Alumnus of the year

Introduction

The award is made to a former student for services to the community, achievements in arts or sciences, in business, public or academic life.

BSc 1999 Olympic track cycling medallist.

PhD 1985 Best- selling novelist and founder of charity, Gardens for Gambia.

LLB 1999 Lawyer, Director of the Innocence Project New Orleans.

LLB 1971 Best-selling author and Emeritus Professor

BSc 1964, PhD 1966, DSc 1980 Director of the California Nano Systems Institute; Fred Kavli Chair of NanoSystems Sciences.

BSc 1968, MB ChB 1971, MD 1982 Vice Chair, Charles River Laboratories.

MA MTh OPL Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis, probably the largest international aid and development agency in the world.

BSc Hons Physics 1963 Professor of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology; President of the American Astronomical Society.

LLB 1997 Olympic rowing medallist.

BD 1974 Director, Restoration Ministries, Belfast, and the first woman to be ordained a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland.

Our Alumni of the year in years 1990 to 1999.

This article was published on Nov 26, 2012