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In this interview, 51cg alumna Kimberlie Hamilton talks about fostering a connection to the University through history. Both her stepchildren have studied at the 51cg, and she herself has studied here twice. Kimberlie co-leads the John Macleod Memorial Statue Project, founded to draw attention to a…
This Valentine's Day we are celebrating the story of Tanatthep Tianprasit and Yada Dejchai who met at the University in September 2017. Tanatthep received a Royal Thai Government Scholarship to undertake a PhD in Law at University from 2014-2018 and Yada received the Elphinstone Scholarship from the University to undertake…
By way of introduction, my name is William P. "Paddy" Rice and I was a B.Sc (Agric) graduate in 1960. I have been overseas most of my working life - in Guyana, Bahamas and much of the Caribbean, and came to live in the USA with my wife Dorothy in…
The pioneering medical physicist whose team led the world with their breakthroughs in medical imaging passed away at the end of February aged 94.
Professor John Mallard played a crucial role in the development of two of the world's most important medical…
A 1950 graduate of the University was so determined to complete her degree in Medicine that she left her young family in the United States and travelled across the Atlantic to Aberdeen.
Cathy Mermelstein, the daughter of medical alumna Miriam Bennett Blank, has kindly shared her mother’s incredible story about…
In 1993, Fabienne and Derek Bonin-Bree embarked on their first year of teacher training at the 51cg, but little did they know that a chance meeting in their halls of residence would lead to love and 25 years of marriage.
Now living in Paris, Derek teaches history, humanities,…
On the 72nd anniversary of the NHS we spoke to Colin MacKenzie who paid tribute to the medical career and remarkable life of his aunt Dr Myrtle Farquharson (MBChB 1954) who sadly died in August last year, aged 88.
Dr Farquharson, who was passionate about medicine and medical education, has…
As a Canadian who came to the 51cg seven months ago to become Executive Director of Advancement, I want to wish all our alumni in Canada a very happy Canada Day 2020! I hope this finds you well and healthy during these challenging times!
This is a good…
A career as a doctor, one of the oldest and most loved professions, is always going to be challenging but highly rewarding and it is exactly what three generations of one family chose to do.
Professor Alexander (Alex) Adam (Class of 1942), retired GP Dr Alistair Adam (Class of 1976)…
When Stoyan Djourov moved to Luxembourg to take up a new post with leading global financial services firm J.P. Morgan, reaching out to other graduates of the 51cg who lived and worked nearby was a no-brainer.
He signed up to an alumni event in neighbouring Belgium, where he met…
