wetakealookatsometheimpressiveloanswehavemadetogalleriesfarandwideandthemasterpieceswehaveborrowedinreturn,includingaselectionofEdvardMunch’sprintstobeexhibitedattheHunterianthisJune.

Inoureventsround-uponpage19youcanreadaboutthemanyBurnsSupperstakingplacearoundtheworld,someofwhichIhavehadthepleasureofattending,inhonourofthegreatScottishbard’s250thanniversarycelebrations.These,alongwiththemanyotheralumnieventsheldthroughouttheyear,willcertainlybeoneofthemanythingsIwillmissabouttheUniversitywhenIstepdownasPrincipalinOctober.

UntilthenIhopeyouenjoythearrivalofsummer,andthisissueofAvenue,whereveryoumaybe.

1015

22NewsRecent activities and achievements

World-leading researchHighlighting the Research AssessmentExercise

Cover feature:What would Smith say?AdamSmithandthecurrent economic downturn

02

08

12

25

18

Matters of PrincipalSirMuirRusselllooksbackoversixmemorableyears

Home and away at the HunterianHunterianexhibitstravelfar and wide

Alumni newsClubs,reunionsand personalnews

Report to the General CouncilMinutes from the half- yearly meeting of the GeneralCouncil,including thePrincipal’sreport

ObituariesDeathsofmembersof the General Council

Exhibitions and eventsWhat’sonatthe Hunterian Museum &ArtGallery

29

02 News

StudentServicesbuildingopensSince 1966 the HUB has been at the heart of campus life for students. After a dedicated renovation process, which began back in October 2005, the reinvented home to Student Services opened its doors in December 2008.

StudentwellbeinghasalwaysbeenattheheartoftheUniversity'sethosandthisisreflectedinthenewbuilding.Astone’sthrowfromboththelibraryandMcMillanReadingRoom,studentscansurfthewebusingthebuilding'sfreewi-fi,grabacoffeeorabitetoeatinthecafé,seeadoctor,chattoacareers’adviserorsimplycatchupwith friends and tutors.

So,what'sinaname?WellknowntostudentsoverthedecadesastheHUB,thenewdevelopmentbrings with it not only a host of state-of-the-art facilities and features to serve the noughties student butalsoanewtitle.SirWilliamKerrFraser,PrincipaloftheUniversityfrom1988until1995andChancelloruntil2006,alongwithhiswife,LadyFraser,haveshownanactiveinterestinthewelfareofstudentsovertheyears.Torecognisetheircommitment,thebuildingwasrenamed in their honour.

Inkeepingwithcontemporaryvalues,thenewbuildinghasbeencarefullyrefurbishedwiththeenvironmentinmind,achievinghighstandardsofenergy efficiency and sustainability. The building has maintained its original structural shell to avoid demolition waste while new materials forthebuild,suchasthecladdingandconcretepavings,wereallsourcedlocallyinScotlandandNorthernEngland.

ProjectManagerAnnDoncommented:‘Weareinthevanguard of universities who are thinking “student first”. With this bold venture we have raised the bar on theprovisionofintegratedstudentservices.’

InJanuaryaplaquewasunveiledandthebuildingofficiallyopenedbytheFrasers.Sincethenithasbeenbuzzingwithlifeandpromisestobetheperfecthaven for students throughout theiruniversityexperienceforyears to come.

GroupleaderThe University has seen a rise of 14.4% in undergraduate applications since last year, almost double the national average. This is the biggest increase of any Russell Group institution, which comprises the top 20 research-intensive universities in the UK. Home,EUandInternationalapplicationstoGlasgowrosefrom22,195in2008to25,400in2009,accordingtofigurespublishedbytheUniversities&CollegesAdmissionsService.

FionaAndrews,DirectoroftheRecruitment, Admissions&ParticipationServiceattheUniversity,said:‘WearedelightedtoseeanincreaseinapplicationswhichspeaksvolumesforthereputationoftheUniversityandthehighesteem in which our teaching and research activitiesareheld,bothathomeandabroad.’

PoetryprizewinnerFormer Creative Writing student Jen Hadfield has followed in the footsteps of the likes of Seamus Heaney, Carol Ann Duffy and Ted Hughes by winning the T S Eliot Prize for poetry.

ForJen,whoisstillarelativenewcomertothegenre,joiningacanonofsuchesteemedcontemporaryBritishpoetsisnomeanfeat.ShescoopedthecovetedprizeforhersecondvolumeofworkNigh-No-Place (Bloodaxe,2008),whichwaspennedinShetland,whereshelives,andalsowhiletravellingacrossCanada.Herfirstcollection,Almanacs, was also widely praisedonitsrelease.

AtaceremonyinLondoninJanuary,Jenreceivedachequefor£15,000.PoetLaureateandchairofthisyear'saward,AndrewMotion,describedthewinneras‘aremarkablyoriginalpoet’.©

Sus

an G

reen

hill

News 03

NewPrincipalfortheUniversity

On 1 October 2009 Professor Anton Muscatelli will take over the role of Principal of the University when Sir Muir Russell steps down.

ProfessorMuscatelli,46,isnostrangertoGilmorehill.AftergraduatingwithanMAinPoliticalEconomyandthenaPhDinEconomics,heheldseveralprominentpostsattheUniversity,includingDeanoftheFacultyofSocialSciencesfrom2000to2004andVice-Principalfrom2004until2007.SincethenhehasbeenPrincipalofHeriot-WattUniversityinEdinburgh.

TheChairoftheUniversity’sSelectionCommittee,JoyTravers,spokeonbehalfof the University Court who confirmed the appointment:‘Antonbringsexceptional

strategicleadershipandunderstandingoftheissuesfacinguniversitiesatthistime.Ifeelconfidentthat,withAntonatitshead,thisworld-classuniversitywillcontinuetogrowfromstrengthtostrength.’

SirMuirRussellalsowelcomedhissuccessor,saying:‘IamverypleasedthatProfessorAntonMuscatelliwillsucceedmenextsession.Hebringsgreatacademicauthorityplustheexperienceofheadingastrong,research-ledUniversitywhich,duringhisPrincipalship,hasdevelopednew,imaginativeandconvincingstrategies.’

ProfessorMuscatellicommented:‘AsaformerstudentoftheUniversityofGlasgowIpersonallyknowtheimportantroleitplaysinchangingpeople’slives,bothinScotlandandinternationally.Ilookforwardtoworkingwithallourcolleagues,bothacademicandprofessionalservicesstaff,tofulfilthepotentialofourUniversity.’

Photonprojectbringsuniversities togetherThe Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, St Andrews and Heriot-Watt, along with Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), are collaborating on a new photonics project.

Photonicsisthescienceofgenerating,controllinganddetectingphotons.Aphotonisanelementaryparticle,thequantum of the electromagnetic field and the basic unit of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation.

Theproject,whichhaswon£1.6millioninfundingfromtheScienceBridgesaward,isdesignedtocapitaliseonleadingresearchinthephotonicssector in fields including life sciences andrenewableenergy,andthecommercialopportunitiestheresearchoffers.

EntitledtheStanford-ScotlandPhotonicsInnovationCollaboration,theprojectwillgivetalentedyoungresearcherstheopportunitytoexperienceworkinginthelaboratoriesinCalifornia.Italsoaimstobolsterlinks between universities and businessinScotlandandtheUnitedStates.

RAEsuccessThe University has proved once again that it is a powerhouse of research. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) has classified almost 70% of our research activity as world-leading or internationally excellent.

Lastundertakenin2001,theRAEisaninternationallyrecognisedmethodofmeasuringthequality of research being carried out by universities across the UK. The latest results reveal thattheUniversityisfiringonallcylindersacrossarangeofdisciplines.Tofindoutmore,readourfullfeatureonthe2008RAEresultsonpage8.

04 News04 News

You'rehired!HowTVshowsinfluenceourgraspof business A new project aims to establish how popular factual entertainment programmes, such as BBC's The Apprentice, shape understanding about the cultural and economic position of entrepreneurship in contemporary British society.

HeadedupbytheCentreforCulturalPolicyResearchattheUniversity,theresearchwillinvolveinterviewsandfocusgroupsinGlasgowandLondon.Itaimstoexaminetherangeofrepresentationsofentrepreneurshipontelevisionandidentifykeyshiftsin both the television industry and the wider economy that account for the changing representations.

DrRaymondBoyle,leaderoftheresearch,commented:‘Thisstudywillmapthenarrativesofentrepreneurshipthattelevisionconstructsandwillalsoinvestigatehowthetelevisionaudienceengageswithsuchprogrammes.’

Toptheatreawardforalumnus Featured in the last issue of Avenue, graduate John Tiffany has since been named Best Director at the Laurence Olivier Awards. His production Black Watch also scooped awards for Best New Play, Best Sound and Best Choreographer at the distinguished ceremony.

John,whograduatedfromtheUniversitywithanMAin1994,wasalsonamedastheUniversity'sjointYoungAlumnusoftheYearin2008alongwithcyclistMarkBeaumont.ProfessorSirKennethCalman,Chancellor,commented:‘EveryoneattheUniversityisveryproudofallhisachievementsandthisOlivierAwardreallyissomethingspecial.ThereislittledoubtthatJohnisanincredibletalentandwewillbehearingmuchfromthisremarkableyoungmaninyearstocome.’

TheLaurenceOlivierAwardsareregardedasthemostprestigiousawardsinBritishtheatre.AfterahugelysuccessfulnationwidetourofBlack Watchlastyear,thisisanoutstandingachievementforthetheatredirector.WithpreviouswinnersoftheOlivierAwardincludinginternationallyrenowneddirectorsSamMendes,TrevorNunnandJonathanMiller,itseemslikelythatJohnTiffanyissettohavealongand lustrous theatrical career ahead of him.

Haydryerimprovesfarm efficiencyA Glasgow graduate has developed a piece of farming equipment to help dry hay more quickly and scooped a prestigious design award for his efforts.

GavinArmstrongwon the fifth Glasgow 1999Designmedal for the concept,whichhedevelopedwhile studying ProductDesignEngineering,runin conjunction with TheGlasgowSchoolofArt.Havinggrownuponhisfather'sfarm,Gavinwasclearlyinfluencedbyhisupbringingwhenitcametothinkingupadesignforhiscourse.

Dryhayisessentialforfeedingfarmanimals.However,largefarmshavealwaysfacedproblemsindryingthehayquicklyenough.Gavin'sdevice,knownasswathconverter,worksbyflippingoverthehaycropsothedampundersidecandryoutmore quickly.

Taking his idea from the drawing board toreality,Gavinbuiltaworkingprototype,which has already taken off in the agriculturearena.Gavinsaid:‘Ittookjustunder a year to design and a few months tobuildtheworkingprototype.Sincepostinginformationaboutthedesignonline,ithasprovedreallypopularwithfarmersacrosstheworld.’

OnlineshoppingTheUniversityVisitorCentreandHunterianArtGalleryshopshavelaunchedanewwebsitetoshowcasetheirexcellentrangeofUniversityofGlasgowbrandedproducts,anditemsrelatedtotheHunterianArtGallerycollections.Visitwww.universityofglasgowshops.comtofindoutmore.Specialintroductoryoffer:Ifyouregisterandplaceyourorderbefore1July2009,andenterdiscountcode ave0609onthesite,youwillreceive10%offonyourfirstorder.

News 05

Honorary degree for Hannah FrankRenowned artist and graduate of the University Hannah Frank (MA 1930) is to be awarded a posthumous honorary degree this summer.

Theillustrator,whopassedawayon18December2008,livedto101yearsofage.HannahcontinuedtoproduceworkwellintoherninetiesandinSeptemberlastyear,tomarkher100thbirthday,anexhibitionofherworkwashostedintheUniversityChapel.ReadersmayrecallthatHannah’sworkwasfeatured in a recent edition of Avenue (issue 44,June2008).

FionaFrank,Hannah’sniece,willcollecttheDoctorofLettershonorarydegreeonbehalfofthelateartist'sfamilyataceremonyintheButeHallonCommemorationDay,17June2009. This is the first time the University hasbestowedaposthumousaccolade,whichrecognisestheartist’soutstandingcontributiontoGlasgow,theJewishcommunity and the arts.

Glasgowscienceteamtoimprovedigitalimages

Scientists in the University’s Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering have received £500,000 in funding to investigate ways of improving the quality of digital camera images by manipulating tiny particles.

Theteam,ledbyProfessorDavidCummingandDrTimDrysdale,willuseaphenomenoncalledplasmonresonancetotrytobuildamicrochipforcamerastocreatesharperandmore colourful images. ProfessorCummingexplained:‘We’llbeusingextensivenanotechnologyexpertiseattheUniversitytomanipulateparticlesonthenanoscale.Itinvolvestakingadvantageofthepropertiesofelectronstocreateawholenewopticaleffect.’

Hecontinued:‘Digitalimaginghascomealongwayinrecentyearsandthisprojectaimstofurtherimprovetheabilityofdigitaldevicestoproducehigh-qualitypictures.Thistechnologyhasawiderangeofpotentialapplications,forexamplecameras,televisions,spectrometersandmedicalsensors.’

TheprojectisbeingfundedthroughagrantfromtheEngineering&PhysicalSciencesResearchCouncilandissupportedbySharpLaboratoriesEuropeandOxfordUniversity.

UniquecarpetdesignspreservedThe design archive and heritage carpet collection of James Templeton & Co. and Stoddard International, Scotland’s most successful carpet manufacturers, has been purchased by the University, in conjunction with The Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow Museums.

A£172,000grantfromtheNationalHeritageMemorialFundhelpedsecuretheextraordinaryarchive,whichincludesdesigns,patternsandcarpetsmadeforthe Titanic,theWhiteHouse,WestminsterAbbeyandWindsorCastle.

ClarePaterson,seniorarchivistattheUniversity,commented:‘Thiscollectionisone of the biggest of its kind in the world. The acquisition of the archive will ensure thecollectionispreservedforthepeopleofScotland.WehopeitwillbearichsourceofinspirationforScotland’sfuturedesigners.’

MedicalSchoolnewsThe University of Glasgow’s Undergraduate Medical School has won a prestigious award at the inaugural British Medical Journal (BMJ) Group Awards, scooping the award for excellence in learning and education for an innovative ‘blended learning’ approach in running its acute medicine student selected module for senior students.

TheBMJsaid:‘CombiningthebestoftraditionalteachingwithmoderntechnologicalapproacheshashelpedboostthetrainingofmedicalstudentsattheUndergraduateMedicalSchoolattheUniversityofGlasgow.’Headoftheundergraduateschool,ProfessorJillMorrison,said:‘AwardslikethisarehugelyinspirationalandwillmotivateustocontinuetotryoutinnovativeideasintheUndergraduateMedicalSchool.’

•TheChancelloropenedanewMicroMuseumintheWolfsonMedicalSchoolBuildinginMarch.CreatedbyDrMarjorieAllisoninmemoryofherparents,themuseumillustratesthe delivery of health care to the community over 200 years.

06 News

Talk on conflict resolutionIn March the Former First Minister of Scotland, Rt Hon Dr Jack McConnell, visited the University to talk about the role that the developed world must play in the political crises of today.

DrMcConnellspokeofthedangersthatfailingstatesposeinamodern,interconnected world where terrorism can threatenthesecurityofthemostpowerfulnations.DrMcConnelladvocatedthatcurrentglobalpowersshouldencouragegreaterinvolvement from burgeoning economic powerssuchasBrazil,Russia,China,IndiaandSouthAfrica.Hecommented:‘Thismeansanintegrated,internationalapproachtoconflictpreventionandresolution,bringingtogetherthemilitary,diplomatsanddevelopmentagencies.’

While admitting that this will not be an easy process,DrMcConnellshowedconfidenceintheabilityofhumanitytomoveforward,saying:‘Turningunderstandingintoactionwillbedifficult,buttherearecertainlymanygoodpeoplewhowanttohelpchangecomeabout.’

Games console to train future dentists

The worlds of dentistry and gaming technology could join forces to shape the future of dental training, thanks to three final-year dental year students at the University’s Dental School.

PearseHannigan,DavidLaganandAdamGray,whohavedevelopedamethodofusingtheNintendoWiitohelptraineedentistshonetheiroperativeskills,havewontheDentalInnovationTechnologyIdeasAward.Thewinnersreceivedachequefor£300 and a glass obelisk for their innovative takeonthecomputergameconsole,more commonly associated with home entertainment.

Theirconceptusessoftwaredesignedtoworkalongside the Wii console and its wireless controllerstoallowstudentstopractisedentalsurgicalproceduresona‘virtualpatient’.Thesoftwarealsohasthecapacitytogivefeedbackon‘player’performance,helpingtomonitortheprogressofstudents.

DrDavidWatsonoftheDentalSchoolcommented:‘TheuseofWiitechnologycould be a really innovative and cost-effective solution which students could usetoimprovetheirmanualdexterity.There is considerable research to back uptheconceptofusingvideogamestoimprovedentists’coordinationandtheWiibasedapplicationwouldcomplementthe simulation technology already used in dentalschoolsworldwide.’

Smokingclaimslives−nomatterwhoyouareSocial class and gender should no longer be considered as factors in the effects of smoking, according to a recent study.

CarriedoutbytheUniversity’sDepartmentofPublicHealthandNHSHealthScotland,theresearch revealed that men and women across all social classes who smoke have a much lowersurvivalratethanthosewhodon’tsmoke.

Thefindings,publishedintheBritish Medical Journal,alsoshowedthatwomenwhosmokeforfeittheirlongerlifeexpectancyovermen.DirectorofPublicHealthSciencewithNHSScotland,DrLaurenceGruer,commented:‘Neitheraffluencenorbeingfemaleoffersadefenceagainstthetoxicityoftobacco.’

Theteamstudiedtheimpactofsmokingon15,000menandwomenfromthewestofScotland.Theparticipantswereassessedbygender,occupationandsocialclassanddividedintosmokers,never-smokersandex-smokers.After28yearstheparticipantswereassessedand56%offemalenever-smokersand36%ofmalenever-smokersinthelowersocialclassgroupswerestillalivecomparedwithonly14%offemalesmokersand24%ofmalesmokersinthehighersocialclassgroups.

However,therewaspositivenewsforpeoplewhohavekickedthehabit,astheresearchalsoshowedthatthedeathratesofex-smokersisclosertothoseofnever-smokersthansmokers.

DoubleministerialvisittotheUniversityThe Secretary of State for International Development, Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, visited the Faculty of Education in April, gaining an overview of the University’s impact in international development in areas such as the Department for International Development-funded research projects, global citizenship education and the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning.

MrAlexanderlatertookpartinajointeventhostedbytheUniversityandOxfamwhichhighlightedworkbyDrLuisAngeles,DirectoroftheCentreforDevelopmentStudies,andDrAlbertoPalonioftheDepartmentofEconomics.

Inaseparatevisittothe University Lord Drayson,theMinisterofStateforScienceandInnovation,addressedan audience of staff and students and toured the InstituteforGravitationalResearch,endinghisvisit with a discussion on knowledge transfer and nanotechnology with staff and students in the FacultiesofEngineeringandPhysicalSciences.

Douglas Alexander was welcomed by Professor Graham Caie, Professor Vivienne Baumfield, and Professor Kay Livingston.

