Ronald Oxburgh, Baron Oxburgh

Ernest Ronald Oxburgh, Baron Oxburgh, KBE, FRS (born 2 November 1934) is a geologist, a past Rector of Imperial College, and was non-executive chairman of Royal Dutch Shell PLC from 2004-5.

Education and career

Born in Liverpool, 2 November 1934, he attended Liverpool Institute High School from 1942 to 1950. Ron is a graduate of the University College, Oxford and Princeton University (PhD) where he worked for the famous geologist Harry Hammond Hess. He has taught geology and geophysics at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. At Cambridge he was head of the Department of Earth Sciences and President of Queens' College. He has been a visiting professor at Stanford, Caltech, and Cornell. From 1988 to 1993, Lord Oxburgh was chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence, and rector of Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine from 1993-2000.

He was knighted (KBE) in 1992 and made a Life Peer (crossbench) as Baron Oxburgh, of Liverpool in the County of Merseyside in 1999, where he sits on the House of Lords select committee on science and technology.

elected bibliography

* Oxburgh, E.R. (1968) "The Geology of the eastern Alps", London : Geologists' Association, 127 p.
* Oxburgh, E R. (1974) "The plain man's guide to plate tectonics", The eleventh Geologists' Association special lecture delivered 2 February 1973, Oxford : Geologists' Association., Reprinted from the "Proceedings of the Geologists' Association", 85 (3)
* Moorbath, S., Thompson, R.N. and Oxburgh, E.R. (1984) "The relative contributions of mantle, oceanic crust and continental crust to magma genesis: Proceedings of a Royal Society discussion meeting held on 23 and 24 March 1983", "Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London", 310 (1514), 342 p., London : Royal Society, ISBN 0-85403-230-4
* Oxburgh, E R., Yardley, B.W.D. and England, P.C. (Eds) (1987) "Tectonic settings of regional metamorphism", Proceedings of a Royal Society discussion meeting in association with IGCP project no.235 on 'Metamorphism and Geodynamics' held on 29 and 30 January 1986, London : Royal Society, ISBN 0-85403-290-8
* Butler, R. Sir, Oxburgh, R. Sir and Field, F. (1996) "Social business", Newchurch lecture series, London : Newchurch & Company, ISBN: 0-9529139-0-9
* Oxburgh, E.R., Baron (Chairman) (2004) "Chips for everything : follow-up : report with evidence : 1st report of session 2003-04 / House of Lords, Science and Technology Committee, House of Lords papers 15, London : Stationery Office, ISBN 0-10-400372-3
* Oxburgh, E.R., Baron (Chairman) (2004) "Radioactive waste management : report with evidence : 5th report of session 2003-04 / House of Lords, Science and Technology Committee", "House of Lords papers" 200, London : Stationery Office, ISBN 0-10-400568-8
* Oxburgh, E.R., Baron (Chairman) (2004) "Renewable energy : practicalities ; 4th report of session 2003-04 / House of Lords, Science and Technology Committee", "House of Lords papers" 126, London : Stationery Office, ISBN 0-10-400506-8
* Oxburgh, E.R., Baron (Chairman) (2004) "Science and the RDAs : follow-up : report with evidence : 2nd report of session 2003-04 / Select Committee on Science and Technology", "House of Lords papers" "103"', London : Stationery Office, ISBN 0-10-400463-0
* Oxburgh, E.R., Baron (Chairman) (2004) "Science and treaties : 3rd report of session 2003-04 / Select Committee on Science and Technology", "House of Lords papers, 110, London : Stationery Office, ISBN 0-10-400471-1

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3815151.stm Ernest Ronald Oxburgh Profile]
* [http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=3182 The right climate for business: Ron Oxburgh] talk at the Royal Society
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/interview/story/0,12982,1240021,00.html Ron Oxburgh: "I'm really very worried for the planet"] from "The Guardian"
* [http://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/index.php?section=263 Ron Oxburgh: Honorary Fellow] of St Edmund Hall, Oxford
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3814607.stm Shell boss Ron Oxburgh "Fears for the planet"]
* [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199899/minutes/991013/ldminute.htm Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords] House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 12 October 1999