New Year Honours 2020
Helen Mckay OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
lately Head
“For services to Forest Science and to Forestry.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Forest Science and to Forestry.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Helen McKAY
Head, Centre for Sustainable Forestry and Climate Change
For services to Forest Science and to Forestry.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Forest Science and to Forestry.”
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 262 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 19% of the list.
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54 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from City of Edinburgh.
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How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454979. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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