Struther Arnott

Struther Arnott CBE, FRS, FRSE, (born 25 September, 1934) is a Scottish academic and was former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews.

Educated at the University of Glasgow, he worked with the Biophysics Unit of King's College London, before his appointment as Professor of Molecular Biology at Purdue University, Indiana. At Purdue he served as Vice-President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School. He returned to the United Kingdom to serve as Principal and Vice-Chancellor at St Andrews from 1986 until his resignation in December 1999.

He has held visiting fellowships at Oxford University and is a Fellow of King's College London. He was appointed a Fellow of The Royal Society in 1985, of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1988, and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996.

Professor Arnott has two sons: his elder son, Aaron Arnott, is employed by a bond firm in the United States. His younger son, Euan, attained his PhD at Cambridge University in chemistry and is currently designing processes for a pharmaceutical company. He also has two grandchildren.

Professor Arnott is married to Dr Greta Arnott.