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Annual Report of the General Board on the establishment of personal Professorships and Readerships

The General Board beg leave to report to the University as follows:

1. In accordance with the General Board's Report on the procedure for the consideration of applications for the establishment of personal Professorships and Readerships of 21 October 1998 (Reporter, 1998-99, p. 106), which was approved by Graces 7 and 8 of 9 December 1998, the Secretary General sent to the Chairmen and Secretaries of Faculty Boards multiple copies of the procedure document (the purple booklet) which set out the procedure for the consideration of personal Professorships and Readerships, with effect from 1 October 1999, for distribution to the eligible officers in their Faculty.

2. The Board have received an extensive report, the Minutes of meetings, and the recommendations for promotion from their Committee on personal Professorships and Readerships. That report and the Minutes provided the Board with an account of the procedure followed by the Committee for the orderly evaluation and comparison of commentaries on the candidates, so as to give the Board the means to exercise surveillance of this delegated process. The Board were able to see how the Committee had arrived at their recommendations so that, without repeating the entire onerous exercise undertaken by the Committee, the Board were able either to approve the recommendations or, if they wished, to consider the basis on which any of the recommendations had been made.

3. The contents of the Committee's report and Minutes were as follows:

The ordered list of applicants reported the detailed evaluation of the criteria for each applicant made by the relevant Faculty Promotions Committee and, in the same detail, that made by the Board's Committee. The ordering of the list correlated with the latter evaluations and with the Committee's recommendations. The same information was also presented with the applicants ordered alphabetically by Faculty. There were separate lists for applicants for Professorships and Readerships. The Board also received either the Minutes of the meetings of the Faculty Promotions Committees or reports from those Committees.

4. The Board now recommend the establishment, from 1 October 1999, of twenty-eight Professorships, as set out in Recommendation I. The establishment of these Professorships, with the exception of that intended for Dr C. R. Lowe, is proposed on condition that in each case where the person to be appointed currently holds a Readership, the office which has been held in abeyance during his or her tenure of the Readership should continue to be held in abeyance during his or her tenure of the Professorship. In proposing the establishment of a Professorship for Dr Lowe, the Board have agreed that it should be tenable only for so long as he continues to hold the office of Director of Biotechnology; they accordingly recommend, in accordance with Statute D, II, 11(a), that Dr Lowe should hold both the Directorship of Biotechnology and the proposed Professorship.

5. The Board propose the establishment, from 1 October 1999, of fifty-two Readerships, as set out in Recommendation II. The establishment of these Readerships is proposed on condition that in each case where the person to be appointed currently holds a University Lectureship or an Assistant Directorship of Research or other office, that office should be held in abeyance during his or her tenure of the Readership.

6. The General Board have ascertained that each of the persons concerned is willing to accept the Professorship or Readership proposed.

7. In order to avoid delay in publishing the Report the General Board has put forward the proposed Professorships and Readerships before their titles have been agreed. The Board will accordingly seek authorization to announce these titles at a later date.

8. If the proposals contained in this Report are approved, and if the Professorships and Readerships are held on the condition stated in the Board's proposals, the estimated cost chargeable on funds available for general purposes will be about £627,000 in a full year.

9. The General Board recommend:

I. That, with effect from 1 October 1999, Professorships be established for named persons for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, and assigned to the Faculty or Department or other institution named in each case, as follows:

School of Arts and Humanities

One in the Faculty of Classics for Dr P.A. CARTLEDGE, of Clare College.

One in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese for Dr M.C. MCKENDRICK, of Girton College.

One in the Faculty of Philosophy for Dr B.J. HEAL, of St John's College.

School of the Biological Sciences

One in the Department of Anatomy for Dr J. HERBERT, of Gonville and Caius College.

One in the Department of Biochemistry for Dr D.J. ELLAR, of Gonville and Caius College.

One in the Department of Biochemistry for Dr P.F. LEADLAY, of Clare College.

One in the Department of Experimental Psychology for Dr A. DICKINSON, of Hughes Hall.

One in the Department of Pharmacology for Dr M.J. WARING, of Jesus College.

One in the Department of Plant Sciences for Dr C.A. GILLIGAN, of King's College.

One in the Department of Zoology for Dr C.P. ELLINGTON, of Downing College.

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

One in the Department of Biological Anthropology for Dr C.G.N. MASCIE-TAYLOR, of Churchill College.

One in the Faculty of History for Dr D.A. BRADING, of Clare Hall.

One in the Faculty of Law for Dr M.A. CLARKE, of St John's College.

School of the Physical Sciences

One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr A. ISERLES, of King's College.

One in the Institute of Astronomy for Dr J.E. PRINGLE, of Emmanuel College.

One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr R.M. LAMBERT, of King's College.

One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr J. STAUNTON, of St John's College.

One in the Department of Earth Sciences for Dr H. ELDERFIELD, of St Catharine's College.

One in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy for Dr H.K.D.H. BHADESHIA, of Darwin College.

One in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy for Dr T.W. CLYNE, of Downing College.

School of Technology

One in the Department of Chemical Engineering for Dr L.F. GLADDEN, of Trinity College.

