On Friday March 30th a reception was held in the College of Life Sciences' Garland Cafeteria to mark the departure of two of its longest serving and most loyal support staff. The huge turnout at the reception was a testament to the popularity of these staff members and the immense contribution that they made to Life Sciences over many years.
Angie Nicoll was the Head Secretary in the Department of Biological Sciences for 16 years before becoming the Publicity and Liaison Officer for the College of Life Sciences when it was formed in 2000. In this role Angie was responsible for maintaining and developing the College of Life Sciences website which received well over one million hits in 2006. She also handled all the press releases, organised the annual Life Sciences retreat (in which nearly 300 participate), as well as taking charge of the named lectures, and the organisation of visits from VIPs. Angie will be sorely missed but we wish her well in the new challenge she has decided to take up in the University as the PA to Andreas Meltzer, Director of the Institute of Medical Science and Technology, recently set up in the School of Engineering.
Ron Lorimer joined the Stores team in 1993, and over the past 14 years has delivered chemicals, equipment and other supplies to all the 70 research groups in the College of Life Sciences in an efficient manner. Ron's cheerfulness has enlivened the atmosphere of Life Sciences as has his singing. In recent years he formed 'Ron and the Researchers', a musical group which includes four other members of Life Sciences (Magnus Alphey, David Martin, Alexander Schuettelkopf and Jeff Williams). We have all enjoyed their performances at the College of Life Sciences annual retreat over the past two years, held at the Crieff Hydro Hotel.
Ron has also been an enthusiastic participant at the College of Life Sciences annual golf tournament held at Braemar each August. At the farewell reception Ron was awarded ‘Emeritus ‘ status so that he could continue to compete at Braemar. We wish him well in his retirement.
Angie Nicoll was the Head Secretary in the Department of Biological Sciences for 16 years before becoming the Publicity and Liaison Officer for the College of Life Sciences when it was formed in 2000. In this role Angie was responsible for maintaining and developing the College of Life Sciences website which received well over one million hits in 2006. She also handled all the press releases, organised the annual Life Sciences retreat (in which nearly 300 participate), as well as taking charge of the named lectures, and the organisation of visits from VIPs. Angie will be sorely missed but we wish her well in the new challenge she has decided to take up in the University as the PA to Andreas Meltzer, Director of the Institute of Medical Science and Technology, recently set up in the School of Engineering.
Ron Lorimer joined the Stores team in 1993, and over the past 14 years has delivered chemicals, equipment and other supplies to all the 70 research groups in the College of Life Sciences in an efficient manner. Ron's cheerfulness has enlivened the atmosphere of Life Sciences as has his singing. In recent years he formed 'Ron and the Researchers', a musical group which includes four other members of Life Sciences (Magnus Alphey, David Martin, Alexander Schuettelkopf and Jeff Williams). We have all enjoyed their performances at the College of Life Sciences annual retreat over the past two years, held at the Crieff Hydro Hotel.
Ron has also been an enthusiastic participant at the College of Life Sciences annual golf tournament held at Braemar each August. At the farewell reception Ron was awarded ‘Emeritus ‘ status so that he could continue to compete at Braemar. We wish him well in his retirement.