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286:(IFS; 1978–92), and of the British Institute of Energy Economics (1986–94). He was chairman of the Anglo-German Foundation (1982–98). He was a governor of the LSE (1977–2004) and of Wallington County Grammar School (1993–2003). He was a member of the
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