Former Principal Officers of the University
Updated for 2021/22
Chancellors
| 1962‑1964 | *The Rt Hon the Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax,JP, DL, HonLLD |
| 1965‑1984
| *The Rt Hon the Lord Franks of Headington, OM, GCMG, KCB, KCVO, CBE, PC, MA, HonDCL, FBA, DL |
| 1984-1994 | *The Reverend Professor William Owen Chadwick, OM, KBE,DD, FBA, HonLittD |
| 1994-2003 | Professor Sir Geoffrey Allen, Kt, PhD, FRS, FREng, FRSC, FInstP |
| 2003-2012 | *Sir Brandon Gough, DL, MA, BA, FCA |
| 2012-2016 | Rose Tremain, CBE, FRSL |
Pro-Chancellors and Chair of the Council
| 1964‑1973 | *Sir Edmund Bacon, Bt, KG, KBE, TD, HonDCL |
| 1973‑1985 | Sir Timothy Colman, KG, JP, HonDCL |
| 1985-1990 | *Colonel Geoffrey Seymour Hamilton Dicker, CBE, TD, DL, HonDCL |
| 1990-1997 | Raymond Charles Frostick, DL, MA, LLM, HonDCL |
| 1997-2006 2006-2010 | David McCall, CBE, DL, FRTS, FRSA Stuart Holmes, FCA |
| 2010-2016 | Richard Jewson, JP, MA, Hon DCL |
| 2016-2020 | Joseph Greenwell, CBE, DL |
| 2020-2021 | Laura McGillivray |
Pro-Chancellors
| 1986‑2000 | Sir Timothy Colman, KG, JP, HonDCL |
| 1997-2002 | Raymond Charles Frostick, DL, MA, LLM, HonDCL |
| 2002-2010 | Richard Jewson, JP, MA, Hon DCL |
| 2010-2016 | Stuart Holmes, FCA |
Vice-Chancellors
| 1961‑1980 | *Professor Frank Thistlethwaite, CBE, MA, HonDCL, HonLHD, HonFRIBA, FRHistS |
| 1980‑1986 | Professor Sir Michael Warwick Thompson, BSc, DSc, FInstP |
| 1987-1995 | *Professor Derek Clissold Burke, CBE, BSc, PhD, DL, HonLLD,HonScD |
| 1995-1997 | Dame Elizabeth Anne Loosemore Esteve-Coll, DBE, BA, HonDArts, HonDLitt, HonDUniv, HonDUniv, HonLittD, FRSA, FRCA, HonFRIBA |
| 1997-2002 | Vincent Watts, OBE, MA, MSc, FCA, FIMC, HonLittD |
| 2002-2006 | Professor David Eastwood, MA, DPhil, FRHistS, HonLittD |
| 2006-2008 | Professor William Macmillan, BSc, MA, PhD |
| 2009-2014 | Professor Edward David Joseph Acton, BA, PhD |
Treasurers
| 1964‑1970 | *The Rt Hon the Earl of Cranbrook, CBE, JP, DL, HonMA |
| 1970‑1973 | Sir Timothy Colman, KG, JP, HonDCL |
| 1973‑1976 | *William Rowan Hare, CBE, JP, MA, HonDCL |
| 1976‑1985 | *Colonel Geoffrey Seymour Hamilton Dicker, CBE, TD, DL, HonDCL |
| 1985-1990 | Raymond Charles Frostick, MA, LLM, DL, HonDCL |
| 1990-1994 | Alan John Bowkett, BSc(Econ), MBA |
| 1994-1997 | David McCall, CBE, DL, FRTS, RSA |
| 1997-2006 | Stuart Holmes, FCA |
| 2007-2016 | Jonathan Sisson, FCA |
Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor
| 1989-1995 | Professor John Rex Tarrant, BSc, PhD |
| 2009-2012 | Professor Tom Ward, BSc, MSc, PhD |
| 2013-2021 | Professor Neil Ward, BSc, PhD |
Pro-Vice-Chancellors
| 1964‑1968 | Professor Claud Richard Ross, CB, MA |
| 1968‑1971 | *Professor James Walter McFarlane, MA, BLitt, HonLittD, HonDLitt |