News 07

World renowned economist receives honorary degreeEconomist and Nobel Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus received an honorary degree from the University at a ceremony in the Bute Hall in December. Professor Yunus has been instrumental in transforming the lives of millions of underprivilegedpeopleinBangladeshthroughformingabankthatpioneeredmicrocredit−amethodoflendingsmall,unsecuredbusinessloanstothepoor,allowing them to work their way out of povertywithdignity.

Following the ceremony Professor Yunus deliveredafreepubliclectureaspartoftheStevensonandAdamSmithResearchFoundation lecture series. He shared his philosophyonmodernsociety:‘Wearelivinginatimeofunequalledprosperitywhichisfuelledinpartbyrevolutionsinknowledge,science,technology,particularlyinformationtechnology.Thisprosperitychangedthelivesofmany,whilebillionsstillsufferfrompoverty,hungeranddiseases.’

ProfessorYunus’swordsechoedthesentimentsofoneoftheUniversity’sgreatestfinancialluminaries,forwhomhe showed admiration during his degree acceptancespeech:‘Itisindeedagreathonour to receive the honorary degree ofDoctoroftheUniversityfromthisworld-class university which shines with memoriesofgreateconomistAdamSmith.’

•SeeourfeatureonAdamSmithonpage10.

ProminentspeakershonourGlasgow’sgreatand goodThe 2008-9 Stevenson and Adam Smith Research Foundation lecture series has attracted a range of impressive speakers to the University this year.

Theseriesoflectures,freetothepublic,hasbeendesignedtomarkthe250thanniversaryofAdamSmith’skeyeconomictextThe Theory of Moral Sentiments.ChristopherBerryfromtheStevensonTrustCommitteesaid:‘AdamSmithwasoneofthegreatestmindstoteachintheUniversityandDanielStevensononeofthecity’sandtheUniversity’sgreatestbenefactors.’

Aspartoftheseries,GordonSmith,ChiefExecutiveoftheScottishFootballAssociation,gavealectureon‘CitizenshipinSport’inFebruary.Scotland’sFirstMinister,theRtHonAlexSalmondMSP,addressedafullhouseattheButeHallinMarch,lecturingonthethemeof‘CitizenshipandScottishCivicCulture’.

OtherspeakersintheseriesincludedRtHonGeorgeReid,StevensonprofessorandformerPresidingOfficeroftheScottishParliament,whospokeon‘SentimentsforScotland’,ScottishpoetandformerwriterinresidenceattheUniversity,LizLochhead,whogaveatalkon‘MythologicalWomen’,andNobelprizewinnerProfessorMuhammadYunus(seeright).

ProfessorBerryconcluded:‘Wearedelightedtohavesuchadistinguishedgroupoflecturers,eachofwhomhasrisentothechallengetotalk,fromathemederivedfromSmith'sbook,abouttheirownworkandideas.’

BreakthroughinsleepingsicknesstreatmentScientistsattheUniversityhavemadeasignificantbreakthroughinthetreatmentofsleepingsickness,otherwiseknownasHumanAfricanTrypanosomasis.SleepingsicknessiswidelyrecognisedasoneofAfrica’sneglecteddiseases,killingupto50,000peopleeveryyear.Itcausesaninfectionofthebrainthatisalwaysdeadlyifuntreated.However,themostcommoncurrenttreatmentusedcancausefatalinflammation in the brain.

Researchershavenowidentifiedthatbyinhibitingaparticularmetabolicpathwayinthebraintheycansignificantlyreducethisinflammation.Itishopedthatthenewfinding could mean that drugs to reduce inflammatory reactions could be given to patientswithsleepingsicknesstolowertheriskofdrug-inducedtoxicity.ProfessorPeterKennedy,wholedtheresearch,said:‘Weareunquestionablyonestepclosertodevelopingasafercombinationofdrugsforthetreatmentofsleepingsickness.’

Alex Salmond, Gordon Smith and Liz Lochhead were among the speakers in the lecture series

08

Undertakeneveryfewyears,itprovidesaninternationally recognised barometer ofresearchqualityand,usingagradepointsystem,itrankstheresearchofeachacademic subject within each university.

The2008RAEshowedGlasgowtobeleadingthe way internationally in a wide range of disciplines.TheUniversityhasachievedoutstandingresultswithalmost70%ofitsresearch activity classified as world-leading or internationallyexcellent.

ProfessorSteveBeaumont,Vice-PrincipalforResearch&Enterprisesaid:‘Glasgowsubmitted its research to the most vigorous assessmentbysubjectexpertpanels.TheRAEhasrecognisedtheincreasedlevelofinterdisciplinaryandtranslationalresearchintheUniversity,andtheenvironmentwehave created for research and for training researchershasbeenpraised.

‘Ourresultsreflectthestrategieswepursuetobuildandsupportaworld-leadingresearchbase,ateamofinternationallyexcellentresearchersandahighqualitypostgraduateresearchenvironment.Theyconfirmourpositionasoneofthetop100universitiesintheworld.’

14subjectsareratedtopinScotlandand18subjectsareratedinthetoptenofUKuniversities. This builds significantly on the University’sperformanceinthelastRAEin2001.

‘OneofGlasgow’smanystrengthsistherangeofacademicdisciplinesweexcelin. We submitted research to 48 out of a possible67unitsofassessmentandin33of these areas the majority of research activity was judged to be world-leading or internationallyexcellent,’saidthePrincipal,SirMuirRussell.

Inanexceptionalresult,ourDepartmentofHistoryofArtwasconfirmedtobethebest of its kind in the UK. The quality of thedepartment’sresearchprofile,whichencompassesmajorcollaborativeresearchprojects,exhibitioncurationandindividualresearch across a range of distinctive specialismswasrecognised.Oneofthemanyresearchareasinwhichthedepartmentexcelsisthemultidisciplinarysubjectoftechnicalarthistory which links art historical research and scientific analysis together.

AnotherexceptionalsuccessstorywasourVetSchool,whichhasbeenrankedastheleadingaccredited veterinary faculty for research in ScotlandandjointleaderintheUK.Ithasanoutstandinginternationalreputationwhichattracts world-class researchers.

With80%ofitsresearchratedasofinternationalquality,theUniversity’sDepartmentofAccounting&FinancewasrankedtopinScotlandandfifthintheUKforits research quality.

TopresultsatGlasgowAtotalof18ofourdepartmentsarenowratedinthetoptenofUK universities for the quality of theirresearch.Isthesubjectyoustudiedinamongthem?

•Historyofart

•Veterinarymedicine

•Accountancy&finance

•Cardiovascularstudies

•Infection&immunity

•Cancerstudies

•Drama,dance&performingarts (DepartmentofTheatre,Film& TelevisionStudies)

•Dentistry

•Alliedhealthprofessions& studies(DivisionofNursing &HealthCare)

•Computingscience

•Europeanstudies(Department ofCentral&EasternEuropean Studies)

•Town&countyplanning (DepartmentofUrbanStudies)

•Electrical&electronicengineering

•Psychology

•Physics&astronomy

•Celticstudies

•Englishlanguage&literature

•Library&informationmanagement (HumanitiesAdvanced Technology&Information Institute–HATII)

World-leading research 2008 saw the fine-toothed combs and magnifying glasses come out as Glasgow submitted to the most thorough and reliable reflection of the quality of research being conducted by universities across the UK –theResearchAssessmentExercise(RAE).

TheRAEconfirmstheUniversity’spositionasa world-leader in medical research withthreeunitsofassessment–cancerstudies,cardiovascularmedicine,andinfectionandimmunology–producingparticularlyimpressiveresults.

CancerstudieswasrankedintheUK’stopfiveandreinforcedGlasgow’spositionasacentreofexcellenceincancerresearch.TheUniversity’srecentlycompletedPaulO’GormanLeukaemiaResearchCentrereceivedspecialpraisefromthepanel,whohaileditas‘aflagshipmodelofintegratedbasic,translationalandclinicalresearch.’

The cancer studies submission benefited from the inclusion of theBeatsonInstituteforCancerResearch,ledbyProfessorKarenVousden,whichrepresentsone of the largest collections of cancer biologists in the UK. Thepanelfeedbacknotedthattheassessorswere‘particularlyimpressedbythecontinuingstrategicdevelopmentoftheBeatsonInstitute’.

TheUniversity’ssubmittedunitsincardiovascularmedicine and infection & immunity were also ratedwithintheUK’stopten.Giventhecity’shealthprofile,researchintocardiovasculardiseaseinparticularisakeystrategicpriority.The University is also leading efforts to integratemedicalresearchwithcomputationalanalysistotakeasystemsapproachtofightingdisease. Collaborations such as those between computingscientistsandcolleaguesinthelifesciences are key in tackling diseases such as cancer and heart disease.

SirMuirRussellconcluded:‘Glasgowisoneofthetop100universitiesintheworldandhasaninternationalresearchprofile.Theresultsofthe2008RAEmatchourinternationalstanding

andunderlineourreputation.’

Understanding theRAEThe2008RAEgavemoredetail than ever before on the performanceofourUniversity’sdepartments.Submittedresearchwasawardedoneoffiveratings:

4*(worldleading)3*(internationallyexcellent)2*(internationallyrecognised)1*(nationallyrecognised)0(sub-standard).

TheTimesHigherEducationSupplementhasproducedadefinitive list of rankings based on agradepointaveragemeasureof quality. The highlights on these pagesarebasedontheserankings:

•33subjectareashavethe majorityoftheirprofileclassified as world leading or internationally excellent.

•Allsubjectareasinwhichthe University made a submission areproducingresearchthathas been rated internationally excellent.

•TheDepartmentofHistoryof Artisthemosthighlyratedof any university in the UK.

•TheVetSchoolhasbeenrated the joint best in the UK.

•Glasgow’sresearchincancer studies,andaccountingand financeisratedintheUKtopfive.

•Afurther14subjectsareratedin thetoptenintheUK.

•14subjectsareratedtopin Scotland.

•Glasgowisranked14thinthe UKintheResearchFortnight’s RAE2008PowerTable.

09

10

What would Smith say?He’softenreferredtoasthefatherofcapitalismanddescribedasanenemytogovernmentregulation,butcouldAdamSmithhaveforeseentheseedsofourcurrenteconomicturmoil?

It’sApril,andasworldleadersmeetatthe G20 summit in London to address the globalfinancialcrisis,adifferentgroupofinternational scholars are simultaneously gathering at the University of Glasgow to attend a conference about one of the University’smostfamousgraduatesandprofessors,AdamSmith.

Timedtocelebratethe250thanniversaryofthepublicationoftheTheory of Moral Sentiments,the Smith in Glasgow conference has been organisedbyProfessorChrisBerry.‘InmanywaysthepointoftheconferenceistoexaminethebreadthofSmith’sownworkandhowthatwasexpressedinhistimeinGlasgow,’heexplains.‘Itisn’taconferencethatreflectsnarrowlyonSmith’sMoral Sentiments and neitherisitonesimplytodowithSmithandeconomics.Rather,wehavequitedeliberatelybroughtpeopletogetherfromallovertheworldtoaddressthefullrangeofSmith’sinterests,whichincludedhistory,law,literatureandlanguageaswellasphilosophyandeconomics.’

Avenue was there to ask some of the distinguishedscholarstheiropinionsaboutwhatAdamSmithwouldhavetosayaboutthefinancial woes facing the globe today.

First to address the question was our own Professor Chris Berry, an expert in political theory.

‘TheAdamSmithofpopularreputeisthe“fatherofcapitalism”,theadvocateof“marketforces” and believer in something called the “invisiblehand”toproduceoptimumeconomicoutcomes.YetifweactuallyreadSmiththenthese attributions can be seen to be gross simplifications.IfaskedwhatwouldSmithhavemadeof“securitisedloanpackages”,“toxicdebts”,andthelike,thenhisanswerwouldcertainlyhavebeenthatthesepracticeswerecontrary to what he tried to teach.

‘Smithwasfirstandforemostateacher.He was Professor of Logic and then a year later,in1752,hewasProfessorofMoralPhilosophyattheUniversity,wherehehadbeenastudent.Allhisworkisdeeplysteepedinmoralphilosophyanditisthisall-pervadingconcern that would make him critical of the waythecontemporaryeconomyhasbeenrun.Ifheisthe“fatherofcapitalism”hewouldbeadisappointedparent.’

Professor Maria Paganelli from Yeshiva University, New York, attended the conference to give a seminar on the Theory of Moral Sentiments as a possible praise of commerce.

‘IthinkthatthereareanumberofthingsfromSmith’sWealth of Nations and Theory of Moral Sentiments that can be used today to analyse what has gone wrong. The first thing is that Smithdoesn’tbelievethatweareperfectorperfectible.Inparticular,hebelievesthatwehaveproblemsinunderstandingrisk.Heisexplicitaboutthisinhisdescriptionsof lending markets and lotteries; he claims thatwhenyouborrow,yousystematicallyoverestimatetheprobabilityofyoursuccess.Andthelender–especiallyifitisnothisownmoney–alsogoesalongwiththeenthusiasmoftheborrower.Therefore,oneoftheveryfewplaceswhereSmithclaimsthatthereshouldbe government intervention is in the lending market.Thefactthatthecurrentproblemshavelinkswiththelendingmarketwouldn’tbeasurpriseatalltoSmith.

‘IthinkSmithwasinfavourofmanysmallbanks. He claimed that the more banks you have,thelowertheprobabilitythatifonegoesbad,thewholesystemwillgobad;thatabadapplewillaffectthewholebasket.Butthat’snottosaythatIthinkthattheproblemsareendemictocapitalistsocieties.Theseareproblemsofhumannature,regardlessoftheenvironmentinwhichyouare.Acapitalist

AbriefhistoryofAdamSmithMoralphilosopherandpoliticaleconomistAdamSmithwasjust14whenhematriculatedattheUniversityin1737.Hewasprofoundlyimpressedbytheteachings of his Professor of Moral Philosophy,FrancisHutcheson,andwouldfollowinhisfootsteps,returning to the University to teach in1751asProfessorofLogicandtransferring to the Chair of Moral Philosophyshortlyafterwards. SmithcontinuedacademicworkatGlasgowuntil1764,yearswhichhelaterrememberedas‘byfarthehappiestandmosthonourableperiod[ofmylife]’.In1759,hepublishedhisTheory of Moral Sentiments,whichhebasedonhislecturesonethics.Hisreputationasteacherandwriternowestablished,hetookatutoringpositionthatenabledhimtotravelEurope.In1776,thepublicationofhiscelebrated Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations would earn him the title of the father of modern economics. ElectedRectoroftheUniversityin1787,AdamSmithdiedin1790.TodaytheUniversityofGlasgowhasabuilding,alibrary,aprofessorialchairandaresearchfoundation named in his honour.

11

society is a society that has so many other benefitsthatsimplybecauseproblemsarepresentdoesn’tmeanthatSmithwouldturnawayfromit.’

Professor Tom Campbell is, like Adam Smith himself, a former student and Professor of the University. His plenary lecture at the conference was titled Adam Smith: method, morals and financial markets.

‘TheproblemhereisthatAdamSmithisusedbysomanydifferentpeople,almostnoneofwhomhavereadwhathehastosay,formanydifferentideologicalreasons.He’scertainlynotthefatherofthesortofcapitalismthatthinks that markets alone can work out social problems.Hewasthewonderfuldiscovererofthemarketsystem,butonlyinthecontextwhere there were firm rules of justice dealing withabsenceoffairplay.Hehadscopeforthestatetotakepart,notonlyinregulatingbankers,butalsoinwhatweseenowadaysastheinfrastructure.Soheismisrepresented,although sometimes that goes too far.

‘Itisalsotruetosay,however,thatSmithwasperhapsundulyoptimisticaboutsomeaspectsofmarkets.Idon’tthinkhehadinmindanythinglikethecomplexitiesofthecurrent financial and securitisation markets so it’sprettydifficulttoanticipatewhathewouldsayaboutthose.However,onethinghemightsayisthatinthisveryspecialisedmarketthereis an absence of a great idea he had about morality and indeed about the whole structure ofsociety–namely,theimpactofspectators.

‘Thetroubleisthatalotofwhathasbeengoing on in financial markets has not been observed by the rest of us. This is for all sorts ofreasons.Oneisthatitisquitedifficulttounderstand,anotheristhatwearedeliberatelykeptinignorance.AndsowelackwhatSmithhaddependedonforhisideaofastableandfunctioning economy − namely a structure in

whichanindividual’sbehaviour,whichhaslotsofself-interestinit,iswithinaframeworkwhere the rest of us are observing each other and ourselves and coming to an agreement aboutwhatisacceptablebehaviour.’

Professor Amartya Sen is the Lamont University Professor at Harvard. In 1998 he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. His plenary lecture focused on Adam Smith and the Contemporary World.

‘Thiscrisisisnotofeconomics;it’softheeconomicworld.Economistshaven’tdoneterriblywellinexplainingthings,that’strue,buttheyhaven’tgeneratedthecrisisbecauseit’snottheeconomistswhohavebeen running the agencies for international developmentandthebanksandtheinsurancecompanies.

‘IthinktherearemanythingsinSmith’swritingswhichwouldhavemadethepresentcrisiseasiertounderstand,includingthedestructive role of those whom we call ‘prodigals’and‘projectors’;whohaveplansinpursuingtheirowngainsinadestructiveway. They can lead to a crisis and also waste alotofcapital–Smithwasconcernedwiththat. He would have also thought that it was veryimportanttorestrainthesearchforprofit,productivethoughitisingeneral,becauseitcanbecomeproblematic.Hewasn’tagainstregulation.

‘Smithwasalsoveryconcernedwithjudgingthe success of any economy by what happenstothepoor.Inthissituation,howthelivesofpoorpeoplehadbeenaffectedthroughunemployment,throughlackofincome,inmanycountriesthroughlackofmedical insurance and sometimes through thecollapseoftheeducationsystems,wouldhavecausedhimconcern.SoIthinkifSmithweretobeatthatmeetingoftheG20,hewouldberaisingthesequestions.’

Professor Amartya Sen, Harvard University

Professor Maria Paganelli, Yeshiva University, New York

Professor Tom Campbell, Charles Sturt University, Australia

12

Matters of PrincipalSirMuirRussell,whostepsdownfromhisroleasPrincipaloftheUniversityofGlasgowthisOctober,reflectsonamemorablesixyearsandshareshishopesforthefuture.

SittingintherefinedyethomelyreceptionroomofthePrincipal’sLodging,dwellingtomanyaprincipalofdaysgoneby,SirMuirRusselllooksrelaxedandatonewithhissurroundings.Havingspenthalfadozenyearsatthehelmofoneoftheworld’sleadingseatsoflearning,somemightthinktimecouldhavetakenitstoll.However,SirMuirbarelylooksadayolderthanhedidwhenhetookuptheroleinSeptember2003.

Infact,onthisbrightspringmorning,there seems to be a definite twinkle in the Principal’seye.Itcouldsimplybeatrickofthe sunlight reflecting in his glasses or it could bethetwinklethatappearswhenapersonis genuinely enthused by the work they do. Eitherway,SirMuiriscertainlyamanwhohasthrivedinaleadershiproleovertheyears.

