Honorary awards - archive
The degree of Doctor of the University (D.Univ) is awarded to people who have achieved distinction in the fields of learning, the arts, public life, community service and/or have made a distinctive contribution to Sheffield Hallam University, the city of Sheffield or the region.
Sheffield Hallam University has been awarding honorary doctorates since gaining status as a university in 1993; it has been awarding honorary fellowships, based on similar criteria, since 1969.
Select a year from the panel below to see the list of awards.
Please note that an asterisk(*) beside a name means that this person is now deceased.
2011
| 2011 | Honorary doctorate | |
|---|---|---|
| Kal Atwal | Managing director of comparethemarket.com | |
| Frank Eul | Key figure in Sheffield's city centre regeneration | |
| Mick Elliott | Chief Executive of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra | |
| Lesley Garrett | Opera star | |
| Celia Hoyles | Former government adviser | |
| Mo Laycock | Former head teacher | |
| Michael Morpurgo | Children's author | |
| Julietta Patnick | Health professor | |
| Alex Pettifer | Former Head of Estates at Sheffield Hallam University | |
| Ian Sarson | Group managing director of Compass Group | |
| Howard Webb | World class referee | |
| Christopher Bailey | Chief creative officer of British luxury brand Burberry |
2010
| 2010 | Honorary doctorate | |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony d'Offay | Art collector and philanthropist | |
| Professor Sir Christopher Frayling | Historian, critic and award-winning broadcaster | |
| David Elleray | FIFA and Premiership football referee | |
| Dominic West | Actor | |
| Dr Ian Johnson | Consultant for the Young Foundation | |
| John Foster | Fosters food company | |
| Kate Rusby | Folk singer/songwriter | |
| Mark Herbert | Film producer | |
| Michael Heller | Chairman of London and Associated Properties plc | |
| Nicholas Jeffrey | Chairman of Sheffield Childrens NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Jenny Watson | Played a major role in shaping public policy |
2009
| 2009 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Simon Armitage | Poet and writer |
| David Brailsford CBE | Performance director of British Cycling |
| Jarvis Cocker | Musician |
| Richard Dale | Creative director of Dangerous Films |
| Angela Galvin | Former chief executive of Sheffield Theatres |
| Susan Gilroy MBE | Paralympic athlete |
| Hilary Mantel CBE | Novelist |
| Chris Rea | Managing director of Sheffield-based manufacturers, AESSEAL |
| Karol Sikora | Medical director of CancerPartnersUK |
| John Taylor | Former principal of Sheffield College |
| James Toseland | Motorcycle racer |
| Rosalind Wollen | Community leader and charity worker |
2008
| 2008 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Dame Christine Beasley DBE CBE | Chief Nursing Officer |
| Adam Boulton | TV journalist and Sky News political editor |
| Professor Lord Broers | Engineer and pioneer of nanotechnology |
| Jonathan Crossley-Holland | Former executive director of Education at Sheffield City Council |
| Emma Harrison | Businesswoman |
| Richard Hawley | Singer and songwriter |
| Professor John Holman | Science educator and director of the National Science Learning Centre |
| Michael Jelly | Commercial lawyer and charity worker |
| Steve Peat | Professional downhill mountain-biker |
| Trevor Phillips OBE | Broadcaster, journalist, writer, politician and chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission |
| Brian Turner | Celebrity chef and award-winning restaurateur |
| Stephen Venables | Mountaineer and author |
2007
| 2007 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Sarwar Khan Awan | Voluntary worker |
| Professor Diana Margaret Green CBE | Retired Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University |
| Dame Kelly Holmes MBE | Athlete |
| Christopher J Jewitt DL BA | Managing director, Footprint Tools Ltd |
| Right Reverend Jack Nicholls | Lord Bishop of Sheffield |
| Vicky Seddon | Retired head of the Learner Support Service in Student and Academic Services, Sheffield Hallam University |
| John Tams | Musician and theatre director |
