Honorary Graduates (Chronological list) The names of deceased graduates are printed in italics. Master of Arts (MA) George Harris Thomson, Secretary-Treasurer of the Royal College of Science and Technology from 1947 to 1964, Registrar of the University from 1964 to 1966 July 1966 Charles Geoffrey Wood, University Librarian March 1967 William B Paton, County Librarian, Lanarkshire - First Head of the Scottish School of Librarianship, Scottish College of Commerce, 1946-50 April 1972 Gustav Heiberg, Chief of Division, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs July 1975 Charles Stewart, formerly Depute Bursar (Finance) in the University Administration Oct 1975 Louis McGougan, Bursur of the University of Strathclyde March 1976 Duncan Matheson, formerly Director of Physical Education in the University July 1983 Walter Underwood, formerly Planning Consultant to the University July 1983 Zbigniew Byszewski, former Consul-General for Poland in Scotland June 1986 John Turner, Organist to the University and Glasgow Cathedral July 1990 Susan Wighton, who worked as a nurse in Palestinian refugee camps July 1990 Andrew Miller, Director of Libraries, City of Glasgow District Council July 1990 Tommy Orr, former University Security Controller July 1990 James Arnold, Director and Village Manager, Lanark New Town Nov 1990 Graham Douglas, Draughtsman, Royal Commission on Ancient Building and Historical Monuments of Scotland July 1992 Yvonne Carol Grace Murray, Athlete May 1995 Master of Science (MSc) Ronald Ewart Nicoll, Professor of Urban Planning March 1967 George Gray, formerly Chief Technician in the Department of Metallurgy in the University July 1979 Andrew Clunie, formerly Laboratory Superintendent in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry in the University (posthumously) June 1981 Robert T McCrone, formerly Laboratory Superintendent in the Department of Civil Engineering July 1987 John S Taylor, Former Senior Prosthetist/Orthotist Nov 1993 Peter Francis Herbert, formerly Director of Estates, University of Strathclyde July 2000 Master of Letters (MLitt) Fr Columba Ryan, formerly Chaplain to Roman Catholic students in the University July 1981 Charles Geoffrey Wood, formerly University Librarian July 1985 Doctor of Science (DSc) The Rt Hon The Lord Todd of Trumpington, the Chancellor April 1965 The Rt Hon The Lord Adrian of Cambridge, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge April 1965 Sir Robert Robinson, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry in the University of Oxford from 1930 to 1955 April 1965 Sir Andrew McCance, Chairman of the Board of Governors (latterly of the Council) of the Royal College of Science and Technology from 1950 to 1964 July 1965 Michael James Lighthill, Royal Society Research Professor in the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London April 1966 Herwart Opitz, Professor of Machine Tools and Organisation of Production in the Rheinisch-Westfalische Hochschule, Aachen, West Germany April 1966 Sir Gordon Sutherland, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge April 1966 Vladimir Alekseevich Kirillin, Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Chairman of the State Committee for Science and Technology of the USSR Oct 1966 Sir William Cook, Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence April 1967 Harold Montague Finniston, Vice-Chairman of the British Steel Corporation March 1968 Bernard Paul Gregory, Director General of CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research), Geneva March 1968 Sir Martin Ryle, Professor of Radio Astronomy in the University of Cambridge March 1968 Sir Owen Saunders, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London March 1968 John Samuel Forrest, Director of the Central Electricity Research Laboratories April 1969 Reginald Victor Jones, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Aberdeen April 1969 Max Tishler, President of the Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories; later Professor of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middleton, Connecticut April 1969 John Monteath Robertson, Gardiner Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow April 1970 John Macfie Holm, Chairman of the University Court (in absentia) June 1970 Jan de Vries, Netherlands Academic and International Authority on Planning April 1971 Sir Frederick Sydney Dainton, Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford June 1971 Thomas Gibson, Regional Director of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Regional Plastic and Oral Surgery Service, Western Regional Hospital Board; Visiting Professor, Bioengineering Unit, University of Strathclyde April 1972 Carl Hirsch, Professor and Head of the Department of Orthopaedics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm June 1972 John E Jacobs, Director of Biomedical Engineering Center, Northwestern University, USA June 1972 Jerzy Romuald Werner, Professor