Knights Bachelor

Jack Edward Baldwin, Waynflete professor of chemistry, University of Oxford (for services to organic chemistry); Nicholas Dominic Cadbury, Cadbury Schweppes plc (for services to the food manufacturing industry); John Grimley Evans, professor of clinical geratology, University of Oxford (for services to medicine); Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd, professor of ancient philosophy and science and master of Darwin College, University of Cambridge (for services to the history of thought); James Mirrlees, professor of political economy, University of Cambridge (for services to economic science); Narendra Babubhai Patel, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and chairman, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties (for services to medicine); Gareth Gwyn Roberts, vice chancellor, University of Sheffield (for services to higher education).

Royal Victorian Order

CVO

Stephen Cox, outgoing director general of the Commonwealth Institute, who is to join the Royal Society as executive secretary.

Order of the Bath

CB

Ian James Stewart, project director, Job Seekers' Allowance, Department for Education and Employment.

Order of the British Empire

KC

John Charlton Polkinghorne (for sevices to medical ethics and to learning); Professor Lance Hill (for services to education).

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CBE

Edward William Abel, president of the Royal Society of Chemistry (for services to chemistry); Michael Farries Ashby, Royal Society research professor, University of Cambridge (for services to materials science and to engineering); Corelli Douglas Barnett (for services to military history); Thomas Martin Barratt, lately professor of paediatric nephrology, Institute of Child Health, London (for services to medicine); Keith James Bridge, chairman of the Education Assets Board (for services to education);

Amyand David Buckingham, professor of chemistry, University of Cambridge (for services to science); Richard Lawrance Carter, lately chairman, Committee on Carcinogenicity (for services to health care); Robert Donald Cohen, professor of medicine, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, and chairman, Imperial Cancer Research Fund (for services to medicine); Timothy George Congdon, managing director, Lombard Street Research (for services to economic debate); Michael Goldstein, vice chancellor, Coventry University (for services to higher education); David Grant, chairman, Technology Foresight Manufacturing, Production and Business Processes Panel (for services to technology foresight); Barbara Fitzgerald Harvey (for services to medieval history); James Alexander Inverarity, chairman of the Scottish Agricultural College (for services to agriculture); Arthur S. Jones, principal, Royal Agricultural College (for services to agricultural education); John Hartley Lawton, director, Centre for Population Biology (for services to ecology and the environment); Norman MacKay, dean of postgraduate medicine, University of Glasgow and president, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, (for services to medicine); Margaret Anne MacKeith, pro vice chancellor, University of Central Lancashire (for services to higher education); Duncan MacLennan, professor and founding board member, Scottish É«ºÐÖ±²¥s (for services to housing policy); Fabian Charles Monds, professor (for services to economic development); Russell Vernon Nathan, lately chairman of Thames Valley Enterprise Training and Enterprise Council (for services to training); Jane Anne Plant, professor, assistant director and head, Minerals Environment and Geochemical Surveys Division, British Geological Survey (for services to earth sciences);

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Geraint Meirwyn Roberts, professor, dean of medicine and head, department of diagnostic radiology, University of Wales College of Medicine (for services to medicine); Richard Wright Shaw, professor, principal, University of Paisley and convenor, Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals (for services to higher education); Colin John Smith, professor and dean, Sheffield Dental School (for services to dental education); William Thomas Stearn, professor (for services to horticulture and botany); Robert Murray Ross Taylor (for services to medical charities); Michael John Tomlinson, director of inspection, Office for Standards in Education; John Weston Whitaker, divisional manager, school organisation branch, Department of Education and Employment; Harold John Wootton, professor, lately chief executive, Transport Research Laboratory (for services to transport research).

OBE

James Attwood (for services to education in the construction industry); Alfred James Beale, member board of governors, Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (for services in education); Gordon George Beaumont, chairman, evaluation advisory group of the review of NVQs and SVQs (for services to education); Ian Crawford Benington, professor (for services to dentistry); Michael Robert William Berry (for services to training and to tourism in Cumbria); Margaret Rosetta Brazier, professor and chairman, Animal Procedures Committee (for services to animal welfare); Victoria Geraldine Bruce, professor of psychology and deputy principal, University of Stirling (for services to psychology); Anthony John Clark, divisional head, Roslin Institute (for services to biotechnology); David John Clinch, secretary, Open University (for services to higher education);

