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This is a list of University of New England (Australia) people, including a number of notable alumni and faculty members of the University of New England.
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This is a list of University of New England (Australia) people, including a number of notable alumni and faculty members of the University of New England.
| Order | Chancellor | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Earle Page, KCMG , QC | 1954–1960 | [1] |
| 2 | Phillip Wright, CMG | 1960–1970 | [2] |
| 2 | Sir Frank Kitto, AC , KBE , QC | 1970–1981 | |
| 3 | Rob Robertson-Cuninghame, AO | 1981–1993 | [3] |
| 4 | Pat O'Shane, AM, | 1994–2003 | [4] |
| 5 | John Cassidy, AO | 2004–2008 | [5] |
| 6 | Richard Torbay | 2008–2013 | [6] [7] |
| 7 | John Watkins, AM | 2013–2014 | [8] |
| 8 | James Harris, FRSN | 2014–present | [9] |
The following people have served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of New England: [10]
John Arthur Watkins is a former Deputy Premier of New South Wales, serving between 2005 until his resignation from Parliament in 2008. Watkins was the Chief Executive Officer of Alzheimer's Australia (NSW) from 2008 – 2017 when it merged into Dementia Australia; the Chairman of Calvary healthcare from 2011 – 2019; and the eighth Chancellor of the University of New England, serving between 2013 and 2014.
Ingrid Moses, an Australian academic and former university administrator, is an emeritus professor at the University of Canberra. After a long academic career in Australia, Moses served as the Chancellor of the University of Canberra between 2006 and 2011.
George Richard Torbay is a former Australian politician who was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Northern Tablelands from 1999 to 2013. Torbay was the 30th Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, serving from 2007 until 2011, and was the first independent member to be Speaker of the House since 1913. Prior to his election to state parliament, he served as Mayor of Armidale City Council from 1995 to 1998.
Monash University Faculty of Law, or Monash Law School, is the law school of Monash University. Founded in 1964, it is based in Melbourne, Victoria and has campuses in Malaysia and Italy. It is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in Australia and globally, and entry to its Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme is highly competitive.
The ANU College of Law is the law school at the Australian National University and one of the seven academic Colleges of the ANU. It is located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. This provides the College with opportunities to connect with the work of the Parliament of Australia, the High Court of Australia, the departments and agencies of the Federal Government, as well as the local ACT law-making institutions – the Legislative Assembly and the ACT courts.
John Marcus Cassidy, an Australian engineer and pastoralist, was the sixth Chancellor of the University of New England, serving from 2004 until 2008.
Alec Lazenby is an academic who has held positions at the University of Cambridge, University of New England, University of Tasmania, the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research and the Welsh Plant Breeding Station. Lazenby served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of New England from 1970 to 1976, and the University of Tasmania from 1982 to 1990.