summer 2004 the alumni magazine of the univer sity of dundee incorpor ating gr aduates’ council

Celebrating 21 Years of Fine Art Profiling three DJCAD alumni

Is there life on Mars? What happened to Beagle 2?

Pioneering medicine in Newfoundland One alumna tells her story

Summer Sensation 2004 The alumni party of the year

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Dear alumni As I write this we have We are doing a great deal at present to invest in the best possible just received the latest student app- en vironment for the future. An ambitious £160 million building programme lication figures - the highest ever in the encompassing the development of state of the ar t learning facilities and histor y of the Univer sity – including technology is a prior ity. An impor tant step towards our new Campus 2009 more from over seas than ever before . was recently made , when the star t of building wor k on the new Queen Our international research reputation Mother building - to be the centre of computing research and teaching - continues to grow and our renown as was mar ked in a naming ceremony by HRH The Princess Royal. a good place to wor k as well as to lear n is spreading. This was highlighted This year the Univer sity has welcomed more members of the public to recently when the USA’s The Scientist campus events, including the highly popular Saturday Ev ening Lecture magazine r ank ed the Univer sity of Ser ies, celebr ating its 80th anniver sar y, and the inaugural Discover y Days Dundee third in the wor ld after introducing the excitement of cutting edge research by our newest sur veying scientists on the best professor s to a wide audience.We hope to welcome you back to Institutions to wor k in outside the USA. Univer sity events and offer you more oppor tunities to maintain your links with your Univer sity,as we continue on our journey discover ing the future. What makes Dundee attractive to staff and students? Our aspiration towards excellence in research, teaching and learning is undoubtedly one par t of the for mula, but environment and quality of life are also Alan Langlands vitally impor tant. Pr incipal and Vice Chancellor

Welcome to Dundee Reunited

What’s happening at the University? Lots! You would be proud to that a current student may be contacting you by phone so they can chat see the progress being made: a growing international profile ,the constr uction with you about what life is like as a student today,about specific needs of of new buildings AND we are bucking the Scottish recr uitment trends with the Univer sity and how you can help. Did you know that donating as little more new students than ever before .We hope you will come back and as £10 a month over three year s would mean £461.54 (UK tax payer s) to see for your selv es. the Univer sity when tax is retriev ed? No gift is too small, it all adds up!

Our aim is to look ahead and give students the ideal environment to reach There is no pressure on you, our alumni, to either agree to the student’s their full potential. telephone call or to make a donation. Howev er,if you do receive a letter, we believe you will enjoy the subsequent telephone conver sation – an Although there are various fundr aising campaigns underway to suppor t our oppor tunity to reminisce about your time here in Dundee. centres of excellence, the Univer sity has other needs too.There are two areas for which we are currently seeking suppor t: Student Hardship Funds Best wishes, and enhancing our Teaching and Learning Environment. Dianne Pemberton-Pigott Head of Alumni Relations This is your oppor tunity to play a par t in helping your Univer sity. In September 2004 we will be launching our fir st Ann ual Giving PS. If you are an employer,remember the quality of a Dundee graduate – progr amme and will be sending letters to a few alumni at a time to tell you our class of 2004 are seeking positions.

From left: Stuar t McConnachie, Sir George Mathewson, Ian Cameron Black, Dianne Pember ton-Pigott and Mur ray Dunn at a reunion for alumni who entered the Univer sity in 1958. dundee reunited 4

Contents In the News . ..

University News 4 In the News 7 Dundee - a career resource for life

Features 8 Is there life on Mars? 9 Fl ying Doctor 10 Celebrating 21 Years of Fine Art 13 Investing in intellectual ca pital for the future

15 Graduates’ Council Annual Meeting & ‘Discovery’ Lecture

Negotiating peace in Sudan 19 Maths mastery - 20 Pioneering medicine in Newf oundland Prof essor Roger Fletcher 22 Postcards elected Fellow of the 24 Where are they now? Ro yal Society 26 Alumni reunions To keep up to date 28 Births, deaths and marriages Professor Roger Fletcher, Head of the with the latest news Depar tment of Mathematics,has been elected 29 Room to Rhyme from Fellow of the highly prestigious Royal Society from the University Seam us Heaney for his master y of maths, including for mulae visit the Press and 30 Alumni and staff party 2004 - that helped put the earliest spacecr aft in the Publications website at 1960s into orbit. The numerous computer Summer Sensation progr ammes based on his wor k, which are in www. dundee .ac .uk/pressoffice widespread use today, are yet another testimony to the enormous significance and Managing editor in valuable nature of his research. Joan Concannon Editor Katherine Beattie [email protected] .uk Resolving international water law and policy, the Univer sity played a Head of alumni relations key role. The IWLRI’s Legal Assessment Dianne Pemberton-Pigott water disputes Model, integr ating three principal disciplines – [email protected] .uk la w,hydrology and economics – will be used Design Dr Patr icia Wouters, Director of the to help resolve international water disputes Crucial - www.designiscrucial.com Univer sity’s International Water Law Research and to develop national water policy consistent Institute (IWLRI), attended the Third Wor ld with international obligations. If you no longer wish to receive copies of Water Forum in Kyoto (2003) – the wor ld’s Dundee Reunited please write to: lar gest meeting on water. The Univer sity hosts a biennial conference Alumni Relations Office highlighting cur rent issues in water law University of Dundee The need for a new "Wor ld Water Ethic", in and policy. For more infor mation see: Dundee DD1 4HN which law plays a fundamental role was identified http://www.dundee .ac .uk/law/iwlri. at the Forum. As the leading research Front cover:The Geddes Quadrangle in institute in water law, and the only academic The water for um web site can be found at: memory of Patrick Geddes, the pioneer of town planning and one of the founding institution to offer postgraduate degrees in http://www.w or ld.water-for um3.com/ fathers of the University. dundee reunited 5

Frank Gehry’s UK first with new Maggie Centre

Wor ld-renowned architect Frank Gehr y visited Dundee for the opening of the Maggie centre – his fir st UK building – and was confer red with an honorar y degree by the Univer sity of Dundee

Pr incipal Sir Alan Langlands welcomed Frank Gehr y to the Univer sity at the opening of the 'Breathing Space' symposium at the Univer sity's Visual Research Centre in Dundee Contemporar y Ar ts. The symposium, which From left: Pr incipal Sir Alan Langlands, Professor Char les McKean, Fr ank Gehr y,Chair man of Cour t Larry Rolland and featured Frank Gehr y, architects and cancer Univer sity Chancellor Sir James Black. exper ts, addressed the aesthetic of cancer care.

The new Dundee Cake - a revolutionary ‘recipe’

Researcher s at the Univer sity have collabo- rated with a Dundee baker to manufacture a new type of flapjack. The ‘recipe’ could revolutionise the diagnosis of a symptom that impair s the body’s ability to absorb and metabolise medication to treat conditions associated with Diabetes, Ir ritable Bowel Syndrome and AIDS.

The new flapjack is an original way to diag- nose the rate of stomach emptying. Cur rent methods employ radioactive tracer s, which mak e it too expensive and risky for large- scale screening but the Dundee technology is saf e, accur ate and cheap – as well as tasting good – all improvements on existing methods. Local baker Alan Clark shows off his new ‘Dundee cake’.

does in this countr y, stating, “Dundee has Br eaking new ground Pioneering wider access continued its high standards and maintains its into Higher Education position as a national leader in widening access.” in cancer treatment

The Univer sity’s Dr Barbara Spr uce has been 2003 marked the 10th anniver sar y of the named as the winner of the fir st Gannochy Univer sity's pioneering Access Summer School. Award from the Royal Society of Edinbur gh, with a priz e of £50,000. More than 750 students have passed through the Access Summer School since it opened at Dr Spruce received the prestigious award for the Univer sity's Wider Access Study Centre her groundbreaking wor k in the field of cancer in 1993. Of the 96% who completed the treatment. She has identified an ‘Achilles' heel’ cour se ,78% have immediately won a place at in cancer cells which may cause some of them the Univer sity of Dundee,while many others to self-destruct, without harming nor mal cells. ha ve taken up places at other higher or Cancer treatments developed as a result of fur ther education institutions. The Access this research will be largel y devoid of side Summer School's 2002 external examiner effects and could be used alone or alongside descr ibed the School as the best at what it con ventional cancer therapies. dundee reunited 6

Honorary degrees in 2003 Man on the moon to complete the exploration of the solar system and develop fur ther manned expeditions to Mars and possibly beyond. Designer Stella McCar tney and Nobel priz e The 80th anniver sar y of the Univer sity's winning poet Seamus Heaney were among Saturday evening lecture series got off to a Due to popular demand, he also gave a those who received honorar y degrees from fl ying star t, with lectures from a number of special lecture to around 450 Dundee the Univer sity in the 2003 summer graduation renowned speaker s, including Pier s Seller s schoolchildren, who were thrilled at their celebr ations. one of the few British born astronauts in NASA. oppor tunity to meet a real, liv e spaceman!

Ms McCar tney was honoured for her Pier s’ lecture covered the future of space For further information about future lectures immense contrib ution to innovative design. exploration, explaining how NASA is aiming contact: [email protected] She received her honorar y degree at a special ceremony for design graduates in London.

