Helen M. Laird
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Helen Laird PhD, OBE, DL | |
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| President of the World Committee of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | |
| In office 1981–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Joyce Price |
| Succeeded by | Doris Stockmann |
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| Born | 14 April 1931[1] Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 18 April 2020 (aged 89) |
Helen Mary Laird PhD OBE, DL (14 April 1931 – 18 April 2020) was an electron-microscopist working laterally in the Veterinary Faculty Pathology Department at the University of Glasgow. She worked as part of a research team studying cancer, and particularly viruses in spontaneous feline leukaemia. She served on various committees of the Royal Microscopical Society.
Laird was a pupil at St Columba's School, Kilmacolm and continued to be involved in the school throughout her life, serving on the Board of Governors.
Laird was heavily involved in the Girl Guide movement, holding a number of positions in Scotland, UK and internationally. In 1960 she spent a six-month career break in Ghana training adult leaders on behalf of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). In 1975 she was elected to the Board of WAGGGS and served as Chairperson to this board from 1981-84.
In recognition of her contribution to Guiding, she received many national and international Guiding and Scouting awards including the 180th Bronze Wolf, Silver Fish and Juliette Gordon Low medals. Laird was appointed OBE in 1985 for services to Girl Guiding.
In 1987, she was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant of the Lieutenancy of Renfrewshire, becoming one of the very few women so appointed at that time in Scotland.
References
[edit]- ^ UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
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