Honorary Fellows - 2006
Dr Anthony Barrett
Tony Barrett started his career as a professional musician who made recordings for the BBC and worked with several of the UK's leading Jazz musicians.
In 1961 Tony enrolled at Kings College London to study a BSc in Mathematics. He proved to show a keen interest in the subject and after successfully completing his degree in 1964 he undertook a PhD in Mathematical Crystallography at Birkbeck College, London.
From 1967 Dr Barrett held research fellowships at MIT Boston and Max Planck Institute in Germany before taking the post of Senior Lecturer and Head of Methods and Computing at the Experimental Cartography Unit at the Royal College of Art in 1971.
In 1986, following a Senior Research Appointment at the National Institute of Medical Research, Tony joined the team at Brunel University as a Lecturer in Computer Science and Research Fellow in the Department of Mathematics.
Tony has written numerous publications including joint works with Sir Aaron Klug, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1982.
Despite officially retiring several years ago Tony has continued to be involved in the activities of the School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics at Brunel University, supporting final-year project and IT students. He is also working on a musical composition in Latin American and Modern Blues.
Trevor Bottomley
Trevor Bottomley was Brunel University Ombudsman from 1995 until 2004 when his term of office as Member of Council ended.
The role of University Ombudsman - an independent person who would hear and adjudicate upon disputes between students and the Student's Union - was created by the Education Act 1994.
He spent many hours getting to understand university procedures and students' mitigating circumstances and sense of injustice with a view to ensuring the University had carried out its responsibilities correctly. Occasionally his fair and impartial responses dissuaded a student from taking matters further; occasionally he rapped the University over the knuckles!
These days Trevor is still involved in Higher Education as a member of the Governing Board for Education in the Commonwealth and Secretary of the United Kingdom Branch of l'Association des Membres de l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques. He is also Company Secretary of Inclusive Environments, a charitable company concerned with accessibility for all - including people with disabilities, sensory impairment and learning difficulties.
Peter Caton
After graduating from Cambridge University, Peter's professional career started at the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association. He specialised in process metallurgy and alloy development. During this time he devised groundbreaking techniques for atomising and spray quenching for production of intermetallic particle dispersion strengthened lead alloys.
Peter's involvement with Brunel University was initiated five years ago, when he became a technology consultant for the Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST). Since then he has been actively involved in the technological developments, particularly with our magnesium processing techniques. To place Brunel University in a leading position for magnesium development, he endeavoured to introduce BCAST to both the academic and industrial European Magneisum community.
His continual promotion of Brunel University's work to the international stage led to BCAST hosting the UK Magnesium Technology Workshop here at Brunel last year, with Peter significantly contributing to the successful organisation of the event.
Sgt Ruth Colquhoun
Ruth joined Kent Police in 1991 and is currently a trainer of newly promoted sergeants. Before her current position she was an emergency response officer, a custody sergeant, worked in CID, and was head of a roads policing unit.
It is her role as a Custody Sergeant that links her to Brunel University. She is currently working with the Business School and the School of Arts on innovative methods to upgrade the skills of Custody Sergeants. Her aim is to ensure that justice and duty of care towards detained persons is upheld and to ensure the best use of police resources under what are, inevitably, very demanding and challenging conditions. Practice takes place using actors, from the University's School of Arts, in the role of detained persons, which provides a safe learning laboratory for officers new to the role.
The project has generated some very interesting data and is advancing our understanding of the emotional labour involved in 'front line' work.
Linda Haye
Linda Haye has had a long and established record of achievement in establishing and leading Public and Voluntary Sector organisations in the UK.
Starting her career as a Youth Officer for the London Borough of Brent, Linda soon moved into the Higher Education Sector and held a variety of appointments with the Hertfordshire County Council Education Authority, West Herts College of Further and Higher Educations as a corporate governor, and as a Tutor and fieldwork supervisor for Brunel University on the Postgraduate Youth and Community Diploma Course. In 1993 she took up a Home Office appointment and became the first black woman to be appointed full-time to the Police Complaints Authority and made a considerable contribution.
Since her retirement from full-time employment Linda has continued to serve the public in a variety of capacities and is currently the Deputy Lieutenant of the County. Her outstanding commitment to her community was recognised when she was awarded the Lord Pitt Life Achievement Award and in 1993 she was commended by the MOD Military Police and Complaints and Discipline Department for her work with the Force.
