Sandy McDonald (minister)

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The Very Rev. Dr. Alexander McDonald
Born (1937-11-05) 5 November 1937
Bishopbriggs, Scotland
Nationality British
Other names Sandy
Occupation Retired minister
Children Blair McDonald
Karen McDonald
David McDonald (a.k.a. David Tennant)

Alexander "Sandy" McDonald (born 5 November 1937)[1] is a Scottish retired minister. He served as a minister of the Church of Scotland, and was the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1997-8).

Biography

McDonald was born in Bishopbriggs in 1937, the son of Jessie Helen Low and Alexander M. McDonald.[1] He worked in the timber industry in the 1950s, prior to National Service in the Royal Air Force. He studied at the University of Glasgow before training for the ministry at Trinity College.[2]

Following theological studies in the 1960s, he served as minister at St David's Parish Church, Bathgate (1968–1974), then at St Mark's Parish Church, Ralston (1974–1988) and then as General Secretary of the Church of Scotland's Board of Ministry until he retired in 2002. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1997–8. His formal title (following the end of his Moderatorial year) is The Very Reverend Dr Alexander McDonald.

Television career

In the early 1980s, he co-presented the Scottish Television religious magazine programme That's the Spirit!.

Personal life

McDonald survives his wife Helen, daughter of former footballer Archie McLeod, who died on 15 July 2007.[3][4] He has a daughter, Karen, and two sons, Blair and David (better known by his stage name David Tennant). In May 2008, he made a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Doctor Who episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp", playing the part of a footman alongside his son.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, Volume 10. Oliver and Boyd. 1981. ISBN 9780715204955. 
  2. ↑ "Very Rev. Dr. Alexander McDonald". Frost's Scottish Who's Who. 
  3. ↑ "Tributes pour in for Helen". Paisley Daily Express. 20 July 2007. 
  4. ↑ "Deaths". Glasgow Evening Times. 19 July 2007. 
Religious titles
Preceded by
John H. McIndoe		 Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
1997–1998 		Succeeded by
Prof. Alan Main
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