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GRADUATION CEREMONIAL

McEWAN HALL

FRIDA Y, 6th July 1956

From 9.30 to 10 A.M. the following Programme of Music will be performed on the Organ by Mr. Herrick Bunney, B.Mus., F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M., Organist to the University:—

CONCERTO NO. II IN G MINOR . (Allegro : Ostinato : Minuet: Gavotte)

BASSE ET DESSUS DE TROMPETTE .

SCHERZO (from Symphony No. VI)

ELEGY

After the Ceremonial:—

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR . . J. S. Bach

RECOMMENDED FOR DEGREES

THE HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF DIVINITY

The Reverend William Barclay, M.A., B.D., Lecturer in New Testament, University of Glasgow.

The Reverend Principal Hubert Cunliffe-Jones, B.A., B.D., B.Litt., Yorkshire United Independent College, Bradford.

The Reverend David Haxton Carswell Read, M.A., B.D.(Edin.), Chaplain to the University, 1949-1955.

The Reverend Ronald William Vernon Selby Wright, T.D., M.A. (Edin.), Hon. C.F., Minister at the Canongate (The Kirk of Holyroodhouse) and of Edinburgh Castle.

Handel

. Clerambault

Widor

Armstrong Gibbs

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THE HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS

The Rt. Hon. Sir John Garnett Banks, C.B.E., Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh.

Professor Karl Earth, D.Theol., D.D., LL.D., Professor of Theology, University of Basel.

John Bartholomew, M.C., M.A.(Edin.), Cartographer; lately President, Royal Scottish Geographical Society.

Professor Gordon Roy Cameron, D.Sc., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., Professor of Morbid Anatomy, University College Hospital Medical School, University of London; Director, Graham Research Laboratories.

Joseph Godwin Greenfield, B.Sc., M.D.(Edin.), F.R.C.P., Neuro­pathologist.

John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, Chevalier, Legion d'Honneur, Hon.D.Sc., D. de l'Univ. Paris, F.R.S., Professor of Biometry, University College, London.

Sir William Oliphant Hutchison, President, Royal Scottish Academy. Miss Elsie Elizabeth Looker, O.B.E., B.A., Principal Warden of

Craigmillar Park Hostels, 1930-1955-Professor Richard Pares, C.B.E., M.A., F.B.A., Fellow of All Souls

College, Oxford; Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford; Professor of History, University of Edinburgh, 1945-1954.

Sir William Wallace, C.B.E., F.R.S.E.

THE HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MUSIC

Cecil Bernard Oldman, C.B., M.A., Principal Keeper of Printed Books, The British Museum.

THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PURE SCIENCE

Black, William Aird Peden, B.Sc., Ph.D. Thesis: "A study of the constituents of the brown marine algae."

Weiss, Lionel Edward, B.Sc., Ph.D.(Birmingham). Thesis: " Struc­tural analysis of rocks deformed by flow."

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THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

IN THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE

Anderson, Douglas Macdonald Watt, B.Sc. Thesis: "Studies on starches, with special reference to the characterisation of their components ; and analyses of some starch-containing materials."

Aytoun, Robert Sinclair Chadwick, B.Sc. Thesis: "Mycological studies in methods of improving the antibiotic yield of micro­organisms."

Barr, Allan David Stephen, B.Sc. Thesis: "Approximate theories for the flexural vibration of uniform beams and their derivation from the general elastic equations."

Bateman, Kathleen Gillian, B.A.(Oxon). Thesis: "Environmental influences on evolutionary processes in Drosophila melanogaster."

Butterworth, Mavis Ann, B.Sc. Thesis: "The distribution of microspores in coalfields lying to the west of the Pennines."

Carter, Mary Eddie, B.A.(La Grange), M.Sc.(Florida). Thesis: "Molecular structure in the xylan group of polysaccharides." (In absentia.)

Chakravortty, Jatish Chandra, B.Sc.(Calcutta). Thesis: "The environmental conditions in mines with special reference to pneumoconiosis and dust problems."

Climie, Ian Ernest, B.Sc. Thesis: "Some photo-reactions of chlorophyll and related molecules." (In absentia.)

Dickinson, Anne Brodie, B.Sc.(Dunelm). Thesis: "A study of the gram-negative microflora of grass and silage."

