Sir MNS
CHARACTERS FROM the electronics industry peppered the
New Year's Honours list with Robin Saxby, chairman of ARM, knighted for
services to the information technology industry.
Saxby became chief
executive of ARM when it was founded in 1990, and led it into the FTSE 100 in
2000. The company has singlehandedly made the UK a major force in the worldwide
microprocessor industry.
Professor Martin Sweeting, CEO of Surrey
Satellite Technology (SSTL), is now also 'Sir', after being knighted for
services to microsatellite engineering.
Sweeting pioneered the concept
of low cost spacecraft engineering when he lead a team of researchers at the
University of Surrey in the design and construction of Britain's first
microsatellite (UoSAT-1) launched in 1981. Since then, his organisation has
launched 19 other microsats in 20 years and the SSTL's order book currently
stands at over £30m.
Sir MNS, who would have
thought it?
Well actually, almost everybody who knew him, from the distant
days of the early 70's.
This would be an excellent opportunity to drag
up a few ancient and embarrassing stories about the "50p lecturer".
However
here we have a man who's been given a knighthood for engineering and respect
must be shown. (Well some.)
So now let's look out for Martin and Christine
in OK magazine.
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