Queen Margaret University - Honorary Graduates

Honorary Graduates

• Professor Colwyn Trevarthen, developmental psychologist
• Norman Springford, leading hotelier and hospitality industry champion
• Professor Ian Percy CBE, former chair of QMU's board of governors
• Susan Boyle, musical entertainer
• Albert Roux, internationally renowned chef
• Sir Garth Morrison, Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian
• David Duke, founder of the social enterprise, Street Soccer Scotland
• Jacqui Lunday, Chief Health Professions Officer, Scottish Government
• David Hayman, actor, producer and humanitarian
• Professor William Hardcastle, internationally renowned speech scientist
• John Bellany CBE RA, internationally renowned painter
• Jonathan Mills, Director of the Edinburgh International Festival
• Alan Bain, international business professional and President of the American-Scottish Foundation
• Sally Brown OBE FRSE, educationalist and former Deputy Principal of the University of Stirling
• Sathyu Sarangi, humanitarian and campaigner for victims of the Bhopal disaster
• Bruce Halle, philanthropist, Founder and Chairman of Discount Tire
• Diane Halle, philanthropist
• Andrew Mooney, Chairman of Disney Consumer Products
• Andrew Chua, Principal and Executive Chairman, East Asia Institute of Management, Singapore
• Dame Evelyn Glennie, internationally celebrated percussionist
• Dr Suborno Bose, Chairman and Chief Executive, Asia Pacific International University
• Geoff Ball, former Chief Executive of CALA Homes
• Susan Rice, Chief Executive of Lloyds TSB Scotland
• PV Ramana, Chairman of the Institute of Technology Management Group, Mumbai
• Lord Neil Kinnock, Chair of the British Council, politician and former Leader of the UK Labour Party
• Ken McCulloch, hotelier (1 Devonshire Gardens, Malmaison, Columbus Hotel Monaco and Dakota Hotels )
• Magnus Linklater, journalist and editor
• Brian Cox (actor)
• Mel Young, journalist, social entrepreneur and Founder of the Big Issue in Scotland
• Janet Lowe CBE, former Principal of Lauder College (now Carnegie College) and member of the Scottish Funding Council
• Robert Black FRSE, Auditor General for Scotland
• Professor John D M H Laver CBE, world leader in phonetics
• Catherine Lockerbie, former Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival
• Rt Hon George Reid, former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
• Professor Margaret F. Alexander CBE, former Chair of the National Board of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting of Scotland, and former Director of the Centre for the Older Persons’ Agenda (COPA)
• Professor Raj Singh Bhopal CBE, Professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh
• Dr Barbara Kelly CBE, broadcaster and public servant
• Liz Lochhead, Scottish poet and dramatist
• Sir John Ward CBE, former Chief Executive of IBM Scotland and former Chair of Scottish Enterprise
• Lord David Puttnam of Queensgate, independent film producer
• Joan Bakewell CBE, broadcaster and campaigner for the rights of older people
• Professor Gary Kielhofner, internationally recognised occupational therapist and educationalist
• The Rt Hon Lord Sutherland of Houndwood KT FBA FRSE, former Principal of the University of Edinburgh and author of the Sutherland Report on free personal care for the elderly
• Professor the Lord Quirk of Bloomsbury KT CBE FBA, international expert in linguistics and the English language
• Professor Donald Leach CBE
• Professor Sir Neil MacCormick, distinguished academic, law scholar and former Member of the European Parliament (SNP)
• Professor Janet Finch, leading UK social scientist and former Chancellor of Keele University
• Michel Tremblay, playwright
• Niall Bowen, Managing Director of Nutricia Ltd
• Vera Weisfeld, philanthropist and Founder of the phenomenally successful retail giant ‘What Everyone Wants’
• Ronnie Corbett OBE, Scotland’s best loved entertainer
• Sir Tom Farmer CBE, Scotland’s leading and most highly respected entrepreneur
• Professor Peter Lagefoged,distinguished phonetician
• Sir Rocco Forte, Chairman and Chief Executive of The Rocco Forte Collection
• Peter Thomson, one of Australia’s most successful golfers
• Professor Clive Perry OBE, former Professor of Theatre at Queen Margaret College
• The Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, authority on the penal system and promoter of education for children with special needs
• Edith MacArthur MBE, Scottish actor
• Peter Taylor OBE, entrepreneur, leading hospitality specialist and Founder of the Town House Collection (group of luxury boutique hotels in Scotland)
• Canon Kenyon Wright
• Dr Wilma Steedman
• Joyce McMillan, Journalist
• Andrew CubieCBE
• Dr Dereck Doyle OBE
• Dr Wali Uddin
• Professor Sir John Arbuthnott
• Dame Judi Dench, actress
• The Rt Hon The Countess of Elgin and Kincardine
• Derek Cooper OBE, journalist
• Dr John Baynham CBE, former chairman of Lothian Health Board
• Tom Fleming CVO OBE, Actor/Poet/Playwright/Commentator
• Anne Jarvie OBE, Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland
• Dr Campbell Christie CBE, Retiring General Secretary, STUC
• Professor Mary Marshall OBE, Director of Dementia Services, University of Stirling
• Peter J Lederer CBE, Managing Director of Gleneagles Hotel
• George Borthwick CBE
• Sir David Carter
• Professor Blaise Cronin
• Prue Leith OBE
• Professor David Crystal OBE
• Mary Cunningham MBE
• Joan Knight OBE
• Graham Maitland Bowie CBE
• Dr Lisbeth Hockey OBE
• Russell Hunter
• Una McLean
• Professor Leslie Rodger
• HRH Princess Alice,Duchess of Gloucester
• Ann Gloag
• Sir Peter Heatly CBE
• Rev Colin R Martin
• Claudine Lapsley Morgan
• Ester Cotton
• William Rough Bryden
• Malcolm David Mill(Calum Mill)
• Margaret Gibson Auld