Honorary Graduates 1967

Dr James Topping - 1967
Dr James Topping has been Vice-Chancellor of Brunel University since it received its charter in 1966. He became Head of Acton Technical College (later Brunel College) in 1955 and was a driving force behind the creation of the new University. Dr Topping ... read full details

Sir Eric Keightley Rideal - 1967
Sir Eric Rideal was Professor of Physical Chemistry at Kings College, London from 1950 to 1955. Before that he was Fullerian Professor and Director of the Day-Faraday Laboratory at the Royal Institution (1946-1949) and Professor of Colloidal Science at Cambridge (1932-1946). Sir ... read full details

Sir Frederick Charles Bawden - 1967
Sir Frederick Bawden has been Director of Rothamsted Experimental Station, the Hertfordshire agricultural research centre, since 1958. His research field is plant pathology and biochemical virology and he has published a book and various papers on plant diseases. Sir Frederick was ... read full details

Sir Walter Worboys - 1967
Sir Walter Worboys was Chairman of the first Academic Advisory Committee established in 1963 and the granting of the Brunel University Charter owed much to his patient chairmanship and skillful guidance. Sir Walter is currently Chairman of the Royal Society of ... read full details