UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
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Honorary degrees at Bristol University
Bristol University is awarding the following Honorary Degrees at ceremonies to be held in the Wills Memorial Building in July 2002.
JULY 2002
Monday 8
Professor Julia Goodfellow
(Crystallographer; Chief Executive, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council; Bristol graduate)
Doctor of Science
Professor Peter Goodfellow, FRS
(Geneticist; Senior Vice-President, Discovery and Research, GlaxoSmithKline;
Bristol graduate)
Doctor of Science
Mr Arthur Milton
(Former international cricketer and footballer; Bristolian)
Master of Arts
Tuesday 9
Dr Abdul Hussein
(President, Al-Baath University, Syria, 1976-2000; chemist; Bristol graduate)
Doctor of Laws
Professor Michael Shears, CBE
(Deputy Chairman and Chairman of Operations, Ove Arup Partnership; Visiting Professor at the University since 1991)
Doctor of Engineering
Mr Bill Nicholas
(Bristolian; Trade Unionist)
Master of Arts
Wednesday 10
Ms Jane Campbell
(Disability Rights Commissioner; campaigner for disabled people)
Doctor of Laws
Mr Justice Lip Ping Thean
(Former Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court, Singapore; Bristol graduate)
Doctor of Laws
Mr Jay Tidmarsh, MBE, JP
(Lord-Lieutenant of Bristol)
Doctor of Laws
Thursday 11
Professor Steven Blair
(Director of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, The Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research, Dallas, Texas)
Doctor of Science
Dame Janet Trotter
(Vice-Chancellor, University of Gloucestershire)
Doctor of Laws
Mrs Doreen Mahoney
(Domestic Supervisor, University Housekeeping Office)
Master of Arts
Friday 12
Professor Philip Rahtz
(Former Professor of Medieval Archaeology, University of York; Bristol graduate)
Doctor of Letters
Mr Balram Gidoomal
(Businessman; lecturer; author)
Doctor of Laws
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