Calendar: 1957-1958 Page 395

ANNUAL REPORT Throat department at King's College Hospital received the honour of Knighthood in the New Year Honours Dr Sheldon student in the Faculty of Medical Science from 1913 to 1918 received the honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine of Bristol University II Past and Present Staff -Mr Barton Assistant Lecturer in Laws 1954-55 was elected to Fellowship and Tutorship in Law at Merton College Oxford from October 1956 Dr Davies Lecturer in Chemistry 1952-55 was awarded the Sc degree of the University of London Mr Oatley was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours He was on the staff of the Physics Department from 1927 to 1944 and is now Reader in Engineering at Cambridge Dr Pincherle was appointed to the Readership in Physics tenable at Bedford College He was on the staff of this College from 1943 to 1948 Professor Bennet-Clark was elected to the Council of the Royal Society He was appointed Vice-Chairman of the governing body of East Mailing Research Station in succession to Professor Blackman Professor Bondi was appointed Secretary of the Royal Astrono- mical Society He was elected Chairman of the Committee of Manage- ment University of London Computational Unit and appointed member of the Dynamic and Synoptical Sub-Committee of the Meteoro- logical Research Committee Professor Domb was asked to serve on the Papers Committee of the Physical Society Professor Findlay was elected Fellow of the British Academy Professor Greig was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edin- burgh The Council of the British Association for the Advancement of Science elected him Recorder of Section Engineering Professor Hey was appointed member of the Academic Council of the University He served as one of the Honorary Secretaries of Section Β for the British Association meeting at Sheffield Professor Kastner and Dr Williams see New Appoint- ments were awarded jointly the Dugald Clerk Prize of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Professor Maguinness was appointed Vice-President of the Classical Association and Chairman of its Council He was appointed President of the Orbilian Society for 1957 Professor Norman was appointed Honorary Director of the Institute of Germanic Languages and Literatures from September lst 1956 Professor Ross was appointed member of the Research Com- mittee of the Institution of Civil Engineers