AftergraduatingfromtheUniversityofGlasgowin1970withaFirstinNaturalPhilosophy,SirMuirjoinedtheScottishOfficeandspentthenext33yearsasacivilservant.His achievements during his time there show hisnaturalinclinationtoleadandsupportleaders.HewasSecretaryoftheScottishDevelopmentAgencyonitsinceptionin1975;PrincipalPrivateSecretarytotheSecretaryofStateforScotlandfrom1981to1983;PermanentUnderSecretaryofStatefrom1998to1999;andPermanentSecretarytotheScottishExecutivefrom1999to2003.InthoselastfouryearsSirMuirplayedakeypartintheprocessofdevolvinggovernmenttoScotlandwiththeestablishmentoftheScottishParliamentandthemulti-departmentalScottishExecutive.

SohowdidapromisingphysicsstudentcometobesocloselyinvolvedinshapingthegovernmentofScotland?SirMuiradmitsthathis career ambitions changed while studying hisdegree:‘InitiallyIwantedtobearesearchscientist.I’mnotsurewhetherIwantedtogotothemoonornot,butcertainlyIsawmyselfhavingascientificcareerinthephysicsdiscipline−possiblygoingintoresearchandindustryandlatermovingintomanagement.’

Sowhatchanged?‘Alotofcompanieswereoffering graduates management training andIbegantorealiseyoucouldcutoutthemiddleman and go straight into a management career.IappliedforsomerolesandtheoneIacceptedwastheCivilServiceasitcombinedmanagementandleadershipwithpublicaffairsandpolitics,whichI’dbecomeveryinterestedin,anditworkedoutprettywell.’

Returning to the University three decades aftergraduating,SirMuirwaskeentoleadwhathedescribedas‘oneofourgreatcivicuniversities’.Hisbackgroundwasinstrumentalin giving the University a set of goals and ambitionstoachieve.‘IwasveryconsciousfromthecultureIcamefromthatwewereagreatarrowheadofpeoplefocusingonwhatourelectedleaderswanted.AndIsupposeIbrought with me the thinking that the University could benefit from everyone having that commonpurpose.IfeltthattheUniversityneededanarticulatedstrategyandthatIcouldhelpbringfocusanddirectiontothisarea.’

AfterprobingpeopleinbothacademicdepartmentsandadministrativeservicestoestablishtheUniversity’skeystrengthsandweaknessesandwhatitsfutureshapeshouldbe,SirMuirputpentopaperwithhisseniorteam to draft a strategy which would define a freshvisionforthefuture.Thefinalresult,entitledBuilding on Excellence, laid out clear goals to beachievedby2010.Goalswhichincluded:beingintheUK’stoptenuniversitiesandaninternational leader in research across a range ofdisciplines;placingequalityanddiversityvalues at the centre of what staff do; building a state-of-the-art student services centre; nurturing relationshipswithalumniandfriendstohelpsupportaprogrammeofinvestmentinnewfacilities;andmakingGlasgowagreatplacetostudy,researchandwork.

Itisfairtosaythatimpressiveprogresshasbeen made. The University is now in the top1%intheworldaccordingtotheTimes Higher EducationWorldUniversityRankings,rising39placesinthelastfiveyears,andThe Principal’s Lodging

13

hasanannualresearchincomeinthetopten UK universities. The 2008 Research AssessmentExercisehasclassifiedalmost70%oftheUniversity’sresearchactivityasworld-leadingorinternationallyexcellent.SirMuircommented:‘ThelatestRAEresultshavetakenusquiteastepforwardtowardsourambition,with18unitsnowinthetoptenintheUKandtwofirstsintheUK.Soalotofgoodresultshavecomeoutoftheprocess.’

Intermsofequalityanddiversity,thingshavecomealongwaysinceSirMuirarrived.InAugust2007thefirstEquality&DiversityUnitinaScottishhighereducationinstitutionwassetupattheUniversitytoprovideawork,research and learning environment free from discriminationandunfairtreatment.‘WhenIarrivedtherewasonepersonworkingincredibly hard to cover the whole equality and diversityagenda.Iwantedtocreateastructureofmoresupportingofficersandalsointroduceseveralsenioracademicsaschampions.Thenicethingthat’shappenedatGlasgowisthattherewasabigsplashatthebeginningbuttheactivitydidn’tdryup.Therearestillregularequality and diversity related events taking placeandtheprocessisconstantlyevolving.’

Asforanewcentreforstudentservices,afteraperiodofclosuretheHUBhasblossomedintotheFraserBuilding,bringingwithitarange of new facilities for students all under oneroof.‘IhearalotofpraiseabouttheFraserBuilding,fromstudentsandalsofromalumnireturningtovisittheUniversity.IttooksometimebutIthinkthefinalresultisclosetowhatwewantedtoachievesowe’reverypleasedwithitindeed.’

ThestudentexperienceissomethingthatisdeartoSirMuir’sheart.‘Itstruckmerightatthe beginning that something we should never forget is the fact that the University isheretoteachstudentsandprovideaqualitylearningexperiencethat’svalue for money and offers a wide rangeofchoice.Studentnumbershave grown dramatically since Istudiedhere.Therearenownearly16,000undergraduates,5,200postgraduatesand5,000adultlearnerscomparedtoatotalofjustunder8,000students in the mid-1960s.

‘Butdespitethegrowth,there’sstillalargedegreeofprideandpleasurethatstudentsgetfrombeinghere.’Tworecentlarge-scalesurveys carried out in 2008 reflect this. The NationalStudentSurveyrevealedthat86%of undergraduate students at the University saidtheyweresatisfiedwiththeirexperience,whiletheInternationalStudentBarometerplacedGlasgowasthirdintheUKforoverallinternational student satisfaction.

With the vast majority of students enjoying theirtimehereitmaycomeasnosurprisethat so many decide to stay in touch after they leave. There are alumni networks all over theworldandmanysupporttheUniversitybyhelpingtoraisefunds.FacilitiessuchastheBritishHeartFoundationGlasgowCardiovascular Research Centre would nothaveopenedwithoutalumnisupport.Thereisalsoarangeofscholarshipsnowavailable,whichhavebeensetupthroughthegenerosityofgraduates,theirfamiliesandfriends.ForSirMuir,whopersonallysponsorsaPhDscholarshipinthemusicdepartment,wideningparticipationisvital:‘Scholarshipshelptoraisepeople’saspirationsandwereallywantpeoplefrom a broad range of society to have the chancetostudyhere.’

SirMuirhasstayedtrue to his Building on Excellence goal of maintaining strong alumni bonds. Having recentlyvisitedChina,where the University

hasaround1,000alumni,SirMuirreturnedimpressedbytheenthusiasmandsupportthegraduatesfelttowardstheirplaceoflearning.‘Itleftme with the feeling that we are building mutually beneficialrelationshipswithouralumni.Itisveryimportantbothnowandinthefuturethatouralumniandfriendscontinuetorespectwhatwedoandthatwebuildupourphilanthropiccontacts.VisitingouralumniaroundtheworldiscertainlyoneofthethingsIwillmiss.’

ThisisnottheonlyaspectofbeingPrincipalthatSirMuirwillbesadtoleavebehind.‘Thereisafundamentalfriendliness,nicenessandcommitmentaboutGlasgowanditspeopleanditwouldbeimpossiblenottomissallofthat.Thereisafantastic buzz about being the head of something big,busyandsuccessful,andalthoughI’msuretherewillbetimeswhenI’llbequitegladnottoberushingfromoneeventormeetingtothenext,I’llmissalltheinterestingfolkandthehiveofactivity.’

Thiswouldperhapsleadustobelievethatthishas been his favourite job. The

twinkle returns once again in SirMuir’seyeashelaughs:‘BeinginvolvedintheshapingofScotland

during devolution was quitefuntoo!Seriouslythough,yes,ithasbeenarealpleasureworkinghereandIhaveevery confidence that the immense talent withintheUniversity,

along with its blend of tradition and enthusiasm forthefuture,willcarrythe

University through whatever maylieahead.’

14

There’snoplacelikehomeThe Lodging at Gilmorehill has been home to Sir Muir and Lady Russell since 2003. However, No 12 The Square is much more than a Principal's residence, it is also a busy venue for University events. Here Lady Russell talks about the many types of occasions she has helped host over the years and what the Lodging means to her.

‘ThereisahugesenseofheritagesurroundingtheLodging,especiallyassomanyprincipalsof the University and their families have lived herebeforeus.Whenwe'rehavingbreakfasthere,Isometimesrecallthefactthatwe'resitting in the room where it is said Lord Kelvin and the inventor Guglielmo Marconi shared a conversation during a celebration to mark Kelvin'selectionasChancelloroftheUniversityin1904.Thatmakesmefeelveryprivileged.’

AlthoughtheLodgingissteepedinhistoryitlivesverymuchinthepresentwithabusycalendarofeventsheldforstudents,staffandinternational visitors throughout the year. For final-year students the biggest event of the yearisgraduationday:‘Ateachsummerandwintergraduationwehaveacoffeepartyhereforaselectionofgraduates’families.This is usually when the graduate is going to receiveaprizeattheceremony or if the graduate has a family connection with the University.

‘Wealsoholdanannual event for staff who look after student welfare

plusstudentswhoareofficeholdersontheStudents’RepresentativeCouncilandintheUnions,torecognisetheircontribution.Inadditionwehaveintroducedanannualreceptionforstudentvolunteers.TherearethousandsofstudentssupportingtheUniversity and the wider community through activitieshereorabroadandit'snicetomeetsomeofthemandsaythankyou.’

There are also events held to welcome and meet a range of University staff and theirpartners.‘Attheseeventsweinvitemembers of staff from different faculties anddepartmentstoencouragecross-connections.’TherecentintroductionofTeachingExcellenceAwardsattheUniversityhascreatedaneweventfortheLodging:‘Thisyearweheldabuffetreceptionforthewinnersandtheirpartnersandinvitedexternalstakeholdersaswell,sothatpeoplecanseetheimportanceoftheawards.’TherearealsoseveraleventsinvolvingtheUniversity’sresearchstars,bothtothankthemandtodemonstratetheUniversity’sstrengthsandambitionstoexternalstakeholders,fundersandsupporters.

Aswellasstudentandstaffevents,theLodgingis used to welcome international visitors to theUniversity:‘Weholdreceptionsand

dinners for the dignitaries of overseas Universitiesandcountries,forexample,Africa,China,JapanandAmerica.EachyeartomarkHolocaustMemorialDaythereisalecture.Wealwaysinvitethelecturerandthepeoplewho

organise the lecture to dinner. These events are quite remarkable as the subject

matterissointerestingandhumbling.’

With such an interesting life at theLodging,LadyRusselladmitsthingswon'tquitebethesamecomeOctober:‘It'sbeenarealhonourtomeet such a diverse range ofpeoplethroughtheseevents.I’llparticularlymissthe wonderful team here at the Lodging when Muir andIreturntotheEastofScotland.Itwon'tbequitethesameaslivinghere,ofcourse,butwewillalways look forward to visiting Glasgow and enjoying all the great thingsaboutthecity.’

Student Volunteers reception in April

The Principal with the President of Rwanda

Life at the Lodgings… 100yearsagoLadyMacAlistercame to Glasgow in1907whenher husband SirDonaldMacAlistairbecamePrincipalof the University. Inthebiographyof her husband she wrote about her reaction to living atthePrincipal’slodging:

‘WefoundGlasgowagreatchangefrom our life in Cambridge. There wehadlivedquietly,privately,asweliked.InGlasgowthePrincipalwasalwaysinthepubliceye.IusedtothinkthatthePrincipal’shouseintheUniversityrathertypifiedourlife.Ithasnoside-door,noprivatewayout.Youmustgoinoroutbythefrontdoor,inthe full view of the whole University. Inourearlydaysmyhusbandfoundthat every single thing he did was chronicled in the Glasgow Herald.’

Andtoday…

14

1515

Home and away at the HunterianTheHunterianMuseum&ArtGalleryisratedasoneofthetopthreemuseumsinScotlandbecauseofthescale,rangeandimportanceofcollections.Recentlyawardeda4-starratingbyVisitScotland’squalityassuranceschemeandheraldedas‘oneofthecity’sgreatestculturalassets’bytheGlasgowCityMarketingBureau,itisnowonderthatpeopleflocktoseeitsexhibits.

WilliamHunter,afterwhomthemuseumandartgalleryisnamed,wasapioneeringobstetricianandteacherduringthe18thcentury.Hewasalsoanavidcollectorwhousedhiswealthtobuildupavastandvariedprivatecollectionduringhislifetime,rangingfrommedicalandnaturalsciencestoethnography,coins,booksandart.Whenhediedin1783,theformergraduateofGlasgowlefthisentirecollectiontotheUniversity,along with funds to create a suitable museum in which to house his treasures.

EwenSmith,DirectoroftheHunterianMuseum&ArtGallery,isquicktoshowhisappreciationofHunter’slegacy:‘Universities,inevitably,collect“stuff”.However,GlasgowbenefitedfromthebequestofWilliamHunter,whichprovidedanunrivalledcollectionfromakeyfigureattheheartoftheScottishEnlightenment.Fromthen,andcontinuingtothisday,theUniversityhasattracteddonationsfromaroundtheglobe,confidentinthecarethatwillbeprovidedforthem.’

ItisfairtosaythattodaytheHunterianisbrimmingwithcollectionsbotholdand new and holds world-class status. Galleries all over the world are clamberingtoborrowpiecesfromitscachetocomplementandenhancetheirownexhibitionsandEwenrecognisestheimportancetotheUniversity,thecityandscholarshipgenerally,ofsharingthisgreatresource:‘WeworkincollaborationandinpartnershipwitharangeofinternationalinstitutionstofurtherthescholarshipandunderstandingoftheHunterian’scollections.’

Herewetakealookatjustsomeoftheimpressiveartefactsandartworksthathavetravelledfarandwiderecently,alongwiththemasterpiecesthathavebeen loaned to the Hunterian in return.

Lord Boyd Orr’s Nobel Peace Prize medalIn1949LordBoydOrrwontheNobelPeacePrizeforhisdedicationtotheimprovementofnutritionaroundtheworld.DuringhislifetimehewasDirector-GeneraloftheUnitedNationsFoodandAgriculturalOrganisation,andChancelloroftheUniversity.TheHunterian’scoincabinethousesBoydOrr’sentirecollectionofdecorations,andhisgoldNobelPeacePrizemedaliscurrentlyonloantotheNationalMuseumsScotlandexhibition,Scotland: A Changing Nation,tohighlighttheroleScotshaveplayedinmedicalresearch.

‘First contact’ objectsThe Hunterian holds a range of objects collectedbyCaptainCookonhistravelsinPolynesia.Twoofthesestrikingpieces,againfromHunter’sowncollection,havesetsailoncemoretotakeprideofplaceinanexhibitionattheFondationBeyelerinBasel,Switzerland.EntitledVisual encounters − Africa, Oceania, and Modern Art the exhibition,takingplaceuntilJune,isbasedaroundasmallgroupofsculpturesbytheSwissmuseum’sfounderErnstBeyelerandsupplementedbyaround180outstandingloansfrom50publicandprivatecollections.TheHunterian,theonlyScottishcontributortotheexhibition,hasloanedtwoobjects:awoodenstafffromtheCookIslandsandacarvedhumanfigurefromNewZealand.

Darwin’s beetleWiththe200thanniversaryofDarwin’sbirthandthe150thanniversaryofthepublicationof his seminal work On the Origin of Species,2009isabigyearforthegreatnaturalist.UsuallyonpermanentdisplayintheHunterian,Darwin’sfamousbeetleis currently on loan to the Palazzo delle EsposizioniinRomeaspartofitsDarwin 1809-2009exhibition.Theinternationalexhibitionhasbeenorganisedbyleadingnaturalhistorymuseumsaroundtheglobe,includingthoseinNewYorkandLondon. ThespecimenwasfoundbyDarwinduringthe voyage of the Beagle to the Falkland Islandsbetween1831and1836.Proventobeanunidentifiedspecies,itwasofficiallynamed Lissopterus quadrinotatusin1843.ItcameintotheHunterian’spossessionin1926whenalocalbusinessmanandamateurentomologist donated his entire collection ofbeetlestothemuseum.However,itwasonlyeightyearsagothatDarwin’sbeetlewas,luckily,discoveredamongthousandsofpreservedinsectsintheZoologyarchives.

Paintings by HornelEdwardHornelwasaleadingmemberoftheGlasgowBoys,agroupofyoungScottishartistswhosurfacedduringthe1880s.HornelwasoneofthefirstEuropeanartiststotraveltoJapanandhisworksoonbecame influenced by oriental art. This

16

Edward Atkinson Hornel, ‘Two Geisha Girls’, 1894. © The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.

Lissopterus quadrinotatus, otherwise known as Darwin’s beetle. © The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.

17

What goes around comes aroundAs a result of the Hunterian’s reputation as a top-class lender of prominent works of art, it has been able to borrow many exclusive pieces from other museums in return. Ewen agrees: ‘Of course, it is a two-way process, with loans out attracting inward-coming loans, and the opportunity for staff, students and the public generally to view masterpieces and unique items that they might never otherwise see.’

LastyeartheHunterianheldanexhibitiondedicatedtotwogreat18thcenturyFrenchpainters,FrançoisBoucherandJean-SiméonChardin.Theshow,entitledBoucher & Chardin: Masters in Modern Manners,wasdevelopedin conjunction with the Wallace Collection in London.Itgavethepublicarareopportunitytoseeworksbythesecelebratedpaintersalongside one another and was described by the nationalpressas‘exquisite’.AmongthemanyworksonshowwereChardin’sLady Taking Tea,Boucher’sWoman on a Daybed and a range of objetsd’artonthethemeofteadrinking,whichwasakeyfeatureofbothpainters’work.

ThemainhighlightoftheexhibitionwasanexclusiveloanfromtheThyssen-BornemiszaMuseuminMadridtotheHunterianofBoucher’smasterpieceWoman fastening her Garter. The factthatthispaintingwasloanedonlytotheHunterian,anddidnotappearattheWallaceCollection,wasamajoraccomplishmentandconfirmstheHunterian’sstandingintheartworld.

Summer2009willcontinuetoenhancetheHunterian’sreputationwhenitplayshosttoanothermajorloanexhibition.InJunethelargestdisplayofprintsbyEdvardMunch(1863-1944)tobeseenanywhereintheUKsince1973willbeopentothepublic.TheprintsspantheentirecareerofthefamousNorwegianartistandfollowtheprogressionofhis unique and instantly recognisable style.

MunchtappedintoFrenchImpressionismearly on in his career by travelling to Paris to study and familiarise himself with contemporaryart.However,hisstylesoonevolvedashebegantoexplorepsychologicalemotionsandtheinner,andoftendarker,workingsofthehumanmind.Despiteinitiallyoffending audiences with his disturbing

portrayals,by1912hewasheraldedalongwithVincentVanGoghasapioneerofExpressionism.

