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Emeritus Professors & appointments

Professor emeritus is an honorary title bestowed on retired University staff who attained the rank of Professor.

  • Dennis Ernest Ager BA (Lond), PhD (Salf)
    Professor in the Department of Modern Languages 1971-1999
    Head of Department of Modern Languages 1971-1978
    Dean of the Faculty of Social Science & Humanities 1975-1978
    Pro Vice Chancellor 1990-1993

  • William Oliver Alexander BSc, PhD, FIM, MIProdE
    Professor and Head of Department of Metallurgy 1967-76

  • Geoffrey Vernon Ball RD, MSc, FBOA, HD, FBCO
    Head of Department of Ophthalmic Optics 1968-81 and Professor from 1970

  • Philip Edwin Barker PhD, DSc, CEng, FIChemE
    Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering 1970-95

  • Joseph Terence Barnby BSc, PhD, CEng, FIM
    Professor of Metallurgy and Materials 1976-84
    Head of Department of Metallurgy 1981-84

  • John Alexander Blair PhD, DSc, CChem, FRSC, FRCPath
    Professor of Chemistry 1975-92

  • Ernest Braun MSc, DrRerNat, PhD
    Professor of Physics 1967-84
    Head of Technology Policy Unit 1977-84

  • Michael Robert Withington Brown MSc, PhD, DSc, FRPharmS, FIBiol
    Professor of Microbiology Professor of Pharmacy 1970-97
    Head of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1989-1992
    Dean of Faculty of Science 1982-1983
    Dean of Faculty of Life and Health Sciences 1983-1984
    Pro-Vice Chancellor 1986-1988

  • Michael James Cardwell BSc, PhD (Lond), DIC, ARCS, CEng, FIEE, MIEEE
    British Telecom Professor 1991-2000
    Head of Department of Electrical Engineering & Applied Physics 1991-1997
    Head of Division of Electrical & Electronic Engineering 1997-1998
    Pro Vice Chancellor 1998-2000

  • Evan John Davies PhD, DSc, CEng, FIEE, SenMemIEEE
    Professor of Electrical Engineering 1967-83
    Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1981-83

  • Edward William Davis MA (St And)
    Lloyds Bank Professor of Business Finance 1972-2001
    Dean of the Faculty of Management 1976-1979
    Dean of the Faculty of Management, Languages & European Studies 1997-1998

  • Eric Downham BSc, PhD, CEng, AMRAeS
    Professor of Mechanical Engineering 1965-79

  • Elwyn Edwards BA, PhD, MRAeS, FBPsS
    Professor of Applied Psychology 1976-84
    Head of Department of Applied Psychology 1982-83

  • Charles Brian Ferry BPharm, BSc, PhD
    Professor of Pharmacology 1973-96

  • John Edward Flood OBE, PhD, DSc, FCGI, FInstP, CEng, FIEE
    Professor of Electrical Engineering 1965-90
    Head of Department of Electrical Engineering 1967-81 and 1983-85
    Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Applied Physics 1985-89

  • William Frank Gutteridge MBE, MA, DipEd
    Director of Complementary Studies 1971-80
    Professor of International Studies 1976-82
    Head of Political and Economic Studies Group 1980-82

  • Graham Harding BSc (Lond), PhD (Birm), DSc, CPsychol, FBPsS, HonMRCP
    Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology 1978
    Head of Department of OpthalmicOptics 1981-89
    Head of Psychology & Human Biology Division 1997-98
    Director of the Neurosciences Research Institute 1998-2001

  • Denys James Hinton MSc, AADipl, FRIBA
    Professor of Architecture 1966-81
    Director of the affiliated School of Architecture 1966-72
    Head of Department of Architectural, Planning and Urban Studies 1972-75 and 1978-81

  • John Homer BSc (Leeds), PhD (Birm), DSc (Leeds), CChem, FRSC
    Professor in CEAC 1997-2001

  • Tao-Ching Hsu BSc, PhD
    Professor of Production Engineering 1967-73
    Professor of Applied Mechanics 1974-83

  • Stanley Ernest Hunt BSc, PhD, FInstP, FINucE
    Professor and Head of Department of Physics 1964-82

  • William James Irwin BPharm, PhD, DSc(Lond), CChem, FRSC, FRPharmS
    Professor and Dean of Faculty of life & Health Sciences 1995-1998
    Director of Research and Pharmacy Research Institute 1998-2001
     
  • Geoffrey Vaughan Jeffreys PhD, DSc, FRSC, CEng, FIChemE
    Professor and Head of Department of Chemical Engineering 1965-86

  • William Brian Jepson MSc, CEng, MICE
    Professor of Construction and Environmental Health 1977-83
    Head of Department of Civil Engineering and Construction 1983

  • Barry Jones DipTech, MSc, CEng, MICE
    Subject Group Convenor for mechanical Engineering 1999-2004

