Vice-Chancellors

Professor Sir Bruce Rodda Williams KBE — Vice-Chancellor 1967-1981

BA Melb MA Adel MA(Econ) Manc HonDLitt Keele HonLLD Melb HonDEcon Qld, FASSA
Vice-Chancellor: 1967-1981
Fellow of Senate: 1967-1981, 1994-1997
Chair, Senate's Finance Committee: 1994-1997

Professor Sir Bruce Rodda Willams was born at Warrigal, Victoria and was educated at Wesley College and the University of Melbourne. He has published 13 books on industry, investment and education. His career includes the following:

• Fellow of Senate, University of Sydney, 1967-1981, 1994-1997
• Chair, Senate's Finance Committee, 1994-1997
• Honorary Professor of Economics, University of Manchester
• Director, Claddan Foundation
• Chairman, Sydney International Piano Competition Australia, 1988-2004
• President, Sydney Spring Festival of Contemporary Music
• Chairman, Review of the Discipine of Engineering 1978-1988
• President, Committee of Enquiry, Education and Training, 1976-1979
• President, AV-CC, 1972-1974
• Visiting Professor, Imperial College 1981-1986
• Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Sydney, 1967 - 1981
• Professor of Economics, University of Manchester, 1959-1967
• Professor of Economics, University of Keele, 1950-1959
• Senior Lecturer, Queens University, Belfast 1946-1950
• Lecturer, Economics, University of Adelaide, 1940-1945
• Member, Board of the Reserve Bank, 1969-1981
• Chairman, NSW State Cancer Council, 1967-1981
• Member, UK National Board, Prices and Incomes, 1966-1967
• Member, Central Advisory Council, Science & Technology, 1965-1967
• Council, Manchester Business School, 1965-1967
• Editor, Manchester Business School, 1960-1967
• Editor, Sociological Review, 1952-1959

• Above: Chancellor Sir Hermann Black conferring the degree of Doctor of the University upon former Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Bruce Williams, 1982 (University of Sydney Archives)