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Queen honours two Bristol academics

15 June 2009

Kathy Sykes, Professor of Sciences and Society at the University of Bristol, was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Elmer Rees, Director of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research and a Visiting Professor in the University’s Department of Mathematics, was made a CBE. Leslie Bunt, Research Fellow in Music Therapy at the University, was awarded an MBE.

Kathy Sykes, Professor of Sciences and Society at the University of Bristol, was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Elmer Rees, Director of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research and a Visiting Professor in the University’s Department of Mathematics, was made a CBE.

Leslie Bunt, Research Fellow in Music Therapy at the University, was awarded an MBE.

Professor Eric Thomas, Vice-Chancellor of the University, said: ‘Professors Rees, Sykes and Bunt have achieved great distinction in their chosen fields and it’s very gratifying that they have received royal recognition.’   

 

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