Sir Kenneth Charles Calman was born on 25 December 1941 and is a Scottish doctor and academic who formerly worked as a surgeon, oncologist and cancer researcher and held the position of Chief Medical Officer of Scotland, and then England.
23 Facts About Kenneth Calman
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Kenneth Calman was Warden and Vice-Chancellor of Durham University from 1998 to 2006 before becoming Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.
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Kenneth Calman held the position of Chair of the National Cancer Research Institute from 2008 until 2011.
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Kenneth Calman was born on 25 December 1941 to Grace Douglas Don and Arthur McIntosh Calman.
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Kenneth Calman was educated at Allan Glen's School and the University of Glasgow.
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Kenneth Calman began medical training and took an intercalated BSc in biochemistry while studying for his MB ChB, the general medical degree.
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Kenneth Calman undertook a PhD in dermatology and received an MD with Honours in organ preservation.
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Kenneth Calman became Hall Fellow and lecturer in surgery at the university in 1969, and between 1972 and 1974, was a clinical research fellow at the Chester Beatty Research Institute in London, funded by the Medical Research Council.
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In 1974, Kenneth Calman was appointed to the chair of clinical oncology and became dean of postgraduate medicine at The University of Glasgow in 1984.
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Kenneth Calman was appointed chief medical officer for Scotland, at the Scottish Office in 1989.
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Professor Kenneth Calman retired as Warden in 2006 and was succeeded by Professor Christopher Higgins.
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Kenneth Calman was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics from 2000 to 2008.
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On 23 January 2006, it was announced Kenneth Calman had been elected Chancellor of the University of Glasgow by the General Council of the university, taking around 60 percent of the vote against opponent Professor Sir Neil MacCormick, a former MEP, jurist and son of John MacCormick, former Rector of the University.
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Kenneth Calman was Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Trust for Scotland from 2010 to 2015.
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Kenneth Calman has written 15 books, mainly on medical topics, and many papers on medicine, health and science.
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Kenneth Calman was the chair of a commission established by the Scottish Parliament in March 2008 to review Scottish devolution, commonly referred to as the Kenneth Calman Commission.
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Kenneth Calman has received honorary degrees from the universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Aberdeen, Nottingham, Newcastle, Birmingham, Stirling, Paisley, Westminster and Brighton, the Open University and Glasgow Caledonian University.
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Kenneth Calman became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1979.
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Kenneth Calman was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
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Kenneth Calman is an Honorary Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators.
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Kenneth Calman is a Deputy Lieutenant in the City of Glasgow.
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Kenneth Calman was President of The Boys' Brigade from 2007 until 2012, and addressed his first council meeting as president at Tulliallan Castle in September 2008.
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Kenneth Calman married Ann Wilkie in 1967, and has a son and two daughters, one of whom is the comedian Susan Calman.