New Year Honours
5 January 2010
The Natural Environment Research Council extends warmest congratulations to colleagues who received the Queen's New Year Honours, in recognition of their outstanding achievements.
Our congratulations go to:
Professor Alastair Fitter, FRS Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of York and a member of the Natural Environment Research Council, who has been awarded the CBE for services to environmental science.
Professor Ed Hill, Director of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, who has been awarded the OBE for services to environmental science.
Dr Peter Clarkson, Emeritus Associate, Scott Polar Research Institute, who has been awarded the MBE for services to Antarctic science. Peter worked for the British Antarctic Survey between 1967 and 1989.
Professor John Huthnance, Deputy Director of the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, who has been awarded the MBE for services to marine science.
Dr David Kerridge, Head of Science, Earth Hazards and Earth Systems Science at the British Geological Survey, who has been awarded the MBE for services to geophysics.
Further information
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