Theexhibitionwilldisplayaround40ofwhatareconsideredtobehisfinestprintsfrom1894to1930.ThecentrepiecewillundoubtedlybethelithographofThe Scream,arguablytheartist’smostfamouswork.TheMuseumofOsloloanedthisalongwiththerestoftheprintcollectionto the Hunterian in return for a selection of Whistler’swork.ItwillbethelasttimethattheprintofThe Scream will be allowed to leave Norway,whichisatestamenttotheinfluenceandrespectthattheHunterianMuseum&ArtGallerynowhasinthehighlycompetitiveworldofart.IfWilliamHunterwerealivetodayhewouldbeaveryproudman.

yearmarksthe150thanniversaryoftheestablishmentofdiplomaticlinksbetweenJapanandtheUKand,aspartofthecelebrations,galleriesinJapanaskedtoborrow artwork that reflects the changing mutualperceptionsofandbyAsiansandEuropeans.TheHunterianhasloanedtwopaintingsbyHornel,Girl with Fans and Two Geisha Girls,totheOsaka,Hayama and Fukuoka galleries.

Whistler’s etchings

The Hunterian houses the major collection inEuropeofWhistler’swork.ThisderivedfromthebequestofWhistler’sward,RosalindBirniePhilip(1873-1958),includingWhistler’spersonalcollectionsofdecorativeartandmemorabilia,totheUniversityin1935and1958respectively.The University was chosen for several reasons,includingWhistler’sScottishancestry,thesupportinhislifetimeoftheGlasgowBoysand,in1903,shortlybeforehisdeath,thedecisionbytheUniversitytoconferthehonorarydegreeofDoctorofLawsuponhim.

Currently,etchingsbyWhistlerareonloan to the Überlingen in Germany and this summer The Doorway will be loaned totheNationalMuseumsLiverpoolaspartoftheWhistler: The Gentle Art of Making Etchingexhibition,takingplaceintheLadyLeverArtGallery.

James McNeill Whistler, The Doorway, 1879-1880. © The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.

Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1895.© Munch Museum/Munch - Ellingsen

Group, BONO, Oslo/CACS, London 2009.François Boucher, Woman Fastening her Garter, 1742. © Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

18

Holiday offers for alumni2010 Boudicca cruises from Rosyth, Greenock, Newcastle & LiverpoolWestern Mediterranean14 nights – 29 April 2010 – From £1,059Liverpool-Gibraltar-Alicante,Spain-Barcelona,Spain-Marseille,France-Malaga,Spain-Leixoes(Oporto),Portugal-Liverpool.

Italy16 nights – 20 June 2010 – From £1,409Greenock-Gibraltar-Cagliari,Sardinia,Italy-SceniccruiseCapri-Naples,Italy-Civitavecchia(Rome),Italy-Livorno,Italy-Portoferraio,Elba,Italy-Almeria,Spain-Greenock.

Spitsbergen14 nights – 13 July 2010 – From £1,279Rosyth-Narvik,Norway-Honningsvåg(NorthCape),Norway-CircumnavigateBearIsland-NyAlesund,Svalbard(Spitsbergen)-SceniccruiseMoffen-CruiseMagdalenefjord-Longyearbyen,Svalbard-Tromsø,Norway-Rosyth.

Baltic12 nights – 7 Sept 2010 – From £1,059Newcastle-Gothenburg,Sweden-Helsinki,Finland-StPetersburg,Russia(overnight)-Tallinn,Estonia-Warnemunde,Germany-Kalundborg,Denmark-Newcastle.

Hurtigruten Norwegian Coastal VoyagesClassic Round Voyage 12 nights from £1,299DepartsdailybetweenAprilandSept2009Aselectionofsomeofthefantasticplacesvisited:Ålesund-Geirangerfjord-Trondheim-Bodø-LofotenIslands-Sortland-Honningsvåg-NorthCape-Kirkenes.

Free flights on selected dates and no single supplementsonselectedgrades.

Bookearlyandreceive£75percabinonboardspendplusafreeexcursioninKirkenes.

FlightsavailablefromAberdeen,Edinburgh,Glasgow,Newcastle,Manchester,Birmingham&London.

Scottish Highlands Cruises Highland Cruise4 nights – Oct to Dec 2009, April and Oct 2010InvernesstoFortWilliam−Fromonly£299.

Oberammergau Passion PlayMay – Sept 2010, 3 nights from £1,029Flights available from various regional airportsthroughouttheUK.

All above are subject to availability.

Please quote ref: Avenue in all correspondence.

ConnoisseurTravelServicesLtd38SilverknowesRoad,EdinburghEH45LFABTAK0692(asagentsforATOLholders)Tel:08451300788enquiries@connoisseur-travel.co.ukwww.connoisseur-travel.co.uk

Glasgow graduate receives Italian honour

RonnieConvery(MA1988)hasbeennamedaKnightoftheItalianRepublicbythePresidentofItalyforhisservicestoItaliancultureinScotland.ThehonourwaspresentedbytheConsulGeneralofItalytoScotlandatareceptioninGlasgow.RonnieisDirectorofCommunicationsoftheArchdioceseofGlasgowandChairmanofthe Catholic Communications Commission.

Homecoming exhibition for artist

GlasgowgraduateJudithBridgland(MA1984)hasestablishedherselfasoneof

Scotland’sforemostcontemporaryartists. Known for herlandscapes,which are worked mainly in oils in a bold,expressive,andtypicallyvibrantScottishstyle,herworkwas showcased earlier this year atGlasgow’s

AnnanGalleryinanexhibitionentitled‘Homecoming’,celebratingareturntoScotlandandtothefamiliarlandscapesofhome.OneofthefirstworksJuditheversoldwaspurchasedbythethenPrincipal,SirAlwynWilliams,atanexhibitionattheUniversity. Microbiologists honoured in the US

DrMohammadKarmali(MBChB1972)hasbeenawarded the 2009BDAwardfor Research in Clinical Microbiology by theAmericanSocietyforMicrobiology. DrKarmaliiscurrently director-general of the LaboratoryforFoodborneZoonosesandOfficeofBiotechnology,Genomics,andPopulationHealth,PublicHealthAgencyofCanada.

GlasgowgraduatesChristopherAHunter(BSc1985,PhD)andNigelWFraser(PhD1975)wererecentlyelectedtofellowshipoftheAmericanAcademyofMicrobiology,joiningover2,000fellowsrepresentingallsubspecialtiesofmicrobiology.

AwardsanddistinctionsProfessor Johnstone receives chemistry award

ProfessorAlexJohnstone(PhD1972),EmeritusProfessor of ScienceEducationand the founder oftheUniversity’sCentreforScienceEducation,hasreceivedthetopaward from the AmericanChemicalSocietyforachievementinresearchforthe teaching and learning of chemistry. Theawardwasconferredatthesociety’sconferenceinMarchinSaltLakeCity.

Graduate takes gold at Bobsleigh Championships

GraduateGillianCooke(BSc2004)tookgoldattheWorldBobsleighChampionshipsinFebruaryintheUSA.AfterrepresentingScotlandinpolevaultingandlongjumping,Gillian took to bobsleighing only a few monthsagowiththeworldsilvermedallist,NicolaMinicheillo.TheteambecamethefirstBritishwomenevertowinaworldtitlein bobsleigh and are looking forward to theWinterOlympicsin2010.Gillianwillnowreturntoherlongjumptrainingforthesummerseasonandplanstosplitheryearbetweenwinterbobsleighcompetitionsandlongjumpinthesummer.

Graduates run Barcelona marathon

FouryoungalumnirantheBarcelonaMarathon in March to raise money for the Maggie’sCentresinsupportofcancersufferers.LucyDownie(BSc2005),LouisaHarpur(BSc2004),SiobhanSullivan,néeMulligan(MA2004)andRebeccaQuane(BArch2005)metthroughtheGUBoatClub while studying at University. They rowedtogetherfortwoyears,winningScottishchampionships,BritishuniversitychampionshipsandmostnotablyHenleywomen’sregattain2004.

Commemoration Day – Wednesday, 17 June 2009

ThefoundationoftheUniversityin1451iscelebratedeachyearonCommemorationDay.TheChancellor,ProfessorSirKennethCalman,willconferhonorarydegreesinaceremonyintheButeHall.AdrinksreceptioninthequadranglesandlunchintheHunterHallsthenfollows.Thisyearalumniwhograduatedin1959areinvitedtojointhefestivitiesaspartoftheir50-yearjubileereunion.Forinformationcontactalumni@gla.ac.uk.

Eventsround-upwhoattended,includingregularfacesandsome new recruits.

Sydney alumni get together

EmeritusProfessorHughSutherlandenjoyedmeetingupwithasmallgroupofalumniinSydneywhilehewasvisitinghisdaughterMoirawholivesinAustralia.

Aberdeen Club annual dinner

TheannualdinnertookplaceinNovember,withmembersandguestsenjoyingspeechesbyPeterMoran,theRomanCatholicBishopofAberdeen,DrCampbellMurrayandMrsCathyBell,DirectoroftheUniversity’sDevelopment&AlumniOffice.Thepresidentoftheclub,SheriffDouglasCusine,presentedMrsBellwithachequefor£600insupportofthe

19

First law dinner proves a success

InNovemberover200alumni,staffandfriendscongregatedintheButeHallforaspecialevent − the first law alumni dinner which provedtobeaveryenjoyableevening.Oneofthehighlightswasanafter-dinnerspeechgivenbySheriffIrvineSmith,whoseoriginalstyle and shared memories entertained the guests and resulted in a well-deserved standing ovation. The event was rounded off byalivelyceilidh.Duetopopulardemanditishopedthatthedinnerwillberepeatedat a future date.The University is grateful to RSAandMarshfortheirsponsorshipwhichcontributed to the success of the evening.

Meeting up in Melbourne

Some35membersoftheGUGraduatesAssociationofVictoriametforalunchoftraditionalScottishfishsuppersattheBrightonBeachYachtClubinMelbourneinJanuary.LauraCrouchman,DevelopmentOfficerattheUniversity,wasinAustraliaatthetimeandwasinvitedalongtoupdateeveryonewithrecenteventsinGlasgow.OrganiserAlisonDingwallwas delighted with the number of graduates

BeatsonPebbleAppeal.Theclubmeetsthreetimes a year and new members are always welcome;the2009dinnerwilltakeplaceon13NovemberattheRoyalNorthernandUniversity Club. ForfurtherinformationcontactEvelynDobson,tel:+44(0)1224868275.

Glasgow University Women’s Club (London)

TheGUWChasaround80members,allofwhom live within easy travelling distance of London.InJune,wewillholdalunchattheHouseofLordswhenourspeakerwillbeProfessorAnnaDominiczak,ProfessorofCardiovascularMedicineattheUniversity.In2010theclubwillwelcomeProfessorAntonMuscatelli,thenewPrincipaloftheUniversity,asourspeakerattheannualJunelunch.OursummeroutingthisyearwillbeatouroftheGlobeTheatreinSouthwark.FormoreinformationpleasecontactMargaretGoldfarbon+44(0)1483505205,email:margaret.goldfarb@zen.co.uk or Maureen McLellan on+44(0)2075111274,email:momcl31@yahoo.co.uk.

Celebrating Burns – at home and in Washington, Chicago and Beijing

TheUniversitycommemoratedthe250thanniversaryofthebirthofScotland’snationalpoetthisyearwithcelebrationsoncampusandinternationally.

ScottishcelebrityKarenDunbarkickedofffestivitiesinGlasgowwithan‘alternative’recitalof‘TamO’Shanter’on17January.Aneclecticmixofalumni,friendsandstaffenjoyedareceptionintheHunterianMuseum,followedbydinnerandentertainmentintheButeHall.HostedbyDrKirsteenMcCueoftheDepartmentofScottishLiterature,theeveningmarkedtheculminationofathree-dayconferenceheldbytheCentreforRobertBurnsStudies.Aspartofthecelebrations,graduateProfessorFrancisJohnson(PhD1954)presentedagobletonceownedandinscribedbyBurnshimselfasagifttothecentre.Guests were also treated to a suitably theatrical Address to the HaggisbyNicoleIrvine(MA2007).

ClarkMcGinn(MA1983)tooktothestagetoaddressthehaggisinLondon,ChicagoandWashingtonDC.Inhisusualtheatricalandentertaining manner he left guests stunned and amazed,andthepoorhaggisintatters.

ThePrincipal,SirMuirRussell,joinedanalumnieventinthespectacularsurroundings of the ChicagoUniversityClub’sgrand Cathedral Hall. Here,ScottMetcalfe(MEng1999)gothischance to shine when heproposedacomplimentaryand

fun Toast to the Lassies.Hiswife,Miriam,returnedthesentimentwithherwittyreply,aToast to the Laddies. SirMuirwasabletosharesomeofthehistoryofthegrandvenuebeforeheadingtoWashingtonDCtoupdateguestsoncurrentdevelopmentsattheUniversity,andsomeenthusiasticceilidh dancing.

AlumniinChinahadtheirchancetoindulgeinhaggis,whiskyanddancingthisyear,withthefirsteverBurnsSupperinBeijingon28March.Morethan100alumni,prospectivestudentsand guests enjoyed a wonderful night.

Vets enjoy alumni reunion and ceilidh

VetsfromaroundthecountryreturnedtoGlasgowlastNovembertoattendthethirdannualBVMSalumnireuniondinner.AnimportantdateintheVetSchool’scalendar,each autumn graduates who are celebrating a significant anniversary of their graduation areinvitedtoreturn.Lastyear,itwastheturnofgraduatesfromyearsendingin‘3’and‘8’.Over200alumni,friendsandpartnersspentthe day reliving their youth with tours of the GarscubecampusandenjoyingadinnerandceilidhinTheButeHallintheevening.

We look forward to welcoming back vets whograduatedinyearsendingin‘4’and9’on31Octoberthisyear.

East meets west

InAprilaTokyonetworkingeveningwasjointly held by the University and the JapanAlumniAssociation,representedbyMBAgraduateKennethShimizu.VisitingguestProfessorFarhadNoorbakhshoftheDepartmentofEconomicstooktheopportunitytoupdatealumnionUniversitydevelopments,andtowelcomefuturestudentshopingtostudyatGlasgow.The37guestsweretreatedtoarareperformancebyaTokyobagpiper,andenjoyedcatchingupoveradramofScottishwhisky.TheAlumniAssociationofJapanhopestorepeattheeventnextyearandwelcomesall graduates in the area to join.

20

Reunion notices1959 Notre Dame12 September 2009, GlasgowItishopedtohaveMassat12noonintheCatholicChaplaincy,liturgyarrangedwithgroup,followedbyabuffetlunch.PleasecontactJosephineMcGrealon+44(0)1416373453formoreinformation.

1960 Air Squadron Advance notice – 2010 reunionJimSloanishopingtoorganisea50threunionforthe1960membersin2010.Ifyouarekeentobeinvolved,pleaseemail:jim@jsloan.comortel:+44(0)1798872163.

1963-69 Gamma Club5-7 June 2009, LangbankThemainvenuewillbeGleddochHouse,Langbank,buttherearealsoplansforatouroftheUniversity'sWolfsonMedicalSchoolBuildingandavisittotheAnatomyBuilding.PleasecontactJessieShaw,email:jmashaw@btinternet.comortel:07711388258.

1969 Geology20 June 2009, GlasgowJohnSwanhasbeencoordinatingplansfor the 40th anniversary reunion. The class willmeetintheUniversity’sMelvilleRoomforareception,buffetlunchandtourofGeology facilities. Celebrations will continue inaprivateroomattheBothyRestaurantinRuthvenLane,offByresRoad.FormoreinformationpleaseemailJohnSwanatjbsswan@hotmail.com.

1969 Biochemistry (Hons)Advance notice – 2009 reunionBharatJasaniandIanDuncanarecoordinatingplansforthe40thanniversaryreunion and would like to hear from you ifyouarewillingtosupportandjoininwiththe organisation of the reunion. For more information,emailBharat:jasani@cardiff.ac.ukorIan:ianduncan1947@yahoo.co.uk.

1970 ZoologyAdvance notice – summer 2010Itishopedtoorganiseareunioninthesummerof2010forthezoologistswhograduatedin1970.FormoreinformationemailKatherineHakes:kthakes@googlemail.com.

1970 Political EconomyAdvance notice – July 2010JohnKellieandDonaldForrestarehopingtoorganise a reunion to celebrate 40 years since graduation.Formoreinformation,pleaseemail alumni@gla.ac.uk.

1977 Beta Club24-26 October 2012, Dunkeld House Hotel Thanks to everyone for making the 30th reunionweekendsuchasuccess!Ifanyonehasanyphotographsthattheywouldliketobeincludedonthewebsite,pleaseemail:rona.henderson@beta77.org.The35-yearreunionhasalreadybeenpencilledin.

1947-52 Beta Club 5 June 2009, SeamillPleasecontactProfessorHumeAdams,31BurnheadRoad,GlasgowG432SU;tel:+44(0)1416371481oremail:humeadams@btinternet.com.

1949-55 Delta Club21-23 May 2010, Peebles Hydro HotelTobook,pleasecontactthehoteldirectbyemail:info@peebleshydro.co.ukortel:+44(0)1721720602,quoting‘Glasgow55'.Further information can be obtained from Colin&KittyMcCrone,email:c.mccrone31@tiscali.co.ukortel:+44(0)1383852217.

1959 Pharmacy6-10 September 2009, GlasgowThemaineventisadinneratRossPriory,LochLomond,followedbyatourofthenewStrathclydeInstituteofPharmacy&BiomedicalSciences.Otherinformalevents can be arranged for those staying locally.ContactBettyMontgomery(Graham)on+44(0)1389752551orpreferablyemail:bettymontgomery2@tiscali.co.uk.

1959 Honours Chemistry30 July 2009, GlasgowClassmates will meet for a tour of the ChemistryDepartment,followedbydinnerin the University. Further details from DrHaroldMills,21HattonPlace,Edinburgh,EH91UB,email:millsharh@aol.com,orDrDouglasWilliamson,MillofBirkenbower,LumsdenbyHuntly,Aberdeenshire,AB544JW,email:birkenbower@hotmail.com.

1959 Vet ‘Bulldosers’ 1-4 September 2009, Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, GlasgowThereunionwillincludeaproposedVetSchoolvisit,agolfmatchandaneveningreuniondinner.Ifanyonehasnotbeencontacted,pleasegetintouchwithJimBegg,email:jamesbegg@btinternet.comortel:+44(0)1357522169.

1959 Medicine12 September 2009, GlasgowThe weekend reunion will include a tour oftheWolfsonMedicalSchoolBuildingin the morning followed by dinner in the evening.PleasecontactMarjoryMacSween,email:mpm5136@amserve.comortel:+44(0)1416374355.

1959 Engineering Faculty17-18 September 2009, GlasgowThe class will meet for a tour of the faculty followedbyasessionwiththeDean,ProfessorFrankCoton,onThursday;intheeveningareceptionwillbeheldattheWesternClub,RoyalExchangeSquare.ThefinaleventwillbeaspecialdinnerintheRandolphHallonFridayevening.ContactKenKirkwood,kenkirkwood@comcast.net,BobKohn,robert.kohn@btconnect.com or RobinSleight,sleightgr@tiscali.co.uk.

1979 MBChB20-22 November 2009, Cameron House Hotel, Loch LomondsideGailAddisishelpingtocoordinateplansfor the 30th anniversary reunion. Formoreinformationpleaseemail:gail.addis@mac.com.

