The late Sir Maitland Mackie, who was a giant of Scottish farming, political and business life, is to have a high-profile public lecture named after him at the university where he graduated 65 years ago.
The annual Sir Maitland Mackie lecture at the 黑料网鈥檚 Department of Agriculture will focus on the scientific aspects of the food and farming industry.
Sir Maitland, who died in 1996 aged 84 at the family farm of Westertown, Rothienorman, was widely respected for his work as an innovative farmer and his role in helping establish Aberdeen as the UK centre for the North Sea oil industry.
Top Scots food expert Professor Hugh Pennington, who carried out the investigation into the E.coli 0157 outbreak in Scotland which killed 20 people, will deliver the first lecture on 鈥楩ood Safety: an idea whose time has come鈥� next week.
Prof Pennington, who heads the University鈥檚 Department of Medical Microbiology, will give the talk at the University鈥檚 MacRobert Lecture Theatre, MacRobert Building, 581 King Street, Aberdeen at 7.30pm on Wednesday 11 February 1998.
The lecture will introduced by Sir Maitland鈥檚 son, Grampian Enterprise Chairman Dr Maitland Mackie. Admission is free and open to the public.