Seam us Heaney received his honorar y degree at a ceremony in Dundee and then delivered his only public lecture of the year to a capacity audience . Copies of his speech, entitled ‘Room to Rhyme’ are now on sale, contact a.j.constable@dundee .ac .uk

See page 29 for more details.

about ways to treat those people who have Ro yal visit dev eloped cancer."

HRH the Princess Royal also visited the main The Univer sity was an impor tant fixture on the campus to unveil a vir tual foundation plaque for itinerar y of HRH the Princess Royal, when she the new Queen Mother Research Centre,which made a flying visit to Dundee. will research new technology to improve the liv es of the elderly and disabled. The new build - HRH The Princess Royal opened the Dundee ing is dedicated to the memor y of the Queen Cancer Therapeutic Discover y Facility at Mother, the Princess Royal's gr andmother, the Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, her fir st Univer sity’s fir st Chancellor and a patron of the official engagement as Patron of Tenovus QMRC fundraising campaign. Scotland. She said: "I think that this facility and ev en its title 'Discover y', inspires a consider ab le Commenting on the new centre, the princess amount of innovation and motivation. said: "I am delighted to name the Queen Mother Building. I know she was delighted with what we "It has real potential for making giant strides in ha ve in mind and I know I am delighted with the disco ver ing not only about cancer but also potential of this building." dundee reunited 7

Dundee - a career resource for life They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks and certainly, in the past, it was often the case that the ‘tricks’ which led you down a certain career path were the ones you stuck with for life.

But as the UK – and, indeed, man y countries throughout the world In the UK, it is only the university careers services that offer advice – looks towards becoming a knowledge , rather than skills-based, and information specifically for graduates. That makes the information economy, the need to continue to develop new skills, or ‘tricks’, has on offer from the University of Dundee an invaluable resource for ne ver been more important. alumni looking for prof essional careers advice. Graham adds: “I am really keen to build on the University’s links with alumni. And if And that’s where the University can help. Our commitment to your there are any alumni with specific skills or knowledge that they career development by no means ended when you graduated – we would like to share with students then I’d love to hear from them.” can help you to build upon your existing skill-set at every stage in your career. And this idea of ‘knowledge sharing’ is an area that Graham is par ticularly keen to develop. “Alumni have invaluable experience in The Vision: Towar ds 2007, a blueprint for the future of the University a wide variety of careers and this type of experience can be of major created by Principal Sir Alan Langlands, outlines the University’s g oals use to students who are thinking about the type of job they want to for the next few years – and providing prof essional development go for after graduation. Whether it’s b y making themselves available ser vices for alumni is a key element. These initiatives will be headed as a contact in a specific industry or providing advice for students, up by Vice-Principal – and University of Dundee alumnus – Prof essor alumni are an invaluable source of knowledge for undergraduates James Calderhead (Psychology 1972). and postgraduates, thinking about their next step.”

In terms of prof essional development for alumni, James cites the So , whether it’s two or twenty years since you left the University, University’s strong networking links as an invaluable asset. wh y not think about re-affirming your links with us via the lifelong learning courses or the careers service? It could be your first step “Communicating with our graduates is essential so that a fruitful on the way to a whole new career or towards helping a Dundee relationship between the University and our former students can be student get that invaluable first step on the career ladder. maintained. One of my plans is the extension of lifelong learning ser vices so that our graduates become lifelong students who can use the University as a continual resource .This of course ties in with the development of e-learning so that alumni scattered around the world can easily access the teaching resources we have on offer.”

James ad ds: “The role of alumni in the future of the University is not to be underestimated. They are crucial not just in terms of the generous contributions they make but in terms of acting as ambassadors for the University and enhancing our already very en viable reputation in the UK and beyond.”

As another key g oal of the ‘Vision’ is to foster better links with alumni, the goal of welcoming back graduates for lifelong learning programmes is one that the whole University will be striving towards – including Graham Nicholson, who has recently taken up the post of Head of the Careers Service .

Graham explains: “While many universities will only provide a careers service for alumni during the first year after they graduate, the University of Dundee has alwa ys had a more ‘generous’ approach and we provide information and advice for all alumni, no matter how long it is since they left.” dundee reunited 8

Is there life on Mars? Since Neil Ar mstrong took his fir st historic steps on the Moon, the space race has been a source of major rivalr y between the wor ld’s super power s and when the British led Beagle 2 mission set off for Mars in 2003 it captured the imaginations of people all over the wor ld. Fred Goesmann (PhD Amorphous Materials 1992) was one of the team involved in the mission and although Beagle 2 didn’t live up to expectations, he hasn’t lost his ambition to seek out life in space .

Fred’s involvement with the Beagle 2 mission actually came about more by accident than design. Having taken up a post at the Max- Planck-Institute for Aeronomy (MPAe) in Katlenbur g-Lindau, German y fiv e year s after completing his PhD in Dundee, his initial task was to wor k with the team developing a gas anal ysis system for the Rosetta Lander – par t of the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Rosetta. The Lander was scheduled to embark on a mission to a space comet, with their analysis system enabling investigations into how gas and liquids might reveal signs of life.

But when technical problems led to the Rosetta mission being postponed, Fred was offered an oppor tunity with the British mission. He said: “The Mar s express in orbit around mars space research community is ver y international. From an experimenter’s point of view,the area we were wor king in with Rosetta was similar to the to be ver y old objects which were for med at the ver y beginning of the wor k being carried out by the team from the Open Univer sity. That was solar system. So by examining them in our mission we’ll address the ho w a collaboration emerged for the Mars project.” questions of whether our water on ear th is possibly cometar y water and whether comets delivered the organic mater ial which eventually led to the Unfor tunately,the fact that the team was unable to establish communication ev olution of life.” with Beagle 2 after it landed on Mars meant that the mission ground to a halt, and the analysis of the surface of the planet could not be carried out. This mission also poses different challenges from the Mars project. Fred But “it is ver y difficult to establish the true cause of the failure “ according explains: “With Beagle 2 one of the biggest wor ries was that the lander to Fred, because ”there was no contact with Beagle 2 after separation.” would crash. Although there is less chance of crashing onto a comet, the descent of the lander is trickier and so is staying on the surface because the While the media are quick to speculate on possible ‘Beagle pups’ or ‘Beagles gr avity is so much lower.“ 3, 4 and 5’ Fred has a more philosophical view: “I don’t know if fur ther Beagle missions will take place ,but it would be a waste if the knowledge Having been through the highs and lows of the Beagle 2 mission, it might and experience gathered during the development, constr uction, and be difficult to remain optimistic about the potential success of the next man ufacture of the space-craft was not used at all. And I would like to be mission, but Fred sees these ‘failures’ as par t of the experience . in volved in future projects. I ver y much enjoyed wor king with our British colleagues and I hope they enjoyed the collaboration too.” “Disappointment is par t of our wor k. As a physicist you either develop a tolerance for frustr ation or you find your self another job! I think it’s an Now that the excitement of the Beagle missions is over,Fred’s attention is integr al par t of wor king in research – after all if one knew in advance what once again focused on the launch of the Rosetta Lander,which is targeting was going to be discovered then there wouldn’t be much point in going a comet called Chur yumov-Gerasimenk o. He explains: “This comet is through the process. And that doesn’t mean that moments of success are rather unspectacular and barely visible to the naked eye, but it can still completely rare . For me,just being par t of a project which has such high reveal infor mation about the possibility of life in space .” ambitions is rewarding in itself.”

According to Fred: “It’s known that comets are composed of approximately And, for someone who has spent much of his career thinking about life in 1/3 water,1/3 silicate dust and 1/3 organic molecules and they are believed space ,that seems to be a ver y ‘down to ear th’ attitude! dundee reunited 9

Fl ying doctor How did you spend your last holiday? Rest and relaxation is usually at the top of the agenda for most people, but for Dr John Murdoch (Medicine 1984) the idea of spending two weeks on the beach is anathema. As a voluntar y ophthalmologist for the charity ORBIS, he spends his holidays tr avelling to some of the wor ld’s poorest countries to perfor m – and teach – life changing eye sur ger y.

“Ey e sur geons are a rather conser vative lot” according to John Murdoch. A descr iption which seems pretty incongr uous, for someone whose idea of a holiday is to travel to Sudan for a couple of weeks to perfor m eye sur ger y in the back of an airplane . As one of only a handful of retinal specialists in Scotland, John clear ly doesn’t fit the stereotype of the cautious surgeon. But it is his sense of adventure – as well as his skills as an eye specialist – that mak es him the ideal ORBIS doctor.