1979 Engineers8 August 2009, GlasgowJoe Collins is organising a 30th reunion celebrationforall1979Electronics&ElectricalEngineeringclassmates.IfyouareinterestedpleasecontactJoe,tel:07770498161oremail:jcollins19@sky.com.

1984 BVMS23-25 October 2009, Palace Hotel, Buxton, DerbyshireEwanMcNeillisorganisingareuniontomarkthe25thanniversarysincegraduation.PleasecontactEwanatcastle.vet@btinternet.com.

1984 Electronics & Electrical EngineeringAdvance notice – 2009 reunionDavidFraserandFraserArnothopetoorganise a reunion later in the year. Please contactDavidorFraserifyouarekeentobeinvolvedorarewillingtohelp.Email:david@davidfraser.com and fraser_arnot@blueyonder.co.uk.

1985 DentistryJune 2010, GlasgowAlthoughstillintheplanningstage,therehavebeensuggestionsfortheformat,includingalecturedayforCPDwithaneveningeventandadinnerweekendatahotel.IfyouareinterestedingettinginvolvedorattendingpleasecontactCaroleBoyle,tel:+44(0)2071886073,email:carole.boyle@kcl.ac.uk.

1984-89 Delta Club 13-14 November 2009, Marine Hotel, TroonThe main event will be a formal dinner/dance ontheSaturday.Therewillbeachancetoplaygolf.Partnersandchildrenarealsowelcome.Pleasebookdirectlywiththehotel:+44(0)1292314444.Forspecialratespleasemakesureyoubookaspartofthereunion.More information will be available soon on our website:www.delta89reunion.co.ukoremail:catriona.buchan@nhs.net.

1987 Civil EngineeringJuly 2009, Glasgow

Thegroupisplanningaget-togetherattheendofJuly.PleasecontactKarenDinardoifyouwouldliketoattend,email:paisley@dinardo.co.ukortel:+44(0)1418891212.

1994 BVMS31 October 2009, GlasgowStevenBakeriskeentoorganiseareunionweekend to coincide with the 4th annual veterinaryalumnidinneron31October(seepage19).ItishopedthatthegroupwillmeetataWestEndvenueontheFridayevening.Pleaseemail:steven@baker.fsworld.co.uk,tel+44(0)1416323324or07798642790.

21

1959 Dentistry

AreunionwasheldatTheMillenniumHotel in Glasgow on 28 March. Kate McLaughlin recalled some amusing details ofdentalstudiesinthe1950s,TorOttersonspokeofenjoyinglifeatMacbrayneHalland becoming a founder member of the UniversitySkiClub,andTomGardinerproposedatoasttoAbsent Friends.Itwasamost successful evening in an ideal venue.

1987 Civil Engineering

Thegraduatescelebrated21yearsinNovemberinGlasgow.Manyofushadnotseeneachotherinthattime,andthe‘construction’flavouredcatch-upandmemories entertained us all night. We were delighted two staff members were able to join us. With many classmates in the Far East,DubaiandLondon,weplanonfurtherreunionsinthecomingfewyears,withasmanyattendeesaspossible.Thegroupisplanninganotherget-togetherattheendofJuly–seeoppositefordetails.

1978 Electrical Engineering

InJune,15‘BlownFuseSociety’membersmet for a curry and a beer to relive their memoriesof30yearsago.IndividualstravelledfromNewYork,thesouthofEnglandandEdinburghtomakeitasuccessfulevening.Ifyouareinterestedinjoiningusforour35threunionthenpleasecontactKenMacPhersonat:kenneth.macpherson@blueyonder.co.ukorkenmacpherson@theiet.org.

1983 BSc Molecular Biology

Theclassof1983metforthe25-yearreunioninJulyatTheBothyinGlasgow.ClassmemberstravelledfromEnglandandfromotherpartsofScotlandtocatchupwitholdfriendswhilstenjoyinggoodfood.Intheendonlysevenofthe18classmemberswere able to attend but what we lacked in numberswemorethanmadeupforinfunand enthusiasm. We had a very enjoyable eveningwhichweplantorepeatinthefuturewithasmanymoreofourclassaspossible.Anne Terry (née Wheeler), email: A.Terry@vet.gla.ac.uk

1957-63 Beta Club

PeeblesHydrowasthevenueforthe45threunion attended by nearly 90 graduates andpartnersinSeptember.OntheFridayaverywetgolfoutingwasfollowedbysupperintheevening.Saturdaymorningwasthetimefor‘papers’andcontributionsfromCarolAuchterlonie,PeterHowie,StephanSlater,BrianHabbick,JohnBoyd,MurrayBlair,StanleyJacobs,BillFraser,JohnMcLeod and Lade Wosornu. The afternoon comprisedavisittoAbbotsfordandTraquairHouse and the evening dinner was a hilariouseventwithmanycleverspeeches.J J Boyd and R Scott Thomson

Reunionreports1953 Dentistry

TheDentalClassof1948-53heldtheirquinquennial reunion this year with an extendedlunchattheHiltonGrosvenorHotel.Nineteenofthe41intheoriginalYearBookattended.Theyallagreedthatnone of them had changed since they met upasfreshers60yearsago.

1958-64 Gamma Club

The Gamma Club class held a reunion in SeptemberinOntario,Canada,almost50years to the day from our first meeting in the Physics Lecture Hall. Thirty-three members of the class were able to attend with their partners.Weenjoyedadoubledeckerbustourofthearea,atripacrosstheNiagaraGorgeandasailundertheNiagaraFalls.Cloudlessskies,goodfoodandgoodNiagarawineaddedtothefun.AnexcellentscientificsessionwascoordinatedbyDrDavidBallingallwithcontributionsfromDrsBillFisher,DavidMcCall,NormanPettigrew,BrianHyman,ElizabethCousensandDrDouglasBremner.Irene Menzies Turpie, email: turpiei@mcmaster.ca.

1968 Notre Dame

AreunionofthefirstgraduatesfromNotreDameCollege,Bearsden,tookplaceinTurnbullHallinFebruary.Eighty-twopeopleattended,someofwhomhadtravelledfromFranceandIrelandaswellasvariouspartsoftheUK.FatherJohn,UniversityChaplain,saidtheMass,thethemeofwhichwasOurLadyandThanksgiving.Hespokeofthe‘greatjoy’beingexperiencedamongthegroupand that many generations would be influenced through their teaching. The biddingprayersincludedprayersforclassmates and members of staff who had died.TheLiturgywaspreparedbyTeresaWatson and the event itself by Rose MaryAndersonwiththesupportofKerryGallagheroftheDevelopment&AlumniOffice.MariaSweeney,catereratthechaplaincy,preparedafeasttrulyfitfortheoccasion and the rest of the afternoon was spentcatchingupwithnews.

1953 Dentistry

1959 Dentistry

1968 Notre Dame

1978 Electrical Engineering

1987 Civil Engineering

1958-64 Gamma Club

1983 BSc Molecular Biology

How to contact alumni newsAlumninewsiseditedbyEmilyWallace.Senddetailsofnewsandreunionsto:Development&AlumniOffice,2TheSquare,UniversityofGlasgow,GlasgowG128QQTel:+44(0)1413304951Email:alumni@gla.ac.uk

22

The General CouncilBusiness news and reportsPreparedandsuppliedfortheGeneralCouncilbyLawrenceReynolds,ClerktotheGeneralCouncil.Email:l.reynolds@admin.gla.ac.ukPapers for consideration at the Half-Yearly Meeting of the General Council, 24 June 2009:

1. Minutes of Meeting held on 5 February 2009 (see below)2. Paper A: Report by the Principal on the work and activities of the University including the Financial Statement for 2007-08.

Minutes of the Meeting of the General Council held on Thursday, 5 February 2009 in the Wolfson Medical School Building in the University.

TheChancellor,ProfessorSirKennethCalman,tookthechairandwelcomedthosepresenttothemeeting.

The Chancellor referred to the celebrations beingheldinconnectionwiththe250thanniversaryofthebirthofRobertBurnsandtotheconferencehostedbytheUniversity’sCentreforRobertBurnsStudieswhichhadattracted delegates from around the world. The centre had been awarded the contract by OxfordUniversityPresstoproducethefirsteverCollectedWorksofRobertBurns.

InNovembertheChancellor’sDinnerintheButeHall,withKateAdieastheguestspeaker,had been a most enjoyable occasion.

Minutes of the meeting held on 27 June 2008

The minutes of the meeting held on 27 June 2008,printedinAvenue,issue45(January2009)wereapproved.

Report of the Convener of the Business Committee, Dr Frances Boyle

DrBoyleinformedthemeetingthattheBusinessCommitteehaddecideditwouldinvite the deans of nine faculties to meet the committeeandbringthemup-to-dateondevelopmentswithintheirfaculties.

The committee had held three meetings since October2008atwhichitreceivedbriefingupdatesfromthreedeans:ProfessorFrankCotonofEngineeringinOctober,ProfessorElizabethMoignardofArtsinNovemberandProfessorJohnChapmanofPhysicalSciencesinJanuary.

The three meetings had been an invaluable opportunityformembersoftheBusinessCommitteetolearnofdevelopments,particularlyin teaching and research in the faculties and in the ways in which the faculties were being reorganised to meet the challenges ahead.

Thecommitteehadexaminedalargenumberof draft resolutions which contained changes toregulationsfortheUniversity’sdegreeanddiplomacourses,andhadsubmittedobservations on these draft resolutions to the SenateOffice.

The Convener informed the meeting thatCommemorationDaywouldbeonWednesday,17June2009andthatfurtherdetails of the day would be included in the nexteditionofAvenue.

Thenexthalf-yearlymeetingoftheGeneralCouncilwouldbeheldonWednesday,24June2009,againintheWolfsonMedicalSchoolBuildingat6pm,andDrBoylelookedforwardto meeting members on that occasion.

Address by the Principal, Sir Muir Russell

ThePrincipalpresentedhisreportasprintedonpage28ofAvenue,issue45(January2009).

ThePrincipalstatedthat2007-08hadbeena good year for the University in terms firstly ofitsreputation,secondlyacademicallyandthirdly financially.

Asindicatedinhisreport,thePrincipalreminded the meeting that the University had risenbytenplacesto73rdpositioninTheTimesHigherEducationWorldUniversityRankings2008.Thiswasthehighestpositionthat the University had reached to date and GlasgowwastheonlyUKuniversityinthetop200whichhadmadesuchsignificantprogress.

TheUniversityhadrecordedimpressiveresultsinthe2008InternationalStudentBarometer,anationwidepollofinternationalstudents.IntheresultsoftheNationalStudentSurvey,finalyearstudentsrecordedthattheywere86%satisfiedwiththeirexperienceatGlasgow.The best ambassadors for the University were itsgraduatesandiftheyleftwithapositiveexperiencethenapowerfulrippleeffectwascreatedthatwas‘worthitsweightingold’.

ThePrincipalremindedthemeetingthatbuildinganinternationalcampusandenhancingtheUniversity’sinternationalprofilewerekeypartsoftheStrategicPlan.

There had been a significant increase in internationalstudentnumbersoverthepastfiveyears.ThishadbeenhelpedbytherelationshipwiththeGlasgowInternationalCollegeandwouldbefurtherpromotedbytheUniversity’sCommonwealthSponsorshipSchemewhichwouldgive53students–onefromeachcountryoftheCommonwealth–theopportunitytostudyattheUniversity.

TheUniversitywasnowfarmorepro-activeinmarketingitselfinEnglandandinthe

EuropeanUnion,aswellasinternationally.UndergraduatestudentapplicationsfrompotentialhomeandEUundergraduatestudentshadincreasedby13%.Inthe12monthstoFebruary2009applicationsfrominternationalstudentsforpostgraduatetaughtcourseshadincreasedby79%andapplicationsfrompotentialinternationalresearchstudentshadincreasedby18%.

The University had now received the results ofthe2008ResearchAssessmentExercise(RAE),whichhadclassifiedalmost70%oftheUniversity’sresearchactivityasworld-leadingorinternationallyexcellent,asubstantialimprovementontheRAE2001results.In14subjectstheUniversityisratedtopinScotlandand18unitsofassessmentarerankedinthetop10intheUK;theseare:

•Cardiovascular•Cancer•Infection&Immunology•Dentistry•AlliedHealthProfessions(jointlywith StrathclydeandGlasgowCaledonian Universities)•Agriculture–Veterinary&FoodScience– thisincludedtheUniversity’sVeterinarySchool which was ranked highest in the UK•ComputerScienceandInformatics•Electrical&ElectronicEngineering•Physics•Town&CountryPlanning–whichreflectedthe strengthoftheDepartmentofUrbanStudies•Accountancy&Finance•Library&InformationManagement–which wasbasedontheUniversity’sHumanities AdvancedTechnologyandInformationInstitute (HATII)•Psychology•Celtic•Drama,Dance&PerformingArts–basedon theUniversity’sDepartmentofTheatre,Film &TVStudies•EnglishLanguage&Literature•EuropeanStudies•HistoryofArt–theUniversity’sDepartmentof HistoryofArtwasassessedtobethetop departmentintheUK.

ThePrincipalalsoreferredtothefactthatthedepartmentsofEconomics,ChemistryandEducation,althoughnotinthetop10,hadmadesignificantprogress.

Infinancialperformance,theUniversityhadachievedanoperatingsurplusof£6.9millionfor2007-08.TheUniversity’sincomedependedonarangeofsources:

•Tuitionfeesandeducationcontractsgrew by10.8%during2008–withgrowthfromfees forbothundergraduateandpostgraduate students from home and overseas;•Researchgrantsandcontractsincreasedin valueby19.7%intheyear,withstronggrowth inincomefromresearchcouncils(+22.4%), charities(+16.2%)andUKindustry(17%);•Endowmentandinterestincomeincreased by34.7%in2007-08.

WithregardtofuturechallengesfortheUniversity,thePrincipalobservedthattherewouldbepressuresonthebudget,asoutlined:

23

•Thesector-widepaysettlementtiedtothe RetailPricesIndexinOctober2008would mean that the University had had to absorb unexpectedcostssincethebudgetwasset;•Utilitycostswereexpectedtorisebyaround 60%;•Theglobalfinancialsituationwouldbeexerting pressureontheincomestreamsuponwhich theUniversityrelied,especiallythosethat flowedfromoverseasstudents,charitiesand industry in the short to medium term;•Therewerelikelytobepressuresonpublic funding.

The University was now engaged in addressing thechallengesthatlayahead:

•TheRAEhadprovidedtheUniversitywith apowerfulinformationresourcewhichwould helptofashiontheUniversity’sfutureresearch strategyandcontinueprogressinthisarea;•Theinvestmentintherecruitmentstrategy hadalreadyhadanimpact,buttheUniversity wouldonlybegintoreapthefullbenefit inthenextfewyearsasitdevelopedand consolidateditspresenceinthemarketplace;•Therewouldcontinuetobesignificant financialinvestmentintheUniversity’sestate –£175movertheperiod2006-11–and intheUniversity’sITsystemstoprovidea competitiveenvironmentineveryaspect oftheUniversity’sbusiness–ieinteaching, researchandadministration,andforthe benefit of all staff and students.

TheUniversity’sinvestmentpolicies,asoutlinedabove,togetherwithcarefulcontrolofitscostbase,wouldbethekeytoprovidingtheUniversitywithaprosperousandexcitingfuture.

TheChancellorthankedthePrincipalforhisaddressandinvitedquestionsfromthosepresent.

Mr Fee enquired whether there were any ‘implicationsfortheUniversity’slinkswiththeUSAfollowingtheelectionofBarackObamaaspresidentofthatcountry’.

ThePrincipalreferredtothestrengtheningof links with Columbia University and the possibilityofjointappointments.

Mr Morris Murray referred to the concern expressedbyindustrialistsatameetingoftheInstituteofCivilEngineersthattheemphasison research in universities had had an adverse effectonteaching.ThePrincipalstatedthatteaching had not suffered in the Faculty of EngineeringandthattheDeanoftheFaculty

had been given a remit to reorganise the faculty to ensure the best use of allocated resources both for teaching and research.

MrAdamsenquiredabouttheemploymentprospectsfortheUniversity’sgraduatesinthecurrentfinancialclimate.ThePrincipalrepliedthattheCareersServicehadreportedthat recruitment rounds were running asnormal,thattheservicewasinvolvedinorganisinginternshipsandsummerplacements,andthattheUniversity’scoursescontinuedtobeattractivetoemployers.

DrJoyceAllisonreferredtothetransferoftheDepartmentofNavalArchitecture&MarineEngineeringtotheUniversityofStrathclyde.ThePrincipalstatedthaton10December2008 the University Court had confirmed adecisionthatthedepartmentshouldbelocatedwithintheUniversityofStrathclyderatherthanbeajointdepartmentofbothuniversities. This was an acknowledgement oftherealityofthesituation,asthehome-baseforthestudentswasreallyStrathclyde.

DrLoganenquiredaboutthecurrentstatusofSynergy.ThePrincipalstatedthat,whereappropriate,bilateralcollaborationwouldstilltakeplacebetweenGlasgowandStrathclydeUniversities,butthishastobeseeninthecontextoftherangeofcollaborationsnowinplacewithotheruniversities.

Election of Members to serve on the Business Committee

Themeetingwasadvisedthattwonominations,dulyproposedandseconded,hadbeenreceivedforelectiontoserveontheBusinessCommittee:ProfessorArthurCAllisonandDrRobertWLogan.ThemeetingresolvedtoelectProfessorAllisonandDrLogantoserveon the committee with immediate effect.

Any other competent business

The Chancellor drew the attention of the meetingtothenewly-openedFraserBuilding–namedafterSirWilliamandLadyFraser–whichhadbeenofficiallyopenedon13January 2009. The new building contained awholerangeofservicesforstudents,nowbrought together in one location.

Closure of the meeting

TheChancellorthankedallthosepresentfortheir attendance and reminded them that the nextmeetingwouldbeon24June2009.

Next meeting of the General CouncilTheGeneralCouncilwillmeetunderthechairmanshipoftheChancelloronWednesday,24June2009at6pmintheWolfsonMedicalSchoolBuilding.

Lawrence C Reynolds, Clerk to the General CouncilThe Council’s Agenda will include the following:1.MinutesoftheMeetingheldon5February2009.2.ReportoftheConveneroftheBusinessCommittee.3.AddressbythePrincipal,SirMuirRussell,ontheworkandactivitiesoftheUniversity.4.Othercompetentbusiness.5.Dateofnextmeeting:tobeconfirmed.The Council was set up by Act of Parliament to give voice to the views of the graduates and teaching staff on the regulation and wellbeing of the University. All graduates and teaching staff are entitled to attend.

24

PaperA:ReportbythePrincipalThiswillbemyfinalreporttotheGeneralCouncil.Lookingbackitis amazing to see the way in which the University has changed and continuestochange.Myoverwhelmingimpressionofthepastfewyearsisofaprocessofempoweringcolleaguestomakechanges,toplaytotheirstrengths,andthustotaketheUniversityforward.

Everyfacultycouldpointtoareaswherechange and growing strengths have been featuresofrecenttimes.IwillpickoutjustafewtogiveyouaflavourofwhatImean.

