Peter Coaldrake | |
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 Coaldrake in 2014 | |
| Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology | |
| In office 2003–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Dennis Gibson |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Sheil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gregory Alan Naylor 1951 Marrickville,New South Wales |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Academic |
Owen Peter Coaldrake AO (born 1951) is an Australian academic and higher education administrator. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology between 2003 and 2017. [1]
Peter Coaldrake was born Gregory Alan Naylor to a young mother Jeanette in Marrickville. He was adopted as the only child of Anglican missionaries, Keith and Sheila Coaldrake. [2] He was educated in Queensland, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from James Cook University and a PhD from Griffith University. [3]
Coaldrake was appointed by Queensland Premier Wayne Goss to be CEO of the Public Sector Management Commission. [4] [5] He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology between 2003 and 2017, replaced by Margaret Sheil. [1] He was Chair of Universities Australia. [4]
Coaldrake's decision to close QUT's school of humanities and human services drew the wrath of staff and academic unions. "Many humanities staff see this as the Philistines at the gate." [6]
From 2011 to 2016, Coaldrake was the chair of the Queensland Heritage Council. [5] [7] Two notable listings added to the Queensland Heritage Register under his leadership were the Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret Sites and the Queensland Cultural Centre. [7]
Coaldrake was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2011 for "distinguished service to higher education". [8]
In October 2017 Coaldrake became chair of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust. He was appointed chair of Jobs Queensland at the end of 2018. [9] Since March 2019 Coaldrake has been a member of the Council of the University of Newcastle. [10]
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