- Norman Alexander
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Sir Norman Alexander (7 October 1907 – 26 March 1997) was a physicist and was instrumental in the establishment of many of the modern Commonwealth universities, including Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, and the Universities of the West Indies, the South Pacific and Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland[1].
Norman Alexander was born in Mangapiko, Te Awamutu New Zealand. He married to a fellow PhD student and noted meteorologist Elizabeth Caldwell.
Education
Hamilton High School Auckland University Trinity College, Cambridge Studied at Cavendish Laboratory under Lord Rutherford
Qualifications
BSc MSc PhD Canterbury Hon DSc Hon LLD Hon DLit
Career
Physics lecturer at Auckland University College 1930 - won the Commonwealth scolarship to Trinity College, Cambridge. 1936-41 Professor of Physics, Raffles College' Singapore. 1945-49 Dean of Science, University of Malaya 1949-52 Professor of Physics and Vice-president, University College, Ibadan,Nigeria 1952-60 Professor of Engineering Physics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 1961-66 Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria 1966 University of the West Indies 1966-68 Vice Chancellor University of the South Pacific, Laucala Bay, Fiji 1970 - advisor: UK Ministry of Overseas Development, Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas, London University School of Oriental and African Studies [2]
Service
He was imprisoned in Changi Prison in 1942, and eventually headed a New Zealand commission of investigation into abuses at Sime Road Internment Camp.
References
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituarysir-norman-alexander-1265280.html
- ^ The New Zealand Roll of Honour 1945-1995, Editor and Publisher Alister Taylor
Categories:- 1907 births
- 1997 deaths
- New Zealand physicists
- University of New Zealand faculty
- University of New Zealand alumni
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