of Automotive Engineering and Director of the Institute of Vehicles; formerly Rector, Politechnika Lódzka, Poland April 1973 James H H Merriman, Member for Technology of the Post Office Corporation, Visiting Professor, Department of Electronic Science and Telecommunications, University of Strathclyde April 1974 Edward M Wright, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen April 1974 Sir Alan Howard Cottrell, Master of Jesus College in the University of Cambridge April 1975 Ernst Otto Fischer, Professor in and Director of the Inorganic Chemistry, Institute in the Technical University of Munich April 1975 Douglas Samuel Jones, Ivory Professor of Mathematics in the University of Dundee April 1975 Basil John Mason, Director-General of the Meteorological Office April 1975 Paul Germain, Professor of Mechanics in the Faculty of Science, University of Paris Oct 1975 George Steedman Hislop, Executive Vice-Chairman of Westland Aircraft Ltd April 1976 Alexander Thom, Emeritus Professor of Engineering Science, University of Oxford July 1976 George Herbert Hitchings, formerly Vice-President in charge of Research, Burroughs Welcome Company, USA April 1977 Mieczyslaw Serwinski, formerly Rector, Politechinika Lódzka, Poland April 1977 Cesare Marchetti, Physicist July 1977 John B Adams, Executive Director-General, CERN, Geneva April 1978 Edward Galas, Professor of Biochemistry and Rector of Politechnika Lódzka, Poland Oct 1978 George Robert Bishop, Director of the Department of Physical and Natural Sciences, Euratom, Ispra, Italy April 1979 August Carl Helmholz, Professor of Physics in the University of California at Berkeley April 1979 Philip Ivor Dee, Emeritus Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow April 1980 Knud Jansen, Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon, Copenhagen County Hospital and University Clinic, Denmark April 1980 Sir Samuel Crowe Curran, first Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University Nov 1980 Sir William Rede Hawthorne, Master of Churchill College, Cambridge, and sometime Hopkinson and ICI Professor of Applied Thermodynamics in the University of Cambridge April 1981 Rolf Leis, Professor of Applied Mathematics and sometime Rector of the University of Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany April 1981 Frank Stuart Spring, sometime Freeland Professor of Chemistry in the Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow April 1981 David Jack, Director, Research and Development, Glaxo Group April 1982 Edward Victor Buchanan, Electrical Engineer April 1983 John William Fozard, Aeronautical Engineer April 1983 Jerzy Kroh, Rector of Politechnika Lódzka, Poland April 1983 Isabella Helen Mary Muir, Director of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, London April l983 Blodwen Lloyd Binns, Botanist April 1984 Robert Simpson Silver, formerly James Watt Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the University of Glasgow April 1984 Thomas Burness King, Professor of Metallurgy in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology April 1985 Peter Lewis Martin, Consulting Engineer April 1985 Sir Hans Leo Kornberg, President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science Aug 1985 Sir Henry Chilver, Vice-Cancellor of Cranfield Institute of Technology April 1986 John Maurice Houlder, Chairman of Houlder Offshore Ltd;Visiting Professor in the Department of Ship and MarineTechnology April 1986 Admiral Sir Lindsay Bryson, formerly Controller of the Royal April 1987 Sir Robert Lickley, Engineering Designer April 1987 Boris Vladimirovitch L'vov, Chairman of the Analytical Chemistry Department of the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute Nov 1987 John B Stenlake, Honorary Professor of Pharmacy in the University July 1988 Horst Klinkmann, Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Wilhem-Pieck University, Rostock, East Germany Sept 1988 George Murdoch, Former Professor of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery, University of Dundee July 1989 Abdel-Aziz Mahmoud Abou-Khadr, Former President, University of Alexandria, Egypt July 1989 Alastair C Paterson, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers July 1989 Sir Edward P Abraham, Professor Emeritus of Chemical Pathology, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford July 1989 Jack E Baldwin, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford July 1989 James A McFadzean, Director of Research, Rhône-Poulenc Limited July 1989 Yassin Abdel Ghaffar, Professor of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt April 1991 Wallace Foulds, Consultant Ophthalmologist July 1991 John Burbidge, internationally renowned Engineer July 1991 Malcomn Ferguson-Smith FRS, Professor of Pathology at the University of Cambridge April 1992 Thomas Kailath, Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Stanford University May 1992 Alan Rudge OBE, Managing Director, Development and