| Quentin Thompson | Independent consultant |
| Novlette Rennie | Chief executive of Sporting Equals |
2006
| 2006 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Michael Vaughan | Captain of the England Cricket Team |
| Professor Lisa Jardine | Director of the Arts and Humanities Research Board |
| Sir David Henshaw | Chair of NHS North West |
| Zahid Hamid | Former chief executive of the Black Community Forum |
| David Burrows | Director of business strategy and marketing at Microsoft UK Public Sector |
| Julie Kenny CBE | Chair of the Small Business Council |
| Linda Dobbs | High court judge |
| Pam Liversidge OBE | Managing director of Quest Investments Ltd |
| *Professor Ted Wragg | Leading authority on education (posthumous honour) |
| Shami Chakrabati | Director of Liberty |
2005
| 2005 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Aung San Suu Kyi | Human rights campaigner in Burma |
| Malorie Blackman | Children's author |
| Professor Victor Burgin | Millard Chair of Fine Art (Goldsmiths College) |
| Gurinder Chadha | Film director |
| Hugh Facey MBE | Executive chairman of Gripple Limited |
| Timothy Garton-Ash | Director of the European Studies Centre at St Anthony's College Oxford and journalist |
| Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson OBE, MBE | Athlete and assistant head of programme for UK Athletics' Disability World Class Potential |
| Thomas Heatherwick | Sculptor and architect |
| Sir Derek Jacobi | Actor |
| Sir Digby Jones | Director general, Confederation of British Industry |
| Graham Moore | Chairman of Westfield Health Scheme |
| Laura Moynahan | Chief executive, Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe Community Alliance |
| Dame Jenni Murray OBE | Broadcaster |
| Gervase Phinn | Author and public speaker |
| Vivien Pike | Conductor/director, Cantores Novae choir and national and international choral judge |
| Sandi Rhys Jones OBE | Engineering consultant with particular reference to promoting the role of women in engineering |
| Ian Stewart | CEO, Zoo Digital Group Plc |
2004
| 2004 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Professor John Carlisle | Founder of John Carlisle Partnerships |
| Peter Charlton | Editor of The Star newspaper |
| Professor David Clutterbuck | Leading authority on mentoring and learning behaviour in teams and Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam |
| Professor Bill Harrison | Retired head of Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam |
| Dame Elisabeth Hoodless DBE | Executive director, Community Service Volunteers |
| Bob Kerslake | Chief executive at Sheffield City Council |
| Donald Broughton Lyon | Chairman of Sheffield First for Investment |
| Valerie Elizabeth Rick | Retired director of School of Sport and Leisure Management at Sheffield Hallam |
| Professor Dame Julie Higgins FRS | Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society and Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sean Mahon | Chief executive, Cattles plc |
| Alison Nimmo | Former chief executive of Sheffield One (the Urban Regeneration Company for Sheffield city centre) |
| *Lord Scarbrough | Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire |
| Brian Blessed | Actor, climber and explorer |
| Joe Simpson | Mountaineer and author |
2003
| 2003 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| *Professor Norma Brook | President of the Health Professions Council |
| Ashley Carson | Assay Master, Sheffield Assay Office |
| *Derek Dooley MBE | Chairman of the Football Board of Sheffield United Club |
| Richard Gregory | Chairman of the Board of Governors Sheffield Hallam University |
| Dr Adam Hart-Davis | Inventor/broadcaster |
| Kay Mellor | Television writer |
| Isabella Moore CBE | President of the Chamber of Commerce |
| Martin Narey | Director general of the Prison Service |
| Ian Sharratt | Architect (Winter Gardens) |
| *Jane Tomlinson | Charitable fundraiser |
2002
| 2002 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Professor William Alsop OBE | Architect |
| Reverend Dr Inderjit Bhogal | Director of Sheffield Urban Theology Unit |
| The Lord Browne of Madingley | Chief executive of BP plc |
