 Dr H L Haslegrave Wh.Sc.,
M.A., Ph.D., M.Sc.(Eng.), M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E., M.I.Prod.E.
Born in Yorkshire in 1902, Dr Herbert Leslie Haslegrave was educated
at Wakefield Grammar School and Bradford Technical College. Following
an apprenticeship with the English Electric Company he won a Whitworth
Senior Scholarship and entered Trinity Hall Cambridge. A brilliant
scholar, he was awarded a first in Mechanical Sciences Tripos and
won several prizes. On leaving Cambridge, he spent over two
years as an assistant designer in industry, before joining the lecturing
staff of the Wolverhampton & Staffordshire Technical College
in 1931, and of Bradford Technical College in 1932, from which he
came first came to Loughborough in 1935. In 1938 Dr Haslegrave
left to become Principal of St Helen’s Technical College and
then Barnsley Technical College before returning to Leicestershire
to a similar position at Leicester College of Technology. By
the time he returned to Loughborough as Principal in 1953, he had
acquired a wide experience of educational administration and was
becoming an acknowledged national figure in the field of Technical
Education. Dr Haslegrave made many significant advances at
Loughborough, introducing the respected four year Diploma of Loughborough
College (DLC), establishing new Departments strengthening and broadening
the institution and managing a major building programme. His
efforts were rewarded when in 1957 the College became one of only
ten Colleges of Advanced Technology in the country. Dr Haslegrave
managed the transition from College to University in 1966 and was
the first Vice-Chancellor until his retirement.
Top
 Professor Elfyn Richards O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc., C.Eng.,
F.R.Ae.S., M.I.Mech.E.
Born in Barry, Wales and educated at the Grammar School there, Professor
Richards moved away to continue his education first at University
College Aberystwyth and later at St John’s College in Cambridge
where he read mathematics and physics. After a short period
with the Bristol Aeroplane Company he spent his war years at the
National Physical Laboratory in charge of aerofoil research. In
1945 he was appointed Chief Aerodynamicist at Vickers-Armstrong in
Weybridge, responsible for the aerodynamic design of the Viking,
Viscount and Valiant. It was here that he developed an interest
in aircraft noise that would lead him to become one of the country’s
leading exponents of aircraft design and a world authority on noise
acoustics. In 1950 he took up the new Chair of Aeronautical
Engineering at Southampton University and in 1963 became Professor
of Applied Acoustics setting up the internationally renowned Institute
of Sound and Vibration Research. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor
of Loughborough University in 1967 and here he achieved his three
main goals for the University. Firstly to broaden its academic
base, secondly to become more co-educational and encourage female
applicants and finally that it should embrace its University status
and expand its research activity and post-graduate work. He ‘retired’ from
Loughborough in 1975 and returned to Southampton to a Chair within
the Institute he had founded.
Top
 Sir
Clifford Butler B.S., Ph.D., D.Sc.(Hon.), D.Tech.(Hon.),
M.Inst.P., F.R.S.
Sir Clifford was a physicist educated at Reading School and Reading
University. In 1945, after graduating early with a first, he
went to Manchester where he worked with fellow physicist George Rochester
under Professor Blackett. Together they are credited with the
discovery of ‘Strange Particles’ which challenged preconceptions
about our physical world. In 1961, Sir Clifford was elected
to the Royal Society, and after succeeding Lord Blackett as the Head
of the Physics Department at Imperial College he moved in 1970 to
become Director of the Nuffield Foundation. Here he was responsible
for many new initiatives in science education. In 1975 he brought
his considerable energies to Loughborough where he led the University
through a period of political, financial and administrative challenges
with great vision and good management. The University prospered
under his leadership. Under his guidance the campus evolved
again with the construction of the Library and a six lane running
track and research income and activity steadily rose. In 1982
Sir Clifford was knighted for his national contribution to science
and education. He retired from the University in 1985 after
ten successful years as Vice-Chancellor.
Top
 Professor J.G. Phillips, B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Sc.(Hon.), F.I.Biol.,
F.R.S.
Professor John Phillips had his term as Vice-Chancellor cut tragically
short by his untimely death in 1987. He was a distinguished
zoologist and gerontologist who was Wolfson Research Professor and
Director of the Wolfson Institute at the University of Hull where
he had established an international reputation for his research. During
the fifteen months he was Vice-Chancellor he had already made a mark
as an academic leader and was establishing himself as one who would
contribute greatly to the University’s future development.
