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General Convocation 40Th Annual Meeting Minutes HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY MINUTES of the Fortieth Annual Meeting of the General Convocation held in the Auditorium, Edinburgh Business School, Edinburgh Campus, Riccarton, on Wednesday, 14 March 2007, attended by the following members: In the Chair: Baroness Susan Greenfield, Chancellor of the University Professor Anton Muscatelli Professor Andy Walker Mrs Maggie Dunn Professor Brian Austin Mr Graeme Hendry Mr Liam Burns Ms Maureen McMillan Mr Steven Findlay Mrs Wilma Ord Mr Gavin Gemmell Mr Stewart Smith Mrs June Maxwell Mrs Bronwyn Travers Dr Alan Parsley Mrs Hazel Wheldon Professor Patrick Corbett Mr Chris Pirie Professor Bob Craik Miss Kathleen Patrick Professor Philippe De Wilde Mr Robert Marshall Professor George Stylios Professor Gordon Milne Professor Adrian Todd Professor Pauline Weetman Professor John Wilson Professor Zander Wedderburn Dr Norman Irons Professor Norman McNally Mr Robert Davis Mr John Brown Mr Malcolm Durie Ms Julia Bracewell Ms Janet Lawson Ms Kirsti Dinnis Mr Ian Phillips Mr John Stuart Mr James Rennie Mrs Eleanor Broughton Mr Robert Shorter Professor Ewan Brown Mr Michael Bates Mr David Guest Mr Peter Wilson Mrs Lorna Kirkwood-Smith Mr Alastair Hood Dr Roni Bamber Mr John Chambers Dr Graham Crowder Mrs Valerie Hallows Professor Phillip John Mrs Kirsty Macgregor Ms Rachel MacSween Mrs Pat McLean Mrs Lynsey O’Brien Professor John Simmons Mrs Michele Stenhouse Mr Nick Thow 1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES The Chancellor welcomed those present to the fortieth annual meeting, particularly those attending for the first time. The Secretary of the University Mr P L Wilson intimated apologies for absence from 72 members. As in recent years, interested members of the University who were not members of the Convocation had been invited to attend the meeting as observers. 1 2. OBITUARIES The Chancellor referred with sadness to the deaths since the last meeting of a number of friends and servants of the University: Ian Hamilton Finlay The University had noted with sadness the death in March 2006 at the age of 80, of Ian Hamilton Finlay, the Scottish poet and artist and honorary graduate of the University (DLitt Art & Design 1993). Ian Hamilton Finlay’s most celebrated creation was and remained the garden which he created over many years at his Lanarkshire home, a unique assemblage of sculptures, structures and inscribed stones called Little Sparta, all embodying Finlay’s uncompromising hostility to war in all its forms, from Homer onwards. A severe sufferer from agoraphobia, Finlay was virtually confined to Little Sparta for more than 20 years and concentrated much of his creative energy on its garden. Muriel Spark The University had noted with sadness the death in April 2006, at the age of 88, of Muriel Spark, the poet essayist and acclaimed novelist who was an Honorary Graduate of the University (DUniv 1995). She wrote more than twenty novels although she was most widely known for ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ in 1961, her eighth novel, following three volumes of poetry and a decade of distinguished biographical and critical work about the Bronte family, Mary Shelley and John Masefield. Sir Ian Morrow The University had noted with sadness the death in April 2006 at the age of 93 of Sir Ian Morrow, an honorary graduate of the University (DLitt 1982). Sir Ian’s main reputation was as a company doctor who rescued industrial companies in severe trouble. He had a calm analytical mind which sought a constructive and feasible way forward, and deservedly gained a reputation for putting companies back on their feet. Duncan Cameron The University had noted with great sadness the death in May 2006 at the age of 78 of Duncan Cameron, Secretary of Heriot-Watt College and University for 25 years from 1965 to 1990. In 1966 the University entered a new era when it gained its Royal Charter and became the first of “a new breed of Technological University”. Duncan Cameron’s vision, excellent judgement and detailed knowledge made a powerful contribution to the development of the University. He played a key role in the University’s move from the city centre to its new Edinburgh Campus at Riccarton, and was involved in critical negotiations with the university grants committee to realise ambitious plans to develop world class teaching and research facilities. He also played a leading role in developing a strategy to transfer technology, techniques and ideas to industry. On his initiative in 1967 the University created one of the first chairs in accountancy and finance as the nucleus of an innovative scheme to provide professional training for graduate-entry accountants. His performance as secretary over 25 years was characterised by professional competence, excellent judgement and an acute memory, earning him the respect of all with whom he worked; a man of authority, he had an unusual ability to see solutions to problems. He was awarded an OBE in 1990, and in the following year Heriot-Watt conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of