| Jane Campbell MBE | Chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence |
| Dr Debjani Chatterjee | Writer, editor, story teller and poet |
| *Sir Martin Doughty | Chairman of 'English Nature' |
| Brendan Ingle | Ex boxer |
| Dr Nancy J Lane OBE | Scientist |
| Dr Ling Liong Sik | Chairman of Council, Tunku Abdul Rahman College |
| Grahame Morris | Chief executive of Sheffield Theatres |
| Professor Andrew Motion | Poet Laureate |
| The Lord Ouseley of Peckham Rye | Managing director of Different Realities Partnership |
| Paul Skelton | Retired professional planner for Sheffield City Council |
| Julian Spalding | Research fellow at the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagan |
| Michael Grandage CBE | Associate director of the Crucible Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse |
2001
| 2001 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Janet Barnes | Director of the Craft Council |
| Deborah Bull CBE | Principal dancer, The Royal Ballet |
| Roy Clarke | Television scriptwriter |
| Steve Cram MBE | Chair, English Institute for Sport |
| Dr Tony Crowther | Former medical director of St Luke's Hospice |
| *Audrey Hallam OBE | Former deputy chief probation officer for South Yorkshire |
| John Hoyland | Artist |
| Paul Jagger MBE | Regional Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and former Sheffield Hallam University Governor |
| Fiona MacCarthy | Writer |
| Sir Robert Malpas CBE | Engineer |
| Sir Patrick Moore OBE CBE | Astronomer |
| Rabbi Julia Neuberger DBE | Chief executive, The Kings Fund |
| Sir Bryan Nicholson | Former chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University |
| The Baroness Platt of Writtle CBE | Engineer |
| Alan Powell | Editor, the Sheffield Telegraph |
| Polly Vacher | Aviator |
2000
| 2000 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Dr Alan Borg CBE FSA | Director, Victoria and Albert Museum |
| Professor Tim Brighouse | Chief education officer, Birmingham |
| Rita Britton | Fashion designer |
| Mary Chapman | Director general, Institute of Management |
| Sue Pearson MBE | Retired head of Grace Owen Nursery School |
| Lord Puttnam CBE | Film producer |
| Elizabeth Rasekoala | Director, African-Caribbean Network for Science and Technology |
| Maeve Sherlock OBE | Director, National Council for One Parent Families |
| Vernon Smith | Former Master Cutler |
| Dr Gabrielle Syme | Counsellor |
| Howard Wilkinson | Technical director, The Football Association |
1999
| 1999** | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| *Alan Aiken | Chair of Whirlow Hall Farm Trust |
| Isadora Aiken | General manager of Sheffield and District Afro-Caribbean Community Association (SADACCA) |
| Dame Josephine Barstow | Opera singer |
| Eric Dancer CBE | Managing director, Dartington Crystal |
| Professor Susan Greenfield | Director of the Royal Institution |
| Brian Lewis | Poet and writer |
| Doug Liversidge | Former Master Cutler |
| Ian McMillan | Poet |
| *John Peel OBE | Broadcaster |
| Rony Robinson | Broadcaster |
| Kath Shelton | Education advisor |
| Sir Richard Sykes | President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Paddy Toomey | Retired director of Student Services at Sheffield Hallam University |
| Alan Tuckett OBE | Chief executive, National Institute for Adult Continuing Education |
1998
| 1998 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Paul Allen | Journalist, radio presenter and stage writer |
| Julian Blackwell | Chairman, Blackwell Group |
| Sir Chris Bonington | Mountaineer |
| Dr Hugh Brody | Anthropologist |
| Peter Cattaneo | Film director - The Full Monty |
| Professor Graham Gibbs | Head of Centre for Higher Education Practice, The Open University |
| Jane Priestman | Partner, Priestman Associates [Design Consultants] |
| John Stoddart | Principal, Sheffield Hallam University |
| 1998 | Honorary fellowship |
| Dr Cheryle Berry | Corporate director of education and leisure, Middlesborough Borough Council and former Head of High Storrs School, Sheffield |
| Richard Field | Chairman, J & J Dyson Plc, Master Cutler 1997 and former member of the Board of Governors |