Duncan, William Alexander Mcintosh, B.Sc. Thesis: "Studies on enzymes in marine algae."

Ellis, John Francis, B.A.(Amherst). Thesis: " Studies on the nutri­tion of Drosophila with particular reference to nucleic 'acid metabolism." (In absentia.)

Galloway, Winifred Louisa, B.Sc. Thesis: "The chemistry of compounds containing conjugated seven-membered ring systems, with special reference to azulenes."

Hay, Jessie Evelyn, B.Sc. Thesis: " Part I. Studies on the synthesis of alantolactone and other terpenoid compounds. Part II. The structure of barbaloin."

Kennedy, David Rankine, B.Sc. Thesis: "Photo-reactions of titanium dioxide."

McGeachin, Hugh McDougall, B.Sc. Thesis: "X-ray analysis of complex crystal structures : a-rhamnose monohydrate."

Maung Khin Maung, B.Sc.(Rangoon). Thesis: "Studies on the synthesis and degradation of a-i: 4-glucosans by yeast enzymes."

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Nash, Michael John, M.Sc.(Dunelm). Thesis: "Partial wilting of grass crops for silage."

Baton, Alan McEwan, B.Sc. Thesis: "A study of Pseudomonas with special reference to species pathogenic to stone fruit trees."

Ramstad, Else, Cand.Real.(Oslo). Thesis: " Chemical investigations in the hemicellulose group, with special reference to the galactan compounds." (In absentia.)

Ramstad, Svein, Cand.Real.(Oslo). Thesis: "A study of the com­position of grasses and fodder plants, with special reference to the organic acid compounds and their transformation during conservation." (In absentia.)

Singh, Khazan, B.Sc.(Agra), M.Sc.(Benares), Ph.D.(Lond.). Thesis: "A study of the effects of cultivation on the growth and yield of the wheat crop."

Verma, Ravi Datt, B.Sc.(Punjab), B.Sc.(Edin.), M.S.(Iowa). Thesis: "A study of the uptake of phosphorus by the potato (S.tuber­osum)." (In abentia.)

Ward, James Paul, B.Sc. Thesis: "Synthetic studies of aromatic compounds containing seven-membered rings."

THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING

Stirling, Andrew Gibson, B.Sc. (In absentia.).

THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PURE SCIENCE

I. With Honours

BIOCHEMISTRY

SECOND CLASS

Martindale, Lawrence.

BOTANY

FIRST CLASS

Cook, Christopher David Kentish.

CHEMISTRY

FIRST CLASS

Birrell, Raymond Nicolson. Crombie, Douglas Alexander. Kerr, James Alistair. Kirk, Alexander David. Nelson, Robert Livingston. Thomson, Netta Williamson Alexander.

SECOND CLASS

Banks, George William. Brocklebank, William. Brown, Valerie Anne. Falconer, Agnes Jack. Fryer, George James. Henderson, James Ian. Hume, Robert. Jones, Ian Gwyn. Love, Sheila McColm. Muir, John. Nicolson, Adrian. Shaw, Robert.

THIRD CLASS

Finnegan, Maureen. Jackson, Andrew Walter. Melrose, Stanley Paton Gloag. Paxton, John Coltherd.

GEOLOGY

FIRST CLASS

Malarky, Ian Robertson.

SECOND CLASS

Campbell, James. Loudon, Thomas Victor. Lyall, Robert Alan. Sinclair, Iain Glen Lamond.

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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE

SECOND CLASS

30 Elliot, John Bruce. Hunter, James.

PHARMACOLOGY

SECOND CLASS

Blair, Athol Malcolm John Newman.

PHYSICS

FIRST CLASS

Howie, Archibald. Kibble, Thomas Walter Bannerman, M.A.

35 Thomas, Derek Lewis.

SECOND CLASS

Cook, Thomas Andrew. Fairweather, Ian Lawson. Galloway, Robert Bennett. Grieve, James.

40 Smith, Catherine Alice. Smith, Mary Young.

THIRD CLASS

Curran, Ivor Douglas.

PHYSIOLOGY

FIRST CLASS

Coore, Haldane Gladstone. Turner, James Hector.

SECOND CLASS

45 Loynds, Peter Alan.

PSYCHOLOGY

SECOND CLASS

Waddell, Frederick James Glen.