ORBIS was created to preser ve and restore sight wor ldwide , wor king in par tner ship with local health professionals to improve the quality of eye care available for people in developing countries. Launched in 1982, ORBIS and its unique Flying Eye Hospital has trained 54,000 local medical professionals who have gone on to share their new skills with others and Above left: John with one of his ORBIS eye patients and above: with Uzbek laser doctors. giv e 16 million people back their sight – and their future. As one of a number of international Opthalmologists wor king with ORBIS, John has contrib uted to these impressive statistics. But wor king for ORBIS has its lighthear ted moments as well: “In Outer Mongolia the national spor t is wrestling – the whole wrestling team was Having fir st spotted an adver t for ORBIS as a final year medical student at brought in to get their eyes checked out. It was like treating the Manchester Dundee,it wasn’t until sever al year s later while wor king in Manchester that United of Outer Mongolia!” John was recr uited for his fir st trip .“Someone had dropped out of the progr amme at the last minute and ORBIS had contacted the hospital to At the hear t of ORBIS’ sight saving wor k is their Flying Eye Hospital, a find out if anyone would like to go over to Sudan. I had already taken four DC-10 aircraft conver ted into a state-of-the-ar t teaching facility.It carries a months unpaid leave to wor k in Sudan that year,so I knew what to expect clinic for laser treatment and an operating theatre where local doctors can and jumped at the chance to go back.” attend surger ies perfor med by volunteer surgeons. That means that while he is carrying out an operation, John is being watched – and asked Since that fir st trip , he has par ticipated in projects in Outer Mongolia, questions by – up to 100 students. For most people, perfor ming an Uzbekistan, Ethiopia and Jordan. Although ORBIS has no political affiliations operation as delicate as eye sur ger y,in front of such a huge audience would and remains an impar tial provider of aid, the realities of wor king in be a daunting task. Char acter istically,it is a challenge that John takes in his countr ies with unsettled political climates are alwa ys evident. “There have str ide: “I find playing my guitar on stage more terrifying than operating in been occasions when I’ve been travelling through some of these countries front of a large group of people!” and have come upon checkpoints that are manned by 12 year old boys with machine guns. This might be just as well for ORBIS, which can rely on his confident ‘perfor mances’ of eye sur ger y to help them continue with their “We can’t begin to understand the thought processes of leader s in life-changing wor k. countr ies where this type of thing is happening – you just tr y to make a difference by example .” For more infor mation about ORBIS, visit: www.uk orbis.or g Dalziel+Scullion, Scots Pine dundee reunited 11

Celebrating 21 years of Fine Art

Michael Jackson was r iding high in the char ts, John Travolta was str utting his stuff as Ton y Manero in Sta ying Alive and Margaret Thatcher had led the Conser vative Par ty to another election victor y. George Orwell’s vision of a nightmare, totalitarian society seems a long way from the reality of the year 1984 and the creativity, free-thinking and innovation banned from the Orwellian wor ld were being illustrated nowhere more clearly than at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Ar t and Design where the fir st class of Fine Ar t students were graduating. Kather ine Beattie spok e to three ar tists who have come out of the School over the last 20 year s.

Dalziel+Scullion, Birch Trees Dalziel+Scullion, Dr ift Mar k Wallace ,Outer City Blues

In 1983 the School of Fine Ar t was created, br inging together the depar t- pr actice within Duncan of Jordanstone.Wor king in photograph y,video and ments of Drawing and Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking. As a Fine Ar t sculpture , their wor k looks at the natural wor ld and nature. Matthew gr aduate of 1984, Matthew Dalziel was among the fir st to emerge from the descr ibes it as focusing on: “the complex relationship that contemporar y newly-established school. Since then, he has gone on to make a name for mankind has with the ‘natur al’ wor ld, our shifting environment and the himself as one half of Dalziel+Scullion, an internationally acclaimed ar tistic increasing urbanisation of the population.” par tner ship . But it could have been ver y different if he had followed his or iginal plan: “I was going to be a potter in the Highlands!” As well as his own practice ,Matthew also tutors cur rent Fine Ar t students at Duncan of Jordanstone – which gives him a unique insight into how the Selling cer amics to American tourists is a long way from exhibiting at high School of Fine Ar t has changed over the last 21 year s. “Young ar tists are less profile galleries from Glasgow to New Yor k, and Matthew credits his shift in naïv e now” he thinks, “perhaps par tly because tutor s encour age them to ar tistic direction to the influence of his tutors at Duncan of Jordanstone: think about the audience their wor k addresses. Over the last 20 year s the “Alistair Ross spoke to me about specialising in sculpture and that influenced ar t wor ld has become a machine and ar tists have to engage with it.” my choice of course . Another big influence was Gar y Fisher – around that time Gar y had just exhibited in the British Ar t Show and it was really inspir ing For Lucy McKenzie , a Fine Ar t graduate of the 90’s, the Duncan to be taught by someone who was a player in the contemporar y ar t scene of Jordanstone experience was also integral to her early development as – it made me think that it was a possibility for me as well.” an ar tist. She sa ys: “I found great freedom in not having to live up to an y shadows from the past, of having to confor m to a par ticular type of That possibility has long been a reality. And it was as well-established ar tists ar t production, or being surrounded by people desperate to be the that Dalziel+Scullion relocated to Dundee in 2000 to set up their ar t next big thing. dundee reunited 12

Dalziel+Scullion, Another Plac e Lucy McKenzie ,Br ian Eno

“I greatly appreciated the encouragement we were given in regards to talk- An avid record collector since childhood, he says: “I was fir st introduced to ing and writing about our wor k regular ly.This is something absolutely nec- ar t through the pop ar t of record sleeves – I see a record sleeve as a blank essar y in today’ s ar t culture and I have continued to write about my wor k can vas and it’s a way to introduce ar t to an audience that don’t engage with and that of others. ” what’s going on in galleries and other institutions.” He hopes to combine these areas in the future,to create music that can be both listened to and Since gr aduating, Lucy’s wor k has been exhibited at the 2003 Venice displayed in a ‘galler y of record sleeves’. Biennale and at Tate Britain in London, amongst other s, and she has also cur ated a number of international exhibitions. 2004 sees her wor king at Lik e Matthew and Lucy, Mar k’ s wor k has reached an international audience the Van Ab be Museum in Eindhoven, at Cabinet in London in May,at the and his film wor k has been shown all over the wor ld, from America to Talbot Rice Galler y in Edinbur gh and in Br ussels, but the influence of Poland, German y,Ireland and throughout the UK. Duncan of Jordanstone remains a per vasiv e one: “I continuall y return to source material, and ideas from the time I was at ar t school, so it never feels like Although the wor k of all three ar tists has clear ly evolved since their time in a real intellectual depar ture,ev en if the for m of my wor k changes frequently.” Dundee, their four year s in the School of Fine Ar t was fundamental in helping them realise their potential as ar tists. And with the School of Fine As a graduate from the fir st class of the new millennium, Mar k Wallace has Ar t – and Duncan of Jordanstone as a whole – continuing to nur ture the been influenced by new developments at Duncan of Jordanstone.He was creativity of young ar tists, it’s likel y that Fine Ar t graduates will continue to the fir st ar tist to release a record from Discparc,the college record label contrib ute to the Scottish – and indeed the international – ar t scene for which was created in recognition of the many ar tists and musicians man y more year s to come. cur rently making exciting audio wor k.

Lucy McKenzie ,December ism Mar k Wallace ,Create your own wor ld Lucy McKenzie ,The integr ity gap dundee reunited 13

Investing in intellectual ca pital for the future - Sir George Mathewson, Chairman, Ro yal Bank of Scotland Group

“Don’t tr y to predict what the future has in store – remain flexible and open minded and take the breaks when they present themselves.” That’s the advice of Sir George Mathewson(above), Chair man of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Since completing his PhD in Electrical Engineer ing at the Univer sity in 1964, he has been a key player in the fields of engineering, economic development and financial ser vices. Toda y, he is using his position to help hundreds of students from social inclusion areas enter Higher Education.

“I didn’t foresee a switch from research into general management, far So , what is the secret of his success? Sir George believes that: “It is less a move from engineering into economic development and then much better to respond quickly to changes in the market than to plan financial ser vices.” sa ys Sir George . “Had anyone told me that in and prepare for one scenario .Try not to guess what is ahead.” He November 2003 I would be standing in front of an audience of more adds: “If I have a skill it is that I can pick good people.” than 1,200 business leader s and VIPs at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel to receive a business ‘Oscar’ for my contrib ution to banking, Reflecting on his career,one of the initiatives he is most proud of is the I would have thought they were mad.” provision of over £1.7 million to help widen access to fiv e of Scotland’s leading univer sities. Dundee, Aberdeen, Edinb ur gh, Glasgo w, and But having decided ear ly on not to map out a rigid career path, he has St Andrews will each benefit from £240,000 to suppor t student liv ed out that ideology. A move to the United States in the late ‘60s bur sar ies and £100,000 to suppor t their summer schools. provided him with experience of managing research and development progr ammes in avionic systems and also with the chance to take an Sir George explains: “The initiatives for m par t of the Royal Bank’s MB A – a qualification which at that time gave him: “a head star t over long-term programme to suppor t social inclusion through targeted most of my contemporar ies back in Britain.” in vestment in the community and in education. We will help around 2,000 pupils – 300 attending univer sity and 1,700 attending summer Upon his return to the UK, Sir George joined 3i (then ICFC) a venture school – who for economic or social reasons may not have considered capital bank, rising up the ranks until he left to take up the post of Chief or been able to attend univer sity. Ex ecutive at the Scottish Development Agency (the forerunner of Scottish Enterpr ise) in 1981. Six year s later he was headhunted to join “I have benefited greatly from the univer sity education I received. I’d the Royal Bank of Scotland Group as Director of Strategic Planning lik e as many other people as possible to have the same chance.” and Development. Since he stepped up to become Group Chief Ex ecutive in 1992, profits have increased some 1,000 fold from £6 million to just over £7 billion. Faculty of Education “Knowledge emerges only and Social Work through invention and reinvention, Continuing Professional Development through the restless, impatient,

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3.30pm registr ation and coffee 4.00pm Ann ual Meeting Inter val 5.00pm Pr incipal’s address 6.00pm ‘Discover y’ Lecture

‘New Beginnings are in the Offing’ By Prof essor Richard Demarco OBE

As the Lecture will be open to the public, tickets for the Civic Reception will be issued to those graduates who confirm their attendance before Friday 18 June . If transport is required it must be booked in advance.