| 1969‑1971 | Professor Roy Hutcheson Campbell, MA, PhD |
| 1971‑1973 | *Professor Keith Martin Clayton, CBE, MSc, PhD |
| 1971‑1974 | *Professor James Rees Jones, MA, PhD |
| 1973‑1976 | *Professor Thomas Peter Hill, MA |
| 1974‑1979 | Professor John Walter James Fletcher, MA, Dipd'EtSup, Dr 3eCycle |
| 1976‑1981 | Professor Malcolm John Frazer, BSc, PhD, CChem |
| 1979‑1983 | *Professor James Rees Jones, MA, PhD |
| 1981‑1985 | *Professor Norman Edward Cusack, BSc, PhD, FInstP |
| 1983‑1986 | John David Elsworth, MA, PhD |
| 1985‑1988 | John Rex Tarrant, BSc, PhD |
| 1986-1989 | Professor Roy Anthony Church, BA, PhD, FRHistS |
| 1988-1990 | *Professor Peter Moseley Stocker, MSc, FIMA, FBCS, CEng |
| 1989-1992 | Professor John Gareth Miller, LLB, LLM, LLM, PhD, Solicitor |
| 1992-1995 | *Professor James Martin Hollis, MA, FBA |
| 1995-1996 | Professor Geoffrey Brown, CertEd, AdvDipEd, MEd, PhD, FBPsS, ChPsych |
| 1990-1997 | Richard Arnold Yardley Jones, MA, PhD, MS, FRSA, CChem, FRSC |
| 1996-1999 | Professor James Colin Davis, MA, FRHistS |
| 1996-2000 | Professor David Bridges, BA, PGCE, MA, PhD |
| 1997-2001 | Professor Frank William David Woodhams, BSc, PhD, MIEE, CEng |
| 1998-2003 | David Michael Baker, MA, MMus, MLS, PhD, MBA, FIMgt, FLA, FRCO, FRSA |
| 1998-2004 | Professor Nigel Frederick John Norris, BA, PhD |
| 1998-2004 | Moya Willson, TDipCOT, BA, MSc |
| 1999-2002 | Professor Shaun Patrick Hargreaves Heap, BA, PhD |
| 1999-2004 | Professor Charles Graham Bentham, BA |
| 2000-2004 | Professor Shirley Pearce, BA, MPhil, PhD |
| 2001-2004 | Professor Alan Peter Dawson, MA, PhD |
| 2002-2003 | Professor James Colin Davis, MA, FRHistS |
| 2004-2009 | Professor Edward David Joseph Acton, BA, PhD |
| 2004-2014 | Professor Trevor Davies, BSc, PhD |
| 2011-2014 | Professor David John Richardson, BSc, PhD |
| 2012-2013 | Professor Nigel Frederick John Norris, BA, PhD |
| 2014-2016 | Professor David Petley, BSc, PhD |
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Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellors | |
| 2013-2018 | Professor Jacqueline Collier, BSc, PhD, MSc, RN |
| 2012-2018
| Professor Philip M Gilmartin, BSc, PhD |
Registrar and Secretary
| 1962‑1977 | *George Arthur Chadwick, BSc |
| 1978-1999 | *Michael Geoffrey Ellis Paulson-Ellis, OBE, MA, FCA |
| 1999-2017 | Brian Summers, BSc |
Librarian
| 1962‑1985 | *Wilhelm Leo Guttsman, MSc(Econ), DLitt |
| 1985-2002 | David Michael Baker, MA, MMus, MLS, PhD, MBA, FIMgt, FLA, FRCO, FRSA |
| 2002-2008 | Jean Catherine Steward BA, MA, MCILIP |
The offices of Public Orator and Honorary Music Adviser were discontinued in 1988 and 1976 respectively. Former holders are listed in Calendars up to 1994-95.
*Deceased