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Margaret Houston : Home Ground, Aye Write, and more… Margaret Houston started with a flourish as our first speaker under Alistair’s presidency.  She is Principal Librarian (Reader Development and Literacy) with Glasgow Libraries responsible for organising a year round programme

Bob Wilson recently retired as Director of Estates from the University of Warwick after twelve years in that role.  Bob is a Chartered Architect by profession and has been involved with the design of Higher Education buildings for around thirty

David Smith was born and brought up on the south side of Glasgow.  He trained in Medicine at Glasgow University, then held various training posts before becoming a Consultant Surgeon at the Victoria Infirmary.  He retired from the Victoria in

 Dr Steve Ohlsen: Moving from treatment to prevention Dr Steve Ohlsen, a Yorkshireman, started on a humorous note.  ‘What’s a Yorkshireman? A Scot stripped of his generosity!” A joke one suspects is reversed in other company but raising a smile

Martin Hendry  Martin Hendry is Professor of Gravitational Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Glasgow, where he is currently head of the School of Physics and Astronomy.  He is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration – an international

Deedee Cuddihy is a journalist who was born and brought up in New York but has lived in Glasgow since the “Big Storm” of 1967 (which she slept through). Or was it 1968? After finishing art school in Glasgow, she

Colin Mair is chief executive of the Improvement Service, a COSLA/SOLACE partnership set up to support local government improvement across Scotland. The IS’ aim is to help councils and their partners improve the health, quality of life and opportunities of

Derek Casey was born and educated in Glasgow (including Glasgow University), Derek Casey became Chief Executive of the Sports Council in London in the early 90s. He was instrumental in establishing the Sports Lottery Fund in 1993, the current network