One in the Department of Chemical Engineering for Dr A.N. HAYHURST, of Queens' College.

One in the Department of Chemical Engineering for Dr M.R. MACKLEY, of Robinson College.

One in the Computer Laboratory for Dr K.I.B.S. SPARCK JONES, of Darwin College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr P. MIGLIORATO, of Trinity College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr M.E. WELLAND, of St John's College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr J. WOODHOUSE, of Clare College.

Institute of Biotechnology

One in the Institute of Biotechnology for Dr C.R. LOWE, of Trinity College.

II. That, with effect from 1 October 1999, Readerships be established as follows, and that the General Board be authorized to appoint to each Readership the person for whom its establishment is proposed:

School of Arts and Humanities

One in the Faculty of Classics for Dr W.M. BEARD, of Newnham College.

One in the Faculty of Divinity for Dr J.J. LIPNER, of Clare Hall.

One in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic for Dr A.P.M. ORCHARD, of Emmanuel College.

One in the Department of French for Dr P.J. FORD, of Clare College.

One in the Department of French for Dr S. HUOT, of Pembroke College.

One in the Department of Linguistics for Dr S. HAWKINS, of Clare Hall.

One in the Department of Slavonic Studies for Dr S.C. FRANKLIN, of Clare College.

One in the Faculty of Music for Dr R.G. HOLLOWAY, of Gonville and Caius College.

One in the Faculty of Oriental Studies for Dr G.A. KHAN, of Wolfson College.

One in the Faculty of Oriental Studies for Dr D.H. WHITTAKER, of Clare Hall.

School of the Biological Sciences

One in the Department of Anatomy for Dr S.J. BRAY, of Downing College.

One in the Department of Anatomy for Dr C.E. HOLT, of Gonville and Caius College.

One in the Department of Biochemistry for Dr E.D. LAUE, of St John's College.

One in the Department of Pathology for Dr N.A. AFFARA, of Hughes Hall.

One in the Department of Medicine for Dr J.E. COMPSTON.

One in the Department of Community Medicine for Dr D.F. EASTON, of Trinity Hall.

One in the Department of Surgery for Dr T.A. CARPENTER, of Trinity College.

One in the Department of Psychiatry for Dr S. BARON-COHEN, of Trinity College.

One in the Department of Psychiatry for Dr B.J. SAHAKIAN, of Clare Hall.

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

One in the Faculty of Economics and Politics for Dr S.C. OGILVIE, of Trinity College.

One in the Faculty of Economics and Politics for Dr P.B. SEABRIGHT, of Churchill College.

One in the Department of Applied Economics for Dr S.F. WILKINSON, of Girton College.

One in the Faculty of History for Dr V.A.C. GATRELL, of Gonville and Caius College.

One in the Faculty of History of Mr R.C. TREBILCOCK, of Pembroke College.

One in the Faculty of History for Dr B.C. WOOD, of Girton College.

One in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science for Dr J.A. SECORD, of Churchill College.

One in the Faculty of Law for Mr R.G. FENTIMAN, of Queens' College.

One in the Faculty of Law for Dr M.H. KRAMER, of Churchill College.

One in the Institute of Criminology for Dr P.-O.H. WIKSTROM, of Girton College.

One in the Department of Social and Political Sciences for Dr D.F. HAY, of Sidney Sussex College.

One in the Department of Social and Political Sciences for Dr A.D. LEHMANN, of Wolfson College.

School of the Physical Sciences

One in the Institute of Astronomy for Dr P.P. EGGLETON, of Corpus Christi College.

One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr C. ABELL, of Christ's College.

One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr R.L. JONES, of Queens' College.

One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr W. JONES, of Sidney Sussex College.

One in the Department of Earth Sciences for Dr M.T. DOVE, of Trinity College.

One in the Department of Geography for Dr W.M. ADAMS, of Downing College.

One in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy for Dr M.G. BLAMIRE, of Hughes Hall.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr D.J.C. MACKAY, of Darwin College.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr R.J. NEEDS, of Robinson College.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr D.A. RITCHIE, of Robinson College.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr B.D. SIMONS, of St John's College.

One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr P.H. HAYNES, of Queens' College.

One in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics for Dr J.R. NORRIS, of Churchill College.

One in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics for Dr J. SAXL, of Gonville and Caius College.

School of Technology

One in the Computer Laboratory for Dr J.M. BACON, of Jesus College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr C.J. BURGOYNE, of Emmanuel College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr P.A. DAVIDSON, of Churchill College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr J. ROBERTSON, of Churchill College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr P.C. WOODLAND, of Peterhouse.

Institute of Biotechnology

One in the Institute of Biotechnology for Dr E.A.H. HALL, of Queens' College.

Centre of International Studies

One in the Centre of International Studies for Dr P.A. TOWLE, of Queens' College.

III. That, if Recommendation I is approved, Dr Lowe be permitted to hold his Professorship concurrently with the Directorship of Biotechnology.

IV. That, if Recommendations I and II are approved, the General Board be authorized to announce the titles of each Professorship and Readership in due course.

17 November 1999

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