Birthday Honours 2017
Serena Best (mrs. Jaunzens) CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Biomaterials 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
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Serena Michelle BEST (Mrs. Jaunzens)
Professor of Materials Science, University of Cambridge
For services to Biomaterials Engineering.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Hertfordshire
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“For services to Biomaterials Engineering.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804126. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 16 June 2017.
Location (Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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