the University. Dr Marilyn Stone The University had been deeply saddened to learn of the death in service in December 2006 of Marilyn Stone, senior lecturer in Marketing in the Department of Business Organisation and latterly in the School of Management & Languages. Marilyn was 59 and had joined the University in 1980, serving on the Senate since 1986 and as a member of various committees and boards of the University, including the Discipline Committee and the Board of the Faculty of Economic and Social Studies 2 Professor Gareth Roberts The University had learned with great sadness of the death at the age of 66 of Professor Gareth Gwyn Roberts, President of Wolfson College Oxford, and an honorary graduate of the University (DSc November 2005). Sir Gareth’s distinguished academic career in the area of Applied Physics and Electronics was complemented by industrial and commercial experience. He served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield for ten years and as Chair of the UK-wide Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. He was recently the author of influential reports on the Research Assessment Exercise and on the Supply of Scientists and Engineers in the UK Professor Martin Kruskal The University had noted with sadness the death at the age of 81 years of Professor Martin Kruskal, one of the world’s pre-eminent applied mathematicians and mathematical physicists and an honorary graduate of the University (DSc 2000). In the 1950’s he made a number of seminal contributions which laid the theoretical foundations of controlled nuclear fusion and the then undeveloped field of plasma physics. In 1960 he developed a fundamental mechanism used in the theory of relativity to explain black holes. He was most famous for his role in starting the ‘soliton revolution’, considered one of the great mathematical advances of the latter half of the twentieth century. He and a colleague found non-linear waves which behave in many ways like fundamental particles. These waves they termed solitons, which were now known to be ubiquitous in nature, and whose properties made them useful for communications. Professor Kruskal and his colleagues also devised an ingenious method to solve the non-linear partial differential equations underlying solitons, hitherto believed to be essentially unsolvable. Roger Stewart The University had also been informed, since the circulation of the notice of the meeting, of the untimely death of Mr Roger Stewart, Director of Education for Fife, and ex officio member of the Convocation. 3. QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY AND NEW YEAR HONOURS The Chancellor referred with pleasure to the following honours conferred since the 39th annual meeting: Queen’s Birthday Honours 2006 The University had noted with pleasure the appointment of Professor Mary Bownes, the member of the General Convocation representing the University of Edinburgh, as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire New Year Honours 2007 The University had noted with pleasure the conferral of the undernoted Honours David E Murray - Knight Bachelor Honorary Graduate of the University (DUniv 1986) Evelyn Glennie - Dame of the Order of the British Empire Honorary Graduate of the University (DUniv 2002) 4. MINUTES The Minutes of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Convocation in March 2006 were circulated with the Agenda, and were approved by the meeting. 3 5. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COURT The Chancellor referred to the information set out in Agenda Paper A for the meeting, relating to additions to the membership of the Convocation and to the structure of the Court. 6. MEMBERSHIP OF CONVOCATION The Chancellor referred to the information set out in Agenda Paper B for the meeting, relating to changes in the membership of the Convocation other than by election or co-option. These changes were embodied in the list of members as at 1 February 2007 circulated with the agenda. 7. ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF CONVOCATION TO COURT The Chancellor referred to the information set out in Agenda Paper C for the meeting, regarding this category of membership of the Court. The Convocation noted that this category of membership of the Court was subject to the transitional arrangements whose aim was to reduce the total number of Court members to meet the provisions of the revised Statute XII. 8. CO-OPTION TO MEMBERSHIP OF CONVOCATION The Chancellor referred to the information set out in Agenda Paper D for the meeting, regarding the vacancies in this category of membership of the Convocation. Present members in this category were: Mrs E J M Broughton, co-opted for the period 31 July 2009 Mr D H Guest, co-opted for the period to 31 July 2009 The Rt Hon Lord Penrose, co-opted for the period to 31 July 2009 Professor E Brown, co-opted for the period to 31 July 2008 The Rt Hon Lord Johnston, co-opted for the period to 31 July 2008 Ms S Macpherson, co-opted for the period to 31 July 2008 Mr G Bissett, co-opted for the period to 31 July 2007 Dr J McClure, co-opted for the period to 31 July 2007.
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