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UCL staff recognised in New Year Honours 2015

7 January 2015

Congratulations to the members of the UCL community who have been recognised in the 2015 New Year Honours list.

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Current UCL staff with honours conferred this year are:

  • Professor Peter Rees (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) - CBE for services to architecture and town planning.
  • Professor Rosalind Smyth (Director, UCL Institute of Child Health) - CBE for services to regulation of medicines for children.
  • Professor Paul Ekins (Director, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources) - OBE for services to environmental policy.
  • Professor Iram Siraj (UCL Institute of Education) - OBE for services to education.

Emeritus and Visiting staff with honours conferred are:

  • Professor Michele Dix (Visiting Professor, UCL Bartlett School of Planning) - CBE for services to the transport industry.
  • Professor Heather Joshi (Emeritus Professor, UCL Institute of Education) - CBE for services to longitudinal and women's studies.
  • Professor Geoffrey Hosking (Emeritus Professor, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies) - OBE for services to higher education and students.
  • Professor Susan Hallam (Emeritus Professor, UCL Institute of Education) - MBE for services to music education.

UCL alumni, fellows, honorary degree holders and donors represented in this year's list include:

  • Matthew Baggott, (UCL BA History 1987; Fellow) - KBE for services to policing in the United Kingdom.
  • David Emerson (UCL BSc Geography 1972) - CBE for services to philanthropy and charitable giving.
  • Alasdair Stirling (UCL MSc Naval Architecture 1985) - CBE for services to defence.
  • Dr Anna Van Der Gaag (UCL AFUG Speech Therapy 1979) - CBE for services to health and care.
  • Professor Caroline Whalley (UCL CDIP Applied Hypnosis 1994) - CBE for services to education.
  • John Hancock (UCL BA History 1971) - OBE for services to British commercial and economic interests in the USA.
  • Christopher Earnshaw (UCL Honorary Fellow) - OBE for services to engineering and technology.
  • Dr John Scadding (UCL BSc Anatomy 1969, MBBS 1972) - OBE for services to medical research and defence.
  • Felicity Aston (UCL BSc Physics and Astronomy 2009) - MBE for services to polar exploration.
  • Neil and Angela Dickson (Founders and Trustees, The Brain Tumour Charity - provided funding of £1.6m over five years for UCL Samantha Dickson Brain Cancer Unit) - MBE For services to brain tumour research and support.
  • Thomas Piper (UCL Postgraduate Theatre Design, Slade School of Fine Art 1998) - MBE for services to theatre and First World War commemorations.
  • The Right Honourable the Lord Young of Graffham (UCL LLB 1954; Fellow 1988; Honorary Degree 2006; former Chairman, Institute of Cultural Heritage; former Chair, Council, until 2005) - CH for public service.
  • David Bostock (UCL MSc Economics 1978) - KCMG for services to public administration and accountability.