of bands which was evident even in complex mixtures. This analysis, which could be automated to make the detection in minutes, was valuable in the choice of targets for Bomber Command. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1949, the year in which he was also asked if he would like to return to UMich as a full professor. After much thought, especially about what he would be leaving behind, he took up the offer. It took a considerable time to build the group he wanted, but he was able to develop his interest in the biochemical and biophysical applications of infrared spectroscopy. Sutherland returned to Britain as Director of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). He and his family sailed on the SS United States, arriving at Southampton from New York on 24 July 1956. During his period at the NPL he successfully obtained additional staff and facilities for the Laboratory, to make up for the relative lack of investment since the war. He appointed John Pople to head up a new basics physics division, who was joined by David Whiffen, Keith McLauchlan, and Ray Freeman who together developed the use of nuclear magnetic resonance. Sutherland was knighted in 1960 and returned to Cambridge in 1964 as Master of Emmanuel. He retired in 1977. He was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Family Sutherland met his future wife, Gunborg Elisabeth Wahlström from Sweden, in Cambridge in 1933. She was staying with the family of Reginald Revans, whom Sutherland had met in the physics department at UMich. Gordon and Gunborg were engaged in 1935. She left Sweden for England again on 12 February 1936, and they married that year at Caxton Hall in London. The Sutherlands had three daughters: Sir Gordon Brims Black McIvor Sutherland died on 27 January 1980 at Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire and is buried in the churchyard there. Lady Gunborg Elisabeth Sutherland died on 6 April 2001 and is buried with her husband. Other posts held Member of Royal Society delegation to mainland China (1962) Vice-President of the Royal Society (1962-63) Served on the Council for Scientific Policy (1965-1967) The U.K. representative on a committee of the International Council of Scientific Unions (1965) President of the Institute of Physics (1964-1966) Honorary Vice-President of the International Organization for Pure and Applied Biophysics Member of the National