| Warren Gilchrist | Retired senior academic, School of CMS, Sheffield Hallam University |
| Alan Sanders | Project director, Sheffield Family Mediation Scheme and former member of academic staff in School of HCS |
| Derek Simpson | Regional officer, Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union and former member of the Board of Governors |
| Simon Beaufoy | Award-winning screenwriter |
1997
| 1997 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Johnny Ball | TV presenter on science and engineering education |
| Sean Bean | Actor |
| Professor Sir Harold Kroto | Nobel Prizewinner |
| Matthew Parris | Journalist |
| Professor Ken Pounds | Chief executive, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council |
| Professor John Tarn | Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool and Vice Chair, Peak Park Joint Planning Board |
| 1997 | Honorary fellowship |
| *Dorothy Dixon-Barrow | Formerly of the Race Equality Unit, Sheffield City Council |
| Nick Kemp | Director of the Engineering Employers' Federation, Sheffield and former member of the Board of Governors |
| Dr J Mike Rodgers | Formerly senior lecturer, School of Engineering and member of the Board of Governors |
| *Graham Solley | Formerly head of recreation, Sheffield Hallam University |
1996
| 1996 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Harold (Dickie) Bird | International cricket umpire |
| John Bridgeman | Director general of the Office of Fair Trading |
| Bruce Millan | Former European Commissioner |
| Sir Sydney Samuelson | British Film Commissioner |
| Sir William Stubbs | Former chief executive, Further Education Funding Council |
| Sir Crispin Tickell | Warden, Green College, Oxford |
| Anne Watts | Equal opportunities director, Midland Bank |
| 1996 | Honorary fellowship |
| Mavis Ainsworth | Director, School of Cultural Studies |
| Betty Codona | Director of coaching, English Basketball Association |
| Jasmine Harfoot | Managing director, Land Instruments International (former Governor of the University) |
1995
| 1995 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Dr Peter Watson | Chief executive, AEA Technology |
| Marina Warner | Writer |
| Dr Dorothy Rowe | Writer and former lecturer in the field of psychology |
| Sir Bob Reid | Chair, London Electricity Plc |
| Dominique Damon | Chief operating officer, Alusuisse Lonza Holdings and Chief Executive Officer, Lawson Mardon Packaging SA |
| Sir Neil Cossons | Director, The Science and Industrial Technology Museum |
| *Marti Caine | Entertainer |
| Rodney Bickerstaffe | Associate secretary, UNISON |
| Professor Chris Baines | Enviromental adviser, writer and broadcaster |
| 1995 | Honorary fellowship |
| Dr Bill Geary | Retired principal lecturer, School of Science - Chemistry |
| Audrey Rose | Retired principal lecturer, School of Leisure and Food Management - Home Economics |
1994
| 1994 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Gerald Clerehugh | Director of research and technology, British Gas |
| Joe Cocker | Blues singer |
| Roy Hattersley, MP | Deputy leader of the Labour Party, 1983 - 1992 |
| Brian Oakley, CBE | Leader of the UK's National Research Programme in Information Technology, 1983 - 1987 |
| *Sir Peter Shepherd | Chairman of the Shepherd Group of Companies |
| John Sellars | Chief executive of BTEC, 1983 - 1994 |
| 1994 | Honorary fellowship |
| Kenneth Hawley | Custodian of Wortley Top Forge |
| Very Rev. John Gladwin | Provost of Sheffield Cathedral |
| Pat McGarry | Former University porter and Chief Shop Steward |
| Harold (Bev) Stokes | Chairman of Northern General Hospital Trust |
1993
| 1993 | Honorary doctorate |
|---|---|
| Sir Anthony Gill | Chair of Lucas Industries |
| Brenda Hudson | Joint president of UNISON |
| Hanif Kureishi | Writer and scriptwriter |
| Diana Lamplugh | Director of Suzy Lamplugh Trust |
| Lord Mason of Barnsley | Politician |
| 1993 | Honorary fellowship |
| Reverend Dr Leslie Green | Former University Principal Chaplain and public orator |
| Gary Hetherington and Kath Hetherington | Manager and director of Sheffield Eagles RLFC |
| Robert Jackson | Sports presenter, Radio Sheffield |
| Peter Newman | Chair of the Board of Governors, 1989 - 1993 |
1992
