John A. Hay
Encyclopedia
John Anthony Hay, AC
(born 21 September 1942) is a retired Australia
n academic.
and Cambridge University.
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
(born 21 September 1942) is a retired Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n academic.
Education
Hay has degrees in literature from the University of Western AustraliaUniversity of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...
and Cambridge University.
Academic positions
- Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Monash UniversityMonash UniversityMonash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
, Australia from 1988 to 1991.
- Vice-Chancellor and President, Deakin UniversityDeakin UniversityDeakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...
, Australia from 1992 to 1995.
- Dean of Arts and Chair of the National Key Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University.
- Chair of English and Head of the Department in the University of Western AustraliaUniversity of Western AustraliaThe University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...
- Hay was Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of QueenslandUniversity of QueenslandThe University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
between 1996 and 2007.
- Chair of Universitas 21Universitas 21Universitas 21 is an international network of universities, established as an "international reference point and resource for strategic thinking on issues of global significance." Together, there are 500,000 students and 40,000 academics and researchers associated with these universities, which...
, a consortium of comprehensive, research-intensive international universities in 2003.
- Chair of the Group of Eight between January 2002 and May 2003.
- Current Chair of the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
Honours
- Centenary Medallist in 2003 for contributions to Australian higher education.
- Companion in the Order of Australia in 2004
Leadership successes
- Deakin University and The University of Queensland were named Australia's Universities of the Year by the Good Universities Guide in 1995 and 1999 respectively.
- The University of Queensland advanced to second position in Australia for total competitive research funding.
- At University of Queensland, he led the development of many major new research centres in molecular bioscience, supercomputing, biomaterials and nanotechnologyNanotechnologyNanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
, brain research and sustainable mining. He established the university's new James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre Art Gallery, Australia's first national collection of artists' self-portraits raising funding of nearly $400 million for these projects.