Richard Reginald Rupert Tilleard-Cole, professor (for services to the Oxford University Officer Training Corps); Kenneth Jackson Davey, professor of development administration, University of Birmingham (for services to the Know How Fund); Cedric John Dowe, team leader, special educational needs independent team, Department for Education and Employment; Julian Evans, professor (for services to forestry and to the Third World); Robert Wallace Ewart, professor (for services to higher education); Trevor David Ford (for services to geology and cave science); Paul John Gallagher, principal, Bradford and Ilkley Community College, West Yorkshire (for services to further education); Joseph Helszajn, professor of microwave engineering, Heriot-Watt University (for services to engineering);

John Angus Alexander Hunter, Grant professor of dermatology, University of Edinburgh and consultant dermatologist, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (for services to medicine); John Ernest Carmichael MacBeath, professor and director, Quality in Education Centre, University of Strathclyde (for services to education); Colin James Macey, senior principal, Meteorological Offices, Ministry of Defence; Alan Loudon Scott Munro, team leader, Marine Laboratory, Scottish Office; Kenneth George Pease, professor of criminology, University of Huddersfield (for services to crime prevention); Michael Pender, lately equal opportunities and human resources projects manager, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment; John George Pope, professor, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Philip James Pye, dean, faculty of health studies, University of Wales, Bangor (for services to nursing); Margaret Anne Roberts, chair of governors, Clarendon College, Nottingham (for services to education and to the community); John Francis Roulston, professor, technical director, GEC Marconi Avionics Ltd (for services to airborne radar); Letitia Josephine Scott, district manager, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment; Patricia Muriel Snell, chief executive, UK Skills (for services to skills development); George Somerville, professor and director of engineering, British Cement Association (for services to civil engineering); David John Tedford, emeritus professor of electrical engineering, University of Strathclyde (for services to scienc and engineering); Anthony John Temple, chief executive, Oldham Careers Service, Lancashire (for services to education); David Graham Walters, professor (for services to energy efficiency); Robert Mackay Watt, lately chief inspector, Animate (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate, É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Office;

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Antony Cowburn Whitaker, legal manager, Times Newspapers Ltd (for services to the newspaper industry).

MBE

George Mervyn Adams, lately chief janitor/security officer, Glasgow Caledonian University (for services to higher education); Jennifer Dorothy Backshell (for services to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council); David Thomas Bailey, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment; John Albert Bennett, secretary general, Association of Independent Research and Technology Organisations (for services to the technology industry); Jack Ralph Blanchfield (for scientific services to the food industry); Duncan Grant Bradshaw, senior technician, University of Paisley (for services to education and to Scouting); John Wallace Cormack, lecturer in mathematics, Cardonald College (for services to education);

Stephen Anthony Costello (for services to education and training); John Barry Eardley, diocesan director of education, Church of England, Coventry (for services to education); Lesley Scott Dent Glasser, director, Science and Technology Regional Organisation, North Scotland (for services to science and engineering); Albert Frederick James Greenwood, butler, senior common room (for services to Trinity College, University of Oxford); James Hargreaves, chief executive, Training 2000 Ltd. Blackburn, Lancashire (for services to training); Anthony Lowe, lately director, Merseyside Training and Enterprise Council (for services to training and to industry); Richard Henry Keeling Mann, lately fish biologist, Institute of Freshwater Ecology (for services to fish ecology); Francis Michael McNamara, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment; Jeanne Mellor, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment; Jeannette Mitchell, supervisor, Milldam coffee shop, University of Portsmouth (for services to education); June-Etta Morris, secretary to the director, CAMPUS, University of Salford (for services to education and to the community);

Joyce Winifred Munden, publications officer, Institute of Arable Crop Research (for services to arable crop research); Brian Murray, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment; Kenneth Stanley Read, senior executive officer, Department for Education and Employment; Derek Rogers, head gardener, Northern College for Residential Adult Education, Wentworth Castle (for services to education and to horticulture); Anne Smallwood, secretary to the vice chancellor, University of Oxford (for services to higher education); William Tagg (for services to information technology education); Margaret Rita Tucker, support manager, Department for Education and Employment; Doreen Wake, caretaker, University of Lincolnshire and Humberside (for services to education); Margaret Walker, chief speech and language therapist, St George's Hospital, Medical School, London (for services to health care); Coralie Joyce Webber, student admissions and financial guidance manager, Highbury College, Portsmouth (for services to education).

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