Birthday Honours 2024
Michael Whittingham
Knight Bachelor
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 2024 with the Knight Bachelor.
London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Overseas and International List
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
15 June 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Dr. Michael Stanley WHITTINGHAM
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Binghampton, New York, United States of America
For services to Chemistry.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64423 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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