Background
Butters, Gordon was born on October 2, 1936 in Lancaster, England. Son of John Stevenson and Mary Ann Steven (Munro) Butters.
polymer scientist chemical engineering educator
Butters, Gordon was born on October 2, 1936 in Lancaster, England. Son of John Stevenson and Mary Ann Steven (Munro) Butters.
Graduate Royal Institute Chemistry, Lancaster and Morecambe College Further Education, 1962.
Chief chemist Somic Ltd., Preston, England, 1962-1965. Senior development chemist Mobil Chemicals Ltd., Stroud, England, 1965-1968. Various technical management positions BP Chemicals Ltd., Barry, England, 1968-1984, group leader processing and particle technical Grangemouth, Scotland, since 1984.
Honorary professor chemical and process engineering Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, since 1986.
Director music Queensferry Parish Church. Fellow Royal Society Chemistry (solids and materials processing award 1981), Plastics and Rubber Institute, Institution Chemical Engineers. Member British Institute Management Lodges: Rotary (international chairman South Queensferry since 1986).
Married Patricia Maureen Denton, November 1, 1958. 1 child, Michael.