Honorary Graduates 1987

Dr Pehr Gyllenhammar - 1987
Dr Pehr Gyllenhammar joined Volvo in 1971 and has been Chairman since 1983. July 1987... read full details

Francis Bennett - 1987
Francis Bennett's claims to distinction are several: as diplomat, as industrialist, as politician and as lepidopterist. But his principal claim to an honourary degree of Brunel University rests upon his outstanding service to it. He served on Brunel Council from 1984 ... read full details

Lord Scarman - 1987
Lord Scarman was Lord of Appeal from 1977 to 1986. He was also the first Chairman of the Law Commission from 1965 to 1973. He served in the RAF during the Second World War. He chaired the 1969 tribunal on civil disturbance in Northern Ireland ... read full details

Sir Denys Henderson - 1987
Denys Henderson joined Imperial Chemical Industries in 1957 and was recently elected Chairman. July 1987... read full details

Sir Robert Haslam - 1987
Sir Robert Haslam was appointed Deputy Chairman and Chairman-Designate of the National Coal Board in November 1985, and became Chairman of British Coal (the trade name of the National Coal Board) when Sir Ian MacGregor's term of appointment expired in August 1986. ... read full details