New Year Honours 2009
Prof Richard Andrew WILLIAMS OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
engineer
Organisation: University of Leeds
“Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Leeds. For services to Science and to Engineering.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Leeds. For services to Science and to Engineering.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2009- Role at the time
- engineer
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- North Yorkshire
“Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Leeds. For services to Science and to Engineering.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Leeds. For services to Science and to Engineering.”
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“Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Leeds. For services to Science and to Engineering.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 232 times in the New Year Honours List 2009 — about 24% of the list.
In their area
139 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from North Yorkshire.
What organisation were they with?
engineer, University of Leeds.
How widely is this recognised?
1,920 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2009
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London
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Aileen Mcglynn
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Glasgow
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Alan Edward Deighton
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London
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Alexander Stephen
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Dundee
“Chief Executive, Dundee City Council. For services to Local Government.”
Andrew Charles Hutchinson
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Cambridgeshire
“Executive Principal, Parkside Federation, Cambridgeshire. For services to Education.”
Anis Rahman
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Middlesex
“For voluntary service to Bangladeshi People.”
Ann Irene Duddy
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Londonderry
“Director of Nursing, Altnagelvin Hospital Trust. For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland and Overseas.”
Arnold Roy Vandermeer
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Hertfordshire
“For voluntary service to the community in Hertfordshire.”
Asha Khemka
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Staffordshire
“Principal and Chief Executive, West Nottinghamshire College. For services to Further Education.”
Ben Jeffrey Peter Summerskill
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London
“For services to Equality and Diversity.”
Bernard Lewis
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Buckinghamshire
“For charitable services.”
Boni Patricia Sones
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Broadcasting and to the Public Relations Industry.”
Brian Mccargo
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Belfast
“For services to Sport and to the Special Olympics in Northern Ireland.”
Brian Richard Calvert Kemp
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Gloucestershire
“For services to International Trade in the South West.”
Brian Wentworth Sinnamon
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Antrim
“Business Manager, Judicial Services Group, Northern Ireland Court Service, Ministry of Justice. For public and voluntary service.”
Brig Peter Neil Ralli Stewart-Richardson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Norfolk
“For services to Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan and to the Army Benevolent Fund in Norfolk.”
Brigadier John Hemsley
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Somerset
“For voluntary service to the St John Ambulance Brigade and to the community in Somerset.”
Captain Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox
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West Sussex
“Chairman, St Dunstan''s. For voluntary service to Visually Impaired Ex-Servicemen and Women.”
Carl Henry Lis
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Lancashire
“For services to the community in the Yorkshire Dales.”
Carole Eniffer
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London
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Carole Snee
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Caroline Elizabeth Breakey
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Armagh
“For services to Rural and Community Development in Northern Ireland.”
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Robertsbridge, East Sussex
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“Life Member and lately Chair of World Pheasant Association. For services to Wild Bird Research and Conservation”
Claire Vincent
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Bangor, County Down
“Deputy Director Marine and Fisheries Division, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. For services to Marine Science and to Women in Science”
Ann Watson
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Stephen Michael Smith
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Martin John Rolles
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Clinical Oncologist, Swansea Bay University Health Board. For services to Healthcare Science and Cancer”
Peter Robertson
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Belfast, County Borough of Belfast
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Professor Mykaell Riley
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London, Greater London
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Beena Puri
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
“Digital Equity Senior Principal, Greater Manchester Combined Authority. For services to Digital Inclusion”
Ghulam Andre Ng
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“Head of Department, Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and President, British Cardiovascular Society. For services to Medical Research and Healthcare”
Ian Marson
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London, Greater London
“Lately Digital Product Manager, Home Office. For services to Migration and Borders Technology”
James Markey
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Guildford, Surrey
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Carolyn Heitmeyer
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London, Greater London
“Head of Social Sciences, Government Office for Science. For services to Social Science”
Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
“Executive Director, The Association of Innovation, Research and Technology Organisations. For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Avondale Foods Ltd and ENE Ltd. For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland”
Jenny Barbara Ellis
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Founder, NextJenSecurity. For services to Cyber Policy”
Mark Edward Antony Downs
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Deal, Kent
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Nicola Collett
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire
“Lately Partnership Development Manager, Leicester City School Sport Partnership. For services to School Sport and Physical Education and to the communities in Leicester City and Leicestershire”
Thomas Malcolm Calvert
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Belfast, County Down
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2008.
Location (North Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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