Dr. John Alvey CB Dr.h.c. FEng BSc(Eng) FIEE FRSA MBCS
Dr. Alvey is the Former Chief Scientist at
the Royal Air Force(RAF), Engineer-in-Chief at British Telecom Plc. and Managing Director of Procurement BT Plc.Dr.
John Alvey CB Dr.h.c.mult. FEng BSc(Eng) DipNEC FIEE FRSA MBCS is the former Chief Scientist at the Royal Air Force(RAF),
Engineer-in-Chief at British Telecom Plc and Managing Director of Procurement at BT Plc.He was educated at Northampton
Engineering College(now City University) and began his career at the London Stock Exchange in 1941 until 1943. Dr.Alvey served in
'War-Time' Britain and thereafter in the Royal Navy between 1943-46 and worked at the Royal Navy Scientific Service in 1950. He
became Head of Weapons Projects at the Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment from 1968-72 and then Director-General
Electronics Radar at the Procurement Establishment(PE) of the Ministry of Defence from 1972-73. In 1974 Dr.Alvey was appointed
Director-General of Airborne Electronics Systems at the PE of the MOD until 1975 when he was made Deputy Controller of Research
and Development Establishments, Research Committee and Chief Scientist of the Royal Air Force(RAF),MOD until 1980. Between
1980 and 1983 he was Seior Director of Technology at British Telecom Plc and then the companys' Managing Director for Procurement
and Engineer-in-Chief from 1983-86. Dr.Alvey has held several Directorships including that with LSI Logic Limited and Chairmanship
of SIRA from 1987-94. Between 1985-92 he was Member of the Council of the Fellowship of Engineering, Vice-President of the
Fellowship from 1989-92 and Council Member for the Foundation for Science and Technology between 1986-90. In 1988 Dr.Alvey
became a Fellow of Queen Mary and Westfield College and has a very notable publication to his name, 'The Alvey Committee Report'.
Nobel Laureate Prof.Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez h.c.Dr.mult
Dr. Sanchez is the previous President of Costa
Rica.Oscar Arias Sanchez was born in 1941. After studying in the United States, he read law and economics at the University of Costa
Rica in the capital, San Jose. As a student he engaged actively in the work of the National Liberation Party. Having completed his
degree, he went on to take a doctorate in England, with a thesis on the subject of "Who rules Costa Rica?" He is the author of a number
of books and articles on political and historical subjects. Arias embarked on his political career in earnest in 1970, as assistant to Jose
Figueres, a former President who was again seeking election. When Figueres was elected in 1972, Arias was given a seat in the
government as Minister of National Planning and Political Economy. In 1975 his party elected him International Secretary and in 1979,
General Secretary. He represented the party at several Socialist International congresses. In the1978 elections, when the Christian Social
Unity Party won the presidency, Arias was elected to the Legislative Assembly but withdrew in 1981 to work for his party's presidential
candidate, Luis Alberto Monge, who won in 1982. Nominated himself in 1985, Arias was elected President in 1986, winning 52.3% of
the votes against 45.8% for the Christian Social Unity candidate. As President, he intervened against the activities of U.S.-backed
Contras on Costa Rican territory. Although critical of the political system in Nicaragua, Arias has concentrated on engaging Nicaragua
and the other Central American states in a peace-making process. In May 1986, he met the Presidents of Guatemala, El Salvador,
Honduras, and Nicaragua to discuss the proposals for a peaceful solution that had been worked out by the Contadora group. They did
not reach full agreement, but early in 1987 Arias succeeded in calling a new meeting at which he submitted his own peace plan,
departing in some respects from the Contadora plan. The acord approved by the five Presidents in Guatemala on August 7 was based on
President Arias's plan.
Nobel Laureate Prof. Dr. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow PhD h.c.Dr.mult. (distinction of being honoured with over 60 doctorates)
Dr. Yalow is the Senior Medical Investigator Emeritus, Veterans Administration, US Government. She was
educated at the Hunter College, New York and the University of Illinois where she became assistant in physics at the University from
1941-43 and Instructor between 1944-45. Professor Yalow became assistant Professor in physics at the Hunter College from 1946-50
and physicist/assistant chief of the Radioisotope Service between 1950-70. She was acting Chief from 1968-70 and made Chief also at
the Radioimmunoassay Reference Laboratory in 1969. Professor Yalow became Chief at the Nuclear Medical Service from 1970-80 and
Senior Medical Investigator between 1972-92. In 1992 she became Senior Medical Investigator Emeritus, a position she still holds
today. Professor Yalow has held many senior appointments including Director, Solomon A Berson Research Laboratory at the Veterans
Administration Medical Center(1973-92); Research Professor at the Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine New
York(1968-74); Distinguished Service Professor(1974-79); Distinguished Professor-at-Large the Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Yeshiva University(1979-85), Professor Emeritus(1985-); Chair at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Montefiore Hospital
Bronx(1980-85) and Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Professor-at-Large, Mount Sinai School of Medicine(1986-). She has given
many eminent lectures including the Harvey Lecture, American Gastroenterology Association Memorial Lecturer, Joslyn Lecturer, New
England Diabetes Association, Franklin I. Harris Memorial Lecturer, 1st Hagedorn Memorial Lecturer and at the Acta Endocrinologica
Congress. Professor Yalow has been the President of the Endocrine Society(1978-79) and Member of NAS since 1975. She is a Member
of the American Physics Society, Member of the Radiation Research Society, Member of the American Association of Physicists in
Medicine, Member of the Biophysics Society, Member of the the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member of the American
Physiology Society, Foreign Associate of the French Academy of Medicine, Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, Fellow of
the Radiation Research Society, Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Associate Fellow in Physics American
College of Radiology, Fellow of the American Diabetes Association, Fellow of the Endocrine Society and Fellow of the Society of
Nuclear Medicine. Professor Yalow has more than thirty awards and distinctions from eminent institutions throughout the world and
has the joint unique distinction of being one of the only two women living in the world today to have been awarded the Nobel Prize.
Professor Yalow is a pre-eminent example to all other women aspiring to be at the very forefront of modern science. The Foundation is
extremely fortunate and highly honoured by her presence.