For tickets and transportation contact:

Alumni Relations Office, University of Dundee, DD1 4HN BONAR HALL T +44 (0)1382 344822 F +44 (0)1382 344107 e [email protected] .uk

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Pa pers for the meeting will be available on the day or in advance from the Alumni Relations Office or on www.dundee.ac .uk/externalrelations/alumni/gradcouncil.htm two graduates’ council

Message from your Convener

As you will have noticed there will be an alteration to our Ann ual Meeting and ‘Discover y’ Lecture programme this year.

This change was prompted by best practice recommendations contained in the second repor t of the Nolan Committee for greater openness by all local public spending bodies. Gr aduates’ Council was invited by the Univer sity Cour t to consider opening the Principal’s Repor t to the pub lic and Business Committee member s had no hesitation in agreeing to this innovation. We have therefore re-scheduled the timing of the meeting and have placed the Principal’s Repor t as the last item on the agenda. Anne Reynolds Convener Another change is that the agenda, min utes and the detailed schedule for the day will not be provided within this section of the magazine but will be available from the Alumni Relations Office on request, on http://www.dundee .ac .uk/externalrelations/alumni/gradcouncil.htm and, of cour se ,on the day of the meeting.

The Univer sity of Dundee has a strong reputation for forward thinking and for excellence in teaching and research across its seven faculties. The promotion of the Univer sity is of par amount impor tance to the Graduates’ Council and suppor t from graduates is vital, par ticular ly in the present climate of shifting funding patterns. The Univer sity has recently appointed new members of staff to wor k on fundraising with alumni and public relations teams providing additional suppor t. Committee members are pleased to suppor t new Univer sity initiatives, one of which is the Ann ual Fund and telethon campaign of fundraising from alumni.

We have been extremely gr ateful for your donations in the past to our own Graduates’ Council Fund and we hope you will continue to help in raising money for these wor thwhile projects.

Have you been back to visit Dundee since your graduation? As a member of Graduates' Council you are entitled to attend the Ann ual Meeting and air your views. You may also consider putting your name forward for election to the Business Committee or for election to one of the Cour t Assessor ships. Why not contact your graduate friends and colleagues, come to the meeting and lecture and spend the week end in Dundee reminiscing over old times and catching up with news?

Over the year s the ‘Discover y’ Lecture series has attracted well-known and exciting figures and we are delighted that this year Richard Demarco has accepted our invitation. Visionar y and enthusiastic champion of contemporar y ar t, Professor Demarco’s lecture is not to be missed.

I look forward to seeing you at the Meeting and Lecture.

Anne Reynolds MA (Hons) 1987 three graduates’ council

Gr aduates’ Council Business Committee

“The Graduates’ Council shall have power to make representations to the Cour t on all matters affecting the well-being and prosperity of the Univer sity.”Statute 20(4)

Members of the Business Committee

Expiry of Office

Business Committee members John Barnett 2005 Brian Cairns 2005 J Colin Chalton 2004 David M Gauld 2006 Brian Gegan 2006 Maurice Golden 2006 Louise Keane 2005 Sir Alan Langlands (Principal) ex officio Alistair B Main co-opted Catherine M Phillips 2004 Larry A L Rolland (Chairman of Court) ex officio Anne Reynolds (Convener) 2004 Maurice Golden, David Gauld Mark A Snowden 2004 and Brian Gegan elected 2003 William O Wilson (Court Assessor) ex officio Iain D M Wright (Court Assessor) ex officio Dr Frank A Zwolinski co-opted

Three vacancies exist on the Business Committee and nominations are no w invited from candidates to fill these vacancies for the normal three year period.

A vacancy for an Assessor on Cour t will be available in 2005, applications for which must be received by 31 December 2004. Fur ther details and application for ms can be obtained from the Alumni Relations Office . The winning team from the GC Superteam Sunday Sports Challenge with the graduates council sports trophy 2004 Fur ther infor mation on Graduates’ Council business, ev ents and dates will be published on our web page

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/externalrelations/alumni/gradcouncil.htm four graduates’ council

Gr aduates’ Council Fund

The Fund needs your support. Can you help?

This Fund assists gr aduates and undergr aduates with wor thwhile projects where other sources of funding have been unsuccessful or have proved inadequate.

Disbur sements in the last year :

£1,000 to the Univer sity’s Institute of Spor t and Exercise Excel Spor ts Scholar ship Progr amme

£500 to Victoria Ashf ord, a third year Environmental Science student, for an expedition to Indonesia

£500 to Rosie Toner,a Duncan of Jordanstone College graduate ,for a film project.

Man y,man y thanks to all who have donated over the year s.

Ê GC Fund needs your support! Can you help?

University of Dundee Graduates’ Council Fund Gift Aid Form

You can make your Name...... donation under the Gift Address...... Aid Scheme by completing ...... Postcode ...... the appropriate section I confir m I am a resident of the UK and I pay tax please tic k (P ar t A or B) and signing and dating this for m. One off Donation (Part A) I enclose a cheque for £ made payab le to University of Dundee Multiple Donations (Part B) Send it to: To: Name of Bank...... Univer sity of Dundee Address of Bank...... Gr aduates’ Council Fund Bank sor t code Postcode ...... Convener, Please pay to: The Royal Bank of Scotland plc 83-50-00. 3 High Street, Dundee DD1 9LY Alumni Relations Office For Credit of the University of Dundee Account No. 00279732 Univer sity of Dundee 1 Cross Row The sum of £ on the (date) and the like sum on the da y of each Dundee DD1 4HN subsequent month for months, making pa yments in all. Please debit my Account No. T 01382 344822 F 01382 344107 Signed...... Date......

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Negotiating peace in Sudan

Since even before its independence in 1956, Sudan has been ravaged by civil war. But the end of the ‘f or gotten war’ is at last on the horiz on – and as the British ambassador to Sudan, His Excellency Mr William Patey (MA Modern Histor y,1975) has played an impor tant par t in the peace process.

The conflict between the Ar ab Muslim go ver nment in Khar toum and rebels from the mostly animist and Christian south has resulted in a war that is one of the longest and costliest in African histor y, claiming some 2m lives, uprooting 4m people and making Sudan's population of internall y displaced per sons (IDPs) the largest in the wor ld.

It seems incredible that a countr y that has become so synonymous with war is close to achieving peace,but William is confident that the end of the war is in sight: “We are ver y close to an agreement which would bring an end to the war and open up the prospect of a new Sudan emerging backed by the international community. I have been wor king closely with both par ties along with the London based UK Special Representative for Sudan to assist the process.”

So how did he make the journey from Modern Histor y student at Dundee to key player in the peace process of Sudan?

Although these days William is often described as an arabist – a connoisseur Dr Abdel Nabi Ali Ahmed, Secretar y General of the Umma Par ty and an alumn us of the Univer sity with William Patey and Vanessa Mor rell another alumna and William’s wife. of the Ar abic countries – he admits that: “During my student days m y only connection was a holiday to Egypt with a fellow student.” That ‘f ellow student’ was Vanessa Mor rell, whom he subsequently mar ried. Middle East with responsibility for, amongst other s, Ir aq, Ir an and Saudi Ar abia, a post which he describes as “one of the most demanding and But it was William’s involvement in student politics that eventually interesting jobs I have had”. His appointment as Ambassador to Sudan in influenced his career choice and stood him in good stead for the role September 2002, ho wev er,was ”clear ly the high point so far”. As for the of ambassador in later year s. He explains: “I look back on my active future,he says: “I would like to play a par t in bringing peace to Sudan and par ticipation in the Students’ Association as par ticular ly influential. My thereafter would hope for another appointment as Ambassador.” in volvement with the Chile Solidarity campaign at the Univer sity when Allende was over thrown in 1973 enabled me to explain, man y year s later More recently,William’s links with the Univer sity have been re-established. as a Br itish diplomat, wh y this was impor tant to a British gover nment, most He explains, “I have recently volunteered to act as a focal point for an of whom, lik e me,were students in the 70s. alumni association and I under stand there are over 30 Sudanese alumni.”

