As part of continuing celebrations to mark its eleventh jubilee, the University of Glasgow is awarding honorary degrees on Tuesday 16 October to twenty six people of national and international significance. The ceremony will continue a University tradition of awarding honorary degrees to a larger number of people during jubilee years.

The University marks its links with Glasgow with honours for office bearers in the institutions of the city as well as those who have contributed to contemporary life in the arts, education, business, science and culture.

The full list of honorary graduands follows:

Professor Elizabeth Moignard, Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology, will present the following persons for the Honorary Degrees shown:

RICHARD ARMSTRONG, Music Director, Scottish Opera, for the Degree of Doctor of Music

ELIZABETH VIOLET BLACKADDER, Her Majesty's Painter and Limner, for the Degree of Doctor of Letters

JOHN BYRNE, Dramatist, for the Degree of Doctor of Letters

MAGNUS DUNCAN LINKLATER, Journalist, for the Degree of Doctor of Letters

JAMES LOY MACMILLAN, Composer, for the Degree of Doctor of Music

OSMO VￄNSKￄ, Chief Conductor, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, for the Degree of Doctor of Music

Professor Malcolm McLeod, Vice-Principal and Professor of African Studies will present the following persons for the Honorary Degrees shown:

The Lord Dean of Guild, The Merchants' House of Glasgow, ALASTAIR KENNEDY DENHOLM, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

The Deacon Convener of the Trades of Glasgow, GEORGE BORLAND HORSPOOL, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

The President of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, ROSS LORIMER, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

The former Dean of The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, WALTER GEORGE SEMPLE, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

The President of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, EDWARD J FRIEL, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

Professor Sir Graeme Davies, Principal of the University, will present the following persons for the Honorary Degrees shown:

Because of Parliamentary commitments Mr Campbell and Mr Kennedy have indicated that they are unable to attend on this occasion

THE RT. HON. MENZIES CAMPBELL, Politician, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

SAMUEL LAIRD GALBRAITH, Politician, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

THE RT. HON. CHARLES PETER KENNEDY, Politician, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

Professor Sir Graeme Davies, Principal of the University, will present the following persons for the Honorary Degrees shown:

COLIN RENSHAW LUCAS, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, for the Degree of Doctor of Laws

SIR ALAN LANGLANDS, Principal of the University of Dundee, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

RICHARD WRIGHT SHAW, formerly Principal of the University of Paisley, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

Professor Anton Muscatelli, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Daniel Jack Professor of Economics, will present the following persons for the Honorary Degrees shown:

JOHN BOSCAWEN BURLAND, Professor of Soil Mechanics, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, for the Degree of Doctor of Engineering

FRANK RIDDELL FRAME, formerly Deputy Chairman, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

CHARLES RUSSELL SANDERSON, THE RT. HON. LORD SANDERSON OF BOWDEN, Chairman, Clydesdale Bank plc, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

SIR NEVILLE SIMMS, Chairman, Carillion plc, for the Degree of Doctor of Engineering

JAMES WILLIAM (JIM) TELFER, Director of Rugby, Scottish Rugby Union plc, for the Degree of Doctor of the University

Professor David Green, Professor of Structural Engineering, will present the following persons for the degree of Doctor of the University:

SIR JAMES ARMOUR, formerly Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Vice-Principal of the University

SIR MICHAEL RICHARD BOND, Emeritus Professor of Psychological Medicine and a former Vice-Principal

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER MCBETH DUNCAN, Emeritus Professor of Scottish History and Literature and former Clerk of Senate

ROBERT BARR JACK, Emeritus Professor of Mercantile Law

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The Graduation ceremony will take place from 11am to 12.30pm in the Bute Hall, Main Building

Those wishing to attend the ceremony can gain media access through Turret G

After the ceremony, graduates and academics will process around the East Quadrangle

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First published: 14 October 2001