Background
McGREGOR, Oliver Ross McGregor was born on August 25, 1921 in Durris, Scotland. Son of late William McGregor and Anne Olivia Ross.
sociologist and social historian
McGREGOR, Oliver Ross McGregor was born on August 25, 1921 in Durris, Scotland. Son of late William McGregor and Anne Olivia Ross.
Worksop College, University of Aberdeen, London School of Economics.
Fellow, University of Manchester 60. Professor, of Social Instituts, University of London 1964-1985, Head of Department, of Sociology, Bedford College 1964-1977. Joint Director Rowntree Legal Research Unit 1966-1984.
Director of Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford 75.
Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford 1972-1975. Chairman Press Complaints Commission since 1991.
Chairman Advertising Standards Authority 1980-1990. President National Council for One Parent Families.
Industry Trustee of Reuters since 1984, Chairman Reuters Founders Share Company.
Chairman 1975-1977. President National Association of Citizens’ Advice Bureaux 1981-1986. Honorary Fellow, London School of Economics 1977.
Honorary Doctor of Laws (Bristol) 1986.
Committee on the Enforcement of Judgment Debts 1965-1969, Committee on Statutory Maintenance Limits 1966-1968, Committee on Land Use 1967, Independent television Authority"s General Advisory Council 1967-1972, Countryside Commission 1968-1980, Lord Chancellor’s Advisor}" Committee on Legal Aid 1969-1978. Committee on One-Parent Families 1969-1974. Royal Commission, on the Press 1974.
Married Nellie Weate in 1944.