Struther Arnott
Struther Arnott FIBiol FRSC | |
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| Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews | |
| In office 1986–1999 | |
| Chancellor | Sir Kenneth Dover |
| Preceded by | John Steven Watson |
| Succeeded by | Brian Lang |
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| Born | 25 September 1934 Molecular Biology Cancer |
| Institutions | University of St Andrews King's College London Purdue University University of Oxford |
Struther Arnott
Education and career
Struther Arnott was born in Larkhall, Lanarkshire, and educated at the Hamilton Academy (1945–52) where in 1952 he received the academy's gold medal for general scholarship and silver medal in chemistry and in mathematics, and from which school he won 5th place overall and 1st science place in the University of Glasgow Open Bursary Competition, 1952.[6]
Following graduation (
Molecular Biology at Purdue University, Indiana
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At Purdue he served as head (chairman) of the Department of Biological Sciences, vice-president for Research and Graduate School. He returned to the United Kingdom to serve as principal and vice-chancellor at St Andrews from 1986 until his retirement in December 1999.[citation needed
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Awards and honours
He held visiting fellowships at the
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1985,[8] and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1988, and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996. He was a member of the Advisory Council of the Campaign for Science and Engineering.[9]
References
- ^ "Ex-St Andrews University principal dies at home – Education". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ St Andrews University portrait Archived 9 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Portrait
- PMID 16678428.
- ^ "Growing universities: How bad is big? ", Public Money & Management, Volume 12, Issue 3 July 1992, pages 53 – 59
- ^ The CRUK Biomolecular Structure Group – biography, Struther Arnott Archived 10 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 October 2010
- ^ "Professor Struther Arnott". .ic.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- S2CID 61794891.
- ^ "Advisory Council of the Campaign for Science and Engineering". Retrieved 11 February 2011.
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