Top
 Professor Sir David Davies, C.B.E., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.,
D.Sc. (Hon.), F.I.E.E., F.R.S., F.R.Eng, FIERE.
Professor Sir David Evan Naunton Davies (known to many as DEN) was
born in Cardiff and educated at the University of Birmingham where
he was also a Lecturer and subsequently Senior Lecturer in Electrical
Engineering. He was Assistant Director of Electrical Research
at the British Rail Board and appointed Professor of Electrical Engineering
at University College London in 1971 and served as Vice-Provost for
two years until 1988. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University
from 1988 until 1993 and as Chief Scientific Adviser for the Ministry
of Defence from 1993 until 1999. He has served as a member
of the Science and Engineering Research Council, the IT Advisory
Board of the Department of Trade and Industry and as a member of
the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. He was Chairman
of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council, President of the Institution
of Electrical Engineers and Vice President and President of the Royal
Academy of Engineering. From 1998 until 2001 he was Pro Chancellor
of the University of Sussex. He is currently non-executive chairman
of Railway Safety and a non-executive director of Lattice plc and
ERA Technology Ltd. He was appointed CBE in 1986, received
his knighthood in 1994 and has been awarded honorary degrees by the
Universities of Birmingham, Loughborough, South Bank, Bradford, Surrey,
Bath, Heriot Watt, UMIST and Warwick. He holds an Honorary Fellowship
from the University of Wales, Cardiff and is an Honorary Fellow of
the Institutions of Mechanical, Chemical and Structural Engineers.
His prizes include: Rank Prize for Optoelectronics (1984) and the
Faraday Medal, Institution of Electrical Engineers (1987). His publications
include technical papers and articles on radar, antennae and aspects
of fibre optics.
Top
Professor Sir David Wallace, C.B.E., D.L., B.Sc., Ph.D. Edinburgh,
F.R.S., F.R.Eng, F.R.S.E., F.Inst.P., F.R.S.A., M.B.C.S., C.Eng.
Born in the Scottish Borders in 1945, Sir David was educated at
the University of Edinburgh where he undertook undergraduate and
postgraduate studies in theoretical physics. Following this
he continued his research at Princeton University as a Harkness Fellow
before returning to a lectureship at the University of Southampton
in 1972. In 1979 he returned to the University of Edinburgh
as Tait Professor of Mathematical Physics. In 1980, he was
awarded the Maxwell Medal of the Institute of Physics and in 1998
was elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering. From 1994,
he was Vice-Chancellor of the University and in 2002 he also began
his two-year presidency of the Institute of Physics. He was
elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1986 and became its Treasurer
and Vice President in 2002. He has been a member of the Engineering
and Physical Sciences Research Council (chairing its Technical Opportunities
Panel), a member of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council,
and has advised the European Commission in a number of areas. At
the University of Edinburgh, Sir David established and, as Director,
built up Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre to a professional staff
of more than 50. This work involved building partnerships with
supercomputer companies and a wide range of applications, including
artificial neural networks and advanced graphics. Two spin-off
companies were formed. In 1996 he was awarded a CBE for services
to parallel computing. Sir David is currently Director of the
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences and NM Rothchild & Sons
Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
Top
 Professor Shirley Pearce, C.B.E, B.A. (Oxon), M.Phil(Lond.),
PhD(Lond.)
After graduating from St Annes College Oxford University with a
degree in PPP (Psychology, Physiology and Philosophy) Professor Pearce
trained as a clinical psychologist gaining an MPhil in Clinical Psychology
from the Institute of Psychiatry in London.
She then worked at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington as a clinical
psychologist before becoming lecturer in Psychology at University
College London. She studied part time as a post graduate student
obtaining her PhD in 1986. In 1994 she moved to the University
of East Anglia where she established the School of Health Policy
and Practice. In 1986 she led the bid for a new medical school
at UEA to enable medical students to learn in an inter-professional
environment. As Pro-Vice Chancellor for the Health and Professional
Schools, and Director of the Institute of Health she was a member
of UEA’s executive team for 5 years prior to moving to Loughborough. During
that time she was also a Non-executive director of Norfolk, Suffolk
and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority and a Commissioner
for the Healthcare Commission which is responsible for the regulation
of NHS and private healthcare providers in England and Wales. In
2005 she was awarded the CBE for services to education in the National
Health Service. Shirley Pearce succeeded Professor Sir David
Wallace on his retirement in January 2006.
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