Long Service Members

NOTES about FORMER PUPILS

Honours and Awards

Queen’s Birthday Honours Order of the British Empire

Kyle James Coetzer (1996-02), the outstanding batsman captain of Scotland’s Cricket XI, was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s 2019 Birthday Honours List in recognition of his services in the promotion of cricket. Kyle first learned his craft with Stoneywood-Dyce and developed it after obtaining a place at the Cricketing Academy run by Durham Cricket Club immediately after leaving school. As a schoolboy he had by then been playing representative cricket from the age of twelve, and was awarded a School Cap in 2002. He was joint winner of the Phil Love Trophy that year. He was a member of the U-19 Scottish team which had been invited to play in the World Cup in New Zealand in January of that year and it was reported that such success at that level as he had by then achieved resulted from a mix of skill and dedication.

Subsequently Kyle has played for Durham and Northants. Currently he is the director of cricket at Benwell Hill Cricket Club in Newcastle.

Honorary Degree

At the Summer Graduation Ceremony held by Aberdeen University in June the degree of Doctor of Music (DMus) was conferred on John McLeod (1946-50) CBE who is one of Scotland’s busiest composers and has been at the forefront of contemporary Scottish music for over forty years. Before the study of music had developed he was called up for National Service which he carried out in the Royal Air Force. He was posted to the RAF School of Music where he learned to play the clarinet. He continued to study this instrument at the London School of Music before turning to composition. He studied under Sir Lennox Berkley and came under the influence of the Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski who became his mentor.

He has been resident in Edinburgh for over forty years and has been a prolific composer. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 1989 and was the recipient of the Gold Badge of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in 2014. In addition he has twice been shortlisted for a British Composer Award.

Gordon Perrett Anderson (1963-68) MA read History-Politics at Aberdeen followed by teacher training at Moray House College. He then taught for over twenty years at Craigroyston High School in a severely deprived catchment area. He moved to Kaimes Special School to develop Outdoor Education as part of a curriculum for children on the Autistic Spectrum. He has been involved for over forty years with Leith Rugby Club as a player and an official.

Edward Shepherd Anderson (1971-77), who has since 2002 been managing director of ARR Craib, one of the UK’s leading haulage and logistics firms, has sold the company to Devon-based Gregory Distribution. Eddie had joined the company in 1985 and became majority shareholder in 2008 after a multi-millionpound buy-out.

William Henry Kerr Anderson (1955-68) BSc with a degree in biochemistry worked in academe in Alabama and New Orleans before taking up a post in biotechnology research with Dow Chemical in Michigan. After retiring he moved to the north of Michigan near Traverse City where he is involved in designing and building sets in community theatre.

Raymond Allan Binner (1959-68) qualified as a chartered accountant and served for several years with one of the big five firms. He then joined Britoil and later BP, with whom he returned to Aberdeen. He then went south again as a financial controller which took him for one week in every five to Houston. He retired a few years ago to live in Maidenhead.

Alan Grant Campbell ((1959-65) CBE, LL.D, LL.B has been appointed by the 2019 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland as one of twelve Assembly Trustees to be a governing structure to deliver the radical changes needed by the Church as it adapts to 21st Century circumstances. His initial term of office is for two years. Alan, who is currently the Vice-President of the FP Club and Chairman of its Executive committee, is an Elder of Queen’s Cross Church, Aberdeen and is a former Chief Executive of first Grampian Regional Council and then Aberdeenshire Council. He is also chair of the Future of Fisheries Management in Scotland and a member of the Accounts Commission.

Peter Martin Catto (1962-68) MA having graduated in History engaged on postgraduate research in French History before qualifying as a librarian. He worked firstly at the Fawcett Library (now at the London School of Economics) but mainly for thirty years at the Islington Libraries. He retired eight years ago.