appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards for doctors and dentists. He served in both roles until 2000. Reid's book, Resolving complaints and promoting openness: Can the ombudsman help?, was published in 1998. Reid was Sydenham Lecturer of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London in 1994, the Crookshank Lecturer of the Royal College of Radiologists in 1994 and the John Hunt Lecturer of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1996. Classical and modern languages, verse and hillwalking are among his leisure pursuits. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. References Military personnel from Aberdeen 20th-century British Army personnel British Army soldiers Ombudsmen in the United Kingdom People from Aberdeen People educated at Robert Gordon's College Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath 1931 births Living people