“I think the public speaking that I did as a student has given me the The oppor tunity for the Univer sity of Dundee to engage in an educational confidence to get up in front of most audiences and speak off the cuff, and cultural exchange programme with univer sities in Sudan is also a which I often have to do as a diplomat. I am often required to talk possibility. William says “If Dundee were interested in linking up with Sudanese kno wledgeably on many subjects from environmental problems to univ er sities I would cer tainly want to help. I wor k ver y closely with the weapons of mass destr uction. My degree gave me a grounding in Director of the British Council in Sudan who takes the lead on this. constitutional issues and the development of democratic institutions. I spend a lot of time with foreign leader s discussing such topics.” “Sudan is, I hope, about to enter a new phase in its histor y with the prospect of the end of the longest running civil war in Africa. In view of the William’s career with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has spanned histor ic role played by many Scots here it would be personall y satisfying to near ly 30 year s. Between 1999-2000 he held the position of Head of see my alma mater playing a role in Sudan’s future.” dundee reunited 20

Pioneering medicine in Newf oundland

When Phyllis Duncan graduated in Medicine in 1948 Britain was immer sed in the gloom of the post-war year s and the seismic shifts of the 1960s were light year s a wa y. But whilst society has under gone something of a revolution since then and the teaching of undergr aduate medicine in the ‘40s seems primitive in comparison to today’ s move towards online and vir tual learning, man y of the core skills have remained constant. Dr Duncan told Kather ine Beattie ho w she has used the skills she lear ned in Dundee over the course of her career.

For a woman in the 1940s it was unusu - Twelv e year s later,in 1973, she returned to take up General Pr actice in the al enough to be entering the wor ld of Outpor t of Trinity, Trinity Bay,a place that had only been accessible by boat Higher Education, but to be taking up a less than 10 year s before . When Phyllis ar riv ed, Trinity was still vulnerab le place to study Medicine was vir tually to extreme weather conditions and poor transpor t links – which meant unheard of. For tunately,as a child, Ph yllis that as the local doctor she was wor king in some gr uelling conditions. was sur rounded by positive role models: “When I was growing up our family It’s difficult to comprehend that as little as 30 year s ago the residents of doctor was female and visited our home Trinity were still ver y much at the mercy of the elements. The nearest regular ly and one of my aunts was a cottage hospital could take seven or eight hours to reach in bad weather nur sing missionar y so the idea of medicine – which was frequent – and in winter some of the roads could not be was before me from a young age .” But it travelled at all. was after the head teacher from a neighbour ing school told her :“If you go Phillis explains: “For diagnosis I had to rely on ‘old fashioned’ medical into medicine you’ll be needed after the training – the histor y of the patient, what I could find clinically and the family Ph yllis in 1949. war” that Phyllis decided on her vocation. histor y. How I treated the patients depended on the weather and the road conditions. Sev er al times I could not send a patient to the nearest hospital Having won a scholar ship to enter the course – “I had to tr y for a scholar ship because they would have died in the fir st half hour of the journey,so often as m y family had no money” – she arriv ed in St Andrews to begin her studies. I would have to make house calls ever y two hours until the patient was In those days, the Univer sity of Dundee was still a college of the Univer sity stabilised. Thanks to the training I received at Dundee Royal Infir mar y this of St Andrews and medical students spent their fir st two year s in St sor t of medicine came easily. Andrews, choosing either to remain there for the following three year s or to move to Dundee. Ph yllis chose to come to Dundee,a decision which “Sev er al times I had to contact the Highroads Depar tment and ask them she looks back on gladly: “On many occasions I have blessed the teacher s to plough out a house for me so that I could visit a patient inside. Once I in Dundee – ‘Sonn y’ Alexander,the surger y Professor who prepared us to had to pull a patient on a door that I had taken off its hinges to an cope with anything in an emergency with the minimum of equipment, amb ulance waiting 1.5 miles awa y. More than once a snow plough had to Madam Fair ley in obstetrics and gynaecology and Professor Adam Patr ick go ahead of the ambulance to get the patient to hospital.” in medicine . They taught us well and insisted that we learn the basics.” Ph yllis retired in 1988 and then left Newfoundland to move closer to her And it was those ‘basics’ that were to prove invaluable over the course of family in Brandon, Manitoba in 2001. Since her retirement, she has seen a career which was far from conventional. ho w changes have affected the doctors pr actising medicine in the Outpor ts: After marrying in Baghdad in 1952, Ph yllis moved to Shropshire with her husband and then in 1957 they decided to ‘tr y their luck’ in America. “Now there is a hospital within 1.5 hours dr iv e awa y.It offer s a good range Tragicall y,Ph yllis’ husband died that same year,but rather than returning to of diagnostic facilities and there is help from electronic media. But the the UK she took up a post in Canada, establishing a school health ser vice problems of geograph y will alwa ys remain and the doctors who have been for the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Descr ibing this time she taught cer tain fundamental skills, as we were at Dundee in the 40’s, will still sa ys: “I wor ked at the school and got to know a lot about the countr y,its find that this aspect of their training is invaluable .” histor y and its people until I remarried at the end of 1960.” An iceberg off the coast of St Johns – close to where Phyllis lived during her time as a doctor in Newf oundland. dundee reunited 22

Postcards Souther n hospitality

Ronnie Ander son, a 1999 law graduate ,cur rently wor king in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, was recently host to Dr Ton y Par ker’s American Studies students on a two week trip to the US.

Ar ranged by the Univer sity’s Alumni Relations team, the four th year students met Ronnie at his wor kplace and were taken to some of the most happening bars and clubs in Atlanta afterwards.

Ronnie explained: “I met the students and took them to my wor kplace - CheckFree Ser vices Corpor ation where,after indulging in the free cafeteria, I gave them all a tour of the extensive facility, including basketball cour ts, bo wling alleys and so on. It’s like a holiday camp.They seemed to be amazed by it - which is why I brought them there - to sho w how some US businesses oper ate and how different it is from life in the UK.”

Ronnie wor ks in the law depar tment of CheckFree but is not a registered lawy er in Georgia. He would have to go to law school again to practise in the state.Howev er,he is planning to take the New Yor k Bar exam this year that will allow him to practise cor por ate law in Georgia.

Hope for Africa

A 1980 dental graduate has just selected Rwanda and South Africa for Rotar y International’s fundr aising effor ts. Gordon McInally,The President of Rotar y International in Great Britain and Ireland for 2004-05, has chosen, as one of his two ‘prefer red proj- ects’ which are activel y promoted to all clubs, to for m a par tner ship with Hope and Homes for Children to suppor t orphans in Rwanda and South Africa.

Gordon visited Rwanda in June 2003 and repor ted: “My visit to Rwanda was fascinating, tiring, humb ling and at times harrowing but was a time I will never for get. There is absolutely no doubt that there is a great need for the wor k that is being done by Hope and Homes for Children (HHP).

“I met many of those being assisted by HHC who are ver y gr ateful for the suppor t being giv en. Perhaps more impor tantly howev er they appear to be in a much better condition than others I saw who are not enjoying such assistance and of whom there are a great many.

“I was invited to speak at the Rotar y Club of Kigali-Virunga at their weekly meeting, held jointly for the occasion with the Rotar y Club of Kigali, where I was able to outline our hopes and aspir ations for the project. I also held a meeting with the Rotar y Club of Butare ,home to the National Univer sity.

“As a nation, Rwanda seems to have come a long way since the genocide of 1994, although that is never far awa y as a result of the numerous genocide memorials sited throughout the countr y.Speaking with the local Rotarians, they are enthusiastic about the countr y’ s future.It is a poor countr y and alwa ys will be by our standards - the aver age ann ual income is $260. Howev er,although it is a poor countr y,man y of its people enjoy, what in their culture is an acceptable standard of living.” dundee reunited 23

Surestar t in Singapore

From Dundee to Durham and Stockton on Tees to Singapore, Julie Rattr ay, who left Dundee in 2000 with a 2:1 and a PhD in Psychology has entered academia and found her self teaching students about child development in Singapore and Hong Kong.

The Borders lass who made her way through her degree with the help of her friends reading psychology texts to her,has found that blindness has not hampered her academic career,although, as she explains, it takes quite a bit of forward planning.

Julie is now lecturing at Durham Univer sity’s Stockton on Tees campus where she teaches education students child development; ho w children motivate themselves, their self- under standing and self esteem. She travelled this spring to teach some Durham students studying in Hong Kong and Singapore and enjoyed the adventure.

Helping Julie by reading her mail, checking power point presentations for lectures and guiding her around campus is her assistant Glynn who is funded by the gover nment agency Access to Wor k.

When her lecturing schedule allows, Julie is assessing the effects of the Surestar t initiative, aimed at improving educational prospects for children under fiv e in areas of pover ty and asking if it is showing tangible benefits for families. Co-ordinating some of her students’ research, Julie is also pleased that some of her research students are based in the Far East so she can meet them to discuss their wor k over a Singapore sling sever al miles from Stockton on Tees.

Science success

‘Amateur s b uilt the ark – professionals built the Titanic’. For anyone who’s ever been afr aid of tr ying something new,Nicole Zitzmann’s philosophy is an inspiring one – and it’s the mantra that she has used to spur herself on over the course of her career.

Since gr aduating with an MSc in 1994 and then a PhD in Biochemistr y in 1997, Nicole has for ged a successful career in science , holding posts or fellowships at a number of prestigious institutions such as the Oxford Glycobiology Institute,The Royal Society, Linacre College and Wolfson College,Oxford. Her current post is as a group leader of the Vir us Research and Proteomics group in the Oxford Glycobiology Institute and Biochemistr y Lecturer at Christ Church College,Oxford.

