Robert James Clayton - Honors

Honors

He was a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society; an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, becoming President in 1975; and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, becoming President in 1982. He was also a Fellow of the Fellowship of Engineering (later the Royal Academy of Engineering) and its Vice-president for 1980–82. In 1983 he was made an Honorary Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. He was awarded a number of Honorary Doctorates, for example Honorary Doctor of Science degrees from Aston University in 1979 and City University London in 1981. Graduating at the same Aston ceremony in 1979 was Kevin Warwick, who also went on to obtain an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Aston University.

Another outcome was the invitation to join many ‘quangos’, including the National Enterprise Board (1978–80), the National Electronics Council (1973–83), the parliamentary and scientific committee (1983–6), and the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1983–9). At various times he also served on the University Grants Committee; standing conference on schools, science & technology; the advisory council of the Science Museum; and the British Library board. His earlier work at the GEC had led to the award of an OBE (1960) and CBE (1970), and, with later contributions to public matters, a knighthood in 1980.