Whilst Rector of the University of St Andrews, he provided the University with a new home for its Medical School and endowed the Bute Chair of Medicine.
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Board members included Donald Findlay, a QC, Rector of the University of St Andrews and vice-chairman of Rangers F.C., and senior Conservative peer Lord Fraser.
He was also Lord Rector of the University of St Andrews between 2005 and 2008, having been inaugurated on March 10, and was succeeded by Kevin Dunion, OBE.