As a successful woman wor king in the fields of academia and science – two areas notoriousl y under-represented by women – it is not just in her research that Nicole is char tering new territor y. But her hard wor k has paid off, both in terms of the discover ies she is making into antiviral strategies and in the for m of a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship from the Royal Society – a Fellowship aimed at encouraging young women to stick with their career in science ,rather than giving up because of str uggles in balancing per sonal and wor king life.

Nicole’s research group is currently wor king on various aspects of Hepatitis B and C, HIV/Aids, human platelet biology, scar ring and uveal melanoma. And on a completely different note,she is also head coach of the Men’s Boat Club at Oxford. dundee reunited 24

Where are they now?

1941 of a business r isk and repor ting framewor k across Joan Sumner MB A has extended her business hor i- John Forfar (MBChB) has been awarded the the Depar tment's 300,000 strong organisation. zons applying management development to Driving Presidential Medal by the Royal College of Abroad courses! Check it out on www.soogate .com Paediatrics & Child Health for the par t he played as 1976 President of the British Paediatric Association, in Philip Gawthorpe (MA) has been wor king as 1994 transf or ming that Association into a Royal College. Managing Director of Aon Corpor ation Risk David K Chadwick (MSc) is living in Botswana and Ser vices in Chicago since 1996. has recently mar ried. He has written four science 1943 textbooks for use in the local Junior Secondar y Isobel W Fraser Ross (BSc & MBChB) is now 1977 School. He and his wife also run a business selling retired and living in South Africa, looking forward to Sp yr idon Papgr igor iou (MSc) has been Managing impor ted clothes. joining the Alumni Group there. Director of Enveco SA in Greece since 1992. En veco SA is a company providing consulting Jeetesh M Bhardwa (MBChB) is wor king as an 1953 ser vices in the field of environmental protection. Urology Research Registrar with Bar ts and The Wendy Hogg (BSc) has been Chair of London NHS Trust. Preston Primar y Care Trust (NHS 3 star Trust) 1978 since Apr il 2002. Kevin Ison (BSc) was appointed in July 2003 as UK 1995 & Ireland Business Unit Manager for Manufactur ing Neil Birnie (LLB) and Paul Easto (BSc Town & Reg 1954 Solutions Division of Autodesk. Planning) have set up successful Edinbur gh based Br ian A Wilson (BSc Eng) is Executive Vice company,Wilderness Scotland Ltd, a specialist tour President/Technical Director of Wilson Composite 1979 operator offer ing walking, sailing and adventure Technologies Inc in Folsom Nor thern Califor nia - a Harin H Dias (MA) is wor king as a Senior Manager holidays and tailor-made experiences in the most specialty business making liner less composite cr yo- with HSBC Holdings plc,cur rently based in London, remote and beautiful regions of Scotland. Winners genic tanks for the U.S. Air Force.These are used in and is married to Linda, a Belgian gr aduate of of the 2003 Shell Award Scotland - Best Business launch vehicles and space transpor tation. Antwer p Univer sity. They have a son aged 13. Demonstrating Ecological Sustainability and Young Entrepreneur s of the Year award for Highlands and 1963 1985 Islands in 2003. Alfred Malocco (Dip.Design), for mer architect, has Derek L McKenzie (BSc Eng) has been a Director See www.wildernessscotland.com launched a career as an ar tist, with his fir st exhibi- of Strategem (Management Consultancy Company) email: inf [email protected] tion in December 2002. Fur ther infor mation at: for the past 12 year s, with responsibility for two of the www.maloccoar t.com company’ s f our divisions including operations in Wales. Lt Gar y Macquar rie (BEng) is ser ving as a Naval Lieutenant on HMS Richmond. 1968 Gar y Peters (MA) is Editor/Super visor y Analyst, William G C Boyd (BSc) and (PhD 1972) is Dean Equity Research for Lehman Brothers P an European Isar aya Sukcharoen (MMedEd) is a Group Captain of Science at Univer sity of Bristol. Research, London. in Royal Thai Air Force and has been activel y in volved in coordinating its undergr aduate medical 1969 1987 student programme which is being r un in collaboration Prof J Huber t Lacey (MBChB) and (MD 1988) is Stuar t Lewis (LLB) is Head of European Por tfolio with Chulalongkor n Univer sity. He has also been Chair man of the Dept of Psychiatr y at St George’ s Management within Loan Exposure Management Head of the Anaesthesia and Operating Room of Hospital Medical School, Univer sity of London. Group of Deutsche Bank, London. Bhumibol Adulayadej Hospital since 2001.

1970 1988 1996 David Grant (Dip Design) set up Highland Hussien Al-Gunied (MSc) is Deputy Minister – Jennif er Tooze (LLB) has now completed LLM and Stoneware (Scotland) Ltd in Lochinver in 1974. En vironment Affair s in Ministr y of Water & PhD,been called to the bar and taken up training in He was fir st gr aduate in ceramics with a Dip AD. En vironment in Republic of Yemen. Hussien has bar rister s’ chamber s and the Home Office . recently become organiser for the Alumni Group 1972 for Sudan/Yemen/Oman. Mette Thor sen (LLM) has been a Lawy er in one of Ir is P Dunbar (Dip Design) has wor ked in London the largest Norwegian law fir ms, Wiersholm, for the past 31 year s, or iginally teaching, but now Alastair Nicol (MBChB) is a Lieutenant Colonel in Mellbye & Bech since 1997. director of a private interior design school. the Royal Ar my Medical Corps, and is cur rently www.design-school.com spending a year on a Clinical / Research Fellowship Claire E Clarke (nee McCollum) (MA) is a Spor t in Spor ts Medicine in Melbourne ,Austr alia. His Repor ter/Presenter for Ulster Television and also 1973 time is split between the Olympic Par k Spor ts co-Presenter for UTV Live at Six. John P ater (BSc) has been, since 1982, Managing Medicine Centre and doing research into Shock Director of Anatronic SA, a distrib utor of electronic Wave Therap y at the Univer sity of Melbourne . 1997 and electrical active,passiv e and electromechanical Stephen Gar land (BAcc) is Senior Head Waiter at components and subsystems with offices in Madrid, Simon Dunker ley (MA) has wor ked as a Senior Gleneagles Hotel. In June 2003 he was invited to Barcelona, Bilbao and Lisbon. Financial Advisor with Medical Sickness Society meet Prince Char les at a lunch in Palace of since 2001. Holyroodhouse to celebrate the contrib ution of 1975 young folk to Scottish tourism. Mr s Betty Bott (LLB) was appointed 1991 District Procurator Fiscal for Dundee on Chr is van der Kuyl (BSc) is President and CEO of Daniele Barberis (PhD) is Legal Affair s 1st September 2003. VIS enter tainment ltd and was awarded ‘2003 Ernst Manager/Mines for the Mining Business Unit of the & Young – Scottish Region – Young Entrepreneur of French Nuclear Company,Compagnie Generale des Ian J O MacEachern OBE (MSc): In late 2001, the Year’ award. Matieres Nucleaires (COGEMA). following two year s as Director of Recruitment & Mar keting for the Royal Air Force,Ian took up his 1993 Will Ryder-Davies (B Acc) is travelling over seas before cur rent appointment as Director of Corpor ate Sukhjeevan Mathar u (BEng) is wor king freelance as resuming teaching again in Suffolk. He previously Gover nance for the Ministr y of Defence with a Senior Systems and Database Designer for the visited Uganda and jointly founded UK based children’s responsibility for the development and implementation Union Bank of Switzer land, Zurich. char ity,Softpower Education, with Hannah Small. dundee reunited 25

