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Renowned bacteriologist Professor Hugh Pennington has told of his surprise at being made a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. <\/p>\n
The Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology at Aberdeen University is honoured for services to microbiology and food hygiene. <\/p>\n
\"It was a very pleasant surprise when the letter came,\" he said. \"It's nice to be recognised for the work one's been doing over the years in microbiology and food safety. It's a top award and it shows one has been working hard.\" <\/p>\n
The professor was chair of bacteriology at Aberdeen University from 1979 until his retirement with Emeritus status in 2003. <\/p>\n
He is best known for chairing an inquiry into the outbreak of E.coli in Lanarkshire in 1996 and leading another inquiry into an outbreak of the bug in Wales in 2005. <\/p>\n
Looking back over his career, he said: \"Over the years I've had some really very good mentors and people supporting career development. <\/p>\n
\"I've worked in London, the US, Glasgow and Aberdeen, and each place has been very good for the sort of interests that I've developed. <\/p>\n
\"I have also been lucky in the way that technology has developed as well, which has allowed us to get to grips with some of these bugs. <\/p>\n
\"People said bugs are finished, they are not a problem any more. With the benefit of hindsight it was wise to reject that advice, and it all followed from there.\" <\/p>\n
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