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Presidents of the Professorial Board (1911 - 1981)

1911–1915

Professor Emeritus Bertram Dillon Steele, DSc, FIC, FRS

1915–1917

Professor Alexander James Gibson, ME, AMICE

1917–1922

Professor John Lundie Michie, MA Qld., Hon.LLD Qld.

1922–1925

Professor Henry James Priestley, MA Qld.

1925–1932

Professor Henry Caselli Richards, DSc Qld.

1932–1938

Professor Henry Alcock, MA Qld.

1938–1944

Professor Thomas Parnell, MA Qld., FIP

1944–1951

Professor Emeritus Jeremiah Joseph Stable, MA Camb., Hon.LLD Qld.

1951–1956

Professor Emeritus Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones, CBE, DSc Syd., Hon.DSc Newcastle (NSW), Hon.LLD Qld., FRACI, FCS

1956–1959

Professor Emeritus Sir Fred Joyce Schonell, BA W.Aust., Hon.DLitt W.Aust., MA Birm., PhD Lond., DLit Lond., FBPsS, FAPsS, FACE

1960–1962

Professor Emeritus Laurence John Hartley Teakle, CMG, BSc(Agric) W.Aust., MS Calif., PhD Calif., Hon.LLD Qld., FAIAS, ARACI, FACE

1963–1965

Professor John Hardie Lavery, CBE, BSc Oxf., ME Qld., AMICE, MIEAust

1966–1968

Professor Emeritus James Charles Mahoney, ED, ChLégiond’Honneur, BA Qld., MA Oxf., MLitt Oxf., Hon.DLitt Qld.

1969–1970

Professor Emeritus Edwin Clifford Webb, MA Camb., PhD Camb., Hon.DSc Qld., FRACI

1970–1970

Professor Emeritus Eric Galton Saint, CMG, BSc Durh., MD Durh., Hon.LLD Qld., FRACP, FRCP, FACMA

1971–1972

Professor Emeritus Dorothy Hill, CBE, PhD Camb., DSc Qld., Hon.LLD Qld., FRS, FAA, FGS

1973–1974

Professor Emeritus George Neville Davies, CBE, DDS Northwestern & NZ, Hon.DSc Qld., FDSRCS, FRACDS

1975–1977

Professor Emeritus Ronald Cecil Gates, AO, BCom Tas., MA Oxf., Hon.DEcon Qld., FASSA, Hon.FRAPI

1977–1979

Professor Emeritus Stephen Lipton, MSc Liv., FBCS

1980–1981

Professor Leslie Charles Holborow, MA Auck., BPhil Oxf.

Presidents of the Academic Board (1981 - Present)

1981–1981

Professor Leslie Charles Holborow, MA Auck., BPhil Oxf.

1982–1982

Brian Lindsay Adkins, BSc Qld., PhD Qld., MA Melb.

1983–1985

Professor Emeritus Ralph Whaddon Parsons, BE Adel., DPhil Oxf., FIP, FAIP, FSASM

1986–1987

Professor Emeritus Roger Dennis Scott, BA Tas., DipPubAd Tas., DPhil Oxf., FACE

1988–1990

Professor Margaret Irene Bullock, AM, BScApp Qld., PhD Qld., ATCL, LTCL, MAPA, MERS

1991–1993

Professor Steven Schwartz, BA Brooklyn, MS Syr., PhD Syr., FASSA, MAPsS

1994–1996

Professor Linda Sophie Rosenman, BA Syd., DipSocWk Syd., MSocWk Ill., PhD Wash.(St.Louis)

1997–1997

Professor Andrew Martin Lister, MA Camb., DipCompSc Camb., MBCS, FACS, CEng

1998–2000

Professor Cindy Gallois, BSc Georgetown, MA Flor., PhD Flor.

2001–2002

Professor Ian O’Connor, BSocWk Qld., PhD Qld.

2002–2005

Professor Jenny Strong, BOccThy Qld., MOccThy Qld., PhD Qld.

2006–2008

Professor Mark D. Gould, BSc (Hons) Adel., PhD Adel.

2009–2011

Professor Susan E. Hamilton, BSc Qld., PhD Qld.

2012–2014

Professor Kaye E., Basford, AStat, AMusA, APAg, BSc(Hons) Qld., MLitSt Qld., PhD Qld., FTSE, FAICD, FAIAST, FIS

2015–2017

Professor Fred D’Agostino, BA(Hons) Amherst, MA Prin., PhD LSE, FAHA

2018–

Professor Peter Adams, BSc(Hons), BComm, PhD

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