New Year Honours 2016
Kathleen Tanner OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Biomedical Engineering”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2015
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:
Professor Kathleen Elizabeth TANNER
Professor of Biomedical Materials, University of Glasgow
For services to Biomedical Engineering
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 286 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 19% of the list.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454292. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (Glasgow) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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