| 1992 | |
|---|---|
| *Councillor Doris Askham | Lord Mayor of Sheffield, 1991 - 1992 |
| Eric Glover | Secretary General, Chartered Institute of Bankers |
| Professor Frederick Jenner | Professor of psychiatry, University of Sheffield, 1967 - 1992 |
| Mrs Steve Shirley OBE | Founder director, FI Group plc |
| Eric Wardle | Principal, Norton College, Sheffield, 1986 - 1992 |
1991
| 1991 | |
|---|---|
| *Sir Derek Birley | Vice-Chancellor, University of Ulster, 1984 - 1991 |
| Eric Bolton | Chief inspector of schools, 1981 - 1983 |
| Susan Campbell MBE | Executive secretary, National Coaching Foundation, Leeds |
| Dr John (Jack) Earls | Principal, Humberside Polytechnic, 1983 - 1990 |
| Nick Park | Animator, Aardman Animations, Bristol |
| Professor John Parnaby | Director, Lucas Applied Technology, Lucas Industries plc |
| Helen Sharman | Cosmonaut |
| Hugh Sykes | Master Cutler, Sheffield, 1990 - 1991 |
1990
| 1990 | |
|---|---|
| Norman Adsetts OBE | Chairman of Sheffield Insulations Group. Director of Sheffield Development Corporation, past President of the Chamber of Commerce |
| *A M (Tony) Davis | Former Secretary and Clerk to the Governing Body of the Polytechnic from 1969 to 1989 |
| Her Grace The Duchess of Devonshire | Author and businesswoman |
| Professor Derek Gladwell OBE | Former head of the Polytechnic's Department of Food and Tourism Management from 1969 - 1989 |
| Professor David Hills | Former head of the Polytechnic's Department of Metals and Materials Engineering from 1970 to 1989 |
| The Lindsay String Quartet | Sheffield based internationally renowned chamber ensemble |
| Eric Robinson | Chairman of working group which led to creation of Polytechnics. Director of Lancashire Polytechnic from 1985 - 1990 |
| Geoffrey Sims OBE FRSA | Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University, 1974 - 1990 |
| Bill Walton | Chief Education Officer of Sheffield Local Education Authority since, 1985 - 1990 |
1989
| 1989 | |
|---|---|
| Professor Kamalini Bhansali | Vice Chancellor of the SNDT Women's University, Bombay, India. One of India's foremost educationalists and academic administrators |
| Frank Davis | Former Managing Director of W A Tyzack Limited. Polytechnic Governor from 1977 to 1989 and Deputy Chairman of Governing Body from 1980. |
| Margaret Drabble CBE | Born in Sheffield and one of the country's most distinguished novelists |
| *Professor Sir David Phillips FRS | Professor of Molecular Biophysics at the University of Oxford. Chairman of the Advisory Boardfor the Research Councils |
| Joyce Sutton | Head of the Post-16 Service for Hearing Impaired Students in Sheffield |
| Tom Wood | Artist and graduate of the Polytechnic |
1988
| 1988 | |
|---|---|
| David Clark CBE | Retiring Chairman of Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Management Centre |
| Dr Arthur Lawrence | Former Consultant Haematologist of the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield |
| *James Sterland MBE OBE | Former Lord Mayor of Sheffield and former Chair of the Sites and Buildings Committee |
| Douglas Thacker | Former Deputy Principal of the Polytechnic |
| *Colin Thomas CBE | Former Chief Inspector of Probation at the Home Office and Chief Probation Officer of South Yorkshire |
| Herol 'Bomber' Graham | Boxing Champion |
1987
| 1987 | |
|---|---|
| David Blunkett MP | Former leader of Sheffield City Council |
| *Emeritus Professor J E Emery | Emeritus professor of paediatric pathology, University of Sheffield |
| Jack Illingworth | Trade unionist and Governor of the Polytechnic |
| Bruce Oldfield | International designer |
| Sir Alistair Pilkington | Former chairman of the Council for National Academic Awards |
| *Clare Venables | Director of the Crucible Theatre |
1986
| 1986 | |
|---|---|
| Ron Arnold | HMI senior staff inspector |
| *Sir Michael Clapham | Chairman of the Council of Academic Awards, Deputy Chairman of Llyods Bank and Chairman of the CBI |
| Harry Dowson | Deputy head teacher, Earl Marshall School; Member of NUT National Executive |
| *Lt Col Gerald Haythornthwaite | Professional assistant, Council for the Protection of Rural England 1936 - 1939, 1945 - 1984 |
