Sir Kenneth was a graduate of the University of Glasgow (BSc, MBChB, PhD, MD, DSc and MLitt) and he spent a large part of his career at Glasgow, as lecturer in Surgery, and later Chair of Oncology and Dean of Postgraduate Medicine.
Sir Kenneth was Chief Medical Officer for Scotland before being appointed Chief Medical Officer to the UK government, a post he held from 1991 to 1998. He was then appointed Warden and Vice-Chancellor of Durham University (1998-2007) and held the office of Chancellor of the University of Glasgow from 2006-2020, succeeding Sir William Kerr Fraser.
In the years since he stepped down as Chancellor, Sir Kenneth continued to be a regular guest at University events, and kept in close touch with the University’s progress.
The University will publish an official tribute to Sir Kenneth in due course. He will be much missed by the many colleagues, former colleagues, alumni and friends of the University who knew him and worked with him over the years.
