Steve Curr (BWS 1966-72) 

Institute of Physics Nuclear Industry Group 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award. Studied Mathematical Physics at Sussex University before taking a graduate apprenticeship in nuclear engineering with Rolls-Royce & Associates Ltd. Moving to CEGB to teach nuclear engineering before rejoining Rolls-Royce to run training and won two National Training Awards before project managing several R&D contracts and eventually moving back into technical management. Seconded to do some UK government work in the USA in the mid-noughties, then successively became a Chief Engineer, Chief Design Engineer and Chief Technologist. Along the way he became possibly the UK's longest serving research reactor manager and (his proudest achievement) a Sir Henry Royce Engineering Fellow.