Background
Beveridge, Gordon Smith Grieve was born on November 28, 1933 in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
Beveridge, Gordon Smith Grieve was born on November 28, 1933 in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
Bachelor of Science, U. Glasgow (Scotland), 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Edinburgh (Scotland), 1960; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Dublin, Ireland, 1992.
Assistant lecturer, U. Edinburgh, 1956-1960;
Harkness fellow, postdoctoral fellow, University of Minnesota, 1960-1962;
lecturer, U. Edinburgh, 1962-1967;
senior lecturer, Heriot-Watt U., Edinburgh, 1967-1970;
reader, Heriot-Watt U., Edinburgh, 1970-1971;
professor, head of Department, University Strathclyde, Scotland, 1971-1986;
president, vice chancellor, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, since 1986. Visiting professor University Texas, 1962-1971. Board directors Qubis Ltd., Belfast, Navan at Armagh Ltd., Northern Ireland, University Bookshop Ltd., Belfast.
Engineering consultant United Kingdom, United States of America, Germany, since 1960.
Fellow Royal Society Edinburgh. Member Royal Irish Academy, Engineering Council, Institution of Chemical Engineers (president 1984-1985).
Son of Victor Beattie and Elizabeth Fairbairn (Grieve) B.;m. Geertruida H.J. Bruyn, August 15, 1963. Children: Norman, Stuart, Catriona.