Professor Emeritus is an honorary title bestowed on retired University staff who attained the rank of Professor. Ordinance XIII sets out the terms of appointment of Emeritus Professors.
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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
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William Oliver Alexander BSc, PhD, FIM, MIProdE
Professor and Head of Department of Metallurgy 1967-76
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David Bainbridge LLB, BSc, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Law 1987 - 1989
Lecturer 1990-1997
Reader 1997-2002
Professor of Marketing and Law 2002-2008
Subject Group Convenor for Finance, Accounting and Law Group 2001-2005
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Geoffrey Vernon Ball RD, MSc, FBOA, HD, FBCO
Head of Department of Ophthalmic Optics 1968-81 and Professor from 1970
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Philip Edwin Barker PhD, DSc, CEng, FIChemE
Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering 1970-95
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Joseph Terence Barnby BSc, PhD, CEng, FIM
Professor of Metallurgy and Materials 1976-84
Head of Department of Metallurgy 1981-84
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David Bennett MSc, PhD, CEng, MIET, MCMI, FHEA
Lecturer in Production Management 1974-1978
Senior Lecturer in Production Management 1978-1997
Professor of Production Management 1997-2011
Head of Undergraduate Studies and Head of Division1984-1995
Subject Group Convenor for the Operations and Information Management Group 2001-2002
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Ian Bennion BSc, PhD
Professor in Electronic Engineering 1991-2010
Subject Group Convenor for Electronic Engineering 2000-2010
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John Alexander Blair PhD, DSc, CChem, FRSC, FRCPath
Professor of Chemistry 1975-92
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Richard Booth MSc, PhD
Lecturer 1972-1976
Senior Lecturer 1976-1978
Professor of Occupational Health and Safety 1978-201
Head of Department of Safety and Hygiene 1978-1983
Head of Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety 1983-1984
Head of Health and Safety Unit 1984-2000
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Ernest Braun MSc, DrRerNat, PhD
Professor of Physics 1967-84
Head of Technology Policy Unit 1977-84
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Stan Brignall BSc
Senior Lecturer of Accounting 1998-2003
Course Director for the MSc in Financial Management 2002 - 2005
Professor of Accounting 2003-2010
Subject Group Convenor for Finance, Accounting and Law Group in Aston Business School 2005-2008
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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
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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
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Malcolm Coulthard BA, PGCE, Dip Gen Ling, PhD
Professor of Forensic Linguistics 2004-2011
Associate Dean for Research for School of Languages & Social Sciences from 2005-2010
Director for the Centre of Forensic Linguistics
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Evan John Davies PhD, DSc, CEng, FIEE, SenMemIEEE
Professor of Electrical Engineering 1967-83
Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1981-83
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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
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Eric Downham BSc, PhD, CEng, AMRAeS
Professor of Mechanical Engineering 1965-79
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Elwyn Edwards BA, PhD, MRAeS, FBPsS
Professor of Applied Psychology 1976-84
Head of Department of Applied Psychology 1982-83
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Professor John Edwards MA, PhD, FORS, FHEA
Lecturer in Operational Research and Systems 1978-1991
Promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1991, to Reader in 2001 and to Professor in 2002-2012
Subject Group Convenor for the Operations and Information Management Group 2002-2003
Director of Academic Programmes for the Aston Business School 2004-2007
Associate Dean for Postgraduate Programmes for the Aston Business School 2007
Deputy Dean and Head of Faculty for the Business School 2008-2010Executive Dean of the Business School 2011-2012
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Charles Brian Ferry BPharm, BSc, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology 1973-96
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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
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Gordon Greenley BA, MSc, PhD, DipM
Lecturer in Marketing 1985 - 1994
Professor in Marketing 1995-2010
Subject Group Convenor for Marketing Group 1997-2001, 2001-2002 and 2002-2003
Deputy Head of Aston Business School and Head of Faculty 2003-2007
Head of Marketing Group 2007-2009
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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
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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
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Margaret Harris MA, PhD, BSoc Sc
Lecturer and Assistant Director of Social Science 1987 - 1997
Lecturer and Acting Centre Director of Social Science 1997 - 1999
Professor of Public Sector Management 1999-2007
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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
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John Homer BSc (Leeds), PhD (Birm), DSc (Leeds), CChem, FRSC
Professor in CEAC 1997-2001
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Graham Hooley BSc, PhD
Lecturer in Marketing 1974 - 1988
Senior Lecturer in Marketing 1998
Professor in Marketing and Head of Marketing Division 1990-1997
Director of Research for Aston Business School 1998-2001
Deputy Head of Aston Business School 2002-2003
Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor 2003-2010
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Tao-Ching Hsu BSc, PhD
Professor of Production Engineering 1967-73
Professor of Applied Mechanics 1974-83
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Stanley Ernest Hunt BSc, PhD, FInstP, FINucE
Professor and Head of Department of Physics 1964-82
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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
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Geoffrey Vaughan Jeffreys PhD, DSc, FRSC, CEng, FIChemE
Professor and Head of Department of Chemical Engineering 1965-86
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William Brian Jepson MSc, CEng, MICE
Professor of Construction and Environmental Health 1977-83
Head of Department of Civil Engineering and Construction 1983
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Barry Jones DipTech, MSc, CEng, MICE
Subject Group Convenor for mechanical Engineering 1999-2004
