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Robert Don Paton
Chairman and Founder Member G.C.R.A. Ltd
Born 1944 and raised in Alva Clackmannanshire.
Married with a son a daughter and three grandsons.
Suffered a heart attack whilst playing golf on April 21st 2000. By good fortune a trained nurse was on hand to provide First Aid and call an ambulance. He was transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where clinical investigation revealed the presence of significant Coronary Heart Disease. His condition was severe enough to confine him to the hospital for four weeks, during which time he had a Triple Heart Bypass operation. He started exercising in the community with a local Phase IV Exercise Class in August 2000, two months after being discharged from hospital. Today he continues to exercise weekly with the GCRA class in Turriff. He plays golf twice a week, weather permitting and his 2 year old cross Collie pup ‘Rosie’ loves to take him out for a 4 mile walk every day ! |
Elected Chairman of GCRA Board of Management at inaugural meeting 22nd June 2002.
Educated at Alva Academy 1956 – 1959.
Spent his working life in the Power Supply Industry. Starting of as an apprentice Electrical Fitter at the Kincardine Power Station and progressing to Electrical Engineer in 1969 after obtaining an HNC in Electrical Engineering.
In 1978 he moved North to participate in the building and commissioning of a new power station being built at Peterhead, where he remained until retiring from full time employment in 1995. Thereafter he continued to work for his former employers on a consultative basis until suffering his heart attack in 2000.
Holds an HNC in Electrical Engineering
Chairman of MCN Cardiac Rehabilitation Sub group.
Committee Member of Friends of Turriff Hospital
Committee Member Hydro Electric Retirement Association – Aberdeen Branch.
When not cracking the whip at his management team, golfing or doing anything else to avoid ‘the garden,’ Robert likes to listen to music, and in particular Mozart’s 21st Piano Concerto. A far cry from his ‘Beatles’ collection of the early sixties don’t you think! Forgive the jibe Robert, after all, ‘We love you yeah, yeah, yeah!’