Honorary Graduates 2005

Ann Wild - 2005
Ann Wild, who captained the British team in the Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000 Paralympics, is a Brunel Occupational Therapy graduate who now works for the Tower Hamlets Primary Trust. She began playing wheelchair basketball at the age of 10 and, by the ... read full details

Dame Mary Richardson - 2005
Citation Chancellor, July 2nd seems such a long time ago but there may be some people in this congregation today who attended the Live8 concert in Hyde Park. All of us will have been caught up in the ground swell ... read full details

Dame Stephanie Shirley - 2005
Citation Pro-Chancellor Imagine the scene. The credits roll, the music fades and the camera zooms in from a long shot of a busy railway station in Germany to focus on the face of a five year old girl as she ... read full details

Karan Faridoon Bilimoria - 2005
Citation Pro-Chancellor, Karan Bilimoria, the founder and Chief Executive of Cobra Beer and its related companies, is not only a foremost business leader, but also a living business legend. The recent law graduate with a debt of £20,000 who spots the ... read full details

Mr Derek Paul Dickenson - 2005
Citation Chancellor Paul Dickenson throws things. In particular he throws this thing, a sixteen-pound ball at the end of a four-foot wire. For non-sporting people in the congregation, it's called a hammer and if any of you are tempted to ... read full details

Mr Walter Greaves - 2005
Walter Greaves has a long association with Brunel. having served not only as Chair of Council (1999-2004) but also as Chair of the Enterprise Initiative and the Employers Advisory Board. He has also represented the University and the sector on ... read full details

Rev Selwyn Hughes - 2005
In recognition of his contribution to Christian education, London School of Theology has awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Divinity to Selwyn Hughes. Perhaps best known for founding the organisation Crusade for World Revival (CWR) based at Waverly Abbey ... read full details

Sir Alan Sugar - 2005
Citation Chancellor. We all think we know Alan Sugar. He's the one who says 'you're fired' a lot on television. He's already the most talked about entrepreneur in Britain and is well on his way to becoming ... read full details

Sir Cyril Taylor - 2005
Citation Chancellor, the poet W. B. Yeats once likened education not to the filling of an empty vessel, but to “the lighting of a fire." Cyril Taylor has given tangible shape and meaning to Yeats' resonant image. Many have ... read full details