  • Arnold George Joselin BSc, DipEd, MA, PhD
    Professor and Head of Department of Education 1967-73

  • Edward Stuart Kirby BSc (Econ), PhD
    Professor of International Economics 1965-74

  • Francis Edward Knowles MA (Oxon), MSc (Salf)
    Professor in the Department of Modern Languages 1977-1999
    Dean of the Faculty of Social Science & Humanities 1981-1984
    Senior Pro Vice Chancellor 1983-1986

  • Rodney Vaughan Latham DSc, CPhys, FInstP, CEng, FIEE
    Professor of Applied Physics
    Pro-Vice Chancellor 1992-94
    Head of Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering & Applied Physics 1989-1991
    Head of Department of Computer Science & Applied Mathematics 1994-96

  • Derek Frank Lawden MA, ScD, FRSNZ, FIMA
    Professor of Mathematical Physics 1967-83
    Head of Department of Mathematics 1977-83

  • Raymond Loveridge MA, MSc, DipEconPolSci
    Professor of Manpower Management 1973-98

  • Alan John Matty PhD, DSc, FIBiol
    Professor and Head of Department of Biological Sciences 1965-83

  • Norman Mullineux BSc, PhD
    Professor of Mathematics 1964-83
    Head of Department of Mathematics 1956-76

  • Thomas Mulvey DSc, DipRMS, FInstP, CEng, FIEE
    Professor of Physics 1973-86

  • William Ewart John Neal BSc, PhD, FInstP, CEng, FIEE, FInstE, MOSA
    Professor of Physics 1979-84,
    Head of Department of Physics 1983-84

  • William Tobias Norris MA, ScD (MIT), CEng, FIEE, FIMechE, FCSD, SMIEEE, FRSA Professor of Electrical Engineering
    Professor of Mechanical Engineering 1987-2003

  • Francis Michael Page BA, PhD, ScD
    Professor of Chemistry 1965-86

  • John Edward Tyrrell Penny BSc(Eng)(Lond), PhD, CMath, FIMA
    Head of Mechanical and Production Engineering Department 1987-1991
    Head of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department 1992-1996
    Director of Research School of Engineering & Applied Science 2001-2005
    Professor of Mechanical Engineering 2002-2005

  • William George Sharland Parker BSc, PhD, HonDSc, CChem, FRSC
    Professor of Chemistry 1958-80
    Head of Department of Chemistry 1958-78

  • Hanus Julius Pick BEng, PhD, CEng, FIM, FIMechE
    Professor of Materials Technology 1965-82

  • Kenneth Edwin Porter BSc, PhD, CEng, FIChemE
    Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering 1975-79
    Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering 1979-95

  • Alan William Pratt DSc, FInstP, HonFIAAS
    Professor and Head of Department of Building 1965-76
    Professor and Head of Department of Construction and Environmental Health 1976-83

  • Geoffrey John Frederick Pugh PhD, DSc, FIBiol
    Professor of Biological Sciences 1975-83

  • Gordon Leonard Rogers MA, PhD, FInstP, FOSA
    Professor of Physics 1974-81

  • Edgar Alan Rose MSc, DipArch, DipTP, FRTPI, ARIBA, FRSA
    Professor in the affiliated School of Town and Country Planning 1969-72
    Professor in the Department of Architectural, Planning and Urban Studies 1972-83
    Head of Department of Architectural, Planning and Urban Studies 1975-78 and 1981-83

  • Gerald Scott MA, DSc, CChem, FRSC, FPRI
    Professor of Chemistry 1967-89

  • William Thomas Singleton MA, DSc
    Professor of Applied Psychology 1965-82
    Head of Department of Applied Psychology 1967-82

  • Ian Griffith Slater MSc, PhD, FIM, FInstP, CIMechE
    Professor and Head of Department of Metallurgy 1954-67

  • Robert Hill Thornley PhD, DSc, AMCT, CEng, FIMechE, FIMfgE, MJSME
    Professor and Head of Department of Production Engineering 1971-84
    Professor and Head of Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering 1984-86

  • Richard Charles Whitfield BSc, PhD, MA, MEd
    Professor and Head of Department of Educational Enquiry 1975-83

  • Denman George Wibberley PhD, DSc, CChem, FRSC
    Professor of Medicinal Chemistry 1971-83
    Head of Department of Pharmacy 1976-79

  • Thomas Bertram Worth MSc, CGIA, CEng, FIMechE, FIProdE, MIEE
    Head of Department of Production Engineering 1957-71 and Professor from 1964

  • Professor M T Wright PhD, FREng, FIEE, FIMechE, SenMIEEE, CMath, FIMA, CIMgt

  • Vice-Chancellor 1996-2006


Other Emeritus Appointments

  • Alan Barnsley BSc, CEng, MIMM, MIGeol, FGS
    Director of Combined Honours Programme 1975-82

  • Edward Harry Charles Driver MSc, FLA
    University Librarian 1966-77