Carole Loveitt
Carole has worked within the University for 24 years, starting in Registry and then moving to Administrative Computing, where she worked for 20 years prior to retirement.
For most of the time in Admin Computing, Carole was Oracle Database Administrator providing technical integration support for all administrative software applications. In this highly technical role she continually reskilled herself, ensuring that the University could maintain currency of software and applications. The job involved working late hours and weekends, these being the only suitable times to apply software upgrades.
Throughout her working life Carole showed an outstanding commitment to her 'customers', having that rare quality of being highly technical but able to communicate in an understanding way. Brunel has benefited over the years from Carole's ability, dedication and enthusiasm for her work, in addition her warm, fun personality ensured she was a friend to all who knew her.
David Payne
David Payne has been a councillor for the London Borough of Hillingdon since 1978 and has served on numerous committees, holding positions such as Chairman of Education, Vice Chairman Social Services and Chairman for the Adult and Youth Club Sub Committee.
In 2004/5 David was Mayor for Hillingdon and during his term ran two charities, one to provide the Neo-natal ward at Hillingdon Hospital with a travel incubator and the second to provide a special music system for physically handicapped children in the Borough's six special schools. His efforts raised over £42,000.
David is presently a member of the Standards committee, School Organisation Committee, Hillingdon local strategic partnership and the Environmental Improvements Panel.
David holds a BSc in Zoology, Botany and ancillary Chemistry and a PhD in Nutritional Studies. He was also a lecturer at the University of London, King's College and although semi-retired, he continues to lecture, part-time in genetics and histology at Guy's King's Thomas's School of Medicine.
He is a member of the Institute of Biology, a Governor of Moorfields Eye Hospital and has been on the Council of Brunel University for a number of years representing the Borough.
Patricia Anne Payne
Patricia Anne Payne was Mayoress for Hillingdon in 2004/5 and it was in this role that she became a friend of Brunel University.
After semi-retiring from a career in teaching primary and middle school children in the Boroughs of Ealing and Harrow, Patricia Anne embarked on a new career in the area of Special Needs. She undertook a year's course to gain a certificate in Specific Learning Difficulties and worked with children who had learning difficulties recognised by a statement of education needs in three different schools in the local area.
Patricia Anne has an admirable passion to help the members of her community and is involved in various charitable organisations. For over ten years she has been a Bereavement Visitor for Harrow Bereavement Care and has recently joined a team of volunteers at Michael Sobell House in Northwood.
Patricia Anne is a long term member of Hillingdon Choral Society and has toured with them in France and Austria. She is also a campanologist at St John's Church in Pinner and is currently Honorary Tower Secretary.
Julia Scott
Julia is chief executive of the College of Occupational Therapists and has been associated with Brunel University for a number of years.
Having graduated twice from Brunel, firstly in 1982 and again in 1996, Julia has maintained a close working relationship with the University and has made a significant contribution to its development through her support of occupational therapy students and staff in the School of Health Sciences and Social Care. Every year we are required to find over 600 practice placements for our occupational therapy students and Julia has consistently provided many places enabling students to carry out the practical aspects of their degree.
As a Chief Executive of the College of Occupational Therapists she champions the development of undergraduate occupational therapy programmes nationally and through her contribution to the NHS Workforce Development Confederations she has supported the development of the Bsc (Hons) Occupational Therapy programme at Brunel.
Edwin Underhill
Edwin Underhill retired from Brunel University in 1997 after 30 years of service. Having started his career at the University as an Industrial Training Officer he went on to establish the University's Careers Service, which he ran as Head of Service from 1969 until he retired.
During that period student employment ran at a very high rate and Edwin spent much time and effort with each student that walked through the door of the Careers Service. Under his leadership, employers became aware of the strong links that Brunel shares with industry and the quality of our students and graduates. This is a reputation that the University still enjoys.
Edwin was a very popular figure on the social scene at Brunel University and was a founder member of the Oenophilia Society (Love of Wine) and ran Hatha Yoga classes at Brunel from 1976 - 1990, both hobbies which have kept him in outstanding health.
He is married to Margaret, has two daughters, one granddaughter and is expecting a grandson in the near future. Edwin and Margaret spend a lot of time in France, where they have a house and Edwin can enjoy his other passion for all things French.
