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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 3179/6/5/5
TitleAddress to University lunch
Date1972
Extent11 leaves
DescriptionAddress to University lunch, 18 November 1972, describing changes that have taken place in the University, medicine and the world, at large, since she began her first degree at the University in 1910. Reflects upon the horrors of the First World War and the resultant opportunities that it presented to women in education and the work-place (cites her post in the Botany Department in the University as an example). Summaries main events occurring during her years as a student in Aberdeen, lists significant professional milestones and medical advances that have occurred since she qualified, describes her work on the University General Council and Court, recent University developments (including purchase of Balgownie Home Farm for University playing fields, library working party, new Officer Training Corps premises, new student residences); and the possibility of University facing debt in the period 1976-77.
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