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Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott (8 April 1939 – 21 February 2023) was a Scottish microbiologist who was Principal of the University of Strathclyde. He succeeded Lord Wilson of Tillyorn as President of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in October 2011 and was succeeded by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell in October 2014.
Arbuthnott served as Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde between 1991 and 2000, succeeding Sir Graham Hills.




Life and career


Arbuthnott was educated at Hyndland Senior Secondary School, the University of Glasgow(BSc, PhD), and Trinity College, Dublin (MA, ScD). In 1998, he was made a Knight Bachelor for services to education.
In December 1997, while Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde, Arbuthnott chaired the National Review of Resource Allocation ("The Arbuthnott Report" and "the Arbuthnott Review". The principal task of the independent review was to consider how money was allocated annually to fund the 14 Scottish NHS Boards. The resulting mechanism, known as the Arbuthnott Formula, assesses key indicators of population, inequality and deprivation of the areas covered by each of the boards to allocate money.
Arbuthnott was chair of the Arbuthnott Commission set up in 2004 to consider the consequences of having four separate voting systems for elections in Scotland and also different boundaries for Holyrood and Westminster constituencies.
Sir John Arbuthnott died on 21 February 2023, at the age of 83.




Professional posts


University of Glasgow:
Assistant lecturer, 1960–1963
Lecturer, 1963–1967
New York Medical Center: Visiting lecturer, 1966–1967
Royal Society of London: Research fellow, 1968–72
University of Glasgow: Senior lecturer, Department of Bacteriology, 1972–1975
Trinity College, Dublin:
Professor of microbiology 1976-1988
Bursar, 1983–86
University of Nottingham: Professor of microbiology 1988-1991
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow: Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1991–2000




Professional committee work


Chairman, Expert Group on Labour's plan for National Care Service
Chairman, Joint Information Systems Committee, 1993–98
Chairman, Greater Glasgow Health Board, November 2002-
Chairman, Commission Report on Boundary Differences and Voting Systems, 2005-6
Convener, Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals, 1994–1996
Convener, National Review of Allocation of Health Resources in Scotland, 1997–1999
Vice Chairman, CVCP, 1997–99
Dr Campbell Christie and Arbuthnott [reports on public service delivery and resource allocation]
Secretary-Treasurer, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, 2000-
Member of the council, Society of General Microbiology 1981–1986, (senior ed 1980–1984, treasurer 1987–1992)
Meetings secretary, Federation of European Microbiology Societies, 1986–1990
Member, Microbiological Safety of Food Committee, 1989–1990
Member, AFRC Animal Research Board, 1989–1992
Member, Public Health Laboratory Service Board, 1991–1997
Member, DTI Multimedia Advisory Group, 1994–1996
Member, Educational Counselling Service Board, British Council, 1995–1996
Member, Glasgow Development Agency, 1995-
Member, National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education, 1996–97
Member, Scottish Science Trust, 1999
Member, Pathological Society




Professional honours


Honorary fellow, Trinity College, Dublin 1992
MRIA 1985
FSB 1988
FRSA 1989
FRSE 1993
FIIB 1993
FRCPath 1995
Honorary degree of Lodz University of Technology, Poland, May 1995
Hon FRCPGlasg
St Mungo Prize 2010
Hon Doctor of Science St Margaret University, Edinburgh, July 2000




Publications






References






External links


NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee

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