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British historian
Sir Colin Renshaw Lucas ,
FRHistS (born 25 August 1940) is a British
historian and
university administrator . From 1997 to 2004, he was the
Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University .
[1] In May 2006, he was appointed Chair of the Board of the
British Library for a four-year term ending 2010.
Early life and education
Lucas was born in Egypt, the son of Frank Renshaw Lucas
RA and Janine Charpentier.
[2] He was educated at
Sherborne and at
Lincoln College, Oxford .
[3]
[4]
Academic career
After graduation, he took a post as a lecturer at the
University of Sheffield (1965–69), and then later at the
University of Manchester (1970–73). He became a Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at
Balliol College in 1973. In 1990, he took a post at the
University of Chicago as Professor of History, where he became chair of the History Department in 1992 and Dean of the Division of
Social Sciences in 1993. He returned to Oxford in 1994 to become Master of Balliol College (1994–2000).
Lucas was the first Oxford Vice-Chancellor to serve for seven years (1997–2004), during which time he implemented many changes in the University governance structure, such as the adoption of external members to the University's Council, a radical restructuring of the committee system, division of academic departments, the establishment of a University Committee on Access and the adoption of new resource allocation and financial management systems.
[5]
On his retirement as Vice-Chancellor, Lucas was appointed Warden of
Rhodes House , Oxford, responsible for the running of the
Rhodes Scholarships (2004–2009). He had previously served as a Trustee of the
Rhodes Trust .
[6]
Personal life
Lucas is the godfather of the politician
Boris Johnson .
[7] Lucas is married to Marie-Louise, Lady Lucas.
Honours
In 2002, he was appointed
Knight Bachelor for his services to
higher education .
[4] He has been a
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) since 1973. He was awarded an Officier de
l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (
France ) in 1990, Chevalier
Ordre du Mérite in 1994, and
Légion d'Honneur in 1998 (Officier in 2005). He was elected to the
American Philosophical Society in 2004.
[8] In 2013, he was awarded a
Doctor honoris causa by
Heidelberg University . In 2014. he was awarded a
Bronze Bauhinia Star by
Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region .
Portraits of Sir Colin Lucas hang at
Balliol College
[9] and at
Rhodes House , Oxford (the latter by
Bob Tulloch ).
[10]
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