# University of Bath receives £1 million endowment from trust

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/06/28/university-bath-receives-1-million-endowment-trust/
- Published: 2007-06-28T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The University of Bath has been given a £1 million endowment by the locally-based
Medlock Charitable Trust to further research into vehicle engineering and bio-fuels.

The Medlock Charitable Trust has built up the endowment over the past few years 
specifically for the University, and the income earned from it will fund a named
Chair in the University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design in perpetuity.

 

 

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The first holder of the Medlock Chair in Engineering is Professor Gary Hawley, in
the Department of Mechanical Engineering, who will get funding to further his research
into vehicle systems. The funding will support several students studying for PhD
research degrees.

 

 

The Trust was set up by Len Medlock, who established the successful sub-contract
engineering business Hebron & Medlock, based in Oldfield Park, in 1951. His son 
David is now Managing Director of the firm, which employs over 1,000 staff and has
an annual turnover of £45 million, and Managing Trustee of the Trust.

 

 

Mr Medlock is also High Sheriff of Somerset and a Pro-Chancellor at the University.
His long involvement in the voluntary sector, has included work with Shelter, an
adult literacy project in Manchester, and the Gateway Club in Bath.

 

 

The endowment fund will remain at at least £1 million and the income from this will
fund the Chair.

 

 

Siôn Lutley, Director of Development & Alumni Relations at the University, said:“
The Medlock Chair in Engineering will provide a real boost to the University’s world-
class engineering research and Professor Hawley is a very worthy inaugural recipient
of the Chair.”

 

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