George Paul McNicol

George Paul McNicol CBE (24 September 1929 – 28 July 2014) was a Scottish physician, academic and university academic. He was the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen from 1981 to 1991.^[1]

George Paul McNicol CBE
Principal of the University of Aberdeen
In office 1981–1991
Preceded by	Sir Fraser Noble
Succeeded by	Maxwell Irvine
Personal details
Born	(1929-09-24)24 September 1929 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	28 July 2014(2014-07-28) (aged 96)
Spouse	Susan Moira Ritchie ​ (m. 1959)​
Children	3
Education	Hillhead High School
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Profession	Physician, academic, and university administrator

Early life

He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and studied at the local Hillhead High School and medicine at the University of Glasgow.^[2]

Career

McNicol worked as a surgeon and physician before returning to academia via a Harkness Fellowship at the Washington University, St Louis in America. He then gained a PhD from the University of Glasgow in 1965. His early academic career was at the University of Glasgow and he spent a secondment at Mekerere University College Medical School, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. He returned to the UK and was appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Leeds.^[3] He left Leeds to take up his next appointment as the Principal of the University of Aberdeen in 1981. He was awarded a CBE in the 1992 New Year Honours.

Personal life

In 1959, he married Susan Moira Ritchie. They had three children and four grandchildren.