16 people across Oxfordshire have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022.
The 2022 birthday honours list marks the extraordinary contributions and service of people across the UK.
A damehood also goes to Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, for her roles in attracting more undergraduates from non-traditional or deprived backgrounds to Oxford and securing the deal with AstraZeneca for the production and roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine developed at Oxford.
Professor Richardson said: “I’m deeply flattered for this honour which I am delighted to accept on behalf of the extraordinary colleagues with whom I’ve had the great good fortune to work. It is wonderful to see Higher Education, the essential engine of so many aspects of our economy and society, recognised in this way.”
Receiving a damehood for services to Medical Science is Professor Fiona Powrie FRS, Professor of Musculoskeletal Sciences and Director of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology. Professor Powrie has made significant contributions to our understanding of the immune system, in particular, to how the gut bacteria and the immune system interact, which in turn, has implications for bowel cancer.
Professor Peter Bruce, Wolfson Professor of Materials, was appointed Knight Bachelor in recognition of his work to develop a fundamental understanding of the properties of materials and the processes taking place in batteries and using this knowledge to improve battery performance.
The complete list of the Oxfordshire people recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022 is as follows:
Order of the British Empire
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Professor Fiona Margaret POWRIE FRS
Director, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology.
For services to Medical Science
(Headington, Oxfordshire)
Professor Louise Mary RICHARDSON
Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University.
For services to Higher Education
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Knights Bachelor
Knighthoods
Professor Peter George BRUCE
Wolfson Chair, Professor of Materials, University of Oxford.
For services to Science and Innovation
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Order of the British Empire
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Catherine Rowena MALLYON
Executive Director, Royal Shakespeare Company.
For services to Theatre and to the Arts
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Order of the British Empire
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Professor Constantin COUSSIOS FREng
Director, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford.
For services to Biomedical Engineering
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Helen Frances LILLEY
Assistant Head, Afghanistan Security Policy.
For services to Defence
(Oxfordshire)
Simon John SHEPHERD
Director, The Butler Trust.
For services to HM Prison and Probation Service
(Wallingford, Oxfordshire)
Linda Jayne WATERS
Assistant Chief Officer and Director of Finance, Thames Valley Police.
For services to Policing
Order of the British Empire
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Stuart Conrad BATES
Co-Founder, Spennylympics.
For services to the Motor Neurone Disease Association
(Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
Prudence Mary Prior DAILEY
Vice-President and lately Chair, Prayer Book Society and Member, General Synod.
For services to the Book of Common Prayer
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Professor Charlotte Mary DEANE
Deputy Executive Chair, UK Research and Innovation.
For services to COVID-19 Research
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Rebecca JONES
Volunteers and Access Lead, Cotswolds National Landscape.
For services to Volunteering and to the Environment
(Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire)
Professor Robert Lee MCGREEVY
Chairman, League of Advanced European Neutron Sources.
For services to Science
(Didcot, Oxfordshire)
Charlotte Julia NICHOLS
Co-Founder, Spennylmypics.
For services to the Motor Neurone Disease Association
(Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
Professor Cherry Jane TWEED
Chief Scientific Adviser for Radioactive Waste Management Ltd.
For services to the Nuclear Industry
(Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
Order of the British Empire
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire
Janet Frances RAY
For services to the community in Bicester, Oxfordshire
(Bicester, Oxfordshire)
