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Kt 1971; Born 30 Jan. 1925; s of late Stuart and of Jean Catherwood, Co. Londonderry; m 1954, Elizabeth, er d of late Rev. Dr D. M. Lloyd Jones, Westminster Chapel, London; two s one d
Vice President, Evangelical Alliance, since 2001 (President, 1992–2001); President, International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, 1995–2003 (Vice President, 2003); Member (C) Cambridge and North Bedfordshire, European Parliament, 1984–94 (Cambridgeshire, 1979–84)
Education Shrewsbury; Clare Coll., Cambridge (Hon. Fellow, 1992)
Career
Articled Price, Waterhouse & Co.; qualified as Chartered Accountant, 1951; Secretary, Laws Stores Ltd, Gateshead, 1952–54; Secretary and Controller, Richard Costain Ltd, 1954–55; Chief Executive, 1955–60; Asst Managing Director, British Aluminium Co. Ltd, 1960–62; Managing Director, 1962–64; Chief Industrial Adviser, DEA, 1964–66; Dir-Gen., NEDC, 1966–71; Managing Dir and Chief Executive, John Laing & Son Ltd, 1972–74. European Parliament: Chm., Cttee for External Economic Relations, 1979–84; a Vice-Pres., 1989–91; Vice Pres., Foreign Affairs Cttee, 1992–94. British Institute of Management, subseq. Institute of Management: Mem. Council, 1961–66, 1969–79; Vice-Chm., 1972; Chm., 1974–76. Member of Council: NI Development Council, 1963–64; RIIA, 1964–77; BNEC, 1965–71; NEDC, 1964–71; Chm., BOTB, 1975–79. Pres., Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, 1977; Chm. of Council, 1971–77, Pres., 1983–84, Univs and Colls Christian Fellowship (formerly Inter-Varsity Fellowship); Mem., Central Religious Adv. Cttee to BBC and IBA, 1975–79. Hon. DSc Aston, 1972; Hon. DSc (Econ.) QUB, 1973; Hon. DUniv Surrey, 1979
Publications
The Christian in Industrial Society, 1964, rev. edn 1980 (On the Job, USA, 1983); Britain with the Brakes Off, 1966; The Christian Citizen, 1969; A Better Way, 1976; First Things First, 1979; God’s Time God’s Money, 1987; Pro Europe?, 1991; David: Poet, Warrior, King, 1993; At the Cutting Edge (memoirs), 1995; Jobs & Justice, Homes & Hope, 1997; It Can be Done, 2000; The Creation of Wealth, 2002