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Arnold George Joselin BSc, DipEd, MA, PhD
Professor and Head of Department of Education 1967-73
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Roger Kettle BSc, MSc, PhD
Lecturer Civil Engineering 1974 - 1980
Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Civil Engineering 1980 - 1996
Professor 1997 - 2008
Subject Group Convenor for Engineering and Systems Management 1999 - 2008
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Edward Stuart Kirby BSc (Econ), PhD
Professor of International Economics 1965-74
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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
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Professor Ashok Kochhar FREng, BSc(Eng), Ph.D, FIMechE, FIEE
Professor of Manufacturing Systems and Management 1999-2011
Head of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and then Executive Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science 1999-2008
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Professor Peter Lambert BSc, Phd, DSc
Lecturer in Microbiology1980-1990
Promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1990, to Reader in 1998 and Professor in 2005
Subject Group Convenor for Biology 2007-2009
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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
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Derek Frank Lawden MA, ScD, FRSNZ, FIMA
Professor of Mathematical Physics 1967-83
Head of Department of Mathematics 1977-83
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Raymond Loveridge MA, MSc, DipEconPolSci
Professor of Manpower Management 1973-98
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Ian Martin BSc, PhD
Professor and Chairman of Department of Pharmacology 1992-1997
Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences 1997-2009
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Alan John Matty PhD, DSc, FIBiol
Professor and Head of Department of Biological Sciences 1965-83
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Norman Mullineux BSc, PhD
Professor of Mathematics 1964-83
Head of Department of Mathematics 1956-76
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Thomas Mulvey DSc, DipRMS, FInstP, CEng, FIEE
Professor of Physics 1973-86
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William Ewart John Neal BSc, PhD, FInstP, CEng, FIEE, FInstE, MOSA
Professor of Physics 1979-84,
Head of Department of Physics 1983-84
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William Tobias Norris MA, ScD (MIT), CEng, FIEE, FIMechE, FCSD, SMIEEE, FRSA Professor of Electrical Engineering Professor of Mechanical Engineering 1987-2003
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Francis Michael Page BA, PhD, ScD
Professor of Chemistry 1965-86
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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
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William George Sharland Parker BSc, PhD, HonDSc, CChem, FRSC
Professor of Chemistry 1958-80
Head of Department of Chemistry 1958-78
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Hanus Julius Pick BEng, PhD, CEng, FIM, FIMechE
Professor of Materials Technology 1965-82
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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
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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
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Geoffrey John Frederick Pugh PhD, DSc, FIBiol
Professor of Biological Sciences 1975-83
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Nigel Reeves MA, DPhil, OBE
Professor of German 1975 - 1990
Dean of the Faculty of Human Studies 1986 - 1990
Head of School of Languages and European Studies 1990-1996
Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1996-2007
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Gordon Leonard Rogers MA, PhD, FInstP, FOSA
Professor of Physics 1974-81
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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
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John Saunders MBA, BSc,PhD, FBAM, FCIM, FRSA
Senior Lecturer in Marketing - 1973 - 1977
Lecturer in Marketing 1977 - 1985
Lecturer in Marketing and Strategic Management 1986 - 1987
Professor in Marketing 1987 - 1996
Professor in Marketing 1997-2010
Head of Aston Business School 1997-2007
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William Thomas Singleton MA, DSc
Professor of Applied Psychology 1965-82
Head of Department of Applied Psychology 1967-82
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Ian Griffith Slater MSc, PhD, FIM, FInstP, CIMechE
Professor and Head of Department of Metallurgy 1954-67
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Anne Stevens MA, MSc, PhD
Lecturer in Politics 1978 - 1990
Professor of European Studies 1991 - 1997
Professor of European Studies 1998-2008
Head of School of Languages and European Studies 1998-2008
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Malcolm FG Stevens PhD, DSc (Nott), Cchem, FRSC, MRPharmS
Reader of Pharmacy 1972 - 1992
Professor of Pharmacy 1979 - 1992
Head of Pharmacy 1983 - 1989
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Professor John Sullivan
Assistant Lecturer 1965-68
Promoted to Lecturer in 1968, to Senior Lecturer in 1989, to Reader in 1994 and to Professor in 1998-2011
Head of Surface Science Research Group
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Michael Sutton BA, MSc, PhD
Lecturer Languages and European Studies 1997 - 1999
Senior Lecturer Languages and European Studies 2000 - 2008
Professor of Politics and International Relations 2008 - 2009
Director of Studies for Politics & Modern History 2008 -2009
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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
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Professor Mike West BSc(Econ), PhD, CPsychol, FBPsS, FAPA, FSIOP, FIAAP, FBAM, FCIPD, FHEA, FRSA, AcSS
Professor of Organisational Psychology 1999-2011
Subject Group Convenor for the Work and Organisational Psychology Group 1999-2001
Research Director for the Aston Business School 2001 -2007
Executive Dean of Aston Business School in April 2007-2011
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Richard Charles Whitfield BSc, PhD, MA, MEd
Professor and Head of Department of Educational Enquiry 1975-83
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Denman George Wibberley PhD, DSc, CChem, FRSC
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry 1971-83
Head of Department of Pharmacy 1976-79
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Thomas Bertram Worth MSc, CGIA, CEng, FIMechE, FIProdE, MIEE
Head of Department of Production Engineering 1957-71 and Professor from 1964
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Professor M T Wright PhD, FREng, FIEE, FIMechE, SenMIEEE, CMath, FIMA, CIMgt
Vice-Chancellor 1996-2006
