Awards

Royal Academy of Engineering

Awards were presented to the following graduates on December 8: Lesley Ashburner, University of Newcastle; Grant Biggam, Heriot-Watt University; Huw Evans, University of Northumbria at Newcastle; Jacqueline Grigg, University of Southampton; Natasha Hird, University of Bath; Gillian Kirby, University of Sheffield; Chris Manson-Whitton, University of Cambridge; Johanna Marples, University of Birmingham; Rachel Oates, University of Bristol; Peter Wrighton-Smith, University of Oxford.

University of Edinburgh & Royal Bank of Scotland Award

The 1997 Alumnus of the Year Award was presented to David Steel, life peer, president of Liberal International and former leader of the Liberal Party.

The Mitchell Prize

The prize for an outstanding contribution to the understanding of the history of art was presented in New York to Suzy Butler, senior lecturer in the department of art history and archaeology at the University of Manchester.

Royal Institute of British Architects & The Authors' Club

The Sir Banister Fletcher Award has been presented to David Watkin, University of Cambridge, for his book on Sir John Soane: Enlightenment, Thought and the Royal Academy Lectures.

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