Menzies Campbell

Born in Glasgow, Menzies "Ming" Campbell attended Glasgow University, and then earned a law degree from Stanford. He was Called to the Scottish Bar in 1968, and became a Queen's Counsel in 1982. In his athletic career, he competed for Britain at the 1966 Commonwealth Games as well as the 1964 Olympics. He later began a long political career, and was elected to Parliament in 1987 from North East Fife, as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. In 2006, he was chosen as the leader of the Liberal Dems, stepping down in October 2007. Campbell was appointed a CBE in 1987, and honored with a knighthood in 2004. In 2006, he was appointed as Chancellor of St. Andrews University, from which he was awarded an honoraray Doctor of Law.

Personal Bests: 100 – 10.2 (1967); 200 – 20.90y (1967).