Kathleen Janette Anderson OBE

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FRCC (1927–2002) was a 20th-century Scottish biochemist, highly involved in the transition of Napier College into

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. She was appointed vice principal of Edinburgh's

in 1983, becoming the first woman to be appointed to such a senior post in a Scottish university.

Life

She was born in July 1927. She was raised in Glasgow and educated at Queen's Park School, Glasgow before studying biology at Glasgow University. In 1972 she oversaw Napier University's first major grant-aided study: looking at the impact of Edinburgh's sewage system on the ecology of the

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. Anderson was a biologist who was a Fellow of the

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, Fellow of the Institute of Biology, Fellow of the

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, Fellow of the Scottish Vocational Education Council and was awarded an

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in 1987 for services to education. She developed the first interdisciplinary degree course at Napier College (now

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) and also significantly contributed to the development of research within the university. In 1995 she was elected a Fellow of the

. In later life she was a Director of St George's School for Girls in west Edinburgh. Her address at this time was 40 Barony Terrace. She died of a pre-existing heart condition on 5 July 2002.

Family

She was married to Mark and they had one son and one daughter.

Career

Academic

* Lecturer in botany at West of Scotland College of Agriculture * Research Fellow and Lecturer in biochemistry * Senior lecturer at Napier College * Vice-principal at Edinburgh Napier University

Directorship of companies

Anderson was director of the following companies: * Napier University Ventures Limited 1988 – 1992 * Scottish Vocational Education Council 1989 – 1992 * St George's School for Girls 1990- 2000 * The Royal Observatory (Edinburgh) Trust 1991 – 1999 * The Thomas Telford Trust

Publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Jannette Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Officers of the Order of the British Empire British women biologists 1927 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Scottish women scientists 20th-century British biologists Scottish women chemists Scottish biochemists