Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle
Beryl Catherine Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle, nee Myatt CBE, DL, FReng ( born April 18, 1923 in Leigh-on -Sea ) is a British politician ( Conservative Party ) and aerospace engineer.
Life and career
Platt was born on 18 April 1923 as Beryl Myatt, the daughter of Ernest and Dorothy Myatt in Leigh- on-Sea. Since her family moved often, it changed hands several times the school. She attended Tower House School in Leigh-on -Sea Westcliff High School for Girls in Southend -on-Sea and the Slough High School. She was educated at Girton College, University of Cambridge from 1941 to 1943 aviation after 1941 had received a grant for a study place. Originally she planned to study mathematics, but the government proposed because of wartime shortages in sectors of potential students with a list of specific subjects. She chose it Aeronautics and completed a two-year Degree in Engineering ( Mechanical Sciences). In her first year she attended lectures on a wide range of topics. In her second year she attended specialized courses. With her graduation in 1943 she was one of five women among 250 men. 1943 could acquire no equivalent academic degrees as their male classmates women; therefore they did not receive a degree, but only a "Final Song" ( Title of degree). This rule was changed to Cambridge in 1948. In 1948 she earned a Master of Arts in Engineering (Mechanical Sciences).
From 1943 to 1946 she worked in her first job as a technical assistant at Hawker Aircraft Ltd.. She was there also involved in secret projects in the development of fighter aircraft. From 1946 to 1949 she worked at British European Airways. After her marriage in 1949 she gave up her career and became a housewife. During this time she became involved as a volunteer on several occasions.
Later, she became active in local politics. In 1958 she became a member of the Rural District Council of Chelmsford and remained so until 1973. 1965 she was elected to the Essex County Council, where he was alderman from 1969 to 1974, vice-chairman ( vice - chairman ) 1980-1983 and 2005 Honorary Alderman ( Honorary Alderman ). From 1971 to 1980 she was president ( chairman ) of the Education Committee, and from 1969 to 1971 Chairman of the Education Sub-Committee previously. There Platt campaigned for the inclusion of women in science and Ingenieuswesen. In 1984 she launched the campaign Women into Science and Engineering (WISE ).
She was a member of the Board (Court) of the University of Essex from 1968 to 1999, at the City University from 1968 to 1978, at Brunel University from 1985 to 1992, at Cranfield University from 1989 to 2003 and at Middlesex University from 2000 by 2010.
Platt also belonged to several international bodies. From 1983 to 1988 she was a member of the European Communities Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men 1985, she was one of the UK delegation in Nairobi at the World Conference on the UN Decade of Women (UK delegation to Nairobi for UN Decade for Women World Conference) of. From 1974 to 1995 she was a member of the Board of Directors ( Council) of the City and Guilds of London Institute. She was from 1975 to 1979 a member of the selection committee ( Appointments Board ) of the University of Cambridge.
Membership in the House of Lords
Platt was on 28 May 1981 for the Life peer as Baroness Platt of Writtle, of Writtle appointed in the County of Essex. Your inaugural speech in the House of Lords held on 24 June 1981. As their political interests are they in their Parliament biography on the website of the House of Lords education, opportunities for women in engineering and local politics. She was a member of several committees. From 1983 to 1988 she was chairman of the Committee for Gender Equality (Equal Opportunities Committee). From 1984 to 1988 she was a member of the Advisory Committee on Women's Employment. She was also a member of several special committees ( Select Committees ), of which 1982 to 1985, Science and Technology, 1988-1989 Murder and Life Imprisonment, and there again from 1990 to 1994, 1997 to 2001 and 2003 to 2007.
Platt was Vice President ( Vice - President) Parlamentiary Science Committee from 1996 to 2000 and member of the Board of Directors ( Council) from 2000 to 2003. You is since October 5, 2010 due to a granted by the House of Lords leave of absence on leave permanently. She had previously volunteered last modified on 8 July 2008 to there word. On 2 March 2010, she took part in a vote last.
Other offices and honors
Platt is a member of the Association of Conservative Peers. From 1985 to 1992 she was Vice -President ( Vice - President ) of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology ( UMIST ) and 1993-2000 Chancellor of Middlesex University. From 1982 to 1990 she was the only woman member of the Engineering Council and from 1983 to 1988 the Board of Directors ( Council) of the Royal Society of the Arts. From 1983 to 1993 she was a member of the Council Careers Research and Advisory Committee. Platt, 1988 was President of the Association of Science Education and a member of the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science, which was established to strengthen the perception and understanding of science in society. From 1990 to 1992 Platt was a member of the Engineering & Marine Training Authority and 1990-1993 of the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science.
From 1991 to 1998 she was a member of the Board of Directors ( Council) of the Foundation for Science and Technology. From 1992 to 2000 she was a member of the Meteorological Committee, of which from 1995 to 2000 as Chairman ( Chairman ). At the National Society for Clean Air and Environment PROCTECTION it was 1991-1993 President. In 1994, she was president of the Pipeline Industries Guild. From 1992 to 1997 she was Vice -President ( Vice - President) of the Association of County Councils. Platt was from 1988 to 1994 Non- Executive Director of British Gas plc, now BG plc. From 1989 to 1994 she worked as a Director at Small Piece Trust. In 1988 she was a Fellow.
She has received numerous honors and awards. 1978 Commander of the Order of the British Empire was. In 1983, she was Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Essex.
In 1988, she was Freeman of City of London and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Engineers. Since 2002 she has been there Emeritus Member of the Court of Assistants. It was also in 1988 an Honorary Fellow of the Women's Engineering Society. She was also an Honorary Fellow of Girton College, the University of Glamorgan (formerly Polytechnic of Wales), Manchester Metropolitan University (formerly Polytechnic of Manchester ) and UMIST. Platt was in 1988 with the Honorary Insignia Award of the City and Guilds of London Institute ( now C & G) honored. In 2007 she was awarded the Parliamentary Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry ( RSC).
She was also awarded several honorary doctorates. In 1988 she received an honorary doctorate of law degree ( Hon LLD) from the University of Cambridge. The Loughborough University, she was awarded an honorary doctorate Honorary Doctor of Technology ( Hon Dtech ). It also carries an Honorary Doctorate Doctor of Science, Cranfield Institute, City University, Nottingham Trent University, the University of Westminster and the University of Sheffield. She is an honorary doctorate ( Hon DUniv ) of the University of Salford, The Open University, the University of Bradford in Essex, Brunel University in Middlesex (1993 ), Sheffield Hallam University ( 2001) and the Anglia Ruskin University (2007). She was also in 2008 Honorary Doctorate ( Honorary Doctor) University of Southampton.
In 1988 she became European Engineer European Federation of National Engineering Associations ( FEANI ). Previously, she was in 1987 already become a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. 1991 Platt Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers. It was 1994 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, in 1986 she became a Fellow. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the Institute of Training and Development, now FIPD and the Institution of Gas Engineers. Platt is an Honorary Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute and a member of the Honorary Fellow charter, and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Family
They married on October 22, 1949 Sydney Stuart Platt. With him she has a son and a daughter.