Honorary Graduates 2011
Archie Panjabi - 2011
Emmy Award-winner Archie (Archana) Panjabi currently stars as Kalinda Sharma on CBS’ critically acclaimed hit drama, The Good Wife. Archie’s portrayal of the mysterious investigator captivated both viewers and critics alike, earning her the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress ... read full details
Camila Batmanghelidjh - 2011
Camila Batmanghelidjh is Founder and Executive Director of The Kids’ Company, a London-based organisation supporting 14,000 children a year with severe behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. The company, set up in 1996, delivers psychotherapy, counselling, education and arts services to its clients. ... read full details
David Croisdale-Appleby OBE - 2011
Professor David Croisdale-Appleby graduated from the University of Newcastle in 1967 with a BSc in Crystal Physics and Metallurgy. He worked for the Operational Research Executive for two years before coming to Brunel to take an MTech degree in Operational Research, ... read full details
Franco Nero - 2011
Franco Nero grew up in the provincial northern Italian town of San Lazzaro in the family of a police sergeant. He studied Economics and Trade at Milan University and during that time, he appeared in popular Italian photo-novels. This gave ... read full details
Jon Lee Anderson - 2011
Jon Lee Anderson is an author and journalist who began his career in the early 1980s, reporting on Central America’s civil wars. He was born in the USA but was brought up in Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Liberia, Colombia ... read full details
Kenneth Michael Wallace - 2011
Professor Ken Wallace graduated from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in 1967. He completed his University Apprenticeship in the Aero-Engine Division of Rolls-Royce and then worked in design-related departments until 1971. He has had links with Rolls-Royce ... read full details
Mark Gerrard White - 2011
Mark was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1960 and it is no understatement to say that he is truly passionate about the automotive industry.
After graduating from Coventry University with a degree in Automotive Design in 1983, Mark spent three years as ... read full details
Rowan Mary Hillson MBE - 2011
Born in 1951, Dr Rowan Hillson graduated from Birmingham Medical School in 1974. It was to prove the beginning of an exceptional career in health which has seen her practice in Birmingham, Liverpool and Oxford before joining Hillingdon Hospital in 1989. Remarkably, Dr ... read full details
Vanessa Redgrave - 2011
Vanessa Redgrave was born in Greenwich in 1937 and, as the daughter of actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, is part of a legendary theatrical family.
Redgrave made her professional debut in the play A Touch of the Sun (1957), in ... read full details
