Honorary Fellows 2001
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson OBE - is Britain’s
best-known Paralympic athlete, having preformed at world-class
level for the past thirteen years in distances ranging from 100m to
the marathon. Tanni’s career has taken her around the world to
every major international event. Her thirteen Paralympic
medals, eight medal placings in the London Marathon and her
comprehensive set of British and World Records make her
achievements second to none in the disability sport arena.
Professor Gordon McGregor - was Principal of
the University from 1980 to his retirement in 1995. He served as
Education Officer in the RAF and then moved to the post of Resident
Master at Worcester College for the blind for two years. He has
retained an active interest in the education of blind people and
others with special needs. A significant part of Professor
McGregor’s life has been spent in Africa, which remains his great
passion. He taught in Uganda and Zambia and returned many times to
advise on educational matters, even after his retirement. He was
vociferous opponent of apartheid and supporter of the ANC.
Catherine Roberts - is Head of Music at
St Aidan’s School, Harrogate. She was a national winner in the
Teaching Awards 2000. As a result of her enthusiasm for her
subject about a third of the school’s 1600 pupils are involved in
the ten ensembles that practise every week. The school’s chamber
choir regularly signs for the Daily Service on Radio 4, and played
in the finals of the National Festival of Music for Youth.
Ken Ridley - was a student of York St John in
the late 1950s and began his teaching career in York. His
subsequent career straddled primary headships and teaching
education. He returned to St John’s in 1968 for six years as a
Tutor in Primary Education and then again to the University in 1988
as Head of Professional Studies becoming Director of Teacher
Education in 1991 and finally Dean of the Faculty of Teaching
Professional and Management Studies in 1994. He retired in
1996.
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