Prize draws student from US

One of East of Scotland branch's student members flew in from Pennsylvania in the US to collect an award at a presentation last month. Kenny McLean, who spends one week a month working in the US as part of the BAe Systems team working on the Eurofighter, picked up one of the engraved glasses that

Other winners included Linda Stewart of Royal Bank of Scotland, who was also presented with a 50 cheque as the top student from Napier University; Christine Sharp of Selectron, the electronics company; Mark Saunders, part of the sub-contract team at BAe Systems; and George Sked, who has recently taken up a post with Scottish Healthcare Supplies.

At the branch's annual general meeting, which preceded the award ceremony,John Cowie was re-elected as chairman, Sue tiles as treasurer and Peter Henderson as public relations officer. Mike Rogers was elected secretary and Archie Scott was named in the joint post of education and student liaison officer.

At the meeting, members also heard a presentation by James Graham of Philips Auctioneers. Cowie said: "We chose our speaker well, as Graham had more questions than anyone else this session."