George Paul McNicol
CBE
Principal of the University of Aberdeen
In office
1981–1991
Preceded bySir Fraser Noble
Succeeded byMaxwell Irvine
Personal details
Born(1929-09-24)24 September 1929
Glasgow, Scotland
Died28 July 2014(2014-07-28) (aged 96)
Spouse
Susan Moira Ritchie
​
(m. 1959)​
Children3
EducationHillhead High School
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
ProfessionPhysician, academic, and university administrator

George Paul McNichol CBE (24 September 1929 – 28 July 2014) was a Scottish physician and university academic. He was the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen from 1981 to 1991.[1]

Early life

McNicol was born in Glasgow, Scotland and studied at the local Hillhead High School and medicine at the University of Glasgow.[2]

Career

McNicol worked as a surgeon and physician before returning to academia via a Harkness Fellowship at the Washington University in St. Louis in America. He then gained a PhD from the University of Glasgow in 1965. His early academic career was at the University of Glasgow and he spent a secondment at Mekerere University College Medical School, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. He returned to the UK and was appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Leeds.[3] He left Leeds to take up his next appointment as the Principal of the University of Aberdeen in 1981. He was awarded a CBE in the 1992 New Year Honours.[4]

Personal life

In 1959, he married Susan Moira Ritchie. They had three children and four grandchildren.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "University principal who has led from the front and never courted popularity". The Herald. 8 February 1990.
  2. 1 2 "George Paul McNicol". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "George P. McNicol". University of Leeds. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  4. ↑ United Kingdom list: "No. 52767". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1991. pp. 1–27.
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