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Boardroom named to honour former Chair of Council The contribution of a long-standing friend and alumna of the University has been commemorated by officially giving her name to the boardroom in our new Law School. Mrs Anne Galbraith is a lawyer who was a lay member of Council for 12 years until 31st July 2012 and its Chairman for the last six of those years.
The Anne Galbraith boardroom is a key element of the new Law School and cantilevers over the School’s entrance. The room includes audio visual facilities and an informal area at its point with views of the Cathedral and Mountjoy. Anne unveiled a plaque at the official naming ceremony on 27th November 2012 where she said, “I feel honoured to have had such a long association with Durham University…I am thrilled and overwhelmed that the University has decided to mark the end of my Chairmanship of University Council with such a generous and unexpected gesture.”
IMAGES Far left: Former Chancellor Bill Bryson talks to current students at the renaming ceremony of the new Bill Bryson Library.
“I feel honoured to have had such a long association with Durham University…I am thrilled and overwhelmed that the University has decided to mark the end of my Chairmanship of University Council with such a generous and unexpected gesture”
Above: Anne Galbraith, Council Chair, Lawyer and Durham University alumna gives her name to the Anne Galbraith Boardroom in the new Law School development. Below: Vice-Chancellor Professor Chris Higgins and Anne Galbraith unveil a commemorative plaque at the unveiling of the new facility.