TheFacultyofLaw,Business&SocialScienceshasbeenquiteoutstandinginthegrowth in numbers of international students. ItsdepartmentofUrbanStudiesisoneofthetopdepartmentsintheUKandhasjustwontwotopeducationawardsattheRoyalTownPlanningInstitute2008PlanningAwards.ThefacultyhasreinvigorateditsDepartmentofEconomics;itisrankedinthetop5%worldwide in the field of international finance. ThefacultyalsohasexcitingnewplansforthedevelopmentoftheLawSchool.

TheFacultyofEducation’srateofprogressinresearch has been quite outstanding and is a tributetothedrive,energyanddeterminationofitsDeanandhiscolleagues.TheResearchAssessmentExercise(RAE)revealedthatthefaculty’scontributionmorethantrebledsince2001,placingGlasgowasthesecondlargestunitofeducationalresearchersinScotland,the fourth largest in the UK.

TheFacultyofArtshasbeenabout‘strengtheningthestrengths’.TheSchoolofEnglishandScottishLanguage&Literatureisinthetop10unitsintheUK;theDepartmentofTheatre,Film&TelevisionStudiesisrankedeighthandHistoryofArtemergedfromtheRAEasthebestintheUK.

TheFacultyofInformation&MathematicalScienceshasseenPsychologyrankedninthintheUKandComputingScienceintheUKtop10andexemplifiestheinterdisciplinarylinksbetween,forexample,statistics,computing,lifeand medical sciences that mark out our future.

TheFacultyofPhysicalScienceshasledinresearchpoolinginPhysics,ChemistryandEarthSciences.ItsformationandsupportfortheGlasgowCentreforInternationalDevelopmenthasalreadymadeanimpact,buildingparticularlyonourverystronghistoricallinkswithAfrica.

TheFacultyofEngineeringhoststheJamesWattNanofabricationCentreandtheElectronicDesignCentre.ItsDepartmentofElectronics&ElectricalEngineeringstandsfirstinScotlandandisintheUKtop10.

TheFacultyofBiomedical&LifeSciencesmaintainsitsstrongpositionintheUK.Infection&Immunity,alongwithsimilarunitsinVeterinaryMedicineandMedicine,isin

thetop10intheUK,andfirstinScotland.The recent strategic decision to locate all oftheUniversity’svirologyexpertiseintheInstituteofComparativeMedicineisafurtherexampleofcross-facultycollaborationandhasaugmentedthestrengthanddepthofourresearchinthisarea.ItwillbetheplatformforfutureUniversitydevelopmentsinbasicandtranslational virology.

The Faculty of Medicine continues to build onitsstrengths,withInfection&Immunity,CancerStudiesandCardiovascularStudiesallstandinginthetop10intheUK.AndtheMedicalSchoolhasrecentlywonaprestigiousaward at the inaugural British Medical Journal GroupAwardsforExcellenceinLearningandEducation.OurpartnershipwiththeNHSGreater Glasgow & Clyde goes from strength to strength.

ResearchactivityintheFacultyofVeterinaryMedicinewasthehighestratedinScotlandand joint highest in the UK. The faculty has fullaccreditationfromtheAmericanVeterinaryMedicalAssociation(AVMA)CouncilonEducationandissoontoseetheopeningofthenew£10mSmallAnimalHospital.

Key to the success of the University is the qualityandstrengthofoursupportservices.Ourlibraryremainsoneofthegreatjewelsin our crown and is constantly evolving and updatingitselftoensurethatitoffersaccessforstaff and students to the best resources and in thebestway.Sotodaythelibraryisopen361daysoftheyearfrom7.15amto2am,makingavailablemorethan2.5millionbooksandjournals and giving access to over 800 student PCsandwi-fithroughoutthebuilding,andtomorethan26,000electronicjournals.

Bythetimeyoureadthis,theUniversitywillhavecommitted£13.2mtotheStudentLifecycleproject,anallencompassingstudentinformationsystemtosupportthefull range of student services from the time prospectivestudentsshowaninteresttothetime,followinggraduation,theyhavepotentialasalumnitocontinuetheirsupportfortheUniversity.

InJanuarywehadtheverygreatpleasureofwelcomingformerPrincipalandChancellorSirWilliam Kerr Fraser and Lady Fraser back to thecampustoopenthenewFraserBuilding– arefurbishedbuildingthatprovidesstudentseasy and centralised access to the key services they need.

Whenwesetoutouraimsinourstrategicplan2006-10wewereclearthatwehadtobuildonexcellenceacrossarangeofactivities–learningandteaching,thestudentexperience,research,ourstaffandalumni.Theevidenceof the various student surveys and the recent resultsintheRAEsuggestthatwearemovingintherightdirection.Butweknowtoothatweneedtodomoreandwecan’tstandstill.Nevermorethannow,wefacechallengesonfunding,thewiderfinancialclimate,thedemographicissues,andincreasingcompetition.

We recognise that we need to continue to attract good students and good staff and sowe’veinvestedheavilyinourhomeandinternational recruitment teams and are committedtoinvestinginourestate–£175mover2006-11.Weknowthatweneedtobuildexcellenceacrossmoreunits;weknowthatwe must continue to innovate and enhance our research-led teaching and the quality of thestudentexperience.Wecontinuetodriveourfundraisingagendainordertosupportallthethingswewanttodo,andincreasinglywewanttoinvolveouralumniinourplans.

Andthatisagoodthing,forithasbeenoneoftheveryrealpleasuresofthisposttobeabletomeetalumnigroupsindifferentplaces.IhadthegreatprivilegeofvisitingChinaattheendofMarch.Partofthepurposeofthetripwastoforgeandconsolidatelinkswithtwo universities in Tianjin and to meet with ourBeijingalumnigroup.IwasstruckbythewarmththisgroupfelttowardsGlasgowandhowexcitedtheyweretobeapartofus.Thisissomethingtobeproudofandtobuildupon.

ThekeytoallthestrengthsthatI’vehighlightedinmyreporthasbeenthetalentand commitment of my colleagues and it is this same talent and commitment that will take the University forward under my successor. Iwouldlike,therefore,topaytributetothemanycolleaguesandfriendsthatIhavehadthepleasureofworkingwiththroughoftenchallenging,neverdullandalwaysrewardingtimes.Itistheywhohavemadethingshappenandwhowillcontinuetodoso.Ihaveneverwaivered from the belief that we are engaged inaveryexcitingandfulfillingendeavourandIwouldwisheveryonewhocontinuestobepartof it every success for the future and for our University.

25

Deaths of members of the General Council noted from April 2008 – March 2009Namesarelistedalphabeticallywithineachyearofthe graduation decade.

1920-9Couper,MargaretFraser,MA1929,WoodsideRetirementHome,Quarrier’sVillage,BridgeofWeir,RenfrewshirePA113SA,died02/02/2008Crawford,AgnesYoung(MrsReynard),MA1928,TheSchoolhouse,Kingoldrum,Kirriemuir,Angus,died05/09/2008Doherty,Geraldine,MA1938,formerlyofCulmore,ForsythStreet,Greenock,Renfrewshire,died18/09/2008Ford,Elsie(MrsKennedy),MA1929,25LarchfieldNeuk,Balerno,Midlothian,EH147NL,died21/01/2009Gordon,AnnieDouglas,(MrsNixon),MA1926,Insch-Holme,AlexanderStreet,Insch,Aberdeenshire,AB526JH,died08/12/2007Imrie,JamesThomson,MA1928,formerlyof1FairviewCourt,46MainStreet,Milngavie,Glasgow,G626BU,died15/06/2008McIlwraith,Isabella,MA1929,55SpringbankGardens,Falkirk,Stirlingshire,FK27DF,died03/08/20081930-9Alexander,EleanorMargaret(DrWaugh),MBChB1934,formerlyof‘WoodsideofAllanton’,Auldgirth,DumfriesDG20SA,died10/11/2008Auld,James,MA1933,3KirkGlebe,Stewarton,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,KA35BJ,died09/11/2008Bennett,JanetSlater(MrsHowie),MA1934,18TemplandCrescent,Dalry,AyrshireKA245EZ,died12/2008Burns,MargaretBallantine(MrsBowman),MA1933,35KirkStreet,Prestwick,Ayrshire,KA91AU,died29/09/07Bushnell,AlexanderMcIlroyLynn,BL1933,CBE,18FairiesRoad,Perth,PH11NB,died07/3/2009Cairns,EdithMary,MA1938,39EmmbrookCourt,Reading,Berkshire,RG65TZ,died04/05/2008Calder,JuliannMackinnon,BSc1936,MEd,c/oJohnWilson&Co,1RoyalBankPlace,GlasgowG13TT,died28/12/2008Campbell,HelenKirkwood,MA1939,formerlyof11CarwinshochView,Ayr,KA74AY,died11/02/2009Chassels,MirrleesRamsay(Dr),MBChB1939,c/oHolmheadFarm,OldGlasgowRoad,Stewarton,Ayrshire,KA35JJ,died03/11/2008Citron,Samuel(Dr),MBChB1939,formerlyof9AvenuelaCroix,SeaPoint,CapeTown,died08/06/2008

Clark,CharlotteBurns(DrStopford),MBChB1938,Apartment401,2095OakBayAvenue,Victoria,BCV8R1E6,Canada,died29/12/2005Craik,JohnElliot(Dr),MBChB1934,KingsgateCareHome,149GlasgowRoad,GlasgowG744PA,died10/12/2008Cuthbertson,MaryElisabeth(MrsCalder),BSc1938,5BelleVueCrescent,Distington,Workington,Cumbria,CA144PT,died11/2007Docherty,GeorgeMacpherson(RevDr),MA1935,64HepburnGardens,StAndrews,FifeKY169DG,died27/11/2008Duncan,JohnGraham,MA1937,Ardnahoe,BallplayRoad,Moffat,Dumfriesshire,DG109JU,died05/06/2008Eglin,Catherine,MA1934,70HazelwoodRoad,BridgeofWeir,RenfrewshirePA113DT,died24/12/2008Ferguson,Catherine(MrsMcGowan),MA1931,35DanesDrive,Glasgow,G149HY,died06/04/2008Finnigan,MargaretCatherine(MrsMcAweaney),MA1939,8ClarenceDrive,Glasgow,G129QJ,died24/05/2008Ford,Jessie(MrsMurray),MA1937,59HillfootDrive,Bearsden,Glasgow,G613QG,died23/10/2008Frank,Hannah(MrsLevy),MA1930,WestacresCareHome,NewtonMearns,G776WW,died18/12/2008Gunn,DouglasGeorge,MA1933,ThorneycroftNursingHome,12SycamoreWay,Stranraer,DG97BY,died15/03/2008Hall,GeorgeHird,(Dr),MBChB1935,DPh,26VictoriaGardens,Kilmacolm,Renfrewshire,PA134HL,died04/07/2008Hamilton,JanetYoung,MA1935,formerlyofNorthLodge,Auchlochan,LanarkshireML110JS,died17/03/2009Hammerton,John,(Dr),MBChB1938,ElmTreeHouse,HandleyLane,ClayCross,Chesterfield,Derbyshire,S459AT,died2007Kennie,AgnesThomson(Dr,MBE),MBChB1932,7MeadClose,Paignton,Devon,TQ32AS,died24/01/2009Linton,Magdalene(Dr),MBChB1934,18GreensidePlace,St.Andrews,Fife,KY169TH,died05/02/2009MacLachlan,JeanElizabeth(DrPreston),MBChB1936,SuttonColdfield,WestMidlands,died14/11/2008McCallum,CatherineCuthbertYoung(MrsTempleton),MA1934,27SuttonClose,Quorn,Loughborough,Leceistershire,LE128GA,died18/05/2008

McColl,Hugh,MA1932,76OldKennelsLane,Winchester,Hampshire,SO224JT,died24/03/2008McEwan,IgnatiusAugustineQC,MA1935,LLB,349StClairAvenueW,Toronto,ONM5P1N3,Canada,died19/02/2008Meek,GeorgeScott,BSc1937,ThePass,Aberfoyle,StirlingFK83TQ,died03/12/2008Moffett,JoyceGraham,MA1932,BalmannoHouse,3ClevedenRoad,GlasgowG120NT,died15/10/2008Morison,Niel(Dr),MBChB1934,formerlyofTobermory,IsleofMull,died18/12/2008Naismith,DavidArdrey(Dr),MBChB1935,1ScottAvenue,Polmont,Falkirk,Stirlingshire,FK20PN,died12/2007Neil,Matthew,CBE(Dr),MA1938,LLD,30ArklestonRoad,Paisley,Renfrewshire,PA13TH,died19/09/2008Nelson,John,(Rev),MA1936,BD,7ManseRoad,Roslin,Midlothian,EH259LF,died09/04/2008Nisbet,JamesCareyGoodwin,BSc1936,ARCST,7GreenAvenue,Alpraham,Tarporley,CheshireCW69LP,died02/6/2005Ogilvy,AlistairDawson,BSc1937,13/7WhistlefieldCourt,2CanniesburnRoad,Bearsden,GlasgowG611PX,died08/03/2009Paton,David,(Dr),MBChB1938,106GrosvenorRoad,London,SW1V3LG,died10/07/2008Pringle,GrahamTaylor(Dr),BSc1936,64ThornhillAvenue,Huddersfield,WestYorkshire,HD33DG,died22/05/2008Reid,HaroldBremner,MA1938,LLB1946,8ChesterfieldAvenue,GlasgowG120BL,formerlyof32MunroRoad,GlasgowG131SF,died30/11/2008Russell,VioletElizabeth(MrsMacLeod),MA1933,65RockmountAvenue,Thornliebank,GlasgowG467DJ,died14/03/2009Scott,AlexanderStewart(Dr),MBChB1936,24MillenniumCourt,LaGreveD’Azette,StClement,Jersey,JE26GS,died04/03/2008Sloan,DavidRobert(Dr),MBChB1938,41OatleyHouse,CoteLane,Westbury-on-Trym,Bristol,BS93TN,died07/04/2008Smith,SinclairIdell,MA1938,24MaxwellPark,Dalbeattie,Kirkcudbrightshire,DG54LS,died07/07/2008Swanson,MaryWilson(MissMaySwanson),MA1933,26EasterCraigs,Glasgow,G313LJ,died15/11/2008Talman,Hugh,MA1937,Niagara,70LawersCrescent,Polmont,Stirlingshire,FK15JB,died17/02/2009

Thorp,CatherineWatt(MrsGillespie),MA1933,98CedarsAvenue,Coventry,WestMidlands,CV61DN,died13/10/06Torrance,ChristinaMaryMurray,MA1939,50MossneukCrescent,Wishaw,Lanarkshire,ML28LS,died13/09/2008Urie,DonaldMcKellarLeitch(Rev),MA1936,KincardineO’Neil,Aboyne,Aberdeenshire,AB345AB,died31/08/2008Walker,MargaretSeaton,(MrsAlexander),MA1935,4StrathmoreRoad,Hamilton,Lanarkshire,ML36AQ,died22/04/2008Walls,EldredWright,(Professor),BSc1931,MB,MD,19DeanParkCrescent,Edinburgh,EH41PH,died24/03/2008Watson,LexBlyth,MBE,BL1936,8RowandAvenue,Giffnock,Glasgow,G467PE,died30/06/2008Watt,Robert(Rev),MA1938,BD,1ColdstreamAvenue,Dunblane,PerthshireFK159JN,died26/12/2008Wharrier,JeanPrentice(MrsRennie),MA1939,Rosslea,BonhillRoad,Dumbarton,G82,died09/02/20091940-9Anderson,JeanDonaldsonWilson(MrsRichmond),BSc1943,34LawheadRoadWest,StAndrews,FifeKY169NE,died08/10/2008Andrew,DouglasStuart(Dr),MBChB1948,11SeafieldAvenue,Bearsden,Glasgow,G613LB,died18/06/2008Arbuckle,William(Rev),MA1948,49/4BelfordRoad,Edinburgh,EH43BR,died11/11/2008Baxter,PercivalAdair,BSc1946,LowerCraigmailen,Torphichen,Bathgate,EH484NP,died2007Baxter,RichardFraser(OBE),MA1947,BD,138BraidRoad,Edinburgh,EH106JB,died07/02/2009Brand,AlexanderGeorge,MBE,MA1940,16Queen’sAvenue,Edinburgh,EH42DF,Died14/04/2008Brittain,JosephAlfred,BSc1942,16EarlwoodCrescent,BardwellPark,Sydney2207,Australia,died06/05/2008Brownlie,IsaacAllan(Dr),BSc1944,PhD,41BurnsDrive,Maybole,AyrshireKA198FB,died23/12/2008Bryden,JamesStewart,BSc1940,11GlenallaCrescent,Ayr,KA74DA,died 03/03/2006Bryson,HelenRobertson(MrsCorbett),MA1949,1ABentinckCrescent,Troon,AyrshireKA106JN,died12/12/2008Bryson,IreneMarion,MA1949,formerlyof6PilmuirAvenue,Glasgow,G443HX,died17/11/2008Calver,GilbertArthur,BSc1941,formerlyofJamesBrownandHamerLtd,P.O.Box301,Durban,SouthAfrica,died22/05/2008

26

Caplan,PhilipIsaac(TheHonLord),MA1948,LLD,NetherLibertonHouse,OldMillLane,Edinburgh,EH165TZ,died07/11/2008Clark,Herbert(Dr),MBChB1946,90MontroseRoad,Arbroath,AngusDD115JW,died11/12/2008Coen,Agnes(MrsCawley),BSc1942,84RenfrewRoad,Paisley,Renfrewshire,PA34BJ,died31/01/2006Connelly,MaryCatherine(MrsDurning),MA1944,55SanderlingView,NorthShoreRoad,TroonKA106RA,died12/12/2008Cormack,William(Dr),MBChB1943,37SurbitonCourt,StAndrewsSquare,Surbiton,SurreyKT64ED,died02/12/2008Cranston,JohnPaton(Dr),BSc1946,PhD,7OrchardGrove,SuttonColdfield,WestMidlands,B744AX,died10/2007Crichton,MaryCassells,BSc1948,23BroomDrive,Clydebank,Dunbartonshire,G813JB,died20/10/2007Crichton,WilliamMorrison,MA1947,formerlyof4DVictoriaMansion,VictoriaPark,Ayr,KA72TR,died16/09/2008Cubie,GeorgeMcNaught(Dr),MBChB1941,DPh,OakView,PrivateRoad,OrmesbySt.Margaret,GreatYarmouth,NorfolkNR293LH,died11/2008Cuthbert,JeanWilson(Dr),MBChB1941,Flat10,8RiverviewPlace,Glasgow,G58EB,died08/08/2008Dawson,ElizabethDalrymple(MrsSmith),MA1946,SouthLodge,Glenbrae,Falkirk,Stirlingshire,FK15LJ,died22/07/2008Dearie,EleanorHunter(MrsMitchell),MA1949,PostgraduateCertificate,5PembertonPlace,CarrickGate,Esher,SurreyKT109HU,died04/07/2008Dewar,JeanMacintosh,MA1946,25BaroneRoad,Rothesay,IsleofBute,PA200DY,died24/08/2008Dunlop,DorisCraig(MrsTaylor),MA1942,MEd,18BalrymonthCourt,StAndrews,Fife,KY168XT,died12/02/2007Ellery,AlfredJames,MA1941,17ElliotPark,Edinburgh,EH141DY,date of death unknownGailey,Ian,BSc1946,Gleniffer,Hardgate,CastleDouglas,Kirkcudbrightshire,DG73LD,died25/09/2008Gavigan,EllenTeresa(MrsFarrell),MA1945,48CourthillAvenue,GlasgowG445AA,died01/12/2008Hall,AlexanderMcConnell(Dr),BSc1946,PhD,65EllangowanCourt,Milngavie,GlasgowG117BP,died09/01/2009Halliday,AnthonyMartin(Dr),BSc1946,27ChepstowVillas,London,W113DR,died18/03/2008Happel,JohnShort(Dr),MBChB1947,LittleBarton,PetersfieldRoad,Ropley,Alresford,Hampshire,SO240EE,died19/09/2007Hay,MarionHayCochrane(DrCornock),MBChB1948,6CarlaverockRoad,GlasgowG432SA,died08/01/2009

