Jannette Anderson

Kathleen Jannette Anderson (1927 - July 5, 2002), known as Jannette, was appointed deputy principal of Edinburgh Napier University in 1983, becoming the first woman to be appointed to such a senior post in Scotland. Professor Anderson was a biologist who was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Institute of Biology, Fellow of the Royal College of Chemistry, Fellow of the Scottish Vocational Education Council and was awarded an OBE in 1987 for services to education.^[1] She developed the first interdisciplinary degree course at Napier College (now Edinburgh Napier University) and also significantly contributed to the development of research within the university.

Education

• Queen's Park School, Glasgow
• Glasgow University

Career

Academic

• Lecturer in botany at West of Scotland College of Agriculture
• Research Fellow and Lecturer in biochemistry
• Senior lecturer at Napier College
• Vice-principal at Edinburgh Napier University

Directorship of companies

Anderson was director of the following companies:^[2]

• Napier University Ventures Limited 1988 - 1992
• Scottish Vocational Education Council 1989 - 1992
• Sr George's School for Girls 1990- 2000
• The Royal Observatory (Edinburgh) Trust 1991- 1999
• The Thomas Telford Trust

Publications

• Read, P. A.; Renshaw, T.; Anderson, K. J. (April 1978). "Pollution Effects on Intertidal Macrobenthic Communities". The Journal of Applied Ecology. 15 (1): 15. doi:10.2307/2402918.
• Read, P.A.; Renshaw, T.; Jackes, A.D.; Watson, P.G.; Anderson, K.J. (December 1977). "Water quality in the forth estuary: A discriminant functional analysis". Environmental Pollution (1970). 14 (4): 275–287. doi:10.1016/0013-9327(77)90139-2.

References

1. "Janette Anderson Midwife to birth of a university". Retrieved 3 December 2013.
2. "Companies in the UK". Retrieved 3 December 2013.