scientist and Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Edinburgh George Porter, chemist, Nobel Prize winner and President of the Royal Society (Chemistry, 1941) Dan Quine, computer scientist Anya Reading, geophysics lecturer at the University of Tasmania (PhD Geophysics 1997) Malcolm Richardson, mycologist Piers Sellers, NASA astronaut (Biometeorology, 1981) Margot Shiner, gastroenterologist (Medicine, 1947) Karen Steel, geneticist, Principal Investigator at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute James Francis Tait, Endocrinologist and discoverer of aldosterone. (Physics 1945) Hassan Ugail, Professor of Visual Computing at the University of Bradford Jennifer Wilby, Director of the Centre for Systems Studies, University of Hull Guy Alfred Wyon, pathologist, researcher, lecturer Anne Young (nurse), founder of the first Irish school of general nursing Robert Zachary, paediatric surgeon Other Abdullah Yusuf Ali, translator of the Quran Michael Asher, desert explorer and author (English 1977) Alistair Brownlee, Olympian and ITU Triathlon World Champion (Physiology and Sport 2009) Daniel Byles, Guinness World Record-holding ocean rower and polar explorer (Economics and Management Studies 1996) Nancy Cruickshank, British entrepreneur in beauty, fashion, and technology Abdul Haque Faridi, Bangladeshi academic Kat Fletcher, president of the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom, 2004-2006 (Sociology) Bagrat Galstanyan, Armenian theologian and cleric, primate of the Diocese of Tavush Andrew Harrison (born 1970), CEO of Carphone Warehouse Peter Hendy, Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill, Chairman, Network Rail (Economics & Geography, 1975) Richard Hoggart, sociologist and author of The Uses of Literacy (English, 1939) Euphemia Steele Innes, RRC, DN (1874–1955), Scottish nurse, matron of Leeds General Infirmary for 21 years, principal matron of 2nd Northern General Hospital, founder of Leeds Nurses' League Lauren Jeska, transgender fell runner convicted of the attempted murder of Ralph Knibbs (Gender Studies) Simon Lee, businessman, Chief Executive of RSA Insurance Group (English and French) Nicola Mendelsohn, British advertising executive (English and Theatre Studies, 1992) Abdullah O. Nasseef, Saudi geologist, chemist and politician W. H. New, Professor of English Literature at The University of British Columbia, Officer of the Order of Canada Tom Palmer, Rugby Union player David Parry, dialectologist who founded the Survey of Anglo-Welsh Dialects Ivor Porter, ambassador and author of Operation Autonomous and King Michael (English, 1936) Richard Profit, polar explorer (Biology and Management Studies 1996) Subir Raha, Indian business leader (MBA 1985) Ken Robinson, educationalist (English and drama, 1972) Sir Christopher Rose, former head of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division (LL.B., 1957) Jacob Rowan, former captain for