Heeps,Robert,MA1949,formerlyof121BroomhillDrive,Glasgow,G11,died02/2009Heggie,RobertMurray(Dr),BSc1948PhD,2839FlanneryDrive,Ottawa,Ontario,K1V9S8,Canada,died13/07/2008Hoyle,AlexanderCaldwell,BSc1947,469ThompsonAvenue,Peterborough,Ontario,K0J6J2,died06/11/2008Hunter,GeorgeKirkpatrick(Professor),MA1941,formerlyofDepartmentofEnglish,UniversityofWarwick,CV47AL,died10/04/2008Hyndman,Jean,MA1941,6StormontPark,Scone,PerthshirePH26SD,died14/04/2008Hyndman,Niall(Dr),MBChB1943,4ShorehamAvenue,Rotherham,SouthYorkshire,S603DB,died2004Inglis,HamishScottHunt,MA1949,formerlyof44AshburtonRoad,GlasgowG120LZ,died07/11/2008Johnstone,JohnScott,MA1947,6PamelaCourt,MossHallGrove,LondonN128PL,died05/12/2008Joss,PeterCoventry,MA1942,formerlyofCochran,Sayers&Cook,33AGordonStreet,GlasgowG13PF,died25/02/2009Lannigan,Robert(Professor),MBChB1945,650AmblesideDrive,London,ONN6G4V5,Canada,died 07/03/2008MacAndrew,Robert(Dr),MBChB1941,Hollyhill,DundarachDrive,Pitlochry,Perthshire,PH165DY,died22/11/2008Macdonald,William,MA1949,23GrantCrescent,Maryburgh,Dingwall,Ross-shire,IV78EW,died03/08/2008Maclellan,IsabellaSpence,MA1942,11HillfootAvenue,Bearsden,GlasgowG613QB,died10/03/2009MacNeill,JohnMacIsaac,BSc1945,TheSpinney,24BarntonParkDrive,Edinburgh,EH46HFdied28/04/2008Mair,HelenMacfarlane,MBE(DrThompson),MBChB1947,60ALondonRoad,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,KA37DD,died05/02/2008Mairs,JamesGirvan,BSc1945,4PeverilCourt,Rutherglen,Glasgow,G734RE,died12/12/2008Marshall,WilliamJames,BSc1943,1BarnsideWay,Macclesfield,Cheshire,SK102TZ,died01/04/2008McClimont,JanetMackenzieSinclair(MrsInnes),MA1944,formerlyof97KirkStreet,Strathaven,Lanarkshire,died25/07/2008McColl,Donald(Dr),BSc,MBChB1943,10MearnscroftRoad,NewtonMearns,Glasgow,G775QH,died30/08/08McIntyre,ThomasKay,MA1948,BSc,31Glenbrae,Falkirk,Stirlingshire,FK15LL,died30/08/2008McLeave,HughGeorge,MA1949,CheminGlena,37FRoutedeSospel,06500Menton,France,died 03/2008

Morris,IanGamble,(Dr),MA1942,MEd,31RavelstonDykes,Edinburgh,EH126HG,died12/07/2008Munn,James,MA1940,6ForestWay,Ayr,AyrshireKA73ST,died05/2006Naismith,JamesTheodore(Dr),MBChB1945,3SwanseaRoad#219,Unionville,OntarioL3R0W3,Canada,died09/2/2009Nicoll,MargieGardiner(MrsIngram-Brown),MA1942,49RivertonCourt,180RiverfordRoad,Newlands,Glasgow,G432DE,died13/04/2008Niven,Daniel,BSc1949,formerlyof55ValeView,Larbert,Stirlingshire,died19/07/2008Park,MarionMackinlay,MA1940,fomerlyof38ParkCircus,Ayr,KA72DL,died27/06/2008Queenan,BernardPatrick,MA1941,EdB,2000StMarc,Apt803,Montreal,Quebec,H3H2N9,Canada,died13/05/2008Rankin,JohnCooper,BSc1943,29HighlandsRoad,Stockport,Cheshire,SK25HU,died14/04/2008Rennie,EthelMarian,(MrsGray)CBE,MA1945,formerlyof7/7ChurchHill,Edinburgh,EH104BG,died 30/07/2008Russell-Hunter,WilliamDevigne(Professor),BSc1946,PhD,formerlyofPOBox162,RoyalOak,MD21662-0162,USA,died21/05/2005Scott,JamesGray(Dr),MBChB1943,3HookClose,Ampfield,Romsey,Hampshire,SO519DD,died30/12/2008Scott,ThomasMcNair,MA1942,formerlyof6VinicombeStreet,Glasgow,died04/04/2008Shankland,Janet,MA1947,formerlyofSunnhalde,22AuchinleckRoad,Cumnock,Ayrshire,KA181AE,died07/02/2009Simpson,CatherineGilray(DrBailey),BSc1940,MBChB1944,45ComptonAvenue,Poole,Dorset,BH148PU,died18/04/2008Simpson,JohnDouglasShaw,BSc1947,5MaltingsClose,Chevington,BuryStEdmunds,IP295RP,dateofdeathunknownSinclair,MarjorieLove(MrsBlack),MA1947,formerlyof2WheatlandDrive,Lanark,ML117QG,died18/07/2008Smart,Andrew,CB,MA1944,Shelsley,RedlandDrive,Colwall,Malvern,WorcestershireWR136ES,died24/10/2008Smith,JohnJoseph,MA1945,159ManseRoad,Motherwell,Lanarkshire,ML12PS,died16/04/2008Smith,MargaretHoustonJean(MrsHutton),MA1945,68SomervilleDrive,EastKilbride,GlasgowG750LT,died04/11/2008Steele,MarianDawson(MrsGibson),MA1945,60GlasgowRoad,Kilmarnock,KA31TX,died21/06/2008

Stewart,JanetIsabel,(DrBassett),MBChB1941,formerlyofForgeCottage,EastLane,Dedham,Colchester,Essex,CO76BQ,died25/06/2008Stewart,JohnClark,BL1959,3AGolfCourt,StrathviewPark,Glasgow,G443LD,died28/02/2006Sullivan,Peter(Dr),MBChB1948,7-16O’BrienStreet,GroundFloor,Orillia,OntarioL3V5S2,Canada,died 06/2007Sutherland,JamesWilliam(Dr),MBChB1944,5202HomanFallsDrive,Quincy,IL62305USA,died24/04/2008Thompson,NormanDavidRenwick,MA1949,57KeystoneQuadrant,Milngavie,Glasgow,G626LP,died22/04/2008Walker,David,MA1948,LLB1951,Flat2/2,47NovarDrive,Glasgow,G129UB,died19/02/2008Walker,MargaretClelandGrant,MA1946,2Glassard,IsleofColonsay,ArgyllandBute,PA167YN,died22/07/2008Watson,DavidGeorgeMartin(Dr),BSc1944,DEng,20BarclayDrive,Helensburgh,G849RB,died05/07/2007Welsh,JennyFallow(MrsMacquarrie),MA1940,206HeadlyWay,Headington,Oxford,Oxfordshire,OX37TA,died19/07/2008White,John(Dr),MBChB1946,55WintonDrive,Kelvinside,GlasgowG120QB,died06/12/2008White,Lillian-Adele(MrsDaly),MA1941,MayCottage,40EagleshamRoad,GlasgowG767TW,died10/12/2008Wilson,MarjorieBissett(DrCameron),MBChB1944,Inyanga,GolfClubRoad,Berkhamsted,Hertfordshire,HP41LY,died06/05/2008Wilson,WilliamScott(Dr),MBChB1942,DPH1947,20DingleyRoad,Huddersfield,WestYorkshire,HD33AY,died22/06/20071950-9Allison,JohnConnell,BL1959,12HuntersPark,Berkhamsted,Hertfordshire,HP42PT,died16/08/2008Andrew,RobertJohnMcDougall,MA1951,6ARonaldshawPark,AyrKA72TJ,died10/12/2008Andrew,WilliamHamishRitchie,MA1951,BurnsideCottage,Dippen,IsleofArran,KA278RN,died28/03/2008Bannerman,JohnWalterMacdonald(Dr),MA1956,OldManse,Balmaha,GlasgowG630AH,died08/10/2008Beattie,AlexanderOgilvie,BSc1952,4StMary’sPlace,Joppa,Edinburgh,EH152QF,died14/07/2008Beattie,IanCowan,BSc1954,8YorkRoad,NorthBerwickEH394LS,died19/12/2008Blyth,StanleyWilliam,MA1952,Ardmay,GlenmoragCrescent,Dunoon,Argyll&Bute,PA237LF,died25/11/2008Borland,AlisonAgnes(MrsBirrell),BL1950,43BuchananDrive,Bearsden,Glasgow,G612EP,died14/08/2008

27

Bryden,GeorgeT(Dr),MBChB1950,6ThistleAvenue,Grangemouth,Stirlingshire,FK38YH,died24/06/2008Buchanan,AngusMcDonald,BSc1950,61/2CanaanLane,Edinburgh,EH104SG,died27/08/2008Cameron,AlastairBuchanan(Dr),MBChB1951,MBE,Parklea,VictoriaGardens,Lockerbie,Dumfriesshire,DG112BJ,died19/01/2009Cattanach,AlexanderChalmers(Dr),MBChB1952,1BucklersMews,AnchorageWay,Lymington,Hampshire,SO418JL,died15/04/2008Chisholm,Robert,MBE,BSc1950,formerlyofGlinterranMuir,Kippen,Stirlingshire,died03/07/2008Chisholm,Thomas,BSc1958,25NewRoad,Barton,CambridgeCB237AY,died28/12/2008Conn,IanGordon(Dr),MBChB1951,Hilton,FraserAvenue,Johnstone,Renfrewshire,PA58JE,died 07/02/2008Cousar,Jean,(MrsCampbell),BSc1956,171GlenAvenue,Largs,Ayrshire,KA308QQ,died20/05/2008Crampsey,RobertAnthony,MA1951,131FortheringayRoad,Pollokshields,Glasgow,G414LG,died 26/07/2008Csathy,ThomasImre,BSc1959,13ArlingtonWay,Thornhill,Ontario,L3T7W9,died03/08/2008Dalling,John(Dr),MBChB1956,FRCSGlasgow,19CedarBay,Brandon,Manitoba,R7B0Z3,died18/10/2008Davidson,ColinMacKenzie(Dr),MBChB1951,69CoombeLane,Bristol,Avon,BS92A2,died30/01/2008Dickson,JamesD(Dr),MBChB1952,Keppoch,Springbank,Brodick,IsleofArran,KA278BE,died16/07/2008Dixon,Dennis,BSc1950,9DuthieRoad,Gourock,RenfewshirePA101XS,died03/12/2008Donnelly,WilliamJamesCyril(Dr),BVMS1954,DVMS,14DeerparkRoad,Castlenock,Dublin15,Eire,died29/12/2007Dorrian,GerardJohnAnthony,MA1957,20MontgomerieCrescent,Saltcoats,Ayrshire,KA215BT,died23/04/2008Douglas,ThomasAlexander(EmeritusProfessor),BSc1954,PhD,77SouthMainsRoad,Milngavie,Glasgow,G626DE,died07/01/2009Downs,JamesLoudon,MA1952,formerlyof46Ravenscourt,Thorntonhall,Glasgow,G745AZ,died 30/07/2008Finlayson,JanetPaton(DrBrowning),BSc1957,48MitreRoad,Glasgow,G149LE,dateofdeath unknownForrester,Peter(Dr),MBChB1952,17McKayRoad,Wimbledon,LondonSW200HT,died26/12/2008Foulds,JamesGlendinning,MA1950,12BurnsCrescent,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,KA36GG,died 07/08/2008

Gardner,RobertArchibald,BSc1952,formerlyof11CrossleesPark,Thornliebank,Glasgow,died04/09/2008Gibson,JohnClarkLove,MA1953,formerlyofCairnbank,SouthMortonStreet,Edinburgh,died17/11/2008Gilmour,NeilJamesLivingston(Dr),BVMS1954,PhD,DSc,MRCVS,59ErskineHill,Polmont,Falkirk,Stirlingshire,FK20UH,16/10/2008Grant,JamesRussell(Dr),MBChB1951,255CreightonAvenue,London,N29BP,died01/05/2008Greene,JohnGerald(Dr),MA1959,DCP,30MansionhouseGardens,Glasgow,G413DP,died17/01/2009Hinton,EdwardFrank,BSc1959,ARCST,62CastlehillDrive,NewtonMearns,Glasgow,G775LB,died30/03/2008Hodge,ColinHedderwick(Dr),MBChB1951,17KelvinCourt,Glasgow,G120AB,died11/03/2009Holliday,JohnRowley,BL1954,MauchlineCastle,Mauchline,Ayrshire,KA5,died18/04/2008Howie,ThomasJamesGordon(Dr),MBChB1951,56MountstuartRoad,Rothesay,IsleofBute,PA209LD,died22/11/2008Hutchison,Henry(RevDr),PhD1955,4ABriarGrove,Glasgow,G432TG,died11/03/2009Irving,DanielRobert,BDS1952,2/271TerreglesCrescent,Glasgow,G414RL,died15/12/2008Johnson,KeithMaxwellLindbergh,OBE,BSc1953,Number6,1stAveNorth,RowansPark,StGeorge,Barbados,died07/01/2009Lucatz,Noah(DrLucas),MA1951,4TalbotRoad,Oxford,OxfordshireOX28LL,died02/12/2008Mabon,Dickson(RtHonDr),MBChB1954,Flat7,Kepplestone,StaveleyRoad,Eastbourne,EastSussex,BN207JY,died10/04/2008MacLeod,John,OBE,MA1951,8Carishader,Uig,IsleofLewis,HS29ER,died18/01/1998MacNeill,Finlay,MA1953,13MidmillsRoad,Inverness,IV23NZ,died28/10/2008Macpherson,Robert,MBE,BVMS1952,Applegrove,CononBridge,Dingwall,Ross-shire,IV78AZ,died15/05/2008MacSwan,Joan(MrsAlexander),MA1958,Glendale,3Hunter’sGrove,Hunter’sQuay,Argyll,PA238LQ,died23/12/2008Marsden,DavidEdward(Rev),MA1951,57CastleStreet,Kirkcudbright,DG64JD,died4/2/2009McAlpine,AlexiaFlorence(MrsHowe),MA1951,25SwanstonGrove,Edinburgh,EH107BN,died29/08/2007McCall,John(Dr),MBChB1959,23HainingRoad,Renfrew,Renfrewshire,PA40AB,died14/06/2007McCartney,JohnElder,BSc1951,41AvondaleAvenue,EastKilbride,Glasgow,G741NS,died14/07/2007

McClure,KennethBoyd,BSc1954,28StMeddansStreet,Troon,Ayrshire,KA106JX,died02/05/08McCusker,CharlesDennis(Dr),MBChB1956,MidLochhead,Lochwinnoch,Renfrewshire,PA124DX,died31/12/2007McLean,IreneCatherine(MrsKerr),MA1959,#6930JosephineRoad,BrentwoodBay,BC,V8M1B3,died01/10/2008McNeil,JeanA(DrCarr),BSc1956,MBChB,formerlyof402/36SouthTurnerStreet,Victoria,BritishColumbiaV8V2J6,Canada,died27/06/2008McNeillie,IsobelWatt,MA1953,36VictoriaRoad,Brookfield,Johnstone,Renfrewshire,PA58UA,died18/11/2008McWilliam,James,OBE,MA1950,formerlyof17SeafieldStreet,Portsoy,Banffshire,AB42QT,died24/04/2008Morrow,JohnJoseph(Dr),MBChB1956,12GlenparkPlace,Ayr,KA74SQ,died21/09/2008Munn,WalterDouglas(EmeritusProfessor),MA1951,PhD,68StMeddansStreet,Troon,Ayrshire,KA106NN,died26/10/2008Murray,James(Professor),BSc1952,40ElliotRoad,Edinburgh,EH141DZ,died10/10/2008Murray,John,LLB1950,9WoodlandsGardens,Hamilton,Lanarkshire,ML37JE,died24/08/2007Neil,AnneCalder(MrsMcRostie),MA1954,1LangsideDrive,PeeblesEH458RF,died16/12/2008O’Donnell,Cornelius,MA1950,74EldonStreet,Greenock,Renfrewshire,PA167RE,died08/04/2008Pate,AlexanderRoberts(Dr),MBChB1952,29Westfield,Inchmarlo,Banchory,Kincardineshire,AB314BB,died11/01/2009Potier Godinho,AntonioCarlosGerken,BSc1957,CasaBarlavento,RueDoMar448,QuintaDaMarinha,Cascais,2750-006,Portugal,died26/01/2008Rifkind,BasilMair(Dr),MBChB1957,11710FarmlandDrive,Rockville,Maryland,20852-4302,USA,died22/06/2008Sanderson,WilliamRoy(TheVeryRev),DD1959,TheAbbeyResidentialHome,OldAbbeyRoad,NorthBerwick,EH394BP,died19/06/2008Shepherd,MarionSmith,MA1954,MEd,1/1StMargaretsPlace,ThirlstaneRoad,Edinburgh,EH91AY,died08/04/2008Sherry,BarclayJohn(Dr),MBChB1951,116OldRoad,Headington,Oxford,Oxfordshire,OX38SX,24/08/2008Shields,Robert,KBE(Professor,Sir),MBChB1953,UniversityofLiverpool,P.O.Box147,Liverpool,Merseyside,L693BX,died03/10/2008Smith,Ian,BL1959,Flat2,1BarcapelAvenue,NewtonMearns,Glasgow,G776QJ,died22/07/2008