1998 2003 Scott M Lindsay (BArch) wor ks as a Graduate Andrew Seck (PhD) is currently employed as John (Jack) Wells (PhD) retired from BT after Assistant with Simpson and Brown Architects in General Manager Commerical for the Sakhalin 43 year s and, at the age of 61, spent 10 year s at Edinb ur gh. Ener gy Investment Company Ltd. based in Yuzhno- Univer sity,completing an Access Cour se ,BEng Sakhalinsk, Russia. Sakhalin Ener gy is the project (Hons), MSc and finally PhD in 2003. Jack is now Kr is Carroll (BDS) is a Dentist with Irish, King and operator for the 10 billion dollar integrated oil & on a list of Univer sity honorar y lecturers and will Associates in Exeter. gas project in the Russian Far East known as the be assisting with BEng 3rd year Communications for Sakhalin II Project which is building Russia's the Dundee Bridging Cour se (for mer ly Singapore Joanne McDowell (BAcc) wor ks as a Trainee with fir st LNG plant. Br idging Cour se). Johnson Kennedy (Char tered Accountant) in Belfast. Rafael Ak opov (LLM) is Deputy CEO and M Sufian Miah (MBChB) is a doctor at the ENT Ex ecutive Board Member of Interros Holding Sur ger y at Univer sity Hospital Aintree in Liver pool. Ruth Mwor ia (BN) and Nancy Michire (BN) are Company (a large private company - main activity Tutor s within the Ministr y of Health, Nairobi. in vestments management) in Moscow. Efter pi Theologou (MA) has returned to Greece and is wor king as a Secretar y at PDC Ltd. Natalie Blane (MBChB) is a Junior Medical Officer in 1999 Per th Royal Infir mar y. Shona Fer rier (MA) is Par liamentar y adviser for Yv onne Cargill (MA) has taken up a Lecturer the Law Society and stood in elections in May position with Angus Council. Sandr a M Kinnear (Diploma Adult Nursing) is wor k- 2003 for the Lib Dems. ing as a Staff Nurse with Nor th Glasgow NHS Trust. Stefani Dailly (MA), sister of Scottish Laur a Duffy (MBChB) is a doctor at Ninewells footballer,Chr istian Dailly,is now based in Hospital, Dundee. Lor na Angus (BN) is a Staff Nurse with Gar tnavel Aberdeen, wor king on Grampian TV News General Hospital in Glasgow. progr amme ,North Tonight and repor ting Heather MacNiven (BA Fine Ar t) is wor king as a on spor t. Designer with Calligraf ix. Maggi Fenwick (MA) wor ks as a Music Skills Tutor at the White Top Research Centre in Dundee. Dario Ar ias (LLM) wor ks in Exploration & Jonathan Far mer (BA) is wor king as a Social Wor ker Production and New Projects for Petrobras Bolivia with Angus Council. Gwen David (MBChB) is a PRHO at Ninewells S.A. - Legal Advisor,Santa Cr uz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Hospital, Dundee. Claire Fraser (BN) has moved to London to Lucy Mckenzie (BA Fine Ar t) has shown at the wor k as a Paediatric Nurse at Great Ormond Matthew Gubbins (PhD) wor ks in the Fisheries Venice Biennale and Tate ,Br itain where she is Street Hospital. Research Ser vices Mar ine Laborator y in Aberdeen. included in the current Ar t Now Programme – see www.lucymckenzie .com. Louise Rober tson (MA) is wor king as a Roger Kewa Avinaga (LLM) holds the position of Depar tment Manager with British Home Stores. Senior Economist within the Depar tment of Kathr yn Cowan (MA) and Gavin Doher ty (BSc) Petroleum and Energy in Papua, New Guinea. became engaged in Amsterdam in November Harriet Cheesbrough (MBChB) is a PRHO at 2002 and are to be married in August 2004. Souther n General Hospital, Hudder sf ield. Kell y Murph y (MA Food & Welfare) is wor king as a They are travelling in Austr alia for the year prior Young Per son’s Suppor t Wor ker with East Fife to the wedding. Yasin Okhai (LLM) holds the position of Director Women’s Aid. with Unibev Ltd in Dundee. M Yolanda Diez-Andino (MA) is wor king as an Incentive & Commission Analyst in IBM Spain. Alexandra Owen (MA) is wor king as a Police She has recently become organiser for the Alumni Constable with West Yor kshire Police . Group in Spain. Angela Murray (BN) is an Infection Control Nurse Chr istine V Helliar (PhD) has taken up the par t- with the Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust. time post of Director of Research at the Institute of Char tered Accountants of Scotland (IC AS). She is Chr istopher S Walk er (MA) wor ks as a Sub-Editor a senior lecturer in Depar tment of Accountancy & Business Finance at Univer sity of Dundee. with DC Thomson in Dundee.

2000 Ginika Akunna (Dip HE Nursing) is a Staff Nurse Bar ry Fenton (LLB) graduated as a Flying Officer with Tayside Univer sities Hospital NHS Trust. From time to time we from RAF Cranw ell (198 Initial Officer Training ma y want to send information cour se) and is now training as a pilot. John Otindu (BN) is wor king as a Pr incipal within the Kenya Medical to you on faculty courses Guglielmo Volpe (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in Training College . or events – so let us know Economics at London Metropolitan Univer sity. Andrew Gordon (BArch) wor ks as a Par t III where you are and what 2001 Architect with Kennedy Fitzgerald and Associates. you are doing. Malcolm Archibald (MA) published a fictional book on the Boer War,entitled ‘Soldier of the Queen’, in Fiona Melville (BAcc) is an Events Assistant with August 2003. Skyline ,London. Email: [email protected] .uk

2002 Donna Phillips (BN) is wor king as a Senior Staff Kevin Hoskin (MA) is currently wor king as an Nurse at Per th Royal Infir mar y. Assistant Economist with the Office of the Rail Regulator in London. Kathr yn Talbot-Critchley (LLB) is Chief Executive of Social Fir ms Scotland in Edinbur gh. dundee reunited 26

Reunions

¯In October 2003, a group of Mexican alumni met up in Mexico City. ¯The class of 1983 medics held a 20 year reunion in November 2003 Ricardo Lopez Barrera (LLM International Business Transactions 2001) at Peebles Hydro. 49 alumni attended the event, which was organised or ganised the dinner,which was attended by: by Gavin Bar tholomew.

Maur icio Garate (LLM International Business Transactions 1999), Luis Morales Aldana (MSc Technology of Concrete & Construction Management 1991), Vir ginia Hidalgo (Medical Research 1997), Cyr ano Mena Farfan (MBA 1999), Floretta Sanchez (Diploma in Business Administr ation 1999), Socor ro Baez (CALS 2003)

¯A reunion for members of staff in the depar tment of accountancy ¯A reunion for alumni who entered the Univer sity in 1958 took place and business finance and B Acc , BFin and MAdmin alumni cover ing in September 2003. The event was organised by R Murray Dunn, with three decades was held at Downfield Musical Society in June 2003. a reception on Univer sity campus and then lunch in St Andrews the following day.

°The launch of the Univer sity of Dundee London alumni club took place in July 2003 at the Estor ick Collection of Modern Ar t. dundee reunited 27

¯Class of 1978 Medics held a reunion in September 2003. Forthcoming Reunions Bejants/Bejantines of 1964 in Science, Maths, Physics, Engineering and Law Those who remember Mike Day and Susan Macdonald are invited to a reunion on 2 and 3 October 2004 in Dordogne , France . We need your help! For further information contact: Mike and Susan Day Email: [email protected] Tel: 00 33 553 800613 Web: www.daygites.com

Engineers 1981 For further information, contact: Ken Anton Tel: 01334 655564 Did you graduate during the years leading up to and Mobile: 07736 403968 Fax: 0871 733 3981 including 1968? Email: [email protected] /[email protected]

MBA Reunion We are planning a series of alumni events to celebrate the To be held 15-16 October 2004 at the Apex Hotel, Dundee. University’s 40th anniversary in 2007. If you are one of the Contact: Roger J Killick [email protected] man y alumni who graduated during those years we want to Dundee Class of 1994 Medics Club mak e sure that you are invited to attend the celebrations. 10 year reunion will be held at the Hilton, Dundee 15/16 October 2004. Contact: Mike Frost Email: [email protected] If you graduated/received a qualification during those years (leading up to and including 1968), please contact the Alumni Ball for London alumni To take place on 25 September 2004. Relations office to confirm : Contact: Engin Mumcuoglu Email: [email protected] - your year of graduation Engineering Conference 2005 An engineering conference is being planned for - faculty Spring 2005. It will take place at the University and all interested alumni are invited to attend. For further details - qualification title contact [email protected] .uk - course title 1979 Medics 25 year reunion To be held12/14 November 2004 at the Old Course Hotel, St Andrews. Email: [email protected] .uk. Tel: +44 (0)1382 344822 Contact: Douglas Colville - Email: [email protected]

