New Year Honours List 2008 awardees in Durham
17 recipients from Durham recognised in the New Year Honours List 2008.
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Member (MBE)
John Isgoed Williams
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Leader, Darlington Borough Council. For services to Local Government.”
Paul Anthony Bielby
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Founder, Master Skills Football Academy, Darlington. For services to Young People and Children in County Durham.”
Norman Stansfield Cornish
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“For services to Art in the North East.”
Robert Geoffrey Ford
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Chair, Ford Component Manufacturing Ltd and Chair, South Tyneside Enterprise Partnership. For services to Business in the North East.”
Thomas Joseph Keogan
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Consultant for Deaf Services, Darlington Borough Council. For services to Deaf People.”
Gary Lumby
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Head of Retail and Small Business Banking, Yorkshire Bank. For services to the Finance Industry.”
Carole Joan Pollard
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Senior Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions.”
Sandra Ann Reynolds
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Senior Executive Officer, The Pension Service, Department for Work and Pensions.”
Beryl Splevins
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Lately Education Manager, HM Prison Frankland, Durham. For services to Education”
Norma Town
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“For services to the community in Darlington, County Durham.”
Christine Wilson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Lately Head of Courts Administration Durham, HM Courts Service.”
Officer (OBE)
Paul Bleasdale
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Head, Pensions and Medical Fitness Unit, School Resources Group, Department for Children, Schools and Families.”
David Bowles
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Chair, Northern Defence Industries. For services to the Defence Industry.”
Robert Coxon
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Chair, Centre for Process Innovation. For services to the Chemicals Industry in the North East.”
Dr Michael Grainger
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Lately Headteacher, Barnard Castle Church of England Primary School, Durham. For services to Education.”
Jean Orridge
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Headteacher, High Clarence Primary School, Stockton-on-Tees. For services to Education.”
Katherine Margaret Welch
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Durham
“Chief Executive, Acumen Community Enterprise Development Trust. For services to Social Enterprise in the North East.”
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