Smith,RonaldStevenson,BSc1951,Dalquharron,IslayRoad,LythamStAnnes,Lancashire,FY94AD,died2008Stewart,JosephGordon(Dr),MBChB1952,TheHighlands,4HighlandsGardens,StLeonardsOnSea,EastSussex,TN380HT,died10/08/2007Stewart,LouisKenneth,MA1951,93BusbyRoad,Clarkston,Glasgow,G768BD,died13/11/2008Sturrock,David(Dr),MBChB1950,Lanemead,CommonRoad,Malmesbury,WiltshireSN160NL,died 28/02/2009Sword,JamesAlister,BL1951,3FleursDrive,Elgin,MorayIV301SS,died 02/03/2007Symons,AudreyJC(Dr),MBChB1950,6AThornlyParkAvenue,Paisley,Renfrewshire,PA27SB,died15/08/2008Thompson,EdwardIan,MA1952,BMus,TheGateHouse,Rodel,IsleofHarris,HS53TW,died14/07/2008Thompson,KennethMacAlpine,BSc1958,Meadowcroft,MillCommon,Westhall,Halesworth,Suffolk,IP198RQ,died30/05/2008Turpie,LeonardMackenzie,MA1955,18KelvinsideGardens,Glasgow,G206BB,died08/04/2008Watt,DavidEdwin(Dr),BSc1953,PhD,41MiddlebankCrescent,Dundee,Angus,DD21HZ,died02/2008 Watt,GordonJames,BSc1959,31MunroRoad,Jordanhill,Glasgow,G131SQ,died16/08/2008Weir,JessieMoreRamsay(DrRitchie),MBChB1950,formerlyofBracklinn,SpringwellsAvenue,Airdrie,LanarkshireML66EAandof21CulbowieCrescent,Buchlyvie,StirlingshireFK83NH,died20/07/2008Williamson,ArthurJames,MA1950,1KayParkTerrace,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,KA37AZ,died23/07/2008Wilson,James(Hamish),MA1954,WalnutCottage,5SmithyRoad,Ballmullo,StAndrews,FifeKY160BG,died 24/08/2008Wylie,CedricRobertRobertson(Dr),MBChB1957,16WoodlandsGrove,StocktonLane,York,YO311DL,died18/07/20081960-9Allan,GeorgeBrown,BSc1965,formerlyof2EDunrobinPlace,Summerlee,Coatbridge,Lanarkshire,died13/01/2009Anderson,JohanWhite(DrLawson),MBChB1964,Kirklea,GellfieldLane,Uppermill,Oldham,LancashireOL36LJ,died26/02/2009Ballantyne,David,(Dr),MBChB1966,34RalstonRoad,Bearsden,Glasgow,G613BA,died01/07/2008Boyle,JamesAnthony(Dr),MBChB1960,1WestcottRoad,Princeton,NewJersey,08540-3059,USA,died12/03/2008Carty,MatthewJohn(Dr),MBChB1966,31MonreithRoad,Glasgow,G432NY,died15/12/2008Cochran,DonaldMacLeod,BSc1961,2CastleRoad,Dollar,Clackmannanshire,FK147BE,died2007

28

Cunningham,MaryEleanor(MrsThomson),BDS1963,51WoodstockRoadNorth,StAlbans,Hertfordshire,AL14QD,died07/04/2008Dubber,AnneHughesCampbell(DrKark),MBChB1962,PhD,Flat34,WestminsterMansions,GreatSmithStreet,LondonSW1P3BP,died21/02/2009Ellis,PatriciaMary,BSc1960,MSc,60LauristonFarmRoad,Edinburgh,EH45EZ,died03/09/2008Fisher,MalcolmLeith(Rev),MA1962,BD,31MillburnAvenue,Clydebank,WestDunbartonshire,G811EP,died13/03/2009Gale,MornaIsobel(MrsOrr),BSc1963,formerlyof18GordonCrescent,NewtonMearns,Glasgow,died06/02/2009Gilks,Jeffrey(Dr),PhD1969,formerlyof90SemphillAvenue,Bargarran,died17/01/2009Graham,ThomasWatson(Dr),MA1967,PhD,ClybegHouse,TheLeazes,ShawsLane,Hexham,Northumberland,NE463BN,died11/2008Innes,DonaldRoy(Dr),BSc1965,MSc,38ZokolCrescent,Kanata,Ottawa,Ontario,K2K2K4,died04/05/2008Johnson,JohnHolmes,MA1960,formerlyof19BentinckStreet,Greenock,Renfrewshire,died15/10/2008Keith,Donald,MA1966,BD,82Bo’nessRoad,Grangemouth,Stirlingshire,GK39BL,died31/05/2008Lyle,AlexanderWilliamson,MA1966,43BrightonTerraceRoad,Sheffield,SouthYorkshireS101NT,died17/02/2007Macfadyen,DonaldJamesDobbieQC(RtHonLord),LLB1967,66NorthumberlandStreet,Edinburgh,EH36JE,died11/04/2008MacKay,DuncanHenryWalker(Dr),MBChB1966,28BeachRoad,Troon,AyrshireKA106SG,died11/12/2008Mann,KatherineEllis(DrBelch),MBChB1960,formerlyof10WestMontroseStreet,Helensburgh,Dunbartonshire,G849NE,died18/01/2009McDermott,GeorgeJosephAelred(Dr),MBChB1966,338ShantyBayRoad,Barrie,OntarioL4M1E7,Canada,died28/02/2009McGillivray,NeilBlackwood,BSc1966,6HamiltonCrescent,Coatbridge,Lanarkshire,ML54BS,died 09/06/2008McInnes,MatthewDunn,BSc1962,formerlyof636GovanRoad,Glasgow,died21/08/2008Menzies,JohnDouglas,BSc1961,42CloanCrescent,Bishopbriggs,GlasgowG642HL,died03/12/2006Montgomery,AlanPriestley,BSc1960,5RockburnDrive,Clarkston,Glasgow,G767PE,died04/04/2008Morgan,SimonFraser(Dr),BSc1965,PhD,Woodlands,Nercwys,Mold,Clwyd,CH74AY,died2008

Morrison,RosaleenMary,LLB1969,formerlyofc/oBrennan,18WhiteStreet,Glasgow,G115RP,died10/03/2009Munro,AlasdairLivingstone,BSc1966,36EriskayRoad,InvernessIV23LX,died05/04/2008Munro,KathleenMaryHart(DrBarnett),MBChB1964,3GalaliPlace,Aranda,AustralianCapitalTerritory2614,Australia,died28/06/2006Munro,KennethAlexander,MA1963,23GreenhillGardens,Edinburgh,EH104BL,died23/09/2008Nurse,RobinAlbert(Dr),MBChB1963,Box38,Lorette,Manitoba,Canada,R0A0Y0,died19/01/2008O’Neill,John(Dr),MBChB1960,3554VarsityAvenue,NiagaraFalls,OntarioL2J3B6,died04/03/2009O’Sullivan,JamesVincent,BSc1969,MossbankCottage,HawthornAvenue,GlasgowG664RA,died06/12/2008Riddell,GeorgeMoir,BSc1963,50KaystoneRoad,Glasgow,died31/08/2008Sanford,John(Dr),PhD1963,ParkFarm,Wyfold,Reading,BerkshireRG49HU,died25/02/2009Swan,Joseph(Dr),MBChB1963,DPH,12SnaefellCrescent,Ouchan,IsleofMan,IM34NJ,died06/05/2008Tait,David,BSc1960,BonAccord,5AcademyGardens,Mintlaw,Aberdeenshire,AB425GS,died10/10/2008Webster,BrianCharles(Dr),MA,PhD1967,31ThomsonDrive,Bearsden,GlasgowG613PA,died17/10/2008Williamson,PhilipPeter,BSc1965,17OsnaburghCourt,Dairsie,Cupar,Fife,KY154SU,died15/04/2008Wright,ElizabethJaneWaite(Dr),MBChB1960,1930ErnestAvenue,Victoria,BritishColumbiaV8P1G2,Canada,died16/03/20091970-9Bogie,MadeleineSandraLloyd,(MrsThomson),LLB1975,1HamiltonAvenue,Glasgow,G414JG,died22/07/2007Boyd,JosephineAnne,MA1979,Gartloist,BlairluskNursery,Gartocharn,Glasgow,G838NB,died 02/07/2008Campbell,AnnMaris(Dr),MBChB1974,Diploma,33BEastWerberside,Edinburgh,EH41SU,died15/02/2008Chowdhary,ParashKumar(Dr),PhD1970,108BBasundharaEnclave,B.K.KakatiRoad,Ulubari,Guwahati-781007,Assam,India,died 08/03/2002Clark,AlexanderMcKechnie(Dr),BVMS1975,PhD,SACVeterinaryServices,Janetstown,Thurso,CaithnessKW147XF,died17/12/2008Darroch,Eleanor(DrGuthrie),MBChB1979,MPH,DoctorsSurgery,1448DumbartonRoad,Glasgow,G149DW,died28/10/2008

Elias-Jones,JohnHenry(Dr),MBChB1973,MoorgreenBarn,Weatheroak,Alvechurch,Birmingham,B487DZ,died28/08/2008Esdaile,RoderickJames(Dr),PhD1979,795DrummondStreet,NorthCarlton,Victoria3054,Australia,died31/05/2008Hay,AlanCockburn,BVMS1974,3CairnViewCrescent,Aberdeen,AB165DR,died18/06/08Johnstone,CharlesAllan,BVMS1972,31ParkRoad,Chislehurst,Kent,BR75AY,died06/08/2008Marshall,BrendaElizabeth(DrMarshall),MBChB1976,37LimeGrove,Timperley,Altringham,Cheshire,WA156PJ,died24/05/2008Mason,Crawford,LLB1979,CrawfordMason&Co,261GlasgowRoad,Blantyre,Glasgow,G720YS,died02/2009Matheson,JohnAngus,MA1973,5ColytonClose,Woking,Surrey,GU213JE,died25/01/2009Matheson,LillianMary(Dr),MBChB1978,6CarhamDrive,Glasgow,G522HW,died06/03/2008McIntyre,SheilaIsabel(MrsBrewin),BSc1978,43AshbarnCrescent,Winchester,Hampshire,SO224QH,died20/01/2009Mugwanya,DavidKlwanuka(Dr),MBChB1970,formerlyof9YarrowGardens,Glasgow,G206DX,died09/01/2009Reid,ElspethJanet(MrsKelman),BEd1970,30MunroRoad,Glasgow,G131SF,died30/08/2008Russell,AlexanderGeorge,LLB1973,11KelvinDrive,GlasgowG208QG,died12/12/2006Sigerson,Henry,BSc1979,10JedburghGardens,Glasgow,G206BP,died02/11/2008Stewart,Gordon(Dr),BSc1971,MD,ChB,formerlyofCommonheadFarm,Dalrymple,AyrshireKA66AZ,died25/12/2008Thomson,MargaretAnn,MA1975,16LadycrossPlace,Maybole,Ayrshire,KA198BT,died29/06/2008Tolmie,JamesRobertStewart,LLB1972,PhilpandMiller,48WestGeorgeStreet,Glasgow,G21BP,died16/12/20081980-9Anderson,DerekJohn,MA1989,FlatG/2,5MilikenRoad,Kilbarchan,Johnstone,Renfrewshire,PA102AQ,died29/08/2008Carroll,James,MA1987,80HomemountHouse,GogosideRoad,Largs,KA309LS,died09/01/2006Dunning,HarryEdwinJohn,MA1983,15OldFarmWay,Crossways,Dorchester,Dorset,DT28TU,died07/10/2008Duthie,John,BD1980,Dunellen,12WheatfieldRoad,Ayr,KA72XB,died12/2008Graham,StewartJames,MA1982,25Millgate,Friockheim,Arbroath,Angus,DD114TW,died17/03/2008Grue,AlicynCarmel(MrsSharkey),BSc1983,WoodlandFarm,Auchterarder,Perthshire,PH31PF,died25/01/2009

May,GaryChristopher,LLB1980,6RoseCrecent,Gourock,PA191TA,died04/11/2007McConnell,LindaMarie,(MrsEadie),MA1982,10MitchellDrive,Milngavie,Glasgow,G626PY,died22/07/2008McLaughlan,Hugh,BAcc1989,AshieNeuk,Auchenmade,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,KA137RS,died 03/02/2006Morton,IainRoderickMacDonald,LLB1987,Diploma,c/oCampbell,Haleside,ChurchStreet,Milnathort,KY137XE,died04/08/20071990-9Letessier,MuriellePaule,MSc1994,3CheminduBuc,27930StGermaindesAngles,France,died01/01/2008Lilburn,AnnCecilia,BSc1997,9ArnistonWay,Paisley,Renfrewshire,PA34BZ,died29/07/2007McMillan,DavidRonald,BEd1995,134SouthStreet,Greenock,Renfrewshire,PA168TD,dateofdeath unknownMurray,IngramAndrew(Dr),BSc1995,1RoseClose,Bucknell,Bicester,OxfordshireOX277NA,died09/12/2008Scarbrough,Karen,BEd1994,30ScioncroftAvenue,Rutherglen,Glasgow,G733HS,died27/10/08Smith,MaryHill,MA1998,Flat4,RedruthCourt,Wigston,Leicestershire,LE182FU,died10/2007Tringham,CherylAndrea,MPhil1994,formerlyofTheGardens,Auchenheath,ML119UX,died12/12/2008White,JamesBenjamin,MA1998,Auchenflowerhill,Amisfield,Dumfries,DG13LS,dateofdeathunknown2000-7Gallagher,JohnGerard,BSc2000,8CroninPlace,Bellshill,Lanarkshire,ML41LZ,dateofdeath unknown Lennox,GaryMiller,BScHons2002,53RyatDrive,NewtonMearns,G776SU,died26/11/2008Moore,AnneRoss(Mrs),Diploma2004,MEd,35WorsleyCrescent,NewtonMearns,GlasgowG776DW,died24/12/2008Robertson,Lewis(Sir),DUniv,Flat5,29InverleithPlace,Edinburgh,EH35QD,died24/11/2008Westmore,EvangelineMargaret,MFA2005,17CheviotRoad,Germantown,NY,12526,USA,died18/03/2007Ex-OfficioCrick,Bernard(ProfessorSir),DLitt,8ABellvueTerrace,EdinburghEH74DT,died19/12/2008Hall,JamesSnowdon(EmeritusProfessor),26EarlsWay,Doonfoot,Ayr,KA74HE,died18/11/2008Salter,CharlesHenry(EmeritusProfessor),formerlyoftheDepartmentofEnglishLiterature,UniversityofGlasgow,UniversityAvenue,GlasgowG128QQ,died13/07/2008

Hunterian Museum

HunterianMuseum,MainBuilding,UniversityofGlasgow,GlasgowG128QQ.Tel:+44(0)1413304221OpenMonday–Saturday9.30am–5pm.ClosedSundaysandpublicholidays.Admissiontothemuseumisfree.

Hunter:Man,Medicand CollectorThispermanentexhibitiontellsthestoryofDrWilliamHunter:obstetrician,teacher,collector and founder of the Hunterian Museum.Findoutabouthispassionforcollecting and hugely successful career as aroyalphysician,teacherofanatomyandsurgeryandpioneeringscientificresearcher.

Azurite

Weird and WonderfulThe Hunterian collections contain over a million objects and many are world-famous. However,manyitemsdonotfitintostories;some are historically significant; some are puzzling;andsomearebizarre.

Tetraodon

AHealingPassion:MedicineinGlasgow,Past and PresentCoveringhistoricalandcontemporaryaspectsofmedicineinGlasgow,thisfascinatingdisplayexploresmajorandlesserknownfiguresinmedicine,showcasing their achievements and theirimpactonourlives.FindoutaboutHunter’sanatomicalspecimens,Lister’scarbolicsprayandthefirstx-raysandultrasound machines. W

hat’s

on…

ww

w.g

lasg

ow.a

c.uk

/hun

teria

n

LordKelvin:RevolutionaryScientistSeeworldfamoushistoricalitemsmergedwith modern technology in this innovative exhibition,basedaroundthelifeandworkofLordKelvin–Glasgow’sgreatestscientist.Anexcitingmixofhands-onactivities,originalscientificinstruments,demonstrationsandcomputer-generatedimagesbringthedisplaytolife.

Hunterian10-MinuteLunchtime TalksTuesdays at 12.45pmEveryTuesday,10-minutetalksaregivenby members of staff from the Hunterian orotherUniversitydepartmentsaboutparticulardisplaysorobjects.Forafulllistoftalks,visitthewhat’sonsectionatwww.glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian. Admissionfree.

Hunterian Art Gallery

HunterianArtGallery,82HillheadStreet,UniversityofGlasgow,GlasgowG128QQ.Tel:+44(0)1413305431OpenMonday–Saturday9.30am–5pm.ClosedSundaysandpublicholidays.Admissiontotheartgalleryisfree.There is an admission charge for theMackintoshHouse*.*Free to University of Glasgow staff and students with a valid staff or matriculation card.

JamesMcNeillWhistler:TheGentleArtofMakingEtchingsUntil 30 May 2009Whistler’swide-rangingoutputincludedsome of the most beautiful and influential etchingsofthelate19thcentury.Thisexhibitionshowcasesanexcitingresearchproject,currentlyunderwayattheUniversity’sDepartmentofArtHistory,incollaborationwiththeFreerGalleryofArt,Washington,andtheArtInstituteofChicago.

James McNeill Whistler, ‘The Doorway’, 1879-1880.

AlexanderStoddart:DrawingsandModels23 May–12 September 2009 AlexanderStoddartisoneofScotland’smostthoughtfuland,attimes,controversialsculptors.Thisnewexhibition,selectedbytheartist,givesarareinsightintotheprocessesinvolvedinthecreationofhisworks.Thiswillbethefirstgalleryexhibitiondevoted to his work and is mounted as partofHomecoming2009.

EdvardMunch:Prints12 June–5 September 2009 ThismajorloanexhibitionfromtheMunchMuseum,Oslo,isdedicatedtoprintsbyEdvardMunch−Norway’sgreatestpainter.Featuring40ofthefinestprintsfromthroughoutMunch’scareer,theworkshavebeenspeciallychosentoillustratehisdevelopmentasagraphicartist,aswellastheimportantthemesofhisart.

Mackintosh and The GlasgowSchoolofArt16 September 2009–8 January 2010Mackintosh’sinvolvementwithTheGlasgowSchoolofArtembracedhisstudent,personalandprofessionallives.Thisdisplay,drawnfromtheHunterian’sunrivalledMackintoshcollection,illustratestheseconnectionsthroughdesigns,periodphotographsandarchivalmaterial.

TheCollector’sArt:Works from Two Private Collections

9 October 2009–10 January 2010Thisexhibitioncelebratesthecollectionsof two friends of the Hunterian who have collected works of art with great enthusiasmformanyyears.Theexhibitionillustratestheirtastes,andcontrastsworks by artists from the east coast ofScotlandwithacollectionstronginGermanExpressionism.

EducationattheHunterianTheHunterianprovidesanexcitingandinspirationalresourceforawiderangeofformalandinformallearningopportunities.Forfurtherinformationtelephone+44(0)1413302375oremaileducat@museum.gla.ac.uk.

The Hunterian Museum & Art GalleryThe Hunterian is Scotland’s oldest public museum. It is the legacy of pioneering obstetrician and teacher Dr William Hunter. In 2007 the museum celebrated its 200th anniversary.

Keep in touchFor updates on future Hunterian exhibitions and events, please fill in the form on our website at www.glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian

29

University of GlasgowGlasgowG128QQScotland,UK

General switchboardTel:+44(0)1413302000

www.glasgow.ac.uk