| Dr Edwin Kerr | Retiring chief officer of the Council for National Academic Awards |
| *Dr Patric Nuttgens | Former director of Leeds Polytechnic |
| Professor Eric Sainsbury | Professor of social administration, University of Sheffield |
1985
| 1985 | |
|---|---|
| G Michael A Harrison | Chief education officer, City of Sheffield |
| Barry Hines | Author and playwright; honorary writer in residence, Sheffield City Polytechnic |
| Dr Frederick B Pickering | Retiring reader, Department of Metals and Materials Engineering, Sheffield City Polytechnic |
| Professor Eric Wilkes | Chair of Community Medicine, Sheffield University; Medical Director, St Luke's Hospice; former governor of Sheffield City Polytechnic |
1984
| 1984 | |
|---|---|
| Sebastian Coe | Olympic 1500 metres champion and holder of a number of records |
| Kenneth Jaques | President of Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators |
| Michael Barrett-Brown | First principal of Northern College |
| Brian Hanson | Former chief education officer, City of Sheffield |
1983
| 1983 | |
|---|---|
| Professor J P C Roach | Division of Education, University of Sheffield |
| Dr Richard Hoggart | Warden, Goldsmith's College |
| Dame Cicely Saunders | Medical director, St Christopher's Hospice |
| *Alan Prince | Assistant director of research, GEC Hirst Laboratories |
| Peter G Willmore | |
1982
| 1982 | |
|---|---|
| *Professor William Carr | Professor of History, University of Sheffield |
| Sir Kenneth Corfield | Chairman of Engineering Council and Chairman of Standard Telephones and Cables |
| Marion Jepson | Formerly Senior Consultant, Community Medicine, Sheffield Area Health Authority |
| Dr George Tolley | Former Principal, Sheffield Polytechnic |
| *Herbert E McGee | Past Master Cutler, Chairman of Presto Tools Ltd |
| James R Roberts | Retired HMI |
| Councillor Ronald Thwaites | Leader of South Yorkshire County Council |
1981
| 1981 | |
|---|---|
| Right Hon J Ashley | Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent |
| Leonard W Ashworth | Chief executive, Davy Engineering Industries, London (formerly Davy-Loewy, Sheffield) |
| Sir Geoffrey Chandler | Director general, National Economic Development Office |
| *Councillor P Horton | Chairman of Sheffield Education Committee |
| *Cyril Walker | Principal lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Sheffield City Polytechnic |
1980
| 1980 | |
|---|---|
| *Kenneth C Barraclough | Metallurgical historian and former president of the Sheffield Metallurgical and Engineering Association |
| *George Caborn | District secretary of Amalgamated Engineering Union and chairman of Personnel Committee of the Governing Body |
| *Bernard E Cotton | Master Cutler, president of Samuel Osborn Ltd and former deputy chairman of Governing Body |
| *Very Rev Frank Curtis | Provost of Sheffield |
| *H Herzog | Art historian and former governor of the former Polytechnic and City Polytechnic |
| J F Mann | Secretary of the Schools Council and formerly deputy chief education officer, Sheffield |
| *Jack Springett | Education officer, Association of Metropolitan Authorities |
1979
| 1979 | |
|---|---|
| Professor Frank A Benson | Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Sheffield University |
| Sir Derek Ezra | Chairman, National Coal Board |
| *Herbert Delauney Hughes | Former principal of Ruskin College |
| David Mellor | Former student and governor, designer |
| Sir Richard O'Brien | Chairman, Manpower Services Commission |
| *Mary Ryan | Chairwoman, South Yorkshire County Council |
| Rowland Walker | Chairman, Rotary Electric Company |
| Thomas Paul Watson | Managing director, Sheffield Newspapers Ltd |
1978
| 1978 | |
|---|---|
| *Winifred M Golding | Former Lord Mayor of Sheffield |
| Graham Hughes | Education adviser to the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company |
| *Lord Murray | General secretary, Trades Union Congress (TUC) |
| Lt Col James Hugh Neill | Chairman, James Neill & Co |
| *Harold Parkin | Director, Social and Personnel Policy BSC Special Steels Division |
| *Dennis Spooner | Head of Beaver Hill School and Member of Sheffield District Council Education Committee |
1977
| 1977 | |
|---|---|
