Chairs
- Current Chair of the Academic Board, 2006-
- Chairmen of the former Professorial Board, 1887-1975
- Former Chairs of the Academic Board, 1975-2006
Current Chair of the Academic Board
Professor Bruce Sutton, photo, University of Sydney.
BAgrSc(Hons) Qld PhD ANU
Chair: 2006 -
Chairmen of the former Professorial Board
The Professorial Board was established in 1887 and dissolved on 17 June 1975. The various antecedents of the Professorial Board from 1852 to 1887 were normally chaired by the Senior Professor or Dean of the Faculty of Arts.
Professor Thomas P Anderson Stuart (1856 - 1920)
1887, photo, University of Sydney Archives
Professor Theodore T Gurney (1849 - 1918), photo, University of Sydney Archives
Chairman: 1888, 1901
Click here for the biography in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB).
Professor William J Stephens (1829 - 1890)
Chairman: 1889
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Professor Richard Threlfall (1861 - 1932)
Chairman: 1890
Click here for the biography in ADB and here for information in the history of the School of Physics.
Professor Archibald Liversidge (1846 - 1927), photo from the Newsletter of the University of Sydney Chemistry Alumni, September 2003
Chairman: 1891
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Professor William H Warren (1852 - 1926), photo, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technologies.
Chairman: 1892, 1920–1923
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Professor William A Haswell (1854 - 1925)
Chairman: 1893
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Sir Mungo W MacCallum KCSG (1854 – 1942), photo, University of Sydney Archives.
MA Glas HonDLitt Oxf LLD
Chairman: 1894
Click here for a profile on Sir Mungo MacCallum and here for a fuller biography in ADB.
Professor James T Wilson (1861 - 1945), photo, Faculty of Medicine.
Chairman: 1895, 1908–1912, 1916–1919
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Professor Francis Anderson (1858 - 1941), photo by Henry M. Ashby Co., courtesy of National Library of Australia. nla.pic-an22410688.
Chairman: 1896
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Professor George A Wood (1865 - 1928)
Chairman: 1897
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Professor Thomas J Butler (1857 - 1937)
Chairman: 1898
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Professor Tannatt W Edgeworth David (1858 - 1934), photo by Judith Fletcher, c1916, courtesy of National Library of Australia. nla.pic-an24376652.
Chairman: 1899, 1902–1907, 1913–1915, 1924
Professor William Pitt Cobbett (1853 - 1919)
Chairman: 1900
Click here for the biography in ADB and here for information on Professor Pitt Cobbett in the history of the Law School.
Professor John B Peden (1871 - 1946)
Chairman: 1925–1933
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Professor Richard C Mills (1886 - 1952)
Chairman: 1934–1941
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Professor Edwin Ashby (1861 - 1941), photo, nla.pic-vn3799735 reproduced with the kind permission of the National Library of Australia.
Chairman: 1942–1944
View full image, Group portrait of A.J. Campbell, an unidentified man, Edwin Ashby and John Mellor at a R.A.O.U. congress in Perth.
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Professor Steven H Roberts (1901 - 1971), photo, University of Sydney Archives.
Chairman: 1945–1946
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Professor John P V Madsen (1879 - 1969), photo, University of Sydney Archives
BSc BE, FAA
Chairman: 1947–1949
Click here for the biography in the Australian Academy of Science website.
Professor Arthur Dale Trendall, from a Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives
Chairman: 1949–1950, 1952–1953
Professor Christopher R McRae (1901 - 1976)
Chairman: 1950–1951, 1953–1955
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Professor William M O’Neil
Chairman: 1955–1959, 1961–1965
Professor Alexander G Mitchell
Chairman: 1959–1961
Professor Jack L Still
Chairman: 1965–1969
Professor Michael G Taylor (1926 - 2006), photo, University of Sydney Archives.
Chairman: 1970–1973
Click here for the obituary on Emeritus Professor Taylor's death on 10 January 2006.
Professor Donald W George
Chairman: 1974
Professor John M Ward, University of Sydney Archives.
Deputy Chairman: August – November 1974
Chairman: 1974–1975
Professor Michael G Pitman, photo, courtesy the Australian Academy of Science
Chairman: November 1974 to June 1975
Former Chairs of the Academic Board
The Academic Board replaced the Professorial Board in mid-1975 and was reconstituted, after reviews, from November 1996 and from January 2004. The title of the presiding member was amended from "Chairman" to "Chair" in 1992.
Professor John M Ward, photo, University of Sydney Archives.
MA LLB, FAHA FASSA FRAHS
Chairman: 1975–1977
Professor Denison Campbell-Allen, photo, University of Sydney Archives.
MA Camb, FICE FIEAust MRAeS AMIArb
Chairman: 1978–1981
Professor Neville Collis-George
MSc Manc PhD Camb HonDScAg
Chairman: 1982–1985
Mr John G Mackinolty
Chairman: 1986–1987
Professor Samuel Ball, photo, University of Sydney Archives.
BA MEd PhD, FAPA
Chairman: 1988–1991
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Professor John M Mack, photo, University of Sydney Archives.
MA Cantab BSc PhD, FIMA
Chairman: 1991
Chair: 1992 - 1996, 1996-1997
Professor Roslyn E Pesman, photo, University of Sydney.
PhD Lond BA
Chair: 1997–1999
Professor Lawrence E Cram, photo, University of Sydney.
BSc(Hons) BE(Hons) PhD
Chair: 1999–2001
Professor Judyth Sachs, photo, University of Sydney.
BA PhD Qld MA WMich
Chair: 2001–2004
Professor John P Carter, photo, University of Sydney.
BE PhD, MASCE FIEAust CPEng
Chair: 2004–2005
Associate Professor Anthony J Masters, photo, University of Sydney.
BSc Melb PhD ANU, FRACI CChem
Acting Chair: 2006