(1979–1999), honorary treasurer (1981–1999). Born Derby, United Kingdom, educated at Bemrose Grammar School, Derby, University of Hull (B.Sc. Zoology), University of Leeds (M.Sc. Steroid Endocrinology), University of Hull (Ph.D. Some aspects of age changes in the laboratory rat.). Population Council of New York Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Human Reproduction and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, USA (1972–73). UK Representative to the European Biological Section of the International Association of Gerontology (1982–1999), National Organising and Finance Sub-Committee for First European Multidisciplinary Meeting of the International Association of Gerontology (1983–1988), member of the Research Advisory Council of the Charity, 'Research into Ageing' (1986–1992), Expert witness to the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Science of Ageing, London (2004), Scientific Coordinator for the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council Experimental Research into Ageing (ERA) Initiative (2001–2006). Reader in Biology, University of Liverpool (retired 2012). Research interests: calorie restriction and longevity and reproductive lifespan, oxidative stress and ageing, mitochondrial bioenergetics with ageing and calorie restriction, gene expression and epigenetics of ageing, alpha-lipoic acid and calorie restriction retardation of ageing. Professor Fritz Vezar (1886–1979) honorary member (1966) Born Budapest, Hungary. Educated Budapest medical school (Graduated 1909) served with the Austro Hungarian army during World War 1 as a front line combat surgeon and was then based in the K.u.K. XVIII, Military Epidemiological Laboratory at Debrecen, Hungary. Appointed Chair of Physiology of the University of Basel (Switzerland) in 1930, founder of the journal Gerontology (1957) still published by Karger. His seminal contribution to gerontology was the recognition that protein cross-linking had the potential to play a significant causal role in the aging process Woodford-Williams, Eluned (Lyn) (1913–1984) Elected to the Society (1954), executive committee member (1958–69) . Born, Liverpool, United Kingdom, grew up there and in Wales. Educated Liverpool College, Cardiff High School for Girls, Welsh National School of Medicine(BSc, 1933), University College Hospital, London (qualified 1936). Senior registrar and first assistant physician to Professor Oscar Olbrich (BSRA member elected) Sunderland Hospital. Established geriatric medicine at Sunderland and organised the 1958 meeting of the European Clinical Section of the International Association of Gerontology. With Professor Arthur Norman Exton-Smith founded the journal Gerontologia Clinica. A patron of modern Welsh art and culture, her collection of paintings was bequeathed to the National Museum of Wales upon her death. 1980–2000 Professor Richard Aspinall (1955–) Elected to membership of the society (1994), executive committee member (1997–2003, 2017–present), chairman (1999–2003)