Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott, PPRSE, FRCPSG, FMedSci,

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(born 8 April 1939) is a Scottish microbiologist, and was Principal of the

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. He succeeded Lord Wilson of Tillyorn as President of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in October 2011 and was succeeded by

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in October 2014. He served as Prinicpal and Vice Chancellor of the

between 1991 and 2000.

Education

Arbuthnott was educated at Hyndland Senior Secondary School,

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(

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, PhD), and Trinity College, Dublin ( MA, ScD). In 1998, he was made a

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for services to education. Whilst Principal and Vice-Chancellor of

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, Arbuthnott chaired the ''National Review of Resource Allocation ("The Arbuthnott Report"'' and ''"the Arbuthnott Review"'') in December 1997, the principal task of which was to conduct an independent review of the way in which NHS money is allocated annually to the 14 Scottish NHS Boards. The resulting mechanism, known as the Arbuthnott Formula, assesses key indicators of population, inequality and deprivation of the areas covered by each of the boards to allocate money. He was chair of the Arbuthnott Commission set up in 2004 to consider the consequences of having four separate voting systems for elections in Scotland and also different boundaries for Holyrood and Westminster constituencies.

Professional posts

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: ** Assistant lecturer, 1960–1963 ** Lecturer, 1963–1967 * New York Medical Center: Visiting lecturer, 1966–1967 *

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: Research fellow, 1968–72 * Glasgow University: Senior lecturer, Department of Bacteriology, 1972–1975 * Trinity College, Dublin: ** Professor of microbiology 1976-1988 ** Bursar, 1983–86 *

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: Professor of microbiology 1988-1991 *

, Glasgow: Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1991–2000

Professional committee work

* Chairman, Expert Group on Labour's plan for National Care Service * Chairman,

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, 1993–98 * Chairman, Greater Glasgow Health Board, November 2002- * Chairman, Commission Report on Boundary Differences and Voting Systems, 2005-6 * Convener, Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals, 1994–1996 * Convener, National Review of Allocation of Health Resources in Scotland, 1997–1999 * Vice Chairman,

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, 1997–99 * Dr Campbell Christie and Arbuthnott eports on public service delivery and resource allocation* Secretary-Treasurer, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, 2000- * Member of the council,

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1981–1986, (senior ed 1980–1984, treasurer 1987–1992) * Meetings secretary, Federation of European Microbiology Societies, 1986–1990 * Member, Microbiological Safety of Food Committee, 1989–1990 * Member, AFRC Animal Research Board, 1989–1992 * Member,

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Board, 1991–1997 * Member, DTI Multimedia Advisory Group, 1994–1996 * Member, Educational Counselling Service Board,

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, 1995–1996 * Member,

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, 1995- * Member,

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, 1996–97 * Member, Scottish Science Trust, 1999 * Member, Pathological Society

Professional honours

* Honorary fellow, Trinity College, Dublin 1992 * MRIA 1985 * FSB 1988 *

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1989 * FRSE 1993 * FIIB 1993 *

1995 * Honorary degree of Lodz University of Technology,

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, May 1995 * Hon FRCPGlasg * St Mungo Prize 2010 * Hon Doctor of Science St Margaret University, Edinburgh, July 2000

Publications

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References

External links

NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee
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Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) Fellows of the Royal College of Pathologists Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Fellows of Trinity College Dublin Knights Bachelor Members of the Royal Irish Academy People associated with the University of Strathclyde People educated at Hyndland Secondary School Presidents of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Scottish knights Scottish microbiologists Scottish pathologists Scottish scholars and academics