Born St Louis, 4 April 1928; d of Bailey Johnson and Vivian Baxter Johnson; one s; died 28 May 2014
writer, singer and actress
George Washington High Sch., San Francisco; California Labor Sch....
Born St Louis, 4 April 1928; d of Bailey Johnson and Vivian Baxter Johnson; one s; died 28 May 2014
writer, singer and actress
George Washington High Sch., San Francisco; California Labor Sch....
PC 2001; PhD; Vice-Chancellor, University of Greenwich, 2004–11
DBE 2019
Director-General, Confederation of British Industry, 2015–20
Senior Independent Director, International Distributions Services plc (formerly Royal Mail Group), since 2020; Independent non-executive Member, Office for Budget Responsibility, since 2023
Professor of Singing, Royal College of Music, 1989
PC 2004; Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Enterprise, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, 2015–20
President of Ireland, 1997–2011; Professor of Children, Religion and Law, University of Glasgow, since 2018
CH 2014; CBE 1995; PhD; FBA 1993; FMedSci
Director, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland, since 2012
President, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University, 1994–2001; a Conservative Party Whip, House of Lords, 2011–16
CBE 2019 (OBE 1996)
writer
historian and novelist