Alumni

1960-1962 HONOURS POL. ECON GRADUATES 

Peter Ratzer, who graduated in Hons. Pol. Econ. with Politics in 1961, is organising a reunion of Honours Pol. Econ. graduates from the three years 1960-62.

This reunion has been postponed until 2021. If you would like indicate interest to Peter please get in touch via ratzerp@nwthree.demon.co.uk or contact the Development and Alumni Office at alumni@glasgow.ac.uk. 

ALPHA 1962 MBChB REUNION 

Richard Naftalin is planning a 1962 MBChB reunion in Glasgow on 17th and 18th September 2020. Plans would be to stay at the Glasgow Hilton Hotel or the Hilton Grosvenor Terrace. The proposal is to meet for dinner on Thursday 17th and have a day's excursion on Friday 18th, perhaps to Dunoon. The dinner would be held in the University.  Please note that due to COVID-19 this is now cancelled but may be rescheduled next year.

Please contact 2012gureunion@gmail.com for further information.

1972 MODERN LANGUAGES REUNION

Did you graduate in Modern Languages (including Modern Languages and any other subject) in 1972?

We would like to arrange a Reunion, probably in November 2020. Please contact Kenny Gibson, Frank McAvoy and Margaret McLay on modlangs72@gmail.com for more information.

1972 ALPHA CLUB REUNION

1973 DENTISTRY REUNION

Are you interested in attending a reunion of our class? Please contact David McCall at davidmccall620@btinternet.com to record your interest.

1980 BSC HONS BIOCHEMISTRY & ANIMAL NUTRITION

The  reunion for the Class of 1980 BSc Biochemistry & Animal Nutrition, scheduled for 6^th June 2020, to mark the 40th anniversary since graduating has been postponed due to COVID-19. It is hoped that it will be possible to hold the reunion in Glasgow, later in 2020 or in 2021.

Please make contact if you were a member of this class by emailing Gillian Borthwick: gillian.borthwick@ncl.ac.uk (Gillian Bowes)

If you are in contact with any other members of the year, please pass on this information. Thank you.

1981 MBChB REUNION

Dr Helen Mactier (Galloway) is coordinating with others a 40 year reunion in the autumn of 2021. There will be a dinner dance, probably in Glasgow, and a variety of other activities to fill a weekend.

Please contact helen.mactier@glasgow.ac.uk if you would be interested in attending and for further information. She would also be glad to hear of any other alpha 81ers with whom you are still in contact.

1991 ALPHA CLUB REUNION 

David Brydie and a few others from our year are hoping to organise a long awaited second reunion to mark 30 years graduated in autumn 2021. To help assess interest and to gather contact details for future information, he asks if you could email him if you would like to attend - david.brydie@ntlworld.com

The proposal would likely include an informal drinks reception on the Friday night somewhere in Glasgow and on the Saturday a tour of Glasgow University, possibly a lecture on campus (for fun), and then a formal dinner and time to mingle afterwards.

If you do not see your class listed then why not get in touch with the Development and Alumni Office and see about getting an event organised?

If you do not see your class listed then why not get in touch with the Development and Alumni Office and see about getting an event organised?

ANNUAL VET REUNION DINNER 2020

It is with regret that we formally announce that the annual Vet Reunion Dinner will not go ahead this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We appreciate this will be disappointing, but in the current climate we’re sure it will not come as a total surprise. We hope to be able to ‘double up’ next year and have one heck of a hooley – assuming some normality has returned to our lives! We will update you on arrangements in Spring 2021 – so watch this space for further details.

BOWMAN LECTURE 2020

The School of Mathematics and Statistics is delighted to invite you to the Bowman Lecture 2020, which will be held on Thursday 10th December 2020, 18:00 - 19:00 GMT via Zoom. To attend please register in advance via this Eventbrite link. 

The Bowman lectures aim to highlight the crucial role of the science of Statistics, and the Mathematical Sciences more generally, in addressing major issues of public importance. This year's lecture, Understanding Infectious Disease Transmission And Control - A View From The Coalface will be delivered by Professor Christl Donnelly. The talk will reflect on what we have learned about controlling public and animal health threats, with particular emphasis on the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Christl Donnelly is a Professor of Statistical Epidemiology at Imperial College, a Professor of Applied Statistics at the University of Oxford, and an Associate Director of the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis. Over the last 25 years, Prof Donnelly has been involved in many intensive efforts to understand and control infectious disease threats, including those relating to BSE/vCJD, foot and mouth disease, SARS, pandemic H1N1 influenza, MERS, Ebola (in West Africa and DRC), Zika and now COVID-19.