Geoffrey Cass

Geoffrey Cass

Sir Geoffrey Arthur Cass (born 11 August 1932) spent twenty years as chief executive of Cambridge University Press and has also been chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Lawn Tennis Association.

Life

Cass was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Darlington, County Durham, at Jesus College, Oxford and at Nuffield College, Oxford. He was chief executive of Cambridge University Press from 1972 to 1992, chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1985 to 2000 and has been chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Trust since 1983. He was President and chairman of the council of the Lawn Tennis Association from 1997 to 1999, chairman of the British Tennis Foundation from 2003 to 2007 and he has been President since 2007. He was knighted in 1992 and elected to an Honorary Fellowship of Jesus College, Oxford in 1998. [cite web|title=Cass, Sir Geoffrey (Arthur)|work=Who's Who 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|month=December |year=2007 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U10395| accessdate=2008-10-07]

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