New Year Honours for veterinary surgeons

Two former RCVS Council members were amongst the three veterinary surgeons to receive awards relating to their veterinary roles in the Queen’s New Year Honours List.

Professor Quintin McKellar, immediate past Principal of the Royal Veterinary College who served from 2004 to 2010 on the RCVS Council, was awarded a CBE for services to science, and Dr Lydia Brown, a former RCVS President and Chairman of the RCVS Trust, was awarded an MBE for services to the veterinary profession. Mr Lewis George Grant, former Veterinary Manager at the Food Standards Agency, received an OBE. 

“It is good to see three veterinary surgeons included in the New Year Honours List,” said RCVS President, Mr Peter Jinman. “Not only has Dr Lydia Brown’s considerable contribution to the veterinary profession been acknowledged, but the veterinary profession’s contribution to wider science has also been recognised through the award made to Professor Quintin McKellar.“