Site Represents a site. Prim Media 393 Show Point true Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Whitehorn Hall Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived buildingsofstandrews Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 379 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.338166923193356,-2.8129227170575177; Description An account of the resource Katherine Whitehorn was a British journalist and columnist born on March 2nd 1928. She graduated from Newham College in Cambridge, where she worked as a columnist for the Observer from 1960 to 1996. She became known for her wit, humour and observance of the lives of women. She was elected unopposed by students at the University of St Andrews in 1982 to become the first woman to be elected Rector of a Scottish University, as well as St Andrews’ first female Lord Rector. She held this position for 3 years, stepping down in 1985. Her pioneering role in the history of the University of St Andrews is reflected by the university naming a new hall of residence after her, when Whitehorn Hall opened its doors in 2018. She was appointed CBE in the 2014 New Year Honours for her services to journalism. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource amm60 Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT