C. W. L. Bevan
Cecil Wilfrid Luscombe "Bill" Bevan, CBE (2 April 1920 – 19 April 1989) was a Welsh chemist, academic, and academic administrator. He was Principal of University College, Cardiff from 1966 to 1987. He was additionally Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales for two terms: 1973 to 1975 and 1981 to 1983.[1]
Honours
In the 1965 New Year Honours, Bevan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[2] He was made an officer of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the government of France in 1986.[1]
In 1969, Bevan was made a Fellow of University College London (UCL);[1] this is an honorary appointment recognising "distinction in the arts, literature, science, business or public life".[3] He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) degree in 1973 by the University of Ibadan.[1] In 1982, he was made an Honorary Fellow of University College, Cardiff.[1]
Selected works
- Cecil Wilfred Luscombe Bevan (1965). Intermediate Practical Chemistry. Nelson.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 'BEVAN, Cecil Wilfrid Luscombe', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 31 Aug 2017
- ↑ "No. 43529". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1964. p. 20.
- ↑ "Honorary Fellows of UCL". Student and Registry Services. University College London. Retrieved 31 August 2017.