| Sir John Michael Carlisle | Chairman, Sheffield Area Health Authority |
| *Patience Sheard | Former chairwoman of the South Yorkshire Environment Committee |
| Sir Robert Scholey | Chief executive and deputy chairman of the British Steel Corporation |
| *Sir Alex Smith | Director of Manchester Polytechnic and Chairman of the Schools Council |
| Priscilla H F Young | Director of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work |
1976
| 1976 | |
|---|---|
| *Sir Misha Black | Professor of industrial design, Royal College of Art |
| *Sir Michael Clapham | Chairman of the Council for National Academic Awards |
| *Sir Eric Mensforth | Deputy chairman, John Brown & Co. Ltd; former Chairman of the Governing Body of Sheffield Polytechnic |
| *Councillor W Owen | Chairman of the Governing Body of Sheffield Polytechnic |
| *Tom Driver | General secretary of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education |
| *Cllr Mrs Enid Anne Hattersley | Chairman of the Libraries and Arts Committee, Sheffield District Council |
| *William Sales Hill | Headmaster of Myers Grove School, Sheffield |
| *Stuart Maclure | Editor of the Times Educational Supplement |
| *Dr Henry John Peake | Former principal of Sheffield City College of Education |
| James Platt | Director of the Central Bureau for Education Visits and Exchanges |
1975
| 1975 | |
|---|---|
| *Dr John H Chesters | Former director of British Iron and Steel Research Association and Chairman of the Polytechnic Science Advisory Board |
| *Dr Henry W French | Former senior chief inspector, DES |
| *John Pate | Member of the Metropolitan County Council; Chairman of the South Yorkshire Policy Authority; former member of the Sheffield City Council; former Governor of the Polytechnic and College of Technology |
| *Professor Norbert Segard | Director, Polytechnicum de Lille; French Minister for Overseas Trade |
1974
| 1974 | |
|---|---|
| *Reverend Frank Duckworth | Member of the City of Sheffield Education Committee |
| *Geoffrey Thomas Harris | Former managing director, Jessop Saville Ltd |
| *Sir Hugh Robson | Vice Chancellor, University of Sheffield; former Governor of Sheffield Polytechnic |
| *John Charles William Stead | Former managing director of Batchelors Foods Ltd; Chairman Yorkshire Council for Further Education |
1973
| 1973 | |
|---|---|
| *Edward Barker | Former chief constable of Sheffield and Rotherham |
| Harry Francis Constantine | Director, City Art Galleries |
| *George Croft | Principal, Granville College of Further Education |
| *Alderman Sir Ronald Ironmonger | Leader of the Sheffield City Council |
1972
| 1972 | |
|---|---|
| *Harold Brook Crombie | Clerk to the Cutlers' Company |
| *Howard Poulson Forder | Managing director of British Steel Corporation, Special Steels Division |
| Anthony Barmore Hampton | Chairman of C & J Hampton Ltd |
| *Alexander Ritchie Hogg | Divisional officer of the Iron and Steel Trades Federation |
| *Frank Robert Hornby | Chief officer and vice-chairman, Council for National Academic Awards |
1971
| 1971 | |
|---|---|
| Professor Kenneth Mercer Entwistle | Professor of metallurgy, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology |
| *Professor Robert Yorke Goodden | Professor of the School of Silver-smithing and Jewellery, Royal College of Art |
| *William Gregory Ibberson | Chairman, George Ibberson & Co |
| *George Ronald Pryor | Chairman, Edward Pryor & Co Ltd |
| *Vernon Milton Thornes | Secretary, Sheffield Trades and Labour Council |
1970
| 1970 | |
|---|---|
| *John N Hancock | Former managing director George Longdon, Governor of College of Technology |
| *William Campbell Heselwood | Metallurgist, University of Sheffield |
| *Professor Arthur G Quarrell | Professor of metallurgy, University of Sheffield |
| *Cyril Nott Taylor | Director of engineering, Employers (Sheffield) Association, Governor of College of Technology |
1969
| 1969 | |
|---|---|
| *John H Harwood | Former principal, Sheffield College of Art |
| *Jack Hiles | Former principal, College of Technology |
| *Dr William D Pugh | Director of personnel, British Steel Corp |
| Professor Kenneth Rowntree | Art historian |
| *Dr F Mary Green | Headteacher, Abbeydale Grammar School |
