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MEMORIAL SERVICE : MICHAEL MAVOR

A Memorial Service for Michael Mavor

will be held in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

on Friday 16th April at 12 noon.

POINTS OF INTEREST 2010

William PD McCarthy (2002) has been awarded the coveted Sword of Honour, the highest award at thenRoyal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He commissioned into The Parachute Regiment on the Sovereign's Parade on 11th December, 2009. (3 Jan)

Jordan L Mitchell (2004) was awarded First Class Honours in his MA in International Business by the University of Edinburgh in July 2009. (17 Dec)

POINTS OF INTEREST 2009

Reverend Professor Douglas William David Shaw (Loretto Nippers, 1937-40) was awarded an O.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2009, for charitable services in Scotland. (16 June)

Dr Robert R Steedman OBE, RSA, (1946) founder of the respected Scottish architectural practice, Morris & Steedman, has been awarded the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Architecture by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). (23 May)

Loretto's Estates Development Plan,

which is a preliminary masterplan for the 85 acres and 48 buildings comprising the School estate, is available for viewing on the website: clck here (Feb 09)

Director of Music Edward Coleman was interviewed on Australian radio about the Pipe Band's recording of Highland Cathedral

The School's Highland Cathedral recording has been downloaded from the School's website over 2400 times recently by Australians.

On Sunday, 25th January, Ed Coleman was interviewed live on Australia's ABC Radio, where he spoke about the history of the piece and Loretto's version of it. Even though it was recorded on a tight budget with four mics, performed in one take and released only on cassette tape, it has become many people's favourite arrangement.

The School is now looking into the possibility of touring Australia with the choir and pipe band and anybody with any useful contacts in Australia that might be able to help us is asked to contact Edward Coleman at the school.

Click here to download Highland Cathedral on the School website. (29th Jan 09)

Professor Charles A Fairfield (1986) has been appointed to the Chair of Civil Engineering at Napier University. (Jan 09)

POINTS OF INTEREST 2008

William Durran and Gavin McDowall have been appointed Honorary Life Vice Presidents in recognition of their contribution to the Society. WHD has been Editor of the Lorettonian (1967-89), President (1976-77), Editor of the Loretto Register 2000 and looks after the database and associated web-based activity, and GMcD has been Honorary Secretary and OL Editor of the Lorettonian from 1989-2008. (Nov 08)

Hamish MJ Ritchie (1960) is Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews for 2008-09, having played himself in on 18 September, 2008. He follows 10 other OL Captains of the R&A : WP Adam (1874-5); JGB Hay (1896-7); WJ Mure (1898-9); JL Mitchell (1965-66); GW Mackie (1970-71); Sir Iain M Stewart (1972-73); WR Alexander (1980-81); JG Salvesen (1983-84); GM Simmers (2001-02) and AR Cole-Hamilton (2004-05). (Sept 08)

Andrew WS Marr (1977) won a BAFTA award in the Specialsist Factual category for his BBC TV series History of Modern Britain. (May 08)

Jamie Pendergrass (2005) has been awarded his Half Blue for Fives at Oxford University: he played No. 1 in the match against Cambridge in 2007. (May 08)

Iain C Conn (1980) is Managing Director of BP. (Feb 08)

POINTS OF INTEREST 2006-07

Craig D Morrison (2003) graduated with First Class Honours from his Masters degree in Law at Cambridge University in June 2007, having graduated first in his year from his undergraduate degree at Cambridge in 2006. (31 Oct)

W Michael B Brown (1963) has been appointed Chairman of the R & A Championship Committee.

Jennifer C Costello (née Wilson) (2000) graduated with first class honours in psychology from Queen's University Belfast.

Alistair M Darling (1971) has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Robert S Dewar (1967), has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria wef December 2007. From 2004 - 2007 he has been in Addis Ababa as Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ethiopia and Her Majesty's Non-Resident Ambassador to Djibouti and Permanent Representative to the African Union.

Professor Mark S Currie (1980), following teaching appointments at the Universities of Dundee, Westminster and Anglia Ruskin, has been appointed to the Chair of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia at Norwich

W Ruthven Gemmell (1975) is President of the Law Society of Scotland.

David R McCreath (1960) was awarded the OBE for Services to malting industry in the 2006 New Year's Honours

Professor Rory W McTurk (1960) has been appointed to the Chair of Icelandic Studies at the University of Leeds .

Alex J McNeil (1985) has been appointmented Maxwell Professor of Mathematics at Heriot-Watt University.

Roseanne Niven (2005) gained her full Scottish Golf Cap in 2006 and has joined the University of California, Berkeley, in January 20007 on a golf scholarship, to study English.

Keith Miller (1967), Group Chief Executive for the Miller Group, has received an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Napier University in July 2005.

JA (Sandy) MacC Orr (1957), Executive Chairman of City Inn Hotels has been awarded the OBE in the 2006 Birthday Honours for Services to Hospitality.

Alex M Poots (1985) is Director of the Manchester International Arts Festival.

Revd Professor DWD Shaw (1940) has been awarded a Doctorate of Divinity by the University of St Andrews

Martin RF Shuker (1980) is Managing Director of KFC UK.

Robert R Steedman (1946) has been awarded an Honorary Degree (DLitt) by the University of St Andrews for Services to Architecture - the first architect to be so honoured in the university's history.

David JR Strang (1976), having been the Chief Constable of Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary since 2001, has taken up a new appointment as the Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police.