1972 Graduating Year Fur ther information from Patrick Powell Email: [email protected] dundee reunited 28

Alison Thomson-Graham (MA 1995) and Steven Hallissey Deaths Marriages (B Acc 1995) were married in July 1998 and now have a daughter, Char lotte Angel, bor n in Apr il 2002. Mark J Ballantyne (MBChB 1996) Geoffrey Carr (BDS 1970) and Melissa Reid were married on Caroline Reid (nee Gray) (BDes 2000) gave bir th to a daughter, 23 June 2002. 29 May 2002 at Cromlix House Chapel, Per thshire . An ya, in Apr il 2002. Cedric J Cannon (Diploma in Fine Ar t 1949) (no date provided). Stephen Cable (BSc 1996) and Gail Bowers (BDS 1998) Gillian Wilkinson (nee Tilson) (MA 1993) and Alan (Punky) John (Jack) Catto (MA 1938) were married on 25 October 2003 at Rooker y Hall in Cheshire. Wilkinson (MA 1992) have a son, Andrew,bor n on November 2003. 27 Jan uar y 2003. Simon Copland (LLB 1995 & Dip Legal Practice 1996) Eleanor Doddy (BSC 2000) and Graham Fiddler were October 2003. mar ried on 9 August 2003 in Shipley,West Yor kshire . Nga Hoang Hong (LLM 1999) now has a daughter,Vu Hoang David Dorward (MA & LLB 1951) Thai Uyen, bor n on 19 March 2003. December 2003. Joan W arren (MA 1989) and Alec Mollison (BSc 1953) were Hans F Freundlich (BSc 1949) mar ried on 8 June 2002. Pet Laverick and Martyn Twigg (BSc Town & Reg Planning 3 June 2003. 1991) now have a son, Chr istopher James Anthony,bor n on 28 Malia G Haglund (PG Cer t Nursing, 2001) Andrew Miller (BSc 1981 & PhD 1987) returned from Hong August 1998 and daughter,Jessica Sumalee ,bor n on 13 May 2000. 9 May 2002. Kong to marry Minnie Miranda,from Nar vacan in the Robert J King (BDS 1964) Philippines, in the Univer sity Chaplaincy on 7 June 2003. Univer sity Elaine Campbell (MA 1995) and Cormac Convery (MBChB November 2002. Chaplain, Fiona Douglas, perfor med the ceremony. 1996) were married on 19 July 1999 and their son, Joseph (Joe) Albert Knight (Diploma in Fine Ar t 1948) was born on 6 July 2001. December 2003. Estelle McFadden (MBChB 1996) and Andrew Godfrey (MA David M Lund (Diploma in Design 1957) 1995) were married on 12 May 2001, with many fellow graduates Alistair Main (MSc 1995 & MBA 1996) and wife,Alison, no w Ma y 2002. attending the reception. ha ve two sons. Matthew Beattie was born on 16 May 2002 and Norman S Reid (MA 1935) Jonathan Laurence on 8 December 2003. Alistair is a member of 30 July 2002. Tim Leonard (MA 1998) and Helen Rooney (BDS 1999) the Business Committee of Graduates’ Council. Dr Ann R Sanderson (BSc 1927) were married in Belfast on 30 August 2003. Apr il 2003. Helmi Marjasoo (MA 1991) and Joshua Livingstone (B Acc Ronald M R Sturrock (BSc 1948) 1991) are now married and have 3 children, Hannah born in 1991, 19 Jan uar y 2003. Daniel in 1998 and Louisa in May 2003. Ann-Margaret Trimble (Diploma in Nursing 2001) 12 Jan uar y 2002. Births Agnes (Nan) E W ade (MA 1988) September 2003. APOLOGIES Ronald G W alker (LLB 1973) Anna Marjasoo (MA 1994) and Andrew Carter (BSc 1993) 18 September 2002. were married in 1997. They have a son, Elliot Thomas , bor n Lord Perry of W alton (Hon Grad 1975) September 2002 and daughter,Alice Eesti, bor n in 1998. Ross McLelland (BDS 1984) was incorrectly listed in 18 July 2003. the Deaths Section of last year’s magazine . Ross is ver y Mary S Duthie (BSc 1942) Claire Berry (MBChB 1998) and Gareth Clarke (B Acc 1996) much alive and in practice in Aberdeen. Jan uar y 2004 were married on 8 September 2000 and now have a son, Kian, Dr Margaret M Gow (MA 1941) bor n on 22 March 2003. Jan uar y 2004

Kenya UK Mrs Anastasiah Kimeu - (Dundee) [email protected] .ke Mr Brian Cairns - Alumni Groups Malaysia [email protected] Mr Peng J oo Lee - Tel: 01382 738290 [email protected] Tel: 00 603 4252 0318 (Edinburgh) Get involved with your local China Work: 00 603 7844 8863 Mr Brian Gegan - alumni group and you can: (Beijing) [email protected] Mr Qu Cheng - Mexico Tel: 0131 552 5321 [email protected] Mr Ricardo Lopez-Barrera - -network [email protected] (London) -participate in events France or [email protected] Dr Engin Mumcuoglu - -socialise Mr Stephane Durand - [email protected] bluegnou@free .fr Northern Ireland Tel: 0870 996 3804 and much more, with fellow Tel: 00 33 1 44 87 92 62 Ms Paula Drummond - Mobile: 07876 555 000 Dundee alumni. Mobile: 00 33 6 79 94 90 68 [email protected] Miss Teri A Wishart - [email protected] .uk (P erth) If there is no alumni group organiser Germany Ms J oan Sumner - currently listed for your area then please contact Mr Nico Bohmert - Peru [email protected] us. We can tell you if a group is forming or how to [email protected] Mr Andres Ferrero - start an alumni group yourself. Tel: 00 49 711 577 1577 c.f [email protected] USA Mobile: 00 49 174 16 00 556 Tel: 00 51 1 372 1414 Ext 3392 (New York) Australia Dr Brian Dron - Dr Leslie McQuire - (Victoria) [email protected] Singapore [email protected] tis.com Prof Emeritus Robert Miller-Smith - Tel: 00 49 173 907 6521 [email protected] .uk Dr Nick Willhoft - [email protected] win.edu.au [email protected] India South Africa Canada (Calcutta) [email protected] .uk (California) (Calgary) Dr Amitava Mukherjee - Ms Anne Ahern Rivas - Dr Mo Verjee - [email protected] Spain (Madrid) anne [email protected] [email protected] or [email protected] Ms M Yolanda Diez-Andino - Mr Alex Black - [email protected] Tel: 00 91 03325 762314 [email protected] Vietnam Mobile: 9831 006154 or [email protected] Miss Lan (Nguyen Diep) Phan - (Ontario) [email protected] Mr Barnaby Ng - (Tamil Nadu/ Karnataka/ Kerala) Sri Lanka [email protected] Mr Vasanth Kumar Veerappan - Dr Meth Devendra - Yemen, Saudi and Oman Mr Ton y Aspro - [email protected] [email protected] Dr Hussien Al-Gunied - [email protected] or [email protected] [email protected] Mrs Neelam Bahl - Sudan (British Columbia) [email protected] Mr William Patey - Mr Archie Campbell - [email protected] [email protected] Tel: (00 249 11) 777 105 dundee reunited 29

Seam us Heaney Room to Rhyme

Nobel Laureate and internationally renowned poet, Seam us Heaney, delivered a remarkab le and memor ab le lecture in our Greatest Minds Lecture ser ies in July 2003 as par t of our graduation celebr ations. Room to Rhyme was the only lecture delivered by the poet in 2003.

Mr Heaney has now given the Univer sity of Dundee permission to pub lish this unique and wonderful lecture in a limited edition hardback book, in order to help us raise money to build a centre of research excellence for diabetes and tropical diseases.

The book has been designed by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Ar t & Design graphic designer, David Herber t and contains images of specially commissioned ar t by ar tist (and DJC AD lecturer) Brigid Collins. Br igid's interpretation of the text are a beautfiul evocation of the inspirations attrib uted by Heaney as the catalyst for his poetic vision.

Copies of the book are for sale at £20 plus post and packing. To order a copy of this unique book please contact a.j.constable@dundee .ac .uk.

LEGACIES ARE A SPECIAL GIFT - the result of so much thought and consideration.

If you are considering making a gift to the University of Dundee in your will, please let us know so that we can say thank you and discuss with you how we can help.

Contact: Dianne Pemberton-Pigott Head of Alumni Relations University of Dundee DD1 4HN Tel: +44 (0)1382 345608 Email: [email protected] .uk

We recommend that you contact your solicitor when writing or changing your Will. University of Dundee Scottish Charities ref. no . SCO 15096 dundee reunited 30

diabetes, two of the fastest growing Your University epidemics in the developing and developed needs your help wor ld respectivel y. Queen Mother Research As a graduate of the Univer sity of Dundee Centre (QMRC) you benefit from the strength of our wor ld- QMRC will provide an innovative new class reputation – and, for us, building on that research space enabling scientists to develop reputation is an ongoing prior ity. more effective technological tools to enable But maintaining our reputation depends on the older and disabled community to lead the development of an innovative research more independent lives. The facility will be and teaching por tfolio and upon bringing unique in the wor ld. high-calibre staff and students to the Univer sity. These developments will enhance the reputation of the Univer sity, and, in doing so, To help us achieve that, a number of innovative add value to your degree. new projects are now underway: That’s why we are extremely keen to involve The Institute for you, our alumni, in these fundraising appeals. Cardiovascular Research (TICR) TICR will bring together scientists with a You can find more infor mation about the range of exper tise to develop better meth- campaigns at: ods of prevention and treatment of hear t dis- www.dundee .ac .uk/externalrelations/funds/ ease – one of the biggest killers in Scotland. And if you would like to donate a gift or help Centre for Inter-disciplinary us r aise money for any of these appeals, Top: The architects’ vision of the Queen Mother building, which will house the QMRC .Middle: The architects’ vision Research (CIR) please contact Joan Concannon, Director of of the CIR. Above: TICR patron and new Univer sity rector Led by Professor Sir Philip Cohen and External Relations on + (44) (0)1382 345 565 Lor raine Kelly opening the fir st completed TICR research rooms at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. Professor Mike Ferguson, the CIR will develop or email j.concannon@dundee .ac .uk research in the area of tropical diseases and

Alumni and staff summer party – don’t miss Summer Sensation 2004

With live music , an outdoor funfair, AND a ceilidh it promises to be the event of the summer – and even bigger and better than last year. For fur ther infor mation about tickets, Date: 2 Jul y Tickets: £15 per person contact: Michael Marra, Ev ents Officer, email: m.j.mar ra@dundee .ac .uk, Summer Sensation is the ideal place to get telephone (01382) 348046 together with your Univer sity friends. Why not book a table for a group reunion? If you need assistance tracking down old friends the alumni relations office is happy to help – contact alumni@dundee .ac .uk.

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