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ZOOLOGY

SECOND CLASS

Dixon, John Strangways-. Dresser, David Wilson. Harrison, David.

50 Mobbs, Betty Gladys.

THIRD CLASS

Holland, Alan Edward.

Honours after Graduation

The following Graduate has been admitted to Honours

BIOCHEMISTRY

THIRD CLASS

Crawford, Michael Angus, B.Sc.

2. Ordinary Degree

Brash, Elizabeth Anne. Briggs, Douglas Archibald. Campbell, Donald John. {In absentia.) Clark, Ian King. (In absentia.)

; Connor, Elizabeth Joyce. Davidson, Peter. Deuchars, Elspeth Kinnaird. Farrant, James Roy. Finlayson, Roma Mary Hutchison. Fotheringham, Norman Hector McDonald. Frizell, Mary Margaret. Giblin, Michael Stanley Mclntyre. Gordon, Ian James. Grieve, George Donaldson. Hayward, Michael. Henderson, William Lawrence. Herriot, Sheila Catherine. Jamieson, David Robert Warwick. Johnson, Christina. Kirk, Andrew Ewan. Law, Elizabeth Ann.

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15

20

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Mackenzie, Elspeth Jean. McParland, Lawrence Jack. Meldrum, Ann.

25 Morrison, Elspeth Margaret. Murray, Malcolm John Macdonald. (In absentia.) Nathan, Naomi Elsa. Owen, James. Paterson, Robert.

30 Scott, David Chalmers Hunter. Small, James Matthew. Stewart, Doreen Lothian. Wannop, Ann. White, Margaret Marion.

35 Wilson, Helen Margaret.

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING

1. With Honours

CIVIL ENGINEERING

FIRST CLASS

Henry, Walter James. Jarvis, William Hardie. Pringle, Derek.

SECOND CLASS

Abernethy, Charles Lindsay. 5 Batchelor, Barrington De Vere.

Coutie, Martin George. Gardner, Richard Pringle McKay. Robb, Alexander Douglas. Smith, George.

10 Wight, Denis Galloway.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SECOND CLASS Forsyth, Edward Moore. Ritchie, Alexander Pow.

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

FIRST CLASS

Bell, Colin Peter. Wilson, John Douglas.

SECOND CLASS

Meyerhoff, Henry Julius.

2. Ordinary Degree

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Lebotsa, Mohomane Masimole, B.Sc.(South Africa). Lillico, David Baxter. Maconachie, William Simpson. Murray, Ian Adie. Saffery, Philip Leslie. Sheikh, Mohammad Islam. Smith, Robert John. Stainton, Ronald Keith. Williams, Errol Augustus.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Lyne, Ronald Harman. McKenzie, Daniel. Snedden, David Lumsden.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Hazra, Satya Narayan, B.Sc.(Calcutta). Tomasson, Olafur. ( In absent ia . ) Veneik, Amar Nath, B.Sc.(Benares). Waddicor, Andrew Hurlstone.

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINING

1. With Honours FIRST CLASS

Guthrie, Charles.

SECOND CLASS

Innes, George. Lipetz, John.

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2. Ordinary Degree

Broadfoot, William. Butcher, John William. Duncan, Neil James. Sutherland, Alexander.

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL CHEMISTRY

I. With Honours

SECOND CLASS

Glynn, Donald. Hamilton, Gilbert Brownie. Stewart, Hugh Daniel.

2. Ordinary Degree

Parker, Robin James. Walker, Robert Mair.

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

I. With Honours

Honours after Graduation

The following Graduates have been admitted to Honours

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

SECOND CLASS

Hall, Thomas Douglas, B.Sc. Wilson, John Alexander, B.Sc.

CROP HUSBANDRY

FIRST CLASS

Jack, Robert Hunt Lawrence, M.A., B.Sc.

SECOND CLASS

Stirton, John, B.Sc.

2. Ordinary Degree

Arthur, Edward Welsh. Beattie, Thomas Campbell. Cresswell, Donald Patrick.

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Fluss, Sev Solomon. Forsyth, James Alexander Douglas. Harkess, Ronald Dobson. Houston, Finlay McLean Brown. Irving, Thomas Peter Caven. Jack, David Alastair. Lumsden, John David. McKechnie, Angus. Menzies, Duncan. Morton, Alexander Sterling. Parrott, George Richardson Dudgeon. Pryde, John Ferrier Pace. Stobbs, Trevor. Yeop, Mohamed Tamin.

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY

Adam, Robin Hope. Bankes, Thomas Geoffrey Henry. Dargavel, John Brunton. Frangois, John Harold. Hutchings, Wilfred Stanley Baxendale. Kruse, John Robert Frank. McColl, James Chalmers. McLellan, John Angus. Macpherson, Alexander Fraser. Obaseki, Joshua Kende. Powell, Graham Reginald. Robertson, Ian James Martin. Usmar, Ross Kevin, B.Sc.(N.Z.).

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY SCIENCE

Baird, James Spence. Clark, Noreen Dale. Coutts, Kenneth. Cribb, Peter Harold. Easingwood, David Edward. Griffiths, Paul Herbert Marshall. Harkness, Michael. Jones, John Hugh. Lamont, Peter Hubert. Lawrence, John Alexander.

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Leitch, Iain Douglas Cameron Muil. McFerran, John Brian. McHugh, Thomas Michael. Matthews, Robert George.

15 Miller, James King. Morrish, John Shirley Henry. Penman, Gordon. Pratt, David Angus. Rowland, Alan Corbett.

20 Rowland, James. Sedgwick, John Richard White. Shires, Richard Mathieson. Smith, Michael James Camden-, B.Sc.(Natal). Stephens, Meyrick Baggott.

25 Stone, Michael William. Todd, Robert Henry. Tordoff, David Bertram. Wastie, Pamela Charmbury. Whitmore, Michael Mervyn.

3° Wilson, George Alexander.

DIPLOMAS

DIPLOMA IN ANIMAL GENETICS

Archibald, John Douglas Hartigan, B.Sc.(Dunelm). Bowman, John Christopher, B.Sc.(Reading). Cattanach, Bruce Macintosh, B.Sc.(Dunelm). Jonsson, Per, B.Sc.(Copenhagen).

5 Wijeratne, Warusahennedige Vernon Soysa, B.V.Sc. (Ceylon).

DIPLOMA IN BIOLOGY

Hossain, Mosharraf, M.Sc.(Calcutta).

DIPLOMA IN ELECTRONICS AND RADIO

Davidson, Colin William, B.Sc. Logie, Ian Sutherland, B.Sc. Lucas, Arthur Robert, M.A.

10 Scott, John Gosman, B.Sc.(St. And.). Stuart, Geoffrey Arthur, B.A.(Cantab-).

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AWARDS OF SCHOLARSHIPS,

BURSARY AND PRIZES

MACKAY SMITH SCHOLARSHIP in Natural Philosophy

Mary Young Smith, B.Sc.

ARTHUR TREVELYAN SCHOLARSHIP in Engineering

Duncan Michael.

REID AND THOMSON BURSARY in Civil and Practical Engineering

Duncan Michael.

BLANDFIELD PRIZE in Chemistry

James Alistair Kerr, B.Sc.

CRUM BROWN MEDAL in Chemistry

Kathleen Shannon.

NORMAN LUCAS PRIZE in Chemistry

Ronald Lowdon Straiton Patterson.

MACGILLIVRAY PRIZE in Zoology

Norman Maclean.

WILLIAM TURNER PRIZE in Zoology

Betty Gladys Mobbs, B.Sc.

MOIRA LYNDSAY STEWART PRIZE in Zoology

Ann Mary Beckitt.

CHARLES INNES PRIZE in Civil Engineering

William Hardie Jarvis, B.Sc.

JAMES ANTONY MORE MEMORIAL PRIZE in Crop Husbandry

John Iver McClure Salvesen.

ELIZABETH SINCLAIR IRVINE PRIZE in Forestry

Ross Kevin Usmar, B.Sc.(N.Z-), B.Sc.

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STEWART MACDOUGALL PRIZE in Forest Zoology

Graham Reginald Powell, B.Sc.

HARRY YOUNGER MEDAL for Practical Forestry

Ross Kevin Usmar, B.Sc.(N.Z.), B.Sc.

STEBBING COMMEMORATION MEDAL (1910-1951) for Silviculture

Richard Norman Jenkin,

Benediction

National Anthem.