Prof Ian Young, OBE, FRS, FREng

Career: Hilger & Watts Ltd 1955-59, Evershed & Vignoles Ltd 1959-67, Evershed Power Optics Ltd 1967-76, EMI Central Research Laboratory 1976-81, sr research fell GEC Hirst Research Centre, vice-pres Res Picker International Inc Cleveland OH 1981-, visiting prof Imperial Coll Sch of Med at Hammersmith Hosp (Royal Postgrad Med Sch until merger 1997) 1983-2001, sr research fell Dept of Electrical and Electronic Engrg Imperial Coll 2004-; Duddell Medal Inst of Physics 1983, Gold Medal Soc of Magnetic Resonance in Med 1988, Silver Medal Soc of Magnetic Resonance 1994, Whittle Medal Royal Acad of Engrg 2004; Hon DSc Univ of Aberdeen 1992; pres Soc of Magnetic Resonance in Med 1991-92, hon memb Soc of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1989; FIEE 1967, FREng 1988, FRS 1989, hon FRCR 1990, FInstP 1991