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EMERITUS PROFESSOR ALAN BROOK AWARDED MBE IN QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST

Tuesday 17th June 2003

The University of Buckingham is delighted to congratulate Professor Alan Brook on his award of an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. His award is for services to the community, especially music and education in Buckinghamshire.

Alan Brook joined the University as Professor of Biological Sciences in the 1970s and served as a Pro-Vice-Chancellor in the period leading up to his retirement in 1989. He remains an active scientist and is presently working on yet another book on his great love, desmids, which are freshwater algae.

Since his retirement some fourteen years ago, Professor Brook has played an active role in the enrichment of the community life of the Buckingham area. He has devoted an enormous part of his energy and time to this task and is well loved by an enormous number of people in the town of Buckingham and in surrounding villages. His major contribution has been to the musical life of the community but the local population has benefited from his scientific expertise in a number of ways as well.

Professor Brook has been Joint Director of the Buckingham Summer Festival since it was started in 1989 and Chairman of the Buckingham Festival of Music and Drama since 1988. He continues to play a leading role in organising concerts and lectures at the University and has been President of the Buckingham Branch of the University of the Third Age. As many will know, he is always ready to give a talk, play his violin, organise musical events or to help good causes in all manner of ways.

Report by David Pendrill and the Web Team