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  • Professor William James Spillane

    BSc, PhD, DSc(NUI). FICI

    Professor of Organic Chemistry, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway 


    Member, Science

    Discipline: Chemistry

    Elected in 2008

    Offices held: On Council: 2017-18

  • Sir Kenneth Percy Bloomfield

    BA, MA(Oxon 1952, 1956), LLD(hc QUB 1991), DUniv(hc Open University 2000), DLitt(hc Ulster 2002)

    Writer and former Chairman, Northern Ireland Higher Education Council


    Member, PL&A

    Discipline: Education

    Elected in 2008

  • Professor John Christopher Dainty

    MSc, PhD(Imperial College London 1969, 1972)

    Emeritus Professor of Applied Physics, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway 


    Member, Science

    Discipline: Physics and Astronomy

    Elected in 2008

  • Professor John Frederick Dewey

    BSc (Lond 1958), PhD, DIC (Imperial College London 1960, 1960), MA (Cantab 1965, Oxon 1986), ScD (Ca

    Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Geology, University of California


    Honorary Member, Science

    Discipline: Earth And Environmental Sciences

    Elected in 2008

  • Dr Noel Dorr

    BA, BComm, HDipEd(NUI 1954,1955), MA(Georgetown 1977)

    Retired Diplomat/Civil Servant


    Member, PL&A

    Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences

    Elected in 2008

    Offices held: On Council and in Office: 2011-14, VP 2014-15

  • Professor Robert William Elwood

    BSc, PhD(Reading 1972, 1975)

    Professor of Animal Behaviour, Queen's University Belfast 


    Member, Science

    Discipline: Biology

    Elected in 2008

  • Professor David William Hayton

    BA(Manc), DPhil(Oxford). FSA, FRHS

    Professor of Early Modern Irish and British History, Queen's University Belfast 


    Member, PL&A

    Discipline: History

    Elected in 2008

  • Professor Jacqueline Rhoda Hill

    BA, PhD(Leeds 1969, 1973)

    Professor of History, Maynooth University


    Member, PL&A

    Discipline: History

    Elected in 2008

  • Professor Attracta Ingram

    BA(NUI 1970), PhD(Dubl 1977)

    Emerita Professor of Politics (Moral and Political Philosophy), University College Dublin


    Member, PL&A

    Discipline: Philosophy, Theology And Religious Studies

    Elected in 2008

    Offices held: On Council and in Office: SVP 2011-14, 2014-15

  • Dr Geraldine Kennedy

    PhD(hc DIT 2005), DLitt(hc QUB 2007), LLD(hc NUI 2008)


    Member, PL&A

    Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences

    Elected in 2008

    Offices held: On Council 2017

  • Professor Ruth Mary Josephine Byrne

    BA(NUI 1983), PhD(Dubl 1986), FTCD

    Professor of Cognitive Science (Personal Chair), Trinity College Dublin


    Member, Science

    Discipline: Public Health And Health Professions (Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy)

    Elected in 2007

    Awards: 2021 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Social Sciences

  • Professor Thomas Mowbray Charles-Edwards

    BA, MA, DPhil (Oxon).

    Emeritus Jesus Professor of Celtic, University of Oxford


    Honorary Member, PL&A

    Discipline: Classics

    Elected in 2007

  • Professor Victor Frederick Dixon

    BA, MA, PhD(Cantab 1954, 1959, 1959), MA(Dubl 1976). FTCD

    Emeritus Professor of Hispanic Studies, Trinity College Dublin


    Member, PL&A

    Discipline: Languages And Linguistic Studies

    Elected in 2007

  • Professor James Oliver Dolly

    BSc, MSc(NUI 1966, 1968), PhD(Wales 1972), DSc(Lond 2002)

    Director, International Centre for Neurotherapeutics, Dublin City University


    Member, Science

    Discipline: Biology

    Elected in 2007

  • Professor Robert Ferris Frame

    BA, MA, PhD (Dubl 1966, 1969, 1971), FRHistS (1978)

    Emeritus Professor of History, University of Durham


    Honorary Member, PL&A

    Discipline: History

    Elected in 2007

  • Professor Eugene C. Freuder

    BA(Harvard 1967), PhD(MIT 1975)

    Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Cork Constraint Computation Centre, University College Cork


    Member, Science

    Discipline: Engineering And Material Sciences

    Elected in 2007

  • Professor Frank Gannon

    BSc(NUI), PhD(Leicester)

    Emeritus Fellow, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute


    Member, Science

    Discipline: Biology

    Elected in 2007

  • Professor Brian Joseph Harvey

    BSc, PhD(NUI 1979,1982), HDR(Nice 1991)

    Professor of Molecular Medicine, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences 


    Member, Science

    Discipline: Public Health And Health Professions (Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy)

    Elected in 2007

  • Professor Desmond Gerard Higgins

    BA, PhD(Dubl 1981, 1988)

    Professor of Bioinformanics, University College Dublin


    Member, Science

    Discipline: Biology

    Elected in 2007

  • Professor Dorota Stanislawa Iwaniec

    MA, DipEd(Jagiellonian University of Kraków 1962, 1963), DipSW, PhD(Leicester 1977, 1983), CQSW(1977

    Emerita Professor of Social Work, Queen's University Belfast 


    Member, PL&A

    Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences

    Elected in 2007

  • Dr Mary Kelly

    BA, PhD(Dubl 1977, 1984), MBA(DCU 1992)

    Chief Executive, An Bord Pleanála


    Member, Science

    Discipline: Earth And Environmental Sciences

    Elected in 2007

    Offices held: On Council and in Office: 2009-14, VP 2014-16, 2020-23, Treasurer 2023-

  • Professor Philip Richard Lane

    BA(Dubl), AM, PhD(Harvard)

    Governer, Central Bank of Ireland


    Member, PL&A

    Discipline: Economics, Business And Management Sciences

    Elected in 2007

    Awards: 2015 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Social Sciences

  • Professor Colm A. Lennon

    BA, MA, PhD(NUI 1970, 1975, 1987)

    Emeritus Professor of History, Maynooth University


    Member, PL&A

    Discipline: History

    Elected in 2007

    Offices held: On Council and in Office: Secretary for PL&A 2012-14

  • Professor Brian Dominic Mac Craith

    BSc, MSc, PhD(NUI)

    Former President, Dublin City University


    Member, Science

    Discipline: Physics and Astronomy

    Elected in 2007