Recognition
He was awarded a Royal Medal in 1999 for his chemical engineering work, and has been a Fellow of the Royal Society since 1974. He was President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) from 1970-1. Vice President of Royal Society in 1989.
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