Nitin Sawhney was made an Honorary Fellow of the University in 2006.
Nitin Sawhney CBE is a British musician, producer and composer, as well as former comic actor. A recipient of the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement award in 2017, among several other awards throughout his career, Sawhney's work combines Asian and other worldwide influences with elements of jazz and electronica and often explores themes such as multiculturalism, politics, and spirituality. Sawhney is also active in the promotion of arts and cultural matters, and is a patron of numerous film festivals, venues, and educational institutions.
Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders OM DBE FRCS FRCP FRCN was an English nurse, social worker, physician and writer. She is noted for her work in terminal care research and her role in the birth of the hospice movement, emphasising the importance of palliative care in modern medicine.
Dame Cicely Saunders was made an Honorary Doctor of Laws of the University in 2003.
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Tessa Sanderson was made an Honorary Fellow of the University in 2004 for her services to the community and the development of sports education.
Tessa Sanderson is a British former javelin thrower and heptathlete. A six-time Olympian in the javelin from 1976 to 1996, she won the gold medal in 1984 for Great Britain, and in 1996 she became the second track and field athlete, after discus thrower Lia Manoliu, to compete at six Olympics. She is the first black British woman to have won an Olympic gold medal. Sanderson served as Vice-Chairman of Sport England from 1999 to 2005, and in 2009 established the Tessa Sanderson Foundation and Academy, which aims to encourage young people and people with disabilities to take up sport.
Lord Sainsbury was made an Honorary Doctor of Letters of South Bank University in 1992.
Anwar Saadat was regarded as the man who introduced air-conditioning to Pakistan and was sometimes called Baba-i-Air Conditioning.
Saadat completed B.Sc. Honors (Engineering) from The Punjab College of Engineering & Technology, Lahore (now University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore). He was awarded Gold Medal by The Punjab University in 1949 being the top ranked student in his class.
After completing his engineering he worked with a HVACR contracting firm in Pakistan before leaving for UK on a British Industries Federation 2 year’s scholarship. During 1952-58, he completed a post graduate course in HVACR Engineering from The National College of Heating, Ventilating, Refrigeration and Fan Engineering. Later on he obtained training and work experience in UK, Belgium and USA with HVACR equipment manufacturers. Upon returning to Pakistan, he worked as Chief Engineer for HVACR contracting firm till 1962.
He founded the company A.Saadat & Co. and started practicing as a Consulting Engineer. His company was the pioneer of Consulting Engineering in Pakistan working for providing consultation in the field of HVAC, Mechanical & Electrical systems. His company worked on numerous renowned projects for HVACR consulting and associated mechanical and electrical services for various types of buildings.
In consideration of services rendered by him to HVACR Engineering in the country, he was elected as Founder President of Pakistan HVACR Society in 1996. He also held the position of Vice President of Association of Consulting Engineers Pakistan in the years 1990, 1995, 1997 and 2001
From Lost Hospitals of London: https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/rushgreen.html The Romford Isolation Hospital opened in April 1901 with 24 beds. It had been built by the Romford Rural and Romford Urban District Councils and served the Romford, Dagenham and Hornchurch areas. It was enlarged in 1906, after which it had 70 beds. A new pavilion ward block with 8 beds for TB patients was built in 1914. After the Becontree Estate was built by the LCC during the 1920s the Hospital was much enlarged in the 1930s to cater for the greatly increased population. During WW2 it joined the Emergency Medical Service and became the Rush Green Emergency Hospital - a general hospital with 230 beds available for military and air-raid casualties. The Hospital buildings themselves suffered some bomb damage and, on 16th June 1944, a flying bomb destroyed a ward. Six patients and two nurses were killed. After the war, in June 1947, a plaque commemorating the staff and patients who lost their lives in the incident was unveiled by the Minister of Health, Aneurin Bevan. In 1948 the Hospital joined the NHS under the control of the Romford Group Hospital Management Committee, part of the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. It was renamed Rush Green Hospital and became a general hospital with 180 beds. The old open wards were considered unsuitable for fever patients, but one remained open, under protest, for scarlet fever patients, while two became used for TB patients, and one was closed due to insufficient staff (but probably would have been used for TB patients if there had been enough nurses). In 1957 the Hospital had 301 beds. A Polio Unit was established as there had been an epidemic of the disease during the 1950s. By 1966 there were 316 beds for general and infectious diseases patients, including the Polio Unit. In May 1969 a new 5-story maternity unit with 115 beds was officially opened by the Duchess of Kent. It had cost £829,000 to build and equip. In 1972 there were 409 beds. The maternity block contained 78 obstetric and 55 gynaecological beds. A Special Care Baby Unit for premature babies had also been established.
Following a major reorganisation of the NHS in 1974, the Hospital came under the control of the Barking District Health Authority, part of the North East Thames Regional Health Authority. In 1982, after another reorganisation of the NHS, the Hospital was administered by the Barking, Havering and Brentwood District Health Authority. It had 397 beds. By 1990 it had 345 beds. Maternity services were moved to Harold Wood Hospital and, in 1994, the local Health Authority decided to close the Hospital, despite local opposition.
The Rotary Street Building was built in 1836 as a Methodist chapel and in the 1890s became St. George's Primary School. The university leased the building in the 1960s for teaching and then used it to house the Students' Union until 1990. It was demolished in 2017.
The foundation stone plaque read:
"National and Parochial Schools of St George the Martyr Southwark, founded AD 1698, sometime situate the boys school in Union Street, afterwards called Lancaster Street, and the Girls School in premises adjoining the Church. Removed in 1839 to the Borough Road where the two schools were united. This foundation stone was laid by Harriette Caroline Gardiner 30th October 1901"
Sarah Rose spent over twenty five years building up an art collection of works by David Bomberg and members of the Borough Group. She donated the collection in trust to London South Bank University, where it is exhibited in the Borough Gallery. She was made an Honorary Fellow in July 2012.