New Year Honours 2018
Pratibha Laxman Gai, (Mrs. Gai-Boyes) DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Professor and Chair of Electron Microscopy
Recognised in the New Year Honours 2018 with the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2017
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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Pratibha Laxman GAI, (Mrs. Gai-Boyes)
Professor and Chair of Electron Microscopy, University of York
For services to Chemical Sciences and Technology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool. For services to Higher Education and Equality.”
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Lady Susan Ilene Rice
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“For services to Business, the Arts and charity in Scotland.”
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North Yorkshire
“Professor and Chair of Electron Microscopy, University of York. For services to Chemical Sciences and Technology.”
Rosemary Anne Squire
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“Co-founder, The Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd. For services to Theatre and to Philanthropy.”
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“Managing Partner, UK and Ireland, McKinsey and Company. For services to the Economy and to Women in Business.”