Neil Waters

Sir Neil Waters
Vice-Chancellor of Massey University
In office
1 February 1983 – 31 December 1995[1]
Preceded by Alan Stewart
Succeeded by James McWha
Personal details
Born Thomas Neil Morris Waters
(1931-04-10)10 April 1931
Died 7 June 2018(2018-06-07) (aged 87)
Auckland, New Zealand
Alma mater Auckland University College
Scientific career
Fields Inorganic chemistry
Institutions Massey University
University of Auckland
Thesis The colour isomerism and structure of some copper co‑ordination compounds (1957)
Doctoral advisor David Hall
Doctoral students Ted Baker

Sir Thomas Neil Morris Waters (10 April 1931 – 7 June 2018) was a New Zealand academic who served as vice-chancellor of Massey University from 1983 to 1995. He is noted for establishing the university's Albany campus near Auckland in 1993.[2][3] In the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours, Waters was appointed a Knight Bachelor, for services to tertiary education.[4] He received an honorary doctorate from Massey in 1996.[5]

In 2002, Massey University's governing council considered restoring Waters to the vice-chancellorship as an interim replacement following the retirement of his successor, James McWha; however, the board was prevented from doing so by the State Sector Act 1988, which barred the appointment of someone not already on the university's payroll; Waters had since moved to Auckland and no longer worked in the university sector.[6]

Waters died in Auckland on 7 June 2018, aged 87.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Massey University Timeline". Massey University. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sir Neil Waters". Massey University. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Science Digest: July 1995". Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 July 1995. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "No. 54067". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 16 June 1995. p. 33.
  5. ↑ "Honorary Graduates". Massey University. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Eames, David (9 April 2002). "Massey opts for in-house appointment". The Evening Standard. p. 1.
  7. ↑ "Thomas Neil Morris Waters death notice". New Zealand Herald. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.


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