Speaker Event Sunday 4th May 2025 – Professor Alan Shenkin

The Scottish Jewish Archives Centre is delighted to present the next Speaker and Bagel Brunch on Sunday 4th May 2025 at 11.30am. Venue will be notified at time of booking.

Professor Alan Shenkin

‘Inspiration, Application, Fabrication, Dedication’

-Glasgow to Liverpool and back again, and some places in between

Born in Glasgow, Alan pursued an interesting career in Clinical Biochemistry and further research and patient care which look him around the world for conferences and committees. He worked in Stockholm then as a consultant at Glasgow Royal Infirmary followed by a post at the University of Liverpool as the inaugural Professor of Clinical Biochemistry. Alan returned to Glasgow after his retirement and travelled extensively with his late wife Leonna, but needed more to do, so took on the chairmanship of Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society where he led the successful restoration of Glenduffhill Cemetery, including tree planting and flower beds, until 2024.

All bookings are online at:

https://www.trybooking.com/uk/EQUP

Tickets include tea and bagel brunch:

Friend of SJAC £17.50; Other £20.00

You may also purchase Friends membership at this site.

If you have any concerns, please contact

info@sjac.org.uk or marciagoldman49@gmail.com

All proceeds will help